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panel slammed for quality UNITED NATIONS: The US and Israel yesterday slammed a bid by Iran and Syria to get seats on the UN Human Rights Council. print services Acting US Ambassador to the UN, Rosemary DiCarlo, called the campaigns “highly inappropri- Xerox upbeat on Qatar market ate” because of their records on human rights. Israel’s UN envoy DOHA: There is high demand “Through our current agents, Ron Prosor said it was “a new for technical services in the with whom we are currently world record for lunacy.” printing industry in Qatar, a working on short-term basis, we Iran and Syria are among seven senior official from Xerox says. wish to expand our activity in countries vying for four Asia- Qatar is considered one of the different parts of Qatar. We have Pacific seats on the Geneva-based most dynamic markets in the particularly planned to expand UN Human Rights Council, dip- region, where Xerox is keen to our business in printing services lomats said. expand its business, John Paul MPS, which is a leading trend in They will be in competition Teti, Xerox Middle East and the printing industry,” Teti said. with China, Jordan, Maldives, Africa’s Production Technology He said that there was huge Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. A vote Director, told Al Sharq recently. demand for services provided by on the council seats will be held at “Our company is committed Xerox here. the UN General Assembly in New to expanding business in Qatar. “We consider our presence in The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received at Al Wajbah Palace sheikhs and citizens York later this year. AGENCIES We continuously try to help our this country to be very strong and marking the fasting month of Ramadan. agents improve their performance the trademark is highly respected in relation to documentation in as we see positive feedback from the country,” Teti said. our agents who always appreci- Xerox is a multinational docu- ate our role.” Within the Mena ment management corporation region, an encouraging trend that deals in a range of colour and was seen from organisations Six die after vehicle runs over them black-and-white printers, photo- that were quick to adapt to new copiers, digital production print- technologies in business. Qatar, ing presses and related consulting in particular, has emerged as one DOHA: At least six people — all of them injuries at the hospital, the daily reported. said. The four-wheeler came from their right services and supplies. of the keenest countries on the construction workers, understandably from According to sources in Al Daayeen Police side and ran over them. Although stationery shops technological front. “Qatari mar- Nepal and India — died after a speeding in whose jurisdiction the area falls, two other It appeared that the driver had lost control across the country provide print- ket is one of the most developed four-wheel-drive vehicle ran over them in workers were injured but their injuries were of the vehicle. ing facilities for the vast major- and dynamic, where quality and Lusail City yesterday. not serious. The nationalities of the deceased could not ity of people, Xerox has managed technical services in business are Five of the workers died on the spot and The workers had finished their duty and be ascertained. to create a name for its brand highly in demand,” Teti said. the sixth one succumbed to injuries while on were waiting for their company transport However, according to Varthamanam, one of in printing facilities in Qatar in Xerox is most popular among the way to emergency medical care, accord- when the accident occurred. them was an Indian from the southern state recent years. students in Qatar, who have to ing to police. Al Daayeen Police sources told The of Kerala, while the remaining were from Speaking about expansion often submit assignments in Local vernacular newspaper Varthamanam, Peninsula late last evening that the mishap Nepal. plans, Teti said that the company colour. “Although the prices at however, said that seven people had died. occurred at 1pm. Community sources said the Indian was 30 aimed to target Managed Print Xerox are higher than a regular Quoting sources from the labour camp They said that some of the workers were and unmarried and working in Lusail City as Services (MPS), which involves stationery shop in Qatar, their where the workers had been staying, the daily lying in the shade along the main road, relax- an electrician. managing hard copy devices such print services are much better said four of them died on the spot, while two ing after work. He had arrived in Qatar just three months as copiers, printers, fax machines than any other printing facility,” perished on their way to hospital. “They were lying in a subway when the ago. and multifunction devices. said a student. THE PENINSULA