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Sheikh Thani bin Abdulla bin Thani Brotherhood Al Thani Valley City wins Qatar’s goal is to help Syrians one more award DOHA: Qatar yesterday propaganda with wisdom. We rejected criticism that it was know why such propaganda is DOHA: Qatar’s leading real getting closer to the Muslim being spread”. estate company SAK Holding Brotherhood, saying its interac- “We didn’t bring the Group’s prestigious project tion with the Brotherhood was Brotherhood to power,” the PM Valley City has won yet another restricted to the governments said talking of Egypt. international award for best they lead in Egypt and Tunisia. “Qatar has been supporting design. The Valley City, which The people in those countries Egypt and its people from much won the high-profile French have voted the Brotherhood to before the Brotherhood rode to MIPIM ward for the ‘best power and Qatar had absolutely power.” future urban project’ last no role to play in those elections, Asked about accusations being month, walked away with the said the Prime Minister and hurled by Syrian President ‘best design in urban planning Foreign Minister, H E Sheikh Bashar Al Assad that Qatar was and design category’, at the A Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al backing Syrian rebels to destabi- Design Awards & Competition Thani. lise the country, the PM said that held in Como, Italy, on Monday. Qatar supports the people of was partly true and partly not. Sheikh Abdullah bin Thani Al these countries and they have Qatar had tried to convince The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and German Chancellor Thani, SAK Holding Group exec- elected their governments. “So Damascus early in the upris- Angela Merkel at a joint press conference in Berlin yesterday. Another picture on page 4 utive committee member, received we are dealing with these govern- ing to consider reforms but met the award on behalf of SAK. ments. We are not dealing with “obstruction by Assad and the THE PENINSULA any individual or group.” belief that there could only be steps towards reform after the get their due. They get their Syrian people’s aspirations are Full report on page 21 The Premier was addressing a military solution”, the Prime uprising and rather began resort- rights.” The PM said, aside from fulfilled, said the PM. a news conference jointly with Minister said. ing to the use of military to crush the Syrian issue, Iran’s nuclear He called on the international the German Chancellor, Angela “Our goal is to help the Syrian the uprising. programme came up for thread- community to play an active role FBI says range Merkel, in Berlin, yesterday. He people realise their wishes and “I myself went to Damascus bare discussion with Merkel. The and help the people of Syria get is leading a delegation of elite aspirations,” he said, adding that twice after the uprising. The Iranian issue needs to be solved justice. of suspects in Qatari businessmen who were Merkel had echoed this view in regime was dilly-dallying on the through diplomatic means, use of The PM denied that there there to attend a conference on their detailed discussion of the issue of reforms.” force is in no one’s interest, said was any talk of a military pact Boston bombings investment. two-year-old conflict in which the Qatar changed its stance vis-à- the PM. between him and Merkel and Fielding questions that some United Nations estimates 70,000 vis the Syrian crisis after it found He told reporters that more said cooperation between the two BOSTON: There have so far neighbouring countries were people have died. that the regime was reluctant to than 100,000 people had perished sides was discussed in areas such been no claims of responsibility accusing Qatar of getting closer “We began supporting the introduce reforms. in Syria with the country being as politics, economy, education for the deadly Boston bombings, to the Brotherhood, the Premier rebels in Syria after the promises “We can’t call it attempts at in a shambles. and health, Qatar News Agency and investigators are consider- said: “We are aware of such accu- of Al Assad for political reforms destabilisation. We just want to The crisis there must end with (QNA) reported. ing a wide range of suspects, the sations and we are tackling the proved hollow. He didn’t take any make sure that the Syrian people immediate effect ensuing that the AGENCIES FBI said yesterday. “The range of suspects remains wide open,” FBI Special Agent Rick DesLauriers told a press conference in Boston, saying the probe into Monday’s blasts was proceeding “methodi- Assad declares Germany’s Vivantes to open clinic in Doha cally, carefully, yet with a sense of urgency.” DesLauriers said amnesty, sets investigators from the Federal DOHA: Vivantes, Germany’s Maarouf, deputy director of Through Al Faisal without Nizar Maarouf said Vivantes Bureau of Investigation, as well largest state-owned healthcare Vivantes. Borders Foundation, Aamal Group was proud of this partner- as Boston and state police, had stiff conditions group, will set up its first medi- Prime Minister and Foreign will work with Vivantes to open ship with Aamal Company. recovered items from both blast cal facility in Doha, in collabo- Minister H E Sheikh Hamad nursing schools in several under- “Aamal is the partner of choice sites including black nylon bags in DAMASCUS: President ration with Aamal company. bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani developed countries. for its impressive track record in which the bombs are believed to Bashar Al Assad declared a Aamal yesterday signed and the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus “This is a very significant joint attracting foreign investments have been hidden. “Fragments of general amnesty yesterday an agreement with Vivantes Wowereit, were present on the venture for us and I am delighted to Qatar. Al Faisal Holding, a BBs and nails, possibly contained as the conflict ravaging Syria International Medicine (Vivantes) occasion. to partner with Vivantes, one of major shareholder in Aamal, is in a pressure-cooker device,” showed no signs of abating, with to create a joint venture for build- The outpatient centre to be the best medical care providers considered one of the biggest were also recovered and sent to Western and Russian differ- ing an outpatient medical centre managed by Vivantes will have a across Germany and around the Qatari investors in Berlin, where the FBI laboratory at Quantico, ences proving unbridgeable. in Doha. clinic with leading doctors in dif- world. This centre will contribute Vivantes is headquartered. With Virginia for analysis, DesLauriers Under the latest decree, troops The contract was signed at the ferent fields, a diagnosis centre to Qatar’s policy of providing high this investment, the Government told reporters. More than 2,000 who deserted but did not fight Qatar Berlin Forum by Sheikh using the most up-to-date tele- quality, strong health services in of Berlin is looking forward to tips have been received as of noon against the regime may be par- Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, medicine technology and visiting our country,” said Sheikh Faisal further cooperation between both Tuesday, he said. AFP doned if they surrender within a chairman of Aamal and Dr Nizar professors from Germany. bin Qassim Al Thani countries.” THE PENINSULA Another report on page 14 month, state news agency SANA reported. “President Assad has issued decree number 23, granting a general amnesty for crimes com- mitted before April 16, 2013,” said No aftershocks likely, the agency. But there were important exceptions to the types of crime it covers. says Met Department The amnesty is applicable to just one crime classified under the DOHA: Qatar’s Meteorology with people panicking and enquir- Terrorism Act, namely failing to Department said yesterday that ing if a quake had struck, Al Sharq inform the authorities about rebel no more aftershocks of the 7.8 reported. activity. magnitude tremor that hit Iran A large number of people were Other acts such as possessing yesterday are likely to be felt evacuated to safety from high- leaflets that encourage “terror- here due to their low intensity. rise buildings in Al Dafna and the ism” and taking up arms against The epicentre of yesterday’s towers area of West Bay as a pre- the regime are not covered. quake was some 900km from caution following the aftershocks. “Army deserters may be par- Qatar, the department said. Large groups of people had doned, if those still in Syria hand Residents of a highrise building gathered along the Corniche wait- themselves in within 30 days, and living on higher floors felt the ing to go back to their offices in those outside Syria hand them- tremors while those living on the those highrise buildings. Many selves in within 90 days,” said the lower floors didn’t, said Abdullah offices, however, asked their decree. Al Mannai, senior official from employees to go home. Under the decree, “the death the Meteorology Department. The emergency unit of Hamad penalty will be replaced with a He reiterated that a quake can- Medical Corporation (HMC) said life sentence of hard labour,” said not be forecast and people can be no injuries were reported due to SANA, stipulating that “those alerted only 30 seconds before one the aftershocks. The Interior who financed terrorist groups or hits an area. Alarabia.net said the Ministry said on Twitter that no who committed terrorist acts that aftershocks were felt all over the injuries or damage was caused by led to death and destruction are GCC region at about 1.44pm, while the aftershocks due to the Iranian not covered”. People gather in an open ground near the General Post Office after tremors were felt in Doha yesterday. Qatar’s Meteorology Department quake. THE PENINSULA AFP More pictures on page 5 (SHAIVAL DALAL) said they got a number of calls More reports on page 5

WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Scholar: Men must opt PM in Macedonia for multiple marriages ‘Solution to declining fertility rate in Qatari women’

DOHA: With the declining fer- decline in the average number of and work conditions. The increas- tility rate of Qatari women in children a woman gives birth to, ing of dependency on housemaids the country, Qatari men should with experts saying that women is affecting family stability. opt for multiple marriages for today prefer to pursue profes- Farida Al Obaidly, Director a steady growth in the popula- sional careers instead of marrying General of Qatar Foundation for tion, according to a prominent at a young age. the Protection of Women and religious scholar. The session was attended by Children (QFPWC), said she felt The reproduction and fertil- CMC Chairman Saud Al Hanzab ‘bad’ after looking at the indica- ity rate of the Qatari women and the Secretary General of tors pointing at the decrease in is steadily decreasing, partici- the Supreme Council for Family reproduction. pants of a session organised by Affairs Hamad Al Hajri, along “In time, the Qatari society the Supreme Council for Family with several representatives from will face the challenge of a demo- Affairs (SCFA) said. ministries and other institutions. graphical change. However, the The session discussed some of Officials said that there was unemployment rate of women is the challenges faced by the Qatari a need to create suitable envi- much higher than men,” Obaidly women and ways to find a balance ronment for working women to said. between their professional life and improve their professional per- According to the Qatar their family duties. formance, taking their needs into National Strategy, 42 percent of “The solution for the decreasing consideration. women are expected to represent fertility and to create balance in They also pointed out that the country at the workplace by the population demographics (of there was a need to find a way to 2016. Qatar) is to have multiple mar- decrease Qatari women’s depend- Dr Juhaina Al Essa, deputy vice riages for men,” Sheikh Ahmed ency on house maids to raise their president of SCFA, meanwhile, Abu Al Ainain was quoted as say- children. pointed out that there are many ing by an Arabic daily yesterday. The annual session was coin- Qatari women who own compa- The fertility rate of Qatari cided by the Family Day, which nies here but the ownership is women declined from 4.6 in 2004 was on April 15. nominal as it is primarily the men to 3.6 in 2010, according to Qatar’s This is a problem not only faced who are running these companies. Population Status 2012, a study by the Qatari society but it is a “The importance of women’s conducted by the Permanent problem for the GCC. Participants role in workplaces is also reflected Population Committee. also mentioned that there is a by how the women look at them- The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and Macedonia’s Late marriages of women is necessity to have accurate statis- selves,” she said. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski review a guard of honour in Skopje yesterday. The Prime Minister and his del- cited as the main reason for the tical data about working women THE PENINSULA egation were welcomed at Skopje’s Alexander the Great Airport by Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski.

New appointments at Awqaf Ministry Grand Hyatt named DOHA: The Minister of Strong winds, scattered Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Roudha Center’s Dr Ghaith bin Mubarak Al rains expected today Kuwari yesterday issued hospitality partner two ministerial decisions DOHA: Roudha Center and Grand DOHA: Strong dust winds accompanied by thun- appointing Mohammed Hyatt Doha have signed a memoran- der lightning and rain hit some parts of country Lahdan Al Mohannadi dum of understanding, where the last night. The Meteorology department has fore- Assistant to the Director hotel will become Roudha Center’s cast more rains today with the country passing General of Awqaf General exclusive hotel partner and will host through unstable weather conditions. . Directorate and Khalifa many of Roudha Center’s events The sudden change in weather has been described Jassim Al Kubaisi Director over the next year. as a continuation of the Serryat period, which marks at the Department of Roudha Center is Qatar’s only not- the transition from winter to summer. Endowment Banks at Awqaf for-profit organisation dedicated to This transitional period is characterised by sudden General Directorate. fostering and developing local female variations in temperature, strong winds and high seas entrepreneurs, innovators, and future and possibility of thunderstorms in several parts of leaders. Chaired by Sheikha Hanadi FROM LEFT: Shareefa Fadhel, Christoph K Franzen and Aysha Al Mudehki during the country. QR960m real estate bint Naser bin Khaled Al Thani, the press conference yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP “Unstable weather is expected to affect the country Roudha Center has reached over 6,000 from Tuesday night and it might continue for the deals last week local women through its innovative monthly high tea networking events, communities places where our asso- next few days, leading to an increase in cloud for- workshops, lectures, and initiatives, Mashrouai programme graduation ciates are proud to work, our guests mation and subsequent rains, becoming thundery at DOHA: Real estate trans- that focus on entrepreneurship, inno- ceremony, quarterly business break- want to visit, our neighbours want times especially in the northern part of Qatar,” said actions between April 7 vation, and leadership and empower fast, and Roudha Center’s two year to live and owners want to invest,” a statement issued by the Meteorology Department and 11 for sales contracts women with the confidence, skills, and anniversary gala dinner, among others. said Grand Hyatt’s General Manager yesterday. The strong dust winds could cause a sig- registered at the Ministry ambition they need to succeed. “Roudha Center is honoured to Christoph K Franzen. nificant fall in visibility during these days, it added. of Justice were worth As per the MoU, Grand Hyatt Hotel partner with such a prestigious name Co-founded by Aysha Al Mudehki Temperature would remain at the current averages QR960.35m, the real estate will host a variety of Roudha Center’s in hospitality both locally and inter- and Shareefa Fadhel, Roudha Center during this period, that is 37 to 32 degrees Celsius registration department many exciting events, workshops, and nationally,” said Managing Director is a one stop shop for women entre- during the day and 25 to 23 degrees Celsius by night. at the ministry said in its lectures this year. of Roudha Centre, Shareefa Fadhel. preneurs; a non-profit focused The department has called on people going to weekly report. QNA This will include monthly busi- “Hyatt’s global corporate respon- on fuelling the economy through the sea to take caution and continuously follow the ness workshops conducted by mem- sibility platform, Hyatt Thrive, entrepreneurship. weather forecasts and warnings. THE PENINSULA bers of the corporate community, is designed to help make our THE PENINSULA Meet to discuss Clinical Information Systems

DOHA: The role of integrated Clinical Information Systems (CIS) in transforming the delivery of health- care in Qatar will be among the issues discussed in a conference taking place this weekend in Doha. The Clinical Information Systems International Conference, the first of its kind in the region, is hosted by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in partnership with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC). The event will take place on April 20 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Dr Abdul Wahab Al Musleh, Deputy Chief of Medical, Academic and Research Affairs for Clinical Information Systems at HMC said the conference will be a platform for all healthcare industry experts to come together, learn and discuss various opportunities and challenges that will be faced during the implementation of this system. “It will also allow all program planners, physicians, nurses and other IT industry experts to get engaged with the program and understand how best they can contrib- ute to this transformational journey,” Al Musleh said. Implementation of the CIS system within both HMC and PHCC’s existing services will see the creation of a single, integrated Electronic Health Record (EHR) for every patient, moving away from paper-based processes. This EHR will provide immediate access to patient data, access to order certain prescriptions and investiga- tions, such as X-rays and other tests. A CIS programme will also help streamline processes and enhance patient care, allowing authorised clinical staff to share and view patient records on a common plat- form and have access to the patient’s complete medical history, enabling them to make more informed decisions. The conference is held in partnership with PHCC, and is sponsored by HP, OCSHI Solutions and Services, Aamal, Dell, Cerner and Partners HealthCare International. Registration to the conference is still open to anyone in healthcare or information technologies sectors, with limited spaces available. To register for the conference, those interested may visit http://cisconf.hamad.qa/en/ THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Quake fears grip Doha again BRIEFLY Aftershocks of powerful earthquake that rattled Iran and Pakistan felt across the city BY FAZEENA SALEEM said the quake of magnitude 7.8 struck Iran and was at a depth DOHA: Buildings were evacu- of 15.2km. Emir congratulates ated and panic struck people Tremors caused by the Iran again as tremors were felt in quake were felt in Doha around some parts of Doha yesterday. 2pm. Queen of Denmark Tremors of a powerful earth- Some reports described the DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh quake which rattled Iran- Iran quake as worst in 40 years; Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Pakistan boarder were felt across aftershocks felt in Doha were and the Heir Apparent H H Doha. small, although people felt them Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al The tremors were felt stronger than last Tuesday. Thani sent cables of congrat- stronger than last week and at “We didn’t feel tremors last ulations to Queen Margrethe several places, including areas week but yesterday chairs and II of Denmark on her coun- like Najma, Mansoura, Mather tables were shaking in my house. try’s National Day yesterday. Qadeem, Salwa Road and West I got panicked and didn’t want The Prime Minister and Bay. to leave my son alone at home,” Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Many buildings in the city were said a professional at a private Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor evacuated and a huge traffic jam company. Al Thani sent a similar cable was experienced, especially in the She lives with her family on the to the queen. Dafna and Corniche areas. Civil third floor of a residential unit in Defence, police and ambulances Mather Qadeem area. Qatar condemns rushed to the West Bay and “I was walking on the stair- other areas as a precautionary case and felt like it was shaking. Boston attacks measure, but no casualties were The shake was stronger than last KAMMUTTY VP reported. week,” said an executive working Residents and office staff after they were evacuated from a building at West Bay yesterday. DOHA: Qatar has expressed The Ministry of Interior said in the Dafna area. its condemnation and on its Facebook page: “Authorities A European lady living at a However, some people were “Tremors were felt little of an oil and gas company near denounced the bombings are following impact of tremors residential unit in the West Bay less panicked than last week and stronger, but the panic was less. the Corniche. that took place on Monday felt after an earthquake in Iran. said: “I felt the tremors twice, evacuations were done smoothly. Unlike last week, people knew “However, we were asked to evening in the US city of We assure there are no casualties first it was mild and the second Some companies even had what was happening and what leave office soon after evacua- Boston. or damage in Qatar.” one was a bit stronger, the flower evacuation drills, following last to be done. We even had a mock tion,” she added. An official source at the The US Geological Survey vase on the table was moving.” Tuesday’s tremors. drill last week,” said an employee THE PENINSULA Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday expressed Qatar’s solidarity with the US people and government. The source said Qatar con- Tremors fail to dampen party mood demns such terrorist and criminal acts which aim to DOHA: The staffers of a hotel kept ready, and got it out. They aftershocks and panicked and destabilise security and ter- in West Bay area of the city had and the guests who were also were evacuated.” Everyone was rorise innocent people, add- lined up a brief birthday bash evacuated following the tremor taken out to safety. And as people ing that it strongly denounces for their duty manager yester- scare, then joined in the brief were just biding their time to get the killing of innocent peo- day, but their hopes of spend- celebration in the open and did back to the hotel — which took ple. ing some joyous moments with greet their duty manager a happy more than two hours — one of the The source expressed their boss were dashed as they birthday — but not after the scare staffers rushed to the coffee shop Qatar’s condolences and sym- and the guests had to flee the was over. and got the cake out. pathies to the US government 21-storey hotel building follow- A front office staffer of the The cake was cut outside in the and the families of the victims ing the quake scare. hotel told this newspaper that open a little past 3pm, the hotel and wishes of speedy recovery But so determined were the the aftershocks of the powerful official said. The birthday bash to the injured. staffers to go ahead with the tremor were felt right from the was to be originally held in the The source reiterated cake-cutting that one of them, third up to the last floor of their office of the hotel, according to Qatar’s firm stance against while waiting outside the hotel, 21-storey building. the official. “We had about 50 to Staff and guests of a hotel in the West Bay holding a birthday bash outside violence and terrorism in all rushed to the coffee shop in the “Our guests as well as col- 60 guests when the aftershocks the 21-storey hotel yesterday. R O IBRAHIM its forms and manifestations. hotel lobby where the cake was leagues on these floors felt the were felt.” THE PENINSULA QNA WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Grand Heritage Group to open third hotel QR500m West Bay tower to be operational by next year BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB ing portfolio in the country, Middle East and Africa), signed John Cullen, President of a contract for the management DOHA: Grand Heritage Group Grand Heritage International, of the new hotel due to open in that owns two hotels in Qatar announced yesterday. the first quarter of 2014. and more than a dozen in the Dr Braik bin Saeed bin Sources said under the agree- US and Mexico, is adding one Samikh Al Marri, Managing ment, the under-construction more luxury property, ‘Grand Director of Bin Samikh Holding Bin Samikh Tower (worth about Heritage West Bay Hotel and Group, and Jean-Patrick Thiry, QR500m), which is strategi- Spa’, in partnership with Bin Managing Director of Grand cally located in West Bay near Samikh Holding, to its thriv- Heritage International (Europe, Kempeski Suites and W-Hotel, will be converted into ‘Grand Heritage West Bay Hotel and Spa’. Grand Heritage owns two properties in Qatar — Grand Heritage Doha Hotel and Spa, The Managing Director of Bin Samikh Holding Group, Dr Braik bin Saeed bin Samikh Al Marri, and Managing and Governor West Bay Suites Director of Grand Heritage International (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Jean-Patrick Thiry, (right) exchanging and Residences. The success of documents after signing a contract for the management of a new hotel, at a function in Doha yesterday. With them its properties in Qatar has pro- are the Corporate Director of Human Resource of Governor West Bay Suites and Residences, Magdy Gharib Ali, pelled the Group to the fore- (left), and the President of Grand Heritage International, John Cullen. SALIM MATRAMKOT front of the hospitality industry as a leading operator. Both hotels together add over retains a distinct identity of its every segment of our offerings and retail establishments and 450 rooms in Qatar’s thriv- own. in our hotels,” said Thiry. in close proximity to tourist ing hospitality industry. And, “We encourage this individu- He added: “This new venture attractions such as the Pearl according to Cullen, both prop- ality because each city or coun- is the direct result of Grand Qatar, Katara, and the Museum erties have figured in Qatar’s top try has its own culture. Since Heritage’s fine reputation in of Islamic Art. five hotels in terms of occupancy our goal is to maximise the positioning its properties as Keeping in line with all suc- rates. experience of our guests, a one- leader in their own segment.” cessful hotels and resorts glo- However, despite prodding, size-fits-all approach does not fit The Group also believes bally, the new property will offer he did not provide any statis- our corporate culture. that the new hotel’s location its guests all services and amen- tics related to occupancy rate, :We adhere to this belief by in Doha’s skyline will place it ities they require for a luxurious The lobby of one of the Grand Heritage hotels. calling it “confidential”. allowing the local culture and in a prime area in the midst stay. “Each hotel of the Group flavours of each city to permeate of many leading commercial THE PENINSULA Qatar Red Crescent brings hope to Syrian refugees

The Qatar Red Crescent Society team at the centre in Jordan. RIGHT: Syrian women taking part in vocational courses.

DOHA: The Qatar Red A Syrian woman greeted a not be limited to food, non-food suffering of those who need our of refugees’ lives and helping them It has provided a plot of land Crescent Society (QRCS) yes- QRCS psycho-social team of items and shelters but should support in time of crises; and we adapt, while learning new skills for football matches for youth. A terday launched a psycho-social volunteers. also include social, educational will spare no effort to do so. peacefully. peace championship was held to support centre for Syrian refu- “I have plenty of free time and and entertaining activities that “Our assessment showed an The centre next to the popu- encourage sportsmanship among gees, near the Zaatari camp, would like to benefit from psy- would help spread hope, eliminate immediate need to fill this gap lated area in Zaatari, is the second young Syrians and lift their mor- Jordan, in cooperation with the chosocial support programmes, anxiety and bring back smiles on and the centre has come at the to be opened by QRCS and JRC. als and spirit. Jordan Red Crescent (JRC). especially vocational courses and kids and mothers’ faces. right time. We are pleased to see The first was set up in Mafraq In the next phase, social inter- The centre, opened in the crafts for women,” she said. “It is important to keep the communities enjoying and ben- city and receives daily groups of views will be conducted by 50 presence of Qatar Ambassador “I’d like to see the smile on my youth engaged in meaningful efiting from these activities.” children to comfort them with QRCS volunteers trained in Red to Jordan Saeed Bin Zayed Al son’s face after we return home”. activities to keep them optimistic QRCS and JRC will follow up play therapy and activities. It also Cross and Red Crescent princi- Khayareen, will help refugees Dr Mohammed Al Maadheed, about the future. constantly to ensure the cen- offers vocational courses and lec- ples and values to launch psycho- adapt to new life conditions away Chairman of QRCS, said: “Part of “It is our moral duty to alle- tre’s services are making positive tures for women to raise aware- social services that meet needs of from their homes. our strategy is that relief should viate physical and psychological changes in the transitional stage ness about family issues. families. THE PENINSULA

Ooredoo strengthens Kyle Whitehill named ties with businesses new CEO of Vodafone DOHA: Ooredoo has promoted Sales in the sales and service DOHA: A new CEO will take Group since 2001 and has pre- Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad bin business unit. charge of Vodafone Qatar from viously held senior positions, Nasser Al Thani (pictured), “Sheikh Nasser is one of our June this year, the company including Enterprise Business who is now the Chief New top up-and-coming young lead- announced yesterday. Unit Director in the UK and Business Officer, the company ers and he has a proven track Kyle Whitehill (pictured) Chief Operating Officer in India. announced yesterday. record of success in working with will take charge of the company Commenting on the appoint- In his new role, Sheikh Nasser Qatar's large corporations and from Richard Daly, who will be ment of Whitehill, Sheikh will be responsible for overseeing key organisations. In his role as returning home to the UK for Abdulrahman bin Saud Al Thani, the development of new oppor- Chief New Business Officer, he family reasons, according to the Chairman of Vodafone Qatar, said: tunities in the corporate sector. will work to help us deepen our company. “The entire Board of Vodafone He will also be responsible for ties with Qatar's businesses,” Whitehill will join Vodafone Qatar and I are delighted to wel- customer satisfaction achieve- CEO of Ooredoo Sheikh Saud Qatar from Ghana, where he has come Kyle and his family to Qatar. ment across all sectors, includ- bin Nasser Al Thani said. been CEO of the company since I am sure that Kyle’s deep experi- ing government and education, Sheikh Nasser has a from University of Wales in 2011. 2010. ence in enterprise and fixed line spend more time with his family. finance and energy, and public Bachelor's degree in Business He also received a Certificate of Vodafone Ghana is said to have services will ensure the continued The handover between Richard services. and Economics from Qatar Excellence for exemplary aca- seen significant increase in rev- success of Vodafone in Qatar.” and Kyle will happen through- Sheikh Nasser joined Ooredoo University, and after working in demic performance from HRH enue market, share and profit- “We are sorry to see Richard out the summer enabling a very in 2009 and in 2011 he was named the government sector for five Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO. ability during his term. leave and thank him for his efforts smooth and seamless transition,” Assistant Director, Corporate years, he completed an MBA THE PENINSULA He has worked for Vodafone but fully understand his desire to he added. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

