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Wednesday 27 August 2014 • 1 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6170 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Call for law to Indefinite Gaza ceasefire begins GAZA: The war in Gaza ended yesterday after Israel and the Palestinians agreed to halt fighting indefinitely. curb increase Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Authority and Israel agreed on an open- ended ceasefire beginning at 7pm yesterday. As the ceasefire brokered by Cairo came into effect, Gaza echoed with celebratory gunfire. in house rents Israel will open crossings on its border to allow aid and construction materials to enter Gaza, and extend the permitted fishing zone to six miles off Gaza. The Rafah border Villa partitioning mechanism urged crossing between Gaza and Egypt will also be opened. DOHA: With authorities in Al Khor and Al Wakra will be More difficult issues will be deferred for intensifying efforts to strictly a future solution if undertaken by further indirect talks between the two parties implement the ban on illegal a government-backed developer. If in a month. They include Hamas’s demands partitioning of villas, calls have it is left to private investors and for an airport and seaport in Gaza and the been made to find a mechanism developers, exploitation will con- release of Palestinian prisoners, and Israel’s to prevent a possible hike in tinue, he said. insistence on the disarmament of militant house rents following the move. Real estate expert Zayed Al groups and the return of the remains of two A Central Municipal Council Khayarin said a temporary solu- of its soldiers killed in the fighting. (CMC) member has called for a tion to the rents issue is to allow In a televised address, Palestinian new law to curb a prohibitive hike partitioning of villas and other President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the in rents while some real estate residential spaces but the gov- Egyptians, Qataris and US Secretary of State experts have said partitioning of ernment has to put in place a John Kerry for their efforts to secure a cease- villas should be allowed with some mechanism to regulate it. “The fire. THE GUARDIAN Hamas supporters hold up a rocket as they celebrate a ceasefire in Gaza City yesterday. regulations. government cannot fix or control See also page 5 The real estate sector is expect- rents because it cannot impose ing a steep hike in house rents prices on private real estate own- following the government move ers. The only thing the state can which could aggravate the exist- do is provide additional residential ing shortage in residential space. units through its real estate firms According to Mishal Al Dahnim, to influence prices and subsidise Qatar played ‘pivotal role’ in freeing Curtis Councillor from Al Hilal, the gov- construction materials to reduce ernment should control rents. costs.” DOHA: The Washington Post for Qatar’s help, said the daily. facilitated peace talks between Foreign Ministry cited its “relent- “Earlier, there were laws which Hamad Ali Al Merri, another has said that Qatar played the The US had exerted efforts to the US and the Taliban in less efforts” to secure Curtis’s effectively controlled rents. Rents expert, said the government’s “pivotal role” in securing the know the whereabouts of Curtis Afghanistan that ended without release “out of Qatar’s belief in should not be left to supply and development plans had had a neg- release of American journal- but Qatar’s positive relation with success last year, said the daily. the principles of humanity and demand. Supply is much less com- ative impact on the market since ist, Peter Theo Curtis, who had all parties concerned became This spring, Qatar helped its keenness on the lives of indi- pared to demand and will lead to old residential areas had been been missing in Syria for nearly instrumental in his release. arrange the exchange of Sgt. viduals and their right to freedom an unprecedented crisis,” Al Arab demolished and reconstruction two years. The Post quoted US officials as Bowe Bergdahl, the only US serv- and dignity”. daily quoted Al Dahnim as saying. needed years to complete. Qatar used its influence in the saying that Curtis was released ice member held by the Afghan Qatar and others involved Until 2022, demand will con- The decision to implement region to mediate in a number of following a direct request by his militants, for five Taliban detain- in Curtis’ release insist that no tinue to increase and supply can- the ban has also pushed up issues and the release of Curtis family for Qatari assistance. ees held in the US military prison ransom was paid to the militants, not cope with it with the rising prices because real estate own- was the latest, the daily said. After Qatar’s intervention and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. and say that its leverage with the number of expat workers, he said. ers are exploiting the situation. On Sunday, Curtis was turned negotiations with parties close Quoting Qatari officials, The group resides to some degree in “There must be a law to control “Partitioning of villas should be over to United Nations officials to those who detained Curtis, Post said that Qatar’s contribu- its willingness to deal with them. rents and any increase should not allowed after getting guarantees in the Syrian-held portion of the good information began to flow tions were the natural outgrowth Whatever the source of its influ- be more than 10 percent every two from real estate owners and ten- Golan Heights, near Israel. showing that he was going to be of their belief in non-judgmental ence, Qatar played the pivotal role years.” ants on the use of electricity and His mother issued a statement released soon. dialogue. in winning Curtis’s freedom, said Expansion of residential space facilities.” THE PENINSULA saying she was “deeply grateful” Beyond the Middle East, Qatar In a statement, the Qatari the daily. 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Fire in old Civil Defence HQ Qatar Exchange Qatar does not support hits another peak DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) any extremist group: FM benchmark index broke its his- torical peak in intra-day trade yesterday. The bourse closed at PARIS: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al 13,906 points, up 0.29 percent, Attiyah has confirmed Qatar’s keenness to do all it can to achieve retreating from just below the regional peace and justice and called for collective action to end high of 13,950. violence in Iraq and Syria. QNB and Industries Qatar He stressed that Qatar did not support extremist groups in any were the main support, gaining way, pointing to the state’s rejection of ideologies and ambitions of 1.01 percent and 1.05 percent, those groups. respectively. Other contributors “The vision of extremist groups of the region is not consistent with included Ooredoo, up 2.68 per- the vision of Qatar, which will not support them in any way,” he said cent and Widam, which rose 1.15 in an article entitled ‘Qatar does not support any extremist group in percent. any way’ in the French edition of Huffington Post. Continued on page 3 Market cap rose to QR738bn from QR735bn. Traded value No policy review on encroachers plunged to QR734m from the previous session’s QR960m. Four DOHA: There is no retreat or change in government decision to sector indices fell, while Telecom remove illegal structures encroaching on state-owned properties, rose by 1.81 percent. Traded vol- Al Sharq said yesterday, quoting a senior official of the Ministry of ume slipped to 13m shares from Interior. Brigadier Ali Mohanna Al Noimi, Secretary, State Property 16m. Of the traded 41 companies, Protection Committee, in an interview with an official magazine, 18 advanced, 18 stocks declined described as “not correct” rumours that the government is review- and five remained unchanged. ing its decision to crack down on land grabbers, and considering Fire broke out in the old headquarters of Civil Defence at Wadi Al Sail yesterday morning. It started on the regularising them with fine. Continued on page 3 Al Sharq Qatar tops UNDP top floor where labourers were at work, reports. The maintenance of the building has been going on THE PENINSULA for several months since Civil Defence shifted to new premises, leaving the building for Qatar Museums. No index for GCC again casualties were reported.

DOHA: Qatar has again ranked first among the GCC countries in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2014 US, allies warn against ‘outside interference’ in Libya released by the United Nations Development Programme DOHA: The US and its European allies “We believe outside interference in Libya international support to back “Libyans who positions held by armed Islamist militias (UNDP). Maintaining last have warned against “outside interfer- exacerbates current divisions and under- want to fight chaos ... through a political in the Libyan capital,” the Egyptian foreign year’s position, Qatar ranked ence” in Libya, a day after officials in mines Libya’s democratic transition. process”. The air raids in Tripoli may have ministry had said on Sunday. 31st among 187 countries. Washington said the UAE had launched France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the been a bid to prevent the capture of the The US government said that the UAE Saudi Arabia ranked 34, the air raids in Tripoli with the support of US strongly condemn the escalation of Tripoli airport, but fighters seized control. and Egypt were behind last week’s two UAE 40, Bahrain 44, Kuwait 46 Egypt. fighting and violence in and around Tripoli, An Emirati official told AFP yesterday deadly night raids on Islamist positions and Oman 56. Except Kuwait, US officials told the New York Times on Benghazi, and across Libya ... by both land that his country had no “reaction” to such near Tripoli airport. “We do believe there which fell two ranks, other GCC Monday that Egypt and the UAE were attacks and air strikes.” Bernardino Leon, reports. Egypt has denied conducting air were air strikes undertaken in recent countries maintained the rank behind attacks on Saturday, a claim both the new UN envoy to Libya, also said that strikes or other military operations in days by the UAE and Egypt inside Libya,” achieved in the previous year’s states deny, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. he opposed foreign intervention as a strat- Libya. Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John index. THE PENINSULA On Tuesday, the US, France, Germany, egy to halt the crisis in the country. “Egypt categorically denies press reports Kirby told reporters. THE PENINSULA Continued on page 3 Italy and the UK said in a joint statement: He, however, added that Libya needs that Egyptian warplanes bombarded Continued on page 3 WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

QA to operate two daily flights to Madinah DOHA: Increasing passenger demand has prompted Qatar Airways to introduce an additional daily flight to Madinah with effect from October Islamic Dawa in deal with IHH 26, 2014. The airline had increased its flights to the Saudi city from five per week to daily flights only in April this year. Two charities to cooperate in implementing humanitarian projects Qatar Airways currently operates 79 weekly flights to Saudi Arabia, which will rise to 86 flights per week with the introduction of the additional flights DOHA: The Organisation of entities will cooperate to two organisations in implement- He said that IHH had vari- to Madinah. Islamic Dawa’s office in Doha implement development and ing health, educational, social ous projects in the African con- The Doha-Madinah additional saily flight schedule will be (all times local): and Turkish Foundation for relief projects in states where development and relief projects tinent and wanted to cooperate QR1174 will depart from Doha at 0055 hours, arriving in Madinah at 0320. Human Rights, Freedoms and they have a presence or mis- as well as providing relief after and enter into partnerships QR1175 will depart from Madinah at 0420, and arrive in Doha at 0625. Humanitarian Relief (IHH) sions working in the areas of natural disasters in many coun- with the Islamic Dawa office in THE PENINSULA signed a Memorandum of development, disaster relief, tries, especially in Africa. Doha, which has field offices in Understanding (MoU) yester- and humanitarian, charitable Hammad stressed that the African countries, saying it also day to enhance cooperation and health services for those deal aimed to coordinate and wanted to set up new develop- between the two sides in the affected by natural disasters distribute work and roles and ment projects and improve fields of humanitarian activi- and wars, widowed and divorced exchange experiences in order existing development and relief ties and providing relief dur- women, and students, for con- to achieve the goals of the two projects. ing disasters. struction of social projects and organisations. Bulent stressed his organisa- The MoU was signed by other charitable and humani- For his part, the president tion’s keenness to strengthen its Sheikh Hammad Abdul Qadir, tarian activities. of IHH expressed pleasure at cooperation with Qatari chari- Director of the Organisation of In a statement after the sign- the signing of the memoran- table institutions and organisa- Islamic Dawa’s office in Doha ing, the directors of the two dum, pointing out that similar tions due to their expertise and and Fehmi Bulent, President of organisations confirmed that agreements had been signed capabilities in charitable and IHH. the MoU was an embodiment with some Qatari charitable humanitarian activities. Under the deal, the two of the common objectives of the institutions. QNA Ikea launches new product catalogue DOHA: Global home furnish- It is officially the largest print ing retailer Ikea has launched production ever to be printed on its 64th annual catalogue with 100 percent Forest Stewardship ‘Where the everyday begins Council Mix Credit paper and and ends’ as the theme for the carry the FSC logo. This means year. the entire production chain, The catalogue has been from forest to printer, is FSC- launched simultaneously across certified to ensure a more sus- the globe in over 46 countries tainable origin of the wood. and 345 stores. This is the third Also, more than half of the total edition for Qatar with around energy used in the pulp, paper 250,000 copies printed. The cata- and print production came from logue is being delivered door to renewable sources. door across Doha. The catalogue is available in John Kersten, Managing English and Arabic. It lists over Director, Ikea - Qatar, UAE, 2,000 products across 332 pages. Egypt and Oman said, “We The catalogue is also designed believe that the everyday is Ikea Qatar staff pose for a photo during the launch of the catalogue at with special icons to help navi- the most important day of the the Ikea store yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP gate readers through the infor- week. The new edition of the mation shared. The ‘NEW’ icon, Ikea Catalogue focuses on these New products for 2015 have comfortable and be themselves. for example, highlights products everyday moments. We hope to been designed with multi-func- In the bedroom and bathroom that are additions to the exist- create affordable home furnish- tionality, storage and personal areas, over one-third of the ing Ikea range. Similarly, the ‘+’ ing solutions that inspire a more styles at their core. available products are new to the sign on certain pages invites cus- beautiful and easier life at home. This year’s catalogue incorpo- market. These products address tomers to scan that specific page Because if everyone can make rates many unexpected ideas for the need to be functional, organ- using the free Ikea Catalogue the everyday begin and end in a creating a style and space that ised and comfortable. app to access extended content nicer way, just imagine the effect is creative and personal where This year, the catalogue has available online. on life!” individuals can feel completely also reached a major milestone. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Govt urged to regulate Qatari envoy meets Dominican minister cupping therapy Traditional treatment popular among Qatari women DOHA: Several Qataris have waiting lists for the treatment. guidelines for the instruments urged the health authorities But the practitioners charge dif- they use and there should be some to regulate cupping therapy ferent people different amounts. monitoring by the health authori- (Hijama) in the country as They are not licensed to prac- ties,” said Dr Al Emadi. an increasing number of peo- tice the therapy here, and this Aysha Al Thamimii, another ple are seeking the traditional type of treatment could lead to Qatari woman who receives cup- treatment. health-related complications,” said ping therapy, said that she was Many women, in particular, women who seek cupping therapy. happy with the treatment. seek treatment by cupping therapy Some suggest that health “I’m satisfied because of the long although the practitioners are not authorities should take steps practice and the benefits. But the recognised by the health authori- to issue licences and regularise practitioners must be qualified ties, Al Sharq reported yesterday. practice of cupping therapy for and they should be approved by Cupping therapy is an ancient the safety of people seeking the the health authorities,” she said. form of alternative medicine in treatment. Practitioners of cupping ther- which a low-pressure area is cre- Dr Ameena Al Emadi, a Qatari apy claim that they are receiv- ated on the skin; practitioners columnist, said that she was keen ing increasing numbers of people believe this mobilises blood flow. about cupping therapy, like other seeking the treatment. promoting healing. women in Qatar. Um Mohamed, who has been According to people who seek “I like receiving the cupping practising cupping therapy for cupping therapy here, one session therapy because it has many many years, claimed that she was costs between QR300 and QR500. health benefits. It can help neuro- qualified to provide alternative Also, they claim that some prac- logical problems, migraine, chronic medication. titioners have different fees for headache, laziness, high blood “Many people know me in Qataris and expatriates. pressure and knee pain,” she said Qatar. I keep all my equipments They said more and more According to Dr Al Emadi, each used for the treatment clean and Qatar’s Ambassador to Dominican Republic, Khamees Buti Rashid Al Suhooti, met the country’s Agriculture patients are turning to the ther- session of cupping therapy costs the customers are women. One Minister, Luis Ramon Rodriguez, in Santo Domingo. They discussed relations between the two countries and apy in the hope of curing a variety between QR300 and QR500. sitting might cost them between ways to promote them, particularly in the fields of investment, agriculture and livestock. of ailments, such as chronic pain, “In Qatar, many are practis- QR150 and QR400. There are two lifestyle diseases and neurological ing cupping therapy and they methods of treatment one is to problems. have a good reputation. They increase immunity, and the other “There are many women who are clean, but it will be safe for is treatment for some illnesses,” practise cupping therapy at home. people who seek treatment if it’s she said. Aspire to host urban adventure challenge And they have people on long licensed. There should be standard THE PENINSULA DOHA: Aspire Zone is set to ‘Urban Adventure’ will ask par- 2014 will be awarded to the team host its first adventure racing ticipants to run from checkpoint with fastest course time achieved obstacle challenge on October to checkpoint around the Aspire on the day. 18, 2014, and registration is open Zone to fulfil each task, and so the An online competition is now Filipino channels for teams willing to push their competition will also give partici- running on the Aspire Zone Norway topped index, bodies and minds over a range of pants the opportunity to explore Facebook page, which also gives innovative tasks at this event. some of the lesser known areas of more fun facts about the ‘Urban now available Its 10 challenges include scaling its facilities. Adventure’ challenge. the heights of the Olympic high The competition is open to men interested individuals and Niger stood at bottom via Ooredoo diving board and then plunging and women aged 18 and above. The teams can find out more and even deep into the pool below, summit- challenges will be performed in get ahead of their opponents with Continued from page 1 emphasise that people and their DOHA: Ooredoo and GMA ing Aspire’s climbing wall, kayak- teams of four with a designated a taster of some of the challenges Norway topped the index while capabilities should be the ultimate Network Inc (GMA) have offi- ing around the lake as well as trail captain and a dedicated reserve. that will be part of an activation Australia and Switzerland stood criteria for assessing the develop- cially launched a My GMA running across the park to win the Awards will be given to the top event to be held on August 30 at second and third, respectively. ment of a country, not economic package on Mozaic TV. accolade of becoming an ‘Aspire overall finishers. The inaugural Sports Corner at City Centre Mall. Niger stood last at 187th in the growth alone. Mozaic TV’s My GMA package Logistics Urban Adventurer’. Aspire Urban Adventure Award QNA index. Countries ranked between According to income-based offers Filipinos in Qatar access to 1 and 49 in the index are catego- measures of poverty, 1.2 billion the latest news, public affairs and rised as those with “very high people live on $1.25 or less a day, entertainment programmes for human development.” UNDP said in the press release. just QR99 per month. The HDI is a statistical tool However, the latest estimates The channels available for sub- used to measure a country’s of the UNDP Multidimensional scribers include GMA Pinoy TV social and economic development. Poverty Index reveal that almost — GMA’s flagship international According to the United Nations 1.5 billion people in 91 developing channel, GMA Life TV — the Development Programme, HDI is countries are living in poverty first international Filipino life- a summary measure of average with overlapping deprivations in style channel, and GMA News TV achievement in key dimensions of health, education and living stand- International — its international human development: a long and ards. And although poverty is news channel. healthy life, being knowledgeable declining overall, almost 800 mil- In addition to the GMA and having a decent standard of lion people are at risk of falling Channels, the Mozaic My GMA living. back into poverty if setbacks occur. package includes over 15 English The HDI was created to THE PENINSULA language channels covering a full range of entertainment from mov- ies, sports, and documentaries, to lifestyle, kids and music. These new channels will be available to all existing and new My GMA sub- State Department confirms attacks scribers at no additional charge. Continued from page 1 raids. Earlier, two US officials The My GMA package will bring The State Department also told AFP that the United States the latest news and public affairs confirmed the air attacks but did not take part or provide any programmes to Qatar, such as its officials would not say whether assistance in the bombing raids, prize-winning news telecast, ‘State Washington was notified in although they could not confirm of the Nation’ anchored by Jessica advance. that Egypt and the UAE had left Soho, and ‘Powerhouse’ with Kara Islamist forces in Libya alleged Washington totally in the dark David visiting the homes of well- at the weekend that Egypt and about the attacks. known personalities. the UAE were behind the air THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

‘Killing of civilians threatens regional Land use certificate peace’ needed for construction Continued from page 1

Dr Al Attiyah also called on the Continued from page 1 of some buildings was stopped Iraqi government “to work to pro- “This is not correct. The state is because the owners had produced vide safety and security to civil- determined to remove all illegally ownership papers and certifi- ians” and pledged that “Qatar will built structures and committed cates, which did not mean that continue to provide humanitarian to implementing the decision of the government had reviewed its assistance to the Iraqi people”. the committee,” said Brigadier decision. He warned that “the killing of Al Noimi in the interview to a The official warned that those innocent civilians and the forcible police magazine named Al Shurta who have been allotted land but deportation of hundreds of thou- Ma’ak (Police With You), which is do not have a ‘land use certifi- sands threaten the existence of published by the Public Relations cate’ should not start construc- Iraq as well as peace and security Department of MoI. tion until they obtain papers for in the entire region.” He said that those who had the same. On Syria, he said Qatar sup- not received a certificate to build “The committee is going to use ported the Syrian opposition, and use state properties, includ- the power and authority given to like many other countries in ing houses built in non-residential it with regard to protecting state the Middle East and the inter- areas, whether new or old, will be properties by taking the neces- national community, but did not removed. sary steps with the cooperation of fund Islamic State or any other He further said that citizens all the authorities concerned,” the extremist group. had no right to construct build- daily quoted Al Noimi as saying to He said “reaching a just, last- ings or other structures on state- the magazine. ing and peaceful agreement for owned land without getting a With regard to modification of the sake of Palestine’s future, is mandatory certificate from the building plans and occupation of a pivotal issue for peace and sta- authorities. more than the allotted area, he bility in the region,” stressing Al Noimi reiterated that those said: “Those who have been given Qatar’s determination to work to who did not possess land use cer- the right to use land plots and ensure a future in which “stabil- tificates or permission from the construct buildings must stick ity, security and prosperity prevail authorities and had constructed to the plans and not modify or in Palestine, the Middle East and any structures will have them increase the area they have been the world.” demolished. authorised to use.” QNA He explained that demolition THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qapco welcomes new scholarship students

DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical and the latest scientific knowledge Dr Al Mulla stated that Qapco Company (Qapco), one of the to contribute towards building the was committed to contributing to petrochemical powerhouses in future success of our country and Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and the region and a pioneer in pet- industry.” believed that the scholarship pro- rochemical production, recently As part of its scholarship pro- gramme supported Qatar’s quest held a ceremony at its Doha gramme, Qapco will provide for learning. An artist’s rendering of the GEMS American Academy-Qatar building in Al Wakra. headquarters to welcome new the necessary resources to the “Building the modern State scholarship students to the young men and women for the of Qatar through a quality company. duration of their undergraduate nationalization initiative, and Welcoming the students to the education, including tuition fees, strengthening industry-academia Qapco family, Dr Mohammed accommodation, health insur- collaboration to enhance the Yousef Al Mulla, Vice Chairman ance, textbooks and supplies, and knowledge and skills of Qatari American curriculum and CEO of Qapco, said: “At international travel, if required. nationals is our goal,” he said. Qapco, it is our role to invest in The Qatarization Section of the Engineer Abdulla Ahmad the future of our country, by sup- company will also provide support Naji, Qapco’s Learning and porting the talented youth of our and assistance through regular Development Manager, described beloved nation and by providing follow-up and communication the ceremony as “A great way to school all set to open them with the means to reach with a team of experienced career welcome our new students to the their aspirations. Human capital counsellors. Qapco family”. is one of the most precious assets Dr Al Mulla added “We are “I believe that the Qapco schol- of Qatar and we believe our new pleased to witness that the pet- arship programme is one of the GEMS American Academy-Qatar can take in 1,550 pupils scholarship students hold tremen- rochemical sector is more attrac- best in the region as it provides dous potential. We are committed tive than ever before. However, the everything that the students DOHA: GEMS Education, a into over 160 universities in the what will be at the heart of GEMS to accompanying them through future of our industry depends on require, including a long-term, leading education provider in US, including 37 of the top 50 American Academy-Qatar. The the different stages of their edu- the talent we nurture today. We rewarding and inspiring career the region, will open the first universities in the country and school will actively encourage all cation and professional path. are delighted to welcome such path. We are dedicated to sup- school owned and operated by it six out of the eight Ivy League students to be a part of sport- Moving towards a knowledge-base high-calibre and motivated schol- porting their development and in Qatar next month. colleges. ing and physical activity, as well society, it is crucial to ensure that arship students to Qapco. They to help them succeed profession- GEMS American Academy- GEMS Education country head as cultural and artistic activi- the younger generations are well will directly contribute to the ally,” he said. Qatar, which will have an for Qatar, Kenneth Jones, said: ties, which will all be delivered equipped with the relevant skills sustainable growth of our sector.” THE PENINSULA American curriculum, will wel- “At GEMS, we put values first in state- of-the-art facilities, by come up to 1,550 students from and for students who will join us our internationally experienced kindergarten through to Grade 5 at GEMS American Academy- teachers. in the first year, the school said in Qatar in September, this means “Our students will learn to a statement yesterday. that we focus on their personal, make decisions independently, Located in Al Wakra, GEMS academic and overall develop- solve problems effectively, and American Academy-Qatar will ment. The school will empower interact positively with tolerance, be based on the United States our students to develop the nec- while pursuing academic excel- Common Core State Standards. essary intellectual, emotional, lence. This will create life-long It will join the GEMS’ American social, creative and physical skills learners who are developing the Curriculum school network, they will need to lead successful skills necessary to be successful which includes GEMS’ flagship and fulfilling lives.” in the 21st century.” American curriculum school, Michael Wood, Principal of Parents interested in register- Dubai American Academy GEMS American Academy, ing their children for the com- (DAA). Founded in 1997, DAA explained what parents can look ing academic year can contact was recently rated by the Dubai forward to in the new school. “It the school registrar, Bernadette Government’s School Inspection is my belief that an educator’s Riemer-Harris, at registrar_ Bureau as ‘outstanding’ for the mission is to make school enjoy- [email protected] or visit www. third consecutive academic year. able and exciting – if students gemsamericanacademy-qatar. In the last two years, students look forward to attending school, com/ for more information. from DAA have been accepted they will want to learn. This is THE PENINSULA Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Vice-Chairman and CEO of Qapco, with the scholarship students. Rush to buy school supplies begins DOHA: With most schools set Al Kawari said he was shop- characters and cars. Making to reopen early next month, ping in advance because in a few things a little easier for parents, parents are rushing to station- days demand would peak and the some shops are selling sets of ary shops and hypermarkets prices might go up further if there school items with a school bag, to buy school supplies for their is a supply shortage. colouring pens, sharpeners, eras- children. Shops are competing An employee of leading sta- ers and other items required by with each other to attract stu- tionery outlet Jarir Bookstore students. dents and parents with offers. said that there was no possibil- There are also tablet comput- However, the customers are ity of a shortage of supply as they ers that have different softwares complaining of high prices. knew the demand in the market for drawing, reading and writing. Qatari national Bandar Al and kept enough supplies for a Some products, such as note- Hajri told Al Watan Arabic daily full year. books, have Qatari flags and maps that prices of school-related items High prices are not the only on them to catch the attention of were high in Qatar and some issue parents have to grapple students and parents. products were available at half the with. There is also the problem Most of school items in the local prices in neighbouring countries. of plenty: the market is flooded market are imported from China, Another citizen, Ali Al Kawari, with a large variety of products Indonesia, India and Germany. said prices of school-related items and children are attracted by col- Some parents said that the were usually lower at other times ourful and attractively designed school items did not last the whole and shops hiked their prices dur- ones, most of which are either year and they will have to come ing the back-to-school period to expensive or of poor quality. again to buy these items. They cash in on high demand. Shops The prices and quality of prod- had to set aside a huge budget also try to clear their stock of ucts depend on the country of ori- for the back-to-school purchases, poor quality stuff during this gin. Colouring pens range in price they said. period, he added. from QR15 to QR450, with those A Qatari national, Turki Al Khalid Al Kaabi, who was buy- from India the cheapest while Ganim, said shops were offering ing stationery, said the prices of German and Indonesian brands nothing new this year. He said stationery needed to be moni- are the costliest. Prices of school that many customers were being tored by the Consumer Protection bags range from QR65 to QR500. misled by the prices as the cheap Department because they vary There are bags carrying pic- products were of poor quality. sharply from one shop to another. tures of boxers, wrestlers, cartoon THE PENINSULA

QC receives QR1m from Qatar Fuel Company

DOHA: Qatar Charity has received a second donation of QR1m from Qatar Fuel Company for its Gaza cam- paign, bringing the total dona- tions to QR2m. The donation was made based on the recommendation of the Qatar Fuel Company Board of Directors in response to the growing humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people in different areas and in line with the compa- Qatar Fuel Company Chairman Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani ny’s sense of social responsibility. Qatar Charity CEO Yousef bin handing over a cheque to Qatar Charity CEO Yousef bin Ahmed Al Kuwari. Ahmed Al Kuwari thanked Qatar Fuel for its generous donation, in Gaza urgently need more help a number of relief projects during which was made by Chairman with rehabilitation, reconstruc- the recent Israeli offensive in the Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman tion and alleviation of suffering,” Gaza Strip, at a total cost of over Al Thani in line with the efforts of Al Thani sad. He stressed that the QR7m. These interventions have Qatar to support the Palestinian company will continue to support included providing pharmaceuti- people. QC for the good of humanity, eas- cal and therapeutic aid, in addi- “Qatar Fuel Company has dou- ing the pain of the needy, orphans tion to cash assistance to 3,500 bled its donation for the relief of and the sick. municipal employees. Gaza, as it is clear that the people Qatar Charity has implemented THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Palestinians look up at the remains of an Italian apartment block that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike overnight in Gaza City yesterday. RIGHT: Palestinian men flash the sign of victory as they gather at an intersection in Gaza City to celebrate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Thousands celebrate in Gaza streets Hamas declares victory of the resistance as Israelis and Palestinians will start next stage of truce talks in a month