The seventh one succumbed to four-wheeler suddenly emerged,” the sources THE PENINSULA Red Sea Egypt wheat Saudi targeting Iran, Israel stock dwindling CAIRO: Egypt’s interim rulers with missiles: Jane’s Review welcomed yesterday remarks from the US State Department LONDON: Saudi Arabia appears to be being fired, the Daily Telegraph said in a describing the rule of toppled targeting regional rivals Iran and Israel report on the base. The facility has two leader Mohammed Mursi as with ballistic missiles from a previously launch pads, one on a bearing of 301 degrees undemocratic, read in Cairo as undisclosed desert base, a British-based aimed at Israel and the other at 10 degrees a signal that the US will not cut defence analysis group said yesterday. pointing towards Iran, the Jane’s said. off its $1.5bn in annual aid. Satellite images show launch pads with “We cannot be certain that the missiles A former minister from the some markings pointed towards potential are pointed specifically at Tel Aviv and ousted government said that Iranian targets and others towards possible Tehran themselves, but if they were to be Egypt had less than two months’ locations in Israel, IHS Jane’s Intelligence launched, you would expect them to be tar- supply left of imported wheat, Review said. geting major cities,” Munks said. revealing a far worse shortage If confirmed, the base deep in the Saudi “We do not want to make too many infer- than previously disclosed. desert would be the third missile base iden- ences about the Saudi strategy, but clearly Meanwhile, Mursi’s supporters tified in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia does not enjoy good relations and opponents have called rallies “Our assessment suggests that this base with either Iran or Israel.” for the first Friday of Ramadan is either partly or fully operational, with Saudi Arabia has repeatedly voiced fears today, amid soaring tensions. the launch pads pointing in the directions about the nuclear threat posed by Shia- Full report on page 4 of Israel and Iran respectively,” said Robert dominated Iran, and denounced Israel’s An image made by an astronaut aboard International Space Station and released by Nasa Munks, Deputy Editor of the Review. It atomic capacity. Munks said a missile base India win Tri-nation yesterday provides a panoramic view of most of the Red Sea. The northernmost end, could also function as a training and stor- like the apparently new Saudi one would the Gulf of Suez, is at the top centre. The Nile River snakes its way northward through age complex, it said. also help Riyadh if it sought to acquire series in a thriller the Sahara Desert on the left and a dust plume surges out over the sea, reaching most The launch pads are designed for Saudi’s nuclear weapons, as its former intelligence of the way to Saudi Arabia. lorry-launched DF-3 missiles, which are not chief Prince Turki Al Faisal suggested in PORT OF SPAIN: Indian cap- self-guiding and need to be aligned before 2011. AFP tain M S Dhoni smashed 16 off the first four balls of the final over to win the Tri-nation cricket series with a thrilling one wicket victory over Sri Lanka yester- Civic body gives firm deadline to maintain abattoir day. After bowling out Sri Lanka for 201, India were facing defeat DOHA: Al Khor Municipality has ultimatum to Widam to renovate it and and run the abattoir properly, there do not meet our standards we exchange the at 167 for eight but, needing 15 severely criticised Widam Food improve services,” said a senior official are other companies the facility can be information with our neighbouring states.” to win off the final over, Dhoni Company, formerly Mawashi, accusing it from the municipality. entrusted with. He and senior officials Mohamed Saleh Al Marri, from Al smashed Shaminda Eranga for a of not properly managing the abattoir in Eisa Hassan Al Mohannadi, from the from some other municipalities were at Wakrah Municipality, said that they have six and a four and won the game the area. food monitoring section of the municipality, the Ramadan tent of Al Sharq newspaper. set up a hotline for consumers to lodge with another six with two balls The municipality has given the com- said that the condition of the abattoir is He was chatting informally with the news- complaints against eateries and retail out- to spare. AGENCIES pany a deadline after Ramadan to carry such that it doesn’t match with the devel- paper’s reporters after the opening of the lets during Ramadan. out maintenance work on the slaughter opment taking place in the country. “We tent. “We have put up notices in all eateries house and improve its services. It has said have also asked Widam to change the place Al Mohannadi said that there is close and shopping centres prominently men- RAMADAN TIMING that the abattoir is in a bad condition and where they keep the livestock.” cooperation with other GCC countries tioning the hotline number for people to Today’s Iftar that it has the authority to shut it but is Some 500 animals are slaughtered at the and if any disease or virus is detected file complaints.” 