UCL workshop More takers for art from Mideast to explore urban heritage of Doha Sotheby’s sees greater interest among buyers for contemporary works from the region DOHA: University College London Qatar (UCL Qatar) will BY RAYNALD C RIVERA host a lecture and a two-day workshop next week exploring DOHA: The global art market is see- Doha’s historical urban heritage. ing increased demand for contemporary Taking place on April 24 and works coming from the Middle East, says April 25, the workshop will bring an international art expert from leading together historians, archaeolo- auction house Sotheby’s. gists, architects, urban planners “There is huge demand for contempo- and heritage specialists to docu- rary works coming from the Middle East ment Doha’s historical develop- in general. We have had auctions for Middle ment, examine what remains of Eastern art since 2006 and we’ve seen year this living legacy and discuss the after year the population and demography role “Old Doha” has to play in the of buyers become a lot more varied, from future development of the city. buyers from nine countries to more than Despite rapid development, 30 countries in each of the sales,” Lina remnants of old Doha still survive Lazaar Jameel, Sotheby’s International in central areas, with more buried Contemporary Art Specialist, told The as archaeological remains. These Peninsula at the preview of the upcoming fragments of the past form part Doha auction yesterday in Katara. of Qatar’s cultural heritage and “This is quite incredible because it gives have influenced the work of archi- you a sense of the depth of the market as tects and scholars involved in the well as the level of interest internation- design and planning of modern ally,” she said. urban living. Forty out of 47 contemporary works of To launch the workshop, Dr art that will go under the hammer at the Robert Carter, Senior Lecturer in evening auction on April 22 in Katara are Arab Archaeology at UCL Qatar, from the Middle East. and Tim Makower from Makower This is not the first time Sotheby’s is con- Architects, will deliver a public ducting an auction in Doha. In 2009, the lecture on April 23 at the Museum London-based auction house held a sale of of Islamic Art, titled ‘Doha: Past, contemporary art of Middle Eastern and Present and Future.’ Dr Carter international artists and followed it up with will explore the development of an auction of calligraphic works the next the urban landscape of Old Doha, year. Both were successful, said Jameel. from its origins in pearl fishing, Sotheby’s has also been coming to Doha adjustment with the arrival of oil with travelling expos every three or four and gas, through to the present months as Doha has become a major art day. Makower will demonstrate hub. how Doha’s past is referenced “Obviously, Doha is at the forefront of a strongly in contemporary Qatari large cultural movement in the Gulf, that’s architecture and has provided an why we chose to be here because it is really Lina Lazaar Jameel, Sotheby’s international contemporary art specialist, beside the painting ‘Rising Down’ by Julie Mehretu, one of the most inspiration for urban regeneration. fundamentally pioneering the cultural and Dr Carter said, “The UCL expensive works which would be auctioned on Monday. SHAIVAL DALAL art scene in the wider Middle East, so it workshop will help identify the makes perfect sense for us to be in Doha areas of greatest interest and today,” explained Jameel. by leading Arab and Iranian artists as well in the US, Judd believed that “the material, Arab and Iranian art highlights are works greatest threat to the historic The public will get the chance to see out- as international artists. space and colour are the three elements by Ayman Baalbaki, Julie Mehretu and fabric and archaeology of Doha. standing examples of painting, installation The most expensive piece in the col- that make a successful work of art.” Chant Avedissian, while the extremely Archaeological remains are finite art, photography and sculpture in an exhi- lection is a Donald Judd stack installa- “Stack installations are one of Judd’s appealing offering of international con- and diminishing resources and bition which opens today, before the works tion he created in the latter part of his most well-known body of work. They come temporary art includes important works research is urgently required to are offered for sale on April 22, at 7pm at career. Made of black anodized aluminium in very precise dimensions. Judd moved by Ai Weiwei and Subodh Gupta, which are record, conserve and reinterpret Building 5 in Katara. and Plexiglas, the work is valued between away from all rules and traditions of what richly infused with the cultural heritage of this legacy, so that it may enrich The auction, which is expected to raise QR9.11m and QR12.75m. a sculpture should be,” explained Jameel. the respective artists. the lives of future generations.” over $11m, features important works of art The father of the minimalist movement Among the modern and contemporary THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Last chance for FC Barcelona contest

DOHA: Qatar Foundation team to Germany, and watching together. There will also be an for Education, Science and the Champions League semi- additional prize of a signed Qatar Community Development is final first leg tie against Bayern Foundation-branded FCB shirt urging football enthusiasts Munich live at the stunning for the competition entrant who across the world to seize upon Allianz Arena on April 23. lives furthest from Doha, empha- their final opportunity to enter Sports enthusiasts who are yet sising the global resonance of the the organisation’s latest com- to enter the social media competi- partnership with FCB. petition in celebration of its tion simply have to take a photo- The eagerly awaited semi-final ongoing partnership with FC graph of themselves standing in tie against Bayern Munich sets Barcelona (FCB). front of a well-known landmark up the prospect of a Champions The competition, which wraps anywhere in the world holding up League Final between FCB and up today at midnight Qatar a Qatar Foundation–FCB ‘Passion Real Madrid, should both sides time (2100 GMT), has already Drives Us All’ banner. prevail, to take place at Wembley attracted exceptional worldwide The poster can be downloaded in London next month. interest with tens of thousands easily and printed out from the The ‘Passion Drives Our of people visiting the Qatar Qatar Foundation-FCB website World’ competition is the lat- Foundation and FCB Facebook at www.qf-fcb.com. Alternatively, est in a series of contests and page to participate and spread participants are encouraged to events designed to capture the the word about the contest among download the ‘Passion Drives public imagination through the their families and friends. Us All’ poster onto their tablet Qatar Foundation–FCB part- Qatar Foundation unveiled its computers and take a photograph nership. Earlier this year, lucky latest competition on Monday by holding up the device rather than contestants won prizes to travel inviting the global community a paper printout. with the FCB team to the ‘El to enter its ‘Passion Drives Our The winner will be selected at Clasico’ match in Madrid, and to World’ contest. The prize on offer random through a prize draw and the Champions League quarter- is truly unique, with the winner will be able to nominate a friend final game in Paris against Paris travelling from their hometown or relative so that they can take Saint-Germain. to Barcelona, flying with the FCB this once-in-a-lifetime journey THE PENINSULA

Mock fire drill at Qatar Gas tower

DOHA: As part of its plan for General Directorate of Civil The exercise was supervised creating awareness on safety Defence (GDCD) conducted a by the director of the Operations measures in collaboration with mock fire drill at the Qatar Gas Department at the GDCD, institutions in the country, the tower in West Bay yesterday. Brigadier Hamad Al Duhaimi, and Captain Khamees Salem Al Suwaidi, head of the Azizia Civil Defence Centre and evacuation officer at GDCD. The drill started with infor- mation received at the operation room about a fire in the 23rd floor of the building. Firefighting and rescue teams from Wadi Al Sail Civil Defence Centre moved to the site with three vehicles – a fire engine, a mobile escalator with a 55-metre arm used for rescue in high-rise buildings and a rapid intervention vehicle. Security personnel at the building evacu- ated it and guided staff to a safe assembly point. The firefighting and rescue team contained the mock fire. Rescue Police (Al Fazaa) and Civil Defence personnel carry a ‘victim’ during a mock fire drill at the Qatar ambulance services also partici- Gas tower in West Bay yesterday. pated in the exercise. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST UK, France backing Al Qaeda: Syria Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Al Miqdad warns Jordan against playing dangerous game

LONDON: Britain and France exaggerated by the Syrian gov- are “directly or indirectly” Battle for control in Syria ernment. “Britain and France supporting Al Qaeda in an were complacent about support- Turkey holds 10 suspected of escalating war against Syria, WHO’S IN CONTROL Mostly government Mostly rebel Contested Kurdish ing Al Qaeda directly or indi- according to a senior minister control rectly,” Miqdad said. “Now that arming Syria Islamist rebels in Damascus, who also warned Area of conflict / displacement Main highways Syria is flooded by Europeans neighbouring Jordan it was fighting with Al Qaeda, they are ISTANBUL: Turkey detained 10 people yesterday on suspicion playing “a dangerous game” by TURKEY afraid. They wanted these people of providing weapons and fighters in the name of Al Qaeda to Yarubiya allowing arms supplies to go to Qamishli to come and be killed here, but Islamist rebels trying to topple the Syrian government, high- rebel groups from its territory. Bab al-Salam Jarablus Ras al-Ain when some of them started to go lighting the dilemma Turkey faces as one of the rebel move- Faisal Al Miqdad, Syria’s dep- Tel Abyad home, they changed their minds. ment’s biggest backers. uty foreign minister, used a rare Bab al-Hawa Aleppo SYRIA They can tolerate killing in Syria Turkey, which is now hosting some 400,000 Syrians who have fled Idlib interview to attack the UK and Taftanaz and exaggerate what our govern- the war, is one of President Bashar Al Assad’s most outspoken crit- France as “new colonialists” for ment is doing, but they cannot ics and has given the rebels shelter and logistical support, although providing political and military Latakia Wadi Deif defend this endlessly.” it denies arming them. Deir support to opposition fighters Maarat al-Numan Government al-Zor Britain and France have also A camp dedicated to soldiers who have defected from the Syrian Hamidiya Hama seeking to overthrow the presi- Rastan regains access to said they are trying to alter the government army sits along Turkey’s southern border with Syria and dent, Bashar Al Assad. Tartus Talbisa military bases terms of the EU arms embargo rebel fighters are able to cross freely back and forth across the frontier. Damascus insists these fight- Homs Syrian forces Albu on Syria to help the rebels. Yet at the same time, it has no desire to let the radical Islamist groups Mediterranean Qusayr break through a Kamal ers are terrorists with a jihadi Sea rebel blockade Miqdad said he was heartened by who have joined the rebel cause, notably the Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra agenda. Miqdad also lashed out on Sunday “very strong opposition” to this Front, operate on its territory or recruit Turkish citizens. at Turkey and singling out Saudi Zabadani from Germany and other mem- The suspects were arrested in Konya province, some 250km south Arabia and Qatar for acting “in LEBANON Qaboun ber states. He scorned Britain’s of the capital Ankara, after police were tipped off that a “radical IRAQ western interests” and accused Damascus insistence that it was sending only Islamist group” was persuading young men to join the Syrian insur- Israel of meddling in the conflict. communications kit and other gents, Turkey’s private Dogan News Agency said. He claimed “Mossad agents” Golan “non-lethal” equipment to the According to the report, the men were also suspected of supplying Heights Deraa had been killed in Deraa near Sweida 50 miles armed opposition. handguns and rifles to the rebels, who have been fighting to over- the Jordanian border, where the ISRAEL 50 km “If I am travelling from here to throw Assad in a civil war that started as a peaceful street uprising rebels have made advances in JORDAN my home in Deraa and some of two years ago. REUTERS recent weeks. their agents tell them that using Sources: Reuters, U.S. Dept of State “There is a big conspiracy these communications systems, I RNGS, 16/04/2013 against Syria to force it to will be killed on the way,” he said. Claims of recent rebel gains in the over their embassy in Damascus change its policies towards the “Even if they are not weapons Deraa area were “psychological to refugees. Arab-Israeli conflict, to change Iraq. “The game is clear,” he said. had pledged loyalty to Al Qaeda they are tools for war.” warfare”, he insisted; talk of an On the Syrian side, however, its stance on Arab issues, and to “They want to cover up what hap- in Iraq. However, Syria’s main- Miqdad said he hoped that imminent battle for Damascus there was no change: the coun- have a government that will serve pened in Aleppo and create ficti- stream, western-backed political Jordan, now allowing Saudi-funded was “propaganda”. The capital try’s problems would be solved the interests of the US, UK and tious issues.” opposition, the national coalition, weapons transfers to the rebels, itself was not threatened but was by “necessary reforms” when France,” Miqdad said. The British foreign secretary, condemned the move. The UK would not deepen its involvement being defended. violence ended. But Assad would Miqdad said the Syrian govern- William Hague, said on Monday and France are now considering any further. “The same forces that The Arab League had ended its not step down, Miqdad insisted. ment had “no doubt” that rebels that the claims must be urgently a US call to ban Jabhat Al Nusra are killing innocent people in Syria own role by handing Syria’s league “There will be no Syria if presi- had used chemical weapons in investigated and the perpetra- as a terrorist group — reflect- are in Jordan too,” he warned. seat to the opposition at the Doha dent Assad steps down ... If he Khan Al Assal near Aleppo, but tors held to account. Miqdad ing growing concerns about the “We have stupid Arabs who are summit last month, he said. If leaves now before we agree on a it would only agree to a “real” was keen to exploit last week’s prominence of extremists in the facilitating what the others are any government handed Syrian political plan among all Syrians, UN investigation and not to a announcement that Jabhat Al anti-Assad camp. The coalition planning for the region. But the embassies abroad to the opposi- Syria will no longer be on the repeat of what had happened in Nusra, an Islamist fighting force, says their importance has been conspiracy begins in the west.” tion, he warned, Syria would turn map.” GUARDIAN NEWS

Obama discusses Syria with Students protest 4 civilians dead Abu Dhabi Crown Prince as army retakes Darfur town WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama yesterday held the first of a string of meetings focusing partly on Syria with key Middle Eastern allies, KHARTOUM: Four civilians as he met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The were killed as Sudanese forces president will also meet the leaders of Turkey, Qatar and Jordan in the com- recaptured a strategic rebel- ing weeks, as Syrian rebels renew their appeals for Washington to provide held town in southern Darfur, weapons and as President Bashar Al Assad battles for survival. peacekeepers said yesterday After the lunch in the White House, which did not include a press photo- after the UN called for access op, the two sides issued a statement which offered broad descriptions of the to help thousands of affected topics they covered but gave few details. civilians. “The President and the Crown Prince ... discussed a range of regional Government forces “have taken challenges, including the need for Iran to meet its international obligations control of Labado town... after with respect to its nuclear programme, the ongoing conflict in Syria, and fierce fighting, which resulted countering the threat of violent extremism,” the statement said. AFP in the death of four civilians and the wounding of six others,” said Aicha Elbasri, spokeswoman for the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Sudan Liberation Army’s Students of Al Jabriya Secondary School protest during school hours against the arrest of a student, Minni Minnawi faction claimed in Manama, Bahrain, yesterday. last morning to have resisted a government counter-attack on Labado, maintaining their hold on the town and a second com- munity, Muhagiriya. Egyptian policeman gets 15 years in jail Ten days ago they began an unusual occupation of the area CAIRO: A court in Egypt yes- 10,000 Egyptian pounds (around bomber detonated his explo- about 100km east of the South terday sentenced a policeman $1,450). In June, the court sen- sives in front of the church Darfur state capital Nyala, to 15 years in prison for tortur- tenced another policeman to 15 after a New Year’s Eve mass. Sudan’s second city. ing an Islamist to death after a years in jail and handed life sen- Police rounded up Islamists Darfur’s insurgents normally church bombing in the coastal tences to four others in absentia, belonging to the hardline Salafi stage hit-and-run attacks. city of Alexandria in 2011. including Konayessi. movement after they held pro- “The situation in and around The Alexandria Criminal Konayessi turned himself tests against the Coptic Church, Muhagiriya town, East Darfur, Court found Osama Al in and appealed the verdict, which they accused of detaining though relatively calm, remains Konayessi, a member of the according to local press reports. a woman who had converted to tense,” Elbasri said. Thousands of now dissolved State Security More than 20 churchgoers Islam. Mubarak’s security serv- civilians had sought shelter around apparatus, guilty of torturing were killed just weeks before ices were widely accused of peacekeepers’ camps in the district Sayed Bilal to death and also the uprising that toppled torture during his more than since the initial fighting began on ordered him to pay a fine of Hosni Mubarak when a suicide 30-year rule. AFP April 6. REUTERS

Seychelles grants asylum to Ben Ali relatives

VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES: Materi first fled to Qatar corruption and property fraud. The Seychelles has granted a just before the overthrow of his Married to Ben Ali’s eldest year’s asylum to the son-in- father-in-law’s regime in 2011, daughter Nesrine, the business- law of Tunisia’s deposed dic- but the Gulf emirate agreed to man owned Princess Holding tator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, expel him in September 2012. and was active in virtually every officials said yesterday. In December he travelled economic sector. Sakhr El Materi, who was briefly to the Seychelles, leav- His properties have either convicted in absentia of cor- ing after he was questioned by been confiscated or placed under ruption by a Tunisian court, police for trying to enter on an state administration. appealed for asylum in the expired diplomatic passport, but The north African country Indian Ocean archipelago in returned to Victoria in January. has repeatedly asked Saudi February. Tunisian officials have said Arabia, where Ben Ali took ref- Materi and his family “have they would do everything to get uge with his wife Leila Trabelsi been granted a 12 month resi- Materi extradited. after they fled Tunisia on in dence permit in Seychelles,” a Sakhr El Materi Ben Ali and his close fam- January 2011, to extradite him. statement from the immigra- ily used to go on holiday to the Ben Ali has been sentenced tion department read. “The government of Seychelles in secret prior to the in absentia to life in prison for The Seychelles said that while Seychelles has not satisfied revolution. presiding over the bloody pro- the country’s law “does not make itself that the conditions exist Said to be the ex-dictator’s test crackdown that ignited specific provisions for political in Tunisia at this point for a free favourite son-in-law and long the Arab Spring, and convicted asylum”, the residence permit and fair trial if El Materi were seen as a possible succes- on other charges that include was issued because they believed to be repatriated back to face sor, Materi was sentenced in incitement to murder, embezzle- Materi would not receive justice the charges set out against him absentia to 16 years in prison ment and abuse of power. in his home nation. there,” the statement added. and fined 97m dinars ($61m) for AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Protests for jobs heat up near Iraqi oilfield

BASRA, IRAQ: Hundreds of get our rights. We have decided last month, smashing offices of an local protesters blocked a main to block the entrance until field Iraqi company hired by Samsung entrance of Iraq’s giant south- officials address our demands,” Engineering before trying to ern West Qurna-2 oilfield yes- said Mizhir Al Rwemi, a spokes- break into the South Korean terday, operated by Russia’s man for protesters. builder’s headquarters. More Lukoil, demanding jobs in a sign More than 1,000 employ- than 1,000 employees from the of the growing challenges facing ees from SOC demonstrated to South Oil Co. also demonstrated foreign firms operating in the demand higher salaries and per- to demand higher salaries and south. manent contracts with the com- permanent contracts with the Local communities and tribes pany, officials and protesters said company, officials and protesters in Iraq, where foreign oil com- An official at the state-run said. panies are developing the Opec South Oil Company said it was Ten years after the invasion nation’s vast energy reserves, not the first such protest. “We that ousted Saddam Hussein, periodically protest to squeeze are trying to deal discretely with Iraq’s energy installations are still companies for jobs and other them,” the official said. struggle with various challenges, work benefits. Iraqi oil police officials said including attacks on oil pipelines Around 500 angry protesters security measures were tightened and facilities. gathered at the main entrance, around the oilfield to prevent Earlier this month, Gunmen demanding Lukoil supply jobs and protesters from getting inside attacked a contracting company compensation for land where it where employees, including from in Iraq’s Akkas gasfield, killing at operates. Police said the situation Russia’s Lukoil were working on least three local workers and kid- was under control and demon- developments operations. napping two more before burning Staff from the South Oil Company demand higher salaries and better benefits during a demonstration in Basra, strators did not try to break into Hundreds of protesters broke their camp in the remote western 420km southeast of Baghdad, yesterday. the field. “We are protesting to into West Qurna-2 oilfield early desert. AFP Bombings kill eight ahead of polls

Iraq executes 21 BAGHDAD: Bombings in Iraq, including one against a gover- nor’s convoy, killed eight people yesterday, a day after a wave of attacks left 50 dead ahead of the first elections since US troops on terror charges withdrew. A car bomb killed four people and wounded 15 in Aziziyah, while a roadside bomb killed a soldier Number of executions this year rises to 50 and wounded two near Mussayib, both south of the Iraqi capital, BAGHDAD: Iraq put 21 men security and medical officials said. to death yesterday, a senior jus- Iran hangs nine for robbery, murder Two separate blasts north of tice ministry official said, the Baghdad killed two people and latest in a series of mass execu- TEHRAN: Iran yesterday executed nine people convicted of wounded eight others, while a tions that have drawn interna- armed robberies, murder and abduction in the southern province roadside bomb exploded near a tional condemnation. All of the of Fars, the authorities said. convoy carrying Nineveh prov- men were Iraqis and had been Six were hanged in public, while the rest were sent to the gallows ince’s Governor Atheel Al Nujaifi convicted on terror charges, the in prison, the judiciary in Fars said on its website, identifying the near the main northern city official said, speaking on condi- convicts only by their initials. of Mosul, though no one was tion of anonymity. They had been found guilty of Moharebeh, or waging war against harmed. “Twenty-one Iraqis were exe- God, through “repeated armed robberies, murder and abduction,” The spate of bombings comes cuted today, according to Article it said. Under Iran’s interpretation of Shariah law, using firearms, a day after more than 30 attacks Four of the Anti-Terrorism Law,” knives or clubs in a crime are considered as Moharebeh, whose across Iraq killed 50 people and the official said. punishment is the death sentence. AFP wounded almost 300, raising fur- Iraq typically carries out its ther questions about the credibil- Iraqi security officials inspect the wreckage of a car bomb in Aziziyah, south executions by hanging. ity of April 20 provincial elections of the capital Baghdad, yesterday. The latest executions brought penalty. The country’s executions around the world, but Iraq that are seen as a key test of to 50 the number of executions have sparked concern from the remained a black spot. Iraq’s stability and its security country’s first since March 2010 diplomats say insurgent groups Baghdad has carried out so far United Nations, as well as from Al Qaeda’s front group in Iraq forces’ capabilities. parliamentary polls. exploit by using the political dif- this year, despite widespread calls Britain, the European Union said last month that it carried out A total of 14 election hope- It is also the first election since ferences to enhance their room for a moratorium on the country’s and rights groups Amnesty a wave of attacks that eventually fuls have already been murdered US troops withdrew from Iraq in for manoeuvre on the ground. use of capital punishment. International and Human Rights left 56 people dead as “revenge and just 12 of the country’s 18 December 2011. More than 8,000 candidates are Iraq carried out 129 execu- Watch. for those whom you (the govern- provinces will be taking part in The election comes amid a long- standing in the elections, with 378 tions in 2012 and Justice Minister Amnesty said in its annual ment) executed,” referring to a the vote. Soldiers and policemen running crisis between Prime seats on provincial councils up for Hassan Al Shammari insisted report on capital punishment last total of 18 executions carried out cast their ballots for the pro- Minister Nuri al-Maliki and grabs. An estimated 16.2 million last month that Baghdad would week that the use of the death by Iraq on March 14 and 17. vincial elections on Saturday, a several of his erstwhile govern- Iraqis are eligible to vote. continue to implement the death penalty was broadly diminishing AFP week ahead of the main vote, the ment partners, which officials and AFP

Kidnapped Saudi diplomat in Yemen in new video plea

DUBAI: A Saudi diplomat held hostage by Al Qaeda in Yemen for more than a year has urged the kingdom to secure his release, in a new video published by the extremist network’s media arm. Abdullah Al Khalidi, Saudi’s deputy consul in the southern port of Aden, was dressed in a traditional black outfit and appeared to be in good health in the 19-minute video interview by Al Malahem Media, apparently produced between February and March. He appealed to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to secure his release by meeting his kidnappers’ demands, asking: “Will he release me and return me back to my family and children?” “They are demanding the release of a few women and some clerics” detained by Saudi authorities over their links to Al Qaeda, he said. Militants from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula seized Abdullah Al Khalidi on March 28 last year seeking the release of female prisoners and to collect a ransom. AQAP claimed responsibility for Khalidi’s abduction in April. In parts of the video, AQAP aired pictures of what it said were satellite pictures of a US air base in Saudi Arabia from which drones targeted Al Qaeda militants in Yemen, as well as pictures of destruction caused by these raids. The US has stepped up its support for Yemen’s battle against AQAP, which it regards as the most active and deadliest franchise of the global Al Qaeda network. This is Khalidi’s fourth such appeal. He last appeared in October in a similar recording, and made appeals on May 25 and again on July 1. Although weakened, Al Qaeda is still present in Yemen’s restive south and east, and launches sporadic attacks against security forces. Saudi Arabia itself witnessed a wave of deadly attacks by Al Qaeda between 2003 and 2006, which prompted authorities to launch a crackdown on the local branch of the jihadist network founded by slain Saudi-born Osama bin Laden. Hundreds of people have been abducted in Yemen in the past 15 years, almost all of whom have been freed unharmed. Three Europeans — two Finns and an Austrian — snatched in Yemen in December are still missing.

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NFORTUNATELY, the election in Venezuela to pick a new president after the death of Hugo Chavez has resulted in violence and instability. There is no alternative but to UThe country witnessed violent protests and clashes yesterday which have left seven people dead and scores injured, widening the rift between Nicolas Maduro, the longtime loyal lieutenant of the late Chavez, and Henrique negotiate with North Korea Capriles, his opponent. Tensions have soared since the National Electoral Council proclaimed Maduro the victor in BY JONATHAN POWER the snap election by a narrow 50.75 percent to 49 percent in Clinton’s time also torpedoed them. terrorism list. margin. The council, which is dominated by Chavistas, Bush’s first secretary of state, Colin A deal was made, with the added rejected Capriles’s demand for a recount, setting the two iplomats and pundits were right: Powell, was made a fool. After he bonus of the North agreeing to open up sides on a collision course. Transition after the death of declared that the new administration undeclared sites, but with the provi- DKim Jong-il in North Korea, they would try and complete the work of son that inspections were agreed to by A continuation of the crisis will have disastrous said, might well produce an unstable its predecessor, Powell was publicly ‘mutual consent’, leaving Pyongyang a consequences for Venezuela, which is still grappling with a and frightening situation. Kim Jong-un, repudiated. card to play. stalemate following the death of Chavez. The country needs his son, is a cut off the old block. The insider work of vice-president It played it — over the question of to move forward with a powerful government in power which But they forget too easily America’s Richard Cheney and secretary of how the US could verify what North is able to take tough decisions to overcome an economic stance in the negotiations that began defence Donald Rumsfeld pulled the Korea had agreed to, in particular during the presidency of Bill Clinton. rug from under him. the questions the US had over the slowdown. But the row over the fairness of the election and It led to major progress and the Fortunately, negotiations were sal- suspected building of a uranium subsequent violence will make the new government weak and unprecedented visit to Pyongyang vaged by secretary of state, Condoleezza enrichment plant which could be an illegitimate, at least in the eyes of a few. by his Secretary of State, Madeline Rice, who took personal charge of talks alternative source of bomb-producing The results show that Maduro didn’t enjoy a resounding Albright, which was meant to pave the and empowered a skilful negotiator, material to the plutonium facility it had victory that many pollsters had predicted due to the way for Clinton’s own visit which was Christopher Hill, to burrow through agreed to renounce. sympathy wave after Chavez’s death. likely to lead to major changes in the the labyrinthine confusion and misun- Negotiations came to a shuddering relationship. derstandings heaped one on top of the halt when North Korea carried out a The The margin of victory was just Demands of the Camp David Israel- other. second nuclear test. Barack Obama had 265,000 votes, according to official Palestine-US Pyongyang’s twists and turns and become president four months before. presidential figures. Opinion polls had shown that negotiations in often appalling misbehaviour were more Later it revealed that it had built a ura- election has Maduro would win by double digits, the last days of tolerated. nium enrichment plant, albeit at that and the ruling party candidate had his administra- In September 2005, the US formally time only enriching uranium to the low widened the said his goal was to reach 10 million tion meant it offered a non-aggression pledge and an requirements of producing electricity, Negotiations couldn’t be fitted offer, in principle, to normalise rela- not bombs. rift between votes. Instead, he received 7.5 million in. tions. It also resurrected discussion of Obama tried to pick up the pieces. votes. “I want to say to the candidate After seven the Clinton decision to help finance and In February last year in return for the two leading of the government, the loser today came to a years of erratic build a ‘light water’ reactor that would 240,000 tonnes of food aid, the new parties. is you,” Capriles said at a press US policies under help satisfy the North’s domestic power North Korean regime agreed to allow conference called moments after shuddering president George needs, without producing more bomb- UN inspectors to monitor its suspension W Bush — met making material. of uranium enrichment. The North also his opponent declared victory at the by equally erratic The reactor sits half finished. In agreed a moratorium on nuclear and presidential palace. He also said he would not recognize the halt when and bellicose return, the North agreed to denuclear- long-range missile tests. results until each vote is counted one by one. North Korean ise and open itself to international The agreement did not last long. At the same time, Maduro has described the opposition’s North Korea ones — the Bush inspection. In April, the North launched a rocket protest as part of a coup attempt and likened the street administration’s Perhaps inevitably both sides inter- containing a satellite, arguing this was protests to similar events that took place eleven years ago negotiations preted the agreement differently. The a scientific, not a military endeavour. It carried out a ended up achiev- North again became intransigent. broke up in mid-air. during a short-lived coup that ousted Hugo Chávez for two ing almost the In October 2006, it exploded an Obama, I think, mistakenly decided days. Interestingly, throughout yesterday, a state-run channel second nuclear same as Clinton’s, underground nuclear device. Yet Rice to cancel the agreement. The US was broadcast footage of the 2002 coup. It was an attempt by albeit with no managed to persuade Bush to dilute the backed by all members of the UN the president-elect to warn people that the country could be test. plan to take the hostile rhetoric. Security Council. facing similar destabilising efforts led by the opposition. final, big step, The Rice-Hill push continued for- In December, the North launched a A hardening of positions by both sides in the coming days as Clinton had ward. Fuel aid and food were offered missile that could possibly reach the US planned. as carrots. Surprisingly, the offer bore but not carrying a nuclear weapon. will make a solution to the crisis more difficult. Maduro Well, not quite back to where the fruit. In February this year, it carried out has said he will not allow a big opposition march planned Clinton administration had to leave off. The North agreed to disable its its third nuclear test. Now it says it is for today in Caracas to demand a vote recount. Capriles too On Bush’s watch Pyongyang tested its nuclear weapons and other important prepared to threaten a thermo-nuclear seems to be determined. But the opposition must shun the nuclear bomb. facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear com- war. The Obama administration is going path of violence and take its case to the people and focus on This must count as one of Bush’s plex. It also said it would allow back to have its work cut out to resurrect worst foreign policy feats. UN inspectors. But when Washington serious negotiations. strengthening the party. Elections will come again, and will Commitments made in tense but pro- stalled on removing the North from its But the alternative of letting more provide more opportunities for it to come to power • ductive negotiations were not honoured. terrorism list, Pyongyang also stalled. time pass by is not an option. The Republican majority in Congress Washington capitulated on the THE PENINSULA The other side Quote of Tensions hinder growth the day

