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Sunday 10 August 2014 • 14 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6153 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Investors in Qatar raises real estate over QR148m eyeing Doha outskirts DOHA: With project works of for Gaza relief Doha Metro rail picking up, real estate investors are increas- ingly looking to invest in the Funds pour in at festival in one night outskirts of the city, the areas covering an estimated over DOHA: In an exemplary show Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) and 100km network. of solidarity with the people Katara held a press conference There is a growing appetite to of Gaza, donations from Qatar yesterday at Katara to announce invest money in the interiors like crossed QR148m in one night. the donations, in the presence of Al Shamal, Al Khaisa, Umm Salal Katara had launched Solidarity Palestinian Ambassador, Munir and Al Kharaitiyat. Festival in support of Gaza on Ghannam. Works on metro project are Friday, in cooperation with The QRC President, fast progressing. Simultaneously, Qatari Red Crescent, Qatar TV, Mohammed bin Ghanem Al Ali Al the government is investing huge Al Rayyan TV and q.media. Maadheed, said the campaign to amount of money in the interiors During the opening of the fes- provide aid for Gaza will continue, to develop infrastructure facili- tival, donations poured in from all and called on the public to par- A Palestinian protester carries a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the entrance of the Jewish ties with the support of concerned sections of society, including indi- ticipate in the campaign not just settlement of Psagot near the Palestinian town of Al Bireh yesterday. municipal authorities. viduals, student unions, companies with financial support, but also The civic bodies have also set and financial institutions. with media and political support aside enough money in their Qatar Petroleum emerged as the through the use of traditional and annual budgets to expand public largest institutional donor with an social media to condemn Israel’s Israel raids Gaza amid new truce calls service facilities in their areas, announcement of QR10m. attacks on Gaza. adding incentives to investors. Qatar Islamic Bank, Commercial Al Maadheed said QRC was GAZA CITY: Israeli war- scheduled to arrive in the city, out more than 100 strikes in Gaza In Al Shamal, 12 major com- Bank and Al Rayan Bank donated cooperating with Arab Red planes pummelled Gaza with where a Palestinian team and since Friday morning, 49 of them mercial complexes are under con- QR3m each while Al Ahli Bank, Crescent and Red Cross to deliver 50 air strikes that killed eight Egyptian mediators are waiting. yesterday. In the occupied West struction and several projects are Qatar International Islamic Bank, donations to the people of Gaza. Palestinians yesterday as mili- But an Israeli official said Bank, 15 Palestinian youth were in the designing stage. Doha Bank, Al Khaliji Bank, Qatar QRC has an office in Gaza that is tants slammed 25 rockets into talks could not take place until injured in clashes with Israeli These development works are Electricity and Watar Corporation coordinating with the Palestinian Israel amid mounting calls for a Palestinian rocket fire halted. troops in the town of Hebron. encouraging investors to put their and Rasgas donated QR2m each. Ministry of Health to estimate fresh ceasefire. “The Egyptian initiative was The conflict has killed at least money in these emerging town- Barwa Bank donated QR2.5m the needs of the people in terms Britain, France and Germany based on two stages in a consecu- 1,914 Palestinians and 67 on the ships, Roots Real Estate General while Qafco and Qatar Steel QR1m of clean water, medicine, shelter urged Israel and Hamas to agree tive order. “First, unconditional Israeli side since July 8. Manager, Ahmed Al Arouqi, told each. and electricity. a truce at once. ceasefire, and after implementa- A Palestinian official said Egypt an Arabic daily. Major donations from individu- The General Manager of “We call upon all parties imme- tion of it there would be discus- and the Palestinians had reached Similarly, a large number of als totalled QR21m with one indi- Katara, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim diately to return to a ceasefire. sions in Cairo. The first stage has a draft agreement for submission development works are also in the vidual announcing a donation of Al Sulaiti, thanked everyone who We fully support the ongoing still not been implemented.” to Israel. It would see Egypt and pipeline in and around Al Khaisa, QR10m. participated in the festival. He efforts by Egypt to this end,” said Gaza emergency services said the Palestinian Authority (PA) Umm Salal and Al Kharaitiyat. Qatar Student Union in United said the festival aimed to aid the a statement from foreign minis- eight men were killed in Israeli take control of the Rafah border The remote Al Kharaitiyat States and Al Sailiya Club donated Palestinian people living through ters Laurent Fabius of France, raids. The Palestinian interior crossing into Egypt, essentially recently hit the headlines after QR100,000 each. Some other com- a horrific humanitarian crisis Philip Hammond of Britain and ministry said Israeli jets destroyed activating part of a unity accord a plot in the area was sold at a panies also announced major dona- and Katara’s role in supporting Frank-Walter Steinmeier of three mosques. The army said 25 Hamas signed with PA in April. record QR19,091 per sqm. tions to show their solidarity with humanitarian causes that promote Germany. rockets rained on Israel, bring- Negotiations on the sea port Deals involving open lands have the people of Gaza. charitable and aid work. Donations A Palestinian official said indi- ing to 63 the number of projectiles would be entrusted to PA, with increased manifolds in the area Sheikh Thani bin Abdulla Al can be made by phone or at any rect negotiations for a ceasefire launched at the Jewish state since whom Israel is prepared to deal. over the past several months. Thani, Chairman of Dar Al Sharq of QRC’s check-points and offices. were expected to resume in Cairo a 72-hour truce ended on Friday AGENCIES THE PENINSULA donated QR250,000. THE PENINSULA today with an Israeli delegation morning. Israel said it had carried See also page 5 Continued on page 4

Water tanker SCH issues travel alert over Ebola Obama: Iraq solution to take time DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has warned Qataris carrying diesel and residents against travelling to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia WASHINGTON: President and Nigeria, all of which have been affected by Ebola outbreaks. Barack Obama said yesterday The advisory is valid until further notice. US air strikes have destroyed seized, driver Those who need to travel to these countries should follow strict arms and equipment that infection prevention and control measures, the SCH said in a statement Islamic State insurgents could arrested yesterday. Travellers should wash their hands, avoid direct contact have used to attack Arbil, with the blood and other body fluids of others, use personal protective the Iraqi Kurdish capital, but DOHA: The Ministry of equipment, avoid skin-piercing instruments and practise safe hygienic warned Americans it could take Environment (MoE) patrols measures. The SCH again confirmed that there was no suspected or some time to end the crisis. seized a potable water tanker confirmed case of Ebola in Qatar as of yesterday. “I don’t think we’re going to transporting diesel on Shamal The SCH is engaged in local, regional and international contacts solve this problem in weeks. road. as part of preparations to participate in a GCC meeting on Ebola in This is going to take some time,” A patrolling squad handed over Riyadh on August 13. Dr Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja, Director-General, Obama told reporters before leav- the vehicle and the driver to secu- Executive Board of the GCC Health Ministers Council, said the meeting ing Washington for a two-week rity authorities. aims to put in place precautionary measures to protect Gulf citizens vacation in Massachusetts. In a separate incident, another in the event of an outbreak of Ebola. In a scheduled expanded meet- Obama said the US would con- patrolling squad of the ministry ing tomorrow, officials from the SCH, Hamad Medical Corporation, tinue to provide military assist- rounded up a truck driver for not Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar Airways, QP, the Ministry of ance and advice to the Baghdad properly covering the materials Interior, and the army will discuss potential Ebola outbreak scenarios government and Kurdish forces, Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Makhmur, loaded in his vehicle. and the appropriate preventive and control measures. but stressed repeatedly the about 280km north of Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State militants The team also seized the vehi- Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s health ministry yesterday said initial importance of Iraq forming an yesterday. cle and handed over to police. tests on a dead Saudi suspected of having contracted Ebola had inclusive government “right now.” This is the second time the returned negative. The man died on Wednesday after returning from “I think this a wake-up call for who have been seizing territory in now is the Iraqi government get- ministry has seized a water a business trip to Sierra Leone and presenting symptoms similar to a lot of Iraqis inside of Baghdad northern Iraq, a limited operation ting formed and finalised.” tanker carrying diesel from Al those of Ebola sufferers. The ministry said in a statement it was waiting recognising that we’re going to to protect Americans working in Unesco Chief Irina Bokova Shamal in the recent months. for the results of further tests by laboratories in the US and Germany. have to rethink how we do busi- the country. called it an “emerging cultural Last time, the ministry had Saudi Arabia has already suspended pilgrimage visas for citizens of ness if we’re going to hold our Obama said there had been cleansing”. “The US should strike seized a water tanker carrying West African countries hit by Ebola. THE PENINSULA country together,” he said. two successful airdrops of food Sinjar, even if there are civilian diesel after a patrolling squad See also page 3 Since an inconclusive gen- and water. He described next casualties. It’s better than letting found it parked near a petrol eral election in April, Baghdad steps, including what would be a everyone die.” The International station in Al Shamal. The driver, Brotherhood political wing dissolved has been in the grips of political more complicated effort to cre- Rescue Committee is providing however, escaped. deadlock, which has undermined ate a safe corridor for the Yazidis emergency care to around 4,000 The government recently CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday ordered the dissolution of the efforts to combat the insurgents. to leave the arid mountain where people who crossed safely into ordered to set up a committee Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the banned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al they have been under siege by the northeastern Syria. to fight the growing diesel black Muslim Brotherhood movement. The decision follows the designa- Maliki is under pressure to aban- Sunni Islamist fighters. Chaldean Catholic leaders said market in Qatar. tion of the Brotherhood as a “terrorist organisation” in December, don his bid for a third term in “American aircraft are posi- the largest Christian town in the The panel has been tasked with after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Mursi. office but has shown little desire tioned to strike (Islamic State) country, Qaraqosh, had been emp- putting an effective strategy in The FJP came out on top in every election between its creation in to step down. terrorists around the mountain to tied of its inhabitants in a matter place to combat the menace. the wake of the country’s Arab Spring uprising in 2011 and Mursi’s Obama on Thursday authorised help forces in Iraq break the siege of hours. The Islamist militants As a first step, the panel is removal in July 2013. The Supreme Administrative Court, in its rul- the US military to make airdrops and rescue those who are trapped have captured wide swaths of expected to strengthen rules ing, ordered “the dissolution of the Freedom and Justice Party because of humanitarian assistance to there,” he said. northern Iraq since June, execut- relating to the distribution of die- it broke the law regarding political parties. The party and the Muslim prevent what he called a potential Obama emphasised that there ing non-Sunni Muslim captives sel and its monitoring and frame Brotherhood are the same thing” and “its members have committed “genocide” of the Yazidi religious are no plans to send in US ground and displacing tens of thousands new regulations, if necessary. deeds of violence and acts or terror against the nation,” state news sect in Iraq and conduct targeted troops. “The most important of people. AGENCIES THE PENINSULA agency MENA quoted the prosecution as saying. See also page 6 strikes on Islamic State fighters timetable I’m focused on right See also page 6 Picture on page 4 AGENCIES SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME NU-Q team begins survey to empower Qatari women Results could assist government in future policymaking

DOHA: A research team from Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) is upholding what former UN secretary- general Kofi Anan once said: “When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life”, through a study ‘Qatari Women: Engagement and Empowerment’. Seeking to uncover ways in which Qatari women empower www.swiss-belhotel.com themselves through a survey involving 1,000 women and eth- Tel nographic research, the team of Fax 15 female students, 11 of whom Qatari, overseen by three fac- ulty members, expects to shed light on how women may take on Tel larger roles in the rapid develop- Fax ment of their nation, guided by Qatar National Vision 2030 and Qatar National Development Strategy. “Although Qatari women out- Women sharing their views to team members. 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Rajagiri, Kochi and other sectors. Mohammed 1.30pm and 4pm to 7pm except Customers can see more results has created a legacy of excel- Nasser Khatab Al Kaabi is Fridays. For details, please con- from the Ooredoo Ramadan cam- lence in education. It has built Chairman of the group. tact management on 55512145 paign and learn about upcoming a vast network of schools and Rajagiri educational insti- or the office on 70493428 and events at www.ooredoo.qa and colleges around Kochi, provid- tutions include Rajagiri 70729217. Ooredoo’s Facebook page. ing education from pre-primary Higher Secondary School, THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 SCH: Avoid travel to Ebola-hit countries Meeting to discuss potential Ebola outbreak scenarios DOHA: The Supreme Council required to prevent any suspected of personal protective equipment of Health (SCH) has warned case outside Qatar arriving in the will also be discussed. Qataris and residents against country. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone, It has been agreed to wait for is a severe, often fatal illness in Liberia and Nigeria, all of which the outcome of the meeting of the humans with a case fatality rate of have suffered Ebola outbreaks. Emergency Committee convened 60 to 90 percent. It first appeared The recommendation is valid by the WHO Director-General in 1976 in two simultaneous out- until further notice. regarding the Ebola Virus Disease breaks in Nzara, Sudan, and in Those who need to travel to (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. Yambuku, Democratic Republic A section of the premises of Loyola International School, on Al Andalus Street in Al Nasr. these countries should follow On Friday, the WHO declared the of Congo. The latter was in a vil- strict infection prevention and Ebola outbreak in West Africa a lage situated near the river Ebola, control measures, the SCH said public health emergency of inter- from which the disease takes its in a statement yesterday. national concern. name. Travellers should wash their The world body has recom- The virus was transmitted first New private school to begin hands, avoid direct contact with mended that Guinea, Sierra from animals to humans and then the blood and other body fluids Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria, where from human-to-human through of others, use personal protective the virus is persistently spread- close contact (through broken equipment, avoid skin-piercing ing, should not allow persons with skin or mucous membranes) with enrolling students today instruments and practise safe an illness consistent with EVD or blood, secretions, organs or other hygienic measures. those who have had contact with bodily fluids of infected people in DOHA: Admissions in Loyola The SCH again confirmed that the infected persons to travel addition to indirect contact with International School (LIS), a there was no suspected or con- outside their territories, while environments contaminated with new Indian school approved by firmed case of Ebola in Qatar as monitoring the suspected cases such fluids. the Supreme Education Council of yesterday. for at least 21 days. However, it Signs and symptoms of EVD recently, start today. The SCH is engaged in local, did not recommend a general ban include sudden onset of fever, Online registration from KG I regional and international con- on travel and trade with these intense weakness, muscle pain, to Class III have already started tacts as part of preparations to affected countries. headache and sore throat. This and the classes are scheduled to participate in a GCC meeting on In response to the West African is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, commence on September 7. Ebola in Riyadh on August 13. epidemic, the SCH has raised its rash, impaired kidney and liver The school’s campus is spread The meeting aims to put in place alertness through activation of functions, and, in some cases, both over 5,000 square metres. It is precautionary measures to pro- the National Emergency Plan in internal and external bleeding. located on Al Andalus Street in tect Gulf citizens in the event of collaboration with the competent The incubation period -- the time Al Nasr, Al Sadd. an outbreak of Ebola. authorities and partners. interval from infection with the With a special focus on the In a scheduled expanded It will hold discussions soon virus to onset of symptoms -- is quality of education and activity- meeting tomorrow, officials to decide on conducting medical two to 21 days. oriented teaching methodologies, A play area inside the school. from the SCH, Hamad Medical screening of those arriving from It can be diagnosed definitively Loyola International School has Corporation, Primary Health these countries, besides inten- in a laboratory through complex made all possible efforts to ensure phase, which begins on April 15, a multipurpose play area and a Care Corporation, Qatar Airways, sifying surveillance and tracing blood tests in WHO-accredited that the experience of children in 2015, it said. swimming pool, along with facili- Qatar Petroleum, the Ministry of contacts of suspected cases via international referral laboratories the campus, and the trust built The location map and other ties for extra-curricular activities. Interior, and the Army will dis- dissemination of the standard that apply maximum biological with their parents are beyond details of the campus and admis- Loyola International School fol- cuss potential Ebola outbreak case definition among health- containment conditions because mere satisfaction, it said in a sion procedures are available on lows the CBSE syllabus. Its Doha scenarios and the appropriate care workers at Hamad Medical samples from patients are deemed statement yesterday. the school’s website (www.lisdoha. edition is the first franchise of preventive and control measures Corporation, Primary Health as an extreme biohazard risk. The school has already com). Loyola Education Institutions in to be taken. Care Corporation, private sec- No licensed vaccine or spe- recruited the required number of The school’s campus com- the Middle East. Loyola is based The department of public tor institutions, Qatar Airways, cific treatment is yet available. teaching and non-teaching staff. prises different blocks and is in the southern Indian city of health in the SCH has been fol- and health authorities at Hamad Nevertheless, new drug thera- More employees will be recruited surrounded by greenery. The Hyderabad. It has 13 educational lowing reports of Ebola spreading International Airport. pies which have shown promis- as required, keeping in mind the campus hosts a library, tennis and institutions in south India. across several countries in West It will also discuss raising ing preliminary results are being number of students in the next badminton courts, a football and THE PENINSULA Africa since March 21, 2014. The public awareness on preventive evaluated. total number of cases reported to measures against Ebola by uti- Severely ill patients require WHO as of August 4 was 1,603, lising the mass media, with the intensive supportive care. Patients with 887 of the patients dying. focus on healthcare workers and are frequently dehydrated and The SCH has started internal travellers, who are most vulner- require oral rehydration with meetings and consultations aimed able to infection. Training on solutions containing electrolytes at assessing the risk potential standard infection prevention and or intravenous fluids. and the appropriate measures control measures and proper use THE PENINSULA

Qatar has 1,227 mosques, heritage shrines

DOHA: There are a total of (536 mosques) host Friday ser- Affairs. Al Kahtani told the Police 1,227 mosques, including herit- mons and the remaining 691 Magazine Al Shurta Ma’ak that age mosques, in different parts mosques are used for daily Qatar had 50 heritage mosques, of the country, some of them prayers, said Mohammed Al with unique materials used to con- built by the government and Kahtani head of the Registration struct them. Only half of them are some by Qatari philanthropists. and Documentation Section at the used for prayers. Less than half of these mosques Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic THE PENINSULA

Dealers miss deadline to remove cars DOHA: Most second- hand car dealers have failed to meet the dead- line for removing cars parked in public places. Hamad Misfar Al Qahtani, director of the Monitoring Unit in Al Rayyan municipality said most second-hand car dealers had not met the deadline given to them to remove their cars from public places. The deadline was Thursday. The municipality had planned to start a campaign to remove cars parked in public places. The car dealers had requested the authorities not to start the campaign during Ramadan. Accepting their request, the municipality had decided to start the campaign after Eid Al Fitr. During the campaign, many cars were found parked in pub- lic places and just a few car dealers had removed their cars, Al Watan reported. The dealers said that they were forced to park their cars in public areas because of lack of space in their showrooms. They said they could not afford large showrooms because the rents were very high. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / MIDDLE EAST

Doha Metro to be well-connected to developments near the city

Continued from page 1 Of late, a large number of deals are taking place in the interiors of Doha. Investors in the real estate sector are pinning hopes on the future development of these areas. Non-availability of vacant plots in Doha and the prospects of future development in the areas covering the rail network have pushed up demand in Doha’s inte- riors, said another market player. “New opportunities are await- ing investors in the outskirts. In terms of real estate projects, Doha City has reached a point of saturation. “There are not many vacant The US under-17 basketball players with the Qatar under-18 team at Aspire Zone. (RIGHT) Action during a friendly plots available in the city. The match between the two teams. asking prices of available plots are too high. With Doha becoming overpopulated, developers expect that more and more people will move out to these locations in the US U17 basketball team near future,” said another market player. With Doha having expanded significantly, there are few real estate investment projects inside reaps Aspire reward the city, and investors are focus- ing more on the outskirts, said Ahmed Al Khalaf, prominent Qatari businessman. Hoopsters win opening match in World Championships Experts at the recent Cityscape Qatar conference noted that Doha DOHA: The USA under-17 coach Don Showalter praised Showalter commented on the they battled it out on the court. 83-73 against Greece. Metro stations will be better con- men’s basketball team under- Aspire Zone, saying: “The facili- quality of the opposition: “I was The USA team is a two-time The world’s most compre- nected to nearby developments went an intensive training camp ties are tremendous, and Aspire impressed by the level of playing defending champion, and is one hensive campus for training than Dubai Metro. at Aspire Zone last week in is as nice anything we have back from the Qatar U18 team. They of the top favourites at the pres- camps, Aspire Zone Foundation Doha Metro is expected to take preparation for the 2014 FIBA home in the US. Our hotel, The gave us a lot of different things tigious tournament. Prior to the is a leading destination for top- 500,000 cars off the road each day U17 World Championships now Torch, is unbelievable and our we needed to work on and they competition, Showalter said: tier athletes and sports clubs. when it is fully operational, dra- taking place in Dubai. players really enjoyed the whole played very hard. I thought they “There are a few small things we It aims to nurture elite sport- matically reducing greenhouse The squad participated in experience.” were very well coached, they knew need to work on. Just put pieces ing talent by providing a year- gas emissions and the city’s sig- multiple training sessions over a The talented young sportsmen, what they were doing on the court. together. But I feel like we are round indoor climate-controlled nificant traffic bottlenecks. three-day period and two prac- who could be potential stars in It was a very good team.” right where we need to be going training facility. Over the past The four-line metro is expected tice matches, taking advantage the NBA within two years, played The matches also served as into the World Championships.” few years, visiting clubs have to operate its first passenger serv- of the world-class facilities and in a series of friendly matches an opportunity to showcase The training camp proved included Manchester United FC, ice in 2019 and will eventually services on offer at Aspire Zone. against two local teams, includ- the visiting team’s incredible beneficial with the US win- FC Bayern Munich, and the Paris link up to a planned heavy rail It was the first time that the ing the Qatar U18 men’s basket- skills and abilities, and specta- ning its opening match at Saint-Germain handball team. network. team had visited Qatar, and head ball squad. tors cheered on the players as the World Championships THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Water tanker seized Vodafone Qatar offers more data

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar is offer- Vodafone Weekly Internet Pack 10, ing its Prepaid customers more customers will get 150 MB instead data with the enhanced Vodafone of 100 MB. Internet Weekly Pack 6 and Vodafone Qatar said: “We’re very Vodafone Internet Weekly Pack 10. happy to continue to offer our cus- The move follows the success of tomers great products and improved Vodafone’s data offers during the value making it easier for them to holy month of Ramadan and Eid Al use data owing to its importance for Fitr as well as increased demand both personal and professional use. for data services resulting from At Vodafone Qatar, it is our priority the recent launch of Vodafone 4G, to make our customers feel empow- the company said in a statement ered and confidently connected at yesterday. all times through worry-free expe- With Vodafone Weekly Internet riences and products that truly Pack 6, Prepaid customers will get stand out.” 75 MB instead of 40 MB, and with THE PENINSULA

A potable water tanker that was seized by the Ministry of Environment while trans- porting diesel on Shamal Road. The vehicle and the driver were handed over to security agencies. 16 killed in Aleppo violence ALEPPO: At least 16 civilians were in a plastic cover was taken away on a killed in violence in Syria’s second city stretcher. of Aleppo yesterday, residents and a Local people gathered up what was left monitoring group said. of boxes of fruit and vegetables, spread Residents found children ‘torn apart’ out over the road. after a regime helicopter dumped a bar- The residents said the raid happened rel bomb on a rebel-held area, a local early in the morning. man said. “People were asleep... a grandfather At least 13 people were killed and 17 emerged safe and sound but his three wounded in the raid on Maadi in north- sons, all married, and their children, we eastern Aleppo, according to the Syrian still don’t know what has happened to Observatory for Human Rights. them,” one resident said with emotion. In another part of the city, three “They found four children torn apart children died and a dozen people were after the helicopter dumped its barrel wounded when rebel rockets struck a bomb, may God curse him,” the man said, regime-held district, the Observatory referring to President Bashar al-Assad, said. the focus of a three-year struggle by The monitoring group said the Maadi rebels to overthrow him. deaths happened when the regime air- Residents said the raid appeared to craft “dumped a barrel bomb of explo- target a district where a popular souk sives on a building”. is located. The death toll could rise because of Last month, Human Rights Watch said the number of seriously injured people, the number of rebel sectors hit by barrel it said. bombs had almost doubled in five months. The Observatory reported the death of The regime has pressed on with its only one child, but the local resident said barrel bomb campaign despite a United at least four were killed. Nations resolution on February 22 ban- A journalist on the scene saw a build- ning their indiscriminate use in popu- ing with its roof caved in and other lated areas. major damage, while debris was strewn HRW described barrel bombs as all around. “cheaply made, locally produced, and Civil defence volunteers from the rebel typically constructed from large oil districts hastened to clear the rubble by drums, gas cylinders, and water tanks, hand and unearthed a man’s body, cov- filled with high explosives and scrap ered in white dust, with a bloody head. metal to enhance fragmentation, and Other volunteers pulled back rubble then dropped from helicopters”. with a pickaxe while a childlike body AFP SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Besides bombs, high prices hurt Gazans Wounded economy of Palestinian enclave sees cost of living shoot up sharply as conflict with Israel rages

GAZA CITY: Israeli bombard- transport their goods.” including more than 50 large, ment has left parts of Gaza in Before the conflict, he sold a strategic factories” would set ruins, and the enclave’s already kilo of potatoes or tomatoes for unemployment climbing. shattered economy is also feel- one shekel. This has climbed to The “unemployment level will ing the pinch as prices for staple three shekels, a further pinch for be around 50 percent after the foods have started to climb. Gazans whose economy has been war, an average of 200,000 people The market in Gaza City’s strangled by seven years of Israeli out of work... the level was 41 per- Shati refugee camp was bustling blockade. cent before the conflict,” he said. yesterday, but many of the camp’s “It is difficult to people because One sector still doing a lively hard-up residents are buying less. they don’t have money or work, trade is tobacco. Israel’s offensive on the enclave and there’s no economy,” Badawi In the market at Shati, Abu has hit agricultural areas badly, said angrily. The fruits on his stall Salim sits by his small stall, where pushing up prices. Khaled Ighrad, have not changed in price — he he sells cigarettes. 48, who was buying food with his said they were imported from Although his prices have wife and one of his six children, Israel at the Kerem Shalom cross- increased, he is doing brisk busi- has had to cut back on some key ing. “This is the Israelis’ strategy ness, and shoppers constantly stop items for his family. — they strike us, then they open by to pick up a pack of Royals, the The price of eggs has doubled the border” to let their produce brand favoured by many Gazans. from 10 shekels ($3) to 20 since in, he said bitterly. A packet of 20 Royals costs Israel launched a campaign of air Mahir Al Tabaa, head of the eight shekels, one more than strikes on July 8. Gaza chamber of commerce and before July 8, although Abu Salim “I’m not buying a whole box of industry, agreed the conflict had has seen no decline in demand. eggs, I’m buying half. I’ll buy this caused “huge and long term indi- “In the truce people smoked a and it lasts us for two days,” he rect losses” for the economy. pack a day,” he said, referring to said, wistfully looking at the trays “The direct losses when (Israel) the three-day ceasefire that ended of eggs on the stall in front of him. destroyed the economic and on Friday. “After it ended, they “Prices have gone up because industrial establishments and smoked two a day, because of the things like meat and eggs are residential buildings is around situation in the country,” he said. produced in the border area. We $3bn,” he told AFP. don’t go to the border area any He said while the price of pet- Young Palestinian dies more, so the people only went rol, which is also imported from Meanwhile, a young Palestinian, during the ceasefire.” A Palestinian man buys mangoes at a local market in Gaza City yesterday. Israeli bombardment has left parts of Israel and the price of which is who was wounded by the Israeli Israel expanded its offensive Gaza in ruins, and the enclave’s already shattered economy is also feeling the pinch. controlled by the government, has army in the West Bank city of against Hamas into a ground not changed in the conflict, “the Hebron at a protest against the operation in mid-July, push- prices of all goods and agricul- Israeli offensive in Gaza, died ing troops, tanks and artillery with peppers, onions, tomatoes to tend their crops because of the “If they go, they’re worried, tural produce like vegetables and from his injuries yesterday, a across the border into the nar- and potatoes. Few people stop risk of air strikes or shelling, or they’re taking their life in their meat will significantly increase. Palestinian medic said. “Nader row enclave. to ask about his wares, grown in Hamas rocket attacks falling hands, they might die — or they “This is a heavy burden,” he Edriss, 22, died Saturday morning A few stalls away, under a col- Gaza, since he has had to raise short, but drivers are wary of might live. So the price of goods said. from his wounds at Hebron’s Al oured canvas awning, Abu Ahmed his prices. travelling to these areas to bring has increased. Not only because In addition to this, the destruc- Mizan hospital,” the medic said. Badawi sits next to tables stacked Not only are farmers unwilling them to the city’s markets. of the sellers, but the people who tion of “350 industrial sites, AFP

UN sanctions loom on South Sudan factions Iran cop gets 3 years in

UNITED NATIONS: Voicing alarm International alarm is growing over a over the crisis in South Sudan, the UN looming famine in South Sudan, which the jail for killing blogger Security Council threatened Friday to United Nations has described as the world’s slap sanctions on warring factions for worst food crisis affecting at least 3.9 million TEHRAN: An Iranian policeman “When journalists are jailed for six failing to live up to a peace deal signed people, or one in three. has been sentenced to three years years, a sentence of three years for three months ago. US Ambassador Samantha Power said in jail, 74 lashes and two years’ murder is surprising,” Giti Pourfazl The warning came in a unanimous state- the Council was united in its determination internal exile for the unpremedi- was reported as saying. ment released ahead of a South Sudan visit to address the crisis in South Sudan. tated killing of a blogger in 2012, The convicted officer from the by Security Council ambassadors next week The statement “strongly condemned media reported yesterday. police cybercrime unit was not during which the envoys are to deliver the failures by President Kiir and former vice Sattar Beheshti, 35, arrested on identified. message directly to the country’s leaders. president Machar to implement the cessa- October 12 that year for criticising Premeditated murder is among the “The actions of President Salva Kiir and tion of hostilities,” Power told journalists. Iran’s regime on the Internet, was crimes punishable by death in Iran, former vice president Riek Machar in con- The United States and the European found dead in his cell at Iran’s notori- based on its interpretation of Shariah tinuing to pursue a military solution to this Union have imposed sanctions, including ous Kahrizak prison on November 3. law in force since the 1979 Islamic conflict are unacceptable,” said the 15-mem- a travel ban and assets freeze, on military Opposition groups alleged at the Revolution. ber council. Mabior Garang (left), son of late South leaders from both sides, and an EU arms time that he had been tortured to After Beheshti’s death, influential Under a peace deal signed in May, Kiir Sudanese rebel leader John Garang, and embargo remains in force. death. MP Aladin Borujerdi took issue with and Machar are to establish a unity govern- Major General Dau Deng Ahecyol at a press US-based Human Rights Watch called The Tehran prosecutor ruled claims by pathologists that he had ment by today, but there are no signs they conference in Addis Ababa yesterday. Ahecyol Friday for an international arms embargo that Beheshti’s death was “probably died of shock and fear, saying he had will meet that deadline. announced that he will join the Sudan People’s to be imposed on South Sudan to stem the caused by shock after several blows “very clearly” been beaten in custody. The council “expresses its readiness to Liberation Army in fighting government forces. violence. to sensitive parts of his body, or by Borujerdi heads Iran’s parliamen- consider, in consultations with relevant In July, South Sudan said it had taken extreme psychological pressure”, the tary foreign affairs committee. partners... all appropriate measures, includ- these agreements,” the statement said. delivery of some $14m worth of arms includ- media reports said. Beheshti’s death also led to the dis- ing targeted sanctions against those who A new round of peace talks opened in ing anti-tank missiles, grenade launchers The court decided that his kill- missal of the head of Iran’s cyber- take action that undermines the peace, sta- Ethiopia on Monday even as fighting raged and assault rifles, bought from China before ing was “not premeditated”, a ruling crime unit, launched in January 2011 bility and security of South Sudan, including on the ground, but there has been little fighting began. which the lawyer for the blogger’s to confront anti-regime activity on those who prevent the implementation of reported progress. AFP family contested. the Internet. AFP Erdogan holds final rally on election eve