6:30pm not doing so in public interest. abattoir during Ramadan, he said. among animals or meat, the information So far consumer complaints of only Tomorrow’s Imsak “People would suffer if we close down According to him, if Widam is not in a is exchanged with them. minor nature have been received, he added. 03:13am the slaughter house, so we have given an position to carry out maintenance work “Also, if we find that some food items that THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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DOHA: As part of its aware- partnership between community ness programme to reduce and police to spread the message speeding and encourage people of love and empathy among com- to drive cautiously in the holy munity members. month of Ramadan, especially The Iftar packs also contained before iftar time, the Ministry guidelines and instruction for of Interior (MoI) through its motorists to abide by traffic dis- various departments is distrib- cipline, not to rush at iftar time uting more than 20,000 iftar as it may lead to traffic violations packs to motorists. and accidents. The MoI departments such as Given this, the traffic patrols Traffic, Al Fazaa and Community are deployed at major roads just Policing sections at Captial, before Magrib adhan (prayer Dukhan, North, South and call) to do their humanitarian Rayyan security departments dis- role by providing iftar snacks to tributed water and dates in their motorists. jurisdictional areas, Doha main The Traffic Department urges streets and the Corniche wishing the motorists to respect others’ them Ramadan Mubarak. They rights on road, not to close the also advised them to drive cau- parking entrances and exits and tiously and not to speed or drive not to block the traffic by parking recklessly which may lead to traf- in front of other vehicles. fic block and accidents. It also asks the public to follow The Airport Passports and instructions of traffic police espe- Officials from the traffic department distributing iftar packs to motorists. Airport Security Departments cially in front of shopping malls also distributed dates and water and commercial areas where on arriving and departing pas- traffic jam occurs commonly in people to take advantage of spir- abiding rules, not to use mobile and to be alert while driving. roads where traffic congestion is sengers at Doha International Ramadan. itual meaning of Ramadan in phone while driving, leave ade- Iftar packs will be distrib- expected at the time of iftar. Airport. This comes as part of the The Department also asks contributing for traffic safety by quate space between the vehicles uted throughout Ramadan on all THE PENINSULA

HMC to host Ramadan timings for HMC hospitals awareness

DOHA: The operating hours from 8:30pm untill 12:00pm Heart Hospital will be open will be available for patients Clinic at Rumailah Hospital, and for Hamad Medical Corporation between Sunday and Wednesday. from Sunday to Thursday, and with chronic illness (diabetes, Women’s Hospital. programme on (HMC) hospitals during Women’s Hospital’s OPD will OPD Clinics from 8:00am to asthma) from 8:00am to 1:00pm, For patients seeking to cancel Ramadan has been announced be open from Sunday to Thursday, 1:00pm and OPD Pharmacy and 24 hours for emergency cases. their appointment, request a new organ donation yesterday. morning clinics from 8:00am to 8:00am to 1:00pm. Charges will apply for non-urgent appointment date, or seek gen- Hamad General Hospital will 1:00pm and evening clinics from The Cuban Hospital’s OPD and care. eral information regarding their DOHA: Hamad Medical be open from Sunday to Thursday. 7:30pm to 10:30pm. The Pharmacy rehabilitation will operate from Al Wakra Hospital’s OPD appointments, can contact the Corporation (HMC) will host its It’s Out Patient Department’s will continue to operate 24 hours. 8:00am to 1:00pm, Sunday to Clinics and Pharmacy will be open HPCC during the above men- first awareness programme on morning clinics will function National Center for Cancer Thursday with booked appoint- from 8:00am to 1:00pm between tioned hours at 4439 5777. the ‘Organ donation campaign’ between 8.00am to 1.00pm and the Care and Research (NCCCR)’s ments during Ramadan. The Sunday and Thursday. The Referral Booking tomorrow at the City Centre. evening clinic between 8:30pm to OPD Clinics starts at 8:00am Emergency Department will The HMC Patient Contact Management System (RBMS) The campaign will focus on 11:00pm. untill 1:00pm from Sunday to continue to operate on a 24 hour Center (HPCC) will operate will also be adjusting its hours social and medical benefits OPD Pharmacy will be open Thursday. The OPD pharmacy basis. 