rapping up his four-day Technology, Kerry lauded US President Kerry’s words about growth are crisis and the maritime disputes visit to Asia in Tokyo on Barack Obama’s strategic rebalancing meaningless. between China and its neighbors in the Monday, US Secretary as “a smart and strategic commit- Hence, the US needs to ensure that South China Sea and East China Sea, Wof State John Kerry ment”. He also urged countries in the its involvement in Asian affairs, either at has more often than not ratcheted up reassured the United States’ allies in region to join hands together and make the bilateral level or as a participant in the tensions instead of easing them. We will go to the the region that it will continue to build progress in coping with regional chal- various regional platforms, contributes The US should make concrete on its active and enduring presence in lenges under the principles of strong to building lasting peace and stability efforts to work with other countries in ends of the Earth the region. But despite the rhetoric, growth, fair growth, smart growth and in the region. the region to prevent these issues from which was intended to brush aside just growth. The US’ involvement in the region so spiraling out of control. to identify the skepticism about the US’ motives Washington should be reminded far suggests that this is not always the Otherwise, the interests of all parties for rebalancing its national security that the economic and social progress case. Washington should always care- will be at stake. subject or subjects focus toward Asia and away from the Asian countries have made owes much fully consider whether its stance and China does not oppose a bigger US responsible for this Middle East, there remain doubts about to the peace and stability the region has measures will have a positive impact role in the Asia-Pacific as long as it acts (Boston bombings) whether the US will play a constructive maintained in recent years. Without the on regional cooperation. in a more constructive and responsible Richard DesLauriers role in the region. stable security outlook and the state of There is ample evidence to show way and strives to respect the interests despicable crime. In a policy speech on the Asia- strategic equilibrium that has been the that the US’ involvement in regional of all countries in the region. Head of FBI’s Pacific delivered at the Tokyo Institute of foundation for regional development, issues, such as the Korean Peninsula China Daily Boston office WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Chavismo loses appeal in Tony Blair – a Venezuela without Hugo loose horse at Maduro does Grand National BY POLLY TOYNBEE not have his join the fray. Yet once out of the game, yesterday’s men and his highly political funeral women are like loose horses get- charismatic was bound to be a battle- ting in the way of the riders in ground, the gun carriage the Grand National. Former top predecessor’s Ther final political sym- players soon lose the pulse of bol. Over the top? Absurdly. Will daily politics, and many take on tomorrow see her finally laid to private commerce with strange command over rest? Not at all. The Conservative political bedfellows, shifting their party and the country will be for- views rightwards. They yearn for the Opec nation ever riven by her image. the days of their prime, to reprise Had Tony Blair known when he 1997 and copy the old playbook. wrote his critical New Statesman Blair warns Labour against and may face article that he would clash with her returning to its “comfort zone”, obsequies, might he have paused failing to have “a modern vision”, challenges from before following her bad example becoming a party of protest or as a former leader? What delight imagining that the centre ground rivals within the he gave the enemy press: “The has shifted when the “paradox Blair bitch project: Ex-PM and of the financial crisis” is that “it heavyweight pals tear into Red has not brought a decisive shift Chavista ranks. Ed,” whooped the Sun, claiming to the left”. he “stoked up a growing revolt”. Ed Miliband replied with pat- BY BRIAN ELLSWORTH But there is no revolt. ronising aplomb: “Tony Blair has and ENRIQUE ANDRES Disappointing Labour’s foes, Ed always got important things to PRETEL Miliband has presided over unex- say. He is the first to recognise pected unity. There is a “Blairite” that political parties need to move he bereavement of mil- shadow cabinet faction, but every forwards, not backwards, need to lions of Venezuelans Supporters of Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro, attend a meeting in Caracas on Monday. healthy party needs right and not go back to old solutions and at Hugo Chavez’s left wings to pummel out its need to adapt to new times.” funeral last month policies: inside Labour neither Labour will have an economic appeared to signal unlimited access to government- After serving time in prison, he talked, checking phone messages side is extreme compared with policy that spells out its precise Tthat the political movement he led run television outlets. launched his political career and and dejectedly pondering why the wilder shores of Torydom. fiscal constraints and the scope would remain strong long beyond But his lead faded fast in the swept to power in 1998 on a leftist the results were so much tighter Miliband’s solid 10-point lead of its investment in jobs, growth the passing of its inspirational last days of the campaign and platform. During his 14-year rule, than expected. “Without Chavez, within two years of a crushing and housebuilding. We would all founder. his winning margin was just 1.6 Chavez crafted a top-down sys- he (Maduro) will have no capac- defeat is remarkable, when the like to know the details, but what Six weeks later, however, his percentage points. Capriles, who tem that allowed him to steadily ity to ask that the population be glum thought they’d be out for imprudence to spell out cuts, tax anointed successor barely scraped quickly conceded defeat against concentrate power by controlling patient while he fulfils promises eons, some still doubting whether and spending when every fore- out a presidential election vic- Chavez in October, is bitterly state institutions, while demand- and meets expectations,” said Miliband could win. But someone cast published is wrong on next tory over opposition candidate challenging the result from ing unswerving loyalty from his local pollster Luis Vicente Leon. will — and Labour’s glums should month’s growth, let alone that of Henrique Capriles, who was Sunday’s election and demanding protégées. Bolstered by his mag- Opposition sympathizers listen to the opposite benches, two years hence. Blair had a lit- roundly defeated by Chavez just a full recount. To be sure, millions netism and fear of his temper, pointed out via Twitter that after where virtually all of them tle card of five small but symbolic over six months ago. of Venezuelans stayed faithful to Chavismo has attracted support- weeks of calling himself a “son” despair that David Cameron can pledges — he didn’t announce his Nicolas Maduro’s narrow elec- Chavez’s dying wish that they ers who often have little patience and “apostle” of the messianic lead them to any kind of victory. economic plan until January 1997. tion win suggests that “Chavismo” back Maduro and many will con- with one another. While Chavez’s socialist, Maduro now looks more Labour pessimists should recall That idea proved not brilliant: — the political philosophy and tinue to support him. repeated trouncing of adversaries like a distant cousin. that in 1979, Margaret Thatcher it was to hold to Tory spending disparate coalition built up by He enjoys control over the at the ballot box let him effort- Any division within the leader- was 19 points behind cheery Jim plans — which Tory chancellor Chavez during 14 years in power courts and state prosecutors, and lessly brush off any questioning ship of “Chavismo” could promote Callaghan in personal popularity. Ken Clark laughed at later, say- — will struggle without him. few believe the electoral author- of his democratic credentials, a splintering of the various groups Ideas can trump personality. ing he had no intention of stick- Maduro does not have his char- ity would overturn the results of Maduro’s narrow win means he that no longer have Chavez’s cha- Politics is a savage god: It ing to such an “eye-watering” ismatic predecessor’s command Sunday’s vote despite the opposi- will start his term in office from risma — or his iron hand — to eats all its denizens sooner or straitjacket. over the Opec nation and may tion’s allegations of irregularities a much weaker position. keep them together. Maduro later. Leaving power is always What different times these are! face challenges from rivals within and demands for a full recount. Cabello was long seen as a also faces a weakening economic painful — ask the MPs who fall Small but totemic policies are in the Chavista ranks. But the close and contested more experienced manager than panorama of slower growth and at each throw of the electoral place — building homes with the “These results require deep vote means Maduro now has less Maduro, but also generally per- higher inflation following a binge dice. Ask cabinet ministers sud- proceeds of bank bonuses, guar- self-criticism,” said Diosdado room to carry on Chavez’s six- ceived as less likable and more of government spending in 2012 denly ripped from their desk and anteed jobs for the unemployed, Cabello, the powerful head of the year campaign of nationalizations vindictive. Chavez in December that helped ensure Chavez’s re- forced to watch their successors repealing the NHS act, a man- National Assembly, another close or advance a utopian and con- passed him over as successor in election victory but left state tear up prized programmes and sion tax paying for a 10p tax ally to Chavez whom many see as troversial plans that include the favour of the mustachioed former finances strained by debt. erase their memory, a life’s work rate... Miliband says he will lead a potential rival to Maduro. creation of “socialist communes” union organiser. Maduro’s reputation for mod- wrecked in a day. Every politician’s “in my own way”. His policies “Let’s turn over every stone to which would compete with state As head of the Congress, eration and capacity for dialogue departure needs an addict’s cure point to the direction of travel, find our faults, but we cannot put and local governments. Cabello will likely try to boost the has led many to believe he could from Westminster’s adrenaline but how far? In his much-praised the fatherland or the legacy of our He may also have more limited power of a legislature that was seek more pragmatic economic rush. Blair seemed to manage the Thatcher speech he repeated his commander (Chavez) in danger.” capacity to follow Chavez’s foreign weakened steadily during Chavez’s policies to address problems such break, staying silently away in the riff on the power of conviction: Chavez beat Capriles by 11 per- policy goals, including generous time in office. He has considerably as nagging product shortages. Gordon Brown years. He took on “She believed ideology mat- centage points in October for his assistance to Cuba and other greater sway than Maduro in key This would be considerably more gargantuan causes, from interfaith tered”, and her ideas “departed fourth presidential election win left-wing governments in Latin power blocs including the military difficult in the context of internal concord to peace in the Middle from the prevailing consensus and that was after a long cam- America, the constant excoriation and state governorships that are dissent and softer public support. East. Oddly reckless of his repu- of the time”. He, too, means to paign in which he was severely of Washington, and high-profile crucial in ensuring the wealth “Though Chavismo could have tation, he also made vast sums change the weather of his times, weakened by the cancer that support for US pariahs such as from oil resources reaches poor seemingly won this election, the through opaque companies and not be a weather vane. Courage killed him on March 5. Syria and Iran. Venezuelans. sustainability of this political kept bad company with dictators. has served him well — on Iraq, His death unleashed a wave of Chavez burst onto Venezuela’s While Chavez marked his elec- movement, which was always But until now he has held on Murdoch and on predatory emotion that immediately boosted political scene by leading a failed tion victories by whipping crowds centered around the personal- his tongue on British politics. capitalism. No wonder Blair is Maduro’s poll numbers, suggest- coup in 1992, electrifying the of supporters into a frenzy, many ity of Chavez, could face seri- Perhaps the departure of David uneasy, both about the winnabil- ing he would stroll to victory. nation with a brief televised supporters at Maduro’s victory ous challenges in the longer Miliband stirred him and other ity of such an agenda and what it His campaign was also boosted speech in which he admitted speech on Sunday wandered term,” Barclays analysts said in a old warhorses — John Reid, David might do to his own legacy. by ample state resources and defeat “for now.” aimlessly back and forth as he research note. REUTERS Blunkett and Tessa Jowell — to THE GUARDIAN Boston Marathon’s openness spirit abused

BY ROGER ROBINSON They were my greatest personal concern should be. Could we run marathons on Running is a force for good; marathon until I heard they were safe (though it safe closed circuits? How could you rec- n Monday, bombs killed was a close thing). oncile that with the essential notion that three and injured scores a sport of goodwill. Now, all that feels Our problem is that this marathon the marathon is a journey, and a celebra- of people at the finish line world of goodwill and prelapsarian inno- tion of the community or the environ- of the Boston Marathon. cence has made us so vulnerable. Ever ment it passes through? I feel as if my own family violated by this modern murder. since the New York Marathon went I just received a press release from Ohas been violated. Even worse, after a ahead seven weeks after the horror of the London Marathon, where I’m due lifetime of writing about how running idea by honouring the ride of Paul regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or any 9/11, my wife Kathrine Switzer and I have to travel yesterday morning, to say they is one of the most positive forces in the Revere, not on his actual route, but other division you can think of. It’s the feared exactly what happened yesterday. are “reviewing security arrangements modern world. always on his day, Patriots’ Day in the only occasion when thousands of peo- Our sport is such a great photo-op, with the Metropolitan Police”. How do I’ve been in Boston five days. I’ve been State of Massachusetts (that’s why it’s ple assemble, often in a major city like and global media coverage is guaran- you reconcile that need and that lan- at media conferences, parties, meals on Monday). The Kosice Marathon in New York or London, for a reason that is teed. Modern murderers like those guage with the essential innocence of with fellow writers and a running travel Slovakia and the Comrades’ Marathon totally peaceful, healthy and well-mean- things. That time Kathrine was on a TV the marathon? group, the Expo, I ran among lots of in South Africa were created to com- ing. It’s the only sport in the world where motorcycle alongside the lead women, We spent Monday night in “lock-down” runners alongside the Charles River, I memorate the dead in first world war. no one ever boos anybody. and probably the greatest relief of my in the Copley Plaza hotel, the race head- stood and cheered on the sidelines of The Oklahoma Memorial Marathon If you’re losing your faith in human life was when she came safely off the quarters. The window looks down on the 5K and street mile. And yesterday, affirms life after the bombings in that nature, look at marathon crowds, stand- Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Dartmouth Street. Every other year, that I reported the race from the media city in 1995. The London Marathon was ing for hours with no seating, no cover, I spent the rest of Monday after- scene has been jammed with happy and centre, surrounded by journalists from created with charities as part of its origi- no bathrooms, to cheer thousands of noon explaining to media from England tired runners, making their creaky way around the world. There has been not nal mission. This very Boston Marathon strangers. Or look at our sport’s vol- to New Zealand that it’s impossible to to the Family Reunion area just around one moment in all five days that has been mourned and honoured the schoolkids unteers, on whose shoulders the whole make a marathon course totally secure. the corner. Every other year, we have anything but warm, friendly, supportive, who were gunned down a few months ago sport rests. Kathrine saw the police sniffer dogs at looked down on a scene of mass but quiet generous, benevolent in the fullest sense. in Newtown, CT, not far from here. Out I spent part of the Runner’s World/ 8am yesterday, checking the finish area, jubilation and unity. Until now. of respect for them, the race was started, Running Times party with mates from so the bombs were presumably planted Now, nothing was moving out there, I’m not just being warm and fuzzy. for the first time in 117 years, not with a Buffalo and Niagara Falls who are race later, by someone who wandered in and the street is lined with back-up Marathon running has a long tradi- gun but with an airhorn. directors and also travel the East Coast behind the crowd. How could you stop it? ambulances, fire trucks and police vehi- tion of celebrating, commemorating, Even without that special purpose, as race volunteers, giving their skills and It’s too soon to say where we go from cles, including a massive thing out of and affirming life. The original Olympic marathon running is a sport of goodwill. labour to other races. here. The world cross-country cham- Mad Max called “Massachusetts Police marathon in 1896 was to commemo- It’s the only sport in the world where if Two of them, Bob Kaminsky and Les pionships were much weakened by the Incident Command”. I’m grateful they rate the man who carried the news of a competitor falls, the others around will Potapcyck, told me they were “working demands of modern security, meaning were there yesterday. But it was a sight a victory for freedom. The first Boston pick him or her up. It’s the only sport in security at the finish line” yesterday. they always have to be held on closed cir- I never wanted to see at a marathon. Marathon a year later followed that the world open to absolutely everyone, Right by where the first bomb went off. cuits instead of across country as they THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Gulf states, Iran and OIC Iran test-fires condemn Boston bombings land-to-sea missile in Gulf RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Iran and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) all condemned DUBAI: Iran test-fired a new yesterday the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon, calling them land-to-sea ballistic missile in an act of terrorism. the Gulf, a senior official said Three people were killed and more than 170 wounded in the bomb- yesterday, days before an annual ings in the worst attack in the United States since the September 11, ceremony meant to showcase its 2001 atrocities. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque King Abdullah military muscle at a time of ris- bin Abdulazizi of Saudi Arabia sent a message of condolences to the ing tension with the West over American people, saying he was “saddened by the news of the two its nuclear activity. explosions in Boston,” state news agency SPA reported. Israel has publicly warned “We condemn these acts of terrorism targeting innocent people of possible air strikes on Iran’s and committed by criminals who represent only themselves and have nuclear sites if Tehran does neither religion nor faith.” not resolve Western suspicions Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Saudi-based it is developing nuclear weap- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation of 57 Muslim states, said in a ons know-how under cover of a statement that “such actions targeting an event are cowardly and declared civilian atomic energy reprehensible.” And Abdelatif Zayani, secretary general of the Gulf programme, something Tehran Cooperation Council, condemned “cowardly terrorist acts that go denies. against all values and principles.” Iran has threatened to hit Iran’s foreign ministry strongly condemned the twin bomb blasts at Israel and US bases in the region the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people, the country’s if it comes under attack, and also state television reported yesterday. “Iran strongly condemns the kill- to block the Strait of Hormuz, the ing of American citizens in Boston,” said ministry spokesman Ramin neck of the Gulf through which 40 Mehmanparast, calling the bombings a “source of sorrow”. percent of the world’s seaborne oil exports pass. “The defence ministry has been able to test a new missile in the Palestinians open Israeli jail Employees gather outside their offices, located in high-rise buildings, in Dubai yesterday, following a powerful Persian Gulf which has a high earthquake that hit southeastern Iran and felt in Gulf states. ability to hit targets,” General replica to honour prisoners Majid Bokaei, Iran’s deputy defence minister, was quoted as GAZA: Palestinians opened a replica of a former Israeli prison in saying by the state news agency Gaza yesterday to help illuminate the plight of 4,800 kin jailed in Irna, which described the missile Israel after weeks of protests that have triggered clashes in the Iran’s nuclear plant as a ballistic missile. Israeli-occupied West Bank. Murals of famous leaders of Palestinian “This new missile, which has militant groups who were once held in the Saraya prison decorated been equipped with a surface-to- walls at the site, along with a leather banner listing the names of surface missile system, exits the 12 detainees who died in what locals dubbed “the slaughterhouse”. atmosphere after being launched, “Prisoner Day,” an annual Palestinian national rite that commemo- re-enters it at high speed, and rates the detainees, is set for Wednesday and more street violence with unaffected by quake completely destroys the target Israeli troops is anticipated. vessel or warship.” Palestinians view compatriots held in Israel as heroes of their strug- Bokaei did not say when the gle for statehood, whereas the Jewish state says that many are guilty of The epicentre far away from Bushehr: Official missile was tested or give a killing or hurting innocents and the detentions guarantee its security. specific indication of its range. A hunger strike by a handful of prisoners and the deaths of two MOSCOW/TEHRAN: Iran’s immediate confirmation of any “When this missile was tested, all inmates in custody this year have touched off deadly clashes with Russian-built nuclear power Massive quake hits Iran deaths. A local health official in the enemies’ destroyers and ships Israeli security forces that some analysts say could snowball into a plant at Bushehr was not A major earthquake struck Iran on Tuesday, its tremors Iran told the Fars news agency retreated from near our borders,” were felt in the Gulf states and India’s capital New Delhi third Palestinian uprising. affected by the country’s pow- 200 miles that more than 20 villages were he said, according to Irna.

erful earthquake yesterday Tehran 200 km probably “severely damaged,” The Islamic Republic will mark and continues its operations as Kabul Islamabad based on initial reports. its National Army Day on April normal, a spokesman for the IRAN AFGHANISTAN But the deputy head of Iran’s 18, an occasion meant to celebrate Fault PAKISTAN Israel capable of attacking Russian state nuclear corpora- line Zahedan state crisis management organi- its armed forces and likely unveil tion said. New Delhi sation, Morteza Akbarpour, told military advances. The Bushehr nuclear power Dubai Fars casualties should be low con- Iran often announces new Iran on its own: Army chief Last Tuesday’s INDIA 6.3-magnitude plant on the Gulf is located some quake epicentre sidering the rural setting of the weapons achievements, although JERUSALEM: Israel’s army is capable of attacking Iran on its 950km west of Khash, a town Epicentre stricken area. these are difficult to verify own without foreign support, Chief of Staff Benny Gantz told public near the epicentre of what Iran Magnitude: 7.8 Depth: 15.2 km Time: 1044 GMT Irna said crisis management independently. Sources: Reuters; U.S. Geological Survey radio on the 65th anniversary of the Jewish state’s foundation. said was a 7.5 magnitude quake. F. Chan; W. Foo, 16/04/2013 authorities had declared a state of In August it said it had test- Asked in an interview if Israel’s military could wage attacks “alone” “A representative at the site emergency in the quake-hit area. launched a more accurate short- — without the support of countries such as the United States — against said they did not even feel the Pakistan, killing more than 30 The earthquake also shook range missile capable of hitting the Islamic republic, Gantz replied, “Yes, absolutely.” tremors,” Rosatom spokesman people in a remote community buildings in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, land and sea targets within a “We have our plans and forecasts... if the time comes we’ll decide” Sergei Novikov said. “The epicen- close to the desert border, offi- across the waters of the Gulf in range of around 300km. on whether to take military action against Tehran,” he said. tre was far away from Bushehr.” cials said. It comes a week after the United Arab Emirates. It was Pieter Wezeman, a senior Gantz’s comments echoed statements earlier this month by Prime Built by Russia despite ini- one struck near Iran’s Gulf port also felt in Qatar, the Saudi capi- researcher at the Stockholm Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said Israel would “at no stage... tial protests from Israel and the city of Bushehr, killing at least 30 tal Riyadh and in Oman. International Peace Research abandon our fate into the hands of other countries, even our best United States, Bushehr began people and injuring 800. In the tourist hub of Dubai, res- Institute (SIPRI), called the friends.” Israel believes the Islamic republic, which has issued numer- adding electricity to the Iranian At least 27 people were hurt in idential and office buildings were announcement another example ous bellicose statements against the Jewish state, is working to achieve power grid in 2011. Iran, according to a local gover- evacuated and thousands of peo- of Iran flaunting new military military nuclear capabilities. It has not ruled out a military strike to The powerful earthquake in nor speaking to the official Irna ple gathered outside skyscrapers. muscle without providing proof. prevent this development. AGENCIES Iran hit hundreds of homes in news agency, but there was no AFP REUTERS

UAE plot defendant allowed London Mayor in Dubai to go abroad for treatment ABU DHABI: An Abu Dhabi court yesterday allowed a defendant in the trial of dozens of Islamists accused of allegedly plotting to seize power to seek medical treatment abroad, the justice ministry said. During the hearing, the court “accepted the request by one of the defendants to hand her over her passport so she could travel abroad for medical treatment,” according to the ministry statement published by the official Wa m news agency. Out of the 94 defendants in the case, 86 including 13 women appeared in court yesterday. The rest are being tried in absentia. The next hearing was set for April 30. The women defendants have been on bail since the trial, which is closed to foreign media, began on March 4. Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, called on US President Barack Obama to press UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to “reverse the worsening human rights situ- ation in the country,” when they meet in Washington yesterday. “Obama should raise concerns with Al Nahyan about severe violations of fair trial rights, allegations of torture, and the laws and practices that foster exploitation of the UAE’s sizable migrant population,” said HRW. “The backdrop to the two leaders’... meeting is the UAE’s fundamentally unfair mass trial of 94 critics of the govern- ment, the unpunished torture by its state security services, and an escalating crackdown on free speech,” said HRW’s Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson. Prosecutors say the accused are linked to the group Al Islah, which has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The trial is the largest in the history of the UAE, which has not seen any of the widespread pro-reform protests that have swept other Arab states, although authorities have boosted a crackdown on dissent and calls for democratic reform. Kuwaiti House votes against stripping immunity of 4 MPs

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti National Assembly yesterday voted against the Public Prosecution’s petition to void parliamentary immunity of Members of Parliament Dr Abdul Hamid Dashti, Nabil Nouri Al Fadhel, Safaa Al Hashem, and Dr Maasouma Al Mubarak for charges in six cases filed against them. Dr Dashti retained the immunity in a misdemeanor case, with 29 MPs out of the present 35 members, rejecting the prosecution request. 27 MPs voted for maintaining the immunity of their fellow deputy, Dr Al Fadhel, for accusations in a press case, with 37 legislators present. As to Al Hashem, 24 lawmakers rejected London Mayor Boris Johnson cycles during a photo opportunity near stripping her of the parliamentary immunity, with a total of 37 the Burj Khalifa boulevard in downtown Dubai, yesterday. deputies attending. AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Alps bus crash kills Briton France tops DNA tests for horsemeat EU beef contamination report released

BRUSSELS: France found The results revealed a mixed more cases of illegal horse- picture across the EU. Greece had meat in beef products than any the second-highest level of posi- other European Union country, tive results with 288 tests yielding results of official DNA tests 36 positive results, a rate of 12.5 ordered in the wake of the scan- percent. About 1 in every 10 tests dal showed, with more than 1 in also returned positive in Latvia, every 8 samples testing positive. Denmark and Estonia. Announcing the results yester- By contrast, Germany found day, the European Commission horse DNA in just 3.3 percent of said that for the EU as a whole, samples, and in the Netherlands just less than 5 percent of all beef the rate was less than 1 percent. products tested had come back Both Ireland — where the dis- positive for horse DNA. covery in January of horse DNA But the figures showed that of in a burger labelled as pure beef 353 tests carried out in France, first sparked the scandal — and 47 tested positive for horse DNA, Britain — where retailers includ- giving a rate of more than 13 ing Tesco have been forced to percent. withdraw products found to con- A firefighter by the wreckage of a bus carrying British citizens that crashed yesterday near Bourg d’Oisans as it was leaving the French Alps resort “In terms of image it’s not good. tain horsemeat — returned no of l’Alpe d’Huez. The accident killed at least one person, a Briton, and wounded 24. There were 53 people on board. It risks delaying our attempt positive results for horsemeat. to regain consumer confidence Britain, however, had 14 posi- to get out of the crisis, because tive tests for the potentially it is not over yet,” Jean-Rene harmful veterinary drug phenylb- Buisson, chairman of the French utazone — known as bute — as food industry group ANIA, told part of a second set of EU-wide Court refuses to free Bolshoi star Reuters. tests on horsemeat destined for Buisson said it would be impor- human consumption. tant to know how much horse- The only other countries to find MOSCOW: A Russian court is mistaken.” Dressed in jeans, that the ballet star was unable to their detention extended till June. meat was detected in each positive bute in horsemeat were Ireland yesterday ordered a soloist in trainers without laces and a navy train and would lose his profes- Dmitrichenko initially made sample, as tiny traces could be the and the Czech Republic, each the Bolshoi ballet suspected of open-collared top, Dmitrichenko sional skills in prison. a televised confession which his result of accidental contamina- recording a single positive result. ordering a horrific acid attack appeared in good spirits at the “Russia could lose one of its lawyers later retracted. tion at processing plants rather “The bute is now really con- on its artistic director Sergei packed hearing in the Tagansky best dancers,” she said. He has not yet submitted a plea than deliberate substitution. The centrated in the UK, but mainly Filin to stay behind bars until district court, smiling and chat- It is still not clear when the on the charge of causing seri- Commission did not provide that because the UK has tested every at least June 18, rejecting a peti- ting to supporters and family trial will start into the attack on ous bodily harm in an organised information. horse slaughtered since February, tion for him to be freed. through the bars of his cage. Filin, which left the artistic direc- group, for which he faces up to 12 Europe’s horsemeat scandal so they have done a huge number The judge extended the arrest “Thank you to everyone who tor with serious eye damage and years in jail. has damaged confidence in parts of tests — more than 800,” said a of leading Bolshoi dancer Pavel came to support me,” he said. facial disfigurement. The perpetrator in the attack, of the continent’s food industry, senior EU source who spoke on Dmitrichenko for the investiga- His lawyer Violetta Volkova The assault was the worst unemployed ex-convict Yury hitting sales of processed ready- condition of anonymity. tion to finish, agreeing with the argued in court that 155 staff at scandal in the history of the great Zarutsky, carried out a much meals and boosting demand for For the EU as a whole, about prosecution’s arguments that he the Bolshoi had signed a letter Russian theatre, and has exposed harsher assault than the dancer organic produce. 0.6 percent of slaughtered horses has been charged with a serious testifying to Dmitrichenko’s good bitter internal rifts. had requested, his lawyer argued. The programme of EU-funded tested positive for bute, the crime and constitutes a flight risk. character and supporters were Russian police detained “What happened was an exces- DNA tests was approved by mem- results showed. The dancer disagreed, tell- prepared to post bail of 500,000 Dmitrichenko in March, along sive act by the perpetrator and ber governments in February in EU food safety experts said ing judge Natalya Konovalova: roubles. with the suspected acid-thrower Pavel Dmitrichenko did not par- a bid to gauge the extent of the on Monday that the level of bute “I absolutely do not intend to Thirty people were ready to and an alleged getaway driver in ticipate in the crime that he is problem and restore consumer residues found in horsemeat was flee. I want and intend to prove give guarantees that he would not the plot against Filin. charged with,” Volkova told jour- confidence in the bloc’s food safety unlikely to pose a health risk. in court that the investigation skip bail, she added, complaining The other two suspects also had nalists. AFP controls. REUTERS