GAZA CITY: A ceasefire immediate opening of Gaza’s Under a second stage of the A statement issued by a Sixty-four Israeli soldiers and invasion, Hamas was able to keep agreement between Israel and blockaded crossings with Israel truce that would begin a month spokesman for Prime Minister five civilians in Israel have been up cross-border rocket salvoes the Palestinians aimed at end- and Egypt and a widening of the later, Israel and the Palestinians Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel killed. Thousands of homes in the that reached Israel’s heartland, ing their seven-week conflict territory’s fishing zone in the would discuss the construction of had accepted the Egyptian pro- Gaza Strip have been destroyed or the commercial capital Tel Aviv. in Gaza went into effect yes- Mediterranean. a Gaza sea port and Israel’s release posal for “an open-ended cease- damaged in the most prolonged Many of the rockets were inter- terday and joyous Palestinians A senior official of the Islamist of Hamas prisoners in the occu- fire” and would attend Cairo talks Israeli-Palestinian fighting since cepted by the Iron Dome anti- streamed into the streets of the group Hamas, which runs Gaza, pied West Bank, the officials said. on Gaza’s future only if there was a 2000-2005 Palestinian uprising. missile system. battered enclave to celebrate. voiced willingness for the secu- After the ceasefire began, crowds a “total end to terror attacks” “We have mixed feelings. We The Palestinian Center for Minutes before the Egyptian- rity forces of Western-backed and traffic filled the Gaza streets. from the enclave. are in pain for the losses but we Human Rights said 540,000 peo- brokered truce began at 1600 Palestinian President Mahmoud Car horns blared and recorded The conflict has taken a heavy are also proud we fought this war ple had been displaced in the GMT (12.00 noon EDT), a rocket Abbas and the unity government chants praising God sounded from toll in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian alone and we were not broken,” territory. Israel has said Hamas fired by Palestinian militants he formed in June to control the mosque loudspeakers. health officials say 2,139 people, said Gaza teacher Ahmed Awf, 55, bears responsibility for civilian killed one person in an Israeli kib- passage points. “Today we declare the victory most of them civilians, includ- as he held his two-year-old son in casualties because it operates butz, or collective farm, near the Both Israel and Egypt view of the resistance, today we declare ing more than 490 children, have his arms and joined in the street among non-combatants. Israel Gaza border, police said. Hamas as a security threat and the victory of Gaza,” Hamas been killed in the enclave since festivities. says the group uses schools and Palestinian and Egyptian offi- are seeking guarantees that spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said. July 8, when Israel launched an Despite Israeli bombard- mosques to store weapons and as cials said the deal calls for an weapons will not enter the terri- Israel gave a low-key response offensive with the declared aim of ments from sea and air and an launch sites for rockets. indefinite halt to hostilities, the tory of 1.8 million people. to the truce. ending the rocket salvoes. offensive that included a ground REUTERS Hamas, Islamic Jihad chiefs in first appearance since July 8

GAZA CITY: Several senior Hindi, who gave a rousing vic- “We’re going to build our port Hamas and Islamic Jihad lead- tory speech to thousands of peo- and our airport, and if they attack ers appeared in public yesterday ple gathered in a square in Gaza our port, we will attack theirs and shortly after a Gaza truce took City’s Rimal neighbourhood. if they attack our airport, we will hold, the first time they had As the fighting began, the attack theirs — again,” Zahar told done so since the conflict began leadership of both groups went the crowd. He was referring to on July 8. to ground and did not make a a two-day suspension of flights Among them was Mahmud Al single public appearance for fear into Tel Aviv by major US and Zahar, a senior member of the of being targeted by Israel, who European airlines in mid-July Hamas political wing, and sen- said all of them were legitimate after a rocket from Gaza struck ior Jihad official Mohammed Al targets for assassination. near the runway, a move hailed as a victory by Hamas. During the seven-week war, which claimed the lives of more than 2,140 Palestinians and 69 on the Israeli side, Hamas and Jihad militants managed to inflict upon Israel its heaviest military losses since 2006 with 64 soldiers among the dead. But Zahar promised that as well as rebuilding the battered enclave, the Islamist movement would continue “arming itself and developing its resistance capacity.” Israel has made the disarm- ing of Gaza militant groups a key demand in truce talks which will resume in Cairo within the month. Over the past seven weeks, Israel says it destroyed more than 30 Hamas attack tun- nels running under the border, and bombed thousands of rocket launchers and weapons manufac- turing facilities. It has also killed three Hamas commanders and a top financial figure within the movement. Last week, the air force tar- geted Mohammed Deif, leader of Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, in Children, one holding an Islamic flag, sit atop a car as Palestinians gather a strike which killed his wife and in the streets to celebrate the truce deal reached between Hamas and two young children. Hamas said Israel in Gaza. Deif escaped unharmed. AFP UN rights body to hold meeting on IS abuses

GENEVA: The UN Human terday. The request, made by Commissioner for Human Rights Rights Council will hold an the Iraqi government, was sup- Navi Pillay condemned “appalling, emergency session in Geneva ported by states including Egypt widespread” crimes by Islamic on Monday on abuses being on behalf of Arab states, Iran, State forces in Iraq, including committed by Islamic State the United States and European mass executions of prisoners and other militant groups in Union members, it said. that she said could amount to war Iraq, a UN statement said yes- On Monday, UN High crimes. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST New strains between West and Arab allies US State Department says aware of Egypt, UAE air strikes in Libya

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: On the on weapons bought from the US, UK face of it, this is one of those baffling and France. UAE pressure was one of moments that seem to occur with the reasons why David Cameron ordered increasing frequency in the Middle a controversial revie w of the Muslim East these days: Why has the United Brotherhood last spring. The work was Arab Emirates, a small, wealthy Gulf recently completed, but has not yet been state, been secretly bombing targets published, probably because it will be dif- in distant Libya from bases in Egypt ficult to make policy recommendations. — and without telling the US, its clos- Abu Dhabi has hinted at repercussions est ally? Looked at a little more closely, for bilateral relations if the review’s find- however, the news reflects wider ings are not to its liking. changes in the region, and a sense that The Libya raids look likely to trigger Washington is retreating from it. new strains between the west and its Shaken by the turbulence of the Arab anxious Arab allies. Abu Dhabi’s silence spring, the UAE has emerged as the most and Cairo’s “plausible denial” of direct assertive of the conservative Gulf mon- involvement convince no one. In any case, archies. It does not share the traditional the air attacks have not been effective: reticence of Saudi Arabia, especially Tripoli airport and the capital as a whole when it comes to combatting what both are now under the control of Islamist now see as the most dangerous challenge fighters. The US, UK and France went to the status quo — the rise of Islamists to war to overthrow Gaddafi in 2011. But at home and abroad. Countries once now that the hopes of the Arab spring obsessed by the threat from Iran are now are a distant memory, they insist that more fearful of the Muslim Brotherhood military support for Libya’s warring fac- and likeminded groups. tions will not help restore desperately The first signs of the UAE’s new role needed stability and that only dialogue emerged in 2011, when Crown Prince can succeed. The Emiratis and Egyptians Mohammed bin Zayed — the de facto clearly disagree. ruler — joined Nato air operations in The US State Department yesterday Libya and backed rebels fighting to acknowledged for the first time it was overthrow Muammar Gaddafi. The UAE A damaged aeroplane on the tarmac at Tripoli international airport in the Libyan capital after fighters from the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) aware of air strikes in Libya by Egypt and chose its allies on a regional and tribal coalition captured the airport from Zintan force, allies of rogue general Khalifa Haftar. the United Arab Emirates in recent days. basis, singling out militias in Zintan in Until now Washington would not talk the west. Qatar, its Gulf neighbour and Like Saudi Arabia, the UAE was dis- plotting to seize power and last year jail- Dahlan, Yasser Arafat’s former secu- about the involvement of Egypt and the rival, funnelled its support to Islamist mayed by the overthrow and US aban- ing 69 of them after a controversial trial rity chief and a sworn enemy of Hamas UAE in the air strikes against militia brigades, especially in Misrata. donment of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. that was condemned by human rights Islamist movement that rules Gaza — in the capital Tripoli. “We understand It has been rumoured for weeks that Now it is the leading supporter of Abdel- organisations. General Dahi Khalfan, Dahlan’s home turf. there were air strikes undertaken in the Emiratis have been discreetly back- Fatah Al Sisi, who ousted Egypt’s demo- former head of the Dubai police force, Emiratis also point to concerns about recent days by the UAE and Egypt” ing General Khalifa Haftar, the ren- cratically elected Mohamed Mursi last has been especially outspoken about the Libyan involvement with IS in Iraq and in Libya, State Department spokes- egade Libyan general who presents summer — a grievous blow to Mursi’s threat of Brotherhood “subversion”. Anwar Syria — which these days are together an woman Jen Psaki told a daily briefing himself as the only man who can save Muslim Brotherhood that delighted Gargash, the UAE’s deputy foreign min- even bigger worry than the Brotherhood. with reporters. his chaotic country from the depreda- some Gulf states. The Emiratis have ister, is another hard-nosed exponent of Emirati assertiveness has been felt, The US military believes the govern- tions of Islamists he dismisses as ter- since bankrolled Egypt and advised it the need to confront Islamists of all hues. too, in relations with its western allies, ments of Egypt and the United Arab rorists. Haftar, like the UAE and Egypt, on economic reform — with the help of The UAE backs individuals who chal- including Britain, a leading trading part- Emirates were responsible for a recent makes no distinction between the Muslim Tony Blair. lenge its enemies: Ahmed Shafiq, the can- ner. Last year the UAE became the first series of airstrikes on Islamist factions Brotherhood, who have taken part in On the domestic front, the UAE has didate beaten by Mursi in 2012, is based Arab country to send an ambassador within Libya, a Pentagon spokesman said elections, and dyed-in-the-wool jihadis cracked down hard on dissent, accusing in Abu Dhabi. Persistent rumours sug- to Nato — not surprising for a country yesterday. such as Ansar Al Sharia. members of the Islamist Islah group of gest Emirati sponsorship of Mohammed that spends most of its defence budget GUARDIAN NEWS & AGENCIES

Saudi arrests eight Iran, Saudi discuss terrorism in Jeddah meeting suspected jihadist JEDDAH: Saudi Foreign Iran’s representative at the not elaborate on how Saudi and Eghtessad wrote: “It (the visit) is a warned that Muslim states which recruiters Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal Jeddah-based Organisation of Iran could cooperate to stop the step towards improving relations funnel petrodollars to jihadist discussed yesterday regional Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Riza advance of the jihadists. between Tehran and Riyadh.” Sunni fighters wreaking havoc in RIYADH: Saudi police have developments and the fight Hamid Dahqani said. The meeting comes as US The authorities in Saudi Arabia Iraq will become their next target. arrested eight people in the against Islamic State jihadists The diplomat, who attended the media reported that Washington, had invited Iranian Foreign “I advise Muslim countries that northwest suspected of recruit- with a senior Iranian official meeting, said that the two men which has launched air raids in Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, support the terrorists with their ing young people to join the visiting his country’s longtime discussed relations between both northern Iraq against IS, could but he declined, citing the ongoing petrodollars to stop,” Rouhani Islamic State jihadist group in regional rival, an Iranian diplo- “neighbours”, regional develop- consider similar action against nuclear negotiations between Iran said, referring to Saudi Arabia Iraq and Syria, the interior min- mat said. ments and “the challenges facing the group’s fighters in Syria. and the P5+1 powers. and Qatar which Tehran accuses istry said yesterday. Police in The visit by Iran’s Deputy the region such as extremism Iran and Saudi are on opposite Donya-e Eghtessad also quoted of financing the jihadists. Tamir, 150km north of Riyadh, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir- and Israel’s savage aggression” sides in the Syrian conflict, with Amir-Abdollahian as saying a “Tomorrow you will be tar- arrested eight people “who Abdollahian to the city of Jeddah on Gaza Strip. Tehran backing President Bashar Zarif trip to Riyadh should “be geted... by these savage terrorists. deluded young people into join- was the first by a high-level offi- They particularly discussed the Al Assad and Riyadh supporting prepared and protocol must be Wash your hands of killing and ing foreign extremist groups,” the cial from Shia Iran to Sunni Saudi situation “in Iraq and means to the rebels trying to topple him. respected”. Rouhani has stated the killing of Muslims,” he added. ministry said in a statement. Arabia since Hassan Rowhani confront extremism and terror- Amir-Abdollahian visited his wish to improve relations with Tehran also supports protests became the Islamic republic’s ism,” said Dahqani, referring to IS Riyadh in June, but that was for Iran’s neighbours, especially Saudi by Bahrain’s Shiite majority while president in August last year. jihadists, operating in Syria and an OIC meeting. Arabia, the Gulf’s other regional Riyadh backs its Sunni rulers. Seven Western The meeting was “fruitful”, Iraq. The Iranian diplomat did Iran’s financial daily Donya-e heavyweight. In June, Rouhani AFP states join US to arm Kurds in Iraq Nile River forum WASHINGTON: Seven west- ern governments in addition to the United States have pledged to provide weapons and ammu- nition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said yesterday. “In addition to support from the US, and the central gov- ernment of Iraq in Baghdad, seven additional nations — Albania, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom — have committed to helping provide Kurdish forces urgently needed arms and equipment,” Hagel said in a statement.

Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Hossam Maghazi (left), Sudan’s Water Resources and Electricity Minister US man suspected of Muattaz Musa Abdallah Salims (centre) and Ethiopian Water Minister Alemayehu Tegenu take part in the last day of a Nile River forum in the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday. fighting with IS killed

LOS ANGELES: An American man suspected of fighting with Washington to give Tunisia Islamic State militants oper- ating in Iraq and Syria has been killed in the region, a US security official said yesterday. military aid to battle Islamists The official, who asked not to be identified, said that the FBI TUNIS: The United States will Underscoring its concern But it is facing a militant was investigating the death of give Tunisia $60m worth of mil- about the security situation in threat of its own, mostly due 33-year-old Douglas McAuthur itary aid to help it fight Islamist the small North African state, to attacks mounted by the Al McCain. militants who are threatening Washington announced three Qaeda offshoot Ansar Al Sharia the country’s nascent democ- weeks ago that it planned to sell and to a flow of fighters and racy, a senior American official Tunisia a dozen Black Hawk weapons unleashed by other 3 killed in UN copter said yesterday. attack helicopters worth an conflicts in the region. Speaking after talks with estimated $700m. Since April, thousands of crash in S Sudan Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa, Protests in Tunisia in 2010 troops have been deployed JUBA: Three crew members General David Rodriguez, the sparked subsequent revolutions to Tunisia’s mountainous of a UN peacekeeping helicop- head of US Africa Command, that have transformed the Arab Chaambi region on the border ter in South Sudan were killed said some of the money would world and in many ways it is with Algeria, where fighters yesterday when their aircraft go on equipment to detect more stable and secure than fleeing a French military inter- crashed on a routine cargo improvised explosive devices, other Arab Spring countries vention in Mali last year have flight, the United Nations said. new boats and training. such as Libya, Egypt and Syria. taken refuge. REUTERS AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Boko Haram Putin, Poroshenko in one-on-one talks takes over new Ukraine and Russia agree on the need to deescalate tensions, says Belarus president Nigeria town KANO, NIGERIA: Boko MINSK: The leaders of Russia mistake. But Ukraine’s military Haram yesterday attempted and Ukraine agreed yesterday spokesman dismissed that, mock- to blow up a bridge on on the need to “de-escalate” ing the idea that “the paratroop- the Nigerian border with the conflict in eastern Ukraine ers got lost like Little Red Riding Cameroon after overrunning but fundamental differences Hood in the forest”. a town and sending residents remain, the Belarussian presi- The question of Russian and soldiers fleeing, police dent who hosted the talks said. involvement is central to the and locals said. After about six hours of nego- crisis, with Moscow consistently A Cameroon police officer tiations with their Belarussian denying charges by Kiev that it stationed in the far north town and Kazakhstan counterparts has been sending weapons and of Fotokol told AFP that the and top European Union offi- fighters to help the separatists in militants tried to destroy the cials, Presidents Vladimir Putin the former Soviet republic. bridge, which serves as the of Russia and Petro Poroshenko of The United States and EU border crossing with Gamboru Ukraine began a one-on-one meet- have backed Ukraine by impos- Ngala in Nigeria. ing, officials on both sides said. ing sanctions on Russia’s finance, Boko Haram stormed The talks were aimed at defus- energy and defence sectors. Gamboru Ngala early on ing a separatist war that has Moscow has hit back by ban- Monday and by evening had heightened tensions between ning most Western food imports, taken over the police station, Russia and NATO and prompted in a trade war that threatens a military barracks and voca- the United States and EU to slap to tip Russia into recession and tional training centre, locals sanctions on Russia, drawing choke off economic recovery said. Three children were retaliation from Moscow. A UN in Europe. Russia and NATO reportedly injured by flying report obtained by Reuters said have both stepped up military shrapnel when explosives were at least 2,200 people have died in exercises. detonated, possibly by firing the conflict. “We are convinced that today, from the Cameroon side of the “We all wanted a break- (the Ukraine crisis) cannot be border, they added. through,” President Alexander solved by further escalation of Nigeria’s military in Abuja Lukashenko of Belarus told the military scenario without tak- on Monday denied reports reporters after the multilateral Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko prior to their talks ing into account vital interests of that more than 450 soldiers part of the talks had finished. in Minsk, Belarus, yesterday. the southeastern regions of the had crossed into Cameroon, “But the very fact of holding the country and without a peaceful claiming that it was a “tactical meeting today is already a suc- dialogue with its representatives,” manoeuvre” as they pursued cess, undoubtedly,” he said. “The start of the talks, Putin urged Poroshenko replied by demand- soldiers on a “special mission” on Putin said. He said the Russian the militants. The authorities talks were difficult. The sides’ Poroshenko not to step up his ing a halt to arms shipments from Ukrainian territory. economy could lose about 100 bil- in Cameroon said the troops positions differ, sometimes fun- offensive against the pro-Moscow Russia to the separatist fighters. Responding to a video of the lion roubles ($2.8bn) if European fought a rear-guard battle in damentally... Everybody agreed on rebels, and threatened to slap The pair shook hands at the detained servicemen, a Russian goods reached its markets via Gamboru Ngala before with- the need to deescalate and free economic penalties on Kiev for start of meeting in the Belarussian Defence Ministry source told Ukraine after Kiev signed the drawing as they were out- hostages.” signing a trade accord with the capital Minsk, only hours after Russian news agencies that trade deal with the EU in June. numbered. AFP In a televised statement at the European Union. Kiev said it had captured Russian they had crossed the border by REUTERS EU debates steps to curb migrant surge Hollande ally is new ROME: Italy’s navy said yesterday that injuries which appeared to have resulted 24 corpses had been recovered from the from being struck with metal bars. economy minister latest capsize of a boat carrying migrants The navy was Monday engaged in another from Africa, as EU officials debated how rescue operation after two more dinghies PARIS: Francois Hollande yes- a coherent line on economic policy to stem a surge in the numbers dying in carrying large numbers of people got into terday installed a former banker after recent sniping from the left- perilous efforts to reach European shores. trouble in waters south of Sicily. and ally as economy minister in wing of his Socialist Party. More than 300 would-be immigrants have According to the UN refugee body an emergency reshuffle seen as the Macron was Hollande’s economic been killed and another 4,000 rescued at UNHCR, more than 100,000 migrants have “last chance” to haul France out of advisor until this spring and pushed sea since Friday, according to navy figures. reached Italy by boat since the start of the the biggest crisis of his presidency. the Socialist president towards The death toll since the start of the year is year, nearly twice the number that arrived The top members of the govern- implementing a more liberal finan- nearing 2,000. in 2011, when much of North Africa was ment remained unchanged, but three cial policy as the country struggles The latest disasters have heightened the convulsed by the Arab Spring revolutions. rebel ministers who had publicly with stagnant growth and record Italian government’s determination to get UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming attacked Hollande’s economic policy unemployment. more support from its European Union said the implosion of Libya was fuelling were not in the line-up as the presi- His appointment marks a clear partners in dealing with a crisis that has the trend and urged EU governments to dent seeks to quell dissenting voices shift to the right, as he replaces been exacerbated by the worsening security do more. in his team. Arnaud Montebourg, the left-wing situation in Libya. “The worsening security situation there In a surprising move, Hollande firebrand and chief rebel who sparked A migrant holds a child before getting off a The 24 bodies were recovered after a fish- (in Libya) is fostering the growth of ruthless appointed 36-year-old Emmanuel the government’s sudden collapse on ing boat with nearly 400 people onboard coast guard ship at the Sicilian harbour of smuggling operations,” Fleming said. Macron, an ex-Rothschild banker Monday. Fleur Pellerin was appointed turned over off Libya on Sunday. Augusta yesterday. “It’s also prompted some refugees and and former advisor, as economy culture minister and Najat Vallaud- Lifeboats dropped from a helicop- most capitals. migrants who are living in Libya, who other- minister — a clear sign he wants Belkacem education minister. AFP ter dispatched from the Italian island of On Friday, a 50-foot wooden boat carry- wise may not have decided to leave, to leave.” Lampedusa enabled 364 people to survive. ing at least 270 people sank off Guarabouli, Fleming added: “Obviously, with all of Talks on the issue were being held in Libya. Only 19 of those on board are known these deaths, more needs to be done.” Rome yesterday between officials repre- to have survived. The others, mostly The refugees in Libya have made their senting Italy, the European Commission migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, are way there from various strife-torn countries, and Frontex, the European borders agency. presumed to have perished. most notably Eritrea, Syria and Somalia. Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano On Sunday morning, an inflatable dinghy Fleming said more were now beginning to is due in Brussels today for further discus- was found floating adrift off Lampedusa. arrive from northern Iraq. sions with Home Affairs Commissioner Eighteen corpses were found along with 73 Two major shipwrecks last October Cecilia Malmstroem. survivors. prompted Italy to launch a rapid-reaction Malmstroem has backed Italy’s calls for In that case, Italian authorities have navy operation known as “Mare Nostrum”. more support from other EU governments, ordered autopsies to establish the exact It is now pushing for the EU to take over but they have so far fallen on deaf ears in causes of death as some of the corpses had the operation and share the financing. AFP

Several corpses Liberia president fires absentee found floating in Rwanda lake ministers over Ebola crisis MONROVIA: Liberia’s BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI: leader has sacked ministers Fishermen in Burundi have and senior government offi- found several corpses with cials who defied an order to limbs bound or stuffed in sacks, return to the west African floating in a lake bordering nation to lead the fight against Rwanda, government officials the deadly Ebola outbreak, said yesterday. her office said yesterday. Some 40 bodies have been found President Ellen Johnson in the lake since July, according to Sirleaf had told overseas min- fisherman in the Burundian town isters to return within a week of Giteranyi, the president of their as part of a state-of-emergency association Sadiki Nyandwyi told announcement on August 6, AFP by telephone. Burundi’s gov- warning that extraordinary ernment confirmed corpses had measures were needed “for the been discovered but could not give very survival of our state”. a total figure. Sirleaf had “directed that all Nurses wearing protective suits escort a man infected with the Ebola “There are many bodies, some officials occupying ministerial virus to a hospital in Monrovia. tied, floating on Lake Rweru, level positions or equivalent although probably the figure — senior and junior — manag- not cabinet-level ministers. in Africa’s struggle with Ebola, of 40 reported by fishermen is ing directors, deputy/assistant United Nations officials after the Democratic Republic exaggerated,” Burundian Interior directors or equivalent, com- have pledged to step up efforts of Congo said yesterday it was Minister Edouard Nduwimana missioners et cetera who vio- against the lethal tropical virus, preparing for a “battle of at said. “But it is certain that there lated the orders are hereby which has infected more than least three months”, confirming are many floating bodies in the relieved of their positions,” her 2,600 and killed 1,427 since the 13 people had died after con- lake.” Five have been found in office said in a statement. start of the year. The World tracting the virus in the remote the past week, local government It did not say how many min- Health Organization said on northeast. officials said. On Monday, a joint isters were affected or which Monday more than 120 health Congolese authorities said Burundi-Rwanda government ones had been fired. workers across west Africa the outbreak concerned Zaire and police team discovered three But a government insider have died during the “unprec- Ebola, the species that is ravag- bodies, two of them wrapped in a clarified that only deputy min- edented” outbreak, and more ing west Africa, but they added large bag, according to local gov- isters and senior officials were than 240 had been infected. that the two outbreaks were ernment officials. AFP involved in the dismissal, and A second front has opened up not linked. AFP WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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uropean officials were meeting yesterday to discuss steps to curb the menace of illegal migration that threatens to destabilise coastal zones in member Ecountries, which are already suffering the pangs of unemployment and a decline in economic growth. On the Make Russia a friend again same day, the Italian navy said that it had found 24 corpses BY JONATHAN POWER in the sea after a fishing boat with 400 migrants from Africa and drama: Tolstoy, Gogol, Chekov, capsized. Turgenev, Anna Ahmatova as well as Migrants from Africa and regions of the Middle East n his magisterial book “Europe”, Pushkin and Dostoevsky. being buffeted by insurgencies have been lashing the shores of Norman Davies writes, “Europe Lenin identified closely with Europe. southern Europe like myriad tsunamis. These migrants have is a relatively modern idea. It Only under Stalin did Russia move away When President Clinton gradually replaced the earlier from Europe. In more recent times nothing to lose in their home countries and so risk life, limb concept of ‘Christendom’ in a both Mikhail Gorbachev and President took office 70 percent and entire families to cross the Mediterranean in search of complex intellectual process Vladimir Putin have talked of wanting better living conditions and a stable life. Ilasting from the fourteenth to the eight- to belong to the “Common European of Russians held a Can such migrants be faulted? Thousands of families with eenth centuries.” Home” — one day members of the favourable view of the infants and toddlers in arms are regularly rescued by the Jean Monnet, the founder of the European Union. European Union, said, “Europe has But it is not just Europe that should Italian navy off the island of Lampedusa in Italy. There have US. By the end of the never existed. One has to genuinely cre- remember its profound relationship been protests against such migrants in Italy, Greece and Spain. ate Europe”. with Russia it is the US too. millennium it was down Right wing parties have been protesting for quite some time “For more than 500 years”, continues The US and Russia have been at against what they call the menace of illegal migrants. There Davies, “the cardinal problem in defin- peace for 200 years. Despite the Cold to 37 percent and has have even been attacks against migrants in some countries. ing Europe has centred on the inclusion War, a shot in anger has never been The magnitude of the problem can be gauged from the fact or exclusion of Russia. Throughout mod- fired against the other. Throughout continued to decline. ern history the Orthodox, autocratic, the nineteenth century Russia was that more than 300 would-be immigrants have been killed economically backward but expanding America’s closest friend. It stood with and another 4,000 rescued at sea since Friday. The Ukrainian Russia has been a bad fit.” the North during the Civil War and debut of the Obama Administration the conflict has killed close to 2,000 Nevertheless, Empress Catherine sent warships to prevent England and US made it clear that it wanted both people till now, but some 2,000 the Great announced in 1767 in France from interfering on the side of Georgia and Ukraine one day to become people have died trying to get into St Petersburg that “Russia is a the Confederacy. During World Wars I Nato members. Russia understandably European Europe since the start of this year. European state”. and II, US and Russia were allies. has considered all these as moves to Dostoevsky, at the It was not until the communist takeo- weaken and encircle it. In earlier days, it was the lure poet Pushkin’s ver that the US entered a long period of When President Clinton took office Union cannot of distant shores and the glitz of a funeral, eulogised enmity with Russia, only interrupted by 70 percent of Russians held a favour- afford any better lifestyle that drove people to Europe. “Peoples the need for an alliance against Hitler. able view of the US. By the end of the risks hitherto unknown to many. Lenin identified of Europe don’t After the war the US was convinced millennium it was down to 37 percent Now it is desperation that drives closely with know how dear to Stalin had designs on Western Europe, and has continued to decline. divisions us they are.” although we now know there is nothing Less political and economic provo- people to get into a ramshackle Europe. Only under Muscovy has in the historical record to suggest he cation on the Western side and more on the issue boat or dinghy and take to the high been an inte- had. The West, in response to its own respect for international law on the seas with their families in order Stalin did Russia gral part of myth of the red menace, created a hos- Russian side could have avoided the of tackling to cross the Mediterranean. Most move away from Christendom tile military alliance, Nato. Russia was present Ukrainian imbroglio. At last to-be immigrants know that they since the provoked to create its counterpart, the this week Chancellor Angela Merkel illegal are taking a huge risk, but they Europe. In more tenth century. Warsaw Pact. appears to be saying that Ukraine could Moreover, one As Isaac Shapiro wrote in his semi- be part of the Russian-led Eurasian don’t have an option. immigration. recent times, can see that since nal article in World Policy Journal, Economic Community as well as having Earlier,it was sub-Saharan Gorbachev and Pushkin’s time President Bill Clinton ignored the fact a trade pact with the EU — the refusal Africa that sent the bulk of Russia has cre- that the Soviet Union and communism to countenance this was the original migrants into Europe by sea. Now, President Putin ated a larger part collapsed from within. “He treated trigger for the conflict. of the Western Russia as a defeated nation that had no The EU and the US should have it is North Africa and the Middle East. Many migrants also have talked of know that the situation in Europe may not be suitable to lead high cultural choice but to accept America’s ideas of used the days since the end of the Cold wanting to belong heritage than what was in Russia’s best interests. The War to strengthen Russia’s place in a comfortable life. But back home it is more uncomfortable for any other sin- US exploited Moscow’s perceived weak- Europe. They should have given Russia them. to the “Common gle European ness. It was the Clinton Administration the support that they did to Germany The TINA — there is no alternative — factor is so strong country and that pushed Nato eastward up to and Japan after their defeat in World that would-be immigrants are overwhelmed by it. They have European Home.” far much more Russia’s border”. War II. no other choice but to take the plunge. than America. In 2001, President George W Bush Russia is not an enemy but it is being Think of the bal- announced that the US would withdraw fashioned into one. The West must European leaders have to understand that the problem of let (the best in the world by far) and from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. halt the malicious side of its interfer- illegal immigration is not only the problem of south European the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres Later the US signed agreements with ence in Ukrainian affairs. The US and shores. It is incumbent upon all European Union countries to — and their protégés from Nureyev to Poland and the Czech Republic (since EU must work to create a Europe in join hands and find a solution to the problem, not only because Anna Netrebko. Think of composers: modified by President Barack Obama) which all countries can live in amity. they are a common entity but also because uncontrolled influx Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky- to deploy anti-missile defences that And that means that those who believe of migrants will one day affect the entire bloc• Korsakov, Borodin, Stravinsky and could be turned against Russia, albeit in Monnet’s “creating” of Europe must Shostakovich. Think of the novel, poetry meant for defence against Iran. At the include Russia. THE PENINSULA The other side Quote of The Science is clear: Humans have caused climate change the day