ANKARA: Turkish Prime presided over a dynamic econ- Minister Recep Tayyip omy having won every election Erdogan yesterday roused since it came to power in 2002. tens of thousands of support- A recent survey found that ers with a call for a strong Erdogan would win in the first and new Turkey, as he held round with 57 percent of the his final mass rally ahead of vote against his rivals — the presidential polls he is widely main opposition candidate expected to win. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and “God willing a new Turkey Kurdish candidate Selahattin will be established tomorrow. A Demirtas. strong Turkey will be born out “You elected the people’s of its ashes once more tomor- party on November 3 (2002) and row,” Erdogan told cheering loy- God willing, you will elect the alists in the conservative central people’s president tomorrow,” Anatolian city of Konya. Erdogan said in Konya. Konya is known as the bas- He also boasted Turkey’s tion of his Islamic-leaning foreign policy would be “more Justice and Development Party proactive” under his tenure. (AKP) and the rally marked the “We will be the advocate of culmination of almost 30 mass justice in the world,” he said. election meetings Erdogan has A former Islamic firebrand, held up and down the country Erdogan has often bashed since early July. Israel’s treatment of the Turkey will for the first time Palestinians and compared the vote directly for its next presi- offensive in Gaza to “Hitler-like dent today, with Erdogan look- fascism”. ing set to continue more than a Erdogan, a famously tough decade of domination over the campaigner, mercilessly mocked country as head of state. his political opponents at elec- Previous Turkish presidents, tion rallies across the country. including outgoing Abdullah Yesterday, he accused Gul, have performed largely cer- A woman walks past a poster of Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Demirtas’s pro-Kurdish HDP emonial functions but Erdogan Erdogan yesterday in Istanbul. Turkish voters will directly elect their party of “Kurdish nationalism”, has made no secret that he president for the first time in the country’s modern history today. and the Nationalist Movement would be a different kind of Party of “Turkish national- head of state who “sweats and executive powers. In his final He said: “There is no unat- ism” while calling the secu- runs around”. rally, Erdogan vowed he would tainable dream or unattainable lar Republican People’s Party He has called for consti- raise Turkey’s democratic objective for this nation. The 12 (CHP), whose strongholds are tutional changes after the standards and economic record years we have passed are a wit- on the Aegean coast, as the 2015 general election to give to create a “world leader and ness to this.” “party of coasts”. the presidency US-style global power”. Erdogan’s ruling party has AFP SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST IS repairing Mosul dam; Kurds rush to arms Alarmed by Islamic State advance, Kurds in northern Iraq lap up AK-47 assault rifles from the market

BAGHDAD: Islamic State insurgents who seized Iraq’s biggest dam in a offensive that Major airlines avoid Iraq skies has caused international con- sternation have brought in engi- WASHINGTON: Turkish-Iran border, avoiding neers for repairs, witnesses said International airlines steered Iraq as well as war-torn Syria, yesterday, as nervous Kurds clear of Iraq after Washington he told AFP. stocked up on arms to defend banned American air carriers The Federal Aviation their enclave nearby. from Iraqi skies in the imme- Administration in Washington The jihadi Islamists have cap- diate wake of US air strikes on (FAA) banned all US civilian tured wide swathes of northern Islamist fighters. flights over Iraq just hours after Iraq since June, executing non- Flights to and from the American warplanes bombed Sunni Muslim captives, displacing Gulf and beyond, which typi- positions held by Islamic State tens of thousands of people and cally would have taken airways insurgents, who have occupied drawing the first US air strikes through Iraq, favoured parallel swathes of northern Iraq. in the region since Washington routes via Iran instead, accord- British Airways declared it withdrew troops in 2011. ing to real-time flight tracking would no longer overfly Iraq, as After routing Kurdish forces websites. did Lufthansa and its subsidiar- earlier this week, Islamic State Flightradar24.com indicated a ies Austrian Airlines and Swiss militants are just 30 minutes’ long stream of airliners Friday — joining, Air France, Emirates, drive from Arbil, the Kurdish evening Middle East time, fly- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and regional capital which up to now ing single file through western Virgin Atlantic, which had qui- has been spared the sectarian Iranian — and virtually none etly opted to do so over the past bloodshed that has scarred other over Iraq, in a complete reversal two weeks. parts of Iraq for a decade. from a month ago. In a Notice to Airmen Employees of foreign oil firms in “We’re still seeing some non- (NOTAM), the Federal Aviation Arbil were flying out. Kurds were US carriers that are overfly- Administration cited the “poten- snapping up AK-47 assault rifles in ing Iraq,” notably regional and tially hazardous situation cre- arms markets for fear of imminent domestic ones, added Daniel ated by the armed conflict” attack, although these had been Baker of US-based FlightAware. between Islamic State militants ineffective against Islamic State com. and Iraqi security forces “and fighters with superior firepower. Sailors launch aircraft from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush (CVN 77) in the Gulf, in this “By and large, though, we are their allies” as the reason for Given the Islamic State August 7 handout image released on Friday. F/A-18 aircraft conducted air strikes against Islamic State artillery seeing a lot of people going fur- the indefinite ban. threat, a source in the Kurdistan used against Kurdish forces defending the city of Arbil in northern Iraq. ther to the north” and over the AFP Regional Government said it had received extra supplies of heavy fighters had brought in engineers work at the dam,” he said. comprised mainly of Arabs and The Sunni militants, who have civil war. Almost unopposed by weaponry from the Baghdad fed- to repair an emergency power line A dam administrator said foreign fighters who want to beheaded and crucified captives US-trained Iraqi government eral government “and other gov- to the city, Iraq’s biggest in the that militants were putting up reshape the map of the Middle in their drive to eradicate unbe- forces who fled by the thousands, ernments” in the past few days, north, that had been cut off four the trademark Islamic State East, pose the biggest threat to lievers, first arrived in northern the insurgents swept through but declined to elaborate. days ago, causing power outages black flags and patrolling with Iraq, a major oil exporter, since Iraq in June from Syria where the region and have threatened An engineer at Mosul dam and water shortages. flatbed trucks mounted with Saddam Hussein was toppled they have captured wide tracts to march on Baghdad. told Reuters that Islamic State “They are gathering people to machineguns. The Islamic State, by a US-led invasion in 2003. of territory in that country’s REUTERS

Shabab claims killing Egypt bans Brotherhood’s political arm CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday The FJP was established in June 2011, in dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party the aftermath of the uprising that removed 13 soldiers in clashes (FJP), the political wing of the banned Hosni Mubarak from power after 30 years Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a crippling and inspired hopes for more pluralistic MOGADISHU: Somalia’s hardline Musab said. Fighting began around blow in the campaign to crush Egypt’s politics in Egypt. Islamists said they fought intense midnight Friday, lasting about four oldest Islamist movement. It went on to win parliamentary and battles yesterday with government hours into yesterday morning, A court banned the Muslim Brotherhood presidential elections, but many Egyptians and African Union troops in the he said. itself in September, but that ruling did not became disillusioned with Mursi after he central Hiran region that left 18 “Our fighters went into the camp, mention its political wing, leaving open the gave himself sweeping powers and misman- people dead on both sides. that is where the killing took place,” possibility it could be allowed to run in par- aged the economy, taking to the streets Shabab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab added. liamentary elections, due late this year. in protest and prompting the army move Musab told AFP the deaths occurred Troops from the 22,000-strong AU Yesterday’s supreme administrative against him. after the group’s fighters attacked a force captured Buloburde from the court ruling excludes the Brotherhood Abdel Fatah Al Sisi and Mohamed Mursi But the leading lights of the 2011 upris- base of the AU force in Buloburde Shabab earlier in the year, but the from formal participation in electoral ing, many of them secular youth activists, town, some 200 kilometres north of Islamists control large parts of the politics, potentially forcing the movement too.” The Muslim Brotherhood, once have also found themselves on the wrong the capital Mogadishu. rural area surrounding the town. underground, particularly as it has lost the Egypt’s oldest, best organised and most side of the new political leadership, many of The casualties could not be imme- Somalia’s Information Minister sympathy of large swathes of the public. successful political movement, has seen them receiving long sentences for breach- diately confirmed, but the Al Qaeda- Mustafa Duhulow praised the secu- The court’s ruling called for the FJP to hundreds of its members killed and thou- ing a new anti-protest law by taking part linked extremists said the dead rity forces for repelling waves of be dissolved and its assets seized by the sands detained since then-army chief Abdel in small and peaceful gatherings. included five of their own men. attacks by Shabab fighters. state. Its decision is final and cannot be Fattah Al Sisi overthrew elected president The government accuses the Brotherhood The government said six Shabab “Al Shabab tried to come back sev- appealed, a judicial source said. and Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi of inciting violence and terrorism. Egypt’s had been killed, but gave no figures eral times in order to take their dead The FJP’s lawyer called the ruling politi- 13 months ago, following weeks of protest. state and private media now portray the of any casualties on their side. bodies, but they were defeated on all cal and said it was unconstitutional to Mursi, who ruled for a year, and other Brotherhood as a terrorist group and an “Nine soldiers with the African attempts,” he said. deprive the defence of the right to appeal. Brotherhood officials were rounded up enemy of the state. Union, four of their Somali coun- The latest fighting comes amid “The legal reasons given do not justify in the wake of his ousting and hundreds The Brotherhood maintains it is a peace- terparts, and five mujahedeen from growing warnings of a humanitar- this ruling but this is a political decision to have been sentenced to death in mass court ful movement but attacks by militants have our Shabab were killed in the fight,” ian crisis. AFP get rid, not just of the Freedom and Justice rulings that have drawn criticism from risen since the army overthrew Mursi. Party, but of all the parties that were estab- Western governments and human rights Most of the violence has taken place in lished after the revolution of January 25, groups. Sisi, who went on to win a presi- the Sinai Peninsula near the border with 2011,” lawyer Mahmoud Abou Al Aynayn dential election in May, vowed during his Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. told Reuters. campaign the Brotherhood would cease to The army has responded with air and “I expect other parties to be dissolved exist under his rule. ground attacks. REUTERS Al Qaeda kidnaps and kills 14 Yemeni troops

ADEN: Al Qaeda militants kidnapped had participated in the latest cam- 14 Yemeni soldiers returning home by paign against Sunni Muslims in Wadi bus from duty in eastern Yemen on Hadramout, and thus the mujahideen Friday and executed them in what decided to kill them as a punishment for officials said was an apparent act of their crimes,” it added. revenge for a recent army crackdown The group also posted pictures of the in the area. soldiers in civilian clothes surrounded by The Yemeni army has recently sent the militants concealing their faces with extra troops to the Wadi Hadramout traditional head dresses as they checked region in northeastern Yemen to con- the ID cards. One photo showed the sol- front attempts by Al Qaeda’s local diers sitting on the floor surrounded by affiliate, Ansar Al Sharia, to declare an the militants, also in plain clothes. Islamic emirate in the main regional city Residents said the soldiers, who had of Seiyoun. been travelling to visit families in Sanaa, Residents and officials said people in some 600 km away, were all shot several the area found the bodies of the 14 rid- times with automatic rifles. dled with bullets on a road near Seiyoun, “It looks as if it was an act of revenge,” three hours after they were abducted an official in the area said. from a public bus. Stability of Yemen, one of the poor- Ansar Al Sharia, in an internet post- est countries in the Arab World, is an ing late on Friday, confirmed its militants international concern. The country of had ambushed and killed the soldiers 25 million people shares a long border for taking part in military operations with Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil against the group. exporter, which militants tried to breach “The mujahideen ordered the soldiers last month in an attack that killed six down from the bus, interrogated them, militants and four Saudi border guards. and checked their military IDs and that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula they belonged to contingents based in (AQAP), emboldened by a power vac- Seiyoun,” the group said in a news report uum in the political turmoil following a posted online. 2011 uprising that ousted President Ali “The mujahideen then led the soldiers Abdullah Saleh, is trying to carve out to the city market, delivered a speech areas of dominance in south and east clarifying that the captive soldiers Yemen. REUTERS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Putin begins effort Ukraine heads to defuse tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan off invading MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks yes- terday with the leaders of arch- foes Armenia and Azerbaijan Russian troops after recent clashes that have left 22 soldiers dead and fuelled fears that one of the bloodiest post-Soviet wars is restarting. Moscow denies allegations Putin held separate talks at his residence in Russia’s south- KIEV: Ukraine said yesterday Poroshenko’s administration, said. ern Black Sea resort town it had headed off an attempt No one at the Red Cross of Sochi with Azerbaijan’s by Russia to send troops into was immediately available to President Ilham Aliyev and Ukraine under the guise of comment. Serzh Sarkisian of Armenia. A peacekeepers with the aim of “A humanitarian column with trilateral meeting was due to be provoking a large-scale military ‘peacekeepers’ was to enter the held today. conflict, a statement Moscow territory of Ukraine, clearly to “We will no doubt talk about the dismissed as a “fairy tale”. provoke a full-scale conflict,” he most painful and chronic problem Ukraine has made several said, according to Ukraine’s presi- of resolving the Karabakh,” Putin similar statements about Russian dential press service. was quoted as saying by Interfax aggression during months of con- Chaly said Poroshenko held news agency at the start of his flict with separatists on its east- urgent talks with his security meeting with Aliyev. ern border with Russia that it chiefs and world leaders, though Nagorny Karabakh, a region says are backed by Moscow none he did not specify which ones. mostly inhabited by ethnic of which have been independently Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin A resident of Kiev throws a tyre as he cleans up Maidan self-defence activists camp in front of burning tents in Armenians, broke away from verifiable. said separately he had called Kiev yesterday as thousands of people came to remove barricades from Independence Square. Azerbaijan with the help of A senior aide to Ukrainian his Russian counterpart Sergei Armenia in a war that claimed President Petro Poroshenko said a Lavrov who had assured him the allegations yesterday that it insurgent bastion of Lugansk, for further escalation of tension,” some 30,000 lives between 1991 large Russian military convoy had convoy would be stopped. tried to send “humanitarian” where local authorities have the ministry said in a statement. and 1994. been heading for the border on “As of now, the danger of troops into conflict-torn eastern warned of a looming humani- Ukraine and the West see a The conflict has been fester- Friday under a supposed agree- provocation has been removed, Ukraine, as rebels in the sur- tarian catastrophe with many growing danger of a Russian inva- ing ever since, with international ment with the Red Cross, but had but operational staff continue to rounded stronghold of Donetsk residents left without water and sion under the guise of a peace- mediators unable to find a politi- stopped after an appeal by Kiev work,” Chaly said. pledged to keep fighting. power for days. keeping mission. Kiev says any cal solution and both countries to Russia. Maria Zakharova, a spokes- A journalist heard repeated Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman such mission would be perceived remaining on a war footing. It was not immediately clear woman for the Russian Foreign shelling in the city throughout the for Russian President Vladimir as direct aggression. The brittle status quo along the what convoy Poroshenko’s aide Ministry, dismissed the statement morning and again in the after- Putin, said by phone: “We don’t The head of Nato Anders Fogh so-called line of contact between was referring to. by Chaly as untrue. noon. Local authorities said mor- know what (the Ukrainians) are Rasmussen called this week on the two sides has been shattered Russia’s Defence Ministry said “Each time Kiev is more and tar fire hit neighbourhoods north talking about because nothing like Russia to pull its troops back from in recent weeks. At least 22 sol- on Friday it had finished military more inventive in creating fairy and southwest of the centre, and that happened.” the Ukrainian border and warned diers have been killed in the fierc- exercises in southern Russia, near tales,” she said, noting that spe- one person was killed. However, Ukraine’s Foreign further intervention in Ukraine est clashes since a ceasefire was the Ukrainian border, which the cial protocols had to be completed Ukraine’s forces, which have Ministry warned the danger was would mean greater isolation agreed in 1994. United States had criticised as before Russian troops could be been battling to wrest control not over. from the rest of the world. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry provocative. sent abroad. of eastern strongholds from the “Against a background of The head of the US-led alli- Peskov said both the Armenian “A huge military convoy accom- “The (Ukrainian) National rebels, who the West believes are numerous violations by Russia of ance said Russia had massed about and Azerbaijani leaders panied by Russian soldiers and Guard probably have to report backed by Russia, reported 13 the border regime with Ukraine 20,000 troops near Ukrainian bor- “expressed concern about a rise equipment was moving towards about their achievements in the casualties in the last 24 hours. and deliveries of weapons, equip- der, very close to the regions where in tension connected with the the Ukrainian border, allegedly by field, so they pretended they have The Red Cross also announced ment and mercenaries, Ukraine Ukrainian government forces are incidents of recent days that have agreement with the Red Cross,” some,” she said. it was stepping up its aid activities has enough grounds for believing fighting pro-Russian rebels. claimed lives...” Valery Chaly, deputy head of Meanwhile, Russia denied in Donetsk and the second main that this convoy can be used again AGENCIES The tensions between energy- rich Azerbaijan and Moscow- allied Armenia have escalated as ex-Soviet republics are uneasily watching the Kremlin’s historic confrontation with the West over Ukraine, where government Nigeria asks for volunteers to halt Ebola spread forces are battling Russian- backed separatists. LAGOS: Nigeria appealed yes- In the capital Abuja on Friday, also declared states of emergency. And it called on countries Local media reported Each side has blamed the other terday for volunteers to help President Goodluck Ebele World Health Organization around the globe to be prepared to Saturday that two people had for the latest surge in violence halt the spread of Ebola and Jonathan declared the Ebola (WHO) chief Margaret Chan, “detect, investigate and manage” died in Nigeria’s central Plateau and there has been plenty of India took steps to tackle any crisis a national emergency and declaring the epidemic a global Ebola cases if they should arise. state and about 20 have been sabre-rattling. outbreak of the deadly virus, as approved the immediate release health emergency, said in Geneva Jonathan has urged people to avoid hospitalised after they ingested Sarkisian told Putin at the two of the world’s most popu- of 1.9bn naira ($11.6m) to fund Friday it was the worst of its kind large gatherings to help prevent the an excessive amount of salt start of his meeting with the lous countries reacted to the efforts to contain the spread of in four decades. spread of the virus, which causes which they believed could pre- Russian leader that he would global health emergency. the virus. The WHO appealed for inter- severe fever and, in the worst cases, vent Ebola. inform him “about the situation Authorities in Lagos, the larg- The money will finance addi- national aid to help afflicted unstoppable bleeding. Federal Health Minister in our region and the reasons for est city in Nigeria, Africa’s most tional centres to isolate Ebola countries after a rare meeting of Spread by close contact with an Onyebuchi Chukwu dismissed the the deliberate escalation of the populous country, said they patients, screen arrivals at bor- the UN health body’s emergency infected person through bodily flu- salt and water solution as “total situation by Azerbaijan” on their needed volunteers because of a ders, trace those exposed to the committee, which urged screening ids such as sweat, blood and tissue, rubbish”. joint border. shortage of medical personnel. virus, and boost public awareness. of all people flying out of affected Ebola can fell victims within days. Meanwhile, Chantal Pascaline, Aliyev was more diplomatic, “I won’t lie about that,” Lagos A meeting will be held in Abuja countries in west Africa. The president also warned against a Congolese nun who worked saying that the conflict “has state Health Commissioner, Jide tomorrow to discuss strategies to It stopped short of calling for spreading false information about with Spanish Catholic mission- dragged on for too long and most Idris, said on television. curb the spread of Ebola, which global travel restrictions, urging Ebola “which can lead to mass aries in Liberia, died of Ebola be resolved.” Lagos, home to some 20 million has claimed nearly 1,000 lives in airlines to take strict precau- hysteria, panic and misdirection, early Saturday in the capital of But earlier in the week Aliyev people, has recorded nine con- four west Africa nations: Guinea, tions while continuing to fly to including unverified suggestions Monrovia, the charity she worked vowed he would boost the strength firmed cases of Ebola, including Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. the west African countries hit by about prevention, treatment, cure for said in Madrid. of Azerbaijan’s army. two deaths. The other three countries have the outbreak. and spread of the virus.” AFP AFP Militia fighters clash in Bangui Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise BANGUI: Rival vigilante militias in the The Seleka carried out a campaign of violence Central African Republic clashed with heavy against the majority Christian community in the ship returns to weapons overnight in the capital Bangui, resi- aftermath of the takeover, prompting the crea- dents said yesterday. tion of the vigilante militia. The gunfire had subsided by midday, but the “Since last night, they have engaged in tar- warm welcome situation remained tense in a northern suburb geted attacks. Locals do not dare to leave. Some of Bangui, where the fighting took place. residents were injured in the crossfire while try- AMSTERDAM: Greenpeace’s “It is the anti-balaka, they do not leave us ing to flee,” the resident said yesterday. Arctic Sunrise ship arrived alone,” one resident fleeing the clashes in the An officer with an African Union peacekeeping home to a warm welcome in The Boy-Rabe neighbourhood said, referring to the force said its soldiers had been deployed to the Netherlands yesterday, almost mainly Christian vigilante groups. entrances of the troubled suburb. a year after it was seized by The “anti-balaka” (anti-machete) forces were “There is a tense situation brewing in the Russia during a protest against formed following the overthrow of president neighbourhood of Boy-Rabe,” the officer said on Arctic oil drilling. Francois Bozize by the mainly Muslim Seleka condition of anonymity. “It’s great to have her back,” rebel coalition in March 2013. AFP veteran Greenpeace skipper Pete Willcox, who captained the Arctic Sunrise at the time of the seizure, said by telephone. “We were miss- Vintage tractor meeting ing a big member of our family for many months,” he said. Russian commandoes seized the Dutch-flagged Arctic Sunrise in September 2013 and detained 30 Greenpeace activists and jour- nalists after a protest at an off- shore oil rig owned by Russian state oil giant Gazprom. Russia released the ship in June and it then took around a month to get it seaworthy for the trip back to The Netherlands, with Greenpeace saying equipment including navigation and com- munication aids “disappeared or had been severely damaged.” The activists, including four Russians, were arrested after two campaigners attempted to scale the giant Prirazlomnaya offshore Uwe Steinhoefel sits on his Lanz Bulldog vintage tractor from 1938 as he chugs over the Agroneum fair platform, which environmental- grounds during the vintage tractor meeting in Alt Schwerin, northeastern Germany, yesterday. Around ists warned poses a threat to the 250 participants from across the country are presenting their old farm machines and vintage tractors. pristine Arctic ecology. 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ith United States warplanes bombing Islamic State sites in Iraq, the embattled government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki will be heaving Wa sigh of relief. What was being seen as a clean sweep by the Al Qaeda-inspired extremists of many Iraqi cities ‘Kurdish Obama’ helping and facilities has now turned into a war with the US military, which is sure to gain strategic advantage. The IS, earlier called the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, has changed the geostrategic situation of the Middle East by change community’s image making deep inroads into Iraqi territory, entering Syria and fighting Lebanese troops inside the border. BY AYLA JEAN YACKLEY and charges that he has polarised soci- Kurds in a different light ... beyond the Washington’s intervention in Iraq has been a fraught one ety along secular and religious lines. image of terrorists.” from the time American troops invaded the country and nthinkable just a few years Main opposition candidate Thousands of Kurdish politicians toppled Saddam Hussein, who was later found hiding and was ago, Selahattin Demirtas’ Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was 20 points and activists spent up to five years in hanged after a controversial trial. bid for Turkey’s high- behind, with Demirtas in a distant third jail without conviction until most were Iraq became a sectarian tinderbox after the invasion with est office underscores with under 10 percent. released this year under a law linked to how Kurdish politics has Demirtas’ candidacy burnishes the peace process. US troops losing their men in fierce fighting and bomb attacks Uentered the mainstream even as Kurds Erdogan’s credentials as peacemaker In 1994, four Kurdish lawmakers were by militants from different factions. in neighbouring Syria and Iraq push for after he took a considerable politi- jailed for a decade after taking the oath This time it’s different. The United States military will more automony. cal risk to begin talks with Abdullah of office in Kurdish, a language banned be seen as a saviour of Iraqis who nervously watched their Peace talks between Turkey and Ocalan, the jailed leader of the armed outright until 1991. government gradually yield to the Islamic State’s devious and Kurdish rebels, overseen by Prime Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who Called “Mountain Turks,” Kurds’ violent ways. US President Barack Obama yesterday said that Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to try in 1984 launched the uprising that has ethnicity was denied. Politicians in the to end a three-decade war, have brought claimed more than 40,000 lives. 1980s claimed the name came from Iraq is going to be a long-term project. The astute politician two years of calm and paved the way for Erdogan attracts about half the votes “kart kurt,” the crunching sound made that Obama is, he is probably taking the pressure off himself Demirtas to run as Turkey’s first openly of Kurds, who make up a fifth of Turkey’s while treading in snow. and his administration to produce quick results. Kurdish presidential candidate. 76 million people. But Demirtas rejects Demirtas’ parents spoke Turkish and Obama has been under pressure “My candidacy is merely the most the idea that his candidacy is Erdogan’s not their native Zaza dialect with their Obama’s to intervene militarily in Syria. visible aspect of how much Turkey has “gift to Kurds”. seven children. “They tried to assimi- Even though Syria burned under changed as rac- “Turkey is changing but this is due late us because they knew the burden decision to ism and extreme to our efforts. If it were up to Tayyip of being Kurdish,” he said. the brutality of Bashar Al Assad’s nationalist senti- Erdogan, he would have blocked my He was largely unaware of the strike IS regime, Obama deflected pressure ment weaken,” candidacy.” Kurdish identity until he attended the to send warplanes or troops. The Demirtas’ Demirtas, 41, said Ihsanoglu’s supporters say Demirtas 1991 funeral of a prominent politician militants chemical attack near Damascus, in an interview. is dividing the opposition, helping deliver believed murdered by security forces purportedly by regime forces, was handsome Though other victory to Erdogan, who, for his part, in Diyarbakir, the biggest Kurdish city. Kurds have fig- accuses Demirtas of stoking Kurdish Eight people died when gunmen opened and help a seen to cross the ‘red line’ for image appears ured prominently nationalist passions. fire on mourners. humanitarian military intervention which Obama in Turkish politi- As US officials look to Kurds in “That event ... was the catalyst for had drawn. Even this failed to push widely with his cal history, some Iraq, who want independence, to check me to begin questioning politics,” said cause in Iraq the US leader into action. schoolteacher supporters liken Islamist militants, Kurds like Demirtas Demirtas, who became a human-rights deserves praise. Now that Iraq is burning and his candidacy to see their future within Turkey. activist. minorities in the nation, which wife and two Barack Obama’s “Kurds and American blacks have When violence between the PKK run to become had to fight racism,” Demirtas said of and security forces peaked in the 1990s, has been lashed by sectarian strife daughters, the first African- comparisons with Obama. “Our can- Demirtas briefly contemplated joining for years are suffering, Washington has decided to act. The American US didacies are important in the fight to the group. resolute step will go a long way in easing strains on Christians, adjusting the president. make equality more of a reality.” “Every Kurdish youth thought of it Kurds and Yazidis, who have been targeted by the extremists. image of Kurdish A big difference Witty and with a toothy grin, then,” he said. “But I chose to study at Though there is no love lost between the Kurds and Maliki, is that Demirtas Demirtas’ handsome image appears university and become a human rights the IS onslaught had forced the Shia leader to ask his military politicians among is unlikely to win. widely with his schoolteacher wife and lawyer.” Erdogan, a two daughters, adjusting the image of Demirtas seeks to expand his base to help Kurds fight the IS. The Yazidis, considered non-Muslims Turks with long devout conserva- Kurdish politicians among Turks with beyond the Kurdish vote. His party has by the extremists, have been the IS militants’ biggest target. As tive credited with long memories of PKK violence. brought to parliament Turkey’s first hundreds of Yazidi families fled to the mountains to escape the memories of PKK overseeing a tri- The United States, Turkey and the Christian MP in 50 years. militants, the extremists laid siege below. Thirst and hunger violence. pling of Turks’ EU list the PKK as a terror group, and His aim, senior party officials say, is to had started getting the better of Yazidis’ resolve to survive. wealth over the most precursors to Demirtas’ People’s achieve at least 10 percent, the level his past decade, is the Democracy Party (HDP) have been out- party would need to enter parliament in US war planes have helped the minority community by clear front runner to become Turkey’s lawed for PKK links. next year’s general election. dropping food and water over the mountains. Moreover, the first popularly elected president in “That we have an outwardly Kurdish But for most Turks, Demirtas is air attacks on IS artillery positions would certainly weaken today’s election. candidate from a Kurdish nationalist seen as too close to figures like Ocalan the militants’ resolve and make them lose weapons and men. Two surveys last month put his sup- party is an incredible change,” said Aliza to ever be a palatable candidate, said Obama’s decision to come to Iraq’s help for a humanitarian port at upwards of 55 percent, despite Marcus, author of “Blood and Belief,” a Dogu Ergil, political science professor cause is laudable and would go a long way in helping a corruption scandal earlier this year, book about the PKK. at Fatih University. anti-government protests last summer “His campaign allows Turks to see REUTERS Washington repair its image among Iraqis• The other side Quote of Africa’s shift the day

ven while irrational fears about of US nongovernmental organizations. to do, since China’s trade with Africa Sadly, the summit dealt little with Ebola’s spread to the United Former President George W Bush more than doubles that of the United human rights improvements that would States swirled, the three-day called for “the beginning of the end of States. But Africa can be a place for sustain Africa’s growth. Secretary of EAfrica summit in Washington AIDS,” an effort that will require more cooperation, not competition. China State John F Kerry was rightly attacked this last week managed to crystallize US funding, not less. is more engaged in natural-resource for “rolling out the red carpet” for the continent’s continued evolution from But with Africa’s rapid rise and favo- extraction and manufacturing, while strongmen such as President Salva a beneficiary of US aid and security rable demographics, the spotlight was the United States “concentrates on Kiir, responsible for military killings and You elected the interventions to a partner in trade. rightly on securing $14bn in private- higher-technology trade and services,” the intimidation of journalists in South people’s party on For sure, this shift in US-Africa rela- sector deals, which includes expanding according to a RAND report. In fact, the Sudan. But worse than inviting these tions won’t be completed overnight — electricity from 20 million to 60 mil- United States’ increased presence and leaders, the agenda did not include a November 3 (2002) nor should it. On Wednesday, President lion homes and businesses. General transparent dealings may help force human rights session, leading to virtu- and God willing, you Obama announced the creation of new Electric alone will inject $2bn into the Chinese investments into the open. ally no progress on this front. Those African rapid-response peacekeeping continent by 2018; its chief executive China has invited the United States who wanted to discuss human rights, will elect the people’s teams as conflicts in the Central African told reporters that “whenever the U.S. to collaborate on a sophisticated dam such as Oxfam and the NAACP, had to president tomorrow. Republic and South Sudan show no is even a small partner in a deal, it in the Democratic Republic of Congo; create their own alternative Empowered signs of abating, as well as a $4 bil- brings a lot of investors with it.” such partnerships should be embraced Africa summit a few blocks away. Recep Tayyip Erdogan lion investment in health by an alliance The United States has catching up if China agrees to transparent conduct. WP-BLOOMBERG Turkish Prime Minister SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Why US bombs are falling on Iraq, not Syria If the US struck the Islamic State in Syria, such action would not only present the Syrian regime with an opening, but it could also set back the Syrian rebels Washington wants to support.