Germany to pay for key trial delay MUNICH: German authori- after a Munich court said the ties pledged yesterday to help trial’s start would be pushed Serbia-Kosovo talks today ignite peace hopes offset additional costs incurred back from Wednesday to May 6. by the families of immigrant “The important thing for BRUSSELS: The European chaired eight rounds of agree to a mutual compromise,” sides are ready to do a deal given murder victims from the post- me now is that the victims and Union will host today another EU-sponsored talks, said yes- she said. the prospect that if they do not, ponement of the trial of a sus- their families are sufficiently round of Serbia-Kosovo talks terday she had invited Serb The last round of talks earlier steps towards future membership pected neo-Nazi killer cell. informed and that they are also amid speculation that a deal is Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and this month finished with both of the EU will be stayed indefi- The justice minister of the offered help with the financial in sight to end years of tensions his Kosovo counterpart Hashim sides separated by a “very nar- nitely. Germany warned Serbia southern state of Bavaria, Beate consequences of the decision,” and pave the way for closer ties Thaci to Brussels. row but deep” gap, as Ashton bluntly yesterday that its bid to Merk, said she regretted the she said. with the bloc, officials said. “I have asked them to come described it. join the EU will remain on ice delay’s impact on the relatives AFP EU foreign affairs head in a constructive spirit, ready The announcement of today’s until it settles the dispute. Catherine Ashton, who has to explore different options and meeting stoked hopes the two AFP Ex-Senegal leader’s son jailed DAKAR: The son of former Senegal leader Abdoulaye Wade woke up in a cell yesterday after spending his first night in custody following his arrest by detectives investigating his vast fortune, valued at more than $1bn. Karim Wade, who held a number of cabinet posts under his father’s presidency, was detained in Dakar in the latest twist in an ongoing legal battle with the cur- rent regime over what they allege are illicit gains from his time in office. “Karim Wade spent the night at the Colobane police station with six other people,” a source close to the case told AFP. Greece urged to ban neo-Nazi party

STRASBOURG, FRANCE: A top Europe rights offi- cial warned yesterday of a surge in racist hate crimes in Greece, urging the country to ban extremist neo- Nazi party Golden Dawn, implicated in many of the attacks. The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner Nils Muiznieks wrote in a report published yesterday after a recent visit to Greece that government had failed to take proper action over a rise in hate crimes, particu- larly targeting migrants. The report hones in on the Golden Dawn political party, reminding government that it was “possible to impose effective penalties, and even prohibition if necessary” against the extreme far-right group. Verdict delayed in Malian editor’s case

BAMAKO: A Malian newspaper editor detained for nearly a month after publishing an open letter from disgruntled soldiers appeared yesterday before a mag- istrate who delayed judgement against him for a week. Boukary Daou was taken into custody on March 6 and charged with “incitement to disobedience” over the letter objecting to the salary earned by Captain Amadou Sanogo, leader of a coup that ousted Mali’s government last year. The media launched a nationwide strike to protest against the arrest of Daou, the editor of the Republican daily newspaper, with the campaign eventually morphing into a blackout of coverage of government activities. AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Boston bombings act of terror, says Obama Too soon to identify motive or suspects, say officials; 17 among 176 treated in hospitals critical

BOSTON: President Barack who carried out this attack or Obama called the Boston why, whether it was planned and Marathon bombings an “act of executed by a terrorist organi- terror” yesterday and investiga- sation — foreign or domestic — tors said no additional explosive or was the act of a malevolent devices have been found other individual.” than two that detonated near Dispelling earlier reports of the finish line, a development as many as seven devices being that could complicate the case. found around Boston, Gene Law enforcement officials, who Marquez, Assistant Special Agent asked the public to turn over in charge for the U S Bureau of any photos or video of Monday’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, marathon and the blasts, did not said authorities had determined disclose any possible leads in the that the only bombs deployed in investigation. No one has been the attack were the two that det- arrested, police said. onated shortly before 3pm EDT Late on Monday, police (1900 GMT) on Monday. searched a Boston area apart- Any unexploded device might ment of a Saudi Arabian student have provided a clearer picture who was injured in the blast, law of what materials were used and enforcement sources said. But how the bomb was assembled, fur- they said evidence showed that nishing leads in the case. the student was expected to be “This will be a worldwide inves- cleared of suspicion and that he tigation,” said Rick DesLauriers, was unlikely to shed any light on head of the FBI’s Boston office. the attack. “We will go to the ends of the Numerous other theories and Earth to identify the subject or leads in the investigation are subjects responsible for this des- being looked at, according to the picable crime,” he added. “We are same sources, who asked not to using full capacities of the FBI, to be identified. its fullest worldwide extent.” Current and former counter- Meanwhile, a stretch of terrorism officials said that the Boylston Street near the race’s Boston bombs were built using finish line, where the blasts pressure cookers as the super- occurred, and the blocks around structure, black powder or gun- it were closed to traffic as police powder as the explosive and ball searched for evidence. A US Capitol Police K-9 team works at the entrance of the Capitol South Metro station during rush hour near the US Captiol in Washington, DC, yesterday. bearings as additional shrapnel. A banner that had marked The officials said that instructions the finish line still hung over the Airlines flight before departure central terminal of La Guardia appeared to be carpenter nails. Outside the family home in on how to design such bombs are deserted street. yesterday morning, a source with International Airport was evacu- “The vast majority of the injuries the Dorchester neighborhood of available on the Internet. Responding to the worst attack direct knowledge of the action ated after authorities discovered were to lower extremities, includ- Boston, people left flowers on Obama, in an appearance in on US soil since security was said. a suspicious package at around ing some victims who had parts the doorstep and someone had the White House briefing room, tightened after the September Meanwhile, a US Airways 10.30am EDT (1430 GMT) in the of their legs blown off,” said Dr. written “peace” in chalk on the said it was not yet clear who car- 11, 2001 hijacked plane strikes, plane arriving at Logan from terminal, authorities said. Tracey Dechert, a trauma surgeon sidewalk. “All of Dorchester is ried out the twin blasts that killed Obama urged Americans to be Philadelphia was parked in a cor- Trauma surgeons at several at Boston Medical Center, which devastated. The whole world is three people and sent 176 to hos- vigilant. ner of the airport while a suspi- Boston hospitals said at press treated 23 people and performed devastated,” said Jane Sherman, pitals with injuries, 17 critical. The US was clearly on height- cious bag was inspected, airport briefings the majority of victims amputations on five of them. who lives next door. “I don’t know “Any time bombs are used to ened alert yesterday. officials said. The bag was later suffered lower-body injuries, and An 8-year-old boy was among if there are any words I can say. target innocent civilians, it is an At Boston Logan International found to be harmless. several had a range of metallic the dead. He was identified as I don’t know if there’s anything act of terror,” Obama said. “What Airport, two passengers and their In New York, bomb squad inves- shrapnel material removed during Martin Richard in a statement anyone can say.” we don’t yet know, however, is bags were removed from a United tigators were called in and the surgery, including pellets and what issued by his father, Bill Richard. AGENCIES

Seven die in Venezuela London Marathon to go ahead after post-election violence security review CARACAS: Venezuelan is a coup d’etat.” Maduro also said LONDON: The London President-elect Nicolas Maduro he will not allow a big opposition Marathon will go ahead accused the opposition yester- march planned for Wednesday in this weekend after security day of planning a coup against Caracas to demand a vote recount. arrangements were reviewed in him after seven people were “It’s time for a tough hand,” he said. the wake of the bombings that killed in violent clashes over his The electoral authority has caused carnage at the Boston disputed election victory. ruled out a recount, so Capriles Marathon, organisers and police Opposition leader Henrique called for street protests to press said yesterday. Capriles has demanded a full his demands in the quickly wors- The organisers of the London recount of votes from Sunday’s ening standoff in the nation, which race said after talks with police election after official results has the world’s largest oil reserves. and city officials that the race will showed a narrow victory for Venezuela saw waves of street take place as planned on Sunday. Maduro, who is late President protests during various parts London Marathon Chief Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked of Chavez’s tumultuous 14-year Executive Nick Bitel said: “The successor. rule, including a short-lived coup support we have been offered by our The deaths occurred on Monday against him in 2002. He was stakeholders and the wider running when hundreds of protesters took briefly toppled from power but community has been outstanding. to the streets in various parts of bounced back quickly, purged We have the full support of the the capital Caracas and other cit- critics inside the armed forces Metropolitan Police, the mayor’s ies, blocking streets, burning tires and stepped up the pace of his office and other authorities. and fighting with security forces socialist policies. “We want to reassure our run- in some cases. Officials also said State media and officials said ners, spectators, volunteers and 61 people had been injured and 135 the fatalities on Monday included everyone connected with the The coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher rests in the Crypt Chapel of St Mary Undercroft people arrested in the violence. two people shot by opposition event, that we are doing every- beneath the Houses of Parliament in central London yesterday. Protesters tried to burn alive sympathizers while celebrating thing to ensure their safety and one of the injured people, the gov- Maduro’s victory in a middle- that the Virgin London Marathon ernment said. class area of Caracas. 2013 is an outstanding success.” Thatcher’s body placed in chapel “This is the responsibility of One person died in an attack on Organisers said a 30-second those who have called for violence, a government-run clinic in a cen- period of silence will be held who have ignored the constitu- tral state. Two, including a police- before the start of the race in LONDON: A coffin bearing the funeral which some left-wing task force to retake the contested tion and the institutions,” a furi- man, were killed in an Andean memory of the victims of the body of former Prime Minister lawmakers have called an expen- South Atlantic archipelago after ous Maduro said in a speech to border state, officials said. Boston attacks. Margaret Thatcher was placed sive political advert for her ruling Argentine troops seized it by force. the nation yesterday. “Their plan REUTERS AFP in a chapel in Britain’s parlia- Conservative party, which is trail- But in Britain it is the esti- ment before her funeral today as ing the opposition Labour party mated £10m ($15m) bill for the a debate about the ceremony’s by 10 percent in the polls. funeral and its grandiose nature scale and guest list deepened. The guest list has prompted which has drawn criticism from Draped in the red, white and talk of diplomatic snubbing. some lawmakers. blue British flag, Thatcher’s cas- Yesterday, a spokesman for Thatcher was admired by many Torture practised after 9/11: Panel ket was driven through London’s Prime Minister David Cameron but despised by other Britons Whitehall government district denied the US had snubbed Britain and her death has resurrected in a black hearse as tourists and by not sending anyone senior from the tribal left-right politics of WASHINGTON: It is “indis- administration, said that “we when the techniques were used by parliament workers looked on in the administration of President the 1980s with her most extreme putable” that the United States have come to the regrettable, but other countries, the report said. bright sunshine. Barack Obama. “Absolutely not,” opponents “celebrating” her death engaged in torture after the unavoidable, conclusion that the The tolerance of torture vio- Four undertakers then car- the spokesman said. and her most ardent supporters September 11, 2001 attacks United States did indeed engage lated the country’s values and was ried it on their shoulders before Obama is sending George hailing her as the country’s great- and top officials are ultimately in conduct that is clearly torture.” “greatly diminishing America’s placing it inside the crypt of the Shultz, a secretary of state for est peacetime prime minister. to blame, according to an The 577-page report, sponsored ability to forge important alliances Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, a Republican President Ronald Some are angry that she is being independent review released by The Constitution Project, a around the world,” said James Jones, cavernous vaulted place of wor- Reagan, and James Baker, who given such a lavish funeral at pub- yesterday. legal advocacy group, marked the other co-chair of the panel who ship first completed by King had a number of senior roles in lic expense, with Queen Elizabeth The lengthy, bipartisan report the most comprehensive attempt is a former Democrat in Congress Edward 1 of England in 1297. both the Reagan and George H attending along with more than led by two former lawmakers outside of government to assess and ambassador to Mexico under Aged 87, Thatcher, who ruled W Bush presidencies. No senior 700 armed forces personnel. found intelligence officers and America’s interrogation record ex-president Bill Clinton. Britain from 1979 to 1990, died serving politicians are attending. “This is a state funeral in all military forces practiced torture, over the past decade, featur- The torture employed by interro- after suffering a stroke on April 8. The spokesman also said but name without the consent as well as “cruel, inhuman and ing dozens of interviews with gators was never explicitly author- Security was tight, with armed the Argentine ambassador had of parliament for funding and degrading” treatment of detainees former CIA officers and other key ised but was the result of “decisions police on hand as lawmakers refused an invitation to attend, without the consent of the people. in Afghanistan, Iraq, the US-run actors. An exhaustive inquiry by made by the nation’s highest civil- attended a private memorial serv- a decision coloured by worsening Churchill, who was the only PM prison at Guantanamo Bay and the Senate has yet to be publicly ian and military leaders,” including ice commemorating her career as diplomatic tensions over the con- over the past 100 years to have a elsewhere, in violation of US and released. deciding the Geneva Conventions Britain’s longest-serving prime min- tested Falkland Islands. state funeral, unified the country, international law. The interrogation tactics used did not apply to Al Qaeda and the ister of the 20th century. Her chil- Relations between the two while Margaret Thatcher divided The co-chair of the panel, Asa after 9/11 failed to produce valu- Taliban militants and that the CIA dren, Mark and Carol, also attended. countries remain strained after it,” Labour lawmaker John Healey Hutchinson, a former Republican able information and had been could use brutal techniques against The proceedings were low-key, a 1982 war over the islands dur- told the Guardian newspaper. lawmaker who worked in ex- condemned as torture and abuse “high-value” detainees, it said. unlike her planned ceremonial ing which Thatcher ordered a REUTERS president George W Bush’s by the US government in the past AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 N Korea issues new Diplomacy threats to South Seoul asked to apologise over burning of leaders’ effigies

SEOUL: North Korea’s military Incensed by fresh UN sanctions presence on the border amid an yesterday threatened the South and joint South Korea-US military escalation in tensions. It made a with imminent “sledge-ham- exercises, Pyongyang has spent thinly veiled attack on the US for mer” retaliation unless Seoul weeks issuing threats of missile increasing tensions by ramping up apologised for anti-Pyongyang strikes and nuclear war. its military presence and alliances protesters burning effigies of its Kerry raised the prospect in the region. revered leaders. of “authentic” negotiations if China is uneasy with what the South Korea called the North’s Pyongyang took “meaningful USs has called the “rebalancing” ultimatum “regrettable” and steps” to show it would honour of forces as Washington winds “absurd” with the defence min- past commitments. He also gave down the war in Afghanistan and istry vowing a tough response to US blessing to peace moves by renews its attention further east. any military provocation. Seoul, which has signalled to lis- China says the policy has As North Korea marked the ten to what North Korea thinks. emboldened Japan, the Philippines birth of late founding leader Kim In a further show of solidar- and Vietnam in longstanding ter- Il-Sung on Monday, around 40 ity, it was announced that US ritorial disputes with Beijing. protesters in Seoul burned por- President Barack Obama would A ministry report said China traits of Kim, his son Kim Jong-Il hold his first White House talks faces “multiple and complicated” and grandson and current leader with South Korean President threats in the Asia-Pacific region Kim Jong-Un. Park Geun-hye on May 7. but will put defending itself Philippine President Benigno Aquino (centre) chatting with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (right) during the Condemning what it described The missiles mobilised by the “above all else”. sultan's courtesy call to the Malacanang Palace in Manila. as a “thrice-cursed... monstrous North for a possible launch are In Tokyo, Foreign Minister criminal act”, the Korean People’s reported to be untested Musudan Fumio Kishida said Japan will Army Supreme Command said: models with an estimated range not be swayed by North Korea’s “Our retaliatory action will start of up to 4,000km covering South latest provocative rhetoric. He without any notice. The military Korea and Japan, and possibly said the North’s statement was Razak bans four from polls demonstration will be powerful US military bases on the Pacific very regrettable and the Japanese sledge-hammer blows at all hos- island of Guam. government was taking steps to KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Nominee lists released yes- “This is to satisfy the demands tile forces hurting the dignity of Meanwhile, a US military prepare for the unexpected. long-ruling coalition yesterday terday showed that controver- of voters who want to see Barisan the supreme leadership.” CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter In an interview with NBC’s axed four controversial current sial figures dropped included Nasional and UMNO change and During his tour of South Korea, carrying five crew and 16 other Today Show, US President Barack and former ministers from May former women’s affairs min- reform,” Najib had said Monday. China and Japan, US Secretary personnel taking part in a train- Obama said he did not believe 5 elections as it seeks to portray ister Shahrizat Jalil and cur- The Barisan Nasional (National of State John Kerry had warned ing exercise crashed upon landing North Korea could yet arm a a fresh image for the hotly con- rent Tourism Minister Ng Yen Front) coalition is among the that a test-launch in the tense cli- near the North Korean border. missile with a nuclear warhead, tested polls. Yen, two female Barisan leaders world’s longest-serving govern- mate would be a “huge mistake”. The precise cause of the incident but predicted new provocations. The regime dominated by accused of corruption. ments, its dominance at the ballot Analysts said the North’s was not immediately clear. Six per- He hoped the isolated state would the United Malays National Information Minister Rais box unthreatened since independ- demand for apology was couched sonnel were hospitalised in “a sta- stand down and use diplomacy to Organisation (UMNO) faces the Yatim — a target of online abuse ence in 1957 thanks to decades of in language that might open the ble condition”, the US military said. address its perceived grievances. greatest threat yet to its 56-year for comments seen as opposing economic growth and authoritar- door to talks the South has been The Chinese Defence Ministry North Korea said it would not rule, with an up-and-coming free expression — also was axed. ian rule. But it is under pressure suggesting for days. denied reports of China’s mili- agree to a “humiliating” dialogue opposition tapping into discontent So was former health minister from a three-party alliance led by The peninsula has been in a tary build-up on its border with with the US and talks were only over authoritarianism, graft and Chua Soi Lek, a leading politician former deputy premier Anwar state of heightened military ten- North Korea. Reports in for- possible if Washington abandoned living costs. On Monday, Prime tarnished by a 2007 video that Ibrahim that tripled its number of sion since the North carried out eign media earlier alleged that its “hostile” policy and nuclear Minister Najib Razak had prom- surfaced, showing him having sex parliament seats in 2008 and eyes its third nuclear test in February. China was bulking up its military threats. AGENCIES ised a “transformational team.” with his mistress. Chua is married. a historic upset. AFP Nepal police to Taiwan train scare slim down Top Filipino rebel hurt in army attack KATHMANDU: suspects deported Overweight police officers TAIPEI: Two Taiwanese men MANILA: A Filipino Islamist encounter," Galvez said. "Our boys soldiers were slightly wounded nearby Jolo island, another in Nepal must slim down if suspected of planting suitcases militant leader, who has a $5m found two bodies but we were told when about 100 troops battled 30 Islamist militant stronghold. they want to advance their loaded with petrol on a high- American bounty on his head, six more Abu Sayyaf members Islamist militants, the first major Before the assault at dawn on careers as part of a new anti- speed train and in a politician’s was wounded but managed to were also killed." clash since October 2011 when Monday, Galvez said Hapilon was obesity drive launched by office in Taiwan were extra- escape in an army offensive that 47-year-old Hapilon, is the only about 20 soldiers were killed. with another Abu Sayyaf local the nation’s force, a spokes- dited from China yesterday, killed eight rebels in the south- one of five Abu Sayyaf leaders still The 2011 clash had threatened commander, Furuji Indama, and man said yesterday. The police said. ern Philippines, a military offi- alive. They were all indicted in the to scuttle peace talks between two Indonesians from Jemaah Nepal Police Headquarters The men, identified by their cial said yesterday. United States for the kidnapping the Manila government and the Islamiah, another Al Qaeda- has set up a three-man team family names Hu and Chu, fled Isnilon Hapilon, a known leader of American nationals in the country's largest Muslim rebel affiliated Islamist militant group. to inspect the 60,000-strong to Macau on the same flight of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Philippines in 2001. group, Moro Islamic Liberation Galvez said the assault on the national force after its chief after the incidents on Friday and Group, was hit in the military The Abu Sayyaf seised three Front (Milf). A year later, the two Abu Sayyaf base on Monday had last December found some were nabbed in the southeast- raid but his followers were able to Americans from a beach resort sides signed a preliminary deal to pre-empted the militants' plan to officers were looking too ern Chinese city of Zhuhai early drag him to safety before soldiers on Palawan island in May 2001. end 40 years of conflict. disrupt mid-term elections next chubby and that their uni- Sunday, said Taiwan’s Criminal could seize control of the rebels' One was executed while another The military said they have month. Materials used for making forms were untidy. “We want Investigation Bureau. “We will jungle base, said Colonel Carlito died in crossfire between Filipino been tracking Hapilon since crude bombs and sniper rifle parts to make sure our members continue our investigation to Galvez, brigade commander. troops and Abu Sayyaf militants. October 2012 when he was spot- were recovered in the militants' are fit and their uniforms meet the demands ... to solve it "We have information that In Monday's clash near Tipo- ted visiting relatives in Lantawan base, he added. are neat and clean,” police soon,” police said. AGENCIES Hapilon was wounded during the tipo town on Basilan island, three town after he returned from REUTERS spokesman Keshav Adhikari said. “Those who have put on weight should maintain a daily workout routine and even do yoga,” he added, say- ing that it was harder for overweight officers to catch 14 bird flu deaths, “slim and fit” criminals. Court rejects 63 cases in China ‘close Ohi’ plea TOKYO: A Japanese court BEIJING: China yesterday be more forthcoming about that yesterday rejected a petition confirmed three new cases of disease, which originated in the to close down the country’s H7N9 avian influenza, with one country and killed about 800 peo- only two operating nuclear more death in Jiangsu Province. ple around the world. reactors, in the first legal The National Health and The World Health Organization ruling on atomic power since Family Planning Commission said it was pleased with China’s the Fukushima disaster a lit- said 63 cases had been reported, information sharing on H7N9, tle over two years ago. Anti- including 14 deaths. while US experts said it had nuclear advocates sought to The new infections were quickly released the genome have the reactors at Kansai reported in Anhui, Zhejiang and sequences needed to develop a Electric Power’s Ohi plant Jiangsu provinces. vaccine and research the virus. in western Japan shut down Photos of 10 dead sparrows on In Kuala Lumpur, the Health because seismologists suspect a Chinese pavement which went Ministry’s Crisis Preparedness parts of the station sit above viral on social media and drew a and Response Centre said it was an active faultline, which swift official response show how monitoring unusual occurrences would be against Japanese law hard covering up a bird flu out- daily through 513 health facilities Indonesia rescuers inspect the Lion Air Boeing 737 before removing its fixtures as it lies partially submerged in on nuclear siting. The injunc- break would be in the Internet throughout the country. the water three days after it crashed while trying to land at Bali's International Airport near Denpasar, yesterday. tion on Ohi was rejected by age. China has won international It said national reference labo- the court, Kansai Electric praise for its transparency on the ratories were ready and capable of spokesman Akihiro Aoike H7N9 strain, in sharp contrast to detecting new strains of viruses, said by phone. criticism for trying to conceal the including H7N9 bird flu. 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Taiwan is planning a perma- Crane salvages jet debris in Bali China ships in Syndrome (SARS) epidemic. nent ban on the killing of live But analysts say the govern- poultry in traditional markets DENPASAR: An Indonesian and experts have suggested the carefully, as the plane “is not yet disputed waters ment has little choice, as tech- amid concerns over the spread of salvage team yesterday used crash could have been caused by stable, and we fear there are still nological change over the past the H7N9 avian flu virus in China, a crane to haul seats and bag- a freak storm, although no official oxygen bottles inside that could TOKYO: Three Chinese gov- decade and the proliferation of an official said. gage out of a plane that crashed reason has yet been given. explode”. ernment ships entered the Twitter-like “weibo” microb- The new rule will come into in Bali, as investigators probe The salvage team hauled the After the plane was cut up, the territorial waters of disputed logs help drive greater official effect on June 17, as an agri- what caused the jet to go down. seats and baggage out of the team planned to lift the parts by Tokyo-controlled islands yes- openness. cultural law requires a grace The Lion Air plane missed the Boeing 737-800, and were aiming crane onto a truck, and from terday, Japan’s coastguard China keeps a tight grip on period for preparation, accord- runway as it came in to land on to begin cutting the fuselage of there they would be taken to a said. The three surveillance the Internet, censoring content ing to the Bureau of Animal and Saturday, slamming into the sea the plane into pieces later in the nearby beach, said Nugroho. ships were navigating in the it deems politically sensitive and Plant Health Inspection and and splitting in two. Dozens of the evening, Bali army commander If that was not possible, then 12-nautical-mile zone around keeping a close watch even on Quarantine. 108 people on board were injured, Colonel Anton Nugroho said. the parts would be pushed the Senkakus, which Beijing euphemisms that citizens use to However, it said the ban would but there were no fatalities. However, local navy com- through the water using balloons claims and calls the Diaoyus, evade scrutiny. be implemented immediately if a Terrified passengers swam to mander Lieutenant Colonel Edi to an area of coast where it was as of 9.20am, the coastguard Rumours about SARS, which human case of the H7N9 bird flu shore or were plucked to safety by Eka Susanto said the opera- easier to lift them, he said. said. AGENCIES later proved true, forced China to was reported. AGENCIES police in rubber dinghies. Witnesses tion had to be carried out very AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