ny good business executive increase in atmospheric greenhouse- unabated warming: sea-level rise, warms, the average American will likely knows that the world is full of gas emissions. Nor is it perfectly clear higher storm surges, heat extremes, see a month’s worth — or more — of risks, ignored at a company’s how ongoing temperature change will higher demand for energy and changes days over 95 degrees. The South and Aperil. Interest rates could affect complicated Earth systems. But in agricultural production. As with a cli- Southwest will be much hotter than The talks were spike. China could change its currency these are not excuses for doing noth- mate assessment the Obama adminis- that. The analysis considered how policy. Chaos in Iraq could push up ing, or too little, to reduce carbon diox- tration published this year, the results many cold-related deaths further warm- difficult. The gasoline prices. Smart firms account ide emissions. should — but probably won’t — snap ing would prevent and concluded that sides’ positions for these possibilities as best they can, To back up its claims, the group — Congress into action. heat-related deaths would outweigh adjusting business plans so that they led by, among others, Hank Paulson Scientists already are observing the potential benefit. Similarly, farmers differ, sometimes aren’t caught flat-footed. The same can and Bob Rubin, treasury secretaries climate changes in the United States. in northern latitudes might see longer fundamentally... be said of wise societies. for George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, They will grow worse. Higher seas growing seasons, but those farther In late June, a bipartisan group of respectively — commissioned an anal- mean higher storm surges and more south, in what has been prime farm- Everybody economic leaders argued that the ysis of the risks that climate change at-risk property along heavily populated ing country, will have to make costly United States must take this approach poses to the United States. They only coasts — $66 billion to $106 billion adjustments, changing what they grow agreed on the need to when facing the risks of climate attempted to quantify the impact of a worth will likely be below sea level by and developing crops that can adapt to de-escalate and free change. It’s still not perfectly clear how few changes that scientists are confi- mid-century. The annual national storm climate extremes. Alexander Lukashenko sensitive the climate will be to a given dent will occur to some degree with cleanup tab will balloon. As the country WP-BLOOMBERG hostages. Belarussian President WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Ferguson: Cultural segregation fault lines

balkanisation, beyond the obvious com- The best in mercial implications, was that no one need be subjected to anything he or she American culture didn’t really want. The tyranny of the majority and of the homogenisation that went with it was was usually not over. You could call this an especially rampant form of democracy, and there the product of is certainly something to be said for a society in which almost everyone seems to have an independent voice. The effects segregation but haven’t all been salutary, however. The need to cross cultural boundaries often recombination. on the way to homogenisation had fructi- fied the country, exposing each of us to different forms, attitudes and styles. We formed a vital We wouldn’t have had rock ‘n’ roll without black blues having been trans- common culture out formed by Bill Haley and Elvis Presley and later the Rolling Stones. We wouldn’t of many sources. have had modern comedy without the Jewish Borscht Belt comics infiltrating mainstream life. We wouldn’t have had Pop Art if the low-rent culture of comic BY NEAL GABLER books, B-movies and mass consumption hadn’t entered the sensibilities of fine hat’s wrong with liv- artists. ing in your own private The best in American culture was usu- America. ally not the product of segregation but The crisis in often recombination. We formed a vital Ferguson, Missouri, common culture out of many sources. Demonstrators hold up roses while protesting the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last week. Whas refocused attention on racial divi- But there is another, more pernicious sions in the United States, specifically effect of cultural segregation. It shrinks segregation. On a police force of 53, only with others who share our interests and for that matter, the political — major- community. Beyond the big cable news the world rather than enlarges it — rein- three officers are black in a town that is values. What is new is that these many ity ruled. The culture-making apparatus outlets, even more are getting informa- forces what already is, circumscribes roughly 67 percent African-American. Americas that once cross-pollinated one wasn’t interested in addressing different tion on tens of thousands of Internet people within their own world view. In a Yet in some ways this attention obscures another now exist in total isolation. slices of the country; it was interested in websites. This fragmentation is true for segregated world, especially the virtually an even larger form of segregation that Folks finally got the means to do what addressing the whole thing — meaning almost every aspect of American life. segregated world we now have thanks to has been overtaking us for the past 40 folks may have always wanted to do: largely those who are white and middle There are very few nationally shared the Internet, we need never leave our own years — cultural segregation. Make the world cater to them. And the class. experiences anymore. cultural ghetto. Americans have managed to fracture country is endangered because of it. Hollywood made movies that it hoped For all the talk about globalisation and This creates a terrible form of narcis- themselves into clusters of the like- The late sociologist Robert Bellah in would appeal to everyone – young and a flat world, one of the deepest impulses sism, as well as self-satisfied extremism: minded, the like-looking, the like-earn- his path-breaking 1985 book Habits of old, rich and poor, urban and rural, and, in modern culture has been just the oppo- You know what you know and that is all ing, the like-music listening, the like-TV the Heart described a country ghettoised yes, black and white. site: to “nichify” ourselves, not only to you need to know. As Bishop explains in watching and the like-movie-going. by culture. Not any more. Now Hollywood targets find people who are exactly like us but The Big Sort: “Heterogeneous commu- We don’t live in America anymore. We He noted the rise of “lifestyle enclaves” certain movies to kids, others to teens, also to make those cohorts ever narrower. nities restrain group excesses; homoge- live in thousands of Americas, many no — to which people could retreat largely others to the middle-aged (no one cares Not globalisation but individualisation neous communities march toward the farther away than our computer screens because, in our increasingly diverse and about seniors), and even a few to racial – what journalist Bill Bishop called “the extremes.” and the Internet. These are self-identified mobile society, they needed something to, or religious segments of the population. big sort.” The advent of cable television What we are seeing in Ferguson, Americas. Beyond the usual suspects, Fox as Bellah put it, “express their identity In a sense, the United States had a with its 500 channels, the overwhelm- where black and whites seem to per- America and MSNBC America, we have thorough shared patterns of appearance, shared culture because of a lack of ing diversification of music, fashion, ceive the world differently, is a mirror of hip-hop America, gun America, tree-hug- consumption and leisure activities.” choice. In 1980, for example, 55 million consumer goods and, above all, the domi- the national condition in which so many ging America, Tea Party America, drug Bellah realised this form of identity Americans watched the three national nance of the Internet have all served to enclaves each see the world differently America, sci-fi addict America, and on came at the cost of community. That was network news broadcasts, which gave give each of us what we want. so there is less and less empathy that and on and on. his point. He could not have foreseen, everyone just about the same framework. This has made each of us a member would help us cross the borders among The fact that we have different inter- however, all the mechanisms that now Today that figure is 22 million in a coun- of smaller and smaller exclusive cultural those enclaves. ests, different perspectives, is certainly contribute to this kind of segregation — try with 80 million more people. clubs, since few of us want the same We live within the prisons of ourselves. not new, nor is the fact that we band or the ways it would alter American life. Obviously, Americans are still getting things. Unfortunately, we are not likely to escape. together, often through the Internet, Not so long ago, the cultural — and news. They just aren’t getting it as a The basic idea behind this cultural REUTERS

Cameron must not give IS the conflict it wants Vladimir Putin key to The Premier’s expansive concept avoiding new cold war of terrorist enemy, into which IS is BY DAVID OWEN f the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine meet as planned located, goes hand in hand with an in Minsk tomorrow, it will inevitably recall the time leaders of those same republics met to dissolve the USSR at the Belavezha endless conflict that can’t be won. Ihunting lodge in Belarus on 8 December 1991. Then, the key figure was the president of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin. Now it is Vladimir Putin. In 1991, George H W Bush BY EMILE SIMPSON – and rather than clear military was still striving to keep the Soviet Union together, and he was not goals “a battle against a poison- sure which way Yeltsin would move. Today, Obama will be hoping for ast week’s murder of ous ideology that is condemned a settlement, but is very unsure of the outcome. US journalist James by all faiths”. There is little doubt that the United States and the European Union Foley was shocking – as We’re told in the prime minis- will have done their utmost to persuade the Ukrainian president, Petro LIslamic State (IS) no ter’s article that the geographical Poroshenko, to negotiate constructively. President Putin’s position doubt intended it to be. The risk limits of this conflict are global. remains unclear. But we can be sure that it will be, as Churchill defined is that UK policy, while right in its This would not be a limited Russia, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. Churchill, instinct to act against IS, is drawn United Kingdom response against though, went on to offer a clue to solving the riddle: “Perhaps there is into precisely the wider confron- one particularly vicious group of a key – that key is Russian national interest.” tation that IS desires. Islamic extremists, but inter- There are four essential issues that have to be addressed, and probably In June 2014, IS had at least vention in a wider conflict that not all of them can be resolved in one meeting. First and foremost, a 4.000 fighters in its ranks in Iraq incorporates as opponents all Cameron at the Muslim News Awards for Excellence in London in August. devolved government for eastern Ukraine. Next, a full endorsement of all who, in addition to attacks on those who “pervert the Islamic international agreements on air travel relating to Ukraine, Crimea and government and military tar- faith as a way of justifying their attacks to a minimum.” limited commitment of resources; Russia. Then, linked to this, an agreement on all the issues surrounding gets, have claimed responsibil- warped and barbaric ideology … If the British public choose the broad approach doesn’t. the gas pipelines passing through Ukraine. Finally, though it may be too ity for attacks that have killed right across the world, from Boko that they want their government Cameron’s expansive concept of early for this, resolution of the international status of Crimea, perhaps thousands of civilians. In August Haram and Al Shabaab to the to aim for total security through the terrorist enemy, into which along the lines of an indefinite international lease of Crimea to Russia 2014, the Syrian Observatory for Taliban and Al Qaeda”. an approach that engages the UK IS is located, goes hand in hand along the lines of the US-Cuba agreement over Guantánamo. Human Rights claimed that the We’re told that the chrono- in a generational global conflict with an endless conflict that can’t It may, on the face of it, appear impossible to agree such a package, group had increased its strength logical limits of the conflict are against all jihadists under the sun be won. but there are signs it is becoming clear to all three presidents that to 50,000 fighters in Syria and expansive: “We are in the middle to “defeat the terrorist threat at The broadly defined “war on it is in the interests of their countries to make a far-reaching settle- 30,000 in Iraq. of a generational struggle against source”, rather than accept latent terror” (defined beyond defeat ment. Some crises can be resolved by incremental measures, but others That risk is real, as Foley’s kill- a poisonous and extremist ideol- risk and manage it, fine. But there of the “core Al Qaeda” actually require an all-embracing settlement based on big trade-offs. ing may well encourage the public ogy.” We’re not told about the plainly is a choice. responsible for 9/11) has been a If there is no agreement, there is a danger of, at the very least, going and MPs to endorse an approach legal boundaries of the conflict at Second, if action against IS strategic failure: Islamic extrem- back to the cold war. But there is a deeper danger that a shooting to action against IS that David all – who’s the enemy and who’s is actually more about the sta- ists have proliferated since 9/11. war breaks out between Ukraine and Russia. In the US, because they Cameron proposed in an article not, who can be spied on and who bility of the Middle East, then The UK should not repeat the are orientated to reading history from both a European and an Asian for the Sunday Telegraph earlier can’t, and so on – so who knows the public has another choice: mistake of committing to open- perspective, there are already commentators drawing attention to this month. where they start and end. there is clearly a debate to be ended conflict with a vaguely the situation in 1941, when President Roosevelt imposed harsh trade While the prime minister is Cameron states that the danger had about the extent to which defined enemy that ultimately sanctions on Japan. It would be extremely hard to contain, for more clear that the UK’s response to to national security means that the UK should take ownership blurs the very line between war than a few months, a Russian-Ukrainian war within those countries’ IS is not the “war on terror”, he we “have no choice but to rise to of that problem. and peace that the use of force is boundaries. The only person who can make sure there is a settlement locates a UK response within a the challenge”. Third, there is a choice about supposed to uphold. is Putin. His country is of course suffering from sanctions – and I wider conflict that resembles the Wrong: the British public does how broadly to characterise the IS compels people in the areas should point out here that I do business in Russia and have done so war on terror. have choices. conflict within which the UK it controls, under the penalty of for nearly 20 years. Hard political and military First, the public can choose takes action against IS. death, torture or mutilation, to The most ominous effect of sanctions is perhaps more indirect than goals, the achievability of which what level of risk to tolerate. A narrow characterisation declare Islamic creed, and live direct. For instance, Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company, is having can be assessed by strategic Cameron does not say that IS is would be limited to action exclu- according to its interpretation of difficulty in raising money because western banks are wary of breaching planners (and indeed MPs) are an existential threat to the UK; sively against IS, on the basis of Islam and Shariah law. the rules. The Russian interest clearly points towards a settlement, replaced with open-ended com- rather the risk is defined as its a specific threat to the UK, and After the self-proclaimed but the way it is presented is all-important. It would be a massive mitments to a conflict with no “murderous intent”, which brings perhaps additionally, regional sta- Islamic State captured cities in mistake to believe that Putin is approaching the summit in a mood to clear geographical, chronological to mind 7/7 – the type of attack bility in the Middle East. Iraq, they issued guidelines on accept humiliation. or legal boundaries that occupies one has to be very unlucky to be The broad characterisation how to wear clothes and veils. Any agreement must be accompanied by the immediate lifting of a grey zone between war and caught in. that Cameron proposes frames IS warned women in the city of US and EU sanctions. This will clear the way for dealing with the peace. That leaves space for an the fight against IS as one battle Mosul to wear full-face veils or acute crisis presented by Islamic State. Obama needed Iranian help Rather than clear political approach summarised by the US in a global conflict. Merely from face severe punishment to persuade prime minister Nouri Al Maliki to step down in Iraq in a goals, Cameron proposes “a strug- libertarian Nick Gillespie, that a strategic viewpoint, the narrow IS wants a wider war. Don’t negotiated deal. He will need Putin as well to persuade Bashar Al Assad gle for decency, tolerance and terrorism is “a chronic condition, approach lends itself to clear end give it to them. to step down. Far more than Ukraine is at stake as we contemplate a moderation in our modern world” but it won’t kill us. Just keep the points, strategic success, and a THE GUARDIAN resolution to this crisis on our doorstep. THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com UK police in appeal to Mexican floods block aspiring terrorists 69 arrested on suspicion in the first half of 2014

LONDON: British police yes- Assistant Commissioner Mark YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, terday urged people to identify Rowley, the country’s most senior he added, 800 of them relating to “aspiring terrorists” among police officer on counter-terror- Syria or Iraq. their family members, friends ism, in a statement. Intelligence services say 500 and neighbours after the killing “Every reasonable person in the Britons have travelled to Syria or of US journalist James Foley, country has been touched by the Iraq to fight alongside jihadists in apparently by a man with an pitiless murder of James Foley at the last few years. English accent. the hands of Islamic State terror- The government is under The appeal also comes amid ists, and the murderer’s apparent increasing pressure to take steps growing government concern British nationality has focused to combat radicalisation and that British passport holders who attention on extremism in the Home Secretary Theresa May travel to fight in Iraq and Syria UK as well as the Middle East.” said Saturday that she was con- could return to carry out attacks He said British police had sidering introducing new powers. on home soil. arrested five times more peo- Foreign Secretary Philip Jihadist group the Islamic State ple in the first half of this year Hammond on Sunday called it an (IS) posted a graphic video online compared with 2013 for “Syria- “utter betrayal” that the killing last week showing the beheading related” offences. had apparently been carried out of Foley, who had been missing There were 69 arrests in the by a Briton. since his 2012 capture in Syria. first half of 2014 on suspicion Rowley also said that “signifi- “We are appealing to the pub- of offences including travelling cant progress” was being made lic, family members and friends abroad for terrorist training, in the hunt for Foley’s killer and to help identify aspiring terror- preparing acts of terrorism and Britain’s ambassador to the US, ists; they may be about to travel fundraising for terrorist activity. Peter Westmacott, told CNN abroad, have just returned or Some 1,100 pieces of extremist Sunday that the country’s author- be showing signs of becoming material are also being removed ities were “close” to identifying Waves crash into the port of Mazatlan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa yesterday. Floods and mudslides caused radicalised,” said Scotland Yard from social media websites such as the man. AFP by Hurricane Marie damaged roads and private property in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, amid calls for the authorities to declare a state of emergency. Protests resume in Missouri over shooting death Probe reveals ST LOUIS: More than 100 calls for peace and police reforms. of officers, most on bicycles. A folding table. “This community which began a gradual pullout 1,400 kids demonstrators marched in St The August 9 shooting sparked march is scheduled for this after- has had a story to tell for a long from Ferguson on Friday, was Louis yesterday demanding the two weeks of demonstrations, noon in Ferguson, State Highway time and this has just been the absent from a spot on West abused in arrest of a white police officer some with violent clashes and Patrol Captain Ron Johnson told a catalyst,” said Chelsea Warlick, 29, Florissant they had occupied late who shot dead an unarmed scores of arrests, in which pro- news conference on Monday. a photographer from Savannah, on Monday. black teenager in Ferguson, testers demanded Ferguson Police Yesterday, few signs were vis- Georgia. The majority of people Authorities have released British town Missouri. Officer Darren Wilson be charged ible at what has been the center of in Ferguson are black, while most few details about the shooting. The death of Michael Brown, in Brown’s death. Demonstrations the protests along West Florissant of its elected officials and police A St. Louis County grand jury LONDON: An inquiry 18, focused global attention on have been more subdued for days. in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb. force are white. has begun hearing evidence and revealed yesterday some the state of race relations in the Yesterday, more than 100 peo- A man under a gazebo sold Warlick, who laid white roses the US Justice Department has 1,400 minors were sexually United States and evoked mem- ple marched a few blocks from St T-shirts that read “Hands up, by the memorial, said she was opened its own investigation. abused in the British town ories of other racially charged Louis city hall to the federal court don’t shoot,” the chant favored about to sign a six-month lease In differing accounts, police of Rotherham over a 16-year cases, including the fatal shoot- building, chanting “fired up, fed by demonstrators, as the tem- on an apartment in the complex have said Brown struggled with period and blamed local ing of black 17-year-old Trayvon up, time that we stand up.” perature reached 94 degrees where Brown lived to support the Wilson, who shot and killed him. authorities for failing to act. Martin in Florida in 2012. The protesters, who called for Fahrenheit (34 Celsius) at midday. community. “The verdict is every- But some witnesses say Brown Local council chief Roger Family and supporters of Brown Wilson’s arrest and the removal People gathered in small groups thing. If he doesn’t go to jail for held up his hands and was sur- Stone resigned immediately celebrated his life on Monday at of Ferguson police leaders, were at the impromptu memorial set what he did this place is going to rendering when he was shot mul- after the publication of the a music-filled funeral service at a blocked from walking up the up where Brown died and two burn,” she said of Wilson. tiple times in the head and chest. report, which detailed the gang St. Louis church that rang with courthouse steps by a group women handed out food from a The Missouri National Guard, REUTERS rape, kidnapping and traffick- ing of girls as young as 11 in the town in north England. “No-one knows the true scale of child sexual exploita- tion in Rotherham over the years,” said Professor Alexis London Mayor Boris Johnson Jay, the author of the report which had been commissioned by the council. “Our conservative esti- to stand for parliament mate is that approximately 1,400 children were sexually LONDON: London Mayor Boris confirmed that Johnson had sub- seen as strong contenders to exploited over the full inquiry Johnson (pictured), will bid to mitted his candidacy. succeed Cameron should he step period, from 1997 to 2013,” become a member of parliament “He rang me to say he has put down. These include finance min- said Jay, an expert in social in west London at next year’s his application in -- ‘whacked it ister George Osborne and Home services. general election, his spokesman in’ were his exact words,” he told Secretary Theresa May. “The authorities involved said yesterday, raising the pros- the Daily Telegraph. Johnson revealed earlier this have a great deal to answer pect of a future run at becoming If Johnson is selected for the month that he wanted to return for,” she said, pointing to “bla- prime minister. seat, it would bring him within to the House of Commons, where tant” failures and the fact that Johnson, known for his touching distance of a return to he sat as a lawmaker between some early reports about the unkempt shock of blond hair national politics after a seven- 2001 and 2008. abuses had been ignored. and frequent gaffes, hopes to be year gap. He and Cameron are old If he is elected, he intends to It said the majority of the selected as the Conservative Party rivals who attended the elite Eton serve out his full term as mayor. alleged abusers were described candidate for Uxbridge and South College and Oxford University This does not end until 2016, as “Asian” by victims but local Ruislip, a seat the party has held together. raising the prospect of him doing officials had described “nerv- since 1970. The prime minister has wel- two jobs for his first year in in order to deal with an ever- As London mayor, his most ousness about identifying the Many see the 50-year-old comed Johnson’s plans to return parliament. increasing number of passengers. high-profile success has been ethnic origins of perpetrators as a potential successor to to parliament, saying: “I’ve always Uxbridge and South Ruislip is But Johnson has consistently running the city during the 2012 for fear of being thought of as Conservative Prime Minister said I want my star players on the currently held by Conservative argued against its plans for a Olympics. racist”. No council officers will David Cameron, given his high pitch.” lawmaker John Randall, but he third runway and has instead He provided one of the Games’ face disciplinary action over profile and popularity with grass- Johnson has always publicly announced last month that he proposed an alternative new air- most iconic images when he was what happened. roots party members. played down his chances of even- would not be seeking re-election. port to the east of the city, dubbed left dangling mid-air after being Jay said some victims were “I’m sure there will be plenty tually becoming prime minister, The party said it expects around “Boris Island” by the press. stuck on a zip wire waving two “doused in petrol and threat- of excellent candidates and I hope saying they were about as good 100 members to bid for the can- His stance could appeal to British flags in front of a watch- ened with being set alight, very much to make my case to as those “of finding Elvis on Mars didacy, and that the winner will local residents worried about the ing crowd. threatened with guns, made to the association,” Johnson told the or my being reincarnated as an be announced on September 12. extra air traffic passing over their In recent weeks, Johnson witness brutally violent rapes Evening Standard. olive”. While he has a high inter- His target seat neighbours houses, but may put off those who has spoken out increasingly on and threatened they would be Ray Puddifoot, leader of national profile, several other international travel hub Heathrow depend on the airport for their national and international affairs. next if they told anyone”. the local Hillingdon Council, leading Conservatives are also Airport, which hopes to expand livelihood. AFP AFP Venue change for Boston bombing Two dead, 12 injured in trial rejected Argentina shop blast BOSTON: Prosecutors pushed back against a request by accused Boston Marathon BUENOS AIRES: At least two Among the wounded were four bomber Djokhar Tsarnaev to people died and a dozen were minors including a three-year-old change the venue of his trial, injured, four seriously, when a who was admitted to a regional rejecting his attorneys’ asser- Chinese-owned grocery store hospital with multiple injuries tions that he cannot get a fair exploded and collapsed yes- and burns. trial here. terday near Buenos Aires, an Four adults were in intensive In a 25-page court filing, pros- Argentine official said. care with critical injuries. ecutors late Monday dismissed a Rescuers were still searching “There were several people defense petition seeking to relo- for survivors at the site in the inside. Rescuers are working to cate the trial from Boston to town of Virrey del Pino, some see if anyone is alive,” said Patricia Washington. 40km west of Buenos Aires. Spinelli, emergency director for US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said Emergency management the province. in her filing that she is certain authorities said they could not A gas leak at a nearby facil- it will be possible to seat a jury rule out the possibility that more ity that produces gas cylinders panel untainted by more than a people had been killed in the and fire extinguishers may have year of wall-to-wall coverage of Firefighters work after a Chinese-owned grocery store exploded and collapsed in Virrey del Pino, Buenos Aires, explosion, which may have been caused the explosion, an official the case in local media. Argentina, yesterday. caused by a gas leak. said. AFP AFP WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 US, China to meet Korean mishap after jet intercept Provocation could spiral into broader crisis: Washington

WASHINGTON: US and the strategic stretch of mineral- The US and Chinese militaries Chinese military officials will rich water off its southern coast have boosted their contacts in hold talks on rules of behav- and to the east of mainland recent years amid recognition iour at the Pentagon today and Southeast Asia set it directly that, as China’s economic inter- tomorrow, a US official said, against US allies Vietnam and the ests expand, it will play a bigger days after the United States Philippines, while Brunei, Taiwan security role in the world and denounced a “dangerous” and Malaysia also lay claim to have more interactions with the Chinese jet intercept of a US parts of the disputed areas. US military. Navy patrol plane. The meetings involve a working Still, the recent intercepts Last Tuesday, a Chinese fighter group to discuss existing multi- show that those increased con- A city bus is salvaged from a flooded river in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, late on pilot flew acrobatic manoeu- lateral standards of behaviour for tacts have not eliminated friction. Monday after being swept away by floodwaters. One passenger was killed and five were missing. vres around the US Navy’s P-8 air and maritime activities, the In April 2001, a similar aggres- Poseidon anti-submarine and defence official said, speaking on sive intercept of a US EP-3E spy reconnaissance plane, crossing condition of anonymity. plane by a Chinese F-8 fighter in over and under it in international Rear Admiral James Foggo, the same area resulted in a colli- airspace over the South China Assistant Deputy Chief of US sion that killed the Chinese pilot ‘China planes entered Taiwan airspace’ Sea, the Pentagon said. Naval Operations, is among the and forced the American plane At one point, the jet flew wing US military officials attending, to make an emergency landing at tip-to-wing tip about 9 metres the official said. a base on China’s Hainan island. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s air force Indigenous Defence Fighters. The incident came amid specu- from the Poseidon, then performed China’s Defence Ministry con- The 24 US air crew mem- scrambled fighter jets to track “We followed them closely to lation that China may set up an a barrel roll over the top of it. The firmed it had sent a delegation to bers were held for 11 days until two Chinese Y-8 maritime make sure they left our ADIZ,” ADIZ in the South China Sea to US defence official said other close the United States for the “con- Washington apologised for the patrol aircraft which intruded Air Force Major General Hsiung assert its territorial claims. intercepts occurred in March, sultative working group meet- incident. That encounter soured into the island’s airspace, a Hou-chi told reporters, declining Last year it declared an ADIZ in April and May. ings” but it did not say which US-Chinese relations in the early senior air force officer said to say how many fighters were the East China Sea that included While this week’s discussions officials were involved. “This is a days of President George W yesterday. mobilised in the two missions. islands also claimed by Japan. at the Pentagon were planned programme within the Sino-US Bush’s first administration. One plane entered Taiwan’s The United Daily News cited Tensions between Taiwan and long before the recent incidents, annual exchange plans, and is China has denied wrongdoing ADIZ (air defence identification an unidentified military officer as the Chinese mainland have eased they touch on issues at the core aimed at implementing the rel- in the latest incident and blamed zone) at 8.33am Monday and saying that Chinese aircraft had markedly since Ma Ying-jeou of of the US concerns about Chinese evant consensus achieved by the the United States, citing “large- another at 2.31pm, en route to a detoured in the past so as not to the China-friendly Kuomintang military behaviour: that a Chinese leaders of the two countries and scale and highly frequent close-in disputed area in the South China enter Taiwan’s ADIZ. party came to power in 2008. He provocation could spiral into a to promote the establishment of reconnaissance.” Sea. By entering it this time the was re-elected in January 2012. broader crisis sparked by a mili- the code of conduct on naval and State Department spokes- The planes had taken off from Chinese air force could test However, China still refuses to tary miscalculation in the dis- air force safety on the high seas woman Jen Psaki said the US the mainland’s south-eastern Taiwan’s air surveillance capabili- renounce its use of force against puted territory. between China and the United operated “in a transparent man- province of Guangdong. Taiwan ties and its reaction to intruders, Taiwan should the island declare China’s sovereignty claims over States,” the ministry said. ner.” REUTERS scrambled Mirage 2000-5s and the officer said. independence. AFP