BY ADAM TAYLOR Even Al Qaeda, the group that birthed the Islamic State, is now against it. f you had said, one year ago, that While the group is believed to receive the US would have been militarily funding from groups in Saudi Arabia and involved in a Middle East crisis, Qatar, no one will complain if US forces few people would have batted an decimate the Islamic State. Britain and eyelid. President Barack Obama France have also, tentatively, indicated Ihad spent months trying to convince that they may join military action. the US public and Congress that the US Even so, the Islamic State, as isolated needed to intervene militarily in Syria. as it is, could pose a threat to the US. If However, the way that this interven- nothing else, it’s displaced Al Qaeda as tion has panned out would surely surprise the international face of Islamist extrem- many. The US is not intervening against ism: There are now Islamic State “gift Bashar Al Assad and the Syrian regime, shops” in Istanbul, and its flag flies in as Obama had proposed. Instead, it is London. Its practical threat may be lim- striking one of Assad’s biggest enemies, ited at present, but in the future it could the extremist militia that calls itself the grow: Norway recently announced it had Islamic State. And this intervention is received a warning that Islamist fighters not in Syria, but in neighbouring Iraq. returning from the Syrian civil war were Obama’s calls for intervention in Syria planning a terror attack. ultimately failed, and now bombs are The Islamic State apparently relishes falling in Iraq. Why? There are five big the idea of taking the fight to the US. factors. “Don’t be cowards and attack us with 1) There was strong opposition to drones. Instead send your soldiers, the Smoke covers Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace compound during a US-led air raid in Baghdad on March 21, 2003. intervention in Syria: ones we humiliated in Iraq,” Abu Mosa, When Obama pushed for military a spokesman for the group, says in a new York Times last April. “We have no illu- tactical fighters, they have limited means vital in any plans to return Iraq to a func- action against the Syrian regime last documentary from Vice News. “We will sions about the prospect of engaging with when fighting an assault from the air. tioning state. The US and Iraq’s Kurds year, other countries pushed back. humiliate them everywhere, God willing, the Assad regime — it must still go — but “Cities aside, most of Iraq looks like have a long, complicated history that also Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key and we will raise the flag of Allah in the we are also very reticent to support the a brown billiards table,” Andrew Exum, plays a factor here. ally of Assad’s, even went so far as to White House.” more hard-line rebels.” The current situ- a former US Army officer and promi- Then there’s the pressing issue of the write a chiding op-ed in The New York 3) As the Syrian War dragged on, it ation in Libya, where the post-Moam- nent expert on the Middle East, tweeted Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking minority that Times (which looks a little ridiculous became less clear who the enemy really mar Gaddafi political landscape has been Friday. “Open terrain + artillery/armour has been targeted by the Islamic State. after Crimea, but still). Iran, another key was: dominated by violent extremist groups, pieces = Christmas for USAF/USN As many as 40,000 remain stranded on Syrian ally, also pushed back. The plan to intervene in Syria was seems another warning. aviators.” a mountain in Iraq, dying of hunger and Even among European nations that based around the idea of routing regime The argument cut the other way, too. If Iraq’s central government and the thirst, The Washington Post reports. supported the rebels, the support wasn’t troops. The problem was that as the war the US struck the Islamic State in Syria, Kurdish regional powers are also keen for “When we face a situation like we do on powerful. In Britain, Prime Minister dragged on, it became less and less clear such action would not only present the US intervention. As far back as June, the that mountain,” Obama said in a state- David Cameron suffered a humiliating who would benefit from such interven- Syrian regime with an opening, but it Iraqi government was actually criticis- ment late Thursday, “and when we have political defeat when he asked parliament tion. Would extremist groups such as the could also set back the Syrian rebels that ing the US for not providing air support the unique capabilities to help avert a to support intervention. France, per- Islamic State fill the void? The concern Washington actually wants to support. yet. “This is not only endangering Iraq, massacre, I believe the US of America haps the most hawkish of the European became a sticking point for both right- 4) The situation in Iraq right now but the whole world,” Ali Al Musawi, a should not turn a blind eye.” Officials nations, refused to take the lead. wing opponents of intervention in the means that limited airs trikes can make government spokesman in Baghdad, said have suggested that the Yazidis’ situa- One key factor was that in both the US and foreign leaders such as Putin, a difference: at the time. tion could amount to “genocide.” US and Europe, multiple polls showed who noted that there were “more than So far at least, this is a limited inter- 5) The US feels a duty to act: Then, of course, there’s the US legacy that, even if it was horrified by the Assad enough Qaeda fighters and extremists of vention, with limited targets. Laser- In a speech defending his decision in the region. Many of Iraq’s current regime’s excesses, the public just didn’t all stripes battling the government.” guided 500-pound bombs have been to take military action in Iraq, Obama problems are a direct or indirect result support military intervention. “Some of the more extremist oppo- dropped, specifically targeting artillery mentioned the US military personnel of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. While 2) The Islamic State is both isolated sition is very scary from an American being used by Islamic State fighters to currently in Irbil and how he has a duty the Obama administration and much of and a threat to the US: perspective, and that presents us with all attack Kurdish troops defending Irbil. to protect them. But it’s worth thinking the public at large likely loathe the idea The Islamic State has few allies. Big, sorts of problems,” Ari Ratner, a fellow The current situation in Iraq means that about why those troops are there in the of wider military action, there is still a international powers such as Russia do at the Truman National Security Project limited involvement like this can have a first place. Irbil is a regional capital for sense that this is our mess, and we have not support it, and important regional and former Middle East adviser in the big impact, and while the Islamic State Iraq’s Kurds, who have proven to be key to help fix it. powers such as Iran are opposed to it. Obama State Department, told The New forces have shown themselves to be smart allies for Washington in Iraq and will be WP-BLOOMBERG

Will the West stop neglecting Dhaka’s misery? How Vladimir Putin puts We call on the governments of the Russians on a Soviet diet US, Britain, the EU and Australia BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY oodbye, Roquefort cheese, feta, prosciutto and jamon. So to demand of the Bangladeshi long, German raspberry jam, US-made Planters nut mixes, Norwegian salmon and Faroese shrimp. In his efforts to hit government an end to the Gback at the West, President Vladimir Putin is depriving Russians of the delicacies to which they have grown accustomed since the Soviet Union collapsed. repression of workers and unions On Putin’s orders, the Russian government Thursday banned the import of certain kinds of European, US, Canadian and Australian food and full payment of wages. for a year in response to those countries’ Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia. Unlike Western governments, Putin is not concerned about minimising the effect of sanctions on his own country’s busi- BY COLIN LONG and Group have been on strike and nesses. The measures will hurt Russian retailers and importers as much MICHELE O’NEIL occupying their workplaces as Western exporters. To ordinary Russians, the measures show how because they haven’t been paid serious Putin is about returning to Soviet times, when all grocery stores fter the Rana Plaza since mid-May. were called simply “Food” and sold almost exclusively local produce Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers gather at the scene after an factory collapse in Hundreds of the workers are on — when they had anything to sell. The embargo appears focused on eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, Dhaka, on April 25, 2013. Bangladesh last year, hunger strike, and because many products that Russia can source internally or from friendlier countries. Awhen over 1,200 work- of them had been unable to feed It includes all kinds of dairy, fruit and vegetables, meat and seafood. ers and many of their children themselves properly before the they entered one of the occupied exceptions) based on the exploita- Parmesan cheese is banned, but Italian olive oil isn’t. German sausage died, and the Tazreen factory fire strike through lack of money, a factories, beating and arresting tion of workers. is out, but German beer can still be imported. French foie gras is out, in November 2012, when around large number have collapsed or union officials and activists. The citizens of the rich world but Sauternes is in. Irish cheddar will be gone from the few Russian 130 workers died after manage- been hospitalised. The striking workers have must say that they won’t wear stores that sell it, but Irish whiskey will still be served in Moscow bars. ment locked the exits, labour con- Bangladesh continues to face called for a general strike on 10 clothes produced at the expense of Russia imports more than $30bn worth of food a year from countries ditions for textiles workers had numerous political, economic, August if their pay demands are the health, wellbeing and decent outside the former Soviet Union. In all, Europe’s biggest economies plus to be improved as a matter of life social and environmental chal- not met. livelihood of workers like those Poland, Norway, the US, Canada and Australia stand to lose some $6bn and death. lenges, including political insta- Tuba Group has been making in the Tuba Group factories. We in the next year from the Russian food sanctions. The Bangladesh accord on fire bility, corruption, poverty, clothes for big western corpora- want Bangladesh to have a gar- That is far from deadly for them. The Russian Micex stock index has and building safety was established overpopulation and climate tions like Walmart and during the ment industry and we want the lost a third of that amount in capitalisation since the food sanctions in the wake of these tragedies, change. World Cup completed an order Tuba Group workers and their were announced, because they are expected to hurt retailers such as after a tremendous international The extent of repression of of Fifa-endorsed clothing for millions of brothers and sisters the discounter Magnit, which has called itself the biggest food importer effort by activists, unions, led by Bangladeshi workers and the European companies, as revealed to have jobs. to Russia. More upscale retailers will need to reconsider their entire the IndustriAll global union fed- callousness displayed by factory by photographs of labels sent to But they must be decent jobs sales matrices, shifting to Asian and Latin American imports. That eration, and the International owners and the government mean us by striking workers. with decent pay. We in the rich cannot but have an effect on their bottom lines. Labour Organisation. that workers are forced to make People all over the western world can afford to make sure Putin appears to care little about the effect of the sanctions. His focus Accord inspectors have been extreme sacrifices to make their world were rightly disgusted they are – and we can insist that is, as ever, domestic. He is showing his voters in the most tangible way carrying out factory inspections point: for some, this may be a that hundreds of innocent people, western fashion brands and their possible that Russia doesn’t need the West to survive. The Kremlin’s since February with shocking hunger strike to the death. including children, were sense- Bangladeshi suppliers agree. propaganda is already playing up this message. “I can survive perfectly findings: a large proportion of To add deep insult to profound lessly killed when a Malaysian To resolve the Tuba Group cri- well in a world without polish apples, Dutch tomatoes, Latvian sprats, garment factories are unsafe, injury, the Tuba Group owner plane was shot down. It is time sis we call on Fifa to ensure its American cola, Australian beef and English tea,” Yegor Kholmogorov inadequately prepared for fire, happens to be the same man who for a similar outcry of disgust at licensed products are produced wrote on Izvestia.ru before it became clear that tea or cola would not structurally unsound, overloaded owned Tazreen. It took over a the daily destruction of the lives ethically. be sanctioned. and under-constructed. Work is year after the Tazreen fire to get of thousands of women, children We call on the governments Blanket-bombed by the state TV channels, most Russians will swal- now been done to make those fac- him arrested but he has now used and men in Bangladesh’s dark of the US, Britain, the EU and low the patriotic line, as they have bought Putin’s takes on Ukrainian tories safe. the strike to get bail. satanic mills. Australia to demand of the events and the annexation of Crimea. To the few propaganda-resistant Yet the mistreatment and gross On several occasions over the The international garments Bangladeshi government an end citizens, the food embargo is another step toward the Soviet era of self- exploitation of Bangladeshi work- last two weeks, police and govern- industry, which gives people of to the repression of workers and reliance. They’ve been stocking up on the last French cheese they’re ers continues. ment and employer thugs have the rich world an endless supply unions and the full payment of the going to see for at least a year and chuckling at the latest Putin joke: For two weeks, 1,600 work- attacked protests in support of of cheap fashion, is in so many Tuba Group workers’ wages. “The president decided to show he’s a Western leader, too, and imposed ers at factories owned by Tuba the strikes and on Wednesday countries (with a small number of THE GUARDIAN sanctions on Russia.” WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Hawaii holding primary poll between storms Julio forecast to strike early today

HONOLULU: Hawaii rushed churned about 805km off the Big to clean up debris from one Island city of Hilo and 1,100km tropical storm with only a day east of the state capital Honolulu, to prepare for the next hurri- the National Weather Service cane on its way, but aimed to said yesterday morning. squeeze in a primary election Forecasts showed Julio likely vote yesterday. tracking about 240km north of Voters were to decide a the archipelago early today at Democratic primary con- the earliest, meteorologists said. test between Governor Neil “Gradual weakening is forecast Abercrombie, who has a thriv- during the next couple of days, ing economy on his side, and but Julio is forecast to remain a state Senator David Ige who has hurricane through Sunday night,” surged to a double-digit edge in said a Weather Service advisory. polls despite raising less campaign There were no reports of major cash. injuries from Iselle, a boon to a All but two polling stations on state economy that depends heav- the east coast of the Big Island, ily on tourism. Some 95,000 tour- hardest hit by Tropical Storm ists were visiting Oahu, the state’s Iselle, will be open, election offi- most populous island, when Iselle cials said. Iselle weakened from hit. a hurricane before it struck the The American Red Cross said Big Island on Thursday, and lost on Friday 900 people remained in more force as it later pushed past evacuation shelters and a utility the US state. company said some 15,000 cus- “I think we’ve come through tomers on the Big Island have in great fashion,” Abercrombie spent two nights without power. told an evening news conference, “The air is thick with wood Bodysurfers and boogie boarders catch waves at Sandy beach on the east side of Oahu as Tropical Storm Iselle passes through the Hawaiian islands, a nod to the fact that the storm smoke since the power is still in Honolulu, Hawaii, yesterday. did much less damage than had out,” said Malia Baron, who was been feared. visiting the Volcano area of the Big Island were checking crops, Holualoa, in the Kona region. conducted for the Honolulu Shore land conservation deal As thousands of residents Big Island. “It’s been quite the fruit and macadamia nut trees Election analysts said it was Star-Advertiser puts Ige 18 and championing development scrambled to clean up fallen adventure, but we’re ready to for damage. unusual for an incumbent gover- points ahead of fellow Democrat in downtown Honolulu. He also trees that downed power lines, head home to prep for the next Ka’u Coffee Mill, a grower, said nor to struggle given the strength Abercrombie at 54-36 in the represented Hawaii in the US officials warned against compla- storm.” it closed on Friday as farmers of the economy, with unemploy- primary contest. House of Representatives from cency given the extent of the dis- The storm was responsible for assessed damage to fields from ment near a record low, tour- Abercrombie told supporters 1990 to 2010. ruption and the uncertainty over a rare lull in campaigning. flooding. ism going well and state coffers in a statement that Hawaii polls Ige’s campaign issued emails the pathway of the bigger storm As the election loomed, the “We took precautions to make sound. historically have often failed to urging voters to cast ballots hurtling toward them. US Coast Guard said it had reo- sure things didn’t blow away Hawaii has consistently re- presage actual results. early because of the storms. The Hurricane Julio, which was pened all of its ports in the state and to minimize damage if we elected Democratic governors Supporters say Abercrombie winner will face Independent downgraded to a Category 2 except one on Molokai, which was in fact got high winds - but we since Republican Bill Quinn has achieved much, signing gay and Republican candidates in storm on Friday, was packing to be evaluated early yesterday, didn’t,” said Bruce Corker, owner was ousted in 1962. A late marriage legislation into law, November’s general election. maximum winds of 155kph as it and farmers on the largely rural of Rancho Aloha coffee farm in July poll of 458 likely voters helping to negotiate a North REUTERS Support for Mass protest in London for Gaza Evening curfew for Scottish LONDON: Tens of thousands remained silent whilst Israeli aer- policy on Gaza. of pro-Palestinian demonstra- ial bombardment and a ground Prime Minister David Cameron independence tors marched through central incursion in Gaza has killed said he regreted her decision, youth in Baltimore London yesterday, demand- thousands. and said his government had ing Britain take a tougher line “We are calling for an end to expressed grave concern over the BALTIMORE: As dusk crept HBO police drama “The Wire,” drops: Survey against Israel over its military the massacre and the recall of the civilian casualties of the war and over Collington Square Park, has one of the highest rates of vio- assault on Gaza. UK parliament. Our government consistently called for a ceasefire. in east Baltimore, the children’s lent crime of any US city, with LONDON: Support for Scottish The Palestinian Solidarity must be forced to end its support Yesterday, Cameron announced chatter of questions began. 218 homicides reported in 2012, independence has fallen fol- Campaign said 150,000 people for Israel’s siege of Gaza.” that medical experts from the “What time is my curfew?” according to FBI data. lowing a TV debate this week attended the march, the third There were also fresh protests state-run National Health Service “What if I’m out with my brother But there are signs that crime and the campaign to split the major demonstration for Gaza in in Paris, which has seen several (NHS) would be deployed to the and he’s 18?” “If I hide, can I still in this city of some 625,000 is United Kingdom will need a London in the past four weeks. demonstrations related to the war region within 48 hours. stay out and play?” starting to ebb. The number of dramatic turnaround if it is to Protesters packed the main in recent weeks. “The conflict in Gaza has taken A 23-year-old man with thin, murders this year is down 14 per- win a forthcoming referendum, shopping artery of Oxford Street, Several thousand people took a terrible toll. The UK has been cascading braids who goes by the cent compared to the same period a poll showed yesterday. marching to the US embassy and part in the march, calling for the at the forefront of humanitarian name Dreads interrupted the last year. The Survation poll for the on to Hyde Park, many of them end of “Israeli aggression”, with efforts to help those affected and chorus of voices: “It’s 8:05! You While the curfew attracted Scottish Daily Mail newspaper chanting “Free, Free Palestine” a heavy police presence in place it is right that we see what more all have 55 minutes left!” strong opposition at a public said 50 percent of respondents and holding up banners saying to prevent the violence seen at we can do,” he said. A new youth curfew law, among forum last week, many parents planned to vote against inde- “UK - Stop Arming Israel”. earlier protests. Meanwhile a public appeal for the strictest in the nation, took approached on Friday night pendence in a ballot due on The first two protests attracted In Britain, the chairman of the aid for Gaza by the Disasters effect in Baltimore on Friday said they thought it was a good September 18 that will decide at least 10,000 people each, Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Emergency Committee (DEC), night. It requires unaccompanied idea. whether Scotland breaks its 307- according to police, although Hugh Lanning, said recent turn- on behalf of a number of British children under the age of 14 to “A lot goes on at night that they year union with England. organisers said it was more like outs had been “amazing”. charities, had raised £4.5 million be indoors by 9pm and for 14, 15 don’t need to be involved with,” It was the highest level of sup- 50,000 each time. Police declined “That level of support we have ($7.5 million, 5.6 million euros) and 16-year-olds to be indoors by said Alyssa Jackson, 20, as she port for remaining part of the to give a number for Saturday’s never seen before... The world since its launch on Friday. 10pm on weekdays and 11pm on tended to her 9-month-old daugh- United Kingdom in all Survation event. supports Palestine,” he said. Israeli warplanes pummelled weekends and during the summer. ter Madison on one knee. Jackson polls since February. Lindsey German, convenor Sayeeda Warsi, a Foreign Office Gaza with 40 air strikes on Children found out on the said her mother had set a similar By contrast, just 37 percent said of Stop the War Coalition, minister and the first Muslim to Saturday as militants hit back streets can be picked up by police curfew for her as a child, and she they planned to vote for a split an umbrella group of NGOs, sit in the British cabinet, dra- with 14 rocket attacks, leaving and escorted to one of two recrea- planned to do the same for her while 13 percent said they were said: “The level of anger is matically resigned on Tuesday international mediators scram- tional centres set up by the city own daughter. undecided. Excluding undecided unprecedented. over what she said was the gov- bling to rescue ceasefire talks. until parents or guardians pick Jackson’s friend, Emmanuel voters, support for independence “The British government has ernment’s “morally indefensible” AFP them up. Lawson, a fellow Baltimore native, stood at 43 percent against 57 Mayor Stephanie Rawlings- nodded his head in agreement. percent in favour of the union. Blakes says the rules will help “Honestly, it just eliminates the Chief Executive of Survation keep kids out of harm’s way in a possibility of people acting a fool,” Damian Lowe said the ‘yes’ cam- city that has long struggled with he said of the curfew. paign would need to see a “seismic high crime. But Kim Johnson, a single change” in order to win, and had But civil liberties groups, mother of five boys who works a to answer key questions, par- including the American Civil night shift doing custodial work, ticularly over which currency an Liberties Union of Maryland, wasn’t so sure. independent Scotland would use. say the rules are too vague and “What if the baby gets sick in “I think they’ll need to go back make negative interactions the middle of the night and my to the drawing board on some of between police and children all 16-year-old needs to go to the these issues and come back with but inevitable. store to get something?” said some answers,” he said. “I think there is a widely Jackson, 34, as she pushed her The last Survation poll, pub- acknowledged lack of trust child on a swing shortly before lished on August 3, showed support between members of the pub- the curfew took effect. for independence at 40 percent, lic and the police department She said she was especially with 46 percent against and 14 in Baltimore. Discussion of this worried about the city’s threat of percent of respondents undecided. falls against that backdrop,” said fining parents up to $500 if chil- This latest survey capped a bad Sonia Kumar, an ACLU staff dren are found unattended. week for Scottish First Minister attorney. For hours after the curfew Alex Salmond, the head of the She said she was also con- went into effect, the two recrea- pro-independence camp who was cerned about how police would tion centers set up by the city widely seen to have lost Tuesday’s react if they stop a child who is were mostly quiet. debate with Alistair Darling, the not carrying a photo identifica- At one point, a woman leader of the campaign to keep tion, or if the child attempts to arrived at the center on the Scotland in the UK. run away. city’s west side saying she had During the televised clash, Other critics noted that the rec come to collect her 11-year-old Salmond was repeatedly pushed halls that were serving as collec- grandson. on how an independent Scotland tion centers for the kids by night “I think it’s good,” she said of would keep the pound, given were closed for activities and the curfew. “The kids shouldn’t that the British government had events during the day. be out on the streets when it gets excluded a currency union. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators march towards Hyde Park going past the American embassy to Baltimore, which served as the dark.” REUTERS protest about the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip, in central London, yesterday. staging ground for the celebrated REUTERS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Malaysia party ousts top parliamentarian in opposition row KUALA LUMPUR: One of Party, PKR) over his refusal to to the country’s decades-old rul- decisions,” said PKR secretary the assembly is dissolved, or independence in 1957. Malaysia’s main opposition par- vacate the post of chief minis- ing regime. general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. he is ordered to step down by Opposition leader Anwar ties yesterday expelled a top ter of Selangor, Muslim-majority Khalid’s refusal to budge has The move is likely to anger Malaysia’s royalty. Ibrahim has been angling to have parliamentarian whose refusal Malaysia’s richest and most popu- been supported by key figures in Khalid supporters within PAS. A former corporate executive, his widely respected wife, Wan to vacate a key post threatens lous state. the Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party PAS’s senior leadership was due Khalid, 67, is respected by some Azizah Wan Ismail, appointed to break apart the country’s The affair is the worst crisis (PAS) -- a conservative Muslim to meet on August 17 to decide for his running of the state. . Selangor boss, nudging Khalid rising three-party opposition in the six-year history of the tri- party and Pakatan member -- lay- a final stand by the party on National power was retained aside. alliance. partite Pakatan Rakyat (People’s ing bare deep inter-party rivalries Khalid’s position. by the long-ruling coalition The move is apparently part of Khalid Ibrahim was stripped Pact) opposition coalition, which in the coalition. “We have sacked Saifuddin said Khalid remains dominated by the United Malays opposition positioning in advance of of his membership in Parti has made historic electoral gains him for the open defiance of party chief minister of Selangor until National Organisation, which the next elections, due by 2018, but Keadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice by offering itself as an alternative decisions and Pakatan coalition ousted by the state assembly, has governed Malaysia since has met PAS resistance. AFP

Japan issues China cracks highest alert over typhoon TOKYO: Japan’s weather down on Net agency yesterday issued its highest alert as typhoon Halong barrelled toward southwestern Japan, warning of heavy rains and strong winds from a storm that has grounded more than rumours 470 flights. The warning means that the storm poses a threat to life and Users must ‘uphold socialist system’ could inflict massive damage from torrential rain and strong winds, BEIJING: Police in China for criticising Communist Party the meteorological agency said. have arrested four people and officials, was sentenced to six- The alert was issued for the detained or warned another 81 and-a-half years in jail as part of Mie prefecture, some 300 kilome- as authorities crack down on the campaign last month, state tres west of Tokyo, as the outer alleged Internet rumour-mon- media said. bands of the storm was already gering, state media reported China tightly controls the lashing the region and other areas yesterday. Internet, but its online population of southwestern Japan, the agency Police did not give details on of 632 million has used messaging said. the timing of the actions, Xinhua applications to push the bounda- “Please remain on the alert news agency said, adding that 16 ries of restrictions on free speech. against a rise of rivers, floods as websites were punished for “weak Control measures include well as damage from landslides in safety management.” the blocking of foreign websites Asean foreign ministers and officials join hands as they pose for a photo during the Asean-China ministerial Mie prefecture,” the agency said Citing police, Xinhua said that such as Facebook, Twitter and on its website. meeting at Myanmar International Convention Centre in Naypyidaw yesterday. the alleged rumour-mongers YouTube using a system known Typhoon Halong, packing “used social network services to as the “Great Firewall.” winds of up to 180 kilometres fabricate and spread rumours, or State media reported Thursday per hour, could make landfall in forward rumours published on that China is banning users of southwest Japan late yesterday foreign websites.” Internet messaging services from or early today, according to the It added that among the posting political reports without Cold response to US ‘freeze’ move agency. rumours were “predictions of an permission, and demanding they Television footage showed high earthquake in Beijing within two promise to “uphold the socialist NAYPYIDAW: A US proposal also called for a freeze as part of Kerry said in opening comments. waves triggered by the typhoon to six days and gunshots having system.” for a freeze on provocative acts a three-step plan to ease tension “We need to work together to splashing over breakwaters and been heard in the west of the Internet companies are in the South China Sea got a in the resource-rich sea, through manage tensions in the South muddy torrents roaring down a Chinese capital.” required to ensure that users cool response from China and which passes $5tr of trade a year. China Sea and to manage them swollen river. The latest moves come amid a of online messaging services some Southeast Asian nations US Secretary of State John peacefully, and also to manage Storms and torrential rain ear- crackdown on the spread of online register with their real names, yesterday, an apparent setback Kerry arrived in Myanmar’s capi- them on the basis of international lier this week have left one dead rumours, which rights groups state broadcaster China Central to Washington’s efforts to rein tal, Naypyidaw, yesterday for the law.” and four injured, public broad- have criticised as an excuse to Television (CCTV) cited the in China’s assertive actions. Asean Regional Forum, joining But Le Luong Minh, secre- caster NHK said. punish people who publish infor- government’s National Internet To China’s annoyance, the foreign ministers and other top tary-general of the 10-member At least 473 flights were can- mation critical of the ruling Information Office as saying. United States is using a regional diplomats from China, Russia, Association of Southeast Asian celled due to the typhoon, which Communist Party. Users will be required to agree meeting in Myanmar this week- Japan, India, Australia, the Nations (Asean), said the US came as Japan had just begun its Hundreds have been detained to “seven bottom lines,” includ- end to step up its engagement in European Union and Southeast proposal was not discussed by annual “Obon” summer holiday, in the campaign, while sev- ing a vow to “uphold the socialist the maritime tension by calling Asia among others. Asean ministers because there NHK said. eral bloggers have been handed system,” a euphemism for China’s for a moratorium on actions such “The United States and Asean was already a mechanism in place Over the next 24 hours, the lengthy jail sentences, resulting one-party dominated regime, as China’s planting of a giant oil have a common responsibility to curtail sensitive action such as storm was expected to dump 70 in a decline in use of microblogs. when they register, CCTV said. rig in Vietnamese waters in May. to ensure the maritime security land reclamation and building on centimetres of rain on the south- Dong Rubin, a blogger known AFP Its ally the Philippines has of critical sea, lands and ports,” disputed islands. REUTERS west island of Shikoku. AFP Indigenous march No plans for Indonesians hope to find son Pope to visit after reunion with daughter

Korea border BANDA ACEH: An bore a striking resemblance to VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis Indonesian couple reunited with Jannah. will call for inter-Korean rec- their daughter a decade after He made inquiries and found onciliation during his trip to she was swept away by the 2004 out that the girl had been caught South Korea next week but is tsunami said Friday they were up in the tsunami, and was swept not expected to travel to the now hopeful of finding their son, from Aceh to remote islands demilitarised zone, the Vatican who also went missing in the southwest of the province. She said on Thursday. disaster. was taken back to the mainland “I don’t think such a plan is Raudhatul Jannah, then aged by a fisherman, whose elderly being considered. I don’t expect four, and her seven-year-old mother raised the youngster. it will happen, though the pope brother were carried away cling- Jannah’s parents, who moved is always capable of surprises,” ing to wooden planks when huge to the neighbouring province of Vatican spokesman Federico waves struck their home in Aceh North Sumatra following the Lombardi said during a press province on December 26, 2004. tsunami, travelled to Aceh soon conference ahead of the August The children’s mother, afterwards to meet the girl, and 13 to 19 trip. Jamaliah, and her husband sur- firmly believe it is their missing Vatican watchers had specu- vived the quake-triggered tsunami daughter, now aged 14. lated that the pope may make that killed tens of thousands in Jamaliah, who like many Bangladeshi indigenous people march on the street in Dhaka yesterday to celebrate United Nations’ International an unscheduled detour to pray at Aceh, on western Sumatra island, Indonesians goes by one name, on Day of the World’s Indigenous People. the demilitarised zone between and had long ago given up hope of Thursday said it was a “miracle” the two Koreas -- in an echo of finding their children alive. her daughter had been found and his impromptu stop at Israel’s But in June, Jamaliah’s brother described how she could not stop separation wall during a trip to spotted a girl in an Aceh village the “tears from flowing” during Bethlehem earlier this year. walking home from school who an emotional reunion. AFP Lombardi also confirmed that Nepal hikes insurance for Sherpas North Korea has declined to send Catholic believers to a mass cel- KATHMANDU: Foreign take in guiding their clients on Association, said on Friday. ebrated by Francis in Seoul, but mountaineers will have to the dangerous slopes of Mount Following the Everest ava- said the invitation from the South spend more for the insurance Everest. lanche Sherpas criticised the gov- Korean Church was still open. cover of their Sherpa guides to Dipendra Paudel, a Tourism ernment for doing little for their The pope will meet relatives climb any Himalayan peak in Ministry official, said the insur- welfare compared to the hefty of the victims of the Sewol ferry, Nepal including Mount Everest, ance cover for the guides would amount of money it collected from which sank in April with the loss the government said. be raised to $15,000 from $10,000. climbers as permit fees. of some 300 lives -- most of them Wedged between India and Medical insurance for each guide They also called for a climbing children -- as well as Korean China, Nepal is home to more has also been increased to $4,000 ban out of the respect for their women forced into sexual slavery than 1,300 Himalayan peaks - 414 from $3,000. fallen colleagues forcing 334 for- for Japanese troops during World of them, including Mount Everest, The new rates, to apply for all eign climbers to call off their War II. are open to foreign climbers who mountains including the 8,850 attempts to scale Everest this He will also visit a garden turn up in hundreds every year. metre Everest, will come into year. “dedicated to unborn children,” An ice avalanche on Mount force from next month, Paudel The government said their in a gesture against abortion, Everest in April killed 16 Sherpa said. permits would remain valid for Lombardi said. guides in the biggest disaster in “The hike will address to five years as authorities moved to For the first time on a foreign the history of the world’s tallest some extent the demand by encourage climbers to return. trip, the 77-year-old Argentinian mountain, highlighting concerns Sherpas for better compensa- Sherpas earn up to $7,000 or will speak in public on four occa- Jamaliah (left) kisses her daughter Raudhatul Jannah, 14, as the girl’s father that the Sherpas were paid too tion,” said Dambar Parajuli, chief more every year - 10 times Nepal’s sions in English, rather than Septi Rangkuti and grandmother Sarwani look on in Banda Aceh, yesterday. little compared to the risks they of the Expedition Organisers’ per capita income. REUTERS Italian or Spanish. AFP SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES Joint projects ‘not enough’ to measure ties Foreign affairs chief cites role of people-to-people interaction, connectivity in fostering Asean community

MANILA: It is not the number “The continued deepening of “The strength of our relation- – for the first time in its 45-year West Philippine Sea due to “an accordance with international of joint projects with China our relationship, however, must ship must therefore not only history – failed to issue a joint increased pattern of aggres- law. but also the prevalence of an not only be seen in the numbers be measured by the number of communiqué at the end of the sive behaviour and provocative The TAP contains “imme- environment that makes such of projects, but also in the ena- projects we cooperatively under- summit in Cambodia because actions” in the region. diate, intermediate and final partnerships possible that bling environment that makes take,” he pointed out. Phnom Penh refused to include He was apparently referring approaches” to address the ter- should measure the quality such projects possible. Such an Del Rosario highlighted the any reference to a discussion of to China’s brazen staking of its ritorial issues in the region. of the relationship between environment must be guided by critical role of people-to-people the sea disputes. claim over some islets, shoals, As an immediate approach, the the Association of Southeast the rule of law,” Del Rosario said interaction and connectivity in China’s close ally Cambodia, coral reefs and sandbars within TAP calls for a moratorium on Asian Nations (Asean) and the before outlining the Philippines’ fostering a meaningful sense of which was Asean chair at the the exclusive economic zones of specific activities that can esca- Asian giant, Foreign Affairs Triple Action Plan (TAP) that community among Asean and time, had consistently opposed other countries, including the late tension. Secretary Albert del Rosario aims to reduce and manage ten- Chinese peoples. any mention of the Philippines’ Philippines. “On an immediate basis, Asean, said yesterday. sions in the South China Sea and Southeast Asian countries were Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal The Asean foreign ministers in demonstration of its leader- While acknowledging the con- West Philippine Sea. seen as reluctant to challenge in the joint statement and acknowledged the urgent need ship, must call for a cessation of tinuing development of Asean- “Developments on the ground China’s questionable activities announced that a joint commu- to address the tensions in the activities that escalate tension, China relations across various and on the seas should equally in the South China Sea as some niqué “cannot be issued.” South China Sea in a manner pursuant to Article 5 of the Asean- fields, Del Rosario cited the need be amicable to reflect and com- member countries are heavily On Friday, Del Rosario that is peaceful and constructive, China Declaration on the Conduct for the creation and preservation plement the commitment with dependent on Chinese aid and reminded summit participants consistent with the Declaration of Parties in the South China Sea of an environment conducive to which we pursue our diplomatic investment. of the deteriorating situation on the Conduct of Parties in the (DOC),” Del Rosario said. the further deepening of relations. dialogue,” he said. In 2012, the 10-nation bloc in the South China Sea and South China Sea (DOC) and in THE PHILIPPINE STAR Prayer for victims of hostage crisis Palace: Govt must not fail on Bangsamoro basic law draft