Karzai mourns 34 die as quake hits Pakistan Boston victims KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday expressed grief over the Tremors felt in large parts of the country, Jamaat-ud-Dawa rushes relief to affected districts Boston marathon bombings, which killed three people QUETTA: A powerful earth- and injured more than 100 quake in Iran yesterday killed in the US city. He denounced 34 people, wounded about 80 terrorist attacks and said: and damaged more than 1,000 “Having suffered terrorist mud homes in Mashkail in attacks and civilian casual- the Washuk district, about ties for years, our people feel 3km from the Iranian border, better the pain and suffering Pakistani state TV said. from such incidents.” Mashkel in Baluchistan is about 600km southwest of Quetta, 22 rebels killed the main town of Baluchistan province, which borders Iran’s in Afghanistan Sistan-Baluchestan province. President Asif Ali Zardari KABUL: Afghan National expressed grief over the losses in Army 1st Special Operations both countries. Kandak commandos killed The earthquake was felt 22 rebels and rounded doz- across large parts of Pakistan, ens during an operation in including Islamabad, where Bati Kot district, Nangarhar buildings shook, in the largest province, sources said. They city of Karachi where tremors conducted the operation to prompted many to flee buildings locate a Taliban commander in terror, Hyderabad, Quetta, in the Gundayn village. Abbottabad and Lahore, Geo The National Directorate News reported. of Security is holding the There were no reports of sig- detainees for questioning. No nificant damage to infrastructure. civilian casualties or struc- Pakistan’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa tural damage were reported. charity, one of the biggest chari- ties but on a UN terror blacklist as Cop among four an alleged front for terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, announced gunned down on Twitter that its teams were already in place. ISLAMABAD: Four people, “Rescue and aid teams have including a policeman, were reached Kharan and Panjgour gunned down in various areas while relief efforts are underway of the metropolis, Geo News in these districts,” it said. said yesterday. Javed Iqbal Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, head People evacuated from buildings in Karachi following tremors yesterday. was shot dead by unidentified of the charity and founder of gunmen in Bilal Colony area Lashkar-e-Taiba, also tweeted in in Iran and affected areas in Pakistan was hit by a 7.6-mag- 73,000 people and left about parts of northwestern Khyber of Korangi as he was wait- English: “Our thought, prayers go Pakistan. Our rescue and aid nitude quake on October 8, 3.5 million homeless, mainly in Pakhtunkhwa. ing for a bus at a stop. A man out to the victims of earthquake teams have reached the site.” 2005, that killed more than Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and AGENCIES was killed in Qayyumabad, another near a cinema in Pak Colony and a youth was shot dead in PIB Colony. 16 killed in suicide Election convoy Musharraf disqualified from poll bomb kills four bombing at poll rally QUETTA: A roadside bomb PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed sixteen ISLAMABAD: Pervez Musharraf back to his nine years in power. in Chitral and on Tuesday a court offi- struck an election convoy people and wounded 49 at a Pakistan election was disqualified from contest- The retired general is on bail over cial said Musharraf’s nomination had of Pakistan’s main opposi- campaign rally attended by a senior politician ing Pakistani elections next month, the 2007 killing of former prime min- been thrown out on the grounds that he tion party yesterday, kill- in the northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, crushing his ambition to ‘save’ the ister Benazir Bhutto and the 2006 violated the constitution in 2007. ing four people, sources said. officials said. troubled nuclear-armed country just death of a rebel leader from the region Musharraf’s team have vowed to Sanaullah Zehri, head of the It was the fourth deadly attack on parties in three weeks after his return from exile. of Baluchistan, and for sacking judges appeal against the decision in the Pakistan Muslim League-N days as the country prepares to hold historic polls on Pakistan goes to the polls on May 11, when he imposed emergency rule in Supreme Court, which is also hearing a in southwestern Baluchistan May 11. Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader marking the first time a civilian gov- 2007. But he told reporters Monday: separate petition from lawyers demand- province, was on the cam- Ghulam Ahmed Bilour escaped the bombing with ernment has handed over power at the “The only thing in my heart was to ing that Musharraf face trial for treason paign trail for the May 11 gen- minor bruises. He was shown on TV footage with ballot box after completing a full term save Pakistan and now I am here I have dating back to his 1999-2008 rule. eral election when the blast blood splatters on his shirt after the attack. “It was a in office in a country used to extended the same commitment, that I will save Lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri said the hit his convoy in Khuzdar suicide bombing,” senior police official Shafqat Malik periods of military rule. Pakistan.” decision was an insult to “an interna- district, 350km south of pro- said. Up to 6kg of explosives along with splinters and The Pakistan election campaign has The Taliban threatened to assassinate tionally known person” and would show vincial capital Quetta. Zehri ball bearings were used in the bombing. “We have got off to a lacklustre start and been him on the eve of his return to Pakistan the world “what democracy we have”. survived the attack but his found the bomber’s feet,” Malik added. marred by violence and Taliban threats. on March 24, where he was welcomed by “Let us see what the Supreme Court son, brother, nephew and TV footage also showed vehicles burning and peo- Election officials disqualified only a few hundred ardent supporters. decides. We are hopeful we will get jus- their guard were all killed. ple rescuing the wounded in a cloud of smoke. There Musharraf just one day after he The 69-year-old applied to run for tice,” close Musharraf aide and APML “An improvised explosive was no immediate claim of responsibility but the unveiled his All Pakistan Muslim parliament in four seats but was rejected candidate in Islamabad, Mohammad device went off as Zehri left Taliban have threatened ANP rallies and warned League (APML) party manifesto at a immediately from all but the northern Amjad, said, denying that the decision his home to campaign in people to shun the party’s agenda often described as press conference overshadowed by ques- district of Chitral, on the Afghan border. would have any impact on the party’s Khuzdar,” the sources added. secular. AFP tions about a series of legal cases dating Lawyers appealed against his approval campaign. AFP Seven troops Blood money die in blast MIRANSHAH: A bomb attack killed seven Pakistani Punjab fails to recall soldiers and wounded 12 oth- ers yesterday in Pakistan’s North Waziristan district, known as a strong bastion security for Sharif of Taliban and Al Qaeda- linked militants, bordering ISLAMABAD: The caretaker General of the Punjab Police Afghanistan, officials said. government of Pakistan’s Punjab Aftab Sultan. However, as things The bomb struck on a road province is set to face the wrath stand, the IG Punjab is dilly dal- under construction near of the Election Commission of lying on the orders of the Election Miranshah, the main town. Pakistan (ECP) for its failure to Commission. The soldiers were providing execute the April 13 directives A senior official of the Punjab security to workers building to immediately withdraw the Police said on the condition of the road between Miranshah extraordinary official security anonymity that the IGP wanted and Ghulam Ali. cover of 761 policemen provided to withdraw 700 out of the 761 for the Sharif family at state policemen but he added that the Gas pipeline expense. highest government figure in the According to well-informed caretaker set-up of Punjab asked blown up sources in the Election him to adopt a wait and see policy Commission, four days after the for the time being, mainly because ISLAMABAD: A 16-inch CEC had ordered the Punjab of the serious security concerns diameter pipeline was blown government to withdraw the expressed by the Sharif family. up at about 8am near Maripur A relative (left) of a victim of Nato air strikes receives compensation from an official in Kabul yesterday. additional security, the care- Approached for comments, a Road in Saddar Town in taker administration in Punjab Punjab government spokesman Pakistan, Sui Southern Gas is clearly hesitant to implement said that 30 percent of police- Company General Manager the orders and report back to the men from four different sections Mushtaq Siddiqui said yes- EC for unknown reasons. of the police who were guard- terday. A company team Team off to US for IMF talks In a sharp contrast to the ing the Sharifs and their family stopped the leakage and was Punjab government’s reluctance members have already been with- repairing the damage. ISLAMABAD: A high-level loan package to stave off a balance officials in Washington, a finance to carry out the orders, the drawn by IG Punjab in accordance Pakistani delegation is leaving of payments crisis, but Pakistan ministry spokesman said. sources pointed out that the care- with the direction of the Election Islamabad-Kabul today for Washington this week abandoned the deal in 2011, refus- “We will engage with them and taker government of Sindh took Commission. for talks with IMF and US offi- ing to carry out strict financial update them on macroeconomic less than 12 hours to implement Asked as to why the Election ties in focus cials on the country’s strug- reforms. data,” he said, though he refused the orders of the CEC regarding Commission’s orders were not gling economy, officials said The six-day visit will be led by to comment on local media withdrawal of 20 policemen who being implemented in letter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday. the prime minister’s advisor on reports saying the team would had been guarding Syed Qaim Ali and spirit since Nawaz Sharif Army’s director general of The troubled nuclear-armed finance, Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, seek a new IMF package. Shah being the former chief min- and Shahbaz Sharif were enti- military operations yester- state, heading for a general elec- who is the de facto finance minis- The team will also meet ister of the province. tled to only 20 policemen being day met an Afghan military tion on May 11, has seen its for- ter in the caretaker set-up run- State Department officials in The sources said the ECP had a former PM and a former CM, delegation in Rawalpindi and eign exchange reserves dwindle ning Pakistan before the election. Washington to discuss payments directly ordered Chief Secretary the government spokesman said, discussed coordination along and currency slide and has been As a World Bank and IMF of the Coalition Support Fund, Punjab Javed Iqbal to withdraw “Our prime concern is the safety the border. Both sides agreed expected to seek a fresh bailout member, Pakistan’s participation money paid by the US to compen- the enormous security cordon. and security of the twice elected to continue contacts to moni- package from the IMF. is mandatory but the delegation sate Pakistan for its fight against The chief secretary instantly former prime minister and the tor infiltration by insurgents, The IMF bailed Pakistan out in will use the opportunity to discuss Islamist militants. passed on the EC directives to chief minister.” sources said. AGENCIES November 2008 with an $11.3bn the country’s economy with their INTERNEWS the newly appointed Inspector INTERNEWS

WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Strong tremors President visits Sikkim rattle India, no casualties Morning jolts shake eastern states

NEW DELHI: Strong trem- “I ran out of my kitchen ors rocked large parts of north when the earthquake occurred. India, including the national I found some of our neighbours capital and its adjoining areas, had also run out of their homes,” last evening following a massive said Tahira, 35, a homemaker in 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Srinagar. the Pakistan-Iran border. There From Dubai to Hyderabad, were no immediate reports of the tremors were felt across casualties. countries. Ask Manjula H in “The epicentre of the quake Hyderabad, who was skyping her was the Pakistan-Iran border and sister-in-law in Dubai at the time it measured 7.8 on the Richter and suddenly felt the tremors. scale,” said an official of the India “Chatting with my SIL on Meteorological Department. Skype, she in Dubai and me in The quake took place at 4.14pm Hyderabad, suddenly tremors & (IST) at a depth of 33km, he could see the trembling screen added. #Earthquake #Phew,” Manjula The strong tremors lasted sev- tweeted. eral seconds, leading to panic in In eastern India, tremors many places. People rushed out were felt in the morning itself. of their offices and homes in the In Odisha, a low intensity earth- National Capital Region. quake occurred at 8.36am and was “I ignored the mild jolt first but felt for a few seconds in Astaranga after continuous jolts I realised area of Puri district, 70km from that it is a quake,” said Malini the state capital Bhubaneswar, President, Pranab Mukherjee (left) inspects the Guard of Honour on his arrival at Gangtok in Sikkim yesterday. Saxena from east Delhi’s Mayur an official of the Bhubaneswar Vihar locality. Meteorological Centre said. In some areas, people could be Two moderate quakes had hit seen standing outside their high- the northeast earlier in the morn- rise buildings. ing. The first tremor was felt at Commandos kill 10 Maoists in Chhattisgarh “I was sleeping when I felt the 6.53am in Assam, Meghalaya, tremors. I got up. A puppet hang- Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh ing in the corridor of my home and Manipur. RAIPUR: At least 10 Maoists commandos from Andhra success,” Ramniwas added. on for roughly 150 minutes,” he was shaking and the spoons were The second mild earthquake were killed early yesterday Pradesh’s anti-Maoist Grey A huge cache of arms and added. rattling,” said Anushka, who lives occurred around 2.04pm in when commandos from Andhra Hound force attacked the hide- ammunition was seized from According to the officer, the in a high-rise building in the sub- Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in Assam Pradesh stormed a forested out in an area falling under the the hideout, located close to the Maoists tried to escape but main urb of Gurgaon adjoining New and some areas in Arunachal area in Chhattisgarh, trigger- Pamed police station. Andhra Pradesh border and about exit points of the hideout were Delhi. Pradesh, officials at the Regional ing a fierce firefight that lasted Police say more than 100 270km south of Jagdalpur town in blocked. Some saw ceiling fans in the Seismological Centre at Shillong about 150 minutes. Maoist guerrillas were holed Chhattisgarh. “Police ensured that not a sin- houses shaking. said. Police officials called the raid up when the rebels came under These included a rocket gle rebel escaped (without being Similar reports came in from “The intensity of the first quake in Bastar region one of the big- intense fire. launcher, four Self Loading Rifles, hit),” he said. Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana was 4.6 on the Richter Scale. The gest success against the outlawed At least 10 insurgents — some two Insas rifles, some mobile sets, The mineral rich Bastar region and Himachal Pradesh. second quake measured 5.0,” offi- Communist Party of India-Maoist believed to be commando ranked Maoist literature and Maoist is spread out in about 40,000sqkm People in the Kashmir Valley — cials said. (CPI-Maoist), which has a strong forces of the CPI-Maoist — were uniforms. area and is made up of seven where a devastating quake on They added that while the epi- presence in Chhattisgarh. killed, Director General of Police “It was one of the fiercest districts. October 8, 2005, had killed over centre of the first quake was in The bodies of the Maoists have Ramniwas told reporters. attacks on Maoists in recent Some of the key Maoist leaders 40,000 people on both sides of the Darrang district of Assam, the been taken to Khammam district “Dozens of Maoists were put years,” a senior official at the active in Chhattisgarh hail from Line of Control (LoC) that divides second one originated somewhere of Andhra Pradesh, Inspector under heavy gunfire for hours. Chhattisgarh police headquar- Andhra Pradesh, where the once Kashmir into Indian and Pakistan in the Arunachal Pradesh-China General of Police (Bastar) The entire hideout has been ters said. powerful Maoist movement has administered parts — echoed the border. Himanshu Gupta said. dismantled. I suspect the death “The ultras were caught by been virtually crushed. panic. IANS Acting on intelligence inputs, toll could rise heavily. It’s a big surprise by the raid which went IANS

Funds no problem Frog weddings in northeast to appease rain deity but don’t waste AGARTALA/GUWAHATI: of Fatikroy village, 115km north walked in a procession singing We hope that now the rains would spell,” Tripura’s Power Minister money, Antony In a ritual to appease the rain of here. traditional songs. The frogs were start and people would be able Manik Dey said. deity, villagers in Tripura and “We are confident that it would then freed into the Manu river,” to start farming,” said Somesh “Most of the hydel power plants tells Air Force Assam married off frogs hoping rain very soon to end our dis- said Sikha Sarkar, who arranged Bhattacharjee, a priest who per- in the region have either stopped that it would end their suffer- tress,” she added. the wedding. formed a frog wedding at Chipoha or reduced generation due to NEW DELHI: The government ings arising out of a protracted Hundreds of people at Fatikroy “We have learnt the ritual from village in eastern Assam. severe shortage of water in their is committed to the moderni- dry spell in India’s northeastern and Indira Colony villages in our forefathers,” Sarkar said. Cultivation of tea, rubber, reservoirs. Gas and coal-based sation of the Indian Air Force region. northern Tripura attended the Although the frog wedding took paddy and other crops has been power projects have also sharply (IAF) and funds are not a prob- Frog weddings are traditionally unusual wedding ceremony of two place in the night, the prepara- severely affected due to the dry reduced electricity generation due lem to ensure that it remains performed in northeastern India frogs on Monday night. tions for it began since the morn- spell in the northeastern India. to various reasons,” he added. at the forefront of technology, during drought-like situations Two groups of women sepa- ing. A mass feast was organised Besides farming, generation of The weather department said Defence Minister A K Antony before the onset of monsoon. rately bathed the frogs, a male and people enjoyed local folk electricity at the hydro-electric the ongoing dry spell during the said yesterday while stressing “It is believed that the rain and a female, and then they were dances and music like Dhamail power plants has also been affected pre-monsoon period (March- the need to observe austerity god is pleased when a frog wed- dressed in new clothes for the the entire night. as water levels have come down May) is an unusual phenomenon. measures. ding is performed. Since there wedding. The female frog was Frog weddings were also considerably in the reservoirs of There has been 60-70 percent “Procurement and acquisitions has been no rain for the past even made to wear a handmade reported from northern and east- all major projects in the region. deficit in rainfall in the north- span the entire spectrum of the couple of months, we have con- necklace. The ritual was con- ern parts of Assam and various “The power-starved north- eastern region so far. However, capabilities of the IAF, including ducted a frog wedding to appease ducted by a Hindu priest accord- parts of Tripura. eastern region has been hit by a rainfall is almost normal in fighter aircraft, transport air- ‘Barun Devata’ (rain deity),” said ing to tradition. “Our region is mostly parched. severe electricity crisis since the Arunachal Pradesh. craft, helicopters and moderni- Sandhya Chakraborty, a resident “After the marriage, people We do not know what else to do. beginning of March due to the dry IANS sation of the air defence network. Net centricity, cyber security and ensuring the requisite com- munication bandwidth for seam- Holy dip less operations too are a part of capacity-building to ensure that Court reserves order on the IAF remains at the fore- front of technology,” Antony said while inaugurating the Air Force Commanders’ Conference here. Italian marines’ plea The theme of the conference was “Enhancement of Operational NEW DELHI: The Supreme Altamas Kabir, Justice Anil R Infrastructure and Security”. Court yesterday reserved its Dave and Justice Vikramajit Sen Antony also stressed the need order on the plea by the Italian that invoking of the safe naviga- to strictly observe austerity meas- government challenging a tion law in a first information ures while noting availability of National Investigation Agency report (FIR) registered in New funds would never be an issue. (NIA) probe into the killing Delhi was contrary to its (apex Efforts must be made to cut of two Indians by two Italian court’s) earlier decision. down expenditure on non-core marines off the Kerala coast. Italy claimed the apex court activities and avoidable ceremo- The Italian government and earlier said that the proceedings nial formalities. At the same time, the marines also questioned the over the case pending in a Kerala I am sure all of you appreciate the invoking of the Suppression of court be transferred to Delhi. The need for indigenisation and move Unlawful Acts against Safety of court will pronounce its order towards self-reliance in defence Maritime Navigation and Fixed April 22. production. We must minimise the Platforms on Continental Shelf The safe navigation law con- over-reliance of our armed forces Act, 2002 in the case but these fers on the court jurisdiction if in general and the IAF in particu- pleas were also rejected by the the target of a crime is an Indian lar on foreign original equipment court vessel or a platform on the Indian manufacturers (OEMs) for pro- Italian marines Chief Master continental shelf. curement of major aircraft and Sergeant Massimilano Latorre Appearing for the Italian gov- equipment,” he said. and Sergeant Salvatore Girone, on ernment and its two marines, sen- Antony added that the long board Italian cargo vessel Enrica ior counsel Mukul Rohatgi told gestation periods of acquisitions, Lexie, shot dead two Indian fish- the court that even when Kerala induction and operationalisation ermen Feb 15 last year suspecting Police filed the FIR in the killings of these systems require that the them to be pirates. they invoked the safe navigation IAF upgrades its systems to retain A Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarovar (water tank) at the Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday. The Italian government told the law but later dropped it. and strengthen its capabilities. apex court bench of Chief Justice IANS IANS WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 JD-U rules out BJP Innovation Showcase exhibition threat to Bihar govt Bihar unit leaders to meet Rajnath Singh tomorrow

PATNA/KOLKATA/NEW Congress with four and the Modi,” BJP Minister Ashwani DELHI: The Janata Dal-United Lok Janshakti Party and the Kumar Choubey said. (JD-U) yesterday ruled out a Communist Party of India with Concerned over the posturing threat to the Nitish Kumar-led one member each. from both sides, the BJP’s core coalition government in Bihar The JD-U leaders’ remarks group met in Delhi to take stock even if the BJP walked out, while came a day after the Bharatiya of the developing situation while the latter termed the attack on Janata Party (BJP) leaders in leaders of its Bihar unit set to its leader Narendra Modi as the state said that Gujarat Chief meet party President Rajnath “unfortunate and objectionable”. Minister Narendra Modi could Singh tomorrow over the issue. “If BJP withdraws its support not be sacrificed for the sake of In Kolkata, BJP spokesperson and ends the 17-year alliance with the alliance. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, an MP the JD-U over Modi, the Nitish The BJP leaders were reacting to from Bihar, played down talks of Kumar government will not fall. the JD-U’s indirect attack on Modi rift with Janata Dal-United (JD- The JD-U has adequate numbers to a day before in Delhi, when they U). “The JD-U-BJP coalition gov- run the government alone,” a sen- sought only a secular person as the ernment in Bihar is doing well in ior JD-U leader considered close to BJP’s nominee for the top job. accordance with the aspirations Nitish Kumar said in Patna. Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister of the people of the state and at The JD-U, with 118 legislators, and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar present there is no controversy is just short of a majority on its Modi said: “It was unfortunate and regarding that coalition,” Hussain own in the 243-member house. objectionable the way JD-U leaders said. The BJP has 91 legislators. A attacked Narendra Modi.” Refusing to comment if the JD-U leader, however, said that His party colleagues too sup- BJP will go back to former ally most of the six Independent leg- ported Narendra Modi. “We will Trinamool Congress, Hussain islators are supporting the party not accept such language and tol- said there were many parties who and will continue to prop up the erate such politics,” Giriraj Singh, want to align with the National Nitish Kumar government. a hardcore champion of Hindutva Democratic Alliance for the next US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (left) and Indian Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Other parties include the in Bihar, said. “There is no ques- Lok Sabha polls. Ahluwalia (centre) listen to an exhibitor during Innovation Showcase exhibition in New Delhi yesterday. Rashtriya Janata Dal with 22, tion of acceptability of BJP minus IANS Supreme Court stays own order on Student chained in hospital, information panels CPM to move rights panel NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a part of its judgment which had said KOLKATA: Deploring the chaining of an Following continuous broadcasting of videos that the information commis- arrested student activist to his hospital bed in by the media showing a chained Sahani and sions would comprise benches West Bengal, the CPM yesterday threatened the growing criticism, police later removed the of two members with one of the to move the state Human Rights Commission handcuff. two being a judicial member against the “inhuman behaviour of police”. Meanwhile, human rights organisation and the other being an expert “This is inhuman and barbaric and reflects the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights member. attitude of the government, which is determined (APDR) will not only move a complaint against The court also permitted the to crush the voice of the opposition at any cost. the police to the Human Rights Commission but filling up the vacant position of We will move the Human Rights Commission will also complain against the hospital authori- the information commissioners. against this barbarism of police,” CPM leader ties before the Medical Council of India (MCI). A bench of Justice A K Asok Bhattacharya said. “How can hospital authorities allow police Patnaik and Justice A K Sikri Santosh Sahani, a first year student, was too chain him? This is not only inhuman and partly stayed the operation of its arrested earlier this month for participating in barbaric, but is unethical and goes against the September 13, 2012 order. a students’ rally that turned violent. principles of the medical profession. We will com- “We make it clear that sub- Sahani, a leader of the CPM affiliated Students plain about this to the MCI,” APDR secretariat ject to orders that may be finally Federation of India, was on Monday admitted to member Ranjit Sur said. passed after hearing the review the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital Claiming that democracy was under siege petitions, the competent author- in Siliguri in Darjeelisng district, after he com- in West Bengal, the CPM yesterday urged the ity will continue to fill up the plained of illness. “democratic, peace-loving people” to come for- vacant posts of information com- As the activist was remanded to judicial cus- ward to oppose the “undemocratic and inhu- missioners in accordance with the tody by a court, police chained his leg to the man activities” perpetrated by the Trinamool (Right to Information) Act,” and hospital bed using a handcuff. Congress administration on young, old and politi- in accordance with its judgment CPM state secretary Biman Bose condemned cal activists. except for the portion that had the incident and accused police of pressurising “Democracy is under attack, undemocratic been stayed, the court said. Sahani to get back to jail. activities are continuing, these sort of undemo- “This is to ensure that function- “This is inhuman and barbaric. He is not a cratic activities are being controlled by the gov- ing of the information commis- dreaded criminal that police had to chain him. ernment and district administration,” Bose said sioners in accordance with the Act This is yet another glaring example of this govern- here. and the judgment is not affected ment’s relentless attack on democracy,” said Bose. Bose alleged that 52 arrests, including those of during the pendency of the review Siliguri Police Commissioner Anand Kumar former ministers and ex-parliamentarians, were petitions,” the court said. blamed the jail authorities. made in Siliguri (Darjeeling district) without “We further make it clear that “Sahani is under judicial custody and police any warrant. the chief commissioners already have nothing to do with this. He is under the “This way the attack on democracy is continu- functioning will continue to custody of jail authorities and they are the ones ing, the inhuman behaviour is continuing, though function until the disposal of the to answer why he was chained,” said Kumar. the (state) government has repeatedly claimed review petitions,” the court order Kumar conceded that such an extreme step that their face is human. How can that be dubbed said. was used only in cases of hardened criminals human,” he said. IANS who might abscond. IANS Charges against constable in Jaitley phone tapping

NEW DELHI: A constable and three private detec- tives were named in the charge-sheet filed by police in a Delhi court in a case related to the tapping of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley’s phone. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal took cog- nisance of the charge-sheet filed by the special cell of Delhi Police and fixed April 30 for hearing. Constable Arvind Dabas and three private detectives Anurag, Neeraj and Nitish were named in the 32-page formal set of charges. All the accused are in judicial custody for the alleged illegal tapping of Jaitley’s phone. Police charged the accused under Indian Penal Code sec- tions 420 (cheating), 464 (making a false document), 467 (forgery of a valuable security), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) and under section 66 of the Information Technology Act. Along with the charge-sheet, another 1,000 pages were filed, naming 36 prosecution witnesses. The investigating officer (IO) told the court that vari- ous forensic reports and records of the mobile service provider were yet to be received. The court, in its order, said: “The IO has submitted that the report from the FSL, CFSL and mobile service operators is yet to be submitted. The IO is directed to expedite the probe and file the said reports on record at the earliest.” “The IO is already directed to supply the copy of the chargesheet and documents to all the four accused,” the court said. Dabas was arrested on February 14. He used the official email identity of an assistant commissioner of police to send a request to a mobile service provider for the call detail records of Jaitley, according to police. IANS WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK

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FROM LEFT: The design of SAK Holding Group’s prestigious project ‘Valley City’, the market and the gathering areas. Another accolade for Valley City Qatar walks away with four international design awards; Valley City wins Best Urban Design Award in Italy

DOHA: Qatar’s leading real producers and companies repre- estate company SAK Holding senting many sectors from across Group’s prestigious project the world. “Valley City” has won yet Commenting on the award- another international award winning “Valley City”, the judges for best design. The “Valley said they are proud to present the City”, which won the high-pro- Best Urban Design Award to the file French MIPIM ward for the innovative project. “The projects ‘best future urban project’ last high-class engineering stand- month, walked away with the ards stem from creativity and ‘best design in urban planning the attractive local architecture. and design category’, at the “A It also fulfills the residents basic Design Awards & Competition” and future needs and require- held in Como, Italy, on Monday. ments, and adheres to top norms Qatar’s three other projects of quality, sustainability, health also won awards in different and safety adopted in execution categories. The projects include distinguished future projects”, “Qatar Navigation Tower”, “Al they noted. Dana Tower” and “West Bay Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Golden Tower”. Al Thani, the Chairman of SAK Sheikh Abdullah bin Thani Al Holding Group announced that he Thani, SAK Holding Group execu- dedicate the global award to the tive committee member, received Emir and the Heir Apparent for the award on behalf of the SAK. their wise leadership under which The ceremony was also attended the country is moving towards a by the Group’s CEO, Hesham promising future and unprec- ElSahtari, and Chairman’s Advisor edented development. Abdul Rahman Al-Najjar. Sheikh Thani added “Qatar’s “Valley City” project was real estate sector proved its designed by renowned archi- capacity in innovation and cre- tect Marwan Zugheib from MZ ativity allowing it to go hand TOP: Sheikh Abdullah bin Thani Al Thani (second left), SAK Holding Group Executive Architects — Lebanon, whose in hand with Qatar National Committee Member, with Abdul Rahman Al Najjar, Adviser to Chairman at Sak Holding works has received many global Strategic Development Vision. Group, Engineer Marwan Zugheib, the owner of MZ Architects, and Engineer Hesham Al accolades. It has demonstrated its strength Sahatri, CEO at Sak Holding Group, in Italy recently. TOP RIGHT and BELOW LEFT: Sheikh The high-profile A’ Design and steadiness in confronting Abdullah bin Thani Al Thani and Engineer Marwan Zugheib with A’ Design Award 2013. Award & Competition is a unique, challenges brought by local and creative and productive exhibi- global changes, and to boost its Development in Cannes, France tion in Europe, which showcases presence inside and outside Qatar, in March, and now in Italy…… We designs and products compet- acquiring many world renowned will continue our success journey ing in 80 category. The compe- awards, beginning with “MIPIM” and make all efforts to entrench tition attracts global designers, global award for Future Urban the country’s position in real estate industry in the region and across the world.” Sustainability is the underly- ing design concept of “Valley City” project, he added. Marwan, the architect of the award-winning project, said he was inspired by the unique char- acteristics of Qatar’s environ- ment. He said the design was a path-breaking one and did not resort to the existing global trend in designing future cities that are completely reliant on modern technology. THE PENINSULA Profit of listed firms in industrial sector up 10pc in 2012: Report