Binay gained from overpricing, UK judge warns HK of vigilance to protect rights HONG KONG: Britain’s top Final Appeal, said he could see no Kong should be governed in what commitment to the rule of law, A state-run Chinese newspa- says ex-official judge yesterday warned Hong evidence that judicial independ- was widely interpreted as a warn- which involves resolving disputes per yesterday called for “coercive Kong of the need for “eternal ence had been eroded. ing to the city not to overstep the independently, fearlessly, honestly, measures” against pro-democracy MANILA: A former Makati vigilance” to safeguard its liber- “If I felt that the independence boundaries of its autonomy. fairly and in accordance with the protests. City official claimed yesterday ties as China looks set to take of the judiciary in Hong Kong was It included an assertion that law, and as efficiently and openly “If these activities pose a that Vice President Jejomar a hardline stance at discussions being undermined then I would judges should be patriotic and as their capabilities and circum- shocking threat to Hong Kong or Binay benefited from the alleged this week on election reforms in either have to speak out or I safeguard national security and stances admit,” said the judge, continue unabated, enormously overpriced construction of the the city. would have to resign as a judge,” sovereignty, a sentiment which who heads the Supreme Court in dampening the city’s functions, Makati City Hall II parking David Neuberger’s comments he said. “But... I detect no under- has angered many in the city’s Britain. it is imperative that the Hong building. come as China’s legislature meets mining of judicial independence.” legal community. A pro-democracy group, Kong government adopt coercive Ernesto Mercado, Binay’s to decide how Hong Kong’s next Speaking at the Hong Kong “Any threat to judicial inde- Occupy Central, has pledged to measures,” the Global Times said former vice mayor from 2006 leader will be chosen, with public Foreign Correspondents’ Club, pendence has to be headed off at mobilise thousands of protest- in an editorial. to 2010, admitted during the discontent in the former British he however stressed: “I enthusi- the pass,” Neuberger said, noting ers to block the financial dis- The paper, which is owned by televised Senate Blue Ribbon colony at its highest for years astically subscribe to the notion that British judges had spoken out trict later this year if authorities the Communist Party’s mouth- sub-committee hearing that he over perceived interference by that the price of liberty is eternal when politicians tried to meddle. reject a public right to nominate piece the People’s Daily and often benefited from the phase 1 and 2 Beijing. vigilance.” “The way in which judges candidates for the post, who are adopts a nationalist tone, also of the project. Neuberger, who also sits part- Beijing in June issued its first demonstrate their patriotism is currently chosen by a largely pro- called on authorities not to give “We, politicians, know the time on Hong Kong’s Court of white paper stipulating how Hong by an irrevocable and undiluted Beijing committee. in to pressure. AFP answer. If the vice mayor ben- efited (from a project), maybe the mayor gained even more,” Mercado said at the televised Senate hearing. “If I benefited, it is impossible for the mayor not to benefit from it,” he added. With the latest allegation, the Blue Ribbon Committee should now invite the Vice President to the hearings, according to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who called for the Senate investigation into the controversy. “The vice mayor has directly mentioned the involvement of Vice President Jejomar Binay into the corruption and the anomaly that is the Makati carpark build- ing,” Trillanes said. Binay and his son, Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay, are facing a plunder com- plaint over the alleged overpriced building. Three Vietnam activists jailed HANOI: A Vietnamese court has jailed three activists for up Plaintiff Mikio Watanabe and his supporters arriving at the Fukushima district court yesterday. to three years after a one-day trial marked by strict secu- rity including the detention of scores of supporters. Bui Thi Minh Hang, a high- profile anti-China activist, was Tepco ordered to pay for suicide given a three-year jail term by the court in the southern Mekong TOKYO: The family of a swamped cooling systems at the arguing the forced evacua- Delta province of Dong Thap. Japanese woman who fatally Fukushima Daiichi power plant tion was responsible for the She was found guilty of “caus- set herself on fire after being in Japan’s northeast, sparking symptoms of depression she ing public disorder,” her lawyer forced to flee the nuclear the worst atomic accident in a displayed. Tran Thu Nam said. disaster at Fukushima was generation. Yesterday the Fukushima Hang, 50, was arrested along- awarded nearly half a million Hundreds of thousands of District Court ordered Tepco to side the two other activists in dollars in damages yesterday, people were evacuated around pay a total of 49 million yen to February when they were on their reports said. the plant amid fears of rising her family, Jiji Press and public way to visit a former political It was the first time that radiation. broadcaster NHK said. prisoner who lives in Dong Thap the operator of the stricken Among them was Hamako The family had demanded 91 province. Rights activist Nguyen plant, Tokyo Electric Power Watanabe, 58, who doused her- million yen. Thi Thuy Quynh, 28, was jailed for Co (Tepco), has been ordered self in petrol and set fire when Tepco apologised again to two years. Nguyen Van Minh, 34, to pay compensation for a sui- she was allowed to temporar- the people of Fukushima for who is an independent Hoa Hao cide linked to the 2011 nuclear ily return to her home in June the disaster, and said it would Buddhist practitioner, received a disaster. 2011, reports said. “examine the ruling and con- two-and a-half year jail term. A 9.0 undersea quake trig- Her husband and three chil- tinue to cope with the issue AGENCIES gered a massive tsunami that dren sued Tepco for damages, sincerely.” AFP WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN PM Sharif meets army chief Change of Command

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Pakistan has been ruled by the headway, with Khan sticking to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif military for more than half its his hardline demand that Sharif and the country’s powerful 67-year history and the armed must quit. army chief agreed yesterday on forces still have strong influence The government says the the need to ‘expeditiously’ end and power. prime minister will not resign a political crisis triggered by General Sharif and the prime and accuses Khan and Qadri of protests aimed at unseating the minister -- the two are not related undermining Pakistan’s fragile government. -- met and discussed the ‘overall democracy. A statement from Sharif’s office security environment including It also says the protests are an said General Raheel Sharif called the prevailing situation’ yester- unnecessary distraction at a time on the PM at his official residence day, the statement said. when Pakistan is battling home- in Islamabad’s government district “There was a consensus on the grown Taliban militants in the known as the red zone. need to resolve the ongoing issue northwest and struggling to get Thousands of demonstrators expeditiously in the best national its economy on track. led by opposition politician Imran interest,” it said. Pakistan Muslim League (N) Khan and populist cleric Tahir- The protests have so far been leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has ul-Qadri have camped out in the peaceful, with security forces said that no one can demand a zone since August 15, demanding -- deployed in huge numbers in resignation from Prime Minister Sharif resign. the capital -- taking a stand-off Nawaz Sharif. Khan claims last year’s general approach to the demonstrations. He said that Pakistani nation election which swept Sharif to The only public statement from has rejected Pakistan Tehreek- power in a landslide was rigged, the military so far came in the i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran though international observers early hours of August 20, shortly Khan’s politics of protests. said it was largely fair. after Khan threatened to storm The rupee has lost more than The crisis has rattled Sharif’s the PM’s residence. four percent against the dollar in government 15 months into a five- Then the army’s chief spokes- the past fortnight as the crisis has year term and prompted rumours man urged ‘patience, wisdom rumbled on, with analysts warn- the army may intervene to resolve and sagacity’ to find a solution ing that gains made thanks to matters -- and in doing so effec- through dialogue. an International Monetary Fund tively put the elected government Efforts to find a negotiated bailout could be under threat. under its thumb. end to the crisis have made little AFP Outgoing International Security Assistance Force Commander General Joseph Dunford (left), and incoming Commander General James Campbell (right) salute during the change of command ceremony in Kabul yesterday. Abdullah threatens to pull out of poll audit One of two presidential candidates questions handling of alleged fraudulent votes during UN-supervised recount

KABUL: One of two candidates into account we will not recog- and Karzai have rejected. with the political process.” will get after most foreign troops competing to succeed Afghan nise the legitimacy of the proc- The crisis comes at a time of The United Nations said it was pull out. leader Hamid Karzai threat- ess,” said Abdullah’s spokesman, much anxiety in Afghanistan as reviewing the latest complaints “God forbid,” said one sen- ened yesterday to pull out of a Mujib Rahman Rahimi. the United States, Kabul’s big- by Abdullah’s team but said the ior diplomat, commenting on UN-backed audit of a disputed Abdullah’s supporters think gest aid donor, and other Nato electoral process would continue the likelihood of conflict. “More presidential election. that the more fraudulent votes nations withdraw their troops regardless. negotiations, bargaining threats, The investigation is part of are thrown out, the more likely after nearly 13 years of fighting “The candidates already explic- but hopefully locals will find a a US-brokered deal between he is to win. Taliban insurgents. itly committed to accepting the solution.” presidential candidates Abdullah Rahimi said if the audit Interminable chaos as Western result of the audit,” it said in a Ghani’s team played down the Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, both went ahead without accepting forces pull out would be a huge statement. “Should one campaign significance of the threat from of whom claim to have won the Abdullah’s demands, his camp embarrassment for those coun- choose not to participate in the Abdullah’s representatives, say- election that was hoped would would not recognise any future tries which have spent billions of conclusion of the enormous exer- ing it indicated Abdullah, who usher in Afghanistan’s first demo- government as legitimate - a dan- dollars and lost about 3,500 sol- cise which they requested... (The is expected to return from India cratic transfer of power. gerous prospect likely to deepen diers in a bid to bring peace and UN and observers) will increase yesterday, had poor control over The crisis over the outcome ethnic and political divisions. stability. their participation so as to ensure his camp. of the vote has raised the spec- Afghanistan was plunged into Karzai, who is not allowed by the continuing credibility of the “Abdullah is out of the country tre of another round of war in turmoil in April when Abdullah, a the constitution to run for the process.” and every time he is out of the Afghanistan, already torn apart former foreign minister, led after presidency again, has urged both Abdullah’s refusal to accept Abdullah Abdullah country, the team make their own by decades of fighting. a first-round vote but failed to candidates to respect the terms the outcome of the vote threat- statements,” said Ajmal Abidi, a Yesterday, Abdullah’s team secure an outright majority. of the US-brokered deal. ens to split the country along eth- escalate, although few expect any spokesman. said the United Nations had until He trailed behind former “President Karzai has started a nic lines and possibly setting the immediate outbreak of hostilities. Another source in Abdullah’s today to accept their demands to finance minister Ghani in the June series of meetings and consulta- stage for more violence. Western powers hope a new camp said Abdullah himself was widen the criteria for identifying run-off, according to preliminary tions with both candidates,” said Afghan officials and diplomats leader will be in place before not against talks: “Abdullah still and discarding ballots deemed figures, and has since rejected the his spokesman, Aimal Faizi. worry there are too many power- September 4, when a Nato sum- sees room for negotiation, but it is fraudulent from a June run-off outcome, accusing Ghani’s team “Tonight he is meeting with ful interests competing for power mit is due to be held in Wales. true he doesn’t have much control vote. of rigging the vote with Karzai’s Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf and they fear clashes between Countries at the summit will over his own powerful men.” “If our demands are not taken help - an accusation both Ghani Ghani to ask them to cooperate power-brokers could quickly weigh how much aid Afghanistan REUTERS How Sharif stumbled into protests crisis

ISLAMABAD: As thou- feckless, and would shore up a thousands of supporters to the not a single law was passed in his sands of protesters blockaded sagging economy by tackling the capital, Islamabad, to demand first year, a legislative watchdog Pakistan’s parliament last chronic power cuts and crum- that he step down. said. Draft legislation to tackle week, the spirits of the lawmak- bling infrastructure that bedevil If the army referees a resolu- corruption and electoral reform ers inside were briefly lifted by the country of 180 million. tion of the stand-off, as many - central demands of the protest- a rare appearance from Prime But critics say that his slow expect, it will emerge strength- ers - has languished. Minister Nawaz Sharif. pace of reforms, apparent ened at the expense of the prime Fourteen months after But Sharif only listened in detachment and poor relations minister. That would deal a blow Sharif’s election, key posts silence as legislator after legis- with the military emboldened to civilian rule, a year after an remain unfilled, and govern- lator denounced the protesters his challengers and encouraged election that marked the first ment regulators lack heads. seeking his government’s resig- the anti-government protests. democratic transfer of power in There is still no foreign minis- nation. He then stood up, and “This is a symptom of arro- Pakistan’s coup-blighted history. ter. Defence and the water and left through a back door. gance and bad governance,” said Many believe that Sharif, a power ministries share a single Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed independent senator Mohsin wealthy steel magnate from minister, as do the information and then exiled, Sharif made a Leghari. “When issues are not Pakistan’s wealthiest and most and law ministries. triumphant comeback as prime discussed in parliament they populous province, has only A spokesman for Sharif, minister for a third time in last spill out into the streets.” himself to blame for his current responding to questions for this, year’s general election. That is what happened this crisis. Ordinary Pakistanis have report, said these posts were Voters had hoped he would month when opposition leader not seen many improvements being filled gradually as the gov- prove better than a long line of Imran Khan and firebrand since he took office. ernment sought capable candi- prime ministers widely seen as cleric Tahir ul-Qadri led tens of Apart from the annual budget, dates. REUTERS

Memorising Quran Anti-Taliban attack kills 2

KABUL: At least two people were killed following an attack on anti-Taliban public upris- ing forces in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The attack was carried out by Taliban militants in Mardian dis- trict. The public uprising forces resisted the Taliban militants attack for several hours but were forced to retreat after their ammunition finished, according to the Afghan (Khaama Press). Provincial security chief, Syed Zaman Hussaini, confirmed the incident and said the victims were close relatives of a commander of Afghan students read and memorise the Holy Quran at a madrassa (religious school) in Ghazni yesterday. anti-Taliban uprising forces. AGENCY WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Four BJP leaders named governors Kerala governor Sheila Dikshit succumbs to pressure, puts in her papers

NEW DELHI: Four prominent BJP leaders were yesterday named governors of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa on a day Kerala governor Sheila Dikshit succumbed to pressure and put in her papers. While former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh was named governor of Rajasthan, Gujarat assembly Speaker Vajubhai Radabhai Vala took charge of Karnataka and Mridula Sinha, a leading writer, moved to Goa. C Vidyasagar Rao from Telangana will take charge in election-bound Maharashtra. Kalyan Singh succeeds Margaret Alva whose tenure ended on Kalyan Singh Vajubhai Radabhai Vala Mridula Sinha C Vidyasagar Rao Sheila Dikshit August 5. Vala took the place of H R (RSS), Kalyan Singh parted ways writer in Hindi, and is a former to the Lok Sabha twice from governors were treated by the (West Bengal), B V Wanchoo Bharadwaj, who retired in June, with the BJP following differences national president of the BJP’s Karimnagar. He was defeated in BJP-led government, Dikshit said: (Goa), Vakkom B Purushothaman while B V Wanchoo and K with former prime minister Atal Mahila Morcha. She is also the 2014 election. “I will talk to you in hindsight (Mizoram), K Sankaranarayanan Sankaranarayanan quit as gov- Behari Vajpayee. He returned to a former chairperson of the Meanwhile, Sheila Dikshit, after my resignation is accepted.” (Maharashtra) and now Dikshit. ernors of Goa and Maharashtra the party just before the 2014 Lok National Commission for Women. who resigned as Kerala governor, Maharashtra Governor K Kamla Beniwal was first respectively. Sabha polls. Hailing from Karimnagar dis- refused to say anything on what Sankaranarayanan resigned on shunted out from Gujarat to The 82-year-old Kalyan Singh Vala, 76, is considered close to trict of Telangana, Vidyasagar led her to the decision. “I did what Monday. Since the Narendra Mizoram and then sacked Aug is a veteran Bharatiya Janata Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rao served as union minister of my heart was saying. I will not say Modi government took charge 6 for misuse of her position as Party leader who led the Uttar He began his political career with state for home in the Vajpayee anything more at this point,” the on May 26, eight governors governor. Rajasthan Governor Pradesh government when the the erstwhile Jana Sangh. At one government. former Delhi chief minister told have resigned — B L Joshi Margaret Alva and Karnataka Babri Masjid was razed in 1992. time, he was a contender for the The 73-year-old was also the media here. (Uttar Pradesh), Shekhar Dutt Governor H R Bharadwaj man- A committed activist of the post of Gujarat chief minister. the BJP president in united Asked to comment on the man- (Chhattisgarh), Ashwani Kumar aged to complete their tenures. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mridula Sinha is a well known Andhra Pradesh and was elected ner in which UPA-appointed (Nagaland), M K Narayanan IANS

Last bell for 20 cancer treatment centres No place for Vajpayee, Advani and liquor shops Joshi in BJP parliamentary board in Kerala to be set up across country THIRUVANAN- INDORE: The government will at the Vidisha district hospital, NEW DELHI: In a move mark- Modi and Rajnath Singh are The constitution of the BJP THAPURAM: Barring set up 20 new advanced cancer GR Medical College in Gwalior, ing the end of the era of stal- also in the parliamentary board. does not have any provision for the bars in 20 five-star treatment facilities across India and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose warts like Atal Behari Vajpayee, “Party president Amit Shah has such a group and the parliamen- hotels, all the others that over the next few years to meet the Medical College in Jabalpur. L K Advani and Murli Manohar constituted a ‘margdarshak’ com- tary board remains the high- are currently open will rising burden of the disease, Health The first two will be TCCCs while Joshi, the BJP yesterday came mittee with veteran party leaders est decision-making body, party have to shut down on Minister Harsh Vardhan said here the one at Jabalpur will be an SCI. up with a list of its highest deci- as its members for guiding party sources said. September 12, a Kerala yesterday. “Each 50-bedded TCCC will be part of sion-making body, the parlia- activities,” an official release said. The sources said Joshi was minister said yesterday. He said that for Madhya Pradesh, an existing government hospital with mentary board, which excluded Congress leader Rashid Alvi informed about the deci- Excise Minister K Babu the central government has planned well-equipped and functional depart- the seniors. dismissed it as an “old age home” sion by Modi himself, while said that there are 730 a new State Cancer Institute (SCI), ments of medicine, surgery, gynaecol- The move marked the culmina- for leaders. “It is a mookdarshak Parliamentary Affairs Minister M bars in the state, of which along with two Tertiary Care Cancer ogy, ENT, pathology and radiology. tion of the generational shift that mandal (committee of silent Venkaiah Naidu informed Advani. the licenses of 418 have not Centres (TCCC). “Annually 11 lakh “The union health ministry will began in the Bharatiya Janata watchers). It is like an old age The other members of the been renewed this fiscal. “Of new cases of cancer are detected in provide one-time support of up to Party when Narendra Modi was home from where Advani and 12-member parliamentary board the remaining 312 bars, 20 India. Of them, about 6.06 percent Rs45 crore to each TCCC, including made the prime ministerial can- Joshi will witness the function- are Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, are in five star hotels and are in Madhya Pradesh,” Harsh up to 30 percent for construction and didate. The BJP instead included ing of BJP like mutes. We were External Affairs Minister Sushma barring these, all others Vardhan told the media here. renovation,” he added. Harsh Vardhan the seniors in a separate group, all aware that they are being side- Swaraj, Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, will have to close down on The minister was speaking at said the government will also set up 20 the ‘Margdarshak Mandal’ (guid- lined,” he told reporters. Ananth Kumar, Thawar Chand September 12. the inauguration of an indigenously SCIs across the country. ing committee), which it said will Congress leader Manish Tewari Gehlot and Ramlal. “There was a considered developed Linear Accelerator at the “The total cost of each will be Rs120 guide the party. said it was “centralisation of The central election committee opinion that 15 days notice Indian Institute of Head and Neck crore, of which the central government The parliamentary board will power”. “Very soon, only two lead- of the party was also announced. It should be given to these bars Oncology, a project of the Indore will contribute 75 percent. In all, 50 now be headed by BJP presi- ers from Gujarat will be there. has Shah as its chief, and includes and tomorrow (Wednesday) Cancer Foundation Charitable Trust. such institutes are planned in the dent Amit Shah, and marked the The exit of Advani and Joshi is Modi, Rajnath Singh, Jaitley, this decision will be ratified He said the three facilities planned country over the long term,” he said. entry of J P Nadda and Madhya the first step, it will soon be a Sushma Swaraj, Naidu, Gadkari, by the state cabinet and the for Madhya Pradesh will be set up IANS Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj two-member party,” Tewari said. Chouhan and Shahnawaz Hussain. notices for closure would Singh Chouhan in the core group. BJP spokesperson Syed Talking to reporters in Bhopal, be served to the bars on The guiding group includes Shahnawaz Hussain, however, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Thursday,” said Babu after Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi as said the guiding committee was Chouhan, however, stressed that a high level meeting. well as Prime Minister Modi and not a permanent committee. “It’s Advani “remains the guiding light This new direction has Home Minister Rajnath Singh. a temporary committee,” he said. for the whole party”. IANS come as part of the deci- sion of the state govern- ment last Friday which finalised the new liquor Delhi Book Fair policy to achieve prohibi- tion in the next 10 years. The government yes- terday submitted the new liquor policy to the Kerala High Court, which posted the case for September 17. The new policy also states that only the five-star hotels in the state will serve liquor. From October 2 this year, all Sunday’s will be dry days and out of the 383 state-owned retail liquor shops, 10 percent will close down each year. With regard to wine, he said the status quo would be maintained. “The deci- sion to discontinue beer and wine parlour licenses Visitors stand behind books piling up at a stall of the 20th Delhi Book Fair, in New Delhi, yesterday. More will be taken up by the than 250 leading publishers and distributors from across the country and participants from China, Britain state cabinet,” said Babu. and the USA are exhibiting at the fair. IANS

‘Eyewash’ action on illegal arms sales lamented NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yes- hearing of a PIL by advocate Arvind Kumar in illegal sale of their NSP weapons. terday frowned at the central govern- Sharma alleging that serving and retired Every army officer is entitled to one NSP ment for letting off lightly army officers army officers were involved in the illegal weapon in his service. However, it was dis- in the southwestern command involved sale of non-service pattern (NSP) weapons. covered that some army officers managed to in unauthorised sale of weapons they had Taking exception to the eye wash pro- get a number of such weapons which they bought from the army for their personal ceedings by the army authorities and illegally sold on to arms dealers or private use but later sold to arms dealers and letting off guilty officers with minor pun- people without proper authorization. other people. ishment, the court asked Attorney General As per rules, Central Ordnance Depot, Describing the punishment handed over Mukul Rohatgi why the scope of the hear- Jabalpur, has to be intimated and its permis- to such officers as “pittance” and “an eye- ing should not be expanded to cover status sion taken before the sale of NSP weapon wash”, a bench of Justice H L Dattu, Justice of such cases in other eight army com- by the service personnel. Advocate Sharma S A Bobde and Justice Abhay Manohar mands in the country. said that in Rajasthan, where the headquar- Sapre said: “For a drunken brawl, you dis- The court, seeking the government’s ters of the command is located, there are miss a cadet from service, but here Colonels, response by September 16 — the next date 720 cases of arms licences being issued in Brigadiers and Generals are involved. of hearing, took exception to army author- an irregular way and 80-90 cases of army Where is the discipline?” ities handing down punishment ranging officers being involved in illegal sale of their Whatever has surfaced “shocks its con- from Rs500 fine or simple reprimand to NSP weapons. science”, said the court in the course of the the officers who were found to be involved IANS

WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 88 return from Liberia, Mother Teresa remembered screened for Ebola One passenger in quarantine-cum-isolation facility

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: state governments have been evacuees had any symptoms prior Eighty- eight Indian nation- requested to ensure monitoring to travel,” said the medical direc- als, who have been brought of these passengers. tor of International SOS which back from Ebola-hit Liberia, “State governments have been brought back the Indians. were yesterday screened for the requested to do rigorous tracking International SOS is a group deadly virus after their arrival and monitoring of these passen- that provides medical assistance, at the airports here and one was gers. The concerned states have health care and security services put in isolation, officials said. been alerted for follow-up of these to organisations with interna- Of the 88 Indians brought passengers on daily basis,” the tional operations. back, 71 landed in Mumbai and ministry said. “Senior officers of the minis- 17 in New Delhi. A statement “These passengers would be try have been pre-positioned at from the health ministry said all attached to the local health facil- the Mumbai and Delhi airports were screened and found healthy ity and the local authority would to monitor the screening of these except for one passenger who had ensure that they would follow up passengers from Liberia,” the fever and a sore throat. these passengers on a day-to-day health ministry statement said. He has been isolated in a quar- basis for one month,” it said. In addition, from the routine antine-cum-isolation facility at “The passengers were also flights from affected countries, the Delhi airport. screened at the time of exit five passengers with symptoms The ministry statement said from Liberia and none of the of fever were quarantined at the quarantine-cum-isolation facility Girls dressed up as Mother Teresa attend an event to commemorate the 104th birthday of Mother Teresa in at the Delhi airport. Their samples a foundation school in Bhopal yesterday. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, were being tested at the National 1910 to Albanian parents in Skopje. She began her missionary work with the poor in Calcutta in 1948 and Centre for Disease Control. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Following her death in 1997 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and The ministry said that as per given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. guidelines, the high risk category (those with symptoms) are iso- lated at the airport, medium risk category (those giving history of contact with an Ebola case) are prioritised for active surveillance, and low risk category (those with- Hyderabad Metro cost to escalate out symptoms and without any contact history) are informed HYDERABAD: With Telangana heritage structures. Reddy said The HMRL managing director about helpline numbers to be government firm on re-alignment there would be slight changes on said so far 21 train cars have arrived contacted in case they develop of Hyderabad Metro on two of the the routes in front of state assem- from the Hyundai-Rotem Factory symptoms subsequently. three corridors, the cost of the bly building and Sultan Bazar in South Korea. The developer has Meanwhile, five passengers project is set to escalate by a few areas. ordered a total of 171 train cars. It (four doctors and a physiothera- hundred crore rupees. The LTMRHL is building 72km plans to operate the trains with a pist) who returned from Nigeria L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad elevated metro project at a cost of frequency of two to three minutes. and who were admitted to the Ltd (LTMRHL), which is building Rs14,132 crore in public private Reddy said studies would be quarantine facility in Delhi for the elevated Metro, will complete partnership. The state govern- done to extend Hyderabad Metro observation last Friday have the study within a month for rea- ment will bear the escalated cost. to 200km as suggested by the tested negative for Ebola in tests lignment and submit its report to It will also compensate the devel- chief minister as part of his plans done at the National Centre for the government. oper for the work already done to make Hyderabad a global city. Disease Control, the ministry Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd near the assembly building. He said Metro Rail would be laid statement said. (HMRL) managing director N V Reddy was confident that the on another 80km in the second Three of them have been dis- S Reddy sid yesterday that the changes would not delay the phase. “The subsequent phases charged from the quarantine realignment would escalate the project, which is scheduled to will also be planned depending on facility. The other two (a doc- project cost by a few hundred be fully operational in 2017. The the resources,” the official added. tor and the physiotherapist) had crore rupees. “It could be Rs300 commercial operations between He also announced that HMRL developed fever and were trans- crore to Rs400 crore,” he said. Nagole and Mettuguda, an 8km would build 200 skywalks on both A traveller, who was not cleared after being screened for the Ebola virus ferred to the RML Hospital for Telangana Chief Minister K stretch on the first corridor, are sides under the viaduct, connect- on his arrival, walks towards an ambulance at the international airport in further treatment. Both of them Chandrasekhar Rao has asked scheduled to begin in March next ing the stations to commercial New Delhi yesterday. have now been cured of the fever. LTMRHL to change the metro year. The test runs are currently complexes, hospitals, schools and IANS route on two corridors to save underway on this stretch. other places. IANS

Chabad Centre New talent slowly edging out ageing Malayalam superstars reopens six THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: films, feels it is time to see things thespian Madhu. failures indicate that their names that the trio are “gifted actors”, It’s time for the three “ageing in the right perspective. In fact, the trio were seen as do not have the power to pull the but added: “As the saying goes, years after superstars” of Malayalam cin- “When the trio was going great a perfect replacement for macho crowd at the theatres any more. ‘There is a time and place for eve- ema to make way for fresh faces. guns, the only competition that Jayan, who was killed while Dileep, who was never rated as rything’ and one should be wise With influx of youngsters, grow- they had was amongst them- attempting a dare devil stunt on a superstar but played a glorious enough to understand it.” Mumbai attack ing popularity of Tamil films and selves. But in the past one decade board a helicopter. innings in the industry, continues Award winning filmmaker the expansion of digital plat- things have changed drastically, The 1990s and the following to hold on to where he has been Majid Gulistan says stardom is MUMBAI: Jewish outreach forms, the heydays of the trio and today, not only are they pit- decade can be summed up as the since the turn of the century. like an illusion. centre Chabad-Lubavitch, which of Mammootty, Mohanlal and ted against more than a dozen glorious period for them and later He takes inspiration from “Films are in itself an illusion was bloodied and brutalised in Suresh Gopi seem to be over. youngsters, the audience has now their experience and versatility Bollywood megastar Amitabh and the stars ride on that. Even the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, The three amongst themselves accepted Tamil films, which offer helped them to stay ahead of Bachchan, who is still going in Hollywood, the concept of star reopened to normal activities in have more than 800 films and a rich variety,” Jagadish said. the curve. Every rise has its fall. strong despite being 71. He said system has changed and nowhere its renovated avatar yesterday. six National Awards for the best “Also, there are numerous Starting 2010, the trio too faced that he has survived this long except in the Malayalam film A group of 25 Rabbis from actor. At 62, Mammootty is the options for entertainment avail- disappointments when their films because “he reinvented himself industry could these superstars Asia attended the reopening cer- eldest among the three. Gopi, able in the form of cell phones, started bombing. and takes roles that suit his age.” have had such a long run. They emony at the six-storey Nariman once the angry young man of social media and what not,” he In the past few years “We have to accept certain should consider themselves hugely House which houses the Chabad- Malayalam cinema, is 55, while added. Mammootty had 29 releases and things in life and that is, one can’t fortunate. “When the concept of Lubavitch Centre in Colaba in Mohanlal, popularly called Lal, is When the three actors started barring a few, none really shook be always on the top. Today even star system goes, new ideas and south Mumbai. the youngest at 54. their career in 1980, it took them the box office. Lal had 22 releases, in politics, where age is not a crite- thoughts gain significance and It was one of the targets of Ace comedian and character a decade to establish themselves and Gopi, who was busy with TV rion, this does not happen,” he said. it would be based on the theory the 10 Pakistani terrorists who artiste Jagadish, who rubbed as the reigning stars by dethron- assignments, had 19, but all the Another film personality, who of survival of the fittest in all created the 60-hour mayhem in shoulders with them in several ing legends like Prem Nazir and films met with the same fate. The wants to be anonymous, admits respects,” said Gulistan. IANS Mumbai during the November 26-29, 2008 terror attacks, sneak- ing in from the Arabian Sea route. Among the six people gunned Bollywood touch for Clegg down in Chabad Centre were Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his pregnant wife Rivka. Rabbi Men want women to Nachman, father of the slain Rabbi Holtzberg, was present during yesterday’s ceremony. propose, finds survey “It is a very special day, for his (Rabbi Gavriel) family and friends who remember that day’s terrify- NEW DELHI: Traditionally, the first move because tradition ing tragedy. They had spread the it’s the guys who pop the ques- has always seen men do so, said message of goodness, hope, love and tion to take a relationship for- a statement. When it came to tolerance, we must ensure their ward but an increasing number how men would like to be pro- mission continues to grow further,” of Indian men now prefer if posed to by a woman, a majority of Rabbi Nachman said, remembering women make the first move, 61.2 percent of respondents chose his son and daughter-in-law. according to a survey. face-to-face interaction. The Holtzbergs’ two-year- The survey was conducted on As many as 21.4 percent of men old son Moshe was saved by his over 6,500 single Indian men in said they would be okay with a Indian nanny Sandra Samuel and the age group of 25 to 36 across phone conversation, while 9.8 their cook Qazi Zakir Hussain the country, by matrimonial por- percent of them chose Whatsapp, who lived there. tal Shaadi.com to understand closely followed by 7.6 percent who Moshe was later taken by his men’s take on relationships. As said that they would be okay with grandparents to Israel along with many as 71.7 percent respondents an expression through Facebook. Sandra. She opted to settle there shared that they would like it if a “This survey highlights the and was granted that country’ woman proposed to them instead. mindset of today’s youth. When it citizenship. As many as 63.8 percent of the comes to proposing marriage, tra- The Chabad Centre is now men surveyed were of the opin- dition has always seen men make headed by Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky ion that the country’s modern the first move but it is encourag- and his wife Chaya, who are its day women are confident enough ing to see that most Indian men directors. There is a plan to set British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (centre) holds the clapper board during the shooting of a scene of to make the first move towards a today believe that women are up a $2.5m Jewish Museum on the the new Bollywood film ‘Veda’ in Mumbai yesterday. Clegg is on a four-day visit to India. relationship, while 36.2 percent of confident enough to change that,” fourth and fifth floors. them said that it’s hard for them says Gourav Rakshit, chief oper- IANS to believe that a woman can make ating officer, Shaadi.com. IANS WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Young members of Kyokushin Karate federation perform during an exercise session at a summer training camp in Taiga district on a bank of the Yenisei River near the town of Divnogorsk, outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, yesterday. MUSCAT 31/27 Clear 30/28 Clear MAKKAH 42/29 Clear 40/30 Clear KUWAIT 47/29 Clear 47/28 Clear BAHRAIN 38/33 Clear 38/33 Clear SANAA 29/17 Partly cloudy 28/17 Chance of storm RIYADH 42/29 Clear 44/29 Partly cloudy DUBAI 39/33 Clear 41/32 Partly cloudy Even toddlers use maths while playing BAGHDAD 47/29 Clear 48/29 Clear WASHINGTON: It may sound surprising own advantage,” said Anna Waismeyer, a they were able to use the difference in prob- THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW but children as young as two years old intu- researcher at the University of Washington’s ability to their advantage. The findings help itively use mathematical concepts such as institute for learning and brain sciences. explain how young children learn so quickly, HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER probability to help make sense of the world For the study, researchers showed toddlers even in an uncertain and imperfect world. around them. how the game was played. A couple of wooden “Remarkably, they learn about causality ATHENS 32/26 Clear 34/26 Clear Researchers at the University of Washington blocks were placed on a small box and a mar- even if the people they are watching make WASHINGTON 31/19 Partly cloudy 30/20 Partly cloudy have found that toddlers could differenti- ble-dispensing machine was activated nearby. mistakes and are right some but not all of the SYDNEY 17/13 Chance of rain 18/12 Rain ate between two ways a game is played and One block activated the machine two-thirds time,” Waismeyer added. LONDON 22/16 Mostly cloudy 23/12 Chance of rain would opt for the one which is more likely to of the time, and a differently coloured and This intuitive grasp of statistics shows that PARIS 22/17 Chance of rain 22/20 Chance of rain be successful. shaped block triggered the machine only one- toddlers don’t need to have to go through trial ISTANBUL 28/20 Partly cloudy 28/22 Partly cloudy “In our study, we wanted to see if young third of the time. and error to learn - they can just watch what MANILA 30/24 Chance of rain 31/25 Chance of storm children could detect the difference between When it was their turn to play the game, other people do, researchers concluded. The DHAKA 32/26 Thunderstorm 33/26 Thunderstorm two imperfect ways of winning a game, most of the children (22 out of the 32) picked study was published in Developmental Science. DELHI 37/26 Clear 37/26 Clear and then use the better strategy to their the more successful block, demonstrating that IANS ISLAMABAD 32/23 Partly cloudy 32/24 Partly cloudy