6:00am to 5:00pm between Sunday from 7:00am to 11:00pm between of organ donation, launching from 8:00am to 2:00pm and the will be open from 8:00am to The OPD will be closed over and Thursday, and from 11:00am Sunday and Thursday. The RBMS its organ donation promotion Diabetic Pharmacy and Pediatric 2:00pm from Sunday to Thursday Eid, but the hospital will operate to 5:00pm from Fridayand Satellite Office will function from campaign. Pharmacy from 8:00am to 1:00pm. and from 8:00am to 1:00pm on an urgent care clinic supported Saturday. HPCC services apply to 8:00am to 1:00pm (Sunday to The event held as a part of the And their evening clinic starts Saturdays. by on-call specialists. The clinic Hamad General Hospital, Dental Thursday). THE PENINSULA Ramadan campaign will see an information booth set up staffed by experts from the Qatar Organ Donation Center and other HMC Social media volunteers. They will educate people about organ donation and how to regis- sites active in ter as a donor. They will also be talking about transplantation and Ramadan answering any questions people may have. DOHA: A majority of peo- An organ transplant is a life- ple in the Middle East and saving procedure for someone North Africa (Mena) region who has an organ that is failing. become more active on social It can also significantly improve media sites during Ramadan, quality of life for someone with a recent study reveals. chronic health problems. According to a study con- These life saving organs come ducted by The Online Project from deceased donors, who have (TOP) on social networking pledged during their life to give sites in nine Mena countries, their organs to someone in need. including Qatar, Facebook It is also possible to donate a kid- activity jumps upto 30 percent ney or part of the liver while you during the fasting month. are alive. The report titled ‘Social Organs and tissue that can be Media In Ramadan- exploring donated include: heart, kidneys, Arab user habits on Facebook lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines and Twiiter’ found peak hours and corneas. among Facebook users in In Qatar the major need has Qatar to be interestingly those been for kidney transplants, after Iftaar from 7pm to 8pm mainly because of the increasing while, in contrast, a majority incidence of diabetic patients who was found to be more active develop kidney failure and are on between 2pm and 3pm on dialyses and also the increase in regular days. On Twitter, user hypertensive patients. activity jumped between 5pm The event will begin at 9:00pm and 6pm in the fasting month. at the City Center’s ground Data related to Facebook Some of the participants in the workshop organised by the Research and Development Division at Qatar Foundation in collaboration with the Supreme floor, near the office of Emirates and Twitter usage was Education Council, at the Qatar National Convention Centre. exchange. retrieved by analyzing a THE PENINSULA period of three weeks before, during and after Ramadan in 2012 in countries such as Science workshop for school teachers Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, KSA South African and the UAE. DOHA: The Research and Science2Life, Susan McGrath, courses consist of entertain- offer training programs aimed at Facebook activity was calcu- Development Division at Qatar led the workshop. ing and interactive physics and developing research skills at the minister meets lated on the number of likes, Foundation for Education, Through a passionate and chemistry demonstrations that undergraduate and postgraduate comments, shares that regional Science and Community highly engaging format, McGrath promote the development of a levels.” Qatari ambassador brands received divided by the Development recently con- demonstrated the importance student’s critical thinking and Throughout the workshop, average number of fans these cluded a workshop that sought of making science fun and problem-solving skills. teachers were presented with a brands had during that time to enhance and diversify the achieving results by incorpo- Director of Education, range of engaging science experi- PRETORIA: South Africa’s interval. Twitter engagement training of independent science rating Science2Life’s innova- Training and Development from ments, designed to help them Minister of International was calculated by the number school teachers. tive approach in its delivery of Qatar Foundation’s Research and better address topics important Relations and Cooperation of mentions, retweets regional The four-day seminar, which STEM (Science, Technology, Development Division, Dr Wyatt to Qatar’s independent school Maite Nkoana-Mashabane met brands had received. The study was held at the Qatar National Engineering, and Mathematics) Hume said: curriculum. here yesterday with Qatar’s found that brands benefit from Convention