MANILA: Failure is not an “We will continue to push for because the Milf was unhappy option when it comes to the this...you know the President, with the decision of the gov- drafting of the Bangsamoro when he says he wants to do ernment to dilute its proposals. Basic Law, Malacañang something, he will really put his Government officials maintained asserted yesterday. weight on it,” Valte said. the proposed Bangsamoro Basic “Failure should not be on the “There are two years left... Law provisions must conform to horizon because this is not for us. We’ll push as best as we can to the Constitution. This is not for President Aquino deliver the goods at the time At the same time, Milf leaders personally but it’s for our brothers that is projected. So the concen- called on the media to be more and sisters in the Bangsamoro,” tration now, really, is working prudent in reporting the peace deputy presidential spokesperson with the Bangsamoro Transition process to prevent misleading Abigail Valte said. Commission,” she said. the public. Valte said they were told by the Valte said both panels had been “Let’s avoid creating scenarios government and the Moro Islamic working non-stop to complete the depicting the efforts of both sides Liberation front (Milf) peace review of the draft Bangsamoro to build lasting peace in Mindanao panels that had been meeting Basic Law to be submitted to is doomed to fail,” Milf vice chair- since Aug. 1 that “more or less,” Congress. man Ghadzali Jaafar said. they were “70 percent out of the “So now, we’re not thinking of Jaafar aired his appeal to clarify way” on issues and were saving that failure or Plan B, but rather the Milf had not announced that the hardest ones for last. we’re concentrating on what we its negotiations with government Hopefully, they would be able can do to push this process fur- is now close to a standoff, due to to iron out all their differences ther,” she said. worsening misunderstandings on over issues at the soonest possible Malacañang earlier denied the the contents of the draft law. time. talks were headed for collapse THE PHILIPPINE STAR Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, now a local mayor, walks after a prayer for slain Hong Kong victims of the 2010 hostage crisis, during the Special Day of Prayer, a ceremony ahead of the 4th anniversary of the 2010 hostage crisis, at the Luneta Park in Manila yesterday. Accused ‘extremist’ taught Aquino’s impeachment process to start inmates in Baganga jail MANILA: The impeach- Supreme Court decision declar- life to his vision of engaging ment process against President ing parts of Aquino’s controver- the national government in MANILA: Kim Gargar, a He said some of the jail war- Aquino is expected to start sial Disbursement Acceleration sound fiscal management, which former physics professor of the dens were his students. moving next week. Program (DAP) unconstitutional. empowered government agencies University of the Philippines, “Some wanted to take the civil Representative Terry Ridon of Besides DAP, one complaint and instrumentalities to imple- was detained at the Baganga jail service test. The others would party-list group Kabataan said yes- questions the constitutional- ment key projects and to deliver in Davao Oriental for 10 months take board exams in criminology,” terday they received information ity of the Enhanced Defense urgently needed aid to the peo- after he was accused by the mil- he said, noting that he used the that the leadership of the House Cooperation Agreement the ple,” the Visayan bloc said. itary of being a member of the review materials brought by the of Representatives is scheduled to government has signed with the Batocabe said congressmen who New People’s Army (NPA). wardens. refer the three impeachment com- United States. would vote on Aquino’s impeach- This, however, did not stop Gargar, 34, was arrested by plaints against Aquino to the com- “These past weeks, we have pre- ment should not listen to sectors him from doing what he loved: members of the 67th Infantry mittee on justice possibly tomorrow pared for the upcoming impeach- that did not want him to succeed teaching. Battalion of the Philippine Army or Tuesday. ment hearings. Even if there are in the first place since day one of “I prepared myself so I would in Cateel, Davao Oriental fol- He said Speaker Feliciano some quarters that blindly seek his presidency. not feel depressed, bored,” Gargar lowing an encounter with NPA Belmonte Jr has transmitted the to block the impeachment pro- President Aquino For his part, Isabela Rep said in Filipino during a press rebels. complaints to Majority Leader ceedings without first hearing the Rodolfo Albano III said the House conference in Quezon City yes- He was charged with two Neptali Gonzales for inclusion in merits of the cases, we remain should not impeach a popular terday. “I considered (the jail) as counts of frustrated murder, vio- the House order of business and unflustered. We believe that the to fight the impeachment cam- President. “P-Noy still enjoys the my new school. In teaching, you lation of the election gun ban and referral to the justice panel. complaints against Aquino are paign of seven militant party- support of majority of our people. just need students.” the non-bailable offence of illegal The two House leaders have strong,” Ridon said. “Let justice list representatives belonging to Let us remember that impeach- He said he taught literacy to possession of explosives. nine session days to get the proc- be done though the heavens fall. Makabayan. ment is largely a political proc- his fellow inmates using flash- But according to Gargar, a ess moving. I urge my colleagues sitting in the The latest to support the anti- ess,” he said. cards. He said their sessions were PhD candidate of Groningen “We in Makabayan are ready House justice committee to listen impeachment effort are the Visayan Cagayan de Oro City Rep generally informal, but nonethe- University in the Netherlands, to discuss and defend the mer- and consider the arguments we bloc, led by Negros Occidental Rep Rufus Rodriguez, president of less informative. he was conducting rehabilitation its of the impeachment com- will present during the impeach- Alfredo Benitez, and more than 30 Centrist Democratic Party of the Gargar said he was able to study on Pablo-devastated areas plaints,” Ridon said. He and ment proceedings,” he said. party-list lawmakers led by Rodel Philippines, said the President teach the inmates the basics of when he heard an exchange of other Makabayan bloc members Various pro-administration Batocabe of Ako Bicol. could not be impeached on the physics and tried to provide them gunfire on October 1, 2013. are endorsers of the complaints, political groups and regional “We believe in the programmes basis of DAP. with legal advice. THE PHILIPPINE STAR which are based largely on the blocs in the House have vowed of President Aquino that gave THE PHILIPPINE STAR Courtesy call Govt eyes 1m new overseas voters

MANILA: The Department “At the current pace of regis- immigrants and seafarers who of Foreign Affairs’ Overseas tration, we could have an overseas are about to leave for abroad to Voting Secretariat (DFA-OVS) voter stock of over two million for register at the new facilities. is confident that the govern- the 2016 presidential elections. “If said registrants need to ment can still reach its goal Attaining this goal can definitely renew their passports, they no of registering one million new be a game changer,” he added. longer have to set an appoint- overseas voters for the 2016 Last June, the Foreign Service ment to apply for renewal. Their elections despite the recent sus- Posts processed 20,039 new appli- Overseas Voter Registration pension of registration in five cations. This was a 7.5 percent stub will allow them access to strife-torn countries. increase from 18,631 last May. the Passport Division’s Courtesy The Commission on Elections There are 1,013,933 overseas vot- Lane,” the DFA said. (Comelec) has suspended the ers to date, the DFA said. The Comelec, meanwhile, is overseas voter registration in The agency opened the first set to pilot test online registra- Libya, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Overseas Voter Registration tion in all districts of Quezon City the Gaza Strip due to the deterio- Center in the Philippines at the and hopes to also do it in Hong rating security situation in these ASEANA Business Park along Kong and Singapore where many areas. Macapagal Avenue in Parañaque Filipinos work. But DFA Undersecretary City last June, while the sec- Covered are registration and Rafael Seguis, who chairs the ond OVRC at the Commission applications for transfer and President Benigno S Aquino III (right) exchanges views with US Ambassador Philip Goldberg (centre), US Senator DFA-OVS, said the goal of regis- on Filipinos Overseas along reactivation of registration and Bob Corker (second left) and members of the US Congressional Delegation during their courtesy call, at the tering one million new overseas President Quirino Avenue in Paco, correction of entries in the reg- President’s Hall in Malacañang Palace on Friday. voters for the 2016 presidential Manila was opened on August 1. istration records. elections is still “attainable.” The DFA urged OFWs, THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Four killed in Pakistan clashes, 500 held ‘Govt wants massacre in the name of crackdown’

LAHORE: Violence flared Some members of the ruling during clashes between Qadri in several towns and cities in party fear the protesters may be supporters and police in the town Pakistan yesterday between getting support from elements in of Bhakkar, 320 kilometres south- police and supporters of an anti- the powerful military, which has west of the capital, said a doctor. government cleric, killing at had a series of disagreements Police said a police station had least four people and injuring with the government. The mili- been burnt down and dozens of scores, police and witnesses said. tary denies meddling in politics. weapons seized in the central Activist cleric Tahir ul- Security was tight in Lahore town of Qaidabad. Qadri called off a large protest yesterday with police manning In Lahore, Qadri’s supporters rally planned in Lahore today. checkpoints throughout the east- on Friday tried to remove bar- Following a police crack down, he ern city, the home town of both ricades that authorities put up urged supporters to hold smaller Qadri and the prime minister, and around Qadri’s house, sparking protests in their home towns the capital of Punjab, the coun- clashes. instead. try’s richest province. The supporters brought a “Pick up the bodies of the mar- Around 500 Qadri supporters crane to move shipping contain- tyred and keep the bodies of the had been arrested, said Nabeela ers blocking off the residence injured before you - but protest Ghazanfar, the provincial police and threw stones at police who peacefully,” Qadri said in a tel- spokeswoman, and more than tried to stop them by firing tear- evised address. “The government 100 police injured. The paramili- gas. Police withdrew and women wants a massacre in the name of tary Rangers force patrolled the activists armed with batons sur- a crackdown.” streets. rounded Qadri’s house. The violence, which started Rahiq Abbassi, a spokesman The clashes continued through on Friday, exacerbated tensions for Qadri, said more than a hun- Friday night into yesterday. ahead of the Lahore demonstra- dred of their supporters were Provincial law minister Rana tion. Qadri had planned to protest also injured and denied they had Mashhood Ahmad said on Friday against deadly clashes between his attacked the police. Qadri would be arrested and supporters and police in June. In several parts of Punjab, charged with terrorism offences He has also condemned the gov- police tried to block Qadri’s sup- for inciting violence. ernment as corrupt and called for porters from travelling to Lahore, Underscoring the worry about the overthrow of Prime Minister sparking confrontations and vio- political stability are indications Nawaz Sharif. lence, police and witnesses said. the military is frustrated with the A separate protest, led by oppo- Two men and a woman government. Some officers are Supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek political party leader, Canadian-based cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, shout slogans sition politician Imran Khan, were killed in the district of unhappy after former military during a protest following clashes with police in Lahore yesterday. is planned for the capital on Gujranwala, about 220 kilome- chief and ex-President Pervez Thursday to protest alleged elec- tres southeast of Islamabad, said Musharraf was put on trial for tion irregularities. He has also deputy inspector general of police treason last year. There was also disagreement an offensive in June. the military to step in to restore called for the government to go. Saad Bahrwana. Musharraf deposed Sharif, in between the government and the The military has ruled Pakistan order. The planned demonstrations Shopkeeper Muhammad a coup in 1999 but was forced to army on how to handle militants for about half its history but is Last week, the government have unnerved Sharif’s fledgling Hussain said those clashes began step down in 2008. attacking the state, with the army generally seen as reluctant to deployed the military around key civilian government. The nuclear- when police tried to stop Qadri Sharif returned from exile favouring military action and the seize power and take on respon- installations in Islamabad and on armed nation of 180 million has supporters from travelling to shortly afterwards and won a government holding out hope for sibility for a struggling economy Friday it banned gatherings of a history of coups and street Lahore. landslide victory in last year’s peace talks. The army eventually and other problems. But excessive more than five people in the city. protests. Another man was shot dead polls. won the argument and launched violence on the streets could force REUTERS Election Commission Afghanistan entering a new phase: Abdullah

KABUL: Afghan presidential ethnic conflict in the war-weary election by massive ballot-box Afghanistan next year after all denies poll rigging candidate Abdullah Abdullah nation as US-led Nato troops stuffing. foreign combat troops withdraw said yesterday that his country withdraw after more than a dec- The two feuding opponents by December. was entering ‘a new phase,’ rais- ade in the country. agreed to an audit of all 8.1 mil- “The timeline is a concern for ISLAMABAD: Dispelling the leadership to show patience and ing hopes that a bitter dispute “I’m hopeful but I’m not saying lion votes cast during the second everybody including our friends. impression of large-scale rigging not to let democracy ‘derailed.’ over fraud-tainted elections that we are at the end of the road. round of voting under a previous We are aiming to achieve that in the 2013 elections, former For the new ECP and electoral might soon be solved. We are at the beginning of a new deal overseen by Kerry but it soon goal of the completion of the audit Chief Election Commissioner reforms, he suggested (1) No serv- Abdullah and his bitter rival phase,” Abdullah said. frayed due to disagreements. before the Nato summit and the (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim ing bureaucrat should be in the Ashraf Ghani vowed Friday to Abdullah had refused to accept Abdullah stressed that the vote announcement of the new presi- has said that the political lead- ECP (2) Voting should be made work together whoever becomes preliminary results from the audit must be completed in time dent,” he said. ership of the country should not compulsory (3) ECP members president in a unity government second round of voting that put to have a new president before But he added that his support- let democracy derailed and made should not be from the judiciary deal that was overseen by US Ghani ahead, a reversal of the a Nato summit in Britain on ers would only accept the result if it clear that there was no pres- but should have an experience of Secretary of State John Kerry first round where he came out September 4-5 -- a key demand the audit was ‘legitimate,’ raising sure from former chief justice dealing with administration with during a visit to Kabul to medi- strongly in the lead. of the US. The summit is sched- concerns of future disagreements Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry good reputation (4) Elections ate an end to the impasse. Both candidates accused uled to endorse a US-led Nato between the two camps. on the Election Commission of should be held in phases like in The feud threatens to revive each other of trying to steal the ‘training and advisory’ mission in AFP Pakistan (ECP) with regard to India, considering the resources the elections 2013. and manpower (5) ECP’s Asking Fakhru Bhai to ‘break bureaucratic structure should Cycling race his silence’ was never easy, par- also be revamped. Fakhruddin ticularly in a situation when a G Ebrahim had told the then leading opposition party, the leader of the opposition Ch Nisar Militants from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Ali Khan, who approached him has termed the election 2013 most to accept the job that he would Afghanistan kill fraudulent, demanding resigna- quit as the CEC after the elec- tion of Prime Minister Nawaz tions despite having a five-year four of family Sharif and fresh elections under term in the office. the new Election Commission of A retired judge, who already PESHAWAR: Militants from Pakistan (ECP). draws Rs600,000 as pension Afghanistan stormed the house While most of the conversa- could have been getting an addi- of a local anti-Taliban militia in tion remained ‘off the record,’ tional Rs600,000 as the CEC, till troubled northwest Pakistan, he allowed to use some of it ‘on the expiry of his term, meaning killing him and three mem- record,’ particularly when asked Rs1,200,000 a month. But, Fakhru bers of his family, officials said about his ‘regrets’ during his Bhai stepped down as per his yesterday. term, and ‘proposals’ to improve commitment. The incident occurred late the electoral process. Since the resignation of Fakhru Friday in Tenai Dara village in His three regrets include (1) Bhai, the government and the Upper Dir district around 250 Army should have been given opposition have been unable to kilometres north of Peshawar. a more supportive role, (2) agree on a single candidate for “Taliban militants from Elections should have been held the Chief Election Commissioner. Afghanistan stormed the house in phases, and (3) Serving judges Within a year, they were sup- of Nazmeen Khan, chief of a local should have been appointed as posed to agree on four other ECP anti-Taliban militia, in the late Chairman Election Tribunal members as the incumbent ECP hours of Friday night and killed making it necessary for them to members’ tenure would expire in him along with his two sons and give the verdicts within 120 days. a year. a nephew,” local police official Gul Fakhru Bhai advised the political INTERNEWS Fazil Khan said. Afghans take part in a cycling race on the outskirts of Bamyan province on Friday. For the first time, Bamyan He said two other family has hosted a cycling tournament, Tour of Bamyan. members were wounded, includ- ing a women who was in critical condition. Senior police official Javaid Aziz confirmed the incident. Taliban command system crippled, says govt “Taliban militants from Afghanistan attacked the house of a local anti-Taliban militia and ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yes- be very minimal,” Sharif said system of the Pakistani Taliban to be proud of,” he said. He added: Washington pressed Islamabad the local militia and army later terday said it has crippled the in an address broadcast live on (TTP) had been ‘crippled.’ “We want good relations with for years to take action to retaliated and killed two mili- command and control system of television. The statement added that ‘all India.” wipe out sanctuaries in North tants,” Aziz said. local Taliban militants adding Pakistan began an offensive in political and religious parties After sweeping to a landslide Waziristan, which militants He said the anti-Taliban militia that the likelihood of a backlash the northwest following a brazen agreed that state has to fight and election victory last month, have used to launch attacks on and the military were searching to the ongoing military offen- attack on the country’s busiest eliminate militancy.’ India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Nato forces in neighbouring for the militants. sive in the troubled northwest airport in Karachi which killed Sharif added that his nation Minister Narendra Modi invited Afghanistan. The Taliban is an Islamic fun- would be ‘minimal.’ dozens and left a nascent peace needed to do more to improve Sharif to his inauguration in More than 800,000 people have damentalist political movement in Addressing a national security process in tatters. relations with its neighbours. a surprise move seen as a sig- been forced to flee from North Afghanistan. It spread through- conference in Islamabad, Prime More than 500 militants and Both Kabul and Islamabad nificant olive branch to India’s Waziristan by the assault, with out Afghanistan and formed a Minister Nawaz Sharif said the 27 soldiers have been killed in accuse each other of not doing Muslim neighbour. most ending up in the nearby government, ruling as the Islamic ongoing strikes against the mili- the assault so far, according to enough to tackle cross border Pakistan’s semi-autonomous town of Bannu. Emirate of Afghanistan from tants were inevitable because the military, though their death militancy while Pakistan has long tribal areas on the Afghan bor- There have been fears that September 1996 until December peace talks had failed to proceed. toll for insurgents cannot be inde- had frosty relationship with India. der have for years been a hide- many top militants also fled, 2001, with Kandahar as the capi- But he played down the like- pendently confirmed. “We need to have cordial rela- out for Islamist militants of all including fighters from the feared tal. However, it gained diplo- lihood of militants being able to In a statement issued to the tions with our neighbours if we stripes -- including Al Qaeda and Haqqani network which is blamed matic recognition from only three hit back. media after conference, military want to progress, Pakistan can- the homegrown TTP as well as for numerous bloody attacks in states: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, “If there is a reaction to the officials said they were confident not live in isolation. We don’t have foreign fighters such as Uzbeks Afghanistan. and the United Arab Emirates. operation Zarb-e-Azb it would that the command and control relations with a single neighbour and Uighurs. AFP AFP SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

15 families Work for social evacuated in Himachal after change, Modi landslides

SHIMLA: At least 15 fami- lies were yesterday evacuated urges party from two villages in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district after landslides, following a down- pour, posed a threat to their Change will come: Prime minister houses, an official said. The affected villages are Chohla NEW DELHI: Pledging to For instance, one year can be ded- and Patola in Kajlot panchayat bring about “change” in the icated to energy saving... the next overlooking Dharamsala town, country, as people had huge to building toilets in villages... sit 275 km from the state capital. expectations from his govern- with people in the villages and The property loss in the land- ment, Prime Minister Narendra work for such causes,” he said. slips is yet to be ascertained, Modi yesterday told delegates Modi in his 30-minute speech in Sub-Divisional Magistrate Balbir of his Bharatiya Janata Party Hindi also said he was committed Thakur said. (BJP) to dedicate themselves to to finding out ways for the wel- “The affected families have social causes such as education fare of the poor. “We have to find been shifted to nearby areas and of the girl child that take the out ways to uplift the poor,” the given an ex-gratia of Rs.5,000 each nation forward. 63-year-old prime minister said. along with necessary rations,” he Stressing that the country was In an obvious attack on the added. above the party, Modi said he was Congress, Modi said: “Those who Shiv Charan, Vice-President duty bound to bring “change” and have suffered a massive defeat in Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah (centre) as BJP senior leader of the Kajlot panchayat, said he was hopeful he would be suc- the elections are still not able to Lal Krishna Advani (right) looks on at a BJP National Council meeting in New Delhi yesterday. the landslips started on Friday cessful in this endeavour. desist from engaging in old vote evening but help from the dis- “Things have already started bank politics. They are engaged in trict administration reached only changing. And I can tell from my disturbing the social fabric.” Prepare for assembly polls: Shah yesterday. experience in the last 60 days that The statement by Modi, who we will be able to effect change. did not name the Congress, Students conduct Ever since the new government came after the Congress and NEW DELHI: BJP’s rank Maharashtra, and Bihar, where, tradition,” he added. came to power, the world view has other opposition parties like the and file should gear up for the he added, the BJP would “form Rajnath Singh, on his part, said cleanliness changed with regard to India and Samajwadi Party accused the BJP forthcoming assembly elec- the government on its own”. the BJP “is an ideology and cadre that is because we have come to of fanning communal violence in tions so that we can form the He said: “In Bihar Nitish driven party”. drive in Delhi power with a decisive mandate,” Uttar Pradesh. government on our own, said Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav, “The Congress has neither ide- Modi said to over 2,000 BJP Congress vice president Rahul Amit Shah who was ratified as two staunch rivals, are now arm ology nor cadre, and hence Modi’s NEW DELHI: Around 200 delegates who had assembled Gandhi, who led an unprecedented the party chief yesterday at its in arm. But they don’t know that popularity was able to get the BJP students from the northeastern from across the country at the attack on the BJP by trooping to national council meet, the first the strength of any party lies in a clear mandate in this election. states studying in various col- Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here. the Lok Sabha speaker’s podium after it won the Lok Sabha polls its ideology and in its cadre. We The last seven months were the leges of Delhi University yester- Modi, addressing the national Aug 6 to demand a debate on ris- with a thumping majority. will form a government of our golden history of BJP which saw it day took part in a cleanliness council meet which ratified Amit ing communal violence, had said The day-long meet saw outgo- own in Bihar.” emerge as the biggest party of the drive to promote civic sense Shah as the next party chief, said the violence in Uttar Pradesh ing BJP chief and Home Minister Shah went on to say that country...,” Rajnath Singh said. among students of the country. that by dedicating every year to was “artificially and deliberately Rajnath Singh saying the party though crores of ruppees had been He justified Shah’s elevation as The students under the banner a cause of national interest and engineered”. will help emerge India not just as spent on cleaning Ganga in the the party president, saying it was “I love Delhi University” initiated striving to secure it sincerely, the Modi said that at such a time, an economic force but reinstate past but there was no improve- under his aegis that the BJP man- by the Northeast Students Society BJP will be able to create a new BJP workers will have to play a cru- her cultural heritage, and Finance ment. He said this was because aged to win 71 of 80 seats in Uttar of Delhi University, cleaned dirty identity for itself. cial role to ensure communal and Minsiter Arun Jaitley crediting cleaning Ganga has been treated Pradesh. “We have to realise the areas of the university’s south “Let us dedicate every year for national unity so that the nation the Modi government with ending as a programme rather than a inner strength of our country. campus. a cause which takes forward the moves forward. “When the country “policy paralysis”. civil movement. This mission of free India, initia- They said they will organise interest of the nation, be it issues makes progress, its 125 crore peo- Amit Shah, 49, while address- “The history of our country is tied by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is similar campaigns in future to of water scarcity or education of ple make progress,” he said. ing the meet at Jawaharlal Nehru as old as the river Ganga. Our gov- now the responsibility of Modi,” keep the campus clean. the girl child. Let every mem- He also took a swipe at the stadium here, said that the BJP ernment is committed to making Singh said amid applause. “This is a very appreciable ber of the BJP work to realise it. Congress for using “different and was able to get the support of clean Ganga a civil movement.” He went on: “Power is not a initiative by students from the This will not only widen our mass tough yardsticks” to judge the the common people in the gen- Shah said the BJP has a rich goal, it is a means to strive for- northeast communities study- support but develop our nation,” performance of his government. eral election because it projected tradition of grass-root work and ward. More hard work is needed ing in various colleges of Delhi. Modi said, his speech frequently “Those who have not done any- a leader who could “fulfil people’s family background has never been so that power is not misused.” I will request the other stu- punctuated with “Bharat Mata ki thing for 60 years are asking for hunger for development”. a consideration for leadership. In the meet, Modi was wel- dents to follow such initiatives Jai” chants from exultant party our account of 60 days,” he said. He called on the party cadre “The rise of Narendra Modi comed with the party’s favoured to keep the university campus workers dressed in saffron and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to repeat the feat in the state to the highest position in our slogans outside the auditorium. clean and serene,” said Motilal white kurtas. said India was not just an eco- elections. democracy, beginning as a grass- Drummers specially called from Nehru College principal B K “Every party worker should nomic force but one of the best He asked BJP rank and root organiser and belonging to Kerala played Chando Melam, a Jain, who flagged off the clean- work on programmes on the cultures of the world. file to prepare for assembly an economically backward fam- classical instrument. liness drive. social issue for a particular year. IANS polls in Jharkhand, Haryana, ily, is also in keeping with this IANS AGENCIES

Massive Telangana defies Centre on law and order powers to governor turnout at HYDERABAD: The Telangana implement the norms. section 8(3) of the Andhra that under the Reorganisation suggested 13 norms to empower government yesterday refused A statement from the Chief Pradesh Reorganisation Act Act, Hyderabad has been declared the governor. Nehru Trophy to vest control of Hyderabad’s Minister’s Office said the gov- clearly says the governor should a common capital of the two The norms made commission- law and order in the governor, ernment rejected the Centre’s act on the advice of the council states for a period not exceeding ers of Hyderabad and Cyberabad setting the course for a confron- suggestion to entrust special of ministers. 10 years. and superintendent of police in boat race tation with the Centre. responsibilities to the governor. Earlier, the chief secretary The Act has cast special neighbouring Ranga Reddy dis- A day after the union home On the direction of Chief met the chief minister Saturday responsibility on the governor trict accountable to him. ALAPPUZHA, Kerala: On ministry sent a letter to the state Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, morning to discuss the develop- with respect to law and order, A special cell will be set up the second Saturday of every government directing it to imple- Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma ments in the wake of the Centre’s safety and security of the people to deal with hate crimes and August, all roads here lead to ment various norms to transfer dashed off a letter to the Centre, letter. Sharma later met E S L and vital installations as well as crimes related to extortion and the famed Punnamada lake powers of maintaining law and making it clear that he cannot Narasimhan, who is serving as management and allocation of another cell to deal with inter- for Kerala’s signature event, order in Greater Hyderabad to implement the norms suggested governor of both Telangana and government buildings in the com- nal security and security of vital the Nehru Trophy boat race. the governor, the state govern- by the Centre. Andhra Pradesh. mon capital. installations. As in the past, the venue over- ment wrote back saying it cannot The letter pointed out that The Centre’s letter pointed out The union home ministry IANS flowed with thousands of people yesterday. The 62nd edition of the boat race was inaugurated by Kerala Self-defence skills Governor Sheila Dikshit. Billed as the curtain raiser for Right and Left in Kerala eye Mani the commencement of the tour- ism season, Alappuzha has been abuzz with activity as this event KOCHI: In a world of coali- print and electronic media was mouth when I wish to,” said Mani. brings thousands of foreign and tion politics, when alliances of buzz with speculation that Mani Soon came Chandy and domestic tourists to the lake to parties take place more out of and his party is being wooed seri- breathed fire on the media and its witness the snake boat race. convenience than on conviction, ously by the Left opposition in present way of “creating news”. This time, of the 72 boats of 80-year-old Finance Minister the party. Congress spokesper- “In the past there was an various shapes and sizes that took K M Mani and his Kerala son Pandalam Sudhakaran then ‘owner’ for statements but today part, there were 16 snake boats. Congress-Mani is much sought had to seek the help of the social it’s more of assumptions and pre- The snake boat race was won after. media and through a post in his sumptions. Please do not worry of by Champakulam who took the With the Left opposition in face book page asked, “Why is the UDF, we are united and func- prestigious Nehru trophy. Kerala making it clear that if Mani sir not opening his mouth tion as a well oiled unit and there The silver trophy was donated he decides to move out of the on the media speculation?” are no issues at all,” said Chandy. by then prime minister Jawaharlal Congress-led United Democratic The speculation was that if But, Mani and his political out- Nehru. It is in the form of a snake Front (UDF), he will not be out Mani jumps from the UDF along fit has jumped fences and has been boat placed on a wooden aba- in the political wilderness. with eight of his fellow party legis- an ally of the CPM also in the past cus with an inscription and his An edit page article in yes- lators, the Left will make him the and even was a minister in the E signature. terday’s Bharatiya Janata Party next chief minister of the state K Nayanar led ministry in 1980 “This is superb... all these years, organ Janmabhoomi said Mani for the remainder of the present and each time there is a news I have heard and read about this will be accepted with both hands term of around 18 months. that Mani might jump again, it is event but this is the first time I in national politics, if he decides In the 140-member Kerala never dismissed as the imagina- am experiencing it,” said British to come over. assembly, the ruling UDF has 75 tion of a political journalist. national G Gordon. “When some decides to come, members while the Left oppo- And now with even the BJP “I enjoyed every bit, and never history itself would be re-written,” sition has 65. Hence, if Mani too eyeing him, it cannot be dis- saw such participation of the says the Janmabhoomi article, giv- decides to move on, the present missed outright because for a people. People here speak and ing enough hints that the BJP will Oommen Chandy government will brief while his party did put their breathe only about this great treat Mani with due respect. be reduced to a minority. arms around the BJP as part of a event,” he said. Mani is perhaps the only leg- Soon came Mani in full public political understanding of work- Rain this time did not play islator in the country who has an glare and said the question of he ing together in the Thiruvalla spoilsport. outstanding record of winning becoming the chief minister is Municipality a few years back. The event dates back to 1952, every election since 1967 (from something which he himself has Mani’s party has a member when Nehru visited the state and C ollege students display karate and judo skills during a self-defence the Pala constituency in Kottayam not even thought, then how can each in the two house of parlia- a pageantry of boats accompanied class on the final day of a week-long self-defence workshop in district) and one who has pre- he speak of other things. ment and the Lok Sabha member him from Kottayam to Alappuzha. Ahmedabad yesterday. sented a dozen state budgets. “There is no thought of any Jose K Mani is his son. IANS In the past two weeks, the such thing and I will open my IANS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Badal govt Hagel calls curbing right to protest: for stronger Congress CHANDIGARH: The opposi- tion Congress in Punjab yes- terday slammed the Badal government for allegedly curb- defence ties ing the democratic right of the people to protest. Punjab Congress President Partnership critical for world peace Partap Singh Bajwa, in a state- ment, condemned the “repression NEW DELHI: US Defence — within either of our govern- let loose by the state government Secretary Chuck Hagel yester- ments - must not bound the limits on the agitating government day called for stronger defence of our partnership and initia- employees”. cooperation between India and tives,” he stressed. “The Parkash Singh Badal gov- the US, and said Washington The US defence secretary said ernment has no right to curb the was supportive of India play- security interests of the US and democratic rights of the people to ing a larger role in regional India converge as “India continues protest peacefully for the accept- security. to look east and the US pursues ance of their demands. Ever since In a talk at the silver jubilee strategic re-balance. These things this government has taken over, function of the Observer Research headline the convergence of inter- such protests have been ruthlessly Foundation (ORF) here, Hagel ests of our two nations”. curbed by the use of brute force. referred to ties with China and “US-India defence coopera- “The only answer with the said both India and the US should tion is top priority,” he said, add- government to the demands of “avoid traps of rivalry” in their ing that the Defence Trade and US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel (left) and Director, Observer Research Foundation, Sanjay Joshi, arrive to various sections of society are the ties with Beijing. Technology Initiative (DTTI) was attend a conference in New Delhi yesterday. police lathis. The voice of the peo- He invited India to an expanded the “centrepiece of our defence ple cannot be crushed like this,” trilateral cooperation with the US cooperation, and I am commit- swearing-in ceremony signalled relations with Beijing should US President Barack Obama and Bajwa said. and Japan and said that bureau- ted to enhancing it”.He said he his intent of better ties with avoid “the traps of rivalry. “We Prime Minister Modi’s rise to Bajwa pointed out recent inci- cratic red tape should not be was looking forward to the next Pakistan and other neighbours. will continue to seek a stable and power, Hagel said: “It is no coinci- dents of police cane-charge on allowed to hamper their expanded meeting of the defence framework On India’s long-term involve- peaceful order in which China is dence that the son of a tea seller agitating roadways employees, defence cooperation. agreement to replace the 10-year ment in Afghanistan’s development, a fellow trustee working coopera- becomes the Indian prime minister multi-purpose health workers “A stronger US-India partner- defence agreement that is due to Hagel said: “By providing assistance tively with both our nations”. and a child born in a small Kenyan (female) and arrest of teach- ship is critical for sustained peace expire next year. to the Afghan security forces and He said India should expand family becomes US president.” ers recruited under various and prosperity around the globe. Hagel said there were several the significant humanitarian devel- its trilateral cooperation with On Modi’s forthcoming visit to schemes. There is bipartisan support in the proposals that would transfer opment support, India has invested Japan and the US. Referring to the US, Hagel said Obama was He said that agitating employ- US for stronger India-US rela- technology and production exper- in long term regional stability.” the tensions in the South China “very much looking forward to ees were being cane-charged tions,” Hagel said. tise to India, including a plan for He said India was “assuming Sea, the US defense secretary said the summit meeting. almost every day in Bathinda, the “As our interests align, the US and India to co-produce significant security responsibil- both India and the US favour a Hagel, who arrived Thursday protest capital of Punjab. so should our armed forces. and co-develop the Javelin anti- ity beyond South Asia” through peaceful resolution of disputes for evening on a three-day visit, ear- “What was all the more shock- Increased investment towards tank missile. its participation in humanitarian freedom of navigation in the seas. lier Saturday met Chairman Chiefs ing was that even women were defence industrial partnership On India’s expanded role in efforts, including in counter piracy, On the Indian general election, of Staff Committee (COSC), Air not being spared. The irony was with India is the way of going South Asia and the region, Hagel and providing tsunami relief. which saw the Bharatiya Janata Chief Marshal Arup Raha. that this Lok Sabha constituency forward. A robust defence part- said: “As India expands its own On China, he said: “Just as the Party sweep to power with a mas- On Friday, Hagel held talks is represented by Harsimrat Kaur nership and joint military capa- security role in South Asia and US need not choose between its sive mandate, he said it reflected with Modi, Defence and Finance Badal, who had projected her- bilities are to be the cornerstone through the Pacific, the US will Asian alliances and a construc- the power of a democracy and its Minister Arun Jaitley and self as the champion of women of Indo-US relationship,” he said. continue to support and encour- tive relationship with China, India people. “India’s elections were a External Affairs Minister Sushma issues. However, she has always He said the challenge before age India’s peaceful ambitions.” need not choose between closer reminder that democracy is not Swaraj and discussed new ways kept mum despite the police sub- both nations was to “seize the He said Prime Minister partnership with America and only how we vote, but also who to boost the bilateral strategic jecting women to such inhuman opportunities before us”. Narendra Modi by his invite improved ties with China.” we are.” partnership. treatment,” Bajwa said. “Bureaucratic red tape to South Asian leaders to his He said the two in their Drawing a parallel between IANS IANS

Raksha Bandhan Unprovoked firing by Pakistan army in Govt steps up watch Jammu & Kashmir for deadly Ebola virus JAMMU: Pakistani army vio- lated the ceasefire on the Line NEW DELHI: India’s airports most advanced surveillance and of Control (LoC) in Jammu and went on alert and the govern- tracking systems” for the haem- Kashmir and resorted to unpro- ment opened an emergency orrhagic virus. voked firing at Indian positions, helpline yesterday as part of “There is no need to panic,” an official said yesterday. measures to tackle any out- Vardhan said, calling risk of Ebola The incident took place in break of the deadly Ebola epi- cases in India “low”. Poonch district late on Friday. demic in the country of 1.25 But the New Indian Express “Pakistani army resorted to billion people. newspaper voiced concern in an unprovoked firing at our positions India has nearly 45,000 nation- editorial that India’s already over- in Bhimber Ghali area of the LoC als living in the four Ebola- burdened health services could late on Friday,” defence spokes- affected West African nations not cope with any Ebola outbreak. man Colonel Manish Mehta said and health officials said there A country as “populous as India here. was a possibility of some of them cannot afford to set up adequate “Pakistani firing started at returning to their home country isolation, containment facilities 10.30pm yesterday (Friday). They if the outbreak worsens. and equip medical personnel with used small arms and automatics. The illness was declared an protective gear”, the newspaper Our troops responded effectively international health emergency said. with same calibre weapons. by the World Health Organisation There are some 4,700 Indians in “No damage or casualty has on Friday and authorities voiced Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, been reported from our side till fears the virus could spread the three countries worst hit by last reports came in,” the spokes- worldwide. the disease, while another 40,000 man added. India’s Health Minister Harsh live in Nigeria, which has also Pakistan has been violating Vardhan said in a statement the reported Ebola. the bilateral ceasefire agree- Schoolgirls tie “Rakhis” onto the wrists of Indian police personnel inside a police station on the eve of Raksha country has “put in operation the IANS ment signed between India and Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad yesterday. Pakistan in November 2003. Indian army and intelligence officials say ceasefire violations are made to facilitate infiltra- tion of armed guerrillas into the Overseas Indian voting cause inches closer to fruition Indian side of the LoC.