Nasa probe New style camera crosses Doctors remove foetus left Neptune, on inside mother for 36 years way to Pluto NEW DELHI: Doctors in India lower right abdomen and feared have removed the skeleton of a it could be cancer — but further WASHINGTON: A new Nasa foetus that had been inside a tests and scans revealed a calci- probe called New Horizons woman for 36 years in what is fied mass. “Once we saw the scans, passed Neptune’s orbit on believed to be the world’s long- our first reaction was ‘what are Monday, nearly 25 years after est ectopic pregnancy, a doctor we dealing with’? It was actually Voyager 2 spacecraft executed has said. a matured skeleton encapsulated the first-ever flyby of faraway The 60-year-old woman became in a calcified sac,” Akhtar said. Neptune and its icy moon Triton. pregnant at the age of 24 but suf- “A 60-year-old woman with a It was a perfect time for the New fered a miscarriage because the foetus lying in her abdomen for Horizons team to pay tribute to foetus had been growing outside 36 years is a medical marvel. It’s Voyager 2. “We stand on the shoul- of her uterus, the doctor said. something we had never heard ders of giants — giants like Voyager The woman, from a poor rural about.” The doctors searched project scientist Ed Stone and his area of central India, was “terri- medical literature and discov- Voyager science team that pio- fied” of having surgery at the time ered a woman in Belgium who had neered how to do the exploration to remove the remains of the foe- retained the remains of a foetus of the deep outer solar system,” tus, and instead sought medica- for 18 years following an ectopic Alan Stern, principal investigator tion for the pain at a local clinic. pregnancy, the longest they could The re-arranged skeleton of a foetus of New Horizons, said. Although the pain gradu- find on record. believed to have been inside a New Horizons is scheduled to ally subsided, it returned years An ectopic pregnancy occurs woman for 36 years is pictured at pass through the Pluto system later, forcing the woman to seek when the egg implants outside the hospital in Nagpur. July 14, 2015. The New Horizons medical help in a city hospital, the uterus, usually in the fallo- probe took a photo of Neptune Murtaza Akhtar said. pian tubes. A team of doctors in first got to know what had hap- and its moon Triton — nearly 4 “She came to us complaining Nagpur successfully performed pened. But she is fine now and is billion km away at the time. of pain in the abdomen,” said surgery to remove the mass that recuperating,” Akhtar said. “They are so far away they ate Akhtar, head of surgery at the was lodged between the woman’s The footage shows the grey- only points of light. We do not see N K P Salve Institute of Medical uterus, intestines and bladder. haired woman, who has declined the kinds of detail to make the Sciences in the city of Nagpur. Skeletal remains that were to speak with media, resting discoveries that Voyager could. A model displays Casio Computer’s new style camera, the “Exilim “This is a case in which the removed are seen in video foot- comfortably on a hospital bed, That is the power of going close,” FR10”, which has a 14 megapixel CMOS camera and detachable woman got pregnant outside the age laid out on a hospital bed, and and being examined by her team Stern said. Astronomers are control unit with 2.0-inch LCD display, in Tokyo yesterday. Camera- uterus. She told us she was preg- include numerous parts of a rib of doctors. “As far as this case is expecting surprising results when nant in 1978 and it was a mature cage, leg and arm bones and sec- concerned, it’s the rarest of rare captured digital images or videos can be transferred to a control unit New Horizons reaches Pluto. pregnancy,” he said. tions of a skull, spine and pelvis. cases and very difficult to believe,” or smartphone through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connections. Casio will It is so dim and far away that Doctors felt a lump on her “She was shocked when she Akhtar said. AFP the best photos by Nasa’s power- put the water-proof action camera on the market on September 19. ful Hubble Space Telescope show Pluto as a blur of pixels, space. com reported. “Everything that we know about the Pluto system today could probably fit on one Tom Hanks’ new app an homage to manual typewriters piece of paper,” Stern added. New Horizons will map the dwarf planet and its five known TORONTO: A new app for the beatings,” Hanks stated in a note as they would with an old-school feel like you’re composing some- the three now available. Several moons, determine the composi- iPad aims to recreate the nos- shared in the app. “I’ve since manual. After text is written, thing special,” he said. other typewriter apps such as tion of Pluto’s surface and atmos- talgic sense of typing on a man- acquired many more — each dif- it can be emailed, printed, and Mills said that Hanks was TypeWriter for Android devices phere, search for undiscovered ual typewriter, but ramped up ferent in design, action and sound. shared from the app. actively involved throughout the and miTypewriter for Apple moons and a ring system. to meet the demands of digital- Each one stamps into paper a The free app includes one style creative process and often came Inc’s iPhone and iPad replicate IANS age word processing. permanent trail of imagination of typewriter with two more on up with solutions to challenges. the sound and visuals of a type- The brainchild of Oscar- through keys, hammers, cloth and offer featuring different sounds, “He wanted to create a product writer. They cost between $0.99 winning actor and collector of dye,” he wrote. visuals, ribbon colours and other that gave the nostalgia of a type- and $1.99. vintage typewriters Tom Hanks, The app allows users to type features, at $2.99 each. writer, but also composed well,” The free Electratype for iPad is the app, perhaps aptly called emails, letters and stories on a According to Clinton Mills, co- said Mills, adding that Hanks a virtual typewriter app for creat- Hanx Writer, replicates the aural virtual typewriter, accompanied founder and chief executive officer “didn’t want it to be gimmicky.” ing greetings that can be shared and visual sensations of old-fash- by the sound of clanking keys as of Hitcents, the Bowling Green, The actor uses typewriters via email or social media. ioned typing. each character appears on the Kentucky-based creative agency daily and has even written several While the app was the top “In the late 70s’s I bought a page beneath the type hammer. that developed the app, the appeal screenplays with vintage devices, downloaded iPad app in the typewriter — portable enough for Users can also “insert” new lies in hearing the rhythm of one’s Mills said. The company plans United States last week, some world travel and sturdy enough pages or pull pages up or down to work. “Whenever you type, the to continue developing the app question its staying power. to survive decades of 10-fingered adjust where text appears — just sounds the typewriter makes you and will add more keyboards to REUTERS Wednesday 27 August 2014 1 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 Volume 19 Number 6170 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Trade surplus Kuwait replaces touches QR33.2bn in July DOHA: Qatar’s trade balance head of market showed a surplus of QR33.2bn, an increase of QR0.3bn or 0.8 percent in July 2014 on year- on-year basis. In July, the regulator total exports of goods (includ- ing exports of domestic origin and re-exports) amounted to QR41.5bn, showing an Former finance minister to lead CMA increase of 0.6 percent com- pared to the corresponding KUWAIT: Kuwait is replacing education minister. He became month of 2013. the head of its securities regu- a board member of the CMA On the other hand, the imports lator after a stormy four years upon its creation; in his 40s, he of goods in July amounted to QR during which he drew criticism has a reputation as an effective 8.3bn, a decrease of 0.3 per- from some investors for his policymaker. cent over the value recorded attempts to clean up the bourse Falah and Hajraf could not in the same month last year, and for the stock market’s weak be contacted for comment on according to preliminary fig- performance. Tuesday and a CMA spokesman ures released by the Ministry Kuwait’s freewheeling stock was not available to comment on of Development Planning and market has one of the worst rep- the reasons for Falah’s departure Statistics (MDPS). utations in the region for patchy and the authority’s plans. The year-on-year rise in total corporate disclosure and illicit Kuwait’s stock market is up exports was mainly due to higher trade. just 6 percent from the end of exports of Petroleum gases and Wealthy individual investors 2010, against 65 percent for Saudi other gaseous hydrocarbons dominate the $113bn market, and Arabia and 205 percent for Dubai. (LNG, condensates, propane, some resented Saleh Al Falah’s One reason is persistent con- butane, etc.) reaching QR26bn efforts, as chairman of the Capital flict between parliament and the in July, ie an increase of 1.2 per- Markets Authority (CMA), to cabinet, which is chosen by a Qatari business delegation members during their meeting with Ethiopian president (right) yesterday. cent compared to July 2013, and crack down on improper specu- prime minister, appointed by the Petroleum oils & oils from bitu- lation. Longstanding tensions emir. minous minerals (not crude) between Kuwait’s parliament and Another reason, foreign fund reaching QR2.5bn (4.3 percent); the cabinet made the dispute a managers say, is Kuwait’s reputa- however, the increase was par- political issue. tion as an opaque market domi- Ethiopian president receives tially offset by the drop in exports Falah, who has held the post nated by speculators. A survey of Petroleum oils & oils from bitu- since the CMA began operating of a dozen international funds in minous minerals (crude) to reach in early 2011, will be replaced next February found Kuwait ranked Qatari business delegation QR7bn (13.8 percent). month by former finance minis- bottom among five major Middle In July 2014, the major coun- ter Nayef Al Hajraf, state news Eastern markets in its reputation tries of destination for Qatar’s agency KUNA quoted a cabinet for corporate information disclo- DOHA: Dr Mulatu Teshome, CEO of Vodafone Qatar; Jaber foreign investments from Qatar exports were Japan with QR decision as saying yesterday. sure and enforcing rules against President of Federal Republic of Al Harami, Editor-in-Chief and ready to create an invest- 10.9bn, a share of 26.2 percent of Falah was originally slated to illicit trading. Ethiopia, received a high-profile of Al Sharq Newspaper and ment-friendly environment, he total exports, South Korea with have a five-year term, but rules Falah set out to change this Qatari businessmen delegation Jamal Hammad, Deputy Chief said. QR 6.6bn(15.9 percent), and India were changed this year to reduce by tightening regulation. In June headed by Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Executive Officer of Al Ahli Sheikh Dr Khalid said the visit with QR 5.1bn (12.3 percent). a CMA chairman’s tenure to four 2013, the CMA issued new corpo- Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Hospital. was in response the invitation of During July 2014, Motor cars years, bringing his time in office rate governance rules for listed chairman of Ezdan Holding Welcoming the Qatari del- the Ethiopian government. It is & other passenger vehicles was to an end in September, local companies. Group, at the presidential pal- egation, the Ethiopian President an important occasion to discuss at the top of the imported group media reported. In March this year, a complaint ace in the capital Addis Ababa, stressed the need for further bol- ideas, projects and investment of commodities, with QR 0.7bn, The difficulty of reforming the by the CMA led to a Kuwaiti yesterday. stering the economic cooperation opportunities with senior busi- showing an increase of 2.1 per- stock market has held Kuwait back court fining the chairman of Al The members of the delega- between Qatar and Ethiopia. He nessmen and a chance to dis- cent compared to July 2013. while Middle East peers Qatar and Ahli Bank KD1.5m ($5.3m) over tion included Sheikh Turki bin said Ethiopian government is play ways of cooperation to build In second and third place the United Arab Emirates were alleged insider trading in the Khalid Al Thani, board mem- ready to offer all possible support mutual business and investment were imports of Electrical upgraded to emerging market sta- bank’s shares. The chairman ber of International Islamic, to attract foreign investments environment. T Apparatus For Line Telephony/ tus by international index com- denied wrongdoing. Ali Abdulrahman Al Hashemi and adopt a policy that protects here are broad opportunities Telegraphy, telephone sets etc; piler MSCI in May. The standard Such crackdowns triggered occa- of Mackeen Holding Company, investors and investments in the to be explored in the banking, with QR0.3bn, increased by 16.4 of a country’s regulatory frame- sional tumbles by the market’s Abdulbasit Ahmad Al Sheibi, country. insurance, real estate develop- percent, and Aircraft Spare work and consistent enforcement small-cap shares as speculators ran CEO of International Islamic, For his part, Sheikh Dr Khalid ment, health and communication Parts with QR0.2bn, increased of rules are among its criteria for for cover, prompting sharp criti- Ali Mohammad Al Obaidly, expressed his happiness in meet- sectors. by 6.0 percent. gaining that status. cism of Falah by some investors. CEO of Ezdan Holding Group, ing Ethiopian President. He “Building long lasting strategic In July 2014, UAE was the lead- Hajraf will face a challenge Protests at CMA policies Ali Ibrahim Abdulghani, CEO described the visit as promis- relationships in the private sec- ing country of origin of Qatar’s balancing the public and politi- prompted it to delay implementa- of Qatari Islamic Insurance ing. Sheikh Dr Khalid hailed the tor of both the countries will help imports with QR1.1bn, a share of cal pressures on the CMA with tion of some, including the dead- Company; Dr Ayedh Debsan efforts of the Republic of Ethiopia open new markets in Qatar and 12.9 percent of the imports, fol- Kuwait’s desire to develop its line for the corporate governance Al Qahtani, General Manager in encouraging investments that Ethiopia and promote new Joint lowed by China with QR0.7bn (8.7 financial industry. reforms which was pushed back of Skeikh Thani bin Abdullah shall benefit both countries. Ventures locally and internation- percent), and USA with QR 0.7bn Hajraf once served briefly as by 18 months to June 2016. Foundation for Humanitarian It’s glad to note that Ethiopia ally”, Sheikh Dr Khalid noted. (8.2 percent). finance minister and was also REUTERS Services (Raf); Kyle White Hill, is really keen on attracting THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

St Petersburg Agrorus Qatar real estate sector witnesses significant recovery: Ezdan report

DOHA: The real estate sector The report predicted that prop- the total transactions of the week. witnessed a significant recovery erty transactions will experience The top deal in Doha despite the ongoing summer hol- a rise in the coming weeks, espe- Municipality stood at QR125m idays, with the combined value of cially in the land lots sector, not- for the sale of a plot in Aslata transactions during the second ing that investors and real estate area of 611 square meters area week of August 10 to 14 reach- developers are directed towards at QR204,000 per square meter, ing at QR756.8m, registering a the establishment of more new among other property units. record four fold increase (345 real estate projects. The land plots transactions percent) compared to QR170.1m The report, based on the data dominated the deals by 50.4 per- in the previous week, according released by the Real Estate cent of the total transactions in to Ezdan weekly report. Registration Department at the Doha which was worth QR200.6m, There was an increase of 318 Ministry of Justice, pointed out while other real estate represented percent in the number of trans- that the average daily value of 49.6 percent worth QR197.1m. actions implemented during the real estate transactions amounted Al Rayyan Municipality ranked week which rose to 138 deals, com- to about QR151.4m compared to second in terms of trading value pared to 33 in the previous week. QR56.7m in the previous week. represented in QR119.7m com- Doha Municipality attained the Back to transactions dur- pared to QR53.7m from the pre- largest number of transactions ing the second week of August, vious week, a record rise of 123 implemented during the week, with Doha Municipality ranked first percent acquiring 15.8 percent of the execution of 43 deals, acquir- regarding the value of transac- the total transactions with the ing 31.2 percent of transactions fol- tions, acquiring real estate deals implementation of 29 deals. lowed by Al Rayyan Municipality worth QR397.7m compared to The highest deal in Al Rayyan which inked 29 transactions. Plots QR59.5m in the previous week, a was worth QR11.2m, through the of land continued to dominate the tremendous increase of 568 per- sale of a land lot in Gharrafa Al A customer chooses sausages during the international agro-industrial exhibition Agrorus 2014 in St Petersburg transactions and represented 66.6 cent through the implementation Rayyan of an area of 4148 square yesterday. The exhibition showcases baked goods, meat products, products from beekeeping, fish, among percent of total deals compared to of 43 transactions compared to meters at a rate of QR2700 per other food items. 33.4 percent of other real estate only seven deals struck in the last square metre. over all areas. week, acquiring 52.5 percent of THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Italy worried Fit place for IT start-ups over Russia gas supplies Pressure mounts on economic recovery

MILAN: Italy will struggle crisis-hit Europe, just a month to stay warm this winter if of freezing weather with key gas Russia’s conflict with Ukraine supplies down could see supply disrupts gas supplies and Libya shortfalls in Italy, and former Eni veers towards collapse, putting CEO Paolo Scaroni has warned a at risk an already shaky eco- halt to Russian gas flows would nomic recovery following raise prices and could cause sup- years of recession and sluggish ply problems. growth. North Africa also poses threats. Caught between dwindling gas Although oil and gas output in imports from North Africa and Libya has risen recently, Italian a rising dependency on Russia, importers worry that its exports Italy’s contingency plans for a might collapse as violence complete breakdown in Ukrainian escalates. transit flows consist of raid- Risks this year are particularly ing stockpiles, arranging costly high after price cuts led Italy to emergency shipments, as well as boost Russian imports to 49 per- forcing heavy industry to cut its cent of supply in the first half, output. up from 41 percent in 2013 and Import-reliant Italy uses gas 32 percent in 2012. At the same to fuel almost half its power time, the glut of Russian gas has Young employees of the Ustream start-up company work on their computers at their headquarters in Budapest yesterday. Availability of capital, plants, triggering fears the con- led Italian buyers to snub alter- well-trained engineers and lower salaries: professionals here insist Budapest is an ideal base for IT start-ups. flict between Russia and Ukraine native supply deals, reducing its as well as tit-for-tat sanctions options. between the West and Moscow Edison has suspended its con- could disrupt deliveries by tract with Algeria’s state-run gas Gazprom to Europe. monopoly Sonatrach, Enel has Al Khaliji named ‘Best Operational Bank Qatar’ “It’s a problem. In the short sold some of its liquefied natural term, Italy has no alternative gas (LNG) tanker cargoes from to Russian gas,” said Leonardo Nigeria to Britain’s BG Group, DOHA: Al Khalij Commercial Hesham EzzEldin (pictured), business intelligence products and Maugeri, ex-strategy head at while Eni has halved imports from Bank (al khaliji) QSC has been Acting Group CEO at al khaliji, ‘Treasury Trader’, which ena- Italian major Eni and now at Algeria and could incur extra awarded the “Best Operational commented, “We are very proud bles a seamless and transparent Harvard Kennedy School. charges if it requested more gas. Bank Qatar 2014” by the Global to have won this prestigious award flow of information synchroniz- Italy’s winter gas prices are Should gas be rationed, energy- Financial Market Review from Global Financial Market ing front, middle and back office trading ¤2.6 ($3.43) per megawatt intensive steel and chemicals (GFMR), one of the worlds’ Review, and we are especially investment banking operations. hour above rival benchmarks in industry would be first to feel leading global banking and pleased to be nominated as the The awards selection is based northwest Europe, underscoring the pain as household supplies finance online publications. Best Operational Bank in Qatar. on general criteria, includ- the view that its energy supplies are prioritised. With Russian and al khaliji ICT team has worked alkhaliji has recently endorsed a ing Transparency, Corporate are most vulnerable to Russian Libyan imports at risk, Algeria in collaboration with various new operational system that uni- Governance, Sustainability, gas cuts and cold snaps. has become key in safeguarding development companies and fies our core banking platform Volume of transactions, In 2006 and 2009, price disputes supplies. stakeholders across the bank and eliminate complexity.Our Innovation, Customer Service. between Russia and Ukraine, “If the agreement between to replace al khaliji core bank- new T24 core banking system Some of the specific criteria used which pumps half of Moscow’s gas Sonatrach and Eni enables ing system with T24 in just 15 was implemented by ‘Temenos’. included Market Capitalization, supply for Europe, triggered wide- Algerian gas to come back to Italy months. Accordingly, through a Recognition from a leading pub- Earnings per Share, Price/ spread disruptions and prompted then even a prolonged disruption unified system platform, the bank lication such as GFMR further Earnings Ratio, Total Revenues, Italy to rush through emergency from Russia shouldn’t have much was able to efficiently improve its solidifies al khaliji’s position as Net income, Operating Profits, measures that included tapping effect, but without Algerian sup- personal and commercial bank- one of Qatar’s leading and fastest- and other elements. in recognition of the exceptional strategic gas reserves. ply it could make things tight,” ing and treasury operations, trade growing banks”. al khaliji is the only Bank in manner in which these institu- Although things are different Wood Mackenzie energy analyst finance, customer relationship In addition to the successful Qatar among the international tions have performed over the this year due to a mild spring Massimo Di-Odoardo said. management and business intel- implementation of T24,al khaliji banking and financial institutions last year. and summer and low demand in REUTERS ligence functions. has also deployed ‘Insight’ for that received the GFMR awards THE PENINSULA

Chinese labour market Most regional stock Russia approves pumping $6.6bn markets climb into state banks MOSCOW: The Russian gov- DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse, International Petrochemical Co ernment has approved injecting encouraged by the prospect (Sipchem) rose 6.1 percent and 239bn rubles ($6.6bn) into two of opening up to direct for- Saudi Basic Industries added 0.7 of the country’s largest, state- eign investment, resumed its percent. controlled banks that have been uptrend yesterday on the back The oil price “is not a major hit with Western sanctions. of banks and petrochemicals, variable right now and that’s VTB Bank will get the lion’s while most markets in the why the market is ignoring it,” share of the funds, 214bn rubles, region also rose modestly. Sarwar said. Markets in the while Rosselkhozbank will get The main Saudi index climbed United Arab Emirates also edged 25bn, according to a decree signed 0.9 percent to a fresh six-year clos- up, but trading volumes remained last week and posted on Monday ing high of 10,940 points. Alinma low and declined from the last on the government website. Bank and Samba Financial Group session. Dubai added 0.1 per- Both banks were hit by sanc- were the main supports, jumping cent, largely thanks to developer tions imposed over Moscow’s 4.5 and 3.3 percent respectively. Emaar Properties which was up support for pro-Russian rebels Saudi banks have been the lead- 0.5 percent. in Ukraine that deny them most ers of a wider upswing triggered Abu Dhabi’s bourse gained 0.7 access to borrow on Western by regulators’ announcement on percent on the back of lenders financial markets. July 22 that the kingdom will such as National Bank of Abu The banks will issue new pre- open its stock market to direct Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Islamic ferred shares that will be acquired foreign investment in the first Bank, which added 1.8 and 5.1 by Russia’s National Welfare A man moves a bicycle loaded with plastic boxes as he passes a woman cleaning the street in Guangzhou, half of next year. percent respectively. Fund, a sovereign wealth fund Guangdong province, yesterday. Any marked weakening in the labour market would raise alarm bells for “The Saudi banking sector has Shares in Islamic insurer fed by the country’s massive oil China’s leaders, who regard healthy employment levels as a top policy priority. done very well in the last two National Takaful Co (Watania) revenues worth $86.5bn at the months, but we have to remem- surged 9.3 percent to 1.18 dirhams beginning of August. ber that between 2009 and 2011 it after the UAE stock market reg- The borrowing restrictions was a huge laggard,” said Shakeel ulator approved the takeover of crimp the ability of Russian banks Sarwar, head of asset manage- Watania by MB UAE Investments to lend just as flagging domestic China probes Windows web browser ment at Securities & Investment and its affiliate Al Madina demand has choked off growth and Co (SICO) in Bahrain. Insurance Co. the government wants domestic Banks lagged both the wider Al Madina Insurance indicated companies to step up investment BEIJING: Microsoft Corp’s issue of how Microsoft bundled player and browser bundling Saudi market in its recovery from in a separate statement to Oman’s to reduce reliance on the West. Windows web browser and its web browser and media player issue, said You Youting, a part- the 2008-2009 stock price crash, bourse that it would buy 14.3 mil- Russia has banned most EU media player are being targeted became the focus of respective ner at Shanghai Debund Law and their regional peers in met- lion Watania shares for Dh17.88m and US food products in response in a Chinese antitrust probe, antitrust cases brought by US Offices. rics such as price to book value, ($4.87m), implying it would pay to Western sanctions, which offi- raising the prospect of China and European authorities. “It’s possible the government which is often applied to lenders. Dh1.25 per share. Shares in Al cials said means the farm sector revisiting the software bundling Microsoft settled in 2001 with hasn’t been successful in find- “I think that convergence is Madina added 2.5 percent while will need nearly $18 billion in issue at the heart of past anti- the US Department of Justice ing what they’re looking for,” happening now,” Sarwar said. Oman’s index slipped 0.3 percent. additional investment to produce trust complaints against the a long-running case centring You said. “But by starting with According to Thomson Reuters Egypt’s main index fell 0.5 per- more of the country’s food. firm in the West. around whether it could bundle these two products, it gives them data, Alinma Bank and Samba cent as investors continued to sell The Vedomosti business daily The State Administration for its flagship Internet Explorer time.” Financial Group, whose shares stocks that had recently posted reported yesterday that the Industry and Commerce (SAIC) browser with Windows. A Microsoft spokesman have gained more than 30 percent strong gains, such as developer Russian government was consid- suspects Microsoft of not being In 2004, the European Union declined to comment when con- each since July 21, trade at 1.8 and Talaat Moustafa, which slid 2.3 ering creating a state reinsurance fully transparent with infor- ordered Microsoft to pay a 497 tacted by telephone. 1.4 times book value, based on percent after rising 26 percent in company, another sector in which mation about its Windows and million euro ($656m) fine and The Microsoft investigation estimates for the next 12 months. the last two months. the country is highly dependent Office sales, but the company has produce a version of Windows comes amid a spate of antitrust In comparison, National Bank Kuwait’s benchmark added 0.3 on foreign companies. expressed willingness to cooper- without the Windows Media probes against foreign firms in of Abu Dhabi trades at 1.9 book, percent and closed above 7,400 It quoted a finance ministry ate with ongoing investigations, Player bundled. The fine was later China, including mobile chipset Qatar National Bank at 2.2 and points for the first time since source as saying that creating Zhang Mao, the head of the anti- increased to nearly ¤1.4bn. maker Qualcomm Inc and National Bank of Kuwait at 1.8. May after the caibinet appointed such a company would require at trust regulator, told reporters at a China’s focus on two products German car maker Daimler AG’s Saudi petrochemicals were also former finance minister Nayef al- least $1.5bn to begin with, while the briefing in Beijing yesterday. previously litigated elsewhere luxury auto unit Mercedes-Benz. strong on Tuesday even as the Hajraf as chairman of the Capital financial magazine Dengi estimated As Windows became the appears to form the basis of The probes have renewed fears of price of Brent crude oil appeared Markets Authority, which regu- the sector as needing $10bn in capi- world’s dominant operating sys- its investigation, but the probe Chinese protectionism. set for a second straight monthly lates the stock market. tal to replace foreign companies. tem in the 1990s and 2000s, the could extend beyond the media REUTERS decline in August. 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Donnelley staff protests Bulgaria to seize 14 carmakers of Corpbank shareholder’s fined $420m by property