Centre, was organised education. “The management training They also focused on scientific Ambassador to South Africa this increase in activity during in collaboration with the Supreme The main objective behind and development arm at Qatar fields that are aligned to Qatar’s Salem Abdullah Al Jaber. Ramadan, especially during Education Council, and over 90 the ‘STEM Subject Knowledge Foundation is eager to support Science Standards, including cru- Discussions during the meeting peak hours, if the content is teachers from 50 elementary and Enhancement Courses’ that are science education because of its cial topics such as forces, energy, dealt with bilateral relations and entertaining or valuable. secondary schools participated. delivered by McGrath is to make importance in building the future chemical reactions and properties ways of enhancing them in vari- THE PENINSULA A professional science com- science simple, real, and relevant of the nation. Under the Qatar of materials. ous fields. municator and director of to everyday life experiences. The Science Leadership Program we THE PENINSULA QNA FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Egypt hails US remarks on Mursi Rival rallies planned for today

CAIRO: Egypt’s interim rulers rule”. “What I mean is what welcomed yesterday remarks we’ve been referencing about the from the US State Department 22 million people who have been describing the rule of toppled out there voicing their views and leader Mohammed Mursi as making clear that democracy is undemocratic, read in Cairo as not just about simply winning the a signal that Washington will vote at the ballot box.” not cut off its $1.5bn in annual The new US remarks were aid. In a stark illustration of the warmly received by the interim desperate state of Egypt’s econ- government and swiftly omy, a former minister from denounced by Mursi’s Muslim Mursi’s ousted government said Brotherhood. Egypt had less than two months’ Foreign Ministry spokesman supply left of imported wheat, Badr Abdelatty said the com- revealing a far worse shortage ments reflected “understanding than previously disclosed. and realisation about the politi- Meanwhile, supporters and cal developments that Egypt opponents of Mursi have called is witnessing in recent days, as rival rallies for the first Friday embodying the will of the mil- of Ramadan today, amid soaring lions of Egyptians who took to the tensions. streets”. Brotherhood spokesman The Muslim Brotherhood, the Gehad Haddad said the remarks influential group from which showed American hypocrisy: Morsi emerged, has vowed to keep “There is no way the Egyptian protesting until he is reinstated. army would have gone through A Free Syrian Army member inside a house in the city of Aleppo yesterday. Egypt’s premier said yester- with this coup if it would not have day he does not rule out posts for been sanctioned by the US.” the Muslim Brotherhood in his Two and a half years of politi- cabinet if candidates are qualified, cal turmoil has left Egypt on the even as police cracked down on brink of economic collapse, scar- No Ramadan respite for Syria fighters the Islamist group. ing away tourists and investors. The army’s removal of Egypt’s Speaking to Reuters in a tent BEIRUT: An army assault on Districts in central Homs, difficult for families who were In besieged Homs, however, first freely elected leader last at a vigil by thousands of Mursi Homs in central Syria entered dubbed “the capital of the revolu- forced to flee their homes because “there is no electricity, no gen- week, after millions took to the supporters, the ousted presi- its 13th day yesterday, as the tion” by activists, have been under of the intense shelling” that erators and no water wells” any streets to protest against him, has dent’s supply minister, Bassem holy month of Ramadan brought army siege for more than a year. accompanied the latest assault, more, said Yazan. left the Arab world’s most popu- Ouda, revealed that government no relief to people in rebel areas, Speaking to AFP via the said Yazan. Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah lous country polarised by divisions stocks held just 500,000 tonnes of activists said. Internet on the second day of For about six months, people movement is taking part in the unseen in its modern history. imported wheat. “There isn’t a minute that fasting, Yazan said that “even living in the besieged neighbour- regime’s military assault on Homs, Violence between supporters of Egypt, the world’s biggest goes by that we do not hear the before Ramadan, we were down hoods of Syria’s third city have says the Syrian Observatory for Mursi and soldiers at a military buyer, usually imports about 10 sound of a rocket or a shell hit to one meal a day”. relied on firewood or diesel fuel Human Rights. Despite the dif- compound this week has deepened million tonnes of wheat a year, the