Bihar to be declared ITH state assembly their ballot. One might recall the work of online voting, making a shortages at the missions. Similar elections in the major unprecedented level of interest THE NR EYE presentation to the election com- logistical and security difficulties drought-hit soon Wstates of Maharashtra which NRIs across the globe took mission. Senior EC officials have have also been cited for making and Haryana fast approaching in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections Moiz Mannan also visited Gujarat to see how postal ballots available to millions PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister and the increased probability of right through the campaign. It is they made it work. of NRI voters. Officials say there Jitan Ram Manjhi yester- polls being called also in Jammu just that only a handful of them There are reports now to sug- The options before the EC were just isn’t enough time to mail day said the state government & Kashmir, Jharkhand and Delhi, could actually make to their home gest that the election commis- postal ballot, proxy voting, vot- paper ballots abroad and get them was ready to declare the state the focus will once again be on the constituencies to vote. sion has taken cognizance of ing at an Indian mission or online back in time for counting. drought-hit as it has become a accessibility of the right to vote For long, and more so since these representations and started voting. The Election Commission In the case of online voting, stark reality. for non-resident Indians (NRIs). the much-touted change of rules thinking about ways and means recently called a meeting of all though, each voter could be given “If there is no rainfall in the This time, because the Election in 2010, the entire NRI commu- to provide this service. The BJP, national parties to seek their a unique identity code that allows next two or three days, the gov- Commission of India is reported nity, their organizations, high- with a large base of overseas sup- feedback on each of these options. them to log in on polling day and ernment will declare the state to have finally begun the process profile individuals and even the porters, is now in power at the The meeting was attended by BJP, vote online. This would, by and drought-hit any time after August of setting up a mechanism that major Indian political parties, centre and the election commis- Congress, CPI and CPM. large, remain a secret exercise 15,” Manjhi told the media here. could exempt NRIs from being including the BJP, have been sion is said to be examining the While the ruling BJP and its unless someone who had access Manjhi said that weather physically present in their home after the election commission Gujarat model of absentee voting NDA allies had no objections to the codes takes the trouble experts and agriculture scien- constituency to be able to vote. to facilitate NRI voting. Some for non-residents. to online voting, the Congress, of matching them with names tists had advised the government A committee specially appointed individuals have also approached It was in April 2011 that the the CPM-led Left and the NCP and addresses. The other option to wait till next week for rain- for the purpose is finalising its the courts seeking directions to state of Gujarat, with Narendra reportedly opposed it at the meet- of proxy voting is also not far fall before declaring the state report. the EC to allow voting in absen- Modi as chief minister, tried out ing on the ground that it would behind. As it were, it is up to the drought-hit. Assembly elections are soon tia for NRIs. India’s first exercise in Internet compromise on the basic tenet, voter to keep his choice a secret. A.K. Sen, Director of the Patna due in Maharashtra and Haryana. The current rules provide for voting during the Gandhinagar the secret ballot system. Proxy Now, it would be up to him as well office of the Indian Meteorological Special circumstances in Delhi a non-resident citizen of India to municipal elections. A commit- voting, which would allow NRIs to as his authorized representative Department, said 60 percent of and Jharkhand and the winter vote but require him to be physi- tee constituted by the election cast their votes through a relative not to tell anyone. the districts in the state were in Jammu and Kashmir might cally present in his constituency. commission to explore the pos- or an authorised person also can’t Hearing a petition in this regard facing 40 to 60 percent deficit in prompt the election commis- The overseas Indians find this a sibilities of absentee voting was uphold the criteria of secrecy. in April this year, the Supreme rainfall. An overall 29 percent sion to also call elections in these condition impossible to fulfil and reported to be studying the Allowing NRIs to vote at their Court of India had adjourned the deficit in rainfall till date has states as early as October. have pointed towards the long Gujarat experiment. embassies would be a logisti- proceedings till August end for affected paddy sowing and plan- Non-resident Indians from all list of countries that provide for There also reports of Tata cal nightmare considering the the EC committee to complete tation in the state. these states would like to have a their citizens the right to vote Consultancy Services (TCS), number and spread of NRIs its work and report to the court. AGENCIES say in the poll outcomes through from abroad. which helped the Gujarat in the across the world and the staff THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Authors rally in Amazon row ATHENS 34/26 Clear 36/26 Clear NEW YORK: More than 900 refraining from discounts. Hachette authors and suggesting author,” Amazon said in a blog WASHINGTON 29/19 Chance of showers 27/21 Chance of storm authors have signed a letter “We call on Amazon to resolve that readers might enjoy a book post. SYDNEY 21/09 Partly cloudy 15/07 Chance of rain urging US online giant Amazon its dispute with Hachette without from another writer instead. “We believe Hachette is shar- LONDON 21/12 Rain 23/12 Partly cloudy to end its simmering dispute further hurting authors and with- Amazon last month attempted ing too small a portion with the PARIS 24/16 Thunderstorm 24/17 Chance of rain with publishing group Hachette out blocking or otherwise delaying to shift the blame to Hachette, author today, but ultimately that ISTANBUL 30/23 Partly cloudy 30/23 Clear over book pricing. the sale of books to its customers,” saying the publisher is opposing is not our call.” MANILA 31/25 Chance of rain 32/25 Chance of rain The open letter circulated said the letter, circulating since lower e-book prices. Amazon has maintained that it DHAKA 32/27 Thunderstorm 32/26 Chance of storm by bestselling author Douglas July. Amazon said its proposal to is seeking to push prices lower for DELHI 33/27 Rain 35/27 Mostly cloudy Preston that blames Amazon for Among those signing are top- Hachette is to give 35 percent consumers, and that the stand-off ISLAMABAD 35/27 Partly cloudy 34/28 Partly cloudy the stand-off is also due to appear name authors John Grisham, of e-book revenue to authors, with Hachette affects only a small in a full-page ad in today’s New Stephen King, David Baldacci, another 35 percent to the pub- percentage of sales. York Times. Michael Chabon, Suzanne Collins, lisher and the keep the remaining Amazon has a reputation for The authors said they were “not Michael Lewis, Jeffery Deaver, 30 percent as its share. negotiating hard to push down taking sides” in a contract dis- Anna Quindlen, Nora Roberts and “The way this would actually prices for the goods it sells online. Man arrested after win in pute but that Amazon should not Scott Turow. work is that we would send 70 Hachette Book Group is a take actions that hurt authors, Amazon has drawn fire for percent of the total revenue to subsidiary of French company such as boycotting Hachette its tactics, such as discouraging Hachette, and they would decide Lagardere. doughnut-eating contest authors, slowing delivery or customers from buying books by how much to share with the AFP WINSTON-SALEM: The Lieutenant Max Robeson, who sweet victory for a North said his detectives had been try- Carolina man who beat police ing to interview Hardison for officers in a doughnut-eating about nine months after suspect- contest this week soured after a ing him in break-ins at two local newspaper story about the win businesses. Shining the light on those misusing headlights led to his arrest on breaking Robeson said they brought and entering charges. Hardison in for questioning on BEIJING: Using the age-old The post described it as an of 300 yuan ($49), the post said. Auto sales accelerated in July, Bradley Hardison, 24, of Wednesday. reasoning of making the pun- “appropriate experience” that It included a photo of a man growing 6.7 percent to 1.62 million Elizabeth City downed eight “I said, ‘Congratulations on your ishment fit the crime, police in would make offenders “sense the sitting on a red plastic stool look- vehicles, the China Association of doughnuts in two minutes dur- win last night,’” Robeson recalled, a sprawling Chinese metropolis harm” such use of their headlights ing into the bright lights of what Automobile Manufacturers said ing a contest on Tuesday night before arresting the man on crimi- are making drivers who inap- could cause. appeared to be a police vehicle Friday. at an anti-crime event hosted nal charges of breaking and enter- propriately flash their bright “From now on, traffic police will with a uniformed officer standing For the first seven months of by the city’s police department, ing and injury to real property. lights suffer the same agony. make those found carelessly using nearby. 2014, sales reached 13.30 million according to a story in the Daily Hardison remained in jail on In a post on their official account bright lights to look at them for Automobile use has boomed in vehicles, up 8.2 percent on the Advance. Friday, the sheriff’s lieutenant on Sina Weibo, a Chinese version of five minutes,” said the post, dated China along with the country’s same period last year, the indus- That report caught the eye said. Twitter, traffic police in the south- Tuesday. rapid economic growth, which has try group said. of Camden County Sheriff’s REUTERS ern city of Shenzhen said that vio- Violators also have to listen to vaulted it to become the world’s China’s full-year auto sales hit lators were being made to look at a police explanation on properly second-largest economy and the 21.98 million vehicles last year. bright headlights for five minutes. using headlights and pay a fine globe’s biggest car market. AFP Linkin Park concert Abbey Road crossing could get traffic warden LONDON: The pedestrian our musical heritage,” Hall said. A spokesman for the council Stars of the Beatles musical crossing on London’s Abbey “I’ve set things in motion confirmed that a discussion was “Let It Be” posed on the crossing Road immortalised by The to have a lollipop lady or man under way about safety at the on Friday to mark 45 years since Beatles could soon have its there.... It would be good to have crossing, but stressed that no the iconic album cover was shot. own dedicated traffic warden somebody there permanently.” decision had yet been taken. AFP to ensure the safety of the fans who flock there, media reported yesterday. The local authority is consid- ering employing a “lollipop lady” — a warden holding a “Stop” sign that resembles a sweet on the end of a stick — to help regu- late the flow of vehicles past the landmark. Fans often block traffic as they stand on the black and white zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios to recreate the Fab Four’s famous pose on the cover of the 1969 album, “Abbey Road”. “It’s a residential area and it’s not geared to receiving thou- sands and thousands of people,” Lindsey Hall, an elected member of Westminster Council, told The Daily Mirror newspaper. She said large buses often parked near the crossing in defiance of parking regulations, “causing total chaos to traffic and causing danger to people trying to get their photograph”. Brad Delson with Linkin Park performs on the opening night of their Beatles fans take photographs as members of the ‘Let it Be’ cast replicate the Beatles crossing at Abbey Road tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. “Obviously we don’t want to be spoilsports, we are really proud of in London. Sunday 10 August 2014 14 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6153 Price: QR2

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DOHA: The global economy con- since the second quarter of 2009, Third, Chinese growth was some- spending in Q1, but the new Modi tinues to stumble along, says the reflecting an inventory overhang and what lower than expected (7.4 per- administration faces significant struc- weekly report by the QNB Group. unusually cold weather. While this cent) in Q1 on a slowdown in private tural challenges to reignite India’s According to the latest IMF World contraction was reversed in Q2, 2014 demand following a tightening of growth momentum. The same can be Economic Outlook (WEO), global eco- (4 percent), US growth for the first domestic monetary conditions in the said for the new Jokowi administra- nomic growth slowed to an annual half of the year as a whole was still second half of 2013. In response, the tion in Indonesia. Russia and South rate of 2.7 percent in the first quarter relatively weak (0.9 percent) on weak government passed another stimulus Africa’s economies contracted in Q1 of 2014, well below the 3.6 percent investment spending. package. This stabilised growth at 7.5 on the Ukraine crisis for the former registered in the previous quarter. Looking ahead, US growth expected percent in Q2 in line with the authori- and labor disputes for the latter. Part of the slowdown was due to to be of only 1 percent to 1.5 percent ties’ target for year as a whole. “We Overall, we expect EM growth to be a temporary contraction in the US for 2014 as a whole as expectations expect this target to be met on the weak in 2014 (3 percent) on continued and slower growth in the eurozone, of an eventual rise in US short-term strength of the government’s stimulus economic and geopolitical uncertainty China and Emerging Markets (EMs) rates weighs negatively on investor package like in 2013, but private sec- weighing on investment decisions. in Q1. However, both the US and sentiments. tor consumption and investment are The outlook for the global economy China rebounded in the second quar- Second, growth in the eurozone was likely to slow further,” it report said. remains uneven and risks are tilted ter. Notwithstanding these temporary barely positive (0.2 percent), reflect- Fourth, EM economic activ- heavily on the downside. The eventual factors, the ongoing global investment ing stronger economic activity in ity continued to slow, following the rise in US interest rates and geopoliti- slowdown reflects increased uncer- Germany and Spain offset by virtu- announcement of the Fed’s intention cal risks emanating from the conflicts tainty about the impact of an eventual ally no growth in France and Italy. to taper Quantitative Easing in May in Eastern Europe and the Middle rise in US interest rates and rising The Ukraine crisis has added 2013 and the consequent tightening of East are only likely to add to the glo- geopolitical risks. downside risks to the eurozone, given financial conditions. Growth in Brazil bal investment slowdown. As a result, Global economic growth in Q1 was its energy dependence on Russian virtually stalled (0.2 percent) in Q1 the global economy is only likely to weaker than expected for a number gas. “We, therefore, expect Eurozone on tight monetary policy and politi- continue to stumble along until these of factors. First, the US registered growth to reach only 1 percent in cal uncertainty. India’s growth rate clouds are lifted from the investment the largest contraction (-2.1 percent) 2014,” said the report. was temporarily boosted by election horizon. THE PENINSULA

Mannai Corp Doha Bank head gets ‘Best Banking Chairman’ award H1 net profit DOHA: Sheikh Fahad bin recognition of being a corporate strong global footprint in 14 coun- reached out to the larger com- Mohammad bin Jabor Al Thani leader who has continuously chan- tries with full-fledged branches in munity through its long standing (pictured), Chairman of Doha nelised energies to create out- Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait and Corporate Social Responsibility up by 31.5pc Bank Board of Directors has standing work environment for representative offices in Australia, initiatives. Over the years, the been honored with the “Best Doha Bank which promotes com- Canada, China, Germany, Hong bank has exhibited sustainable DOHA: Mannai Corporation Banking Chairman Qatar” mitment, reinforces best business Kong, Japan, Sharjah, Singapore, growth on various fronts including recorded a net profit of QR315.1m award at the Global Banking and practices and consistently sharp- South Korea, Turkey, and the total asset growth, loan growth, for the first half of 2014 (H1, 14), Finance Review Awards 2014. ens the skill-sets of its employees United Kingdom. The bank has deposit growth and shareholder’s up 31.5 percent compared to The Global Banking and to ensure the optimum utilisation obtained the approval for opening equity growth. Doha Bank has QR239.7m reported during the Finance Award recognises busi- of both human resource potential a full-fledged branch in India. been consistently achieving one of same period in 2013. ness organisations and the lead- as well as opportunity capital. Doha Bank has leveraged on the best returns on average equity Earnings per share increased ers at their helms, for adopting a Under the strategic vision of the agile technology solutions and return on average assets by 62 percent at QR6.91 against holistic approach to building and Sheikh Fahad, Doha Bank has including digitisation by integrat- amongst banks in the Middle East QR4.25 reported in H1, 13, aided sustaining both business excel- established a dominant position in ing multiple touch points in order region over the years with the by the acquisition of the minority lence and developing human the GCC banking landscape and is to deliver value beyond the tradi- return on average equity stand- interests in its Damas subsidiary. resources — cultivating excel- one of the largest banks in Qatar. tional brick and mortar banking ing at 16.5 percent and return on Accordingly the Group’s share of lence as a united, sustained effort It is focused on being a ‘one stop model. average assets of 2.3 percent as of profit increased from QR194m to and innovation as a natural work shop’ financial service provider. Doha Bank is a pioneer in ‘Green the end of the first half of 2014. QR315m. style. The award highlights the It has successfully established a Banking’ across the GCC and has THE PENINSULA Despite a marginal drop in rev- enue the group reported impres- sive growth in profit, which included successful recoveries of doubtful debts, which were provi- sioned in previous years. Boeing 787 output hiccups re-emerge at assembly sites Continuing its conservative provisioning policy the company also made provisions against NEW YORK: Boeing has sold its operations there in 2005, future doubtful asset values. pushed some factory work on the and has put the last of its facilities Alekh Grewal, Group Chief 787 Dreamliner to the uncovered there up for sale. Executive Officer and Director tarmac outside its assembly plant Boeing said the rerouted fuse- said “Overseas investments have in Washington state in an effort lages are stored for a couple of contributed significantly to our to keep churning out the popular weeks in Wichita to ensure they earnings which has enabled the plane at a rate of one every three are available when needed in North group to achieve a remarkable days, according to people with Charleston. No assembly work is growth in profits”. knowledge of the situation. being performed in Wichita, and THE PENINSULA At the same time, the sources the rerouting is due to be phased said, at least 16 Italian-made out soon, the company said. fuselage sections for the 787 have Meanwhile, the 787 assembly QIB’s exclusivity stacked up in a Boeing hangar in line still has a large volume of Wichita, Kansas, rather than being unfinished jobs, according to peo- deal with Bank shipped directly to the factory, a ple familiar with the production. sign of changes in the production The jobs, known as “travelled process. work” because they are moved to Asya terminated The unusual shifts, details of the next part of the assembly line, which have not been previously surged early this year when Boeing DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank reported, are partly a response to increased 787 production to 10 a (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic unfinished jobs building up as 787s month from seven. Boeing stock bank, yesterday confirmed that move along the assembly line and dropped when the problems sur- the exclusivity agreement relat- partly an effort by Boeing to speed faced, and the company hired back ing to discussions to acquire up the factories. hundreds of contract workers it a strategic stake in Bank Boeing spokesman Marc Birtel had laid off to attack the problem. Asya, the largest participa- said outside work is not unusual In May, Boeing said it had tion (Islamic) bank in Turkey, when unfinished jobs build up largely eliminated travelled work announced on 25 March 2014 along the assembly line, and is not and gave South Carolina workers a has been terminated. unique to the 787 line. He said the A 747 Dreamlifter, used to fly large 787 components from suppliers to Boeing factories, at Everett, Washington. bonus for cutting the backlog. Turkey remains a target mar- company has reduced the back- But since then, Boeing has dis- ket for QIB and its international log of jobs since January, though patched teams to complete instal- expansion strategy, the bank the sources said the situation has and introduces new models, and 10,000 planes valued at more than But North Charleston also puts lation of galleys, lavatories, seats, stated yesterday. Meanwhile, The gotten worse. The company is that global demand for new air- $700bn combined. Both companies together midbody fuselage sections stowage bins and carpet while the turkish lender said on Friday in trying to streamline 787 produc- planes will taper off after years of are speeding up output of their from pieces shipped by Alenia, a planes are parked on the flight a statement to the Istanbul stock tion and cut costs while hitting its heady growth. best-selling models. unit of Italy’s Finmeccanica. North line, according to two people with exchange that the exclusivity deal target of delivering a record 110 Boeing stock was up 0.13 per- The 787, an innovative, fuel- Charleston workers install wiring knowledge of the situation. The with QIB, under which Bank Asya Dreamliners this year, up from 65 cent, to $119.99, in afternoon saving long-range jet, the most and other components and ship work is normally performed in could not pursue an offer from in 2013. trading on the New York Stock popular version of which carries a the finished pieces to Everett or the factory. another potential buyer, was ter- Investors are counting on Exchange. list price of $257m, has garnered their local assembly line for final Employees at the plant in minated as of August 8 so it could smooth Dreamliner production In some sense, the production 1,057 orders since it hit the market assembly. Everett are working mandatory receive formal bids from Turkish to lift Boeing’s stock, which has problems reflect the aerospace in 2004. Most are made at Boeing’s The production process did not 10-hour days and weekends to keep investors. Bank Asya is one of fallen 12 percent this year on sector’s record-setting strength. factory in Everett, Washington, previously involve storage of mid- up, said the people, who were not four Islamic lenders in Turkey. fears that production could falter Order books at Boeing and rival with a smaller line in North body section pieces in Wichita, authorized to speak publicly about THE PENINSULA as Boeing speeds up the factories Airbus are bulging, with about Charleston, South Carolina. according to the sources. Boeing the company. REUTERS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

ExxonMobil Court rejects $324.5m tech settlement starts drilling Lawsuit by workers alleged Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe conspired to limit their job mobility for oil in SAN FRANCISCO: Four deserved more. Representatives for Officer Eric Schmidt and some of had planned to ask for about $3bn Disney, Koh wrote, even though Russia’s Arctic Silicon Valley companies includ- Apple and Google Inc declined to their rivals hatched plans to avoid in damages at trial, which could plaintiff lawyers have “much more ing Apple and Google failed to comment. Intel spokesman Chuck poaching each other’s prized engi- have tripled to $9bn under anti- leverage” now than they did a year persuade a US judge to sign off on Mulloy said the company is disap- neers. Koh referred to one email trust law. ago. To match the earlier settle- SOCHI: US oil giant ExxonMobil a $324.5m settlement to resolve pointed Koh rejected an agreement exchange which occurred after a Plaintiff attorneys argued Koh ment, the latest deal “would need began drilling in Russia’s Arctic a lawsuit by tech workers, who “that was negotiated at arm’s length Google recruiter solicited an Apple should approve the deal because to total at least $380m,” Koh wrote. yesterday, despite Western sanc- accused the firms of conspiring over many months,” but appreci- employee. Schmidt told Jobs that the workers faced serious risks on The judge also said the plaintiffs tions imposed on its Russian to avoid poaching each other’s ates that Koh provided additional the recruiter would be fired. Jobs appeal had the case gone forward. had strong evidence to prove how partner Rosneft, and was hailed employees. information on her views. then forwarded Schmidt’s note to a Some tech workers filed objections the no-poaching deals impacted by Russia’s president as an model In a ruling on Friday, US District Lawyers for the workers, along top Apple human resources execu- to the settlement, however, saying wages. In response to hiring pres- of “cooperation”. Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, with an Adobe representative, were tive with a smiley face. both sides should go back to the sure from Facebook, Google co- Although US sanctions over the California, said the class action not immediately available to com- Koh also disclosed a 2006 negotiating table in the hopes of founder Sergey Brin announced crisis in Ukraine are not designed settlement was too low, given the ment. In their 2011 lawsuit, the exchange over Google’s plans to obtaining a larger amount. a policy in 2007 of making coun- to halt joint projects by Russian strength of the case against the tech employees said the conspiracy open an engineering centre in Daniel Girard, a lawyer for one teroffers “within one hour” to any and US companies, they never- companies. Intel and Adobe were had limited their job mobility and, Paris. Google sought to hire three of the objectors, said he is “very Google employee approached by the theless aim to starve Rosneft of also part of the proposed deal. as a result, kept a lid on salaries. former Apple engineers for the pleased that the court agreed with social networking company. dollar financing and ban access to There is “substantial and com- The case has been closely watched project, but Jobs objected. Jobs his position.” It is unclear whether Google then tried to entice modern technology. “Today, com- pelling evidence” that late Apple because of the possibility of big wrote that his company would objectors would be included in any Facebook into a no-poaching deal, mercial success is driven by effi- Inc co-founder Steve Jobs “was damages being awarded and for “strongly prefer that you not hire future settlement negotiations. Koh wrote, but Facebook refused. cient international cooperation,” a, if not the, central figure in the the opportunity to peek into the these guys.” Google then told Jobs In her ruling, Koh repeatedly The Facebook threat eventually led Vladimir Putin told Rosneft CEO alleged conspiracy,” Koh wrote. world of some of America’s elite it had scrapped plans for the Paris referred to a related settlement Google to alter its salary structure Igor Sechin and Glenn Waller, The judge provided details in evi- tech firms. centre, “based on your strong pref- last year involving Disney and and increase all salaries by 10 per- ExxonMobil’s lead manager in dence of anecdotes involving Jobs The case was based largely erence.” The four companies agreed Intuit. Apple and Google workers cent, Koh wrote. A further hear- Russia, on a videoconference call and other Valley executives to on emails in which Apple’s Jobs, to settle with the workers in April got proportionally less in the latest ing in the case is scheduled for from his Black Sea residence show why she thought the workers former Google Chief Executive shortly before trial. The plaintiffs deal compared to the one involving September 10. REUTERS in Sochi. “Businesses, including Russian and foreign companies, perfectly realise that and despite certain current political difficul- Polaris Victory line ties, pragmatism and common sense prevail, and we are pleased Google to pay to hear that,” he said. Exxon brought a rig from $250m to fight Norway to drill Russia’s first well in the Kara Sea and its move will be seen as a vote of confidence illegal online in Rosneft, run by a close ally of Putin’s, Igor Sechin, who has also had sanctions imposed on him by pharmacies Washington. “We of course wel- come this approach (to cooperate) SAN FRANCISCO: Google and are from our side are open to has agreed in a court settle- expand our cooperation,” Putin said. ment to spend at least $250m “I am convinced that the joint over the next five years to help projects between Rosneft, Exxon fight illegal online pharmacies Mobil and other companies will selling to US customers, docu- benefit our national economies, will ments showed on Friday. contribute to strengthening the The US Internet search giant global energy situation,” he said. made the commitment in set- Waller, who spoke Russian, said the tling a lawsuit from sharehold- company was keen to keep work- ers alleging Google failed to ing in Russia. “Our cooperation is take adequate measures to a long-term one,” he said. “We see prevent foreign online pharma- big benefits here and are ready to cies from using its advertising work here with your agreement.” network. The United States and the The lawsuit was filed in 2011 European Union have introduced after Google paid a $500m set- sanctions, from asset freezes and tlement to the US government visa bans for businessmen and over charges it sold advertise- officials thought close to Putin, ments to Canada-based online to limits on access to Western pharmacies which marketed capital for Russian state banks drugs to Americans in violation over what Western powers say is of US law. Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis. In a settlement filed in fed- James Jenkins helps build a 2015 Victory Cross Country Tour motorcycle on the assembly line at the Polaris Industries factory in Iowa. Polaris REUTERS eral court in California, Google Industries has been building the Victory line of touring, sport-touring, and cruiser motorcycles at the facility since 1998. agreed to spend at least $50m per year in each of the coming five years on “product quality operations, policy enforcement, and user safety initiative” to pre- vent the ads from appearing. Wikipedia free on mobile for developing world Google said its audit com- mittee would set up a plan “to LONDON: Wikipedia can be international audiences and also added Kosovo, Nepal and desktop web fully mobile-ready, users. “We’re building a new vis- ensure compliance with fed- read for free by 350 million focusing on mobile devices. “By Kyrgyzstan. which is a major undertaking,” ual editing environment without eral and state laws and regu- mobile phone subscribers in the working with mobile operators, “Hundreds of millions of people he said. markup. In terms of empowering lations” and to prevent the developing world, its engineer- we can enable anyone to read and are coming online using mobile Mobile use is important because anyone on the planet to contrib- advertising of pharmaceuticals ing chief has said — a result edit for free,” explained Moller, phones,” Moller said. “We must it is helping to close the digital ute to our projects, we believe this and supplements which violate of partnerships with mobile who is also vice president of engi- provide the best possible expe- divide, especially in developing is the single most important tech- the law running through its phone operators which began in neering and product development. rience for these users, both for nations where mobile data con- nical change that’s under way,” AdWords platform. Malaysia in 2012. “We estimate that 350 million reading and for contributing con- nections outstrip traditional fixed said Moller. In the settlement with the Wikipedia Zero was inspired subscribers worldwide are eligible tent, to truly enable every person line broadband connections. Even Number two to Lila Tretikov, US government, authorities by Facebook Zero, an ambition to use Wikipedia Zero.” on the planet to share in the sum then, the cost of Internet access newly installed executive direc- said the online pharmacies from by the social network to colo- Wikipedia Zero allows mobile of all knowledge.” can be prohibitive and therefore tor of Wikimedia, Moller shares Canada used Google’s Adwords nise new, mobile-centric audi- subscribers to access Wikipedia Moller’s focus has been on solid impinges on Wikimedia’s “open Tretikov’s drive to improve programmes, which deliver ads ences around the world. For Erik for free, with no data charges, apps for the iPhone and Android, information for all” principle. Wikipedia’s technology describ- based on a user’s browsing his- Moller, deputy director of par- the programme now stretches as well as allowing contributors He singles out the complex ing it as “in some respects a tory and search queries, from ent organisation the Wikimedia to Thailand, Saudia Arabia, to edit on smartphones. “On a markup and tools required to website following 20th century 2003 to 2009. Foundation, the project answers Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Jordan technical level, this also means edit articles, which have a steep paradigms”. AFP two key priorities, building new and Bangladesh, and this year making a platform written for the learning curve that can deter new THE GUARDIAN