SOFIA: A Bulgarian court has ordered the seizure of property Indian regulator belonging to the main owner of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), a central bank deputy governor and six Tata slapped with $223m penalty other officials, prosecutors said on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: India’s anti- Tata Motors, which was The fate of Bulgaria’s fourth- trust watchdog has fined 14 slapped with the biggest fine of largest lender has been in limbo automakers a total of $420m for Rs13.46bn ($223 million), said it since June, when a run on depos- restricting competition in the would appeal. its prompted the central bank spare parts market and driving Last week China fined 10 to take control of it and close its up prices, a official said yester- Japanese auto parts firms a total operations, triggering the worst day, a few days after Chinese of more than $201m for price-fix- banking crisis in the Black Sea regulators took similar action. ing, reportedly the biggest-ever state since the 1990s. The Competition Commission such sum, as part of an anti- Corpbank has since remained of India found domestic auto- monopoly drive. shut and customers are demand- makers and local units of global “Given the regulatory scrutiny ing access to their remaining vehicle manufacturers guilty of automakers’ spare parts and serv- deposits. “anti-competitive conduct” by ice practices are receiving glo- An employee of US printing firm RR Donnelley holds a banner that reads “Pay our wages now” outside “On August 22, 2014, the curbing the number of spare parts bally, it’s likely more automakers a court building in Buenos Aires yesterday. Workers staged a protest to demand the authorities lift the Sofia City Court complied with and ordered them to “immedi- will start offering spare parts over bankruptcy petition filed by the company. the request of the Prosecutor’s ately cease-and-desist”. the counter,” said Anil Sharma, Office and placed the proper- The commission said in a hefty analyst at global consultancy IHS. ties of Tsvetan Vassilev under 215-page report the automakers’ The Indian fines come as other restraint,” prosecutors said in a actions had made parts unneces- domestic market regulators crack statement about the bank’s main sarily costly for around 20 million down on suspect practices amid Turkish assets firm on EU easing hopes owner. Indian consumers. Mark-ups on public anger over what is per- Vassilev, whose whereabouts some parts were as high as 4,800 ceived as a climate of widespread are unknown, was locked in a percent. corruption. ISTANBUL: Turkish assets recent months. Investors are also A Reuters poll of 20 banks public feud with a rival at the The body added some automak- Right-wing Prime Minister firmed yesterday one day before unsettled by violence in nearby found 13 expected the central time of the run on Corpbank. ers behaved responsibly towards Narendra Modi came to power in the central bank in Ankara Ukraine, Syria and Iraq. bank to leave its main weekly Bulgarian prosecutors have consumers in Western markets May on a platform of eradicating holds an interest-rate-setting Still, the lira firmed against the repo rate at 8.25 percent on charged him with embezzle- but failed to replicate such prac- corruption. meeting and with investors dollar to 2.1740 by 0810 GMT from Wednesday. Six predicted a 0.25 ment and said an international tices in India, which made their The competition commission expecting the European Central 2.1777 late yesterday. percent cut, and one expected a warrant for his arrest had actions “even more deplorable”. opened its investigation after Bank (ECB) to loosen monetary Istanbul’s main share index cut of half a percent. None saw been issued. He has denied any With India’s car market now learning about a spare parts policy as soon as next week. rose 1.04 percent to 80,089.95, a change in the 12 percent over- wrongdoing. the world’s sixth-largest, tighter shortage in India. ECB chief Mario Draghi said outperforming a 0.02 percent fall night lending rate. Prosecutors would not elabo- regulation “is a sign it is matur- “The 14 car companies were late last week that the central in the broader emerging markets Prime minister and president- rate on the value of his assets, or ing,” Deepesh Rathore, Director found to be indulging in prac- bank was prepared to respond index. The benchmark 10-year elect Tayyip Erdogan has long the seized property of the other of Delhi-based consultancy tices resulting in denial of market with all its “available” tools should government bond yield fell to pushed for sharper cuts in inter- six Corpbank senior officials Emerging Markets Automotive access to independent repairers” inflation drop further. 9.29 percent from 9.40 percent est rates but, earlier this month, and the central bank’s Tsvetan Advisors, said. and not providing them with Turkey’s large current account on Monday. the central bank said the inflation Gounev. Among the global companies branded spare parts,” the com- deficit is financed by foreign The Turkish central bank’s forecasts from its monthly survey Prosecutors said in June they fined were Toyota, Nissan, Honda, mission said. capital inflows, making it espe- monetary-policy committee, had increased. had opened an investigation Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes- “The fines total Rs25.5bn cially sensitive to global liquidity which holds its monthly meeting Deputy Prime Minister Ali against Gounev into his role as Benz, Ford and General Motors. ($420m),” said a commission offi- conditions. on Wednesday, is under pressure to Babacan called a meeting of banking supervisor. Local companies fined included cial, who asked not to be named, Speculation about when the counter excessive movements in the Turkey’s top economic policymak- Neither Gounev, his lawyer or Maruti Suzuki, Hindustan Motors and represent two percent of the US Federal Reserve would raise lira exchange rate and keep infla- ers on Sept. 2 to prepare and issue the central bank responded to and India’s leading vehicle maker, company’s annual revenue over interest rates and whether the tion under control. Yet it also faces a fresh mid-term plan for 2015 calls and emails asking for com- Tata Motors, whose domestic three years. ECB would loosen policy have calls from the ruling AK Party to to 2017. ment yesterday. operations are struggling. AFP contributed to lira volatility in cut rates to protect growth. REUTERS REUTERS Snapdeal teams up with Tata to sell homes online

NEW DELHI: Indian e-com- down payment of Rs30,000 ($500). Tata Value Homes, set up three merce site Snapdeal said yes- “We’ve changed the way con- years ago, is one of India’s fastest- terday it would sell real-estate sumers shop (through e-com- growing real estate developers. online, partnering with the merce). Now we intend to change “We strongly believe India is Tata conglomerate to supply the way they buy their homes,” ready to buy homes online,” said “affordable housing” in what it said Snapdeal founder Kunal Brotin Banerjee chief executive says is the first such venture in Bahl. of Tata Value Homes. India suf- the country. “This is the first time an fers from an acute housing short- E-Bay-backed Snapdeal and e-commerce site has got real age with some 19 million families Tata Value Homes, part of the estate as one of its categories in lacking homes, according a 2012 tea-to-steel Tata Group, will ini- India,” Bahl told reporters. housing ministry report. tially offer 1,000 units in seven Buying real estate in India is India’s leading e-retail sites, projects spread over five cities fraught with red-tape, concerns Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon, — Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, about building standards, authen- are battling to build up scale, add- Pune and Ahmedabad. ticity of title deeds and other ing warehouses, improving deliv- Average costs for the apart- headaches. “We’ll take the worry ery times and widening product ments will range from Rs3.1m out of this,” Bahl said. range, as Internet use soars in the ($51,000) to Rs7m ($115,000), Snapdeal, whose other inves- country. targeting India’s burgeoning and tors include Singapore state- Last month, Amazon, the increasingly affluent middle-class. owned investment company world’s largest online retailer, The prices are still considered Temasek and asset manage- said it would invest $2bn in its moderate as real estate prices ment firm BlackRock, calls itself Indian operations, a day after have been soaring in Indian cities. India’s largest online marketplace rival Flipkart got $1bn in inves- Purchasers will be able to reserve with five million products in 500 tor loans. apartments for a non-refundable categories. AFP

‘Good start’

A woman walks past Portuguese Novo Banco (New Bank) banners at its headquarters office in Lisbon yesterday. The banners read, “To be born with renewed commitment from 6,000 workers. It is a good start” (left) and “To be born with more than 2 million clients. It is a good start.” WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Dip in Best Buy profits Qalex receives StanChart may ISO 9001:2008 sell part of certification UAE business US settlement affects accounts

DUBAI: Standard Chartered It is not yet clear how much is aiming to sell part of its interest Standard Chartered’s business in the United Arab sale will draw, but cash-rich local Emirates (UAE) after it agreed banks could see it as a way to to close some accounts there in expand quickly — provided they an anti-money laundering set- do not feel handling the accounts DOHA: Qatar Aluminium tlement with US authorities, would increase their risk of get- Extrusion Company (Qalex), two sources familiar with the ting into trouble with US regula- the first local extruder in Qatar, plan said. tory authorities. has recently obtained the ISO Under the settlement In April, another British bank, 9001:2008 certification from T: announced last week, the bank Barclays, agreed to sell its retail V Nord, Qatar. agreed to pay a $300m fine, banking operations in the UAE Qalex was a brainchild of end high-risk relationships to Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Qatar Industrial Manufacturing with small-and medium-sized (ADIB) for an expected price Company (QIMC), which has enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE, of Dh650m ($177m), ADIB said. A Best Buy store in Westminster, Colorado. The largest US speciality retailer of consumer electronics, reported a holding of 40 percent in the and suspend processing of dol- The UAE bank said it aimed to lower-than-expected quarterly revenue for the third straight quarter. company, along with Salam lar-denominated payments for acquire 110,000 customers via International (20 percent), some clients at its Hong Kong the deal. Alutec (10 percent), QREIC unit. After its US settlement was (10 percent), Aluminium Gulf One source, who declined to announced last week, Standard Ray (10 percent), Qatar Oman be named as the matter is not Chartered said it had in any case Denmark pushes public spending Investments Co. (5 percent) and yet public, said the British bank been seeking to leave the bulk of Qatar Belgium Aliuminium Co (5 intended to retain a limited its SME business in the UAE as percent). The company with an number of larger SME accounts part of a broader effort to sharpen COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s later yesterday. government raises the deficit so extrusion capacity of 8,000 tonnes in the UAE which provided higher its strategic focus. government yesterday unveiled In eurozone-member Austria, that we reach the limit of what per annum started commercial revenues and low risk of violating “The UAE remains one of a budget proposal which would the Finance Minister Michael the EU allows,” party spokes- production in June 2012, and has money laundering rules. Standard Chartered’s lead- raise deficit spending, prompt- Spindelegger resigned yesterday man Peter Christensen said in a carved a niche for itself, within These accounts would go ing franchises globally and ing allegations from the oppo- over a disagreement about reform statement. a short span of time, despite through a re-qualification proc- the move does not reflect a sition that it was pandering to of taxes and the impact this would The rise in projected public competitive pressure from large ess, which could mean requiring decreased focus on the coun- leftist allies ahead of an election. have on the public deficit. spending comes after a recently exporters from the region. the holders to submit additional try,” it said. Public spending for 2015 was pro- Denmark’s Social Democratic- announced plan to improve men- Established on a sprawling documents. The rest of the SME Another banking industry jected to increase 0.8 percent from led government has been in power tal health services and cancer 28,000m2 plot in the New Salwa accounts would be offered for sale source told Reuters that Standard 2014 to four billion kroner (¤537m). since 2011 and will have to call an treatment, as well as investments Industrial Area, with state-of- as a business. Chartered was reassuring its cli- If approved, it would raise election next year at the latest. in education and higher subsidies the-art extrusion facilities housed The UAE central bank said last ents in the UAE there would be Denmark’s deficit to three percent Scandinavia’s weakest economy, for union memberships. in a 13,000m2 covered steel struc- week that between 1,400 and 8,000 no immediate impact on their of gross domestic product — the hit by anaemic consumer spending Denmark’s neighbour Sweden ture, Qalex has the capability to Standard Chartered accounts in accounts from the settlement and maximum permitted under EU after a housing bubble burst in 2008, on Saturday lowered its economic produce mill finish and powder the country were expected to be that business would continue as rules — based on an unchanged last breached the EU’s budget deficit growth forecast for 2014 to 1.9 coated profiles of various sizes affected by the US settlement. It usual. economic growth forecast of 1.4 threshold in 2012, when the meas- percent from a July forecast of 2.5 and shapes. It is in the process of said the bank would be liable to The terms of the settlement percent this year and two percent ure reached 3.9 percent of GDP. percent, and to three percent from expanding its capacity, as well as legal action by account owners give Standard Chartered 90 days next year. Right-of-centre opposition 3.1 percent next year, citing slow- adding facilities to produce other because of “material and moral to exit SME accounts in the UAE. Denmark is a member of the party Venstre accused the govern- ing growth in key export markets. value added profiles, in line with damage” to them. If that process is not completed European Union, but not of the ment of increasing public spend- Danish companies to be hit by changing market requirements. It “Reviewing portfolios is a nor- by the deadline, the bank must eurozone where debate over eco- ing in order to secure the support slowing exports include brewer is also designing its own sophisti- mal part of business activities suspend dollar clearing for them nomic policy and budget rigour of its two leftist allies in parlia- Carlsberg, which said earlier this cated architectural system, which and we will not be commenting at its New York branch, unless it has been highlighted by the col- ment, the Socialist People’s Party month that beer sales in Russia, will put the company in a differ- specifically on the statement from obtains an extension from regula- lapse of the government in France and the Red Green Alliance, in its biggest market, were expected ent league. the UAE Central Bank,” Standard tors in New York. on Monday. A new French gov- next year’s election. to fall. Abdul Rahman Al Ansari (pic- Chartered said yesterday. REUTERS ernment was due to be appointed “It’s very concerning that the AFP tured), Chairman of Qalex and CEO of QIMC said: “We never compromise on quality. The ISO 9001 certification is a confirma- tion that we have a top class Quality Management System in Hungary’s central bank leaves key rates unchanged place that ensures we produce profiles that consistently meet the highest quality standards”. BUDAPEST: Hungary’s cen- earlier monetary tightening in Investors will examine the analysts at brokerage Buda-Cash likely to tolerate further forint “We are thankful to T:V tral bank left its benchmark the United States could disrupt bank’s statement closely for said in a note. weakness. Nord, Qatar for undertak- interest rate on hold at a record the Hungarian bank’s plans, and guidance on how long its base Nervousness over the Ukraine- “We believe the positive growth ing the ISO 9001 certification low 2.1 percent yesterday in line it may have to raise rates earlier, rate might remain on hold. The Russia conflict has boosted the surprise (in Q2) should not assignment and executing it in with its guidance announced possibly late this year, some ana- statement was due on Tuesday at forint’s volatility since July, and impact the (Monetary Council’s) a professional manner. When an last month, when it ended its lysts said. 1300 GMT. in early August the currency stance of keeping monetary con- internationally reputed certifi- two-year easing cycle. In an August 19-21 Reuters After its July rate cut, the bank slipped to its weakest against the ditions loose and tolerating fur- cation body like T:V endorses The central bank, which had poll, 15 out of 16 analysts said that said the macroeconomic outlook euro since early 2012 at 317.30. It ther FX weakness amid slowing you, it gives you the confidence steadily cut borrowing costs from the bank would hold fire yester- “pointed in the direction of per- has regained some ground since export growth and a narrowing that you are going in the right a seven percent peak in 2012, now day. Only Danske Bank forecast sistently loose monetary condi- then. trade surplus as domestic demand direction. aims to keep rates at a record low that it would cut rates, by 10 basis tions.” Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy However, a law passed in June picks up,” Citigroup analyst “With the ISO 9001 certifi- for a long period to help economic points. said the bank would keep rates that is expected to cause losses Eszter Gargyan said in a note cation and the other exciting growth. Most analysts in the poll also unchanged until the end of next of up to 900 billion forints (3.8 earlier this month. developments happening in the At an annual rate of 3.9 percent projected a flat base rate through year unless inflation jumps. billion US dollar) for Hungary’s The government also plans to company, we are well positioned in the second quarter, Hungary December. But some saw a risk “The external environment has banks may weigh on the currency convert foreign-currency loans to cater to the aluminium needs outperformed other economies in that rates would start to rise late been volatile in the past weeks in the rest of the year, analysts into forints by the end of 2014, of the industrial, infrastruc- central eastern Europe. this year. The median projection so the question arises whether said. which could increase market ture and construction sectors in However, conflict in neighbour- was for the base rate to rise to 2.9 the central bank could be forced But some said the central risks. Qatar.” he added. ing Ukraine and expectations for percent by the end of next year. to raise interest rates earlier,” bank’s Monetary Council was REUTERS THE PENINULA

Portuguese banking Regulator’s nod for 60.53pc Watania Dubai to host MOCAfest stake sale from October 28 DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-listed Islamic insurer National Takaful DOHA: The power of creative of Islamic Economy initiative, Co (Watania) said yesterday industries to enable economic the two events are of consider- that United Arab Emirates reg- empowerment and social enter- able significance, especially since ulators had approved the sale of prise will be highlighted by Dubai Islamic art and design is a key pil- 60.53 percent of the firm to MB as it hosts the seventh edition of lar in the Dubai Capital of Islamic UAE Investments and an affili- Marketplace of Creative Arts Economy initiative. ate of MB. (MOCAfest), the arts and cul- A platform for a wide range of Watania said MB UAE ture festival of the World Islamic arts, from music, cinema, visual Investments would acquire 51 Economic Forum (WIEF), from arts, literature, poetry, dance and percent and Al Madina Insurance October 28 to 30 at the Madinat many more, this year’s MOCAfest Co would take 9.53 percent. The Jumeirah. As a prelude to the is based on the theme, ‘Bridging group would buy a total of 90.8 event, MOCAfellows, its arts res- Business to the Arts’, and is million shares. idency programme for 15 selected therefore focused on bringing The deadline for the purchase emerging talents, will also be together the creative and business is next February 24, Watania said held from October 25 to 27. world, providing them an oppor- in the statement, noting that the In partnership with Dubai tunity to learn from one another. regulatory approval did not con- Culture and Arts Authority, Featuring calligraphy, photog- stitute a commitment by the buy- MOCAfest and MOCAfellows, raphy, graphic design, fashion, live ers to actually execute the deal. are being held as part of the 10th installations, film festivals, music It did not give details such as the World Islamic Economic Forum, and poetry recitations, visual purchase price or who would sell organised by Dubai Chamber of arts exhibitions and workshops, the shares. Commerce & Industry and the MOCAfest will also put the spot- In a separate filing on the Oman WIEF Foundation for the first light on the arts and culture of the bourse, however, Al Madina said time in Dubai under the theme Gulf region. It will host networking it would buy 14.3 million Watania ‘Innovative Partnerships for sessions, masterclasses and artis- shares for Dh17.88m ($4.87m), Economic Growth’. With the 10th tic collaborations to explore the implying it would pay Dh1.25 per People walk near an office of Portuguese bank Banco Espirito Santo (BES) in downtown Lisbon yesterday. WIEF offering a major opportu- potential of the creative industries share. Espirito Santo family issued $6.6bn of new debt in the first six months this year. nity to form innovative partner- to drive socio-economic growth. REUTERS ships based on the Dubai Capital THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

ECB’s Draghi seeks to How to easily shrink taxes jolt eurozone into life without busting the budget

BY PAUL CARREL BY RAMESH PONNURU the priority for tax reformers. Lower rates advocated allowing businesses to write off would improve incentives to work, save and the full cost of their investments imme- rodding governments to do more to boost demand and few days ago, Rep Paul Ryan of invest, he argued, and thus increase eco- diately, and making up for the lost rev- hinting at European Central Bank action to go along with Wisconsin waded into a debate nomic growth. Higher growth would benefit enue by ending tax breaks for business it marks a major shift in ECB chief Mario Draghi’s euro- among his fellow Republicans households with and without children. borrowing. Pzone policy away from a focus on austerity towards reviv- about how they should think This is a friendly disagreement among That would make the US a more attrac- ing growth. In a landmark speech on Friday, the ECB president about tax policy. His words Republicans about what to emphasise. And tive destination for investment in a world of said it would be “helpful for the overall stance of policy” if fiscal Acarry weight among Republicans: They Ryan’s remarks point to a way it can be mobile capital, and thus promote economic policy could play a greater role alongside the ECB’s monetary almost universally respect his judgment on overcome. growth. policy, adding: “and I believe there is scope for this”. economic policy, and partly as a result have Some conservatives have argued that You can’t draw up a realistic budget with The comments marked an end to the tacit coalition of ECB decided to make him chairman of the tax- although cutting rates would be desirable, a top tax rate of 25 percent and a large child support in combination with German-style fiscal austerity that writing committee of the House should they the economic effect of doing so is bound to credit. (You might not be able to draw up a has been in place since the outbreak of the eurozone crisis. Draghi keep control of it in November’s elections. be smaller the lower the rate is. realistic budget with a top rate of 25 percent is now positioning himself closer to France and Italy. Tax policy is the choice by a government Cutting the top rate to 50 percent from even without the credit.) In effect, Draghi is placing more of an emphasis on fiscal stimu- as to what taxes to levy, in what amounts, 70 percent, as in President Ronald Reagan’s You probably can, however, draw up one lus than austerity. “It’s an enormous change,” said ING economist and on whom. It has both micro-economic first term, meant increasing the after-tax with a lower top rate than we have today Carsten Brzeski. “It is admitting that the recovery might not come, and macroeconomic aspects. return on a dollar earned to 50 cents from and better treatment for investment — that the eurozone’s problems go beyond structural reforms and The macroeconomic aspects concern the 30 cents. including parents’ investment in the next austerity measures. It might be a U-turn for how the ECB looks at overall quantity of taxes to collect, which That was an increase of 67 percent. generation. fiscal policy but not so much for how it looks at monetary policy.” can inversely affect the level of economic Reducing today’s top rate of roughly 40 Because that mix of policies would leave The eurozone economy is in danger of slipping again into reces- activity; this is one component of fiscal percent to 25 percent — assuming that many millions of middle-class families sion and inflation is barely registering in many places. policy. was politically feasible — would, on the ahead, it may well be easier to enact than This comes after the ECB has cut interest rates to record lows, Some Republicans, notably Sen Mike other hand, improve incentives by only 25 a plan that concentrates solely on reducing plied banks with cheap funding, offered them a new targeted Lee of Utah, have argued that the party’s percent. the top rate. Supply-siders, that is, might lending programme beginning in September and said it is ready perennial focus on cutting marginal tax Ryan countered in his interview that cut- achieve more of the rate reduction they seek to do more if needed. So now Draghi wants governments to do rates should be complemented by a revival ting rates is actually more important than if they embrace the credit. more to boost demand, which has been crimped by belt-tightening of its occasional interest in tax relief for ever. That’s because the United States is Combining these ideas, as Sens Lee and in crisis-hit states on the eurozone periphery. The core is also parents. less dominant than it was in Reagan’s day, Marco Rubio of Florida are now trying to starting to face weakness, with the Ukraine crisis sapping busi- Lee has proposed a plan that reduces the capital has become more mobile, and many do, seems like the obvious sweet spot for ness sentiment. top tax rate to 35 percent and also expands businesses pay under the individual income Republicans. It would allow them to be both Highlighting the bloc’s woes, a survey on Monday showed the tax credit for children. tax. pro-business and pro-middle class, pro- German business morale dropped for a fourth straight month Ryan has repeatedly said that the goal These are better arguments for reducing growth and pro-family. And if Chairman in August. Eurozone inflation data on Friday is expected to slow should be a top rate of 25 percent. And last taxes on investment, including business Ryan came on board, the party would find to 0.3 percent -- far below the ECB just-under-2-percent goal. week, he told the Weekly Standard that he investment, than for cutting income-tax itself in a new friendly agreement. The French government resigned, meanwhile, a day after still thinks getting tax rates down should be rates. Rep Devin Nunes of California has WP-BLOOMBERG Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg called for new economic policies and questioned neighbour Germany’s “obsession” with budgetary rigour. Draghi also used his speech at the Jackson Hole gathering of central bankers to point out that “financial markets have indicated that inflation expectations exhibited significant declines at all horizons” in August. He pointed to falls in the so- called five-year forward breakeven rate -- the ECB’s preferred measure of the inflation outlook, which measures roughly where investors see five-year inflation rates in five years’ time. This measure dropped almost 20 basis points in August alone, to last trade at 1.96 percent. Traders say it is close to its 2010 record lows of around 1.90 percent. Berenberg bank economist Christian Schulz described as “omi- nous” a sentence in the speech in which Draghi said of the shifts in inflation expectations: “The Governing Council will acknowl- edge these developments and within its mandate will use all the available instruments needed to ensure price stability over the medium term.” This raises the stakes for the Council’s September 4 policy meeting, with financial markets growing more excised about the prospect of the ECB embarking on a policy of quantita- tive easing (QE) -- essentially printing money to buy assets. An intense policy debate can be expected at the meeting, though it is probably too early for the ECB to embark on QE. Such an asset-buying plan could weaken the euro further, giving exporters’ an edge. However, opponents of the tool say there is little point in spending billions on bonds to lower their yields slightly when they are already near record lows. Before embarking on QE, the ECB wants to assess the effectiveness of its new targeted loans, or TLTROs. The ECB is offering banks a first tranche of the TLTROs on September 18, with a second shot in December and more thereafter. It expects total take-up of 450-850bn euros. The ECB is also intensifying preparations to buy asset-backed securities. The ECB is coming under pressure from its peers to do more. James Bullard, a top official at the US Federal Reserve, on Friday called on the ECB at the Jackson Hole conference to act to bolster the eurozone economy and lift inflation. Germany’s Bundesbank and other eurozone policy hawks will feel uneasy and under pressure after Draghi’s Jackson Hole speech, particularly as the German public remains deeply sceptical of loose monetary policy that many see as risky. “More and more money is not a panacea,” the Sueddeutsche Zeitung wrote in an editorial in its Monday edition, arguing for countries to bring their economies into order. “That is a task for the politician - not the central banker.” REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Italy not alone in failing to recognise competitiveness problem

BY HANS-WERNER SINN increasing its public debt. With Italian public debt is owned by was sustained until the end of 2013. before competitiveness improves, economy in the world. the European Central Bank and national subjects, a major differ- During this time, Italy became 25 there is reason to doubt whether The economist Mario Monti, taly is now in a triple-dip intergovernmental rescue opera- ence between Italy and Greece. percent more expensive than its election-minded politicians, with who followed Berlusconi as Prime recession. But it didn’t get tions keeping interest rates low, In addition, Italian living stand- eurozone trading partners. their short-term orientation, are Minister, attempted a real depre- there by itself. Yes, the econo- Italy’s public debt has been able to ards have a considerable north- Seventeen percentage points of capable of staying the course. ciation, introducing greater flex- Imy’s long slide reflects Italian rise by one-third from the end of south divide. The average GDP this rise can be accounted for by Former Prime Minister Silvio ibility into the labour market in leaders’ failure to confront the 2007 to the spring of 2014. per capita in the north exceeds higher inflation, and eight per- Berlusconi wanted to solve the order to force the unions into country’s loss of competitiveness; More specifically, Italy suf- by far the EU average, while many centage points through a revalua- problem by withdrawing Italy wage concessions. but it is a failure that is widely fers from structural weaknesses regions of Southern Italy are dra- tion of the lira conducted prior to from the eurozone and devaluing But Monti’s efforts came to shared in Europe. because of its geographical con- matically below. the introduction of the euro. the new currency. He conducted naught; among other problems, When the financial crisis formation and the lack of raw Italy has often been referred Relative to Germany, Italy exploratory conversations with the ECB, with its generous finan- erupted in the fourth quarter of materials and energy resources: the sick man of Europe, charac- became a whopping 42 percent other eurozone governments in cial help, removed the pressure 2007, Italy’s GDP plummeted by 7 in 2006 the country imported terised by economic stagnation, more expensive. That price differ- the autumn of 2011, and had sought from both unions and companies. percent, then picked up by 3 per- more than 86 percent of its total political instability and problems ential – and nothing else – is Italy’s an agreement with Greek Prime Enrico Letta, who followed cent, dropped again by 5 percent, energy consumption (99.7 percent in pursuing reform programmes. problem. There is no other solution Minister George Papandreou, who Monti as the head of Italy’s gov- rebounded by a measly 0.1 percent, of the solid fuels, 92.5 percent of By the end of August 2013, unem- for the country than to correct this proposed a referendum that effec- ernment, lacked a clear concept and lately, during the first half of oil, 91.2 percent of natural gas and ployment reached 12.2 percent imbalance by means of real depre- tively would have meant choosing for reform, and in turn was fol- this year, shrank again, this time 15 percent of electricity). (40.1 percent for youths). ciation. But accomplishing that between strict austerity and exiting lowed by the charismatic Renzi. by 0.3 percent. Altogether, Italian Italy’s new prime minis- Today, while the North and the is easier said than done. Raising the eurozone. But both leaders had But, though Renzi expends Gross Domestic Product has con- ter, Matteo Renzi, wants to Centre of the country have a GDP prices is almost never a real prob- to resign, only three days apart, in much verbal energy on the econ- tracted by 9 percent during the stimulate growth. But what he per capita which is about 115-125 lem. Lowering them or making November 2011. omy, so far he has given no indi- past seven years. really intends to do is accumu- percent of EU average, with the them rise more slowly than prices Higher political considera- cation that he understands the Industrial production, moreo- late even more debt. True, debt North being one of the industrial in competing countries is painful tions, as well as the interests of nature of Italy’s problem. ver, has plunged by a staggering spurs demand; but this type of cores of Europe, the South has a and unnerving. the banking system, militated Renzi is not alone in this. On 24 percent. Only thanks to stub- demand is artificial and short- GDP per capita which is just the Even if a country’s trade unions against an exit. Italy has a mar- the contrary, virtually the entire bornly persistent inflation has lived. Sustainable growth can be 70 percent of EU average enable such a policy through wage ket economy characterised by European political elite, from Italy’s nominal GDP managed to achieved only if Italy’s economy What Italy managed in the past moderation, debtors would run high per capita GDP and low Brussels to Paris to Berlin, still remain constant. regains its competitiveness, and by devaluing the lira must now be into difficulties, because they unemployment rates. Italy is the believes that Europe is suffer- Overall unemployment has within the eurozone there is only emulated through so-called real borrowed on the assumption that second-largest manufacturing ing from a mere financial and climbed to 12 percent, while the one way to accomplish this: by depreciation. The era of low inter- high inflation would continue. country in EU, and fifth-largest in confidence crisis. The underly- rate for youth not attending reducing the prices of its goods est rates that followed the deci- Many companies and house- the world, behind United States, ing loss of competitiveness is not school has soared to 44 percent. relative to those of its eurozone sion in 1995 to introduce the euro holds would go bankrupt. Given China, Japan and Germany. It’s discussed, because that is a prob- Italy has tried to counteract competitors. inflated a massive credit bubble in that disinflation or deflation the third-largest economy in the lem that discussion alone cannot the economic contraction by However, the biggest part of southern eurozone countries, which leads through a valley of tears eurozone and the tenth-largest resolve. THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Qatar volleyball team to play in Group A in Asian Games

A view of the main stadium in Incheon, South Korea, where the upcoming 2014 Asian Games will be held between September 19 and October 4. Qatar have been placed in Group A, along with South Korea, Kazakhstan and Taiwan, for the men’s volleyball competition at the upcoming Asian Games. Pool B includes Japan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Kuwait. Pool C has Iran, India, Maldives, Hong Kong- China and Pool D consists of Thailand, China, Turkmenistan and Myanmar.