besieged (rebel-held) neigh- Throughout the blockade, for cooking. ficulties and “the military imbal- the fissures. Washington has been half of which is given out by the bourhoods, especially Khaldiyeh rights groups have warned of “We eat rice and bulgur to ance, we plan on resisting here”, treading a careful line. US law state in the form of subsidised and Bab Hud,” said Homs-based critical humanitarian conditions break our fast in the evening, said Yazan. bars aid to countries where a dem- bread sold for less than 1 US activist Yazan. in rebel areas of the city, which and thyme and olives before day- The army meanwhile renewed ocratic government is removed in cent a loaf. The imported wheat Meanwhile, Russia’s UN envoy come under daily shelling and fre- break,” said Yazan. its bid to storm the rebel areas a coup. So far Washington has stock figure means Egypt will yesterday sharply criticised what quent aerial bombardment. “This is our second Ramadan from an entrance point near said it is too early to say whether need to urgently start spending he described as Western nations’ The United Nations has said under siege.” the 11th century Khaled Bin the Egyptian events meet that a $12bn financial aid lifeline it “small propaganda storm in a that some 2,500 civilians are During Ramadan, Muslims Walid mosque, which has itself description. Nevertheless, State has been given in the past two glass of water” regarding alle- trapped in the besieged neigh- the world over gather with fam- been hit by shells, said the Department spokeswoman Jen days by Saudi Arabia, the UAE gations that the Syrian govern- bourhoods, and activists say there ily over festive meals after sunset Syrian Revolution General Psaki said on Wednesday Mursi’s and Kuwait, states that welcomed ment has used chemical weapons is no way out. when they can break the dawn to Commission. government “wasn’t a democratic Mursi’s downfall. AGENCIES against its own people. “The situation now is especially dusk fast. AGENCIES

Ramadan prayer UN chief 25 troops among 40 worried killed in Iraq attacks over arrests BAGHDAD: Militants killed on the road between Haditha 25 Iraqi security forces in a and Baiji, northwest of the Iraqi wave of attacks yesterday, and capital. in Egypt 15 other people died in other In another bloody attack, a car attacks including 10 mourners bomb ripped through a funeral UNITED NATIONS: UN in twin bombings, officials said. tent where family members of a Secretary-General Ban The latest attacks come as Iraq Shia man were receiving condo- Ki-moon expressed concern witnesses a surge in violence that lences in Muqdadiyah, northeast yesterday about continued has killed more than 2,500 people of Baghdad, and a suicide bomber detentions in Egypt and arrest already this year, including over detonated explosives when emer- warrants issued for Muslim 240 so far this month. gency personnel arrived. Brotherhood leaders and oth- Analysts point to widespread The blasts killed a total of 10 ers after the military removed discontent among Iraq’s minor- people and wounded 22. the country’s first freely elected ity Sunni community, and the Sunni militants including those leader last week. failure of the Shia authorities to linked to Al Qaeda frequently In a phone call with Egypt’s address their grievances, as the target members of Iraq’s Shia Foreign Minister Mohammed main factors driving the increase majority, whom they regard as Kamal Amr, Ban “made clear that in violence. apostates. Iraq was plagued by there is no place for retribution In the single deadliest attack, sectarian violence that killed or for the exclusion of any major gunmen shot dead 14 members of tens of thousands of people in party or community in Egypt,” the Iraqi security forces, includ- past years, and there are persist- according to a statement from ing 11 charged with protecting the ent fears that tensions will again Ban’s office. A man prays at Al Saleh mosque, built by Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, on the second day country’s vital oil infrastructure, boil over into all-out conflict. AFP “(Ban) reiterated his sup- of Ramadan in Sana’a, yesterday. port for the aspirations of the Egyptian people, and called for a peaceful dialogue that includes all parts of Egypt’s political spectrum to find a way forward,” the state- Dissidents say Iran building underground nuclear site ment said. The Egyptian army’s removal of former President Mohammed PARIS/VIENNA: An exiled trying to diplomatically resolve The latest accusation comes The Paris-based NCRI said completed, it said. The group Mursi, after millions took to the opposition group said yester- the nuclear dispute with Iran — less than a month after the members of its affiliated People’s released satellite photographs of streets to protest against him, has day it had obtained information merely said they would look into election