Spain’s economic turmoil continues

MADRID: Just streets away few imagine that there are local fourth-largest economy closely. from Madrid’s only three- families still at risk of eviction, Spain had created more than Michelin-starred restaurant, says organiser Carmen Clemente. 190,000 jobs over the previous 12 peeling buildings in the city’s As the portrait of a middle-aged months, its first annual increase Tetuan neighbourhood have woman named Martha reminds in employment in six years, and been plastered with post- passersby, there are 5,000 such the biggest drop in jobless num- ers featuring the faces of five families. “We wanted to show bers since 2006. women. Placed at eye level, what was actually happening on The sky-high unemployment each a few yards apart, the the ground. The unemployed are rate was beginning to ease, from women’s portraits are accom- still unemployed. Families are still 26 percent to 24.5 percent. Prime panied by descriptions of their worried about having their water Minister Mariano Rajoy could situation. “I’m one of the 23,000 turned off.” barely contain his excitement. “I people in Tetuan who has to When the group launched its have been waiting a long time — decide between eating or pay- campaign, in May, news of it since I took office, to be precise — ing the bills,” reads one poster. was buried among the headlines to give you news like this,” he said. “My daughters and grand- trumpeting good economic news “The labour market has made a children barely get by on my for Spain. 180-degree turn.” €600-a-month pension,” reads The country’s GDP had grown The Spanish government another. at 0.4 percent in the first quarter accordingly raised its forecast The Invisibles of Tetuan cam- of 2014, the highest rate in six for this year’s economic growth paign was dreamed up by local years, according to the National from 0.7 percent to 1.2 percent. activists after city officials disa- Statistics Institute. In the sec- For 2015, it was forecasting 1.8 greed with them over the need for ond quarter it accelerated to 0.6 percent. It was backed by the a community food bank. percent, making Spain one of International Monetary Fund In a neighbourhood character- the strongest performers in the (IMF), which noted in its annual ised by gleaming skyscrapers, in eurozone. report on the Spanish economy which conversation is now domi- It was a relief for the many who that “Spain has turned the People walk with their suitcases at Barcelona’s airport yesterday. Spain registered its fastest economic growth nated by talk of Spain’s recovery, have been watching the eurozone’s corner”. THE GUARDIAN since before the financial crisis in the second quarter. SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Japan firms cut Etihad set to car parts prices in China after invest $751m monopoly probe SHANGHAI: Japan’s Toyota, Honda and Nissan became the latest foreign carmakers to for Alitalia buy respond to China’s anti-monop- oly investigation into the auto industry, as the probe’s impact extends beyond foreign luxury Total deal valued at €1.76bn auto brands. GAC Toyota Motor Co, Toyota’s ROME: Abu Dhabi-based Sanpaolo, have agreed to an addi- joint venture with China’s GAC Etihad Airways will buy almost tional €300m in new loan facilities Group, and Guangqi Honda h a l f of A l it a l i a a nd i nve s t € 56 0 m and to restructure up to €598m Automobile Co, Honda’s ven- ($751m) into the lossmaking in Alitalia debts, valuing the total ture with GAC, both said late on Italian airline in a turnaround deal signed on Friday at €1.76bn. Friday they would cut spare part effort that will involve heavy job Existing Alitalia sharehold- prices due to the investigation. losses under a long-delayed deal ers including state-owned post Nissan’s joint venture with signed on Friday. office operator Poste Italiane will China’s Dongfeng Motor Group The two airlines have been in group their holdings in a so-called Co said it paid close atten- talks for nearly a year, but a final “mid-company” that will control tion to the regulator’s sugges- agreement was held up by nego- 51 percent of the shares in the tions and was actively studying tiations over thousands of job cuts restructured airline. An Etihad flight attendant (left) with an Alitalia flight attendant in Rome. improvements. and debt restructuring. A union with Etihad will bring The moves came on the heels “After much effort, a year of Alitalia money to invest in more of price cuts by foreign lux- work and many late nights, we profitable long-haul routes and which offers access to Europe’s ury brands including BMW, did it,” Alitalia CEO Gabriele make it less reliant on domestic fourth-largest travel market and Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Chrysler Del Torchio told reporters after and regional services where it flies 25 million passengers a year, Alitalia’s CEO ready to leave and Jaguar Land Rover over the the signing of the deal attended has struggled to compete against was a good fit for his airline. “There past month, as China’s price regu- by Chairman Roberto Colaninno low-cost airlines and high-speed are no more exciting destinations MILAN: Alitalia’s Chief Executive Gabriele Del Torchio is lator, the National Development and Etihad Chief Executive James trains. “This deal will definitely in Europe than Italy,” Hogan said, ready to leave the airline after striking a rescue deal with Etihad and Reform Commission (NDRC), Hogan. change the way Alitalia is man- adding he wanted to revamp the Airways, the CEO told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview steps up scrutiny of the industry. Alitalia has made an annual aged, boost its revenues per pas- Alitalia brand. “To me, the sexiest published yesterday. Del Torchio, previously the CEO of motor- China has also wielded its profit only a few times in its senger thanks to better use of its airline in Europe is Alitalia.” cycle maker Ducati, was recruited last year to help bring the anti-monopoly law against other 68-year history and received fleet and by adding new long-haul The Gulf carrier already has struggling flagship carrier back to profit. industries, including milk power numerous state hand-outs before aircraft,” said Andrea Giuricin, stakes in Air Berlin and Ireland’s For nearly a year, Del Torchio led talks to secure a deal with and software. It targeted multina- being privatised in 2008. It was a transport analyst at Milan’s Aer Lingus and Friday’s deal Etihad that was finally signed on Friday and which will see the tionals Mead Johnson Nutrition kept afloat by a government- Bicocca University. will help it expand in Europe. Abu Dhabi-based carrier buy almost half of Alitalia and invest 560 Co and Danone SA, which the engineered, €500m rescue pack- For the government, grappling However, Hogan said it would million euros into the lossmaking Italian airline. “My task was to regulator slapped with hefty age last year. Without a deal with with economic stagnation and take time to turn Alitalia around. lead the company towards an alliance,” he told the paper. “I don’t fines, as well as US chipmaker cash-rich Etihad, its planes may unemployment levels not seen “The way Alitalia is going to know yet what I will do, but I’m not ready to retire yet.” Qualcomm Inc, which faces the have been grounded within weeks, since the 1970s, a deal to keep look in the future is very differ- Del Torchio said Alitalia’s board will choose his successor, add- prospect of a $1 billion fine. industry analysts have said. The the airline flying and limit job cuts ent,” he said. “We’re putting in a ing that he believed an Italian would lead the group. The deal with China’s anti-trust investiga- airline’s net loss last year more was vital. “Alitalia will return to three-year plan to move the air- Etihad is due to be finalised later this year. tions target monopolistic prac- than doubled to €569m. be one of the foremost airlines in line back to profitability by 2017.” Other Italian papers suggested Silvano Cassano, a former chief tices in general and aim to In addition to Etihad’s invest- the world. We did it,” Transport Etihad plans to turn Rome’s executive of Italian clothing, manufacturing and retail group promote fair competition and ment, which will pay for a 49 Minister Maurizio Lupi said. Fiumicino Airport into an inter- Benetton, as a likely candidate. protect consumer interests, percent stake in the Italian car- The deal comes at a cost, how- continental hub and improve The airline, which will be 49 percent-owned by Etihad, will also China’s Ministry of Commerce rier, a share in its frequent flier ever. After long talks with unions, Alitalia’s cargo business, as well have a new chairman. Current Chairman Roberto Colaninno has spokesman Shen Danyang said programme and some slots at Alitalia will cut 1,635 jobs from a as add long-haul connections said he would step down once a deal was reached. Various Italian in a statement posted on the London’s Heathrow Airport, staff of 14,000. Alitalia CEO Del from both Rome and Milan and media repeated reports that Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Ministry’s website. shareholders agreed to a €300m Torchio said decisions had been new routes between Abu Dhabi Montezemolo would likely succeed Colaninno, especially if the role Both domestic and foreign capital hike. made that were “painful but and Italy, Hogan said. The deal is did not include operational responsibilities that would detract him firms must bear the due liabilities Alitalia’s creditor banks, which necessary”. subject to approval by European from his work at the luxury carmaker. REUTERS if they break the law, Shen said. include UniCredit and Intesa Etihad’s Hogan said Alitalia, authorities. REUTERS REUTERS GM recalls over VW recalls 189,490 SUVs in 300,000 more vehicles North America NEW YORK: General Motors webbing; 15,000 2014-5 Chevrolet recalled more than 300,000 Impalas because of a problem DETROIT: Volkswagen AG v eh ic le s , m o s t of t hem t o a d d r e s s in a latch to a console compart- said yesterday it is recalling ignition problems, taking to ment door; almost 3,000 Chevrolet 189,490 Tiguan small sport util- over 29 million the number of Aveos from 2009-2010 and 2009 ity vehicles in North America GM cars recalled this year. Pontiac G3s for a break fluid for potential stalling issues. GM, which faces a number issue; and 3,000 2014 Chevrolet The German automaker said of government probes over its Sparks for attaching bolts that gas bubbles may form in the fuel handling of ignition switch prob- could be inadequately tightened. system in the affected vehicles lems linked to at least 13 deaths, GM took a $1.2bn charge in from model years 2009 through recalled around 215,000 model the second quarter mainly due 2014 when winterised fuel with year 2002-2004 Saturn VUEs to recall expenses. With Friday’s high vapour pressures is used in because the ignition key can be announcement, GM has recalled warmer areas or during months removed when it is not in the off about 29.1 million vehicles this with higher temperatures. position. year, according to a tally supplied That could lead to reduced fuel That could lead to unintended by the company. pump performance and pressure, vehicle motion, resulting in a pos- The automaker has been heav- potentially resulting in vehi- sible crash, according to the auto- ily criticized for having known cle stalling and could lead to an maker. GM said it is aware of two about a dangerous ignition switch accident. VW said no accident or crashes and one injury potentially problem in its cars for 11 years injuries related to the issue have related to the problem. before starting recalls. That prob- been reported. GM said it knew of no other lem is linked to dozens if not hun- Dealers will install revised elec- injuries or crashes related to the dreds of accidents and at least 13 tronic control module software on other four recalls: more than deaths. all affected vehicles at no cost. 72,000 2013 Cadillac ATS and 2013 The company has hired com- The recall is expected to begin Buick Encore vehicles because pensation expert Ken Feinberg to later this month, a spokeswoman of a problem with the seat belt set up a fund for victims. AFP said. REUTERS

Bulgaria’s outsourcing sector to boom

Employees work in a call centre in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. Excellent IT and language skills have ena- bled Bulgaria’s outsourcing sector to boom, raising hopes that it could prop up the badly stagnating economy of the EU’s poorest country. SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Hachette Court threatens Argentina with contempt Book Group US judge to issue contempt-of-court order if Argentina did not stop issuing ‘false’ statements drops plan to NEW YORK: The US judge its jurisdiction, something the presiding over Argentina’s debt State Department ruled out on dispute with two American Friday. “We do not view the ICJ as buy Perseus hedge funds threatened to hold an appropriate venue for address- the country in contempt of ing Argentina’s debt issues, and NEW YORK: US publisher court for “false and misleading” we continue to urge Argentina Hachette Book Group, owned statements. to engage with its creditors to by France’s Lagardere SCA, has The warning came after resolve remaining issues with dropped its plan to buy unlisted Argentina accused US District bondholders,” a spokesman said. Perseus Books Group, the com- Judge Thomas Griesa of overstep- Argentina says yielding to the panies confirmed on Friday. ping his jurisdiction by blocking hedge funds could expose it to Hachette said in June it would the country from servicing its more than $100bn in claims for keep Perseus’s books business but restructured debt until it settles equal treatment from the 92 per- sell its client services business to its $1.3bn dispute with the hedge cent of creditors who had agreed book distributor Ingram Content funds. The Argentine government to a write-down. Group. “Despite great effort from made that argument in two-page International banks includ- all three parties, they could not advertisements on Thursday ing Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, reach agreement on all of the in the New York Times and Wall JPMorgan and HSBC are report- issues necessary to close the Street Journal after Griesa’s rul- edly in talks with the hedge funds transaction,” a Hachette spokes- ing forced it into default for the to resolve the impasse by buying woman said. second time in 13 years. up their bonds so Argentina can Ingram spokesman Keel Hunt Griesa condemned the ads, exit its default. also confirmed the news. which were called “legal notices” “The talks are very fluid,” a The financial details of the deal and urged creditors to replace source close to the negotiations were not specified at the time, but the bank the judge has barred said on Friday. “It is changing according to a report in Publishers from disbursing their interest quickly every day.” Weekly the deal was doomed by payments, Bank of New York The impact of Argentina’s complications on Ingram’s side. Mellon, where an overdue $539m default has so far been much Had the deal succeeded it Argentine payment is currently smaller than in 2001, as the would have given Hachette — the frozen. “The court warns against country has been isolated from fourth-largest US publisher — further false and misleading international capital markets leverage in a months-long dispute statements by the Republic and ever since. But analysts warn a with Amazon over the pricing of assumes that this warning will be Demonstrators beat drums near US flags and a mock vulture during a protest against layoffs at US automotive drawn-out dispute would do fur- e-books. heard,” said the judge. supplier Lear in front of its factory on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The protesters were also demonstrating against ther damage to Argentina’s reces- Amazon has said its push for “If not, it will be necessary to US District Judge Thomas Griesa’s ruling. sion-hit economy. lower prices was good for authors, consider contempt of court.” In a national address Thursday, publishers and booksellers. Argentina could be fined if President Cristina Kirchner About 900 writers have signed found in contempt. Capital and Aurelius Capital dismissed Griesa as “incompe- contradictions.” On Thursday, it announced a series of measures a petition to protest Amazon’s The messy court battle stems Management, which bought up tent” and biased, and called on sought to haul the United States aimed at rebooting the economy, campaign of discouraging custom- from the South American coun- Argentine debt for pennies on the US government to intervene. before the International Court of including state funding for bus ers from buying books published try’s 2001 economic crisis, when the dollar when it was in default, The economy ministry said Justice over the dispute. manufacturers, renewed incen- by Hachette. it defaulted on more than $100bn refused to sign up for the restruc- Friday Argentina’s position The Hague-based court said tives for the construction and real Perseus, owned by private- in debt. It persuaded most of its turing plan and took the country was unchanged after Griesa’s Argentina was suing the US for estate sectors, and an increase in equity firm Perseus LLC, brings creditors to accept a 70-percent to court. remarks at the hearing, saying violating its sovereignty. unemployment benefits for young out about 700 titles per year and write-down in deals reached in Argentina has condemned its Buenos Aires would not bow to But the court would only hear workers who sign up for job train- has a backlist of more than 6,000 2005 and 2010. But plaintiffs NML opponents as “vulture funds,” the judge’s new “pressures and the case if Washington accepted ing. AFP books. Hachette had said it would make Perseus’s publishing busi- ness a new division comprising of nine imprints, including Avalon Books, Basic Books, Da Capo Press, PublicAffairs and Running Poland asks IMF to help Ghana address economic issues Press. Ingram, a unit of Ingram Industries, would have used Perseus’s client services division US to import ACCRA: The International cedi currency which has slumped address the current economic the end of this month, some to form a distributor with more Monetary Fund (IMF) will around 40 percent this year. challenges it is facing,” he said in bond market participants said than 400 clients ranging from help Ghana address its cur- Deputy Managing Director a statement. the backing of an International DreamWorks Press to Harvard apples banned rent economic challenges, fol- Min Zhu said an IMF team would Ghana, which became the Monetary Fund programme Business Review Press. lowing a formal request by the be in Ghana early next month to first sub-Saharan African coun- would be necessary to reassure “As writers — most of us not by Russia West African country to open open talks. try outside South Africa to tap investors over the stability of the published by Hachette — we talks for a support program, a “Today, IMF Management the Eurobond market in 2007, is currency. feel strongly that no bookseller WARSAW: Poland has asked director of the fund said late on received a formal request from struggling to tame large budget Foreign Minister Hannah should block the sale of books or the United States to open its Friday. the Ghanaian authorities to ini- and current account deficits, Tetteh said on Friday the gov- otherwise prevent or discour- market quickly to Polish apples Ghanaian President John tiate discussions on an economic turning investor sentiment ernment was seeking talks with age customers from ordering or banned by Russia in a sanctions Mahama last week ordered his program that could be supported against the onetime frontier mar- the Fund to win endorsement for receiving the books they want,” war over the crisis in Ukraine. government to open talks with by the IMF. ket darling. its own fiscal reforms programme author Douglas Preston wrote Poland’s ambassador to the IMF as part of efforts to fix The International Monetary With Ghana looking to issue rather than because it needs a in an open letter to readers Washington, Ryszard Schnepf, the economy and stabilise the Fund stands ready to help Ghana a new $1.5bn Eurobond toward bailout. REUTERS in July. REUTERS said he had met Michael Scuse, a senior official in the US Department of Agriculture, about the steps needed to open up the US market, the Polish press agency PAP reported. “We are interested in a quick Dividend payers decision because the situation is extraordinary,” Schnepf was quoted as saying. “He told us to begin the pro- attractive again cedure. We have a new meeting planned for August 18 with the heads of the agency that allows for the entry of agriculture prod- as bond yields fall ucts to the United States,” he said. “There is a greater understand- ing on account of the fact that the NEW YORK: Investors once sector had risen 16.4 percent as United States has also been hit by again are snapping up high- of June 30, bolstered in part by Russian sanctions,” he added. dividend-paying US stocks the shares’ high yields and the The United States severely as Treasury yields fall, which appeal of a safer sector at a time restricts imports of fresh fruit should keep utilities and tele- when investors were still a bit and vegetables from the European com stocks near the top of the worried about economic growth. Union, including EU member buying list for the near future. Analysts say the attractive- Poland. However, there are excep- The S&P 500 utility sector, ness of high dividend-paying tions and Poland exports peppers whose dividend yield at 3.9 per- sectors such as utilities is not and broccoli to the US market cent is more than 100 basis points likely to end soon, especially while Italy exports apples and above the 10-year Treasury with valuations still below the pears, PAP said. Poland is by far yield, led the S&P 500’s advance benchmark’s level. the leading exporter of apples in on Friday after concern about The forward price-to-earn- Europe, ahead of Italy and France. the launch of US air strikes on ings ratio for S&P utilities is at Moscow announced on Iraq drove the benchmark bond 14.9, below the S&P 500’s p/e of Thursday it was introducing an yield to 14-month lows. 15.2, data showed. embargo on most food imports The equity market recovered “The US 10-year is an attrac- from Western countries that from early losses, in part due tive yield given the backdrop have imposed punishing sanctions to news that Russia’s Defence of very weak yields around the against Russia over its annexation Ministry said military exercises world. Therefore, that does of Crimea and alleged support for near the Ukraine border had make the dividend-paying sec- rebels in eastern Ukraine. Imports ended. Any global worries that tors increasingly attractive. of beef, pork, fruit and vegetable keep a bid in government debt, That’s been the footprint for this A man takes a photo of a CBS Outdoor banner displayed on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange celebrating produce, poultry, fish, cheese, meanwhile, will motivate inves- market,” said Quincy Krosby, the company’s IPO, in New York. Media company CBS Corp, owner of the most-watched US television network, milk and dairy products from the tors to go after stocks with fat market strategist at Prudential reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street forecasts. European Union, United States, dividend yields. Financial, based in Newark, New Australia, Canada and Norway The utility sector is up 8.8 Jersey. from a high set June 30. index has an even higher divi- according to Thomson Reuters have been immediately banned. percent since December 31, the Overseas turmoil, particu- Also benefiting from the drop dend yield than utilities, at 4.7 data. Those compare with the Meanwhile, European dairy third best-performing sector for larly in Ukraine, has driven up in bond yields are exchange- percent, though a smaller pool S&P 500’s dividend yield of 2.4 firms halted production of cheese the year, following technology demand for safe-haven bonds, traded funds tied to divi- of stocks. percent. They have gained 40 and butter destined for Russia and and health care. also supported by the Federal dend payers, including the The sector has been weak this percent and 37 percent this year, Norwegian salmon prices fell, as Telecom hasn’t been as Reserve’s continued purchase Powershares Dividend Achiever year because of a lackluster per- respectively. a wide array of small fresh food strong — gaining just 0.8 per- of Treasuries while it gradu- exchange-traded fund, which formance by its biggest names, “Where yield lies is where producers felt the first impact cent in the same period — but ally pares back its bond-buying rose 1.3 percent on Friday and AT&T and Verizon. investors are continuing to go from Moscow’s tit for tat ban two of that sector’s constitu- programme. is up 3.2 percent for the year. However, network communi- because there continues to be no on their goods. While Western ents, Windstream Holdings and The S&P 500 utility sector The First Trust Morningstar cations company Windstream alternative from other income- multinationals were counting on Frontier Communications, have shot up 2 percent on Friday, its Dividend Leaders Index Fund Holdings has a dividend yield producing securities,” said Mark their local manufacturing plants both gained roughly 40 percent. biggest daily percentage gain has performed better, gaining of 9 percent, the highest in Luschini, chief investment strat- to help them weather the ban , Utilities hit a bout of profit- since June. Earlier this week, the 1.2 percent on Friday and up 6 the S&P 500, while Frontier egist at Janney Montgomery small farmers are not so lucky. taking after ending the first half index flirted with correction ter- percent for the year so far. Communications is third high- Scott in Philadelphia. AFP & REUTERS of the year in the No. 1 spot. The ritory as it lost nearly 10 percent The S&P telecommunications est, with a yield of 6.2 percent, REUTERS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Lego puts profit above Welcome to Wal-Mart: The the core values of play doctor will see you now BY SUE PALMER BY MEGAN MCARDLE able to get an appointment with a particular the United States and Mexico, and one of ‘ve been watching with interest as Lego struggles under the doctor. Health-care advice usually stresses the largest in Canada. spotlight of Greenpeace’s latest campaign. Alongside three- s its retail business matures that you should find a good primary-care As of January 2014, there were 510 quarters of a million petition signatories, the environmental into slower growth, Wal- physician. Walmart discount stores in the United Icampaign group is calling on Lego to drop its line of Shell- Mart Stores wants to disrupt But let’s be honest: My primary-care phy- States. In 2006, the busiest in the world was branded cars and quit endorsing Shell for good. A co-promotion another mass market: health sician has no idea who I am when I walk one in Rapid City, South Dakota. with Lego is a lucrative PR stunt for Shell. But as Greenpeace care. The company is piloting in the door, having last seen me at least a In the financial year 2010, Walmart’s is keen to point out, Shell is an appalling choice of partner, not Awhat it hopes will be a broad network of year ago. international division sales were $100bn least because of its controversial plans to extract oil from under primary-care clinics. I mean, maybe she remembers me because (equivalent to $108bn in 2014), or 24.7 per- the melting Arctic region. The company already has urgent-care I’m extra-tall, but frankly, even that rarely cent of total sales. Lego was formed in the 1930s by philanthropist Ole Kirk clinics in about 100 stores, but the new happens. On the other hand, increased access Kristiansen. His vision was to make it a stalwart cultivator of facilities will provide much broader serv- She is assessing my condition by listen- may really matter; we’re a busy lot, we are creative play and contribute to healthy child development. ices such as chronic-disease management ing to me and reading my medical records, middle-aged people with chronic health This idea was enshrined within the company. Even Lego’s name that are normally provided at a doctor’s something that could just as easily be done problems. translated from Danish means “play well”. office. by a completely different doctor. Having clinics conveniently close by, at Play is children’s in-built learning drive. It’s the natural desire And it is doing so at an admirably low If you’re chronically ill or elderly and a low cost and with the ability to schedule of a young human being to explore, experiment, build and imagine. cost: A doctor’s visit at one of its primary- a trip to the doctor’s office is a regular an appointment with someone relatively It’s how children learn about the world and how to thrive in it. care clinics costs just $40, in cash — the event, then it’s probably useful to have that quickly is probably a much bigger deal than Since much play is social, it’s also where they learn how to get only insurance they take is their corporate one person coordinating your care who finding a top-notch physician we really click along with each other, refining their powers of empathy. health plan and Medicare. knows you and who will take a consistent with. Play, science tells us, is as important to child development as This model makes a lot of sense to me. approach. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Wal- food and sleep. So important, in fact, that it has been recognised Doctor’s offices are, as the Affordable Care If you’re the sort of person who mostly Mart will be the one to deliver this service as a child’s fundamental right by the United Nations (article 31 Act’s designers frequently stressed, remark- checks in to get your hypertension medica- to the masses. of Unicef’s convention on the rights of the child). ably inefficient compared to most of the rest tion or statin prescription refilled, then hav- History is littered with corporations But over the last few decades child’s play has been turned into of the economy. ing one doctor probably doesn’t add much that were very, very good at one thing and big business. Marketers have learned how to exploit children’s There are a lot of efficiencies that can benefit. decided, erroneously, that this would make emotional vulnerabilities in the name of profit. Instead of toys that be brought to the market by a big company As of January 2014, Walmart’s interna- them very, very good at being in an entirely benefit children, the industry has focused on creating quick-fix employing staff physicians and centrally tional operations comprise 6,337 stores and different industry. fun that makes money for shareholders. coordinating things such as purchasing and 800,000 workers in 26 countries outside the Wal-Mart may find that for any number As a result, research tells us, modern children find it harder information technology. United States. of reasons — expertise, regulation, inter- to maintain concentration, self-regulate behaviour and develop And what is Wal-Mart very good at? There are wholly owned operations in nal politics — that it can’t crack open the appropriate levels of empathy. Central coordination of purchasing and IT. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United health-care market as easily as it did retail. As a specialist in child development, I’ve had growing concerns The price of that is that when physicians Kingdom. But I hope that someone will succeed even that now even Lego has lost its way. Its new products veer further are staffers, they will probably work hours With 2.2 million employees worldwide, the if it fails. away from its innocent beginnings. Increasingly Lego churns out like staffers, meaning that you may not be company is the largest private employer in WP-BLOOMBERG lucrative but unimaginative lines of “must-have” sets to promote new movies, games and videos. These little boxes, which come with instructive pictures on the front, unlike the traditional Lego bricks, do not result in child- directed, open-ended “real play”. They do not promote imagina- tion; they stifle it. They do not allow children to be creative and learn to think for themselves; they tell children what to think, instilling con- sumerist values that risk increasing rates of stress for parents and children alike. Lego’s recent misadventure in a line of sets “for girls” has come in for pronounced criticism. These sets, which include a pretty pink shopping mall and model catwalk, reinforce harmful gender stereotypes, as pointed out by an insightful seven-year-old girl. So while Lego’s change in attitude meant it rose this year to become the world’s biggest toy company, it comes at a great cost to children. Greenpeace’s campaign urges Lego to stop promoting Shell, and instead stand up for the Arctic and protect the planet for future generations. But it also raises questions about Lego’s responsibil- ity to protect children here and now from harmful and cynical marketing ploys, and the growing trend towards toys that limit child development. By creating Shell sets, Lego is allowing a controversial multi- national to misuse its trusted brand to advertise to children and employ “pester power”. On top of that, Shell is a company whose interests lie in direct contrast to children’s, embroiled on the wrong side of the struggle to limit global warming and prevent its worst impacts. In Quebec, Sweden and Norway, advertising to children under the age of 12 is banned. Here in the UK, despite strict rules controlling advertising of age-restricted products, fast food and sugary drinks, children are still subjected to a daily torrent of corporate messages. That a petrol brand, despite also being an age-restricted prod- uct, has made it on to a popular children’s toy is scandalous. Lego is trusted by parents because most will have played with it themselves as children. But it is now abusing this trust by putting profit above the core values of real play from which it originated. If Lego wishes to retain its reputation as a bastion of children’s interests and “playing well”, then it must be faithful to its roots. It must return to putting child development at the core of its toys; not just the core of its corporate communications. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Adidas marketing push an uphill battle against ‘cool’ Nike

BY EMMA THOMASSON necessarily fix the problem. While Nike can focus on its making it the world’s 24th most Europe’s top clubs, such as States upstart Under Armour Inc. Instead, Adidas needs to spot “swoosh” logo and the “Just valuable brand, according to con- Barcelona and Paris St Germain, The success of Nike’s “Flyknit” portswear firm Adidas and set more trends and create a do it” slogan it has used since sultancy Interbrand, more than for the 2014/15 season, even shoes worn by Goetze - made out probably thought it had buzz among fashion and sports- 1988, Adidas has to spread its ad double the value of Adidas on though Adidas is ousting Nike at of machine-knitted fibre rather hit the marketing jackpot mad youngsters. budget across a range of brands $7.5bn. Manchester United and Italian than stitched-together pieces - Swhen Adidas-sponsored After recently issuing its third such as Reebok, TaylorMade golf Even though Adidas was champions Juventus from next is just the latest example of the Germany beat Adidas-sponsored profit warning in a year, Adidas and Rockport shoes, as well as thought to have forked out about year. United States firm’s ability to Argentina to win the Adidas- said on Thursday it would boost its Originals and NEO sports- $100m to FIFA to sponsor the Adidas CEO Hainer said the innovate and set trends after its sponsored World Cup. spending on marketing to about inspired fashion labels. World Cup, two Nike World Cup record $1.3bn shirt deal struck popular wearable “FuelBand” fit- But arch rival Nike may have 13 percent of sales in 2014 and to While Nike has encroached ads are among the top 10 most with Manchester United last ness device and “Free” barefoot- stolen much of its soccer brand- between 13 and 14 percent of sales on Adidas’s home territory, the shared ad videos so far this year, month - almost three times per feel running shoes. ing thunder with quirky videos, in 2015. German firm has failed to make according to marketing technol- year what Nike has been pay- The Portland, Oregon-based innovative boots and amusing The company also said it would serious inroads in North America. ogy company Unruly. ing the former English champi- firm has also arguably been Tweets, not to mention the odd give marketing experts more The US firm extended its lead to No Adidas videos feature in ons - and the signing of four of quicker than Adidas to respond sponsorship coup of its own such responsibility and bring them take a 15 percent global market that ranking, though it says its the top six National Basketball to booming demand for sports- as signing up hosts Brazil. closer to sales and product devel- share in 2013 compared with 10.8 videos published during the tour- Association (NBA) draft players wear from women that has helped Adidas said it had secured “vic- opment staff. percent for Adidas, according to nament made it the most-viewed - showed he meant business. drive the rise of yoga specialist tory on and off the pitch” at the Adidas spent 12.4 percent of Euromonitor. sports brand on YouTube. But not everybody is convinced. Lululemon. soccer tournament, providing the its 2013 revenue of 14.5bn euros Nike has focused on exploiting Adidas has started to replicate Adidas acknowledges it has cut Adidas says it has run cam- highest-scoring boots and gener- ($19.4bn) on sales and marketing, social media to target young con- Nike’s tactics, setting up a “news its 2014 target for its operating paigns targeted at women in the ating 22 percent more discussion up from 12.1 percent in 2012 and sumers, while Adidas has relied room” in Rio during the World margin - operating income as a United States and China in the on social media than Nike. already well above Nike, which more on official partnerships Cup to generate a stream of social proportion of sales - to between last year. But more than half the play- spent 10.8 percent of sales of with the likes of the FIFA World media chatter on its sponsored 6.5 and 7.0 percent for 2014, from It will also be pushing new col- ers displayed Nike’s brightly- $27.8bn in the year to May 31. Cup and the National Basketball teams and players. 8.5 to 9.0 percent, partly due to laborations for its Originals label coloured shoes and it was one of Adidas chief Herbert Hainer Association (NBA). Investment in social media higher marketing spend. with celebrities Kanye West and Nike’s new lightweight “Flyknit” admitted the company, known for Nike’s animated film “The Last will be a big part of its increased Nike recorded an operating Pharrell Williams and is opti- boots worn by Germany’s Mario its three stripes logo, was being Game”, featuring soccer stars marketing spending and it plans margin of 13 percent in the fiscal mistic for new products like Goetze that volleyed in the win- taken on even on its home turf. Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar on to open similar news rooms in year to May 31. relaunches of classic sneaker ning goal. But he said second-quarter a quest to save football from the key cities around the world to Adidas shares, down 39 percent brand ZX Flux. Nike has been eating into its results - including double-digit hands of a villainous mastermind, continue its engagement with this year after tumbling since Investing in building a brand German rival’s market share growth in Germany, Britain, has become one of Facebook’s fans. last week’s profit warning, trade is a long-term project that could and some branding experts and Spain and Italy and a 41 percent most shared posts ever. But Nike is also investing, at 16.9 times forward earnings take three to five years. But some investors don’t believe throwing jump in soccer sales - showed The value of the Nike brand launching an interactive Football to 22 times for Nike and almost investors are becoming impatient. more cash into marketing will Adidas was fighting back. rose 13 percent in 2013 to $17bn, app. It is kitting out more of 62 times for fast-growing United REUTERS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday UK trade deficit widens as German industrial output China’s trade surplus rises to exports fall again fuels slowdown concerns $35.92B in May, govt data shows BEIJING: China’s trade surplus surged LONDON: Britain’s trade position BERLIN: German industrial output in May, official data showed on Sunday, worsened in June, as exports fell rose 0.3pc in June from May as Japan’s current account falls US trade deficit shrinks 7pc as export growth accelerated sharply for a third month in another blow concerns over the Ukraine crisis into deficit in June weighed on the economy. while imports showed a surprise fall. to the government’s ambitions to TOKYO: Japan’s current account WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit The Economy Ministry figure was Exports increased 7 percent to $195.47 rebalance the economy. balance fell into a deficit for the shrank 7pc in June, largely because lower than many economists billion year-on-year, while imports The trade in goods deficit first time in five months in June imports of petroleum fell to the forecast and comes after a 1.8pc declined 1.6 percent to $159.55 billion, widened unexpectedly to £9.4bn as robust income from overseas lowest level since late 2010. The fall in output in May. The ministry resulting in a trade surplus of $35.92 from £9.2bn in May after British investments wasn’t enough size of the decline — the steepest said that, after strong output data billion, the General Administration of exports fell more than imports to make up for ongoing trade since last November — could in the first three months of 2014, Customs announced. according to the Office for weaker growth was expected. deficits. make the nation’s second-quarter National Statistics (ONS). growth look a touch better than initially reported. The US grew at a robust 4pc annual rate from April to June, but the government India Ratings raises GDP growth based its preliminary estimate on forecast to 5.7pc expectations for a larger trade gap. NEW DELHI: India Ratings & Research has raised its 2014-15 gross domestic SA rand weakens as business product (GDP) growth forecast to 5.7pc Australia’s trade deficit confidence slumps from 5.6pc. It forecast a growth of narrowed in June JOHANNESBURG: The rand 5.6pc in April this year. “Even though SYDNEY: Australia’s trade balance Brazil economists cut 2014 weakened against the dollar on the Union budget has addressed deficit came slightly better than growth forecast to lowest Thursday as a drop in business certain supply-side issues plaguing the estimated, where it narrowed in on record confidence heightened concerns economy, we believe a single budget June amid the recent improved or one year’s policy reforms are not currency and supported trade BRASILIA: Brazil economists about the strength of Africa’s most developed economy. The rand’s enough to ensure a non-inflationary, activities by China, the main trade cut their 2014 economic partner. Moreover, Australia’s slide came despite an uptick in sustained and higher economic growth,” growth forecast for the 10th trade balance recorded an actual manufacturing production, which the agency said. straight week as policy makers deficit of AU$1683 million in June, grew unexpectedly by 0.5pc year- weigh new measures amid from a previous revised deficit of slowing consumption. Brazil’s on-year in June, against market AU$2043 million from AU$-1911 gross domestic product will predictions of a 2.1pc contraction. million, while analysts’ estimates expand 0.86 percent this year, where AU$-2000 million. compared with the previous week’s forecast of 0.90 percent, according to the Aug. 1 central bank survey of about 100 analysts published today.