Qatar beat Kuwait, Five home runs seal fail to make semis Baltimore’s victory Tampa Bay’s rookie Jake Odorizzi taken to cleaners

BALTIMORE: Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis hit consecutive homers in the fifth inning as Baltimore banged out five homers to ease past the Tampa Bay Rays and record a first victory in four contests. Baltimore hit five homers in all, four off rookie Jake Odorizzi (9-11). Nick Markakis and Steve Pearce started the onslaught with back-to-back shots in the third to spark the Orioles to their ninth win in 13 games against Tampa Iran’s Mohammad Yousofvand scores against Malaysia during a 23rd FIBA Bay this season. Asia U18 Championship match at Al Gharafa Stadium in Doha yesterday. After totaling four runs and PICTURE: BAHER AMIN 13 hits in three road losses to the Chicago Cubs, the Orioles got 14 hits against a Tampa Bay DOHA: Qatar salvaged some last two editions, take on Chinese staff that had a major league- pride and finished with an Taipei in the other semi-final. best 2.28 ERA since the All-Star 84-75 victory over Kuwait at Much like Gharafa SC, who break. the Al Gharafa yesterday but under coach Koussay Hatem won Chris Tillman (11-5) yielded an failed to make it to the final all the three titles of the season, unearned run and three hits in four of the 23rd FIBA Asia U18 teams going into Wednesday’s seven innings. He is 4-0 in eight Championship. play-offs game need good tem- starts since July 18. The semi-final berths were perament to succeed. Baltimore led 3-1 before pulling booked by the tournament’s tradi- Now that these four teams have away in the fifth. Three straight tional power houses Korea, China, actually made it to this stage – singles produced a run before Chinese Taipei and Iran — who where all the teams claim they Young hit a three-run drive to completed the final line-up yes- expected to be – the reality of left. Hardy chased Odorizzi with a terday with a characteristically the competitiveness also beckons comprehensive win, their sixth in them. Baseball Results as many games in the competi- The medalists in Doha will tion, against minnows Malaysia. earn the right to represent FIBA Baltimore 9 Tampa Bay 1 Baltimore Orioles left fielder Steve Pearce hits a solo home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the third inning Iran, the bronze medallists Asia at the 2015 FIBA U19 World at Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, on Monday. Philadelphia 3 Washington 2 at the 22nd FIBA Asia U18 Championship to be played at St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2 Championship, will now take on Crete, Greece. THE PENINSULA Boston 4 Toronto 3 shot to center, and Davis greeted were the four home runs. After the Rays scored in the the silver medalists of the last NY Yankees 8 Kansas City 1 Kirby Yates with his 22nd home Baltimore added a fielding gem third, Baltimore went up 3-1 two editions of the tournament, FIBA Results Oakland 8 Houston 2 run. in the sixth when center fielder in the bottom half. Markakis Korea, in a repeat clash of their Qatar: 84, Kuwait: 75 It was the first time since May Adam Jones made a leaping catch snapped an 0-for-21 skid with meeting at the same level two Miami 7 LA Angels 1 Hong Kong: 64, Jordan: 97 2012 that the Orioles homered in at the wall to rob Evan Longoria a two-run drive and Pearce fol- years ago. Texas 2 Seattle 0 China: 106, Kazakhstan: 53 three successive at-bats. of a homer. Jones then threw out lowed with his 15th homer, the China, who hold the record of Milwaukee 10 San Diego 1 Odorizzi yielded eight runs Matt Joyce, who tagged up from fourth in his last eight games. 10 gold medals in the FIBA Asia Chinese Taipei: 90, Philippines:86 Colorado 3 San Francisco 2 and 11 hits, both career highs, as first base. AGENCIES U18 Championship, including the Iran: 92, Malaysia: 36 Women’s NBA stars named England in comfort zone at World Cup for US worlds camp LONDON: Tournament hosts pool match at Manchester City However, Wales will play Among the sites chosen are England will have an additional football cub’s home ground on Australia and England at St George’s Park, the English COLORADO SPRINGS: USA Basketball named a squad of 27 advantage as they bid to win the October 10. Twickenham. Football Association’s centre of Women’s NBA stars for their camp that will eventually produce the 2015 Rugby World Cup after it As well as being based at Defending champions New excellence. American squad that will defend the crown in the upcoming World was announced yesterday they Pennyhill, England will also play Zealand will, in a reflection of England Rugby 2015 chief Championships in Turkey. would be at their regular train- three of their four pool matches at their fixture list, use three ven- executive Debbie Jevans said: “We Three-time Olympic gold medal winners Sue Bird (pictured), ing base for most of the event. their Twickenham home ground ues as training bases during are lucky to have some fantastic Tamika Catchings and Diani Taurasi and two-time Olympic champi- The Pennyhill Park hotel in in south-west London. the pool stage -- the Lensbury facilities right across the country ons Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles and Candace Parker are among Bagshot, south-west of London, “It’s great to have Pennyhill and St Mary’s University near and the enthusiasm to be part of the invitees. is where England base themselves Park as our training base,” said Twickenham, the Sport Wales the tournament has been really So were four other members of the 2012 during the end-of-year interna- Lancaster. “It’s a place we are National Centre in Cardiff and encouraging. Olympics championship squad — Lindsay tionals and the Six Nations. used to - the facilities are first- Darlington Mowden Park in She added: “We are confident Whalen, Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Angel Those familiar surroundings class, especially with the new north-east England. that we now have 41 high-quality McCoughtry. will also play host to coach Stuart training centre.” France, losing finalists in 2011, training environments which pro- In addition to titles from the past three Lancaster’s squad for at least the In total, Rugby World Cup will divide their pool stage prep- vide a home away from home for Olympic tournaments, Bird and Catchings led pool phase of next year’s World organisers announced Tuesday arations between The Vale and the teams.” the US women to world titles in 2002 and 2010, Cup as England seek to lift the that 41 training bases would be Trinity School in Croydon, south- Meanwhile International when the Americans made an unbeaten title Webb Ellis trophy for the second used during the tournament in east of London. Rugby Board chairman Bernard run. time after their 2003 triumph in September and October next year. All team bases will consist of Lapasset said: “The teams par- In all, US women have won the past five Australia. Wales will also have a cer- an outdoor and indoor training ticipating at England 2015 will Olympic crowns and four of the past five world Indeed England could be at tain amount of ‘home comfort’ facility, a swimming pool, gym and have access to exceptional facili- titles, losing only when Australia took the 2006 crown. their Surrey base for all but one with half of their preparations hotel. ties the length and breadth of the A final roster of 12 players will be selected to play in the World fixture in the tournament should taking place at the Vale Resort The facilities must meet inter- host nation. Championships, which run from September 27 to October 5 in Ankara they top Pool A and reach the near Cardiff, a familiar base for national team training standards. “It is the attention to detail on and Istanbul. final. Warren Gatland’s men, who will Match venue locations have also and off the field that will elevate “It’s some of the best players in the world,” US coach Geno Auriemma England will move away from also play two pool fixtures at the been taken into account as part of this event to new levels.” said. “I think we’re going to be able to pick a 12-player roster that’s Pennyhill ahead of their final Millennium Stadium. the selection programme AFP going to be as good as any team we’ve ever had.” WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Swedish golfers, Korean ‘Iron Lady’ Hosszu chasing archer take Youth gold

NANJING: Swedish golfers Marcus Kinhult and Linnea Olympic medal dream Strom prevailed in a play-off to take the mixed team Youth Olympic gold medal yester- ‘I will be taking part in a lot of races in Doha and I am excited about it’ day, with their accuracy on the greens only bettered by South Korean archer Lee Woo-seok. BY RIZWAN REHMAT you go for short-term goals or The bespectacled 17-year- A Glimpse on Career long-term goals? old archer amassed a huge 704 DOHA: Katinka Hosszu, the %Katinka Hosszu won her first medal at the Answer: Both, definitely. My out of 720 in the ranking round Hungarian swimmer nick- 2004 European Short Course Championships, long-term goal is pretty far away of the men’s competition on named “Iron Lady’, feels an elu- a bronze in 400m medley. because we have the 2021 World Friday and the bullseyes contin- sive Olympic medal would add %At the 2009 World Championships she won Champions in Budapest. We ued to flow yesterday as he beat sparkle to what many consider two bronze medals in 200M Medley and 200M (Hungary) will be hosting it. So Brazilian Marcus Carvalho Lopes is an amazing career. Butterfly, before becoming World Champion in I am actually thinking about it D’Almeida 7-3. The 25-year-old swimmer has 400M medley. already. I kinda wanna swim there Lee fired 13 out of 15 10s in the dominated the world of swim- %She was elected Hungarian Sportswoman at the 2021 World Championships. final, including four perfect sets, ming but is yet to win an Olympic of the Year for her achievements. Of course there is something like as he clearly enjoyed shooting medal despite competing at three %At the 2010 European Championships held Games closer to that - my goal is from 60 metres for the first time editions of the Summer Games. in her homecountry, she won a silver medal in to be on the podium there. I have instead of the 70m the seniors Competing in the 2012 Summer 400M medley and became European Champion short-term goals also. I want to normally take aim from. Olympics, Hosszu finished fourth in 200M butterfly, 200M Medley and as a do well at each competition I go The success for the Koreans in the final of the Women’s 400 member of the 4×200M Freestyle relay team. to. I have goals for each event. I made up for the disappointment Meter individual medley, with a %Competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics, have goals for tomorrow (FINA in the mixed golf where Kinhult time of 4:33.49. she finished fourth in the final of the Women’s World Cup in Doha). I will prob- and Strom edged Lee So-young “Of course, it is disappoint- 400 Meter individual medley, with a time of ably be swimming in a lot of races and Youm Eun-ho in the play-off ing. Every athlete who goes to 4:33.49. here. I am pretty excited. to take gold at the Zhongshan the Games, goes there with a % At the 2013 World Championships, she Question: How do you International Golf Club. dream. It was really hard for me pulled out of the 100m backstroke after qualify- cope with the husband-coach Lee, who won the girl’s indi- to come back from there (without ing second in the heats, to concentrate on the partnership? vidual gold last week, had forced final of the 200m individual medley which she a medal),” Hosszu said yesterday. Answer: It was hard at the first the extra holes after a birdie on subsequently won with a time of 2:07.92. “I felt a lot of pressure before four years when he started out the 18th left the two teams tied at % London and I really, really wanted At the 2013 World Cup she set world coaching me. We had to figure out 16-under following three rounds records in 100M IM, 200M IM and 400M IM, to do it (win a medal) at the how to become coach and swim- of competition, with both players breaking 200M record two times and 100M London Games. It didn’t happen. record three times during the World Cup series. mer in the pool. Now it’s been score counting on the final day’s Hopefully it will happen at Rio,” two years and we are starting to play. she added. learn to deal with this different Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu gestures on sidelines of the press But the birdies dried up in the Excerpts from a detailed chat to the Games, goes there with a relationship. We kind of leave the conference yesterday in Doha held to reveal details of the FINA World play-off and the Swede’s par-par with the star swimmer: dream. It was really hard for me swimming-coach relationship in Cup. PIC: ABDUL BASIT effort on the second extra hole Question: Are you satisfied to come back from there (with- the pool. Outside the pool we are proved too much for the par- with your career achievements? out a medal). The last two years I husband and wife. bogey of the Koreans allowing Answer: Yes. I actually said have been doing great. I never felt Question: How was your per- is something I really want to do, started calling me ‘Iron Lady’. Kinhult to add gold to the silver this before that the Olympics better before. I actually feel like I formance in Berlin? I want to break a world record. I didn’t care about it then. The he won in the boy’s individual title is what I don’t have. But if I have learned a lot from London. I Answer: I was pretty happy It has been five years since I have international swimming media event. were to stop swimming for some don’t fear failure anymore. I just how I did in Berlin. You know I been chasing this record. That’s loved it so it kind of stuck. I Boxers Chang Yuan and Jajaira strange reason right now I think try to do my best. I already had had a goal to do some best times. my big goal. It’s still my goal. I thought I will just go with it and Gonzalez made sure their gold I will be happy with my career so that big disappointment so I am I had competed in nine individual still haven’t achieved it. I liked it. So we will see how it medal bouts were nowhere near far. Definitely my goal is to get the not scared of it anymore. I felt a races so I am pretty happy. I got Question: Where did the “Iron goes. Let’s see - maybe we can be as close as the golf final with some Olympic medal. But I feel I have lot of pressure before London and six medals. I think we are doing Lady” title come from? a strong brand. brilliant displays as they easily done a lot in swimming already. I really, really wanted to do it (win so fast. Answer: Actually it is been two Question: Has the “Iron Lady’ won women’s titles. So, yes, I am pretty satisfied. a medal) at the London Games. It Question: Was it disappointing years when the Chinese gave it reached her peak as a swimmer? Chinese Chang was a class Question: Was it disappoint- didn’t happen. Hopefully it will to come short of a world record? to me. I was doing the Worlds in Answer: I want to get better. above Italian Irma Testa as she ing to miss out on a medal at the happen at Rio. Now I am okay. I Answer: You know, falling Beijing. I did a lot of races. I beat You know I feel like I have so won the 51 kilogramme title 3-0, London Games? think I have done a lot in the past short of a world record was not Olympic champions. And they much to improve on - mentally while American Gonzalez chopped Answer: Of course, it is disap- two years. disappointing because it means were like ‘how do you do that?’ and physically. I want to get bet- through Ireland’s Ciara Ginty in pointing. Every athlete who goes Question: As a swimmer do you are doing pretty well. And it Are you made of iron?’ And they ter every day. THE PENINSULA the 60kg category. REUTERS All-round Perera shatters Pakistan as SL square series HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: Prasanna. Umar Akmal was Thisara Perera smashed 65 off caught behind off Tillakaratne 36 balls and then grabbed three Dilshan for one and Shehzad wickets as Sri Lanka thumped became leg-spinner Prasanna’s Pakistan by 77 runs in the sec- second victim through a smart ond ODI yesterday to level the catch by veteran wicket-keeper three-match series 1-1. Kumar Sangakkara. The West Indies team poses with the trophy after winning the ODI series Sri Lanka recovered from 194-6 Left-arm spinner Rangana against Bangladesh 3-0 at the Warner Park Cricket Ground in Basseterre, to post a commanding 310-9 in Herath removed skipper Saint Kitts and Nevis yesterday. their 50 overs after electing to Misbah-ul Haq (36) and Sohaib bat, before dismissing Pakistan Maqsood (nine), before Perera for 233 in 43.5 overs in the day- ensured a quick finish to the night match in Hambantota. innings by taking the next three Bangladesh to lift ban Pakistan had won the first wickets. match at the same venue by four Sri Lankan captain Angelo wickets last week. The decider Mathews, who top-scored with will be played in Dambulla on 93, said winning the toss on the on Shakib from Sep 15 Saturday. slow pitch helped win the game. A second-wicket stand of 96 “It was a crucial toss to win DHAKA: Bangladesh all- threatened to quit playing for between Ahmed Shehzad (56) and because the wicket was getting rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s (pic- his country and had an alter- Mohammad Hafeez (62) lifted slower and slower,” he said. tured) six-month ban imposed cation with coach Chandika Pakistan to 114-1 by the 18th “We bowled badly in the first last month for “misbehaviour” Hathurusinghe. Shakib has over before nine wickets fell for 10 overs but then pulled it back has been lifted, the Bangladesh denied the allegation. the addition of 119 runs. very well. Cricket Board said yesterday. Yesterday’s decision paved the Hafeez, who had taken three “We will be a lot more confident “After September 15, Shakib way for Shakib to play in the wickets in Sri Lanka’s innings, now going into the last match.” will be available for selection,” home series against Zimbabwe in appeared in good batting form Sri Lanka were down to 62-3 Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera celebrates dismissing Pakistan’s Fawad Alam BCB president Nazmul Hassan October-November and the Asian with 11 boundaries when he was when Mathews and Mahela (not pictured) during the second ODI in Hambantota yesterday. told reporters after a board Games kicking off on September leg-before to spinner Seekkuge Jayawardene (67) salvaged the meeting. 19. However, the embargo “The Board acknowl- situation by adding 122 for the action after being reported by on participating in over- edged that the player Scoreboard fourth wicket. the umpires during the preced- seas competitions will had demonstrated SRI LANKA Sharjeel Khan c Herath b Malinga ...... 9 The dismissal of Jayawardene ing Test series. stand. exemplary behaviour U Tharanga c Akmal b Riaz ...... 27 Mohd Hafeez lbw Prasanna ...... 62 in the 34th over -- the first of Pakistan, hoping to win the Bangladesh’s most since he was handed T Dilshan c Akmal b Junaid ...... 13 Umar Akmal c Sangakkara b Dilshan ...... 1 three wickets in as many overs one-day leg after they lost the prominent cricketer was the penalty and we have K Sangakkara c Maqsood b Riaz ...... 11 Misbah-ul Haq c Kulasekara b Herath...... 36 by Hafeez -- saw Sri Lanka col- Tests 2-0, were also without banned for what the BCB been pleased with the M Jayawardene b Hafeez ...... 67 Fawad Alam c Mathews b Perera ...... 30 lapse from 184-3 to 194-6. frontline batsman Younis Khan, called a “severe attitude manner of his appeal,” A Mathews c Hafeez b Riaz ...... 93 Sohaib Maqsood lbw Herath ...... 9 Perera helped Mathews add 87 who returned home following a problem”. Hassan said. S Prasanna lbw Hafeez ...... 1 Shahid Afridi c Kulasekara b Perera ...... 17 off 57 balls for the seventh wicket death in the family. He later apologised and “The Board will A Priyanjan lbw Hafeez ...... 3 Wahab Riaz c Herath b Perera ...... 5 before the captain holed out to Misbah said his bowlers let Sri made a passionate public continue to monitor T Perera (run out) ...... 65 Junaid Khan b Malinga ...... 1 mid-wicket against Wahab Riaz Lanka’s lower order off the hook. plea to the board to reduce the him once he returns to playing N Kulasekara (not out) ...... 5 Mohammad Irfan (not out) ...... 1 seven runs short of a century. “We had them six down and punishment. cricket. We hope that he has had L Malinga b Riaz ...... 0 Extras (LB-4, W-2) ...... 6 Perera smashed five boundaries needed one more wicket quickly, Shakib, who has played 34 the opportunity to reflect on a Extras (LB-11, W-13, NB-1) ...... 25 Total (all out in 43.5 overs) ...... 233 and four sixes in his whirlwind but that did not happen,” he said. tests and 136 one-day-interna- difficult phase in his life and will Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 310 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-114, 3-115, 4-147, innings as the hosts plundered 101 “We missed Ajmal in this tionals, was accused of travel- come back as the player the world Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-51, 3-62, 4-184, 5-192, 6-202, 7-223, 8-231, 9-231, 10-233 runs in the last 10 overs. game. He would have made a big ling to the West Indies to play in knows and the personality every- 5-188, 6-194, 7-281, 8-310, 9-310 Bowling: Kulasekara 4-1-23-0; Malinga 6.5- Hafeez finished with three for difference on a wicket like this.” the Caribbean Premier League one expects him to be.” “Nothing Bowling: Irfan 10-0-65-0 (w2); Junaid 8-0-64-1 0-56-2 (w1); Herath 10-2-38-2; Mathews 39 from 10 economical overs, The match was originally Twenty20 tournament without can be more painful than staying (nb1, w4); Riaz 10-0-65-4 (w6); Afridi 10-0-51-0 2-0-15-0 (w1); Prasanna 10-0-36-2; Perera while Riaz took four for 65. slated to be played in Colombo on clearance from his board and was away from cricket,” Shakib, the (w1); Hafeez 10-0-39-3; Shehzad 2-0-15-0. 3-0-19-3; Dilshan 5-0-25-1; Priyanjan 3-0- Hafeez stepped in for the pro- Wednesday, but heavy rains in the subsequently ordered to return to world’s leading all-rounder, said PAKISTAN 17-0. lific Saeed Ajmal, who was yet to Sri Lankan capital forced officials Bangladesh. last month in his first comments Ahmed Shehzad c Sangakkara b Prasanna . 56 Result: Sri Lanka won by 77 runs. return from Australia, where he to change the venue and advance The 27-year-old had reportedly since the ban. REUTERS underwent tests on his bowling the game by a day. AFP WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 US Open: Djokovic, Sharapova enjoy easy sailing as others toil Murray fights cramps to advance, Venus rallies to defeat 43-year-old Date-Krumm

NEW YORK: Former champi- Eighth-seeded 2012 champion ons Novak Djokovic and Maria Andy Murray fought off cramps Sharapova sparkled under the to beat Dutchman Robin Haase in Arthur Ashe Stadium lights four painful sets, while women’s to end a steamy first day that second seed Simona Halep lost proved more than a little stress- an early tiebreak to US debutant ful for several of the US Open Danielle Collins before claiming favourites yesterday. victory. Djokovic, who had won only two And in an intriguing match-up matches in the hard court run-up of 19th seed Venus Williams and to the season’s final Grand Slam Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan, after getting married just days the oldest players in the women’s after his Wimbledon triumph, draw, some pesky bees joined in was back to his best once the and refused to leave them alone. center court spotlight shone on Murray appeared on course him at Flushing Meadows. for an easy victory before he fell The 2011 champion treated victim to cramps that left him his first-round match against stretching and straining to get unseeded 22-year-old Argentine comfortable before clinching a Diego Schwartzman like a breezy 6-3, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 7-5 victory over workout, dominating in all phases Haase. with 24 winners including seven “I felt extremely good before aces in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 rout. the match, and I did train very, His fast work followed a very hard to get ready for the scintillating finish by French tournament,” said Murray, one Open champion and 2006 win- of the fittest players on the ATP ner Sharapova, as the fifth seed Tour. won 10 straight games to prevail “My quads were cramping, then 6-4, 6-0 after falling 2-4 behind it started to get to my lats, then against her Russian compatriot my forearms,” he added. “I just and old friend Maria Kirilenko. tried to hang around and at the Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates after winning the first set against Despite the night programme end I was trying to play without Maria Kirilenko of Russia during their US Open singles match at the starting one hour later than moving my legs much and man- USTA Billie Jean King National Center in New York, yesterday. RIGHT: scheduled due to ceremonies fea- aged to get through.” Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his win over Diego Schwartzman of turing bands, speeches and fire- Murray said he might consult Argentina during their men’s singles match yesterday. works, Djokovic enabled the New with a nutritionist before meet- York night crowd to head to the ing his second-round opponent, exits shortly before the stroke of Germany’s Matthias Bachinger. advance. Asked about who pre- The 60th-ranked Kyrgios Gojowczyk of Germany. Halep “The first set I was a little bit midnight. A less serious intrusion hit the sented the peskier test in the two- moved on to a second-round survived a scare in the tourna- nervous. This court is huge. “I’m very pleased,” the Serbian irresistible women’s clash between hour match, two-time US Open match against Italy’s Andreas ment’s first match on stadium “I have to enjoy it, but it’s not world number one said in a court- seven-times grand slam singles winner Williams said: “The bee Seppi. court before overtaking Collins easy. Everybody is telling me I side interview after his 97-minute winner Williams and Japan’s was a challenge but easily the Advancing with relative ease 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2. have chances to win this title.” win. “It’s never easy to start a U.S. remarkable Date-Krumm, who answer is Kimiko.” in straight sets were Australian The 22-year-old Romanian, a She moves on to face Slovakian Open smoothly.” were beset by bees. In an upset on the men’s side, Open champion Stan Wawrinka French Open finalist, admitted to Jana Cepelova, a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 win- Several of the favourites at First the 43-year-old Japanese twice US Open semi-finalist of Switzerland and fifth-seeded a bout of nerves in being thrust ner over Spain’s Maria-Teresa Flushing Meadows could attest player and later 34-year-old Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, the Canadian Milos Raonic, a onto the big stage as the open- Torro-Flor, in the second round to his opinion. Williams dipped, ducked and 21st seed, fell to big-serving Wimbledon semi-finalist. The ing act of the season’s last grand of the season’s last grand slam. Busy bees made life difficult for danced away before ballgirls Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios Swiss third seed beat Jiri Vesely slam. Also advancing on the women’s two grizzled veterans and a pair helped usher the stubborn swarm 7-5, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (1). of the Czech Republic to set up “She played a tough match, I side were fourth seed Agnieszka of favourites were forced to work away from the baseline. The 19-year-old Kyrgios, who a second-round test against want to congratulate her,” Halep Radwanska of Poland, sixth seed overtime on a hot, steamy day at When finally left to play ten- made a Wimbledon splash by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, while said of her 20-year-old opponent, Angelique Kerber of Germany, the US National Tennis Center nis on a sun-bathed Arthur Ashe ousting Rafa Nadal in the fourth big-serving Raonic defeated who was given a wild card into her and former world number one that drew a combined 57,000 fans Stadium court, Williams stung round to reach the quarter-finals, Japan’s Taro Daniel to get to first tour-level event for winning Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, the to the day and night sessions. her opponent 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to blasted 26 aces. the next round against Peter the US collegiate championship. ninth seed. REUTERS Federer still game’s top moneymaker NEW YORK: Roger Federer June, ranked second on the list with a knee injury. World number euros) that included $9m (6.8m has not won a Grand Slam title at $44.5 m (33.7m euros) but was one Serena Williams ranked sixth euros) in sponsorship deals and this year but the 17-time Grand on the sidelines as the US Open on the money list with $22m, half Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki Slam champion topped Forbes began in New York because of a from prize money. 10th on $10.8m (8.1m euros), magazine’s list of the 10 top ten- wrist injury. Britain’s Andy Murray, whose $9.5m (7.2m euros)of that from nis moneymakers. Nadal had $30m (22.7m euros) earnings jumped more than $4m the endorsements. The Swiss star made $56.2m in sponsor money. Serbia’s after he became the first British Meanwhile, Argentine authori- (42.6m euros) from July of last Djokovic was third with $33.1m man to win the Wimbledon crown ties have opened an investigation year through this past June, with (25m euros) that included $12.1m since 1936 last year, ranked sev- into the financial affairs of tennis endorsement deals from such (9.1m euros) in prize money. enth on $19.1m (14.4m in euros), star Juan Martin del Potro, who is firms as Rolex and Nike bringing Russian beauty Maria with $15m (11.3m euros) of that suspected of tax evasion, officials the lion’s share of that total, more Sharapova was fourth overall from endorsements. said on Monday. than $40m (30m euros). but topped the women on the With his Adidas contract expir- Local press reported that the At age 33, Federer owns list with $24.4m (18.5m euros), ing this year, a lucrative new deal case against del Potro, ranked 13 three titles in 2014 and was a $22m (16.6m euros) of it from with adidas or Nike could raise in the world, involved prize money Wimbledon runner-up, dropping endorsements. his total next year no matter how from 2010, the year after he won the final in five sets to top-ranked China’s Li Na, who won her sec- he fares at this year’s US Open. the US Open. Novak Djokovic. ond Grand Slam title in January Victoria Azarenka was “It is true that an investiga- Roger Federer of Switzerland talks to the media during previews for the Five men and five women at the Australian Open, was fifth eighth at $11.1m (8.4m euros), tion over tax evasion has been US Open tennis at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in this made this year’s list. Spaniard on $23.6m with $18min endorse- with $7.5m (5.6m euros) from opened against del Potro,” a judi- August 23 file photo. Rafael Nadal, who won his ninth ment income. endorsements, with Japan’s Kei cial source said on condition of French Open crown this past She is absent from the US Open Nishikori ninth on $11m, 8.3m anonymity. AFP Pacquiao won’t ‘waste time waiting’ for Mayweather bout

MACAU: Manny Pacquiao and may never be seen in the same In 2010, Pacquiao and “The possibility to fight with Chris Algieri are on a two-week, ring. “We can’t waste our time Mayweather were close to agree- him, you know, the question is globe-trotting tour to promote waiting for him,” said Roach. ing a fight between the two not for us,” Pacquiao said. “It’s their welterweight title fight in “We’ve done everything we could greatest boxers of their genera- for them because any time we are November, but the match the to make that fight happen. It’s tion, which could potentially have willing to fight, any time. I think world truly wants to see looks like, we’re available if he’s inter- generated a record $300m in pay- that question belongs to them, further away than ever. ested in it, but again we can’t sit per-view revenue. their camp.” When Pacquiao met the around waiting for him.” But it fell through because The biggest hurdle that remains press in Macau, questions about Eight-division world champion Mayweather was unhappy with -- and it is a huge one -- is the his elusive megafight with the Pacquiao’s next date is a World Pacquiao’s drug-testing proce- animosity between Pacquiao’s undefeated American Floyd Boxing Organisation welterweight dures in training. promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank Mayweather met with a sharp title defence against the unde- That issue receded after and Mayweather’s Golden Boy response. feated WBO junior welterweight Pacquiao agreed to Olympic- promotions, who have deals with “Who’s that?” Pacquiao joked, title-holder Algieri on November style testing, and the Filipino icon rival pay-per-view networks HBO when Mayweather was mentioned 23 in Macau’s Cotai Arena. expressed his frustration that a and Showtime, respectively. by reporters. The pair were in Macau on Mayweather clash has still moved Arum admitted HBO and Pacquiao’s hall-of-fame trainer Monday and Shanghai yesterday, no closer after getting his career Showtime had to “find a way to Manny Pacquiao (left) from the Philippines and Chris Algieri of the US Freddie Roach was less jovial, and they will move on to promo- back on track with comprehen- promote and satisfy both sides pose during a promotional event of their next fight at a hotel in downtown conceding bluntly that the two tional events in San Francisco, sive victories in the past nine from a legal basis”, before the Shanghai yesterday. Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title boxing legends, both in the twi- Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New months over Brandon Rios and biggest money fight in the sport’s against Algieri in Macau on November 22, 2014. light of their glittering careers, York in the next 12 days. Timothy Bradley. history could be agreed. AFP WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT My version Qatar’s Al Attiyah aims for is different, says Rosberg