DOHA: The net profit of the listed com- 2012, being the second largest after the reported a 3.1 percent rise in net profit three companies reporting higher earn- by United Development Company (net panies in the industrial sector rose 10 Banking and Financial Services sector, to QR0.61bn for 2012 and contributed ings. The largest company by net profit profit down 80.1 percent) and Barwa Real percent in 2012. The sector’s net profit which accounted for 42.9 percent. almost 62.1 percent of the sector’s total in the sector, Qatar Navigation, regis- Estate (net profit down 17.3 percent). grew from QR11bn in 2011 to QR12.1bn The profitability of the insurance net profit. tered a 17.5 percent growth in net profit However, the sharp fall in net profit on year-on-year. However, the growth sector improved in 2012, with the sec- According to the QIF report, the tel- to QR0.8bn for 2012. During the same of United Development Company was accelerated in Q4 2012 to 18.8 percent tor’s aggregate net profit increasing 4.9 ecom sector reported a 13.0 percent rise period, Gulf Warehousing Company’s net largely due to a prior year revaluation compared to Q42011, the quarterly percent compared to 2011. Net earn- in net profit for the 12 months of 2012 profit increased 37.6 percent to QR84.9m. gain on investment properties amounting investment report of Qatar Investment ings increased from QR 0.9bn in 2011 to QR2.9bn(Vodafone Qatar has been Qatar Gas and transport Company to QR3.06bn, reported during 2011. Fund (QIF) noted yesterday. to QR1bn in 2012, representing 2.6 per- excluded from this profits comparison, (Nakilat) reported an 8.1 percent drop Excluding this revaluation gain United The industrial sector’s growth was cent of the aggregate profits of the mar- since its fiscal year ends on March 31). in net earnings to QR765.5m during the Development Company’s net profit should mainly driven by a rise in earnings ket. Of the five companies listed under For Q4 2012, Qatar Telecom reported a same period. have grown 17.8 percent compared to 2011 reported by sector heavyweights such as the Insurance sector, four companies 14.6 percent growth in net profit com- Real Estate was the worst performer and the sector as a whole would have Industries Qatar and Qatar Electricity reported higher net profits, while the one pared to Q42011, to QR0.5bn. in 2012, with net profit plunging 56.8 declined by only 2.4 percent. The real & Water Company. The contribution of remaining company reported a decline In 2012, the transportation sector con- percent compared to the previous year, estate sector contributed 6.2 percent of the industrial sector’s profit to the total in earnings. tributed 4.4 percent to the Qatar market’s to QR2.4bn from QR5.5bn. The fall in the Qatar market total profits in 2012, Qatar market’s profit increased from The Insurance sector heavyweight profits and reported a 5.0 percent growth net profit can be attributable to a sig- lower than 14.2 percent reported in 2011. 28.6 percent in 2011 to 31.9 percent in by profit, Qatar Insurance Company, in net profit to QR1.7bn, with two out of nificant decline in net earnings reported THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

China’s regulator clears obstacle to Mideast investment banking fees grow 49pc in Q1 DOHA: Middle Eastern invest- first quarter of 2012 and account- The value of announced M&A Citi topped the Q12013 Middle Eastern debt issuance Glencore’s merger ment banking fees recorded ing for 33 percent of the overall transactions with Middle Eastern announced any Middle Eastern reached $12bn during the first $143.5m in Q1 2013, marking fee pool. Fees from debt capital targets reached $5.1bn during the involvement M&A ranking quarter of 2013, a 14 percent with Xstrata the best first quarter for fees in markets underwriting in the first quarter of 2013, 10 percent with $2.6bn, followed closely by increase over the same period last the region since 2008. region hit $44.1m, up 48 percent less than the $5.7bn witnessed in Barclays with $2.5bn. Advisors year, and the strongest annual LONDON: China’s antitrust In its investment banking from the $29.8m seen during the the region during the same period on the Orascom deal (Barclays, start in the region on record. authorities removed the last analysis for the Middle East for first quarter of 2012. last year. Egypt was the most Citi, CI Capital, Allen & Co, and International Islamic debt issu- obstacle to Glencore’s $30bn the Q12013 released yesterday, JP Morgan topped the Middle active Middle Eastern country, Rabobank) shared first place in ance reached $11.5bn from 23 takeover of miner Xstrata yes- Thomson Reuters noted the Eastern completed M&A fee rank- being both the most target and the Middle eastern target M&A issues during the first quarter, an terday after the commodities region’s first quarter fees of the ing during the first quarter of 2013, the most acquisitive country in ranking. increase of 40 percent from the trader agreed to sell a $5.2bn investment banking recorded a 49 earning 21 percent of the fee pool. the region so far this year. China Equity issuance by the region’s previous quarter, and 57 percent mining project to ease its grip percent increase over the same ANB Invest look first place in the was the most popular target for companies raised $2.3bn from 6 from the same period in 2012. on copper. period last year. Middle Eastern ECM fee ranking outbound Middle eastern M&A issues during the Q12013, more HSBC took the top spot in the Xstrata’s Las Bambas mine in Year-on-Year fee increases with a 40 percent cut. HSBC topped transactions, followed by Greece, than five times the amount raised Middle Eastern bond ranking so Peru had been expected to be sac- were seen across asset classes. both the debt capital markets and while the UK registered the high- during the same period in 2012, far this year with a 15 percent rificed to secure the approval of Completed M&A fees totaled syndicated lending fee league tables est value of inbound M&A deals and marking the ebst annual start share of the market. China’s Ministry of Commerce, $47.6m, up 81 percent from the during the first quarter. targeting the Middle East. since 2008. THE PENINSULA but Glencore also agreed 8-year commitments covering the supply of copper, zinc and lead to China. Chinese regulators have rarely demanded asset sales to improve competition after a major tie-up, Qatar to host 9th Al Rayan Partners, Brash but the importance of the metals that Glencore mines and trades Europe indexes Annual HSE for China’s economy meant the Brands in joint venture merger was unlikely to go through Forum in Energy without changes. DOHA: Al Rayan In the event, the newest and fall; gold shines on September 30 Partners, a subsid- least predictable of global regula- iary of Masraf Al tors was also the toughest. Rayan, and Brash Glencore had already signalled DOHA: Qatar will host the 9th Brands, a UAE- that Chinese authorities were Dow Jones and Nasdaq gain Annual HSE Forum in Energy based boutique focused on its hold on the copper conference and exhibition to brand consultancy, market, reflecting China’s appe- LONDON: European stock rebounded to 97.77 yen from 96.72 be held from September 30 to have announced tite for metal and the political markets closed lower yesterday yen late on Monday in New York. October 2. The event will dis- a joint venture side of the regulator’s mission, as as upbeat US data failed to take The euro meanwhile also climbed cuss sustainable corporate gov- to launch Brash much as Glencore’s own weight. investor’s minds off of weaker to $1.3136, from $1.3036. ernance and many other issues Brands Qatar. Glencore and Xstrata combined economic prospects for the glo- In the wake of twin explosions related to Health, Safety and Brash Brands account for roughly 7 percent of bal economy. at the Boston Marathon which Environment (HSE). is best-known as global copper supply, and ana- London’s benchmark FTSE killed at least three and wounded Local, regional and interna- the creator of the lysts and traders have estimated 100 index of top companies slid more than 170 , cities from New tional experts will discuss on Burj Khalifa brand, Glencore controls between 10 and 0.62 percent to 6,304.58 points York to Los Angeles went on high issues of sustainable corporate and for its work 14 percent of Chinese copper con- while in Paris the CAC 40 was alert, and traders were initially governance in wake of Deepwater with Msheireb centrate imports. off by 0.67 percent at 3,685.79. skittish. They seemed to have Horizon disaster. Held under the Properties, one Under yesterday’s deal, Glencore Frankfurt’s DAX 30 lost 0.39 per- recovered some of their poise patronage of H E Dr Mohammed of Doha’s biggest Officials shaking hands after the announcement. has three months to begin the cent to 7,682.58 points as dealers however, and US stocks rallied bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister developers. It has process of selling Las Bambas, one also digested news that German in midday trading in New York. of Energy and Industry and created some of the most memo- local market. Not only is there an of the group’s biggest development investor sentiment fell by more The Dow Jones Industrial Chairman and Managing Director rable brands across the Middle appetite for high quality consult- projects, and must find a buyer by than expected in April. Average gained 0.87 percent to of Qatar Petroleum, the confer- East and North America (Mena) ing services, but we also recog- the end of August 2014. The trader In Madrid, the Ibex-35 fell by 14,726.48 points, while the broad- ence, with workshops on day region and beyond, delivering nise their ability to help us grow set a mininum price, however, as 0.82 percent to 7,948.7 points, while based S&P 500 jumped 1.10 per- three, is designed to help support brand consultancy for the likes the value of our own investment the mine will be sold at the higher in Milan the FTSE Mib was 0.61 cent to 1,569.47, and the tech-rich initiatives to reduce workplace of Emaar, Averda, dnata, Etihad assets. We are happy to have the of either a fair market price as percent lower at 15,533 points. Nasdaq Composite Index added fatalities, maintain employee Rail and The Dubai Mall. Brash team on board, who con- established by two investment “Mounting concerns about the glo- 1.23 percent to 3,256.17. wellbeing and ensure sustainable Under the agreement, Brash tinue to provide unique strategic banks, or total costs incurred. bal economic outlook and events in Among the positive US news environmental protection. Brands Qatar will offer brand and creative solutions.” If it does not secure a deal for Boston have triggered a flight to was data showing that housing Moderating the executive and communications consul- Brash Qatar Managing the mine — expected to produce quality,” said RIA Capital Markets starts climbed to 1,040,000 in plenary session at the forum, tancy services to companies Director John Brash added: “We an annual 400,000 tonnes of cop- analyst Nick Stamenkovic. March from 917,000 in February, Mahesh Patel (pictured below), within the Qatari market. The have been operating within the per for at least four years from The IMF cut its world growth smashing analysts’ expectations. Assistant Manager, at QP, will business will be focused on find- Qatari market for nearly two 2015 — it will have to find alterna- forecast for 2013 as the eurozone Solid earnings reports from lead a panel of experts to exam- ing, creating and delivering years, establishing a series of rela- tive sale candidates from among recession continued to drag, but Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola and ine what energy sector organi- growth opportunities in keeping tionships and an excellent track Xstrata’s copper pipeline. predicted growth overall would Johnson & Johnson also helped to sations can do individually and with the economic growth of the record of delivery. Creating a joint REUTERS pick up in the second half of propel stocks higher. collectively to drive change within country. venture with Masraf Al Rayan is the year. In its newest assess- Gold prices bounced back a their respective organisations to Brash Brands Qatar Chairman testament to our business strat- 3-day Ministry-WTO ment of the global economy, the bit. At the evening fixing on the develop sustainable corporate Khalid Fakhroo said: “There is egy, our commitment to help com- International Monetary Fund London Bullion Market, an ounce governance strategies. great potential for services offered panies grow their asset value and workshop opens said world output would expand of gold cost $1,380. It had earlier “Successful corporate govern- by Brash Brands Qatar given the the strength of our relationships.” by 3.3 percent this year, compared plunged to $1,321.95, the lowest ance can also depend to what growth we are witnessing in the THE PENINSULA DOHA: The International with the 3.5 percent it predicted level since January 2011. degree an organisation’s man- Cooperation and Trade Agree- in January. China said its economy grew 7.7 agement is committed in their ments Department at the On other financial markets, percent in the first three months approach and responsibility for QATARI MARKET Ministry of Business and Trade, “the dollar has benefited from of 2013. That was well below the implementing their corporate Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P in collaboration with the World its safe-haven status, with com- 8 percent forecast in an AFP poll governance and CSR action Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 104.44 0.57 % Aa2 AA Trade Organisation (WTO), modity prices losing ground,” of 12 economists and worse than plans,” said Patel. Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 106.31 1.40 % Aa2 AA launched a three-day seminar Stamenkovic added. In foreign the 7.9 percent level seen over the The other panelists at the and workshop for government exchange activity, the US dollar previous three months. AFP executive plenary session include; Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 124.75 2.12 % Aa2 AA and private sector officials at Nasser Mohamed Ali Mubarak, Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 118.13 2.34 % Aa2 AA the ministry building here. Qatar Petroleum, Corporate HSE Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 114.19 2.67 % Aa2 AA The seminar comes within the Support Manager; Ali AlRahbi, Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 174.50 3.80 % Aa2 AA framework of the technical support Dolphin Energy, Vice President, Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 137.25 4.10 % Aa2 AA that the ministry seeks to provide QHSE and Security; Brian Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 127.00 4.14 % Aa2 AA for the government and private Sullivan, IPIECA, Executive Brent falls below $100 Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.38 1.09 % Aa2 AA sector employees in order to raise Director, and others. Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 114.75 2.75 % Aa2 AA awareness of WTO conventions NEW YORK: Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel for the first THE PENINSULA and the Global Trading System. time in nine months in heavy trading yesterday, extending losses Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 105.75 1.33 % A1 A- About 30 government and triggered by data from China and the United States that suggested Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.50 2.19 % A1 A- private sector officials are par- little growth in global oil demand. QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.38 2.03 % NR NR ticipating in the workshop. WTO Both Brent and US crude pared losses in afternoon trading after QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.75 1.64 % Aa3 A+ experts will clarify issues related each fell more than $2 earlier, suggesting the low prices could be luring QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.69 2.10 % Aa3 A+ to the General Agreement on back traders, analysts said. Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.69 2.24 % A2 A- Trade in Services, which is one US RBOB petrol edged up slightly, turning a corner after four con- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.63 1.71 % A2 A of the WTO agreements, in addi- secutive days of losses. Prices of Brent crude oil have fallen in 9 of the tion to the negotiations related to past 11 trading sessions, down nearly 13 percent from the beginning Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 130.88 2.44 % A2 A the organisation and the ways of of the year. Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.00 3.02 % A2 A regional integration in terms of Brent crude for June delivery settled down 72 cents at $99.91 per Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 111.50 3.83 % A2 A trade in services, with a special barrel after dropping to $98, the lowest level since July 2012. US crude Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 106.13 1.24 % Aa3 A focus on some of the service sectors for May delivery settled up 1 cent at $88.72 a barrel after hitting a low Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 108.25 3.29 % Aa3 A of importance to the State of Qatar. of $86.06, its weakest since December 2012. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 111.13 3.58 % Aa3 A THE PENINSULA REUTERS SOVEREIGNS Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 104.88 0.45 % Aa2 AA Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 126.00 2.10 % Aa2 AA Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.19 2.42 % NR NR No word from regulator on QInvest deal: EFG Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.31 2.97 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.75 3.76 % NR NR CAIRO: EFG-Hermes, the Middle East’s to implement the terms of the joint venture percent this year compared with 1.9 per- Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 117.94 4.06 % NR NR largest investment bank, said yesterday signed last May. A clause in the agreement cent in 2012, the IMF said. Saudi Arabia’s Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.50 0.85 % Aa2 AA that it had not received notification from signed with QInvest on May 4, 2012, states economy will see a drop in growth from Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.44 3.06 % NR BBB Egypt’s financial regulator of clearance for that the deal will lapse after 12 months if 6.8 percent in 2012 to 4.4 percent in 2013. Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 110.13 3.83 % NR BBB its merger with QInvest of Qatar. regulatory approval is not forthcoming. A The UAE economy will also see a slower rate Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 94.50 6.74 % Caa1 B- Shares in EFG jumped 6 percent after a spokesman for QInvest said it had no update of growth of 3.1 percent this year. Kuwait is Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 106.50 3.50 % NR BBB- newspaper reported that Egyptian Prime on the status of the merger. forecast to see a sharp drop in growth from *Periodic Distribution Amount Minister Hisham Qandil had told Qatari 5.1 percent in 2012 to 1.1 percent this year, IMPORTANT NOTE: businessmen during a visit to Doha last Mena oil-exporting and Qatar’s expansion will decrease from 6.6 Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which Wednesday that the deal would go through percent in 2012 to 5.2 percent in 2013. is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services by the end of this week. economies to slow: IMF Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary An EFG spokesman said: “EFG Hermes DUBAI: Economic growth in Middle East Saudi to import cement data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising DUBAI: out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not Holding has not been informed of any devel- and North Africa oil-exporting countries The Custodian of the Two Holy take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds opment and accordingly we have published a is expected to fall to 3.25 percent in 2013 Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant disclosure to the EGX (Cairo stock exchange) due to a relatively weak crude demand, Saud has ordered the import of 10 million liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not this morning confirming that we didn’t receive after expanding by almost 5.7 percent tonnes of cement to end a shortage in the a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and a ‘no objection’ response on the deal till date.” last year, the IMF said. Mena oil export- country, the Saudi Press Agency reported consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. A spokesman for the Egyptian Financial ers include Saudi Arabia, and the other yesterday. King Abdullah wants three to Supervisory Authority said he had no immedi- five Gulf Cooperation Council members, four cement plants to be built over the next ate comment. EFG told Reuters in an emailed as well as Algeria, Libya, Iraq, Iran, and three years and has granted SR3bn ($800m) statement later that, given it had not received Yemen. The economy of Iran will con- towards the scheme, SPA reported. regulatory approval to date, it may be difficult tinue to contract in 2013, shrinking 1.3 AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

QP highlights Qatar bourse achievements at LNG 17 meet index rises by in Houston HOUSTON: Qatar Petroleum (QP), along with its Industrial Cities Directorate, RasGas, 0.42 percent Qatargas and Nakilat, is taking part in the 17th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG Saudi index at four-week low 17), which formally opened yes- terday at the George R Brown DOHA: Qatar Exchange ended it slumped to a four-month low. Convention Centre here. in the green yesterday adding EFG Hermes jumped 5.1 to a four- LNG 17 is considered as the pre- 35.22 points or 0.42 percent to week high on talk a merger deal mier event for the LNG industry advance to 8,368.33 points from with Qatari investment company worldwide and is the only global 8,333.11 on Monday. Among the QInvest will go through. This event that brings together compa- top gainers were Industries eased investor concerns. nies representing the entire LNG Qatar which was up 0.93 percent Orascom Telecom (OT) jumped value chain. The four-day event to QR152.60, Commercialbank 2.2 percent to 4.64 pounds ($0.67) is being held under the auspices rose 0.78 percent to QR64.50, after Russian billionaire Mikhail of the International Gas Union, Qatar Electricity and Water Fridman’s Altimo confirmed that the Gas Technology Institute gained 1.55 percent to QR144.20 its unit Baskindale has offered to and the International Institute of Members of the Qatari delegation at the QP stand in Houston yesterday. and Qatar Insurance was up by buy 100 percent of OT at $0.70 Refrigeration, with the American 1.66 percent to Q55. The bank- per share. Gas Association serving as the host world, with its 77 million tonnes which followed the opening cer- 5,000 industry professionals from ing and financial sector index In Kuwait, the market rallied association this year. per annum of LNG produc- emony and presented an overview over 80 countries, also have poster was up 0.05 points, the con- 1.3 percent to fresh 29-month QP is one of the major compa- tion capacity. It also showcases of the future of the LNG industry sessions and six spotlight sessions sumer goods and services sec- high, extending gains in a move nies exhibiting at LNG 17, and the Nakilat’s operations whose 54 as viewed by the industry’s key featuring plenary speakers. tor index lost 0.47 points, the driven by government buying, QP stand prominently features LNG vessels is the largest LNG stakeholders. First launched in 1968, the industrial sector added 0.78 traders said. The market closed the operations of the Industrial shipping fleet in the world. Many members of the Qatari International Conference & points while the insurance sec- at 7,043, crossing the psychologi- Cities Directorate as well as The delegation from Qatar delegation are also attending the Exhibition on Liquefied Natural tor gained 1.03 points. cally important 7,000 level. RasGas and Qatargas, which are is headed by Hamad Rashid Al LNG 17 conference, with top offi- Gas is organised every three years Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s The buying started mid- the event’s platinum and diamond Mohannadi, Vice-Chairman of cials from Qatargas and RasGas and it was last held in Doha, bourse fell to a near four-week Monday after a sharp sell-off sponsors, respectively. The stand QP and Chief Executive Officer of also scheduled to deliver pres- Qatar, in 2004. The 18th edition low in post-dividend sell-off, while following a court ruling which highlights Qatar’s current stand- RasGas Company Ltd. Mohannadi entations during the conference of the event will be held in Perth, an extended drop in oil prices also found Musallam Al Barrak, an ing as the world’s No. 1 exporter delivered a keynote address at the sessions. The event, which has Australia, in April 2016. weighed on sentiment. Other Arab outspoken former member of of LNG to markets around the event’s Global Strategy Forum, attracted the participation of over THE PENINSULA regional markets were mixed. parliament, guilty of insult- Petrochemical stocks in Saudi ing Kuwait’s ruler. The buying Arabia led declines with Saudi from a sovereign wealth fund Basic Industries Corp losing 1.1 was a message of assurance for percent. The sector’s index lost traders that the bourse would 1 percent. “The market is under not be left alone, said financial 12-member Dubai Chamber team for Doha meet pressure from the dividends analyst Nayef Al Anzi. “The rise coming at the same time as the was exaggerated and so was the results,” said Faisal Al Othman, message,” Al Anzi said. DOHA/DUBAI: The Dubai of commerce in the world and to leaders from more than 12,000 a Riyadh-based portfolio manager. Elsewhere, UAE markets were Chamber of Commerce and learn and share experiences while chambers of commerce from over Investors have largely ignored mixed with Abu Dhabi’s measure Industry will be actively par- also discussing current issues 100 countries sharing, learning estimate-beating earnings this slipping 0.4 percent, down for a ticipating in the upcoming 8th faced by the chambers during the and building new networks of week as global losses spurred second session since Sunday’s ICC-WCF World Chambers course of their operations. opportunity in the wake of the them to book profits. Concerns of 41-month high. Dubai’s bourse Congress which will be held here “This also goes in line with challenges faced by the leading limited growth from petrochemi- ended flat. from April 22 to 25 at the Qatar Dubai Chamber’s strategy of business facilitators of the world. cal firms are also an overhang. HIGHLIGHTS National Convention Centre. expanding into global markets The chamber’s participa- Brent crude sank below $100 SAUDI ARABIA: The index As an Emerald sponsor, Dubai through the new representa- tion is of immense significance a barrel for the first time in nine declined 0.7 percent to 7,097 points. Chamber will be representing the tive offices being opened by the as Buamim has been elected months in a broad commodities EGYPT: The index gained 0.4 emirate’s business community chamber while meeting vari- the Deputy Chairman of WCF rout after recent weak data from percent to 5,295 points. to global business leaders while ous chamber heads to discuss for a three-year mandate until China and the United States KUWAIT: The index rose 1.3 showcasing itself as one of the business opportunities for our 2015, and is heading a strong spurred worries about oil demand. percent to 7,044 points. leading chambers in the region in members and to attract glo- 12-member Dubai Chamber Oil is seen as a proxy for global DUBAI: The index ended flat light of the Congress being held bal companies to set up base in delegation and will be moderat- economic activity and therefore at 1,968 points. in Qatar. It is also the Chamber’s Dubai. This participation will ing the Chamber of Commerce demand for Saudi petrochemical ABU DHABI: The index slipped chance to highlight the contempo- also allow us to play the role of Brand workshop session while products. The kingdom’s index 0.4 percent to 3,094 points. rary services offered to multina- an active member of the global the Chamber’s Senior Director, slipped 0.7 percent, down for a QATAR: The index gained 0.4 tional businesses in Dubai and to organisation,” said Buamim. Commercial Services Sector, Atiq fourth session to hit its lowest percent to 8,368 points. meet, exchange best practices and The biennial global event Juma Nasib, who is Deputy Chair close since March 23. OMAN: The index retreated 0.7 develop long-term cooperation ties participation in this global event organised by the Qatar Chamber of International Certificates In Egypt, bluechips helped percent to 6,240 points. with other chamber leaders. is very important as it provides a under the theme ‘Opportunities of Origin Council, is one of the lift the main benchmark by 0.4 BAHRAIN: The index gained Dubai Chamber Director- fitting platform for the chamber for All’ is a first in the region and speakers at the CO workshop ses- percent, which rose for a sev- 0.4 percent to 1,092 points. General Hamad Buamim to enhance its cooperation ties will see an assembly of the global sion to be held on April 24. enth session in last nine since REUTERS (pictured) said that their with other prominent chambers community and their business THE PENINSULA GSSG, Italian firm sign joint venture pact