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LOS ANGELES: An appeals the 80-year-old owner with a court denied yesterday a request lifetime ban from the league and from embattled Los Angeles began the process of stripping Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling Sterling of ownership of the club into Hall of Fame (pictured) to halt the proposed he bought in 1981 for $12.5m. $2bn sale of the NBA team The league put that on hold to ex-Microsoft tycoon Steve pending a decision on Shelly Lithuanian averaged 12.8 points per game in NBA seasons Ballmer. Sterling’s ability to sell the Sterling’s lawyers filed a peti- franchise. tion with the California appellate Following weeks of testimony in NEW YORK: Lithuanian alter the US public attitude court requesting an immediate a trial, Levanas ruled July 28 that Sarunas Marciulionis recalled towards AIDS. order blocking the sale. Shelly Sterling had acted properly the culture shock when he first “We changed the debate on Sterling’s lawyers are seeking in removing Donald Sterling as a joined the National Basketball AIDS. It was bad enough when to block Los Angeles Superior trustee of the family trust that Association at his induction into Sarunas Magic announced he had HIV, we Court Judge Michael Levanas’ owns the team. the Basketball Hall of Fame, Marciulionis, all thought he was going to die,” ruling last month that The move came yesterday. inductee, speaks he said, as Magic Johnson sat on allowed his estranged after two special- He was inducted with Miami during 2014 stage nearby. wife Shelly Sterling to ists examined Donald Heat great Alonzo Mourning, Basketball Earlier, Stern said he did not go ahead with the sale Sterling and deemed six-time NBA All Star Mitch Hall of Fame think the legal dispute between to Ballmer. him to be mentally Richmond, former NBA Enshrinement the NBA and Los Angeles The court rejected incapacitated. Commissioner David Stern, and Ceremony at Clippers owner Donald Sterling the request, saying Sterling contended college coaches Gary Williams would be decided in court. that Levanas’ rul- he had been hood- Symphony Hall and Nolan Richardson. The league banned Sterling for ing had not yet been winked by his wife in Springfield, Marciulionis helped pave the life and is forcing him to sell the finalised. into submitting to the way for an influx of non-Amer- Massachusetts, Clippers after his privately taped “There is nothing for tests as part of a plot ican players when he joined the yesterday. remarks imploring a girlfriend this court to review,” to sell the team behind Golden State Warriors in 1989. not to publicly associate with the appeal court said. his back. “I was a strange duck in the black people were published. Sterling’s appeal Sterling has also locker room at Golden State,” he Sterling’s remarks during the contended that allowing the sale filed a separate lawsuit challeng- told the audience in Springfield, Clippers play-off run sparked to take place would mean the loss ing Shelly Sterling’s right to sell Massachusetts. public outrage and prompted of a “unique and irretrievable the team based on corporate law. “My world was different. I don’t want anybody to be in Lithuanian Basketball League. sponsors to cut ties with the team. asset ... one of 30 NBA franchises” He has another civil rights law- At home we used ice cubes for my shoes, what we experienced Mourning, who had a successful Sterling is suing the NBA for $1 for Sterling. suit pending in American federal whisky. Two is not enough, three years. I’m happy that life is better kidney transplant in 2003, spoke bn, alleging the league violated his Sterling, who made his fortune court against the NBA. is too much. When I got to the for newcomers.” of his “incredible journey”. “The constitutional rights by relying on in real estate, has been under Meanwhile, LeBron James will locker room I see ice packs, ice Marciulionis averaged 12.8 most amazing piece of this incred- information from what he calls an pressure to sell the team since the play his first game against his buckets, everything was ice. points per game during seven ible journey is that I understand “illegal” recording. release of a tape between him and former team when the Cleveland “Thank you to my patient team seasons in the NBA spent with the obstacles I had to overcome “I remain optimistic that (new his girlfriend V Stiviano. Cavaliers travel to Brazil in mates. They were patient through Golden State, Seattle, Sacramento to get here, which makes it even commissioner Adam Silver) and In the recording, Sterling criti- October for the NBA’s second my first year when I really suf- and Denver. more rewarding,” said Mourning, Donald will be able to work out cises the much younger Stiviano ever exhibition game in South fered and had some bad time from After his retirement, who played an instrumental role their differences and ultimately for having her picture taken with America. coach Nellie (Don Nelson). Marciulionis, 50, used his status to in Miami’s first NBA title in 2006. this thing will not be decided black people and tells her not to The Cleveland-Miami Heat “I am proud that now it’s over promote basketball in his home- Stern, who retired in February either way by a litigation,” Stern bring them to Clippers games. exhibition contest on October 11 20 percent international players land, resurrecting the Lithuanian after 30 years at the helm of the told NBA television. Soon after the comments in Rio de Janeiro is part of the in the league. national team and founding the NBA, said the league had helped REUTERS became public, the NBA slapped NBA’s Global Games series. AFP

Retired New York Yankees MLB: Hardy stars as Baltimore player Paul O’Neill waves to fans after speaking at a ceremony Orioles thrash Cardinals 12-2 inducting O’Neill into NEW YORK: JJ Hardy homered Francisco’s Tim The Atlanta hitters to cover the final three Monument twice and the Baltimore Orioles Hudson (213) Baseball Results Braves slammed innings in a 9-3 win over the Los Park with a hit a season-high six home runs and the New Tampa Bay 4 Chicago Cubs 3 four home Angeles Dodgers. new plaque in an emphatic 12-2 victory over York Yankees’ Baltimore 12 St Louis 2 runs and hung Milwaukee, running on fumes before the the St. Louis Cardinals. CC Sabathia NY Yankees 10 Cleveland 6 on to beat the thanks to a heavy workload and a The Orioles (66-49) scored in (208). Washington lack of reliable depth, took advan- game against NY Mets 5 Philadelphia 4 the Cleveland five straight innings - the second Derek Jeter Nationals 7-6 tage of two errors by shortstop Pittsburgh 2 San Diego 1 Indians through sixth - and ended up with tied Hall of and end their Justin Turner in the bottom of at Yankee 15 hits overall. Famer Honus Detroit 5 Toronto 4 eight-game los- the seventh and got a three-run Stadium in New It was just the second time in Wagner for Miami 2 Cincinnati 1 ing streak. home run from second baseman York, yesterday. club history that they hit more sixth place on Atlanta 7 Washington 6 The Braves Rickie Weeks in the eighth. Monument Park than one homer off three pitchers the career hits Kansas City 4 San Francisco 2 had scored only The Oakland Athletics got a in the same game. list, and Carlos 18 runs and three-run triple from Coco Crisp is an open- Milwaukee 9 LA Dodgers 3 New York Mets right-hander Beltran high- gone 0-8 on in the fifth inning and a two- air museum Houston 4 Texas 3 Bartolo Colon earned his 200th lighted a five- their recently run double from Eric Sogard in located at the career victory in a win over the RBI night with Arizona 5 Colorado 3 completed West the sixth to build a 6-0 lead and new Yankee Philadelphia Phillies. a sixth-inning Boston 4 LA Angels 2 Coast road trip held on for a 6-5 victory over the Stadium The 41-year-old departed after grand slam, as Oakland 6 Minnesota 5 but they came Minnesota Twins. containing a eight innings with a 5-1 lead, only the New York Seattle 4 Chicago White Sox 1 out swing- The A’s extended their win- collection of to see the bullpen allow three Yankees beat ing against ning streak against the Twins to monuments, runs in the ninth. the Cleveland Washington ace 11 games, an Oakland record, and plaques, and Colon allowed six hits and one Indians 10-6. Stephen Strasburg (8-10), who beat them for the eighth straight retired numbers run, a solo homer by right fielder Jeter tied Wagner with his was tagged for four home runs time at the Coliseum, another honouring Marlon Byrd in the seventh, to 3,430th hit when he started a for the first time in his career. Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma distinguished improve to 11-9 this season and five-run first inning with an Atlanta improved to 7-3 against allowed one run over seven members of 200-137 for his 17-year career, infield single against Cleveland the National League East lead- innings and got a big boost from the New York during which he has pitched for right-hander Trevor Bauer (4-7). ers and cut Washington’s lead to catcher Mike Zunino’s three-run Yankees. eight teams. In his first three chances at pass- 3 1/2 games. homer as the Mariners earned a He is third among active pitch- ing Wagner, Jeter grounded out, The Milwaukee Brewers used 4-1 victory over the struggling ers in victories, trailing only San struck out and had a sacrifice. five pitchers and three pinch Chicago White Sox. REUTERS

Jones, Herman punished Super GT500 Championship for violating drug policy NEW YORK: Miami Dolphins’ last August. The Dolphins are Michael Griffin, Washington starting safety Reshad Jones now down two important defend- Redskins safety Brandon was suspended without pay for ers due to suspension. Meriweather, Oakland Raiders the first four games of the regu- Defensive end Dion Jordan defensive lineman Antonio Smith, lar season for violating the NFL received a four-game suspension Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Joe policy on performance-enhanc- on July 3 for a similar violation. Mays and Indianapolis Colts line- ing substances, the league Herman will be eligible to backer Erik Walden - and 15 oth- announced yesterday. return to the Giants’ active roster ers who were close to escalated In another four-game ban, New on Friday, September 26 follow- discipline. York Giants offensive lineman ing the team’s game against the Fans wanted the Houston Eric Herman was suspended for Washington Redskins. Texans to draft Johnny Manziel a violation of the performance- Meanwhile, Troy Vincent, the with the No. 1 pick, but owner Bob enhancing drug policy. NFL’s new executive vice presi- McNair said the team knew “it Jones and Herman are eligible dent of football operations, has would be a frenzy.” to participate in all preseason identified 21 players as being “at- “Probably even if he didn’t suc- practices and games. risk” for making illegal hits on the ceed at being an outstanding NFL Jones will be eligible to return field and he has met with 16 of quarterback for a couple years, on Monday, September 29 follow- them so far. the fans would have been fren- ing the team’s game against the According to Albert Breer zied,” McNair told ESPN.com. Oakland Raiders. of the NFL Network, Vincent The Texans took Jadeveon Jones was a 16-game starter last said there were six players who Clowney out of South Carolina The Zent Cerumo racing team of Yuji Tachikawa and Kohei Hirate driving #1 Lexus RC F secured their first season, finishing with 107 tackles, have been suspended for hits with the first overall draft pick. win of the season by clinching Round four of the 2014 AUTOBACS Super GT series (GT500 class) which took 1.5 sacks and an interception that over the last two years - Tampa Johnny Football was taken by the place at the Sugo International raceway in Japan. The KeePer TOM Lexus RC F team of Daisuke Ito & Andrea was ran back for a touchdown. He Bay Buccaneers safety Dashon Cleveland Browns at No. 22. Caldarelli finished second as Lexus RC F vehicles dominated the action, securing four of the top five positions. signed a four-year, $30m contract Goldson, Tennessee Titans safety AGENCIES SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Marquez rules Indy MotoGP practice 21-year-old looks to widen gap on rivals; team-mate Pedrosa also posts fast times

INDIANAPOLIS: Marc below 1:33 (1:32.882). Marquez, who has a perfect 9-0 MotoGP Standings Pedrosa used Friday’s practice record to start the season, dom- to experiment with tyre combina- inated practice on the opening World championship stand- tions on the new track surface. day of the Indianapolis Grand ings ahead of the Indianapolis “We were able to progress a lot Prix, with Honda team-mate MotoGP on Sunday in the afternoon and tried out all Dani Pedrosa also posting fast 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 225 pts, 2. Dani the tyres,” Pedrosa said. “But we times. Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 148, 3. Valentino Rossi still need to work to see what the Spaniard Marquez looks poised (ITA/Yamaha) 141, 4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/ pace will be like and find the lim- to widen the gap on his rivals as Ducati) 99, 5. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 97, its of the track. he has a commanding lead at the 6. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha-Forward) 77, “Today the track conditions halfway point of the season in the 8. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha Tech3) 67, 9. improved the more laps we all put championship standings with 225 Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati Pramac) 62, 10. in, because the asphalt cleaned up points. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda LCR) 56, 11. Alvaro and gave us much more grip. The Indianapolis Motor Bautista (ESP/Honda Gresini) 50, 12. Bradley “On Saturday we will work Smith (GBR/Yamaha) 48, 13. Scott Redding Speedway’s 16-turn, 4.16 kilome- on finding the limits and get- (GBR/Honda) 3 tre (2.6 mile) track was made ting a good tyre combination for slick by rain as the riders got in time we go out, and we have to Sunday’s race.” their first practice sessions ahead change the set up a lot. Hopefully MotoGP riders are back on the of Sunday’s race. we can get more dry track time track Saturday for two practices “It was not so bad,” Marquez tomorrow,” he said. followed by qualifying. said. “We came back from the This is the second of two US Marquez, who is the youngest holidays and had a slow start with races in 2014 as international rider in history to win nine races the rain. I am happy, because in motorcycle racing looks to make in a row, has a perfect total of 225 the afternoon we could do a lot inroads into the United States. points in the world standings, 77 more work.” The first race was held in Austin, points ahead of Pedrosa. Marquez said the damp con- Texas, in April. Marquez dominated the ditions Friday made it diffi- Times were much quicker German MotoGP last month in cult to get a proper read on the in the second practice session Sachsenring, finishing ahead of track, which organizers recently Friday, especially for Marquez compatriot Pedrosa with former Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain rides during practice for the Indianapolis GP in Indianapolis resurfaced. who posted the fastest lap of the double world champion Jorge yesterday. “The track grip changes each day and was the only rider to go Lorenzo in third. AFP German bank rejects Ecclestone’s settlement offer

MUNICH: German bank evident. The bank rejected the 2006 of $41m to help to smooth prosecutors and judges to have Medien, a German company that BayernLB that once held a offer, without giving reasons, and the sale to CVCCapital Partners, the bribery charges dropped. has already lost a court case major stake in Formula One didn’t say what its next move the present owner. Most of the money, $99m, went for damages of $140m against has rejected Bernie Ecclestone’s would be. BayernLB, the bank, now wants to the state of Bavaria, which Ecclestone in London in February, offer to pay $33.4m in a dispute The offer expired on Friday. the so-called finder’s fee back. owns BayernLB. The remaining over a claim that the F1 shares over the sale of that stake. BayernLB did preparatory The transaction had been com- $ 1m was awarded to the German were undervalued. Formula One boss Ecclestone work on a damages claim against plicated by a threat to BayernLB Children’s Hospice Organisation, Constantin is appealing against had made the offer so that his Ecclestone late last year, but on Thursday, that it would face which said on Thursday that that ruling. court battles in Germany would didn’t file it. a counter claim from the former they were “ beside themselves Constantin Medien stood to end on Friday, in settlement of a The motor-racing billionaire owners of the F1 shares if it with joy” at receiving the money. benefit if the F1 shareswere civil claim from the bank. had paid $100m to end a crimi- accepted Ecclestone’s money. It amounted to ten times their sold by BayernLB for at least Earlier this week, a Munich nal prosecution over his secret Ecclestone insisted throughout annual income. $1bn. The sale price agreed by court had dropped a bribery case multimillion-dollar payments to the bribery case that he was in BayernLB acquired the 47 Gribkowsky withCVC Capital against Ecclestone connected to Gerhard Gribkowsky, a banker, effect blackmailed by Gribkowsky, per cent stake in F1 from Kirch Partners, advised by Ecclestone, the sale of Munich-based bank while he was in charge of selling who threatened to make com- Group, owned by the late German was $837m. BayernLB’s F1 stake in exchange F1 rights. plaints to revenue officials. entrepreneur Leo Kirch, whose This was the deal that kept for a $100m payment. During the court case against The banker is now serving a jail business empire went bankrupt Ecclestone in charge of the sport Ecclestone’s lawyers last week Gribkowsky in Munich in 2011, sentence. in 2002 while he owed money to but which led him to be charged Formula One boss Bernie had offered to pay the public- it emerged that Ecclestone was It had emerged on Thursday the bank. in Munich with bribery after Ecclestone sector bank, though they said paid a consultancy fee during the that Ecclestone had delivered Kirch’s widow, Ruth, is the it emerged that he had paid damage to the company wasn’t F1 sale process between 2005 and the settlement agreed with main shareholder in Constantin Gribkowsky $44m. AGENCIES Majka wins Tour of Poland Kabaddi in spotlight as ancient Indian game gets makeover

NEW DELHI: Despite years as one of the India’s top players of kabaddi — a traditional con- tact sport that mixes tag and wrestling — Ajay Thakur was not well known in his homeland. Until now. Since the high-profile launch last month of a new Pro Kabaddi League, with live television cov- erage, corporate sponsors and brightly coloured lycra strips, the 27-year-old has become an over- night sensation. The new league has given a new lease of life to kabaddi, which has been played in sandy backyards across India for generations. “It feels great when kids ask me for an autograph,” the player said after a recent game with the Bengaluru Bulls, one of eight teams in the new league. “It is all new to me, and makes me hungry for more of all this.” Kashiling Adake (centre) of Delhi Dabang attempts to tag one of the players of Bengal Warriors during a Pro Although the sums involved Kabaddi League match in New Delhi last Wednesday. represent only a fraction of the funding that cricket attracts in Indoor Stadium in New Delhi the you package it better,” he said. but local media say 22m people India, they are transforming the screaming fans are treated to The top kabaddi player was tuned in to watch the first day of game’s once dowdy image — and booming music, pyrotechnics and sold for about $20,000. By com- the season last month. the lives of its players. plumes of smoke, while coloured parison, Delhi Daredevils paid a Radha Kapoor, entrepreneur “I never thought sponsors spotlights focus on the players’ whopping $1.4m for England star and owner of the Delhi franchise, would put money on kabaddi,” tight lycra outfits. Kevin Pietersen in the 2014 IPL. said it was time India saw the said Thakur, who weighs in at There are no shouts of Sharma got the idea after see- potential of its indigenous games. 80kgs (176 pounds), and is now “kabaddi” — instead an overhead ing how popular kabaddi was at “I am sure a lot of people have able to afford the food that he screen provides a 30-second the 2006 Doha Asian Games. doubts, but that is where the needs to perform at his best. countdown, turning the sport into “The world hasn’t yet woken opportunity lies,” she said. Kabaddi features two seven- a slick show for audiences in the up to the charms of this game,” “See what the US has done with member teams facing off on a stadium and at home. he said, adding that it would be baseball and American football.” tennis court-sized pitch. Team owners include a media a shame for India, the homeland Later this month a World Polish rider Rafal Majka celebrates as he crosses the finish line after A “raider” from each team has mogul, a top industrialist and a of the sport, to ignore such a cul- Kabaddi League will launch, tar- the fifth stage of the Tour de Pologne race from Zakopane to Strbske to dash into the rival half and popular Bollywood star. tural gem. If we don’t give due geting the large Indian diaspora, Pleso, Slovakia, on Thursday. The young Polish star wrapped up overall touch players from the opposing The league is inspired by the respect to it and don’t take pride with a first leg in London followed victory at the Tour of Poland following yesterday’s 25km time trial around team without being tackled before Indian Premier League, cricket’s in our achievements, it’s a shame.” by stops in the US and Canada Krakow, won by Belgian Kristof Vandewalle. The 24-year-old Majka took escaping back to safety on their cash-rich Twenty20 tournament. The game is played in around among others. an 18sec lead over Benat Intxausti and 22sec ahead of Jon Izaguirre, side of the court. However Charu Sharma, the 35 countries including Pakistan, “It is like a kids’ game being both Spaniards riding for Movistar, into the seventh and final stage. Majka Players traditionally chant veteran commentator who came South Korea and Bangladesh, but played by grown-ups,” 17-year- continued his fine form this year having finished sixth overall at May’s “kabaddi” repeatedly to prove up with the new league, says the India has won all seven gold med- old American Francis Britschgi, Giro d’Italia and won two mountain stages at last month’s Tour de France. they are not breaking the rules by comparison only goes so far. als at the Asian Games since it a recent convert, said in Delhi. Last year’s winner Pieter Weening had a disappointing race, ending 37th drawing breath during that time. “We do not have that kind of was introduced in 1990. “It has all the elements that overall at 10min 52sec. But that is the low-tech ver- money. But the IPL did make us Confirmed viewing figures for make for a great spectator sport.” sion of the game. At the Thyagraj realise that sport works well if the league are not yet available, AFP SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

96th PGA

Championship LOUISVILLE: Scores from yesterday’s second round of the 96th PGA Championship at par-71 Valhalla Golf Club: 133 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 66-67 134 Jason Day (AUS) 69-65, Jim Furyk (USA) 66-68 135 Ryan Palmer (USA) 65-70, Rickie Fowler (USA) 69-66, Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 67-68 136 Phil Mickelson (USA) 69-67, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 68-68 137 Steve Stricker (USA) 69-68, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 69-68, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 66-71, Joost Luiten (NED) 68-69, Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 69-68, Lee Westwood (ENG) 65-72, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 70-67 138 Nick Watney (USA) 69-69 139 Bill Haas (USA) 71-68, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 71-68, Matt Jones (AUS) 68-71, Chris Wood (ENG) 66-73, Richard Sterne (RSA) 70-69, Billy Horschel (USA) 71-68, Kevin Chappell (USA) 65-74, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 69-70, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 66-73 140 Alexander Levy (FRA) 69-71, Cameron Tringale (USA) 69-71, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 69-71, JB Holmes (USA) 68-72, Robert Karlsson (SWE) 71-69, Ernie Els (RSA) 70-70, Adam Scott (AUS) 71-69, Jimmy Rory McIlroy (left) of Northern Ireland crosses a bridge on the sixth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, yesterday. Walker (USA) 69-71, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 72-68, Brendon de Jonge (RSA) 70-70, Brian Harman (USA) 71-69, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 69-71 141 Scott Brown (USA) 71-70, Jonas Blixt (SWE) 71-70, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 71-70, Danny Willett (ENG) 68-73, Imperious McIlroy leads Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 71-70, Hunter Mahan (USA) 70-71, Jerry Kelly (USA) 67-74, Kenny Perry (USA) 72-69, Ryan Moore (USA) 73-68, Patrick Reed (USA) 70-71, Ian Poulter (ENG) 68-73, Brandt Snedeker (USA) 73-68, Freddie Jacobson (SWE) 72-69, as Woods misses the cut Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 71-70, Kevin Stadler (USA) 71-70, Brendan Steele (USA) 71-70 142 Shane Lowry (IRL) 68-74, Sergio Garcia Northern Irishman fires a 67 to take control, Day and Furyk tied for second (ESP) 70-72, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 71-71, Daniel Summerhays (USA) LOUISVILLE: Rory McIlroy the morning, softening the 7,458- “Feeling pretty good with the Oosthuizen, Sweden’s Henrik 70-72, Bubba Watson (USA) 70-72, charged to the lead Friday at yard layout for afternoon start- game, played quite well,” Fowler Stenson, Canada’s Graham Luke Donald (ENG) 70-72, Francesco the PGA Championship but ers like Day, the 2011 Masters said. “Excited to get things going DeLaet American Steve Stricker, Molinari (ITA) 71-71, Zach Johnson (USA) Australian Jason Day and runner-up and 2011 and 2013 US tomorrow.” France’s Victor Dubuisson and 70-72, Jason Bohn (USA) 71-71, Koumei Oda (JPN) 74-68, Colin Montgomerie Americans Jim Furyk, Phil Open runner-up. Palmer teed off in a heavy Dutchman Joost Luiten. (SCO) 70-72, Brooks Koepka (USA) Mickelson and Rickie Fowler The 26-year-old Aussie fired downpour that caused a McIlroy said that if he kept to 71-71, Justin Rose (ENG) 70-72, Marc moved within striking distance the day’s low round of 65, starting 45-minute delay, but not before his routine he would be difficult Leishman (AUS) 71-71, Marc Warren for the weekend trophy fight. with three birdies and an eagle in being forced to hit two shots into to overtake. (SCO) 71-71, Pat Perez (USA) 71-71 McIlroy, seeking his fourth the first eight holes and closing the water-logged first hole. “I expect to stick to my game major title and second in a row with back-to-back birdies, just as “You could barely see the fair- plan. I expect to execute my shots. after capturing the British Open Furyk did to match him. way,” Palmer said. “We were I can’t control what other people LPGA Meijer three weeks ago, fired a four- “We got a little lucky on the questioning why we have to hit do,” McIlroy said. under-par 67 to seize a one-shot draw, teeing off in the afternoon. a second shot into a green that’s “But do I expect to control the Classic Scores lead over Day and Furyk in the We didn’t get as much rain,” Day already half in standing water. things I know I can do? Yes. And BELMONT, United States: year’s final major, standing on said. “The guys in the morning, it They said, that’s just golf.” I know that if I do those well, Leading scores on Friday from nine-under 133 after 36 holes. was pouring pretty hard.” Five-time major winner there’s a good chance that I will the second round of the LPGA “Really happy with the day’s Tiger Woods, a 14-time major Mickelson was another stroke win.” Meijer Classic (USA unless work -- another great chance champion who has not won a adrift after a 67 that ended with McIlroy, whose other major stated, par-71): to win a major this weekend,” major since the 2008 US Open, an eight-foot eagle putt. wins include the 2012 PGA 132 Park In-Bee (KOR) 66-66 McIlroy said. was nagged by back problems and “It was a long day, but for me it Championship and 2011 US 133 Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 69-64 The 25-year-old from Northern fired his second 74 in a row to fin- was a good day,” Mickelson said. Open, won his first World Golf 134 Mirim Lee (KOR) 70-64 Ireland, who started on the back ish on 148, missing the cut by five “To shoot four-under puts me in Championships title last Sunday Tiger Woods of the United States 135 Amy Yang (KOR) 68-67 nine, birdied two of his last three strokes in a share of 117th. good position for the weekend. in Akron, Ohio. holes, closing with a 16-foot birdie “I tried as hard as I could,” tosses a golf ball on the 15th “Obviously Rory is playing He could become the first man 137 Katherine Kirk (AUS) 67-70, Sandra Gal at the ninth after sinking one Woods said. “That’s about all I’ve green during the second round great golf. There’s a lot of guys since Padraig Harrington at the (GER) 65-72, Haru Nomura (JPN) 70-67, from half that length at the par- got. Unfortunately just didn’t play of the 96th PGA Championship. right there. Out of that group 2008 British Open and PGA to Lydia Ko (NZL) 69-68, Line Vedel (DEN) five seventh. well.” somebody is going to get hot. I win back-to-back major titles 68-69 “I can’t wait until tomorrow Woods, who pulled out of the me on the range. Just had to play think that I have a hot round in and could join Woods and Phil 138 Feng Shan-shan (CHN) 69-69, Gerina to get back on the course and do final round last week in Akron through it.” me, too.” Mickelson as the only male golf- Piller 68-70, Azahara Munoz (ESP) the same thing all over again,” with a back injury, said he was Fowler, a runner-up at the Britain’s Lee Westwood, eight ers in the last quarter-century 68-70, Giulia Molinaro (ITA) 71-67 McIlroy said. ready to play when he arrived British and US Opens, had seven times a top-three major finisher with wins the week before they 139 Laura Davies (GBR) 71-68, Paula “I’m just going to try and keep Wednesday at Valhalla but his birdies and three bogeys in the but never a winner, shared the won a major. Creamer 69-70, Kris Tamulis 70-69, the pedal down and get as many back began bothering him on first 11 holes then closed with a first-round lead but stumbled to “It would be huge,” McIlroy Alejandra Llaneza (MEX) 70-69, Sydnee ahead as possible.” the driving range Friday. “It was birdie for a 66 to join countryman a 72 to join a pack on 137 that said. “But there’s a lot of golf left Michaels 69-70, Beatriz Recari (ESP) Heavy rain soaked the course in sore,” Woods said. “It went out on Ryan Palmer in third on 135. also included South African Louis to play.” AFP 70-69, Katie Burnett 71-68 Ryder Cup spot ‘hasn’t crossed Park fires second straight my mind’, says Stricker 66 to lead Meijer Classic

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: BELMONT, United States: Being a part-time player these South Korea’s Park In-Bee days, American Steve Stricker seized a one-stroke lead fol- Park In-Bee never contemplated making a lowing the second round of the watches fourth Ryder Cup appearance LPGA Tour’s Meijer Classic yes- her tee shot for the United States this year terday after she posted her sec- on the 11th at Gleneagles in Scotland. ond straight five-under 66. hole during He is happy to perform a back- “I hit it really good this year, the second ground role and, having been but I just haven’t putted as well,” round of the appointed this week by US cap- Steve Stricker hits out of a bunker during the second round of the 2014 Park said. “Putting like this feels Meijer LPGA tain Tom Watson as an assistant PGA Championship. like I’m back to last year, so hope- Classic in for the biennial team competi- fully I can hole some more putts Belmont, tion, he was sticking to that plan the next two days.” Michigan, despite flourishing at the PGA a limited basis over the last two Asked if he would be more Park, who won six times in yesterday. Championship. years. effective as a player or vice- 2013, finished 36 holes at 10-under “I haven’t played all that well However, Watson himself captain at Gleneagles, Stricker 132. She earned her 10th career this year and I’m just trying to pointed out that Stricker could replied: “It’s going to sting, I’m win on the LPGA Tour at the have a good tournament here this still qualify for the team as a sure, when I’m over there as an Manulife Financial LPGA Classic 135. First-round leader Sandra another gain at the eighth, and week,” Stricker, 47, told reporters player if he wins the season’s final assistant captain, watching the in June. Gal tripped to a one-over 72 dur- closed her bogey-free round with on Friday after surging into con- major at Valhalla Golf Club this guys and wishing I was a playing “I had one bogey yesterday, but ing her second round to fall into a par at the ninth to claim the tention for the title with a three- week. part of the team. today I had no mistakes out there. a share of fifth place at five-under lead. under-par 68 in the second round. “I would have to do something “I’ll cherish the moment of just So yeah, I putted really well out 137. She was joined by Lydia Ko Pettersen pulled within one of “Try to finish the year off in a very special and that would be being a part of it in any way, shape there,” said Park. “When you’re (68), Haru Nomura (67), Line Park with birdies at the 11th and positive form and move forward, either win or maybe finish sec- or form. Hopefully I can help out putting really well, it’s real easy Vedel (69) and Katherine Kirk 14th, before a bogey on 16 dropped so it (the possibility of playing ond,” said Stricker, a 12-times a little bit. to score.” (70). her back to eight-under. She got at the Ryder Cup) really hasn’t winner on the PGA Tour who “It’s all about the guys there Suzann Pettersen fired a seven- Park, who started on the 10th that shot back with a birdie at 18. crossed my mind too much.” has represented his country at and how they are playing and under 64 to jump into second tee, began her round with three “It’s not like the easiest course With just this week’s event the last three Ryder Cups. what they bring to the team. I’m place at nine-under 133 at the consecutive birdies to move to if you miss the fairways, but remaining before the top nine on “I’m obviously going to try to do just going to help out in way Tom Blythefield Country Club course. eight under. just really tried to played to my the US Cup standings earn auto- the best I can this weekend, but asks me, or anybody else asks me South Korea’s Lee Mi-Rim also She parred the next 10 holes strength, hit the fairways, hit matic selection for Gleneagles, it hasn’t really crossed my mind to,” said the American after fin- shot 64 to take third at minus- before draining a birdie at the greens and made a couple of Stricker languishes in 38th spot as a player just because I haven’t ishing Friday’s play at five-under eight while Amy Yang (67) is fifth. The former world number putts,” Pettersen said. after playing the PGA Tour on played that much.” 137, four strokes off the pace. AFP alone in fourth at seven-under one reached 10-under with REUTERS SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Moyes’ season was a disaster Arsenal take on Man City says Neville