LONDON: Nico Rosberg has questioned Lewis Hamilton’s version of events after the second outright triumph Mercedes team-mates collided while contesting the lead on the second lap of the Belgian Grand After dramatic win in Hungary, Qatari driver gears up for Polish race Prix on Sunday. Hamilton told reporters at Spa on Sunday that the Formula One SZCZECIN BEZRZECZE, Bla usiak drives the third Team championship leader had told a Poland: The Belgian Overdrive Orlen car under the Overdrive team meeting after the race that Racing Team continues its Racing banner and is partnered he did it on purpose ‘to make a hectic month by entering five by the Frenchman Edouard point’. Toyota Hiluxes in this week- Boulanger. Rosberg, who has dismissed end’s Baja Poland, round eight The 31-year-old Pole is an the collision as a racing inci- of the 2014 FIA World Cup for esteemed motorcycle rider in dent, said on a video blog from Cross-Country Rallies. trials, enduro and endurocross Hamburg that he saw it differ- The three-day Polish event, and is a five-time winner of the ently. “Definitely one of the more Nasser Saleh Al which is centred in the town of Erzberg Rodeo, a four-time cham- difficult video blogs today,” said Attiyah in action Szczecin Bezrzecze is an impor- pion in the FIM Indoor Enduro the German. “I’ve been told what tant one for the Overdrive Team World Cup and a winner of the in this photo Lewis said in the press and the for three different reasons and AMA EnduroCross title on five taken during way he has stated his version of takes place from August 29 to 31. occasions. He has also won four the Hungarian the events. All I can say is that Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Moto X Enduro gold medals and Baja, earlier my view of the events are very Attiyah and his French naviga- a bronze at the X Games. this month. The different. tor Matthieu Baumel are chas- The Overdrive Racing team Qatari driver “The thing is it’s just bet- ing outright honours in this year’s is also taking part in this week’s heads a four- ter that I don’t now give all the FIA World Cup. 22nd Rally dos Sertões in Brazil car Overdrive details of my opinion and things The Polish Team Orlen quar- with the local duo of Reinaldo Racing team like that. I hope you respect that,” tet of Marek Dabrowski/Jacek Varela and Gustavo Gugelmin. in Poland this added the German. “I prefer to Czachor and Adam Malysz/Rafal The pair won the Prologue and weekend. just keep it internal.” Marton will be hoping to reach the first of the selective sections Rosberg left Spa with a 29 the podium on their home round on Sunday. point lead over Hamilton, who of the championship and the tal- This event reaches its conclu- retired from the race with a dam- ented Dutchman Bernhard Ten sion on August 30. aged floor to his car after picking Brinke joins the team for the first The team also plans to enter up a puncture as a result of his time with Belgian co-driver Tom one Toyota Hilux in the exciting team mate’s front wing hitting his Colsoul to begin their prepara- Great China Rally, which takes rear tyre. tions for the 2015 Dakar Rally. place at the start of September Mercedes motorsport head Polish driver Tadeusz ‘Taddy’ and has been organised by the Toto Wolff said on Sunday the post-race meeting with drivers Chinese in collaboration with with the Belgian team in Poland. Holowczyc. In 2012, Overdrive had been heated and explained former Dakar Rally chief organ- “This is an important rally Racing only fielded two cars in that Rosberg had wanted to show iser and consultant for everyone connected with our Poland for Szymon Ruta and the he was not going to back off but Hubert Auriol. The experienced team,” said Jean-Marc Fortin. Hungarian Erik Korda, but the had not intended to collide. Zhou Yong will drive the car. He “Nasser needs to keep the team enjoyed a superb result last Rosberg said there had been an has already taken part in several momentum going if he is to win year, with Russian Aleksandr “important discussion” with more Dakar rallies. the FIA World Cup for the sec- Zheludov claiming the outright to come before the Italian Grand Al Attiyah and Baumel sealed ond time and both Marek and win from Dabrowski. Malysz fin- Prix at Monza next week. a dramatic last stage win in the Adam will want to perform well ished fourth and a time penalty “Now we need to look forward. Hungarian Baja two weeks ago in front of their home supporters cost Nunzio Coffaro a potential There will be another discus- and know that a second successive and hopefully, challenge for the second place and he reached the sion for sure because we need outright victory would give them podium,” he said. finish in fifth to give Overdrive to see if we need to change our a superb chance of overhauling “It is great to have Bernhard Racing four cars in the top five. approach in the future, as we did Vladimir Vasilyev at the top of and Tom in the team and we wish The competition gets under- in Hungary. And we will do that,” the FIA World Cup standings them well and are confident that way on Friday evening with the said the driver. with two more rallies to follow in they will be competitive from start ceremony at the Sports and “I’m confident that as always Morocco and Portugal. the start. We also give a warm Entertainment Arena in Szczecin we are going to find back to our Dabrowski finished eighth two welcome to Taddy and Edouard Bezrzecze at 17.30hrs (CET) way. And then keep fighting in weeks ago after earlier delays and and look forward to working with and this will be followed by an Monza and on we go.” Malysz will be hoping to bounce them this weekend.” 8.00km Prologue stage, starting Rosberg was blamed by team back from a disappointing outing In addition to FIA World Cup at 18.00hrs. bosses after the race for causing in Hungary. leader Vasilyev, the Overdrive The first of the longer selec- what was an avoidable collision., Overdrive Racing’s team direc- Racing quartet face a fierce tive sections (Poligon Drawski although stewards took no action tor Jean-Marc Fortin announced challenge from the likes of 192.00km) gets under way at and the governing body is unlikely Overdrive Racing team director Jean Marc Fortin (left) with Matthieu Ten Brinke was joining the team Czech driver Miroslav Zapletal 08.00hrs on Saturday and this will to take it further. Jenson Button, Baumel, the French navigator of Nasser Al Attiyah. last month and the Dutchman is and strong Polish rivals, Martin be repeated from 14.00hrs in the the 2009 world champion was also relishing his opportunity to work Kaczmarski and Krzysztof afternoon. THE PENINSULA critical of Rosberg. REUTERS

Everton eye Eto’o deal: Benzema, Ronaldo score to give Real Reports winning start; champions Atletico held LONDON: Everton are mov- ing closer to signing Cameroon MADRID: Real Madrid got in the day for his conduct towards half hour mark as Benzema ended striker Samuel Eto’o before their La Liga campaign off to the officials in the second leg of his four-month goal drought at the end of the current transfer a winning start as they beat Atletico’s Super Cup victory over club level with a thumping header window, several British media newly promoted Cordoba CF 2-0 Real on Friday and his side suf- to power Kroos’ corner in off the organisations, including the at home, but champions Atletico fered a hangover from that match post. BBC, reported yesterday. Madrid were held 0-0 away to in a lacklustre performance. However, Cordoba were nearly The 33-year-old forward Rayo Vallecano on Monday. Mario Mandzukic had been level from a corner of their became a free agent at the end of Without the Manchester the match winner against Real, own just before half-time when last season following his release United bound Angel di Maria, but the Croatian striker had an Havenaar got between Casillas by Chelsea. Real were also far from convinc- evening to forget at Vallecas as and the Real defence but saw his Everton were reported to ing at the Bernabeu but got the he wasted Atletico’s best two header fly just off target. have held talks with the former three points thanks to Karim openings towards the end of the Cordoba appeared to take heart Barcelona forward last week. Benzema’s first-half header and first-half as he fired into the side- from that opportunity, though, as It was thought those discus- a characteristic thumping fin- netting from Cristian Ansaldi’s they were the better team after sions had broken down but the ish into the bottom corner from low cross and then placed a shot the break against disjointed Liverpool Echo newspaper said Cristiano Ronaldo in stoppage too close to Rayo keeper Cristian Madrid. discussions had re-started, with time. Alvarez from the edge of the area. Casillas was forced into his first the Merseyside club prepared to However, there was no such joy Rayo had by far the better of serious save as he pounced on offer Eto’o a two-year deal should for Atletico as with coach Diego the second-half, but despite their Matos’ shot after an error from he complete a medical yesterday. Simeone watching on from the failings going forward, Atletico Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after Alvaro Arbeloa. If Eto’o does join Everton, he stands they played out a bore remained solid at the back. scoring against Cordoba CF in their first La Liga game in Madrid on James Rodriguez struggled to will become the club’s fifth signing draw with Rayo. Manucho had the best chance Monday. recreate his stellar World Cup of the transfer window period fol- Simeone had been handed an to win the game as he dove to form on his home league debut lowing Mohamed Besic, Brendan eight-match touchline ban earlier meet Javier Aquino’s cross, but after a 75m euro ($99m, £60m) Galloway, Christian Atsu and his header was turned away by not an easy time of the season to move from Monaco, but the £28m man Romelu Lukaku. Atletico keeper Miguel Angel do so,” Ancelotti said. “We suf- Colombian did nearly make the Eto’o scored nine goals in 21 Moya. fered a little bit, but we controlled game safe for Los Blancos with a Premier League appearances “In the first-half when we the game. We tried to mix pos- fierce strike that Carlos did well for Chelsea last season and has Rayo were on top and had two or three session with playing a bit more to parry to safety. bagged more than 300 in his Vallecano’s chances we couldn’t score the goal direct.” Madrid were served a warn- career. Alberto Bueno and it is normal that the other Cordoba were playing in their ing 20 minutes from time when His arrival at Goodison Park jumps for the team reacts,” said Simeone. first top flight game for 43 years Casillas could only parry Fidel’s would be timely for Everton man- ball during their “In the second half they played and nearly had a dream start effort into Xisco’s path, but the ager Roberto Martinez, still with- match against a lot better. I don’t know if they against Real’s Galacticos when former Newcastle United for- out the sidelined Arouna Kone, Atletico Madrid created many chances, but they Mike Havenaar pulled his shot ward’s finish was rightly ruled who remains out of action with a at Vallecas had a constant threat of danger. just wide from edge of the area. out for offside. knee injury. Real boss Carlo Ancelotti also The European champions And despite failing to shine, Stadium in The vastly-experienced Eto’o believed his side’s below par per- slowly began to impose them- Real did eventually ensure they Madrid on won the Champions League twice formance was down to their exer- selves on the visitors as the first- started with a win as Ronaldo with Barcelona and again with Monday. tions against Atletico. half wore on and Juan Carlos picked up the ball midway inside Inter. Everton have drawn both “There was a bit of tiredness had to be alert to parry powerful the Cordoba half and strode for- their opening two league games because since the 12th we have efforts from Ronaldo and Kroos. ward before unleashing a fine shot 2-2. AFP played every three days and it is Madrid did go in front on the low past Carlos. AFP WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Man City ominous after cruising past Liverpool Jovetic’s double and a third by substitute Aguero seal 3-1 victory Angel Di Maria

MANCHESTER: A Stevan United agree Jovetic double and a third to Sergio Aguero helped Manchester City send out an to British ominous warning to those with designs on their Premier League crown, routing Liverpool 3-1 in record fee the first heavyweight clash of the new season on Monday. for Di Maria With new signing Mario Balotelli watching from the LONDON: Manchester United stands, last season’s runners- have agreed a British record up Liverpool looked lively in transfer fee of £59.7m ($98m) to miserable conditions at Etihad sign Argentina midfielder Angel Stadium, but an error from deb- Di Maria from Real Madrid utant Alberto Moreno allowed according to British media the Montenegro international reports on Monday. to smash the ball home on 41 Several media outlets, includ- minutes. ing the BBC, reported that United Jovetic grabbed his second 10 have finally sealed a deal for Di minutes after the restart, putting Maria after several days of nego- away Samir Nasri’s low cross, tiations with the Spanish club. while Aguero scored 23 seconds The 26-year-old was said after coming on as a substitute to have been seen arriving at as Manuel Pellegrini’s side put United’s training ground on down an early-season statement Monday evening as he prepares of intent. to put pen to paper on a reported After going agonisingly close five-year contract worth an esti- to winning their first league title mated £200,000-a-week. in 24 years last season, Liverpool Di Maria’s move to Old are desperate to mount another Trafford was expected to be com- creditable challenge, but despite pleted yesterday and would shat- nine new arrivals they are still ter the previous British record fee looking to adjust to life without of £50m paid by Chelsea to sign Luis Suarez. Manchester City’s Stevan Jovetic celebrates after scoring a goal against Liverpool during an English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium in Spain striker Fernando Torres The Merseysiders failed to Manchester on Monday night. from Liverpool in 2011. seriously trouble Joe Hart United last broke the British despite having plenty of ball pos- League after a season and a half but was culpable for City taking for a second, a scuffed effort his own goal, but hopes of a come- transfer record when they paid sesion and earned a consolation at AC Milan, having previous quit the lead. from Jovetic finding the back of back were curtailed when Glen Leeds £29.1m for Rio Ferdinand through a Pablo Zabaleta own City after falling out with then Dejan Lovren, under pressure the net after fine lead-up work Johnson hobbled off, leaving the in 2002 and the deal will also goal when the result was already manager Roberto Mancini. from David Silva, was unable between himself and Nasri, the Reds to finish with 10 men and eclipse the club record £37.1m sealed. The 24-year-old Italian to get any power on a clearing Frenchman finding his team mate with a early dent to their title they splashed out to sign Juan “Every game we play at home appeared at ease in his old stomp- header, but Moreno was caught with a low ball through the box. hopes. Mata from Chelsea in January. against the big four teams it’s like ing ground, warmly greeting some on his heels, allowing Jovetic to Aguero made it three, having “Up until they scored we were Real manager Carlo Ancelotti six points and you have to make a of his old team mates before tak- beat him to the ball and smash it been on the pitch for 23 seconds, the better side,” Liverpool man- revealed over the weekend that statement,” midfielder Nasri told ing a seat in the stand. past Simon Mignolet. getting in behind the Liverpool ager Brendan Rodgers told Sky Di Maria had said goodbye to his Sky Sports. On the pitch both sides looked The Montenegro international defence and finishing off Jesus Sports. team-mates and he was absent “It’s important. Last year dangerous on the break, with struggled with injury in his first Navas’ searching pass. “We switched off just before from the Madrid squad as they Jovetic was injured and we saw 19-year-old Raheem Sterling par- season in England, but after The Argentina striker has half time and we gave away two beat Cordoba on Monday. in pre-season he was on fire and ticularly lively on Liverpool’s right impressing in pre-season has been now scored in both City matches, poor goals really. They worked the His arrival in Manchester today was a big start for him for and giving Gael Clichy plenty of given the chance to partner Edin despite playing less than 45 min- ball well for the second one but would be the headline deal of this season.” defensive work. Dzeko in attack with Aguero still utes in total. the third was poor from our point United’s overhaul under new The pre-match interest sur- Spaniard Moreno, an off-sea- working his way back to fitness. Liverpool pulled one back when of view. We just need to refocus manager Louis van Gaal, who rounded the return of the con- son arrival from Sevilla, offered The home fans only had to Zabaleta, under pressure from and look to the weekend now.” has already spent a combined troversial Balotelli to the Premier some decent balls from out wide wait 10 minutes after the restart Rickie Lambert, put the ball in REUTERS £72m on England left-back Luke Shaw, Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera and Di Maria’s Argentina Arsenal striker Giroud team-mate Marcos Rojo, who is also left-footed like him. Lampard retires from Assuming the transfer is final- ised on schedule, Di Maria, capped out of Besiktas clash 52 times, could make his debut at LONDON: Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud (pictured) will miss Burnley on Saturday as van Gaal today’s Champions League play-off second leg against Besiktas with looks to revitalise a United team international football an ankle injury, manager Arsene Wenger said. still without a win after the first Giroud, 27, was hurt late in his side’s 2-2 Premier League draw two games of the new Premier LONDON: England midfielder 1999, going on to play at three with Everton on Saturday, with media reports suggesting the France League campaign. Frank Lampard (pictured) has World Cups and two European forward could be out for up to three months. Van Gaal said he needs more retired from international foot- Championships. Wenger said he would definitely not play creativity in the team after ball after winning 106 caps. He make headlines at the 2010 against Besiktas at the Emirates Stadium, with Wayne Rooney and Robin van The 36-year-old was released World Cup in South Africa when an assessment by a specialist the same day Persie were starved of chances by Chelsea in May after 13 years he had a goal wrongly disallowed likely to shed light on how long he may be out. during the 1-1 draw at Sunderland at the London club and he signed in a second-round clash with “Olivier will not play against Besiktas on Sunday. Di María should help for New York City before agree- Germany, a match England went and will see a specialist, then we’ll make solve this problem. Last season ing to move to Manchester City on to lose 4-1. an announcement of how long he’ll be out,” in La Liga he provided 17 assists, on a six-month loan deal. Hodgson paid tribute to Wenger told reporters yesterday. four more than any other player, Lampard scored 29 goals for Lampard, telling the Football “It can be (a long term injury). We’ll see Former Benfica star Di Maria England and captained the team Association website that he was tomorrow. I don’t know (if it’s broken). It’s sad has an impressive pedigree after in their last group match against a superb representative both on for us but we are focused on the game.” winning the Champions League Costa Rica at this year’s World and off the pitch. The first leg finished 0-0. with Real last season and the Cup in Brazil. “To reach in excess of 100 Theo Walcott is still returning to full fitness after a long layoff and Spanish title in 2012. “I have taken the decision to international caps is something Wenger said he was yet to give thought as to whether he would delve He was also named on FIFA’s retire from international foot- very few professionals achieve into the transfer market should Giroud, who was hurt shortly after 10-man shortlist for the best ball,” he said in a statement and he is in exalted company,” scoring Arsenal’s 90th minute equaliser at Goodison Park, be a long- player at the recent World Cup yesterday. Hodgson said. term absentee. Victory over would see Arsenal reach the Champions where Argentina reached the “It has been a very tough deci- he added. “He has served the national League group stage for the 17th straight season. REUTERS final. AGENCIES sion for me to make which is why “It is now the time to move team quite brilliantly during his I have given it so much thought forward and I feel very confident 15-year international career.” since the World Cup. I have that with Roy Hodgson in charge, Hodgson had spoken with Algerian club gets stadium ban always been exceptionally proud the young players that we have Lampard about his intentions and honoured to represent my coming through, and the changes after he joined City, adding that country and have to say looking that are being made throughout he would not try and change his ALGIERS: Algerian side JS CAf, on their website, reported: Ebosse died after being struck back I have enjoyed every minute the development of the youth mind. Kabylie were handed a stadium “After deliberations, the (FAF) on the head by a ‘heavy blunt of wearing the England shirt.” system in this country, that we “It is with regret that I accept ban yesterday as initial punish- Disciplinary Committee ruled on object that caused a hemorrhage’, Lampard said it was time put will have success in the future and understand the decision he’s ment in response to the killing the first of a series of measures the Tizi Ouzou state prosecutor his family first given that he was and a team that this country made. of their player Albert Ebosse against JS Kabylie, in its capac- confirmed late Monday. soon to be playing in the United deserves.” “I wish him the best of luck by a missile thrown from the ity as hosts of the match held on “I have asked the police to use States. England captain Steven with Manchester City and New stands. Saturday (23 August 2014) at the every legal means possible, includ- “Also, to concentrate on how Gerrard ended his long interna- York City and I’d like to thank The sanction was agreed after 1 November 1954 Stadium in Tizi ing television images, to identify I can perform consistently to tional career last month. him for all the help he’s pro- a meeting between the Algerian Ouzou. the culprit and bring him to jus- the best of my abilities over my Lampard made his interna- vided for me during my time as Football Federation (FAF) and “The Committee decided that tice,” his statement added. next few years in club football,” tional debut against Belgium in England manager.” REUTERS the north African nation’s pro- the club will play their champion- “The police have also been fessional league, announced the ship games outside the Tizi Ouzou instructed to investigate the cir- Lampard Factfile Last international appearance: June 24, 2014, vs Costa Rica (0-0) Confederation of African Football province whilst the 1 November cumstances in which the guilty Playing honours (CAF). 1954 Stadium remains closed until person was able to obtain the Born: June 20, 1978 The 24-year-old Cameroon the outcome of investigations. rocks, or other objects, and then International Birthplace: Romford, England forward was slain when a hail of “These are the first sanctions, thrown them at the players.” Position: Midfielder World Cup: quarter-finalist (2006), second round (2010), first round missiles rained down from the pending the outcome of various Ebosse’s death has sparked Playing career (2014), 10 matches, 0 goals stands as players left the pitch investigations. national revulsion in the proud Clubs: West Ham 1995-2001, Swansea (on loan) 1995-96, Chelsea European Championships: quarter-finalist (2004), 4 matches, 3 goals after a league match on Saturday “FAF and the LFP will study football country with the attack 2001-2014, New York City 2014-present (currently on loan at Man City) Club (with Chelsea) at Kabylie’s home ground. the case in the coming days for coming following the Desert National team: England 1 Champions League (2012), finalist (2008); 1 Europa League (2013); 3 Last season’s top goalscorer sanctions whether nationally or Foxes’ best ever World Cup Appearances: 106 English Championships (2005, 2006, 2010); 4 English FA Cups (2007, was struck on the head and pro- internationally since JS Kabylie, campaign. Goals: 29 2009, 2010, 2012); 2 English League Cups (2005, 2007); 2 Community nounced dead after he was rushed after placing second in the league All this weekend’s league games Debut: October 10, 1999, vs Belgium (2-1) Shields (2005, 2009) to a hospital at Tizi Ouzou, east of last season have qualified for the have been called off in protest at the capital Algiers. CAF Champions League.” the striker’s killing. AFP Wednesday 27 August 2014 1 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 Volume 19 Number 6170 Sport Price: QR2

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DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal later, Al Hilal midfielder Salem Al yesterday reached the semi- Dawsari tried a solo move from finals of the AFC Champions the edge of the box but his shot League following a goalless draw sailed above the crossbar. against hosts Al Sadd of Qatar. Al Sadd’s Ibrahim Majid (right) Close to the end of the stale- Al Hilal’s 1-0 win in the first leg vies for the ball with Al Hilal’s mate, Al Sadd forward Saleh in Riyadh last week helped the Yaser Al Shahrani during their AFC Al Yazidi was provided with a Saudi side scrape through after Champions League quarter-final near-perfect cross by Hassan Al both sides failed to find the net at match at the Sheik Jassim Bin Haydos but the diminutive striker the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Hamad Stadium in Doha yesterday. could only end the move with a where the rough pitch did not weak header with only the goal- allow the teams to play freely. keeper to beat. Al Hilal will now face Emirati Seconds later, Al Yazidi beat side Al Ain, who defeated Saudi the Al Hilal goalkeeper but the Arabia’s Al Ittihad 3-1 in their ball hit the goalpost and bounced quarter-final second leg at the back much to the dismay of the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium home fans. on the outskirts of Mecca. THE PENINSULA Going into the match, Al Ain already had a two-goal advantage, which they extended — thanks to AFC Champions goals by Asamoah Gyan, Omar Abdulrahman and Ibrahim Diaky. League Results Al Sadd captain Talal Al Balooshi said in Doha: “We tried At Doha our best. We made some changes Al Sadd (Qatar) 0 Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) 0 Al Hilal win 1-0 on aggregate for this game. It was a tough game. We had the chances to At Mecca score at the fag end of the game fans who came in large numbers. seven for Al Hilal when they did close range in the 10th minute. Karim had a clear shot at goal Al Ittihad (Saudi Arabia) 1 (Ismael Ahmed but luck was not on our side.” We tried our best to score at least not concede a goal in this year’s In the 15th minute, Al Hilal but a defender blocked it with a 36) Al Ain (UAE) 3 (Asamoah Gyan 40, Omar Al Balooshi added: “We could one goal so that we could hold a tournament. midfielder Mihai Pintili brought sliding dive. Abdulrahman 66, Diaky Ibrahim 83) have played better but certainly big lead but Al Sadd fought well. After a delayed start of nearly down Rodrigo Tabata with a Seconds later, Al Hilal’s Thiago Al Ain win 5-1 on aggregate. we gave it our best shot. Al Sadd This victory is for our fans.” 20 minutes, Al Sadd’s Nadir vicious tackle but the referee Neves went solo with a shot from Today’s matches were up against a tough side.” Yesterday’s clash — played in Belhadj provided a looping pass yo urged players to play on, much to the edge of the Al Sadd box but FC Seoul (Korea) vs Pohang (Korea) Al Hilal skipper Yasser Al front of a near-packed Jassim team-mate Abdulkarim Hassan the dismay of the home team. goalkeeper Saad Al Sheeb pock- Guangzhou Evergrande (China) v Western Qahtani said: “We did it for our Bin Hamad Stadium — was game who failed to head home from In the 30th minute, Al Sadd’s eted the fierce shot. Two minutes Sydney Wanderers FC (Australia) FINA Swimming World Cup kicks off in Doha today

DOHA: The world’s most pow- three golds and two silver medals erful swimmers have arrived so I already feel confident in my in Doha ahead of the FINA performances at the pool here in Mastbank Swimming World Hamad Aquatic Centre. I’ve spent Cup Doha — 2014. a few days training and relaxing Reigning FINA World Cup in Doha but now I can’t wait to champions Katinka Hosszu of compete again. It’s the first race Hungary and South Africa’s Chad in the series and, personally, I Le Clos lined up alongside home will be looking to make a strong crowd favourite Oussama Mellouli start here and get some impor- of Tunisia at the Hamad Aquatic tant points early on in the series Centre here yesterday as the as I defend my overall World Cup city prepared to host two days of title.” incredible action in the water on “As athletes, we travel all over August 27-28. the world for competitions. Seeing Speaking on the eve of the different, new cities is one of the event, President of the Qatar great things about this job and Swimming Association, Khalil Doha has been very welcoming Al Jaber, said: “We are looking this week already,” he added. FROM LEFT: Secretary-general of the Qatar Swimming Association, Ali Yousuf Al Jabir, reigning FINA World Cup champion Katinka Hosszu, Tunisian forward to an action-packed two Also defending an overall swimmer Oussama Mellouli, Cornel Marculescu, Executive Director, FINA, and President of the Qatar Swimming Association, Khalil Al Jaber, during days ahead where we will witness FINA World Cup title this year a press conference in Doha yesterday. PICTURE: ABDUL BASIT the strength, power and dedica- is Hungary’s ‘Iron Lady’ Katinka tion of so many of the world’s best Hosszu. She sped through the familiar with the city which will Swimming Championships (25m) me this weekend and help me per- a leading swimming nation, this swimmers right here in Doha. As 2013 series with six world records, help our preparations for the to be held in Doha December 3-7, form to my best.” year promises to see both local organisers we are committed to winning 32 events and securing World Championships.” to help inspire the next gen- The FINA Swimming World and international athletes deliver growing swimming at all levels the World Cup Champion female “Everybody will be looking eration of swimmers not only in Cup has been in operation since performances in the pool that will and I hope by watching these title by an impressive 537 points. to push themselves over the Qatar but across the region. 1979 allowing the best swimmers land in the record books. world-class athletes compete even The eyes of the swimming next two days to see what kind The three-time Olympic med- in the world to compete between As well as the FINA Mastbank more (people) will be inspired to world will be on Doha this year of times we can achieve in the allist from Tunisia commented: Olympic events through a series of Swimming World Cup, Qatar will take up the sport. This is just the as it becomes the only city in pool as we prepare for the World “2014 offers a fantastic opportu- two-day meets organized between also host the 3rd FINA Aquatics start of an exciting year for swim- FINA’s history to host both a Championships here too — so you nity for Swimming in the Middle August and November each year. Conference (November 29th- ming in Qatar.” FINA Swimming World Cup can expect some close races.” East. With a World Cup and Thirty-six events make up this December 01, 2014), directly South Africa’s Chad Le and a FINA Swimming World Arguably the most successful a World Championships being year’s competition programme in ahead of the 12th FINA World Clos, the Olympic, World and Championships. swimmer the MENA region has hosted in Qatar this year it’s Doha, including two mixed relay Swimming Championships Commonwealth Games cham- Hosszu said: “The facilities at ever produced, Oussama Mellouli crucial that we use the power of events. Over the course of four (December 3-7, 2014). pion, has twice won the Overall the Hamad Aquatic Centre are returns to Doha this year not only those events to inspire talent and months, the World Cup compe- The upcoming World Cup event Swimming World Cup in 2011 and excellent — it is a great chance for as a competitor but also in the leave a legacy for the sport across tition series will travel to seven is free to attend with tickets 2013, making him a force to reckon us to compete here in the same role of ambassador. He will play an the region.” locations across the Middle East, available for collection between with in the water. Speaking ahead venue that will host the World important role in support Qatar’s “This is a region very close Europe, and Asia and will award 8am and 8pm from the Hamad of the FINA Mastbank Swimming Championships in December. mission to use the power of both to my heart and so it’s great to $2m in prize money for the world’s Aquatic Centre. For more, log on World Cup Doha, Le Clos com- We have an opportunity to test the FINA Swimming World be back here. I hope the home most elite swimmers. to www.qatarswimming.com. mented: “Last year in Doha I took out the pool and become more Cup and the 12th FINA World crowds in Doha will get behind With Qatar fast developing as THE PENINSULA