DOHA: Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons critical projects around the word. Our goal Group (GSSG), a leading Qatar-based is to play a major role in the development of diversified business conglomerate, and the region’s infrastructure networks and to Sirti, Italy’s leading technology company in seize opportunities arising from the rapidly the design and implementation of network developing infrastructural arena. Sirti Mena infrastructures and system integration, for Projects will strive to acquire projects announced here yesterday the signing of a throughout the Mena region and benefit from joint venture agreement, establishing “Sirti both GSSG’s vast network and heritage in the Mena for Projects”. GSSG will hold a 51 field of engineering, contracting and provision percent stake in the joint venture company, of industrial systems, in addition to Sirti’s while Sirti will hold the remaining stake. technical know-how and solutions for infra- The partnership with GSSG will sig- structure design and implementation across nificantly broaden Sirti’s regional potential the range of applications.” across the GCC, North Africa and Levant Sirti CEO Stefano Lorenzi said: “This region. Sirti Mena for Projects will focus its joint venture is an important element of activities on the development of infrastruc- Sirti’s strategy, aimed at developing its ture for telecommunication networks — fixed international footprint. Sirti has decided and mobile — power transmission systems, to focus on the MENA region because of its security systems, integrated systems for consolidated ‘best practices’ in the execu- transportation businesses, system integration CSSG and Sirti officials exchanging documents tion of major projects in this area, in addi- in ICT businesses and smart cities solutions. in Doha yesterday. tion to the rapid infrastructural growth it The partnership unites the technical exper- is witnessing, offering significant business tise and international experience of Sirti with addition to Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, opportunities. Many countries of the Mena the regional strength and reach of GSSG in Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. region are planning major projects of a high the Mena region, emanating from its home GSSG Holdings Qatar Chairman level of complexity, and we believe that Sirti base Qatar. The joint venture company will Mohammed Al Hamadi said: “We are pleased in this arena can significantly contribute at pursue project opportunities in GCC coun- to be partnering with Sirti, internationally- both an engineering and operational level.” tries Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait, in renowned for spearheading innovative and THE PENINSULA 3.4m jobless in Egypt CAIRO: Egypt’s jobless rate rose to 12.7 percent in 2012 • Bullion - Mumbai from 12 percent in 2011 and nine percent in 2010, due to the Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 29390 economic crisis that followed the toppling of Hosni Mubarak, Silver (1 kg) Rs. 53060 official figures showed yesterday. • Indian Rupees QR1 = 14.88 The number of unemployed reached 3.4 million at the end of last year, said the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and • Sensex Statistics. The number of people in employment reached 23.6 BSE 18357.80 million out of a population of 84 million. NSE 5568.40 “The increase in the numbers of jobless people is due to the • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent return slowdown of economic growth in Egypt and in view of unstable p.a. (in dollar) political conditions in the wake of the January 25 revolution,” the • Housing loan from HDFC LTD agency said. The figures do not take into account those employed • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, in the informal sector. President Mohammed Mursi’s govern- Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. ment has been negotiating a $4.8bn loan from the International • Advise on Indian Income Tax matters for NRIs. Monetary Fund, but the loan is subject to unpopular economic Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] reforms that could lead to further price hikes. AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Century Text-A/D 291.95 9.65 132340 Him.Fut.Comm-B/D 8 -0.22 368459 Kg Denim-B/D 15.49 0.52 8700 Rallis India-B/D 123.4 -0.8 11060 Imperial Tobac/D 2288 -12 640454 Chambal Fert-B/D 51.75 0.25 166107 Himat Seide-B/D 33.1 -0.8 7315 Kilburnengg-B/D 12.82 1.07 15116 Rallis India-B/D 123.4 -0.8 11060 Kingfisher/D 291.8 -0.7 1790892 Chowgule St-B/D 11.51 -0.19 1341 Hind Motors-B/D 8.95 0.1 246727 Klg Systel-B/D 9.8 -0.41 1705 Reliance Indus/D 380.95 7.3 293422 Land Secs Grou/D 853.5 -0.5 278555 Cipla-A/D 399.9 2.4 74478 Hind Org Chem-/D 11.82 -0.05 7735 Kopran-B/D 13.9 -0.14 7825 Ruchi Soya-B/D 68.2 -1.7 16318 Legal & Genera/D 167.72 -0.8 2807599 WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 NHL: Hartnell Utah beat Timberwolves to powers Flyers past Canadiens keep play-off hopes alive PHILDELPHIA: Scott Hartnell registered his sev- enth career hat-trick while Thunder clinch top seed in West with victory over Sacramento captain Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek each recorded a goal and two assists as visiting MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: spot in the Western Conference entering the fourth. Leading Philadelphia halted their four- Utah kept their play-off hopes play-offs. 77-68 with just over eight minutes game losing streak. alive as Al Jefferson scored 22 Utah must win today’s game left in the fourth, Foye drilled a Wayne Simmonds had a goal points and had eight rebounds to at Memphis and hope that Los three-pointer to start a 15-2 run and an assist for the Flyers, who lead the Jazz to a 96-80 win over Angeles loses to Houston today and the Jazz had a 92-70 lead with recorded a total of three goals the Minnesota Timberwolves in order to make it to the posts- less than three minutes to go. during their slide. yesterday. eason. Utah holds the tiebreaker The Jazz have swept the Max Pacioretty scored and set Mo Williams finished with 15 over the Lakers by virtue of win- four-game season series with up a goal for Montreal, still one points and seven assists while ning the season series. Minnesota and have won five point ahead of Boston for first Randy Foye chipped in 14 points Derrick Williams scored 18 straight and seven of eight from place in the Northeast Division. for Utah, who have won four of points for the Timberwolves, who the ‘Wolves. Minnesota has taken Elsewhere, James Reimer made their last five National Basketball were looking to finish over .500 two of four against Utah at home. 31 saves for his ninth career shut- Association contests. at the Target Center for the first Meanwhile, the Oklahoma out and Phil Kessel snapped a The Jazz are now one game time since the 2005-06. City Thunder clinched home scoreless tie with 6:32 remain- behind the the Los Angeles Dante Cunningham and J.J. court advantage throughout the ing in the third period as host Lakers for the eighth and final Barea came off the bench to score Western Conference play-offs by Toronto extended New Jersey’s 12 and 11 points, for the ‘Wolves beating Sacramento 104-95 yes- winless streak to 10 games. who have lost four of their last terday behind a 29-point effort Jay McClement added an NBA Results five. from Kevin Durant. empty-net goal for Toronto, who Charlotte 106 NY Knicks 95 The Jazz 16-2 run to open the “We were just trying to get stretched their points streak to Chicago 102 Orlando 84 contest. They gave up the first some deflections and use our five games (4-0-1), Miami 96 Cleveland 95 basket of the game but never length a little bit to get out and The victory has allowed the Brooklyn 106 Washington 101 trailed after that. score,” Durant said. “I think we team to climb within three Minnesota cut the deficit did a good job of finishing.” points of Boston for fourth in the Detroit 109 Philadelphia 101 to 26-18 by the end of the first Durant also had eight assists Eastern Conference. Denver 112 Milwaukee 111 quarter but the Jazz led by eight, and seven rebounds for the The Devils are 0-6-4 on their Memphis 103 Dallas 97 49-41, at the half. Thunder who scored 62 points skid and remain six points behind Oklahoma City 104 Sacramento 95 The Jazz’s third quarter was in the paint compared to just 46 the New York Rangers for the Utah 96 Minnesota 80 highlighted by two runs. They for the Kings in front of a crowd final playoff spot in the East. opened the third with a 8-2 run of 18,203 at Chesapeake Energy In another match played yes- Phoenix 119 Houston 112 then Utah had another 10-2 run Arena. tererday, Andrew Shaw scored Golden State 116 San Antonio 10 late in the quarter to lead 71-60 Russell Westbrook finished to snap a tie 4:31 into the third with 21 points and eight assists, period. while Serge Ibaka had 14 points, Captain Jonathan Toews seven rebounds and two blocks recorded his 10th goal in 15 con- in the National Basketball tests as hosts Chicago skated to Association win. their sixth straight victory. Isaiah Thomas was the lone Marian Hossa had an empty- starter to reach double figures net goal and two assists, and for the Kings as he finished the Viktor Stalberg and defenseman match with 16. Niklas Hjalmarsson also tallied. Travis Outlaw had 15 points Ray Emery turned aside 16 while Cole Aldrich posted a dou- shots to improve to 16-1-0 for the ble-double with 12 points and 13 Blackhawks, who moved six points rebounds. ahead of idle Pittsburgh in the The Thunder’s victory also race for the Presidents’ Trophy. means they completed the sweep REUTERS of Sacramento in the season Trevor Booker (35) of the Washington Wizards scores two in the first series. quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in New York NHL Results Oklahoma City extended its City, yesterday. Toronto 2 New Jersey 0 lead to 24 points on two different Philadelphia 7 Montreal 3 occasions but the Kings refused to quit and Aldrich made it a into the fourth quarter with an game. Who knows how the play- Chicago 5 Dallas 2 14-point game with an offensive 83-67 lead. offs are going to go, every posses- Vancouver 5 Nashville 2 Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Jones (left) battles for a loose ball with Miami rebound and jumper on their final “Just getting some defensive sion matters. We just got some Columbus 4 Colorado 3 possession of the third quarter. stops,” Jackson said when asked key stops. Our guys did a good job Heat’s Jarvis Varnado during the fourth quarter of their NBA basketball Minnesota 4 Calgary 3 game in Cleveland, yesterday. Reggie Jackson finished off a about the keys to victory. pushing the lead again and just driving layup to send the Thunder “That’s how we try to start the letting us finish.” AFP San Jose 4 Phoenix 0 Padres defeat Dodgers 6-3 on Jackie Robinson night

LOS ANGELES: Squaring off grew up in nearby Pasadena, for the first time since their California where he attended brawl, Los Angeles and San Pasadena City College before Diego were able to set aside any transferring to Los Angeles-based differences and commemorate UCLA. the 66th anniversary of Jackie The 70-year-old Ford was also Robinson breaking baseball’s on hand to celebrate the legacy of color barrier. Robinson. Ford portrays Brooklyn San Diego’s Eric Stults pitched Dodgers executive Branch Rickey six solid innings and crushed a in the movie ‘42’, which chroni- three-run homer in a 6-3 win a cles the 1947 breaking of baseball’s week after a wild melee between color barrier by Robinson. The the two clubs left Dodger pitcher film opened in American theat- Zack Greinke with a broken left ers on Friday. collarbone. “Jackie Robinson running onto But the focus at Dodger Ebbets Field is not only the most Stadium was on the baseball important and powerful moment Monday and the anniversary in baseball history, but it also of Los Angeles native Robinson changed the course of American becoming the first African history,” Major League Baseball American to play in Major League commissioner Bud Selig said in a Baseball in the modern era. statement earlier. Hollywood legend Harrison “Jackie’s courage and persever- Ford threw out the first pitch ance made it possible for African and players on both teams wore Americans and players of all races Robinson’s No. 42. and ethnicities to compete on the The on-field ceremony included same field.” Robinson’s widow, Rachel, his Robinson was one of American daughter, Sharon, and son, David, baseball’s most dynamic players as well as other Major League for a decade. The second baseman Baseball and Dodgers dignitaries. played in six World Series tourna- Civil rights pioneer Robinson ments and led the Dodgers to the Actor Harrison Ford (left) shakes hands with Los Angeles 1955 league championship. Dodgers’ manager Don Mattingly after throwing out the cer- Baseball Results He was chosen for six straight emonial first pitch before the MLB National League baseball All-Star Games, beginning in game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, yesterday. Boston 3 Tampa Bay 2 1949, and was named the inau- Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 2 gural MLB Rookie of the Year St. Louis 10 Pittsburgh 6 award winner in 1947. other cheek. He knew how to getting three hits, an RBI Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 3 Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp walk away from situations,” and a run scored from Carl Washington 10 Miami 3 said Robinson showed great Kemp said. Crawford. diplomacy when dealing with Monday’s Robinson cer- Los Angeles’ Chad Minnesota 8 LA Angels 2 racial abuse in America during emony failed to inspire the Billingsley scored three runs Oakland 11 Houston 2 the 1940s. Dodgers, who lost for the third on seven hits and two walks San Diego 6 LA Dodgers 3 “He knew how to turn the time in four games despite over six innings. AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Action from Aspire Academy International Under-18 Tournament Contador reluctantly tackling the Ardennes

BRUSSELS: Alberto Contador will be one of the main draws at the Fleche Wallonne classic yesterday but the former Tour de France winner claims he wanted to skip the event. The 30-year-old Spaniard’s participation comes as something of a surprise after he recently said he was tired. His main aim for the year is a third Tour title in July. The champion from 2007 and 2009, who was stripped of a third victory in 2010 for doping, admit- ted the Fleche Wallonne had not featured in part of his original planning. But he said his Saxo-Tinkoff team has told him to ride. Action from the second edition of the Aspire Academy International Under-18 football tournament 2013 which kicked off at Aspire academy yesterday. In yesterday’s matches, Aspire “The idea is to test my con- Academy A and West Bromwich Albion of England played a two-all draw, while Portuguese side Benfica trounced Bahrain Under-18 side 4-0. The five-day tournament will end on April dition and increase my team’s 19. The games get under way at 4.30pm every afternoon with two matches taking place simultaneously. The event is open to all and spectators are encouraged to come along to cheer chances,” he said. on the young teams, organisers for the event, Aspire Academy said. RIGHT: Raul, Spanish football great, who plays for Qatar Stars League (QSL) side Al Sadd during one of the matches. “This last week had been set aside mostly for rest, I needed it. I’ve only done two training sessions. “Saxo-Tinkoff really wanted me to be here. Of course, these are races that everyone wants to Punishers Club tops Division B of QCA take part in but to prepare for the Tour de France it’s maybe better DOHA: Punishers Club edged Tahir shared other two wickets. to miss it. Kerala Eleven by one wicket to Ali Akbar Al Farabi, Sales “Even so, it will extend my pro- win the Qatar Airways Division Manager, Qatar Airways, pre- gramme by a week. I’ll therefore B Cricket Tournament of Qatar sided over the closing ceremony try to do my best and then take Cricket Association (QCA) org- and gave away the trophies and some holiday time before starting naised tournament. prizes. The QCA officials present my Tour preparation.” At the West Bay Grounds, were Manzoor Ahmad, General Contador will also line up at Waqas of Punishers Club turned Secretary, Gul Khan Jadoon, Head Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege in a superb all-round perform- of Domestic Affairs, Chaudhury as his team look to build on ance in the Qatar Airways spon- Ahmad, Senior Coach, Malik their strong start to the three sored tournament to guide his Nazar, Technical Advisor, and Ardennes classics after Roman team to a close win. Nawas, Umpires’ Coordinator. Kreuziger claimed victory at the Maqbool gave good support for Al Farabi congratulated both Amstel Gold race last Sunday. Waqas. the finalists and extended his Contador will not be expecting Chasing a stiff 218-run tar- heartiest wishes to the winners. to win a race in which his best get, Punishers Club lost wickets He also expressed hopes that oth- ever finish was a third place in regularly. Murad made 22. So did ers teams who could not make it 2010. He has also been struggling Feroz. But a fighting 43 by Waqas to the final would try harder and to capture his best form of late. and 57 by Maqbool helped them perform better to qualify for the Despite finishing second to hold their innings together and final next year. Chris Froome at the Tour of set up a thrilling victory. On behalf of the QCA President, Oman and coming third behind Shameer and Shamseer bowled MA Shahid, Ahmad expressed the Vincenzo Nibali and Froome, pos- well to share six wickets. Nazim gratitude to the Qatar Airways, sibly his two main Tour rivals in picked two. Azhar and Sajir its CEO Akbar Al Baker and Al July, at the Tirreno-Adriatico, removed one player each. Farabi for the continued support Contador has not been able to Earlier, batting first, Kerala XI to the sport. “We always strive to shine in the early part of this made 217 before getting all out in do our best to promote the game season. He recently finished only 40 overs. Siraj struck an unbeaten each year. We hope that there fifth at the Tour of the Basque 77 to lay the foundation of their would be much higher levels of Country. While Contador may not innings. Shameer chipped in with competition among the teams be vying for the race win today, a 37. Waqas came up with a three- and we would witness even more countryman who would have been The captain of Punishers, receiving the winners’ trophy from Ali Akbar Al Farabi, Sales Manager, Qatar Airways. wicket haul. Ramzi and Murad thrilling matches.” may not even be on the start line. Punishers defeated Kerala Eleven to win the Qatar Airways Division C title of Qatar Cricket Association (QCA). took two scalps each. Maqbool and THE PENINSULA AFP Abdulrahman clinches pro title at InterContinental squash

DOHA: Abdulrahman Al Malki defeated overcame Umair Zaman 11-9,10-12,11-9, 8-11, InterContinental Squash Results of Finals Syed Azlan Amjad to clinch the top 11-9 to win the top spot. In the Men’s Level B, Professional: Abdulrahman Al Malki bt Syed Azlan Amjad place in the Professional category of the Abdel Wahab Al Ishaq set aside the challenge 11-5, 11-6, 11-8. InterContinental Squash tournament of of Sadam Mehawesh 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10. Men’s Level A: Ahmed Noor beat Umair Zaman 11-9, 10-12, Qatar Squash Federation (QSF). Mayar El Saka topped in the Ladies cat- 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 On Monday at InterContinental Doha egory while Hana Alaa El Lethy had to settle Men’s Level B: Abdel Wahab Al Ishaq bt Sadam Mehawesh Bay Club, Abdulrahman took 34 minutes for the second place. Mayar defeated Hana 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10 to set aside the challenge of Syed 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 in the final. Ladies: Mayar el Saka bt Hana Alaa El Lethy 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 11-8. Qatar Squash Federation (QSF) Board Under-15: Abdel Aziz Omeirah bt Abdel Wahab al Ishaq 11-6, The Professional category was one of the Member Mohammed Al Khulaifi was the 11-4 11-3 ten finals which were played on the final chief guest. Under-13: Abdel Aziz al Ishaq bt Waleed Zaman 11-5, 9-11, day of the five-day tournament sponsored Also present were InterContinental Doha 11-8, 11-6 by InterContinental Hotel Doha and Galaxy Recreation Manager Asela Jayaweera and Under-11: Waleed Zaman bt Yousef el Saka 11-9, 11-5 11-4 Sports. QSF Technical Secretary Gamal Rasmi. Under-9: Mohammad Tareq bt Yousef Essam 11-5, 11-4, 11-8 In the Men’s Level A final, Ahmed Noor THE PENINSULA

The first and second place winners at InterContinental Squash tour- nament of Qatar Squash Federation (QSF) pose for a picture along with QSF Board Member Mohammed Al Khulaifi, InterContinental Doha Recreation Manager Asela Jayaweera and QSF Technical Secretary Gamal Rasmi. WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

Ancelotti Manchester United visit rules out PSG move for Rooney

West Ham with title in sight PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti believes it would be out of the question The league leaders aim to pick up maximum points at Upton Park to tempt “Manchester United idol” Wayne Rooney into signing for the French Ligue LONDON: Having returned to role, but although his perform- 1 leaders. winning ways at the weekend, English Premier ance was praised by Ferguson, “Rooney is one of the best Manchester United can close the England striker has hinted strikers in the world but I think to within four points of the League Fixtures that he would prefer to return it’s impossible to buy him, he’s Premier League title with vic- to a more advanced position at an idol at Manchester United,” tory at West Ham United today. Kick-off times in GMT West Ham. the Italian told a press confer- United’s morale took a blow Manchester City vs Wigan “I’ve played there (in midfield) ence here yesterday. after last week’s defeat at home Athletic (1845) a few times this season,” he said. Ancelotti was offering his to Manchester City, but Sunday’s West Ham United vs “You have to think. As a centre- opinion in the wake of specula- 2-0 success at Stoke City saw Manchester United (1845) forward, you want to be as close to tion in France that the England Alex Ferguson’s side re-establish Fulham vs Chelsea (1900) goal as possible to try and score. forward could be on his way to a 15-point lead over their derby “In midfield you have to hold Parc des Princes next season, rivals. yourself back at times and try and although that was countered It left them seven points from replay. All in all, United have won help the team keep the ball and by reports in England that the an unprecedented 20th English on just three of their last seven move up the pitch.” striker was likely to sign a new league crown and they could visits to West Ham in all competi- The hosts, West Ham appear deal at Old Trafford. AFP even capture the title as early tions, including a chastening 4-0 to have secured their top- as Sunday if City slip up against thrashing in a League Cup tie in flight status for next season, Wigan Athletic and Tottenham November 2010. with Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Hotspur this week. At least van Persie has recov- Southampton having taken However, before that can hap- ered his scoring touch, having them to within two points of the pen, United must prevail at Upton gone 10 games without a goal 40-point mark typically consid- Park, and the boisterous east before finding the net from the ered as a guarantee of survival. London stadium has not always penalty spot in the second half at Manager Sam Allardyce had been a happy hunting ground for Stoke. previously refused to answer the men from Old Trafford. Ferguson praised United for questions about his future at the United had title bids derailed their “battling performance” at club, but with the finishing line there in both 1992 and 1995; the the Britannia Stadium and cap- now in sight, he has revealed he latter occasion a game in which tain Nemanja Vidic believes a is already making plans for next home goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko similarly committed display will season. produced save after save to deny be required on Wednesday. “I wouldn’t be here if we United the goal they needed to pip “Now it’s West Ham and we weren’t playing in the Premier Blackburn Rovers to the Premier have to play well again,” the League next season,” he said. League trophy on the season’s Serbian told United’s in-house tel- “(But) we are going to be safe final day. evision station, MUTV yesterday. and playing in the Premier League Chilean midfielder of Juventus, More recently, United were “They play in a similar style to next season so my planning will be Arturo Vidal, jubilates after scor- given a searching examination in Stoke - we’re going to have long done as quickly as possible and ing from penalty during the Italian an FA Cup third-round game in balls and set-pieces to deal with,” we’ll get on to the contract, which Manchester United’s Scottish manager Alex Ferguson celebrates after the Serie A against Lazio vat Olimpico January, when the visitors needed he added. I’m sure I’m going to sign,” he said Stadium in Rome, Italy, on Monday. English Premier League football match against Stoke City at the Britannia an injury-time goal from Robin The game at Stoke saw Wayne ahead of today’s match at Upton Juventus won 2-0. Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England on April 14, 2013. van Persie to take the tie to a Rooney deployed in a midfield Park. AFP Bahraini says Benitez to continue rotating for Chelsea fixture frenzy

he is favourite LONDON: Rafa Benitez (pic- retain a settled side for “Managing the squad Swiss club Basel also still to play. be hoping to improve on poor tured) will continue to rotate their remaining matches is part of our job and Benitez’s men visit west London away form. for AFC top job his Chelsea players as they bid this season. you can see that still neighbours Fulham today with Chelsea are without a win in to deal with a fixture pile-up “We have had a lot we have some legs and the fight for a top-four Premier the Premier League away from MANAMA: The Asian and rebound from two consecu- of games and still have determination to win League finish and Champions Stamford Bridge since beat- Football Confederation (AFC) tive defeats, the club’s interim another nine or 10 games.” League qualification poised to go ing Stoke City in the middle of president should automati- manager said yesterday. to play,” Benitez told Sunday’s clash was to the wire. January. cally be on world body FIFA’s The Spaniard left out senior reporters. Chelsea’s sixth in 16 Chelsea are fourth in the table, “It was quite good before, we executive committee instead players John Terry and Frank “All the players are days and they are set level on points with Tottenham improved our home form and now of having to go through a Lampard for Sunday’s FA Cup important and will be for a busy run-in with Hotspur in fifth and dark horses have to improve away. We haven’t separate vote, Bahraini soc- semi-final defeat by Manchester important until the end. We have seven Premier League games Everton lurking three points fur- played that many away,” Benitez cer head Sheikh Salman bin City but says he will stick to his to manage the squad and we will remaining and a two-legged ther adrift in sixth. added yesterday in the press con- Ebrahim Al Khalifa said guns amid growing pressure to do it until the end. Europa League semi-final against The European champions will ference. REUTERS yesterday. Sheikh Salman is standing for both positions at a May FIFA President in Haiti Brawl breaks 2 vote in Kuala Lumpur but Hassan al Thawadi, leader of out over Qatar’s winning 2022 World Cup bid, is seeking election only Dortmund vs to FIFA’s top committee. “How can we have a presi- dent who cannot have our voice Real tickets in FIFA?” the Bahraini, who felt he was favourite to win DORTMUND, the AFC presidency, said in an Germany: Borussia interview in his Manama office. Dortmund CEO Hans- “Those two positions should Joachim Watzke has be in one. To have a candidate admitted his club under- running for just one post and estimated ticket demands not another I regard as a com- for their Champions promise, a weak position just League home semi-final to accept what they can get,” against Real Madrid he added. after fights broke out The executive committee yesterday. position is a five-year term Dortmund host Real at running to 2017 while the vote FIFA President, Swiss Joseph Blatter (right), greets some young mem- Signal Iduna Park stadium for AFC president will elect bers of a soccer school at his arrival to Port Au Prince International on April 24, but there was a new Asian soccer head for Airport, in Haiti, yesterday. Blatter will inaugurate the new headquarters chaos before tickets went two years to replace Qatari of the association of that country after the earthquake that devastated on sale at 0900 (0700 Mohamed Bin Hammam. the country in 2010, during a six-day trip to the CONCACAF countries. GMT) yesterday, half an Bin Hammam has been hour later than planned, as banned for life by FIFA for brawls broke out between corruption and bribery and fans, many of whom had his place has been filled tempo- Rain delays Confed queued overnight. rarily by China’s Zhang Jilong. Around 100 police offic- Four candidates are vying for ers were deployed to break the presidency, three of them up scuffles amongst sup- from the Gulf region and the Cup stadium opening porters waiting in queues other being Thailand’s FIFA at separate locations in executive committee member BRASILIA: The Brasilia crowd management and security Dortmund city centre as Worawi Makudi. Stadium set to host 2013 arrangements. the tic The Bahraini positioned Confederations Cup games in Only last week, Queiroz pledged Two people were himself, as the outsider who June will not be ready until that the city’s Stadium, rebuilt at arrested and charged with could step in and clean up next month after heavy rainfall a cost of $500m, would offer opti- assault, while a third was Asian soccer’s corrupted image. delayed the laying of the pitch, mal conditions to host the World taken into custody and Tackling the scourge of authorities said. Cup and would be totally ready paramedics had to twice match-fixing in Asia would be Federal District Governor for the Confederations Cup this intervene after fans col- a clear priority, with zero toler- Agnelo Queiroz said in a state- year. lapsed in the lines. ance for offenders and enlist- ment issued late Monday that World football governing body Watzke said afterwards, ing the help of governments, the inauguration of the 71,000- FIFA had already warned that all Dortmund will reorgan- as well as treating all national seat Mane Garrincha national preparations for the six Stadiums ise their advance ticket associations as equals no mat- Stadium, initially set for Sunday, hosting the Confed Cup “would sales in future so organ- ter how big or small. would now take place May 18, not be completed 100 percent”. ised gangs, operating on “I think people have sensed with the final of a regional league The June 15-30 Confederations the black market, can not the wind of change,” said the that will serve as a test event. Cup is being staged in six Brazilian profit and to avoid the man who lost the AFC vote A second match ahead of the cities. The eight contenders are chaos that left some fans for the FIFA seat 23-21 to Bin Confed Cup, a dress rehearsal for Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Uruguay, empty-handed despite Hammam in 2009. REUTERS next year’s World Cup, is planned Japan, Italy, Nigeria and Tahiti. queuing overnight for the for May 26 to ensure smooth REUTERS tickets. AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 30

Volleyball: Al Sadd Under-17s triumph

Al Sadd Under-17 volleyball team members and officials pose for a picture after receiving the winner’s trophy from Yousef Ahmed Kano, Board Member of Qatar Volleyball Association during the Under-17 volleyball final at Al Arabi Sports Hall. Al Sadd beat Al Khor 3-1 (25-12, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19). RIGHT: An Al Sadd player (in black) attempts to score during the final match against Al Khor. PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY VP Ennis, Farah to compete in Russia tightens security London, says governing body LONDON: British London at World Championships Olympic gold medal winners Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford will compete IOC, IAAF condemn the Boston marathon bombings at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Park on July 26-28, British Athletics body MOSCOW: Russian authorities have prom- security arrangements would be tightened and their families today,” the president of Blake may miss announced yesterday. ised tougher security measures at August’s up considerably. the International Olympic Committee (IOC) The 2012 heptathlon queen World Athletics Championships after “In the near future, Russia will stage many Jacques Rogge said in a statement. two meetings will double up in both the 100m explosions near the finish line of the Boston major international sporting events so for us “A marathon is a special, almost magical hurdles and long jump. marathon killed three people and wounded this is a serious wake-up call,” Mutko was event that unites different communities with due to hamstring Farah, who won the 10,000m more than 100. quoted as saying by local outlet R-Sport. one shared goal and I am sure that this inci- and 5,000m at the Olympic “The security arrangements will certainly “Of course, we’ll tighten up our security dent will serve to bring together all those who Park Stadium, will run in the be reviewed after what happened in Boston,” measures. Our foreign colleagues have often took part and all those who support such an injury 3,000m, while Rutherford will Russia’s athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichyov criticised us for (overzealous security) but, as event, with a common resolve.” appear in the long jump. said yesterday. you can see, these things happen.” The International Association of Athletics KINGSTON: Jamaica’s world This trio and two other “Security has always been of the highest Russia will host the Winter Olympics in Federations (IAAF) also described the blasts, 100 metres champion Yohan British track and field medal standard at all our sporting events but, no Sochi next February and the 2018 soccer as a “a mindless attack”. Blake (pictured) could miss winners at London 2012 will doubt, we will take into account the latest World Cup. “This ghastly and cowardly attack strikes at the Jamaica International join 14 of the 16 home-based events and how it was done.” However, an Interior Ministry official said the very core of the freest of human activities,” Invitational on May 4 and the Paralympic medallists for the The Boston blasts on Monday appeared to there was no plan to beef up security at the the president of the sport’s world governing Shanghai Diamond League IAAF Diamond League and go off near where spectators were standing 2014 Games in Sochi. body, Lamine Diack, said. meeting a fortnight later IPC International Challenge behind roadside barriers. “The security system which will be used in “Whether as a fun runner or elite com- because of a hamstring injury, events. Balakhnichyov said Moscow would have a Sochi is fully capable of providing the neces- petitor, road running exemplifies the hon- his coach Glen Mills said “I have amazing memories “triple level of protection” for the August 10-18 sary level of security needed for such events,” esty of basic human movement, strength and yesterday. of competing in the Olympic championships. he was quoted as saying by state agency resilience.” Mills said that the right ham- Stadium last year and it will “The first level would be the Federal ITAR-TASS. Diack and other senior officials in athletics string injury sustained by Blake be good to step out on that Security Service (FSB) and the police, then The Black Sea resort of Sochi is located also vowed to support race organisers. during a 100 metres race on track again in front of a British we have the city’s own security personnel, and, near a patchwork of Muslim provinces in “What makes this incident so vile and its Saturday at the UTECH Track crowd,” Ennis said. finally, the security in and around the sta- Russia’s North Caucasus, where the Kremlin planning so incomprehensible is that mara- and Field Classic in Kingston “I’ll never forget the noise the dium,” he said. is battling an Islamist insurgency rooted in thons the world over are about selfless acts was more serious than originally crowd made when I competed “Obviously, the marathon, which is run two post-Soviet wars in Chechnya. of human generosity,” Diack added. thought. last August and know that the through city streets, requires extra protec- President Vladimir Putin, who has staked “Millions of dollars are raised for charity “An MRI done Monday after- draw of the stadium and the tion and more security personnel.” his personal reputation on the success and every year by participants in road races. The noon revealed the hamstring great line up of athletes will fill The Russian authorities have also waived safety of the Games, has ordered security events themselves are administered by thou- injury sustained was more seri- the stands and make it another visa fees for all athletes and officials taking forces to be extremely alert and prevent any sands of volunteers who freely give their time ous than first thought,” he said. incredible occasion,” the British part in the championships. attacks. to operate everything from baggage trucks to “Blake could be out for several star added yesterday. “All the participants and guests will get Athletics’ world governing body and the water stations to finish lines. weeks as he recuperates.” “I am training hard and am their visas for free. Such a decree was signed Olympic movement condemned the twin “The streets are lined with countless mil- Blake, trailed former world getting excited about the pros- by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev,” the bombings at the Boston Marathon, describ- lions of spectators who selflessly simply wish champion Kim Collins after 40 pect of getting out there and Russian athletics federation said on its website ing them as an attack on the spirit of human to applaud, encourage and embrace the best metres. The joint second fastest competing again this summer,” (www.rusathletics.com) yesterday. achievement and benevolence. of human endeavour. There can be no excuse, man then pulled up, favouring explained Ennis. AFP Meanwhile, the Russian Sports “My thoughts and those of all the Olympic no cause which can justify these explosions in his right hamstring as he tried Minister Vitaly Mutko also said the Movement are with the victims, their friends Boston which so sicken us all.” AGENCIES to power past Collins. REUTERS Paradorn swaps racquets for golf clubs Olympic winner Lin Dan