LONDON: Phil Neville has branded Manchester United’s miserable season under failed boss David Moyes as a complete in Community Shield clash disaster. Former United defender Neville was a member of Moyes’ coaching Manager Pellegrini hits back at Wenger over Lampard and Sagna deals staff last term as they limped to a dismal seventh place finish in the Premier League just one year LONDON: Vindicated by new arrivals Willy Caballero, after being crowned champions in their FA Cup triumph, Arsenal the Argentine goalkeeper, and Alex Ferguson’s final season. approach today’s Community Fernando, the Brazilian holding The 37-year-old, who played Shield face-off with Manchester midfielder, could feature. under Moyes at Everton, has City buoyed by the belief that Arsenal’s trio of German World since left Old Trafford following they are now credible challeng- Cup winners -- Per Mertesacker, the arrival of Louis van Gaal as ers for the Premier League title. Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski United’s new boss. May’s 3-2 win over Hull City -- will not feature as they are also But that hasn’t stopped Neville ended a long and painful nine- some way short of fitness. reflecting on what went wrong year trophy drought for the North Theo Walcott remains sidelined during one of the worst season’s London club, and as they return by a knee problem, but new sign- in United’s illustrious history. to Wembley Stadium, Arsenal are ings Mathieu Debuchy, Calum “I’ve had sleepless nights think- setting their sights on even big- Chambers and Alexis Sanchez ing about what happened last ger prizes. could all play a part after mak- year,” Neville told the BBC’s Test Manchester City’s 6-3 win over ing their debuts in last week- Match Special. Arsenal last term exposed the big- end’s Emirates Cup pre-season “There is part of me that thinks game frailties that were to fatally tournament. it was an impossible job to follow undermine Arsene Wenger’s side’s City face an exacting start to Sir Alex Ferguson. title pursuit, but with a trophy the season, with games against “I think Louis van Gaal has an under their belts at last, there is Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea in easier task now, following the man renewed belief at the Emirates the campaign’s early weeks, and that followed Sir Alex Ferguson. Stadium this season. midfielder Yaya Toure says that “It was a really difficult job for “There’s been a little bit of neg- today’s game will provide a timely David Moyes and I think rather ative media (coverage) regard- gauge of their preparedness. than blame him, there has to be ing Arsenal not winning things “It’s a really interesting way to collective responsibility taken over the years, but the whole way start the season, the Community throughout the whole club. through that, since I’ve been at Shield, against a top team like “Last year was a complete fail- the club, we’ve always believed Arsenal at Wembley,” the Ivorian ure, and a disaster from my point that it will happen soon,” mid- powerhouse told City’s official of view.” fielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Arsenal’s Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez (left) almost collides with team-mate Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey website. Moyes was sacked by United as told journalists this week. as they warm up during the first team training session at the Emirates Stadium in north London, England, on “Even though we have only just soon as it became mathematically “So the fact it did happen (win- Thursday. started to train together as a full certain that they wouldn’t qualify ning the FA Cup), I don’t know squad, we will be ready. for the Champions League and he if it was a relief, but it was just traditional curtain-raiser to the that City had illegally opened as they are among eight City play- “It’s not just the Community has so far been unable to land a a really nice reward for the hard English season has been given an talks with new signing Bacary ers who are still working their Shield either -- our first five or six new job. work and the togetherness that edge by Wenger’s decision to pub- Sagna, the French right-back, way back to full fitness ahead of games are looking really difficult But Neville remains a fan of the we’ve had to show for a little licly query City’s conduct during while he was still an Arsenal the start of the league season on for us, but that makes it exciting Scot despite his United woe and while. the close-season transfer window. player. August 16. and it means that we have to hit believes he will bounce back when “It does start winning momen- The Arsenal manager won- His comments were dis- Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta, the ground running and have a he returns to management. tum and once you know you can dered aloud if Frank Lampard’s missed by City manager Manuel Martin Demichelis, Fernandinho strong start.” win a competition like that, it arrival on loan from City’s sis- Pellegrini, who said: “I think as and captain Vincent Kompany are The game will see vanishing gives you confidence to go into ter club New York City was an managers, we have enough prob- unavailable due to their involve- spray -- deployed by referees to AFC bans two games and into competitions attempt by the Premier League lems with our own teams to be ment in the latter stages of the keep the defensive wall 10 yards thinking you can win and expect- champions to contravene UEFA’s talking about other teams.” World Cup. back at free-kicks -- used in players for ing to go far.” Financial Fair Play rules. In any case, neither Lampard Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo English football for the first time. Today’s encounter in the He then appeared to suggest nor Sagna will be involved today, is sidelined with an injury, but AFP doping violations

KUALA LUMPUR: Avchiev Takhir of Kyrgyzstan and Doan Eventful night for Ibra Ngoc Hao of Vietnam have been slapped with two-year bans for doping violations, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said yesterday. as PSG start with draw Defender Avchiev failed a dope test following Kyrgyzstan’s May PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic revolution at the club in 2011. Mickael Tacalfred challenge, saw 19 match against Palestine during took centre stage as reigning Summer signing David Luiz his spot-kick saved by Placide. the AFC Challenge Cup, the AFC Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint- did not feature in the visitors’ And the hosts, playing their said in a statement. Germain had to come from squad, while Yohan Cabaye, Blaise first competitive game since the “He tested positive for behind to claim a 2-2 draw with Matuidi, Maxwell and Ezequiel summer appointment as coach Norandrosterone and is now Reims in the opening game of Lavezzi were also absent, but of Jean-Luc Vasseur to replace banned from taking part in any the new season on Friday night. Brazil’s Thiago Silva surprisingly Lyon-bound Hubert Fournier, football-related activity (which The Swede, France’s leading started, and captained the side, soon punished PSG’s profligacy. includes futsal and beach soccer) scorer and standout performer in having only come back from his Congolese midfielder Oniangue for two years...” soccer’s continen- each of the last two campaigns, summer break earlier this week. got the equaliser when he turned tal governing body said. scored one goal, made another, On a wet night, Silva was a in an Aissa Mandi free-kick that Midfielder Hao tested posi- and missed a penalty that he had spectator for much of the opening had been missed by Gregory Van tive for levo-methamphetamine won in a remarkable encounter at 20 minutes as Paris threatened to der Wiel at the near post, and after Vietnam’s April 30 match the Stade Auguste-Delaune. embarrass their hosts. then Devaux slotted in his side’s against Iraq at the AFC Futsal After Ibrahimovic opened Ibrahimovic, scorer of a brace second after running half the Championship. Both players were the scoring, goals from Prince in last weekend’s 2-0 Champions length of the pitch and exchanging eligible to appeal their suspen- Oniangue and Antoine Devaux Trophy victory against Guingamp passes with Gaetan Charbonnier. sions, the AFC added. had unfancied Reims in front at in Beijing, broke the deadlock Vasseur’s side could not main- half-time in Champagne coun- inside seven minutes with a low tain their advantage after the Scottish Premiership try, but Ibrahimovic saw parity finish under Placide after good restart, though, as PSG applied restored in the second period work by Javier Pastore. the pressure. Results when his cross was palmed across The big striker was then furi- It was 2-2 just after the hour GLASGOW: the line by home ‘keeper Johny ous with Lucas after the Brazilian mark when Ibrahimovic skipped Scottish Placide. attempted, unsuccessfully, to away from Tacalfred and held up Premiership results yesterday, It was not the ideal start to the dribble round the ‘keeper instead a spinning cross that did for the the opening day of the new season for the capital club, but of tee up his colleague, who had falling Placide, who could only season: coach Laurent Blanc had warned the goal gaping. palm it over his own line and then Dundee 1 (Harkins 17-pen) Kilmarnock 1 that PSG would need time to find But when Marco Verratti laid out again. (Slater 24) their feet with a host of leading another chance on a plate for If there was any doubt, Edinson Hamilton 0 Inverness CT 2 (McKay 10, players only recently beginning Ibrahimovic moments later, he Cavani made sure by tucking Christie 25) their preparations after taking hit the post rather than roll the home the rebound, but it was not Motherwell 1 (Erwin 64) St Mirren 0 holidays in the wake of the World ball into an empty net. the Uruguayan’s goal. Postponed (due to stadium work after Cup. Reims could not cope with their PSG could not find a winner Commonwealth Games) And starting slowly is nothing opponents’ attacking quality, but however, coming closest when Celtic vs Partick new for PSG, who have now failed they were again let off the hook substitute Clement Chantome’s Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish midfielder Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates Playing today (both 1400GMT) to win their opening match in any on 20 minutes when Ibrahimovic, stoppage-time attempt was after scoring during the French L1 match against Stade de Reims at the Aberdeen vs Dundee Utd, Ross County vs St of the four seasons since Qatar having won a penalty after going cleared off the line by the alert Auguste Delaune Stadium in Reims on Friday night. Sports Investments began their down rather easily under a Mandi. AFP Johnstone Mourinho admits Lampard is impossible to replace

LONDON: Jose Mourinho stay at Stamford Bridge, becom- chance. Chelsea finished last season “Even more now because when admits it will be impossi- ing the club’s record goalscorer “Fabregas is the player we need without any silverware and came I first came Man City didn’t have ble to find a replacement for and winning the Champions to modify a little bit the profile a frustrating third in the Premier this financial situation they have Chelsea legend Frank Lampard League, Europa League, Premier of our game. We want to give the League. now. Even Tottenham at this (pictured). League, FA Cup and League Cup. next dimension to our game in Mourinho, in the second season moment, all the top five or six. Lampard was released by the Mourinho knows Lampard’s midfield. of his second spell as Chelsea boss, “In this moment can you tell me Blues at the end of last season departure has left a significant “But I think we can never say - has invested heavily in rebuild- who is going to win the Premier and has since signed for new MLS hole in his squad, and the Blues in spite of Cesc, who is a fantastic ing the squad with the likes of League? You can’t tell me. franchise New York FC, while also manager claims even new sign- player as you know - that, ‘This Fabregas and Diego Costa and “Can you tell me which one of agreeing to play for Manchester ing Cesc Fabregas won’t be able to guy is coming to replace Frank’, Filipe Luis, but he is certain the the top five is going to be outside City on loan until his new club replace the England international because Frank is Frank. title race will be tougher than the Champions League? You can’t start training in January. on his own. “One day he will be alongside ever. say. The 36-year-old established Speaking to Rio Ferdinand for Peter Osgood in terms of a statue “In England it is even stronger “This is what I want. For my himself as one of Chelsea’s all- BT Sport, Mourinho said: “Frank being built for him, because he’s now than in my first period,’ he concept of what a league should time greats during his 13-year is Frank, he is irreplaceable. No fantastic.” said. be, this is the best.” AFP SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Federer celebrates 33rd birthday with a victory in quarter-finals Swiss beats Ferrer in straight sets; Tsonga continues top form with Murray scalp

TORONTO: Roger Federer cel- serenaded 17-time grand slam a week later, but he has looked at ebrated his 33rd birthday with a winner Federer with a chorus of home on the Canadian hardcourts. 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Spaniard “Happy Birthday” between games After knocking off fourth David Ferrer on Friday to during the second set. seed Tomas Berdych in the third move into the semi-finals of the But there would be no gifts round he will now have to record Rogers Cup and a step closer to from Ferrer, who made Federer another big upset in Federer if a landmark 80th career title. work a little longer and little he is to reach his first ATP Tour Federer will next face another harder than he wanted. Masters 1000 final. Roger Federer Spaniard, Feliciano Lopez, who “It’s a dream come true to still Lopez’s victory deflated the ended the last hope for a homeg- be playing tennis at this age,” capacity crowd and was a crush- of Switzerland rown winner in sixth seed Milos Federer told the cheering crowd. ing loss for Raonic, who came into with his Raonic 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3. “I love tennis but it is a whole his home tournament with huge birthday cake The other semi-final will see lot more fun when you do win and expectations, sitting a career high after the rising star Grigor Dimitrov take play against guys like David who number six in the world and rid- quarter-final on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who has leave it all out there. ing the momentum from a win victory over reached the last four by knock- “Stay injury free and go out last Sunday in Washington. Spain’s David ing off world number one Novak on my terms, maybe try and win Raonic blasted 18 aces past Ferrer at the Djokovic and twice-champion and tournaments, I have two this year Lopez but in the end the big-hit- Rogers Cup eighth seed Andy Murray in the and hopefully we will have a few ting Canadian said it was a lack in Toronto, quarter-final. more. of courage, not muscle, that cost yesterday. With Ferrer 14-0 against the His next opponent Lopez excels him the win. Swiss maestro there was little on grass and reached the final “He (Lopez) stepped up and concern the fifth seed might spoil at Queen’s before clinching his played well on the important the party as the capacity crowd fourth career title at Eastbourne moments, especially on his service game,” said Raonic. “I just need to show in a few situations more courage and go for a little bit more. “Not just that third set but all throughout the match. I just 6-4 win. The Scotsman had domi- “Now I feel like I’m ready to felt like I never let it go through nated their head-to-head encoun- play. I’m sure I’m playing better Toronto Masters Andy Murray of Great or impose myself, and I think ters, winning nine of 10 contests, than before.” Britain reacts during that’s what cost me over time.” A with the Frenchman’s only vic- Tsonga has found success over Results his quarter-final match confident Tsonga heads into the tory in that stretch coming in the years on the Canadian hard- against Jo-Wilfried semi-final having already taken 2008 at the Australian Open. courts, reaching the semi-finals in Results from the fifth day of the Tsonga of France at out Djokovic and Murray, who “It’s going better and better three of his four visits and with ATP Toronto Masters on Friday the Rogers Cup in between them had won five of the every day,” said Tsonga. a win over Dimitrov will advance (x denotes seeded player): Toronto, yesterday. last seven Canadian hard-court “These last couple of months to his third ATP Masters final. Quarter-finals: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x13) titles. I practiced a lot because I didn’t Dimitrov needed to dig deep bt Andy Murray (GBR x8) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4; After ending an 11-match los- win many matches and I also to avoid having his name added Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x7) bt Kevin Anderson ing run against Djokovic in the made the choice to practice than to the upset list, the seventh (RSA) 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6); Feliciano Lopez (ESP) third round, Tsonga brought play tournaments because I was seed battling back to beat South bt Milos Raonic (CAN x6) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3; another barren stretch to an end not really ready after the knee African Kevin Anderson 5-7, 7-5, Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt David Ferrer (ESP x5) against Murray with a 7-6(5), 4-6, problem I had last year. 7-6(6). REUTERS 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Serena sets up Venus clash in semi-finals of Montreal WTA

MONTREAL: Serena and Definitely not a because it relaxes “You go in there thinking, this Venus Williams will clash in fun match. “But Montreal Results her. is not going to be routine. You the semi-finals of the Montreal she’s tough. She Results on Friday from “Not at a club. have to be ready.” WTA tournament after the has a great serve. the fifth day of the WTA No, I just do a lit- Wozniacki, a former world American sisters battled She runs every Montreal tournament (x tle jazz and a little number one who is seeded 11th, through tough three-setters in ball down. She has denotes seed): ballet,” Venus said. claimed her only victory over the the quarter-finals on Friday. a great backhand. “I’m not great, but US star in the quarter-finals at Quarter-finals: Serena Williams (USA World number one Serena She hits winners off I love to dance. I’ll Miami in 2012. x1) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x11) outlasted Caroline Wozniacki to the forehand.” just dance a little Wozniacki had been riding 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; Venus Williams (USA) clinch a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory, while Serena also said and see what hap- an eight-match winning streak, bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 4-6, Venus also came from a set down that she is surprised pens. Just a little including a title in Istanbul in 6-2, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) to end the run of Spanish 14th to still be playing bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-1, 4-6, bit and try and July. seed Carla Suarez Navarro, the competitively in her 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt relax. “It was really the small things third round conqueror of Maria 30s. Victoria Azarenka (BLR x8) 6-2, 6-2. The other semi- that I did out there today,” added Sharapova, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. “I definitely final will see third Wozniacki. This is the 25th meeting didn’t see myself seeded Agnieszka “She came up with quite a few between the two as Serena will playing tennis at my age,” Serena Radwanska face Russian big serves when she needed to. It take a 14-10 career lead. said. Ekaterina Makarova. could have gone both ways.” The 32-year-old has won their “I just thought I would have Serena, who lifted her third Serena claimed her fourth title last five meetings as Venus has been gone doing other things. But Canadian crown last year when of the year at Stanford on Sunday, failed to beat her younger sister it just so happens that I love to the tournament was held in but she has disappointed in the since a three-set victory in Dubai play, I love to compete. I just can’t Toronto, battled back from a set majors this year, failing to add to five years ago. give it up.” and a break down to claim victory her cache of 17 Grand Slam titles. Despite her recent success, Venus, who has had health over Wozniacki in two hours and She’ll get a last chance of 2014 Serena said she dreads playing troubles the last few years, said 41 minutes. to do so at the US Open, which her sister. she will be better prepared for “When you play someone like starts in Flushing Meadows on “I definitely don’t like playing Saturday’s semi-final. Caroline or other opponents, you August 25. her,” said Serena, who won their “I’ll be able to make it more know your match might be a little As she has in many of her most recent match 6-1, 6-2 last competitive.” longer than normal,” said Serena, recent matches, Serena got off Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark reacts after she won a set against Serena year in Charleston. She told reporters that the who extended her career head-to- to a slow start against Wozniacki Williams of the US during their quarter-final match at the Rogers Cup in “I think I’ve lost to her night before a tough match she head record over the 13th-ranked and the Dane was soon up 6-4, Montreal, yesterday. more than anyone on the tour. likes to dance for 30 minutes Dane to 7-1. 4-2. AFP Phelps excels in 100m butterfly IRVINE, United States: The 29-year-old is swimming Phelps’ first event of the week and Ryan Lochte, swimming next Olympic great Michael Phelps just his fourth meet since end- had gone badly, as he mis-judged to Phelps, had the fifth-fastest posted the fastest time in the ing a near two-year retirement the turn in the 100m free on qualifying time of 51.91. world this year to lead the in April. Wednesday and finished at sev- “As soon as Ryan and I saw way into the 100m butter- He has a chance to take his enth spot. those guys going 51 we were like fly final at the US Swimming comeback to another level by But he was the class of a blis- ‘What is this? Can we just have an Championships yesterday. booking a spot in his first major tering 100m fly field in a perform- easy morning?’” said star swim- Phelps won his heat in 51.17sec international competition since ance coach Bob Bowman said was mer Phelps. -- faster than the previous sea- the London Games with the his best race “by far” since his In fact, the 18-time Olympic son-best of 51.29 set by South nationals serving as the qualify- return. gold medallist was delighted to African Chad Le Clos at the ing meeting for the Pan Pacific “Now we’ve got to put together grab the top time of the season Commonwealth Games. Championships in Gold Coast, two good ones in a day,” Bowman -- something he’d hoped to do at It wasn’t near Phelps’s world Australia, to be held from August added. a meet in Atlanta in July. record of 49.82 -- set in 2009 and 21-25. “That’s a big challenge, appar- In other events on Friday, one of three world records he still Results from this week and ently, at this point.” Elizabeth Beisel was the top owns. the PanPacs will determine the Tim Phillips won his heat in the qualifier in the women’s 400m But it was faster than the 51.21 US team for the 2015 World morning’s second-quickest time individual medley in 4:36.46 and Michael Phelps reacts to applause after winning his heat in the Men’s 100 Phelps clocked to win his third Championships in Russia, a key of 51.49, with Tom Shields third- Tyler Clary led the way into the Meter Butterfly Prelims at the National Championships in Irvine, yesterday. straight Olympic gold in the event stepping stone on the road to the fastest in 51.55. men’s 400m IM final with a time in London. 2016 Rio Olympics. Matt Ellis won his heat in 51.77 of 4:12.51. AFP Sunday 10 August 2014 14 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6153 Sport Price: QR2 McIlroy leads Federer enters as Woods Rogers Cup misses the cut semi-finals

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Blatter Ali, Anderson lead another dares critics to stand for England rout of India president ULRICHEN, Switzerland: Sepp Blatter wants his detrac- Hosts lead series 2-1; Man-of-the-Match Broad suffers broken nose tors to stand up and take him on in a FIFA presidential elec- tion rather than just criticise MANCHESTER: England’s him, the FIFA president said Moeen Ali and James Anderson Scoreboard yesterday. made light of the injured Stuart “If I were not criticised, I would Broad’s absence with a devastat- India (I innings): ...... 152 not have any value,” the Swiss, ing bowling display as the hosts England (I innings): who is in his fourth mandate skittled India out for 161 to win A Cook c Singh b Aaron ...... 17 after first being elected in 1998, the fourth Test yesterday for a S Robson b B Kumar ...... 6 told reporters. “People who say 2-1 series lead. G Ballance lbw b Aaron ...... 37 I should not be a candidate or I Spin bowler Moeen took four I Bell c Dhoni b B Kumar ...... 58 should not get elected, they can wickets and also contributed with C Jordan c Aaron b B Kumar ...... 13 take the risk to be in an election. an accurate arm for a run out as J Root c Dhoni b Singh ...... 77 I took the risk in 1998.” India, facing a first innings deficit M Ali b Aaron ...... 13 “If you never take the risk, you of 215 runs, collapsed again on the J Buttler c Pujara b Singh...... 70 will never have a chance. But if third day of the fourth Test at Old C Woakes (not out) ...... 26 you take the risk you also have Trafford. S Broad (retd hurt) ...... 12 the chance to lose,” added Blatter, England, having scored 367-9 J Anderson lbw Jadeja ...... 9 speaking at the annual football in their first innings, won by an Extras (B-5, LB-12, NB-6, W-6) 29 tournament he organises in a innings and 54 runs and after Total (all out) ...... 367 small Alpine village in his home dominating the last two Test Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-36, 3-113, 4-136, canton of Valais. matches will be full of confidence 5-140, 6-170, 7-304, 8-325, 9-367. “Now I say, if (other people) ahead of the final match at the Bowling: B Kumar 24-7-75-3(w-2); P Singh want to take the risk then take Oval starting on Friday. 28-5-113-2(w-2); V Aaron 26-4-97-3(nb-5 the risk. Don’t speak, go out and India totalled 152 in their first w-2); R Ashwin 14-1-29-0; R Jadeja 13.3-1- fight, then you will see. That is innings after recovering from 36-1(nb-1). good. I am happy to fight. I am eight for four and almost col- India (II innings): a fighter.” lapsed again in yesterday’s final M Vijay lbw Woakes ...... 18 Blatter’s words appeared to session when they lost five wick- G Gambhir c Buttler b Anderson ...... 18 be aimed at UEFA president ets for 13 runs. C Pujara lbw Ali ...... 17 Michel Platini who is seen as Broad, who took 6-25 in India’s V Kohli c Bell b Anderson ...... 7 a possible rival to Blatter, first innings to win the Man-of- A Rahane c&b Ali ...... 1 although the Frenchman has yet the-Match award, retired injured M S Dhoni c Ballance b Ali ...... 27 to decide whether he will enter England’s Moeen Ali celebrates with team-mate Joe Root after dismissing India’s Cheteshwar Pujara (not while batting after being struck in R Jadeja c Jordan b Ali ...... 4 the race. pictured) during the fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. the face, with the ball splitting his R Ashwin (not out) ...... 46 Blatter is seen as almost cer- nose, but his departure was more B Kumar (run out-Ali/Buttler) ...... 10 tain to run for what would be a than covered for by England’s “Stuart has got a broken nose he glanced into his own face. home their advantage. V Aaron c Buttler b Jordan ...... 9 fifth term in next year’s election other bowlers. and we are going to have to wait The ball flew between his pro- Broad’s bloody departure Pankaj Singh b Jordan ...... 0 although he has not made any As Broad left for stitches, scans and see. It’s pretty sore and we tective visor and helmet and brought in Anderson who joined Extras (B-1, LB-1, W-1, NB-1) ...... 4 official announcement. and a rest, Moeen stepped into hope it doesn’t spoil his good struck Broad across the bridge of Chris Woakes in adding 29 before Total (all out) ...... 161 “I will not announce for the the role of chief destroyer along- looks! Jimmy has had the lurgy his nose, an injury that left him he was out lbw to his recent Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-53, 3-53, 4-61, time being that I am a candidate, side Anderson, who had climbed and has been really under the groggy and bloodied. antagonist Ravindra Jadeja. 5-61, 6-66, 7-105, 8-133, 9-161, 10-161. I am not in a hurry, I have until from his sick bed to wreck the weather — so that’s a great effort Broad, on zero, had resumed Anderson was soon back in the Bowling: Anderson 9-4-18-2; Woakes 9-2- the end of January next year,” he foundations for any Indian recov- by him.” after lunch by pulling Aaron for middle to lead the England attack 37-1; Jordan 12-1-65-2 (1nb, 1w); Ali 13-3- said. ery with two early wickets. India captain Mahendra Singh two sixes in succession before with Woakes who trapped Vijay 39-4. Blatter also suggested that five- “This is why you hang in dur- Dhoni conceded that his team’s mistiming a similar effort as he lbw for 18. Result: England won by an innings and 54 time World Cup winners Brazil ing the tough times — to appreci- batting had let them down. aimed for a third big hit. With heavy rain forecast for runs. needed FIFA development pro- ate the good times,” said England “Even in the first innings, we Earlier, India paceman Pankaj today, England attacked relent- grammes just like other coun- captain Alastair Cook, whose weren’t up to the mark,” he said. Singh, who debuted in the third lessly and India buckled as beguiling control. Having trapped tries, following their debacle at future was questioned after the “We have to improve before the Test, claimed his first wicket in Anderson and Moeen took the Cheteshwar Pujara lbw for 17, the World Cup where they lost second Test at Lord’s where India next Test. Test cricket when he removed Joe initiative, the paceman remov- he caught and bowled Ajinkya 7-1 to Germany in the semi-finals. extended England’s winless run to England, 237-6 overnight, Root (77) to end a robust 134-run ing Gautam Gambhir, caught by Rahane for one as India crumbled. Blatter said that when former 10 matches. ended their first innings on 367- partnership with Jos Buttler. Buttler for 18, and Virat Kohli, A diving catch by Gary Ballance FIFA president Joao Havelange “There are a lot of good things 9, with Broad forced to retire Singh soon doubled his wicket caught by Bell at second slip for at midwicket removed Dhoni for introduced development pro- going on at the moment and we injured after being struck by a tally when he dismissed Buttler seven. 27 before Chris Jordan helped grammes, he said that ‘there are just have to keep going. bouncer from Varun Aaron that for 70 as England hurried to press Moeen then took mop up the tail. REUTERS some nations, they don’t need development programmes, espe- cially in Brazil.’ “Everybody needs development Pakistan slip after Sangakkara’s double ton programmes. Brazil has never had a project from FIFA because they GALLE, Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara who brought up his of Angelo Mathews (91) before out to Abdur Rehman and was were too big for that and I think Sangakkara struck a sparkling double century with a single off the tea break with a further stumped by wicket-keeper Scoreboard that was a mistake,” said Blatter. 221 to move to the second spot Ajmal, sparking off celebrations three cheap wickets as Sri Lanka Sarfraz Ahmed. REUTERS in the all-time list of Test dou- in the ground. slumped to 475-7. “My first double hundred Pakistan (I innings): ...... 451 ble centurions as Sri Lanka His batted for 11 hours and 38 Ajmal, without a wicket in the was against Pakistan in Lahore. Sri Lanka (I innings): QFA adopts grabbed the lead before declar- minutes, hitting 24 fours in his previous 47 overs, picked up four Since then I’ve just had a knack U Tharanga lbw Junaid ...... 19 ing their first innings on day marathon 425-ball knock. for 13 in 6.3 overs, also dismissing of scoring against them,” added K Silva c Sarfraz b Talha ...... 64 vanishing spray four of the first Test against Sangakkara endured some Kithuruwan Vithanage, Niroshan Sangakkara. K Sangakkara st S Ahmed b Rehman .....221 Pakistan yesterday. torrid moments, however, before Dickwella and Dilruwan Perera. “Maybe it’s because I’m a left- M Jayawardene lbw b J Khan ...... 59 DOHA: The Qatar Football Sangakkara’s 10th double cen- reaching the double century when Sangakkara’s marathon knock hander. Maybe their spinners find A Mathews c Y Khan b Ajmal ...... 91 Association (QFA) is planning tury put him just two behind Ajmal followed up the dismissal came to an end when he stepped it a bit difficult to bowl to me... I K Vithanage c Shafiq b Ajmal ...... 5 to use vanishing spray in the Australian great Don Bradman’s don’t know. I think I’ve had a bit N Dickwella c Shafiq b Ajmal ...... 5 2014-15 season — becoming the 12 as Sri Lanka declared at 533 of good fortune as well along the D Perera c J Khan b Ajmal ...... 5 first Arab or Asian football asso- for nine wickets for an 82-run way. They sometimes drop a few D Prasad st S Ahmed b Ajmal ...... 31 ciation to use the popular tool. first innings lead before return- catches along the way which helps R Herath (not out) ...... 6 The QFA is currently provid- ing to strike a late blow as well. me. Sometimes as a batsman you Extras (B-5, LB-11, NB-4, W-7) ...... 27 ing the necessary training to ref- “I think everyone is second to feel in sync and in rhythm with Total (for 9 wkts) ...... 533 erees in their training camp in the Don. I’m pretty happy that a certain attack and I think the Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-144, 3-257, 4-438, Belgium. The latest step is part of I’m two double-hundreds behind Pakistanis have been like that for 5-450, 6-458, 7-475, 8-511, 9-533. the association’s attempt to stay him but that’s probably the only me.” Did not bat: S Eranga. with the latest trends in football way I can even get close to reach- Sri Lanka appeared set to bat Bowling: J Khan 33-9-104-2(w-2); M Talha refereeing. ing him, so I’m pretty happy with through the afternoon session 27-4-104-1(nb-4 w-1); S Ajmal 59.1-8-166- Vanishing spray was a big hit the day’s play,” Sangakkara said. unscathed until Pakistan picked 5; A Rehman 39-2-123-1; A Shehzad 5-0- during the Brazil World Cup Pakistan were four for one up the wicket of Mathews when 20-0. and both UEFA and the English wicket in their second innings the batsman pushed forward at an Pakistan (II innings): Premier League have already at stumps, having lost opener Ajmal delivery and was caught in K Manzoor c Dickwella b Herath ...... 3 decided to adopt the new tool in Khurram Manzoor for three to the slip. The dismissal ended his A Shehzad (batting) ...... 1 their competitions. Rangana Herath. 181-run stand with Sangakkara. S Ajmal (batting) ...... 0 The idea of the vanishing spray Ahmed Shehzad was one not Earlier Sangakkara, still on his Total (for 1 wkt) ...... 4 is that the referee can now mark out and Saeed Ajmal yet to open overnight score of 102, cut the Fall of wicket: 1-3. where a set-piece should be taken To bat: Y Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, A Shafiq, S his account with Pakistan still Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara gestures to the crowd as he leaves the field first ball he received from Junaid and were the wall must be posi- trailing by 78 runs with nine Khan straight to point where Ahmed, A Rehman, M Talha, A Ali, J Khan. tioned without giving the players after being dismissed for 221 runs during the fourth day of the opening Bowling: R Herath 3-2-3-1; S Eranga 1-1-0- wickets in hand. Test match against Pakistan in Galle yesterday. Abdur Rehman spilled an easy any chance of moving away from The day, however, belonged to catch. REUTERS 0; D Perera 2-1-1-0. their assigned positions. QNA