BANGKOK: He’s a former top- to make return in Taipei 10 tennis player who has dabbled This file photo taken on in politics, business and act- April 7, 2006 shows Thai TAIPEI: Olympic gold-med- marry long-term sweetheart ing. Now Thailand’s Paradorn tennis player Paradorn allist Lin Dan (pictured) and former world champion Srichaphan is taking on possibly Srichaphan eyeing a returns to the court after an Xie Xingfang at a decked-out his most ambitious challenge -- return during his Davis eight-month break this week Beijing university gymnasium professional golf. Cup Asia/Oceania Zone as he spearheads China’s in September. Despite taking up the game just Group 1 second round drive for a clean-sweep of Now attention will focus on the two years ago, the 33-year-old is match against Japan in titles at the Badminton Asia form of the People’s Liberation hopeful of making the unusual Bangkok. Despite taking Championships in Taipei. Army officer and whether China transition to a pro career, and this up the game of golf Lin, arguably the can repeat their feats of week he will make his second invi- just two years ago, the sport’s greatest player, London, when they took tational appearance on Southeast 33-year-old Paradorn has not hit a shuttle- all five titles despite los- Asia’s ASEAN PGA Tour. cock in anger since last ing their top women’s is hopeful of making “To make a living (from golf) year’s Olympic final, doubles pair in a cheat- the unusual transition is not my goal,” Paradorn said, apart from playing -- ing scandal. according to a press release from to a pro career, and and losing -- a fare- China arrive with tour organisers. “My goal is to be this week he will make well exhibition match a brimming coterie of the first Asian athlete changing his second invitational against retiring Danish stars including wom- from other another sport to play appearance on Southeast great Peter Gade in en’s Olympic champion professional golf. Asia’s ASEAN PGA Tour December. Li Xuerui, and Zhao “Scott Draper from Australia, tomorrow. Last August, Lin Yunlei and Zhang Nan, a top 50 player in world at tennis, ripped off his shirt the boyfriend-girlfriend he turned pro in Australia playing and raced around the London partnership who won the mixed golf -- he was the first one. I want Rafael Nadal and Pete Sampras ending a career that took him to put his skills to the test at the venue in celebration, weeping doubles gold medal in London. to do the same and create history are also keen players, while Andy ninth in the world. $100,000 Singha Pattaya Open, and saluting the crowd, after China’s formidable line-up also for a Thai athlete.” Roddick caddied for Zach Johnson Paradorn, who has also spent his second outing on the ASEAN he defeated his arch-rival Lee features women’s doubles pair Other top tennis players have at the par-three contest before time as a Buddhist monk, has had PGA Tour after missing the Chong Wei to become the first Wang Xiaoli and Yang Yu, who tried their hand at the capricious the 2011 US Masters. mixed fortunes in recent years, cut at the Singha Esan Open in double men’s singles Olympic were among eight players dis- game of golf, including Ivan Lendl, For Paradorn, it’s a return to splitting from his wife, former February. But he may be mindful champion. qualified from the Olympics for the eight-time Grand Slam win- competitive sport after a wrist Miss Universe Natalie Glebova, of some cautionary words from The tattooed 29-year-old has trying to lose group matches, in a ner and current coach of Andy injury -- originally sustained and announcing a bid to stand for Sampras, uttered ruefully after a since kept a low profile, although bid to win a favourable quarter- Murray, who has competed in a while racing motorbikes -- forced parliament in 2011. tough outing on the course. he donned military uniform to final draw. AFP handful of professional events. him to retire from tennis in 2010, From tomorrow, Paradorn will AFP WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31

Qatar to host All-Filipino Al Rayyan in Emir Cup final GCC Club Defending champions edge Eljaish 2-1 in best-of-three semi-finals Championship DOHA: The exciting two-day BY DANOTZKI SANTOS four-nation All-Filipino GCC Club Championship basketball DOHA: Defending champi- will take place on April 18 and ons Al Rayyan clamped down 19 at the Al Gharafa Indoor on Eljaish in the final period Sports Arena. to mount an 87-78 final-berth The tournament will feature clinching victory over a fight- All-Filipino basketball team ing Eljaish last night in Game 3 selections from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, of their semi-final series in the Bahrain and Qatar composed of Emir Cup basketball at the Al OFW-marquee cagers who have Gharafa Indoor Arena. found a hard court in the Middle Al Rayyan face off with Al Sadd East. in the do-or-die championship “For three years in a row we battle on Friday. have received invitation from Coach Brian Rowsom’s wards other GCC countries like Saudi raced to an 8-1 lead as Eljaish Arabia and Bahrain to host the guns were rusty in the early going event and we wanted to have the with the usually explosive spitfire tournament held here in Qatar Fadi Abilmona missing his first last year but it ran in conflict with three attempts from the field. the schedule of the Ambassador Al Rayyan’s agile centre Cup,” said Pat Carido of PIBAQ, Jeremeo Davidson made it 14-4 regarding re-staging of the GCC with unmolested perimeter All-Filipino Club Championship. jumpers until Mohammed Bakir, The league was last held in Antonio Anderson and Ali Turki and hosted by Dubai in May 1999, found their range from the out- which coincidentally was also won side to mount an 11-2 assault and by the host country. put Army on top, 15-14. Eljaish’s Mohammed Bakir The upcoming GCC All-Filipino Bakirand Steve Noubissie tries to score while being Championship will be the first of added 5 more markers against challenged by Al Rayyan’s its kind after 14 years. Rayyan’s lone basket to make it Watson Boney Harold dur- This year’s event marks the 20-16 but the defending cham- ing their Emir Cup basketball first time that PIBAQ will be pions grabbed the upper hand, match at Gharafa Indoor Arean hosting such an event since it was 21-20 as Davidson and the return- yesterday. RIGHT: Al Rayyan’s founded in 2005. ing Harold Boney Watson drilled Davidson Jeremeo poised to THE PENINSULA 5 unanswered points to end the score a basket. RIGHT TOP: first quarter. Eljaish’s Abilmona Fadi (left) All-Filipino GCC Club Rayyan went up to 28 at the and Al Rayyan’s Burston start of the second period and Championship limited Eljaish to 23 until Ali and Mattew vie for ball possession. Mohammad Yussuf launched hit PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY VP Competition Schedule back-to-back bombers to push 18 April Army within 1, 29-30. 10:00 Dubai vs Bahrain Tanguy Ngombo and Malek Abdulla gave the white shirts a The reigning Heir Apparent Erfan Saeed joined the fray with bomb which Erfan answered on 70-75, with 3:04 remaining in the 12:00 Qatar vs Abu Dhabi 38-32 lead with 1:08 left in the titlists stepped on the gas at the an under-goal stab and Ngombo the other end to start the period. game. 19:00 Bahrain vs Abu Dhabi second quarter. onset of the third period and sank a high looper to keep Rayyan The white shirts pushed hard Davidson and Ngombo com- Anderson and Davidson then soared to a 46 before Noubisse away at 58-50 before Yussuf and and picked up 6 straight markers bined to make it 79-70 until 21:00 Dubai vs Qatar exchanged baskets for a 40-34 broke the ice for Army with a Babcar Ngom converted points off while El Jaish struggled on the Yussuf connected from inside to 19 April count, before Yussuf drilled a trey strong drive to the basket. turnovers and pegged it at 58-54. offensive end in the next 3 min- trim the deficit at 72-79, with 1:31 10:00 Abu Dhabi vs Dubai and connected on a fast break and Yaseen Mousa would take over Watson banked a twinner but utes for a 69-63 tally. left. Rayyan sealed the win with drew a foul to peg another dead- from then on and ignited an 8-2 Ali drilled another trey to make Rayyan collected easy baskets a 8-6 wind-up. 10:00 Bahrain vs Qatar lock at 40-all ending the first 20 offensive that pushed the Heir it 60-57 at the end of the third in the ensuing plays and pulled Watson paced the final-bound 16:00 GCC All Filipino Club Battle for 3rd minutes of grueling basketball Apparent titlists ahead 54-46, canto. away at 73-63 until Eljaish went squad with 24 points. action between the two squads. with 4:20 left in the third. Ali evened things up with a long on a 7-2 spurt to inch closer at THE PENINSULA 20:30 GCC All Filipino Club Final Venue: Al Gharafa Indoor Arena Pietersen ruled Zimbabwe bank on Ecclestone out of New willing to Zealand series home conditions meet Bahrain LONDON: Star England bats- HARARE: Zimbabwe and strike over poor pay. Although the man Kevin Pietersen has been Bangladesh begin Test cricket’s issue was resolved by the heavily- opposition ruled out of next month’s home England’s Kevin basement battle today as the indebted board, the hosts will be Test series with New Zealand two teams look to measure their without batsman Craig Ervine Pietersen plays due to a knee injury, the England personal progress in a two- after he took up a deal to play MANAMA: Bernie Ecclestone with a Segway and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) match series. club cricket in Ireland. has assured protesters in said yesterday. as rain washed Although Zimbabwe have never “Yes it’s affected us, but that’s Bahrain that he understands The 32-year-old had already out play on the lost a Test on home soil against life and you must buckle down their grievances and is will- been ruled out of the final Test first day of the Bangladesh, and beat them by 130 and just get on with the job,” ing to meet opposition figures match away to New Zealand due first Test match runs when the two sides last faced Mangongo said. ahead of the most controversial to the persistent problem in his between New off in 2011, they come into this Zimbabwe will also be without Formula One race of the year right knee. Zealand and series dispirited after two heavy fast bowler Christopher Mpofu, this weekend. He was originally expected to England at the defeats in the West Indies and wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva and However, in comments that miss six to eight weeks and has University Oval another player contract crisis. opening batsman Tino Mawoyo could antagonise rights campaign- now been discounted from the park in Dunedin, By contrast, Bangladesh because of injury, meaning wick- ers and pro-democracy activists, two-match series. in this March 7, enjoyed an encouraging tour of etkeeper-batsman Richmond the F1 commercial supremo also “@kevinpp24 (Pietersen) has 2013 file picture. Sri Lanka recently, when they Mutumbami could make his compared civil unrest in the Gulf been ruled out of the Investec posted their highest ever Test international debut. island kingdom to threatened Test series vs @BLACKCAPS score and showed welcome signs Meanwhile Bangladesh will protests against today’s funeral of (New Zealand) as he continues of improvement. welcome allrounder Shakib Al former Prime Minister Margaret his recovery from bone bruising The importance of the two Hasan back from injury, although Thatcher in London. to his right knee,” said the ECB Tests for cricket’s lowliest teams he is likely to play the first Test “I’m happy to talk to anybody on their @ECB_cricket Twitter should not be underestimated. only as a batsman. about this, as I did before,” he said feed. “We’ve played most of our Tamim Iqbal is rated a “50-50” in comments to British reporters “Pietersen will have a repeat cricket against Bangladesh, so chance of playing as he recovers published today, mentioning that scan next week to determine when they’re the guys we use as our from a broken thumb, but oth- he had met members of the oppo- he is able to resume training.” yardstick on whether we are erwise Bangladesh have a first- sition group al-Wefaq last year in The flamboyant batsman improving or not,” Zimbabwe’s choice squad to pick from. London and Bahrain. said he was keeping his “fingers stand-in coach Stephen Mangongo “This series will be a good “We don’t want to see trou- crossed” that he will return to fit- for the Ashes series and had his of bruising on the bone and carti- said. measuring stick to see where we ble. We don’t want to see people ness in time for England’s defence “fingers crossed”. The Surrey and lage damage in the kneecap. The “It’s absolutely important for are at,” coach Shane Jurgensen arguing and fighting about things of the Ashes against Australia, Delhi Daredevils right-hander South African-born player only us to remain in the international said. “Sri Lanka was really impor- we don’t understand, because we which begins at Trent Bridge on first suffered pain in his knee returned to the England fold in arena and for people to respect tant for us to perform overseas. really don’t understand... Some July 10. during a warm-up game in New October following a controver- us, and to be dignified we need to We have always been a tough people feel it’s our fault there are Writing on Twitter, he said: Zealand before the drawn away sial spat with ex-England captain be beating guys like Bangladesh. team at home but we did need to problems.” “Injuries are a sportsman’s worst Test series in March. Andrew Strauss. Otherwise people will take us for step up. Ecclestone has said repeat- nightmare! This one is hurting me The talented batsman was He had been cast into inter- a joke.” “Last year was a good year edly that he has no cause for the most..” withdrawn from the 2013 Indian national exile last August after Zimbabwe’s off-field prob- around one-day cricket for us, concern ahead of a race that had Responding to supportive mes- Premier League season, which sending text messages to touring lems have not helped them in and that confidence and the way to be cancelled in 2011 after an sages from his followers, he said takes place in April and May, South African players criticising this regard, with non-contracted that we go about that is starting uprising and bloody government that he was “trying” to be fit due to the injury, which consists then-captain Strauss. AFP players recently staging a two-day to move into other formats.” AFP crackdown. It went ahead last year against a backdrop of petrol bombs and teargas. Formula One personnel and Kaneria optimistic in spot-fixing ban appeal race drivers have begun arriving in Bahrain after the weekend’s KARACHI: Pakistani leg-spin- concede a certain number of runs yesterday evening. “There was no charged and sent to jail for four on any player from any member grand prix in Shanghai, with pro- ner Danish Kaneria said yester- in an over during a 2009 one- evidence against me and I have months after a trial. country apply in all other member tests picking up as the fourth race day he was hopeful of winning day county match in return for maintained that the ban was Before the incident took place, countries. of the season approaches. his appeal against a life ban money. unjust and I will fight till the last.” Kaneria was part of Pakistan’s Kaneria said he felt abandoned. Watched by many millions imposed by the English board Kaneria’s appeal will be heard The scandal broke in May 2010 national team and was the coun- “I am left alone in this fight, around the world, the grand prix last year for spot-fixing. in London on Monday after it was when Essex police arrested both try’s best spinner, with 261 wick- no one has supported me,” he puts Bahrain in the global spot- The 32-year-old was banned initially postponed in December Kaneria and Westfield, but the ets in 61 Tests. He also played in said. “The case has destroyed my light - as well as some $40m in after an England and Wales last year because Westfield did Pakistani spinner was released 18 one-day internationals. career and my life so I appeal to the F1 coffers in annual hosting Cricket Board (ECB) panel found not appear. without charge and has main- Pakistan had to endorse the my countryman to support me fees - and authorities are keen to him guilty of getting former Essex “I am quite hopeful of a relief,” tained his innocence throughout. ban as under International because I have not done anything use it to showcase the country. team-mate Mervyn Westfield to Kaneria said before his departure Westfield, however, was Cricket Council rules sanctions wrong.” AFP REUTERS Wednesday 17 April 2013 7 Jumada II 1434 Volume 18 Number 5672 Sport Price: QR2

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MONTE CARLO, MONACO: 7-5 while Spaniard Albert Ramos LONDON: South African Rafael Nadal lines up today Monte Carlo Masters defeated Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, against Australian Marinko MONTE-CARLO, Monaco: Results from as the 34-year-old Czech played who is accused of murdering Matosevic at the Monte Carlo the third day of the Monte-Carlo Masters his first ATP match since the his girlfriend, will not be wel- Masters as the Spaniard begins yesterday (x denotes seeding): Australian Open after undergo- come at the Anniversary Games his campaign for a record ninth First Round ing surgery to ease pressure on at London’s Olympic Park this straight trophy at the iconic a nerve. In the second round, the year, organisers said yesterday. venue. Albert Ramos (ESP) bt Radek Stepanek seeded French pair of Jo-Wilfried The three-day event to com- Nadal’s opponent Matosevic (CZE) 6-3, 6-3 Tsonga and Richard Gasquet memorate the first anniversary of faces the toughest ask in ten- Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x13) bt Denis made winning starts. the London Olympics will include nis after winning his first match Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 7-5 Sixth seed Tsonga beat Russian a day of Paralympic sport, but UK on clay in almost a year to open Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Fernando Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 Athletics chairman Ed Warner Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 success Verdasco (ESP) 7-5, 6-3 while Richard Gasquet struggled said Pistorius would not be invited over Fernando Verdasco. Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Victor Hanescu before containing countryman to take part. Top seed Novak Djokovic (ROM) 6-7 (8/10), 6-3, 6-1 Benoit Paire 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 to reach “I don’t want to see the Sunday meanwhile informed tournament Florian Mayer (GER) bt Benjamin Balleret the third round. Bulgarian Grigor of the Anniversary Games turn- director Zeljko Franulovic that he (MON) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Dimitrov upset eighth seed Janko ing into a media circus,” Warner would be fit to make his start in Tipsarevic 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, with told BBC radio. “It would over- Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Jerzy Janowicz the second round after a bye. the Serb double-faulting on a set shadow every other athlete that (POL) 7-5, 7-6 (11/9) Djokovic has been putting in point in the opening set. was there. training and tests on his injured Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Jesse Huta Galung Meanwhile, the International It’s not about innocent or guilty, right ankle over the past few days. (NED) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 Tennis Federation (ITF) has it’s about how you handle an indi- He will begin against Russian Second Round agreed to hear an appeal by vidual with a difficult moral situ- Mikhail Youzhny, who stands a Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) bt Janko Tipsarevic Pakistan against the awarding ation hanging over them. respectable 3-4 in their career (CRO x8) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 of their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania “Anything might change. He is series. Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Benoit Paire Group 11 tie to New Zealand, the in court before then, but based Matosevic, the number 54 in (FRA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Pakistan Tennis Federation said on what I know at the moment, the world, won’t have time to cel- yesterday. it would be a no if he rang this Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x16) bt Pablo ebrate his upset of Spain’s former “It is a major breakthrough morning.” Andujar (ESP) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7/3) ace. Instead, he will become just for us after we got confirmation Pistorius, a six-time Paralympic the first obstacle placed in the Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Nikolay from the ITF they will be hearing gold-medallist, is currently on path of Nadal, winner of his last 42 Davydenko (RUS) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 our appeal against the referee’s police bail after being accused matches here at the Country Club decision,” PTF secretary Mumtaz of fatally shooting his girlfriend, overlooking the Mediterranean. while breaking the 31st-ranked Yousuf said. Pakistan were dis- Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Matosevic sprang a surprise Verdasco on five occasions. The qualified from this month’s Davis Pretoria in February. on Verdasco, the one-time clay Australian last won a clay match Cup tie against New Zealand The 26-year-old, who claims powerhouse and 2010 runner-up in the first round of French Open played in Yangon, Myanmar he mistook Steenkamp for an here to Nadal, going through to qualifying last May after earning after Sri Lankan referee Ashita intruder, is allowed to compete the second round in a struggle his last ATP win on the surface in Ajigala ruled that the grass court outside South Africa before his as his Spanish opponent fought Munich a few weeks earlier. had become unplayable and dan- case goes to trial. back at the end in the one-hour, In other first-round matches on gerous. The tie was played in He was recently photographed 51-minute contest. a perfect, sunny day, Swiss 13th Myanmar after New Zealand Marinko Matosevic of Australia returns the ball to Fernando Verdasco of at an athletics track in Pretoria, Matosevic saved nine of the seed Stanislas Wawrinka beat refused to visit Pakistan due to Spain during their first round match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters but is yet to return to full training. dozen break points he faced Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-3, security concerns. AGENCIES tournament in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France, yesterday. AFP Royal Challengers edge Daredevils; Kings XI win BANGALORE:Royal and streaky Lokesh Rahul (12) Scoreboard Challengers Bangalore pipped for 26 runs and in the company of Delhi Daredevils in the Super AB de Villiers (39, 32b, 3x4, 1x6) KINGS XI PUNJAB KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Over after a tie to record put on 103 for the third wicket to Adam Gilchrist lbw Senanayake ...... 7 Manvinder Bisla c Gilchrist b Kumar ...... 0 their fourth win in six outings script a victory. Mandeep Singh c Bisla b Kallis ...... 41 Gautam Gambhir c Gilchrist b Gony ...... 60 while the visitors slid to their In Mohali, Manpreet Gony’s AB de Villiers Manan Vohra c&b Balaji ...... 17 J Kallis c Mandeep Singh b Azhar Mahmood .1 fifth straight defeat in the IPL 18-ball 42 which made the dif- of Royal David Hussey c Bisla b Narine ...... 12 Eoin Morgan c Hussey b Azhar Mahmood ...47 yesterday. ference for Kings XI Punjab who Challengers David Miller b Senanayake ...... 20 Manoj Tiwary b Awana ...... 1 Asked to bat first, Daredevils beat defending champions Kolkata Azhar Mahmood c&b Narine ...... 0 Yusuf Pathan c Miller b Kumar ...... 13 Bangalore made 152 for five while RCB, Knight Riders by four runs in an hit two suc- Gurkeerat Singh b Narine ...... 0 Debabrata Das lbw b Azhar Mahmood ...... 1 cruising at 129 for two at one Indian Premier League thriller at Manpreet Gony b Kallis ...... 42 Rajat Bhatia b Awana ...... 16 cessive sixes stage, all but committed hara-kiri the Punjab Cricket Association Piyush Chawla (not out) ...... 11 S Senanayake (run out-Gilchrist/Kumar) ...... 1 off Umesh as they lost five wickets in a mat- Stadium here yesterday. Praveen Kumar c Pathan b Kallis ...... 1 Sunil Narine (not out) ...... 1 Yadav of Delhi ter of 17 deliveries leaving them to Chasing Punjab’s 157/9, Kolkata Parvinder Awana (not out) ...... 0 Laxmipathy Balaji (not out) ...... 0 Daredevils get 12 off the 20th over bowled by could only manage 153/9 in their Extras (B-1, LB-2, W-3) ...... 6 Extras (LB-7, W-5) ...... 12 in the Super Irfan Pathan. quota of 20 overs. With 11 runs Total (for 9 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 157 Total (for 9 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 153 Over in their After West Indian all-rounder required off the last over bowled Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-61, 3-70, 4-99, 5-99, Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-1, 3-106, 4-116, IPL match in Ravi Rampaul hit a six off the by Praveen Kumar, KKR only 6-99, 7-109, 8-150, 9-152. 5-117, 6-124, 7-147, 8-150, 9-152. Bangalore first ball and a couple of singles managed six giving the hosts their Bowling: Laxmipathy Balaji 4-0-39-1; Jaques Bowling: Praveen Kumar 4-0-26-2; Azhar yesterday. later, RCB required two off the second win in four matches. Kallis 4-0-24-3; Sachithra Senanayake 4-0- Mahmood 4-0-21-3; Manpreet Gony 4-0-18- last.Rampaul and Vinay Kumar After a bad start by the visi- 28-2; Sunil Narine 4-0-33-3; Rajat Bhatia 1; David Hussey 1-0-14-0; Parvinder Awana scrambled for a bye even as wicket tors losing two wickets -- opener 4-0-30-0. 4-0-39-2; Piyush Chawla 3-0-28-0. keeper Kedar Jadhav fumbled Manvinder Bisla (0) and Jacques with the collection as the match Kallis (1) - in the first eight ended in a tie leading to the Super balls of their innings, KKR skip- Over. AB de Villiers struck two per Gautam Gambhir (60) and sixes off Umesh Yadav as RCB English recruit Eoin Morgan Scoreboard made 15. In reply, Daredevils lost (47) struck a fantastic third David Warner to the first ball wicket partnership of 105 runs in DELHI DAREDEVILS ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE bowled by Rampaul. 11.5 overs. The Gambhir-Morgan D A Warner c&b Vinay Kumar ...... 15 C H Gayle c Yadav b Morkel ...... 13 However, Irfan Pathan slammed partnership put KKR’s ship back V Sehwag c Kohli b McDonald ...... 25 K L Rahul c Jayawardene b Nehra ...... 12 a six and a boundary off the sec- on course for the 158-run target M C Juneja c Vinay Kumar b Unadkat ...... 17 V Kohli c Jayawardene b Yadav ...... 65 ond and fourth balls, followed by a but Gony also struck with the ball M Jayawardene (run out-Vinay Kumar) ...... 28 A B de Villiers (run out-Morkel) ...... 39 single off the next. RCB clinched taking Gambhir’s wicket which B J Rohrer c Kohli b Unadkat ...... 14 A B McDonald c&b Nadeem ...... 0 the game when Rampaul clean led to the slide of KKR’s innings. K M Jadhav (not out) ...... 29 K B Arun Karthik (run out-Pathan/Morkel) .....5 bowled Ben Rohrer off the final Facing some tight bowling, I K Pathan (not out) ...... 19 J Syed Mohammad c Warner b Yadav ...... 1 delivery.Earlier, skipper Virat KKR managed only 11 runs in Extras (LB-1, W-3, NB-1) ...... 5 R Vinay Kumar (not out) ...... 1 Kohli slammed his third half- three overs after losing their Total (for 5 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 152 R Rampaul (not out) ...... 12 century (65, 50b, 7x4, 1x6) in six skipper. KKR tried to steady Did not bat: M Morkel, S Nadeem, A Nehra, U Extras (B-1, LB-1, W-2) ...... 4 matches, but RCB made a hash of their ship with Yusuf Pathan T Yadav. Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 152 the chase before coming through (13) and Rajat Bhatia (16), who Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-43, 3-73, 4-91, Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-26, 3-129, 4-129, in the Super Over. hit two sixes in the penultimate 5-122. 5-136, 6-138, 7-138. It was RCB’s second Super Over over, bringing down the asking Bowling: R Rampaul 4-1-28-0 (1nb); R P Bowling: A Nehra 4-0-31-1 (1w); M Morkel game, having lost to Sunrisers rate from 30 runs in two overs Singh 4-0-48-0 (1w); J D Unadkat 4-0-24-2 4-0-32-1 (1w); I K Pathan 4-0-39-0; U T Yadav Hyderabad earlier this month to 11 in one. following a tie.Kohli was at his However, regular loss of wick- David Miller and David Hussey of Kings XI Punjab celebrate the dismissal (2w); R Vinay Kumar 4-0-21-1; A B McDonald 4-0-22-2; S Nadeem 4-0-26-1. of Kolkata Knight riders batsman Eoin Morgan during their IPL match in 2-0-17-1; J Syed Mohammad 2-0-13-0. Man-of-the-Match: V Kohli ( Royal Challengers) dazzling best after RCB lost both ets gave away the victory to the their openers Chris Gayle (13) hosts. IANS Mohali yesterday.