of a relative moderate, Mujahideen Organisation of Iran what it said was the site. But they left the Arab world’s most popu- about a secret underground the matter. Hassan Rouhani, as Iran’s new (PMOI) inside the country had did not appear to constitute hard lous country polarised by divisions nuclear site under construc- “We are evaluating this infor- president raised hopes for a reso- “obtained reliable information on evidence to support the assertion unseen in its modern history. tion in Iran, without specifying mation, as we do with all infor- lution of the nuclear dispute with a new and completely secret site that it was a planned nuclear On Wednesday, Egypt’s public what kind of atomic activity it mation relating to the Iranian the West, and might be timed to designated for (Iran’s) nuclear facility. prosecutor ordered the arrest believed would be carried out nuclear programme,” a French discredit such optimism. project”. A spokesman for the NCRI of Muslim Brotherhood leader there. Foreign Ministry spokesperson The Islamic Republic says its The NCRI, which seeks an end said he could not say what sort of Mohamed Badie and several other The dissident National Council said. nuclear energy programme is to Islamist theocratic rule in Iran, nuclear work would be conducted senior Islamists, accusing them of of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) In Israel, Iran’s arch-adversary, entirely peaceful and rejects US is the political wing of the PMOI, there, but that the companies and inciting violence on Monday when exposed Iran’s uranium enrich- an official said: “I have no knowl- and Israeli accusations that it is which fought alongside Saddam people involved showed it was a 53 supporters of Mursi and four ment facility at Natanz and a edge of this other than what was really seeking the capability to Hussein’s forces in the Iran-Iraq nuclear site. members of the security forces heavy water facility at Arak in reported.” make nuclear weapons. war in the 1980s. The group named officials were killed in a dawn clash. 2002. But analysts say it has a In 2010, when the NCRI said But its refusal to curb sensitive The NCRI said the site was it said were in charge of the Ban reminded Amr “of Egypt’s chequered track record and a it had evidence of another secret nuclear activity, and its lack of full inside a complex of tunnels project. international obligations and clear political agenda. nuclear facility, west of the capital openness with the UN nuclear beneath mountains 10km east “Two of the tunnels are about the need to fully respect the Its new allegation drew a cau- Tehran, US officials said they had watchdog agency, have drawn of the town of Damavand, itself 550 metres in length, and they right to freedom of association, tious international response: known about the site for years tough Western sanctions and a about 50km northeast of Tehran. have a total of six giant halls,” it speech and due process,” the the UN nuclear watchdog and and had no reason to believe it threat of pre-emptive military Construction of the first phase said. statement said. REUTERS France — one of six world powers was nuclear. strikes by Israel. began in 2006 and was recently REUTERS FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Thoughts 05 Breaking bad habits

BY MARIA ZAIN bad habits as they will bring us closer to Allah in full sincerity. What is more, amadan is always the month Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) narrated where people talk about mak- that good deeds wipe out sins, thus should ing changes, engaging in good be again a motivation in keeping with the Rdeeds and breaking bad habits, best of intentions, behavior and actions. i.e., the non-beneficial deeds. But does it Surah Hood revealed important advice really work? from Allah: “And perform Salat (prayer), at How does one really engage in break- the two ends of the day and in some hours ing those bad habits? Though I am not of the night (i.e. the five compulsory Daily professor in sociology, and am still self- prayers). Verily, the good deeds remove the studying such behavioural sciences, I do evil deeds. That is a reminder (an advice) believe in the heartiest of hearts that bad for the mindful (those who accept advice).” habits can be broken. And this is espe- This verse was in response to an inci- cially true during Ramadan. dent whereby a man unlawfully kissed A bad habit is a string of bad deeds a girl and went to the Prophet (PBUH) that have become repetitive or even for help. The Prophet announced that addictive. They could be as simple as this verse was for all the believers, indulging in front of the television, over- (Bukhari), thus for Muslims even today, eating, over-spending, back-biting, vain quickly engage in good deeds to wipe out talk, instigating quarrels with others, bad inklings or even intentions before not lowering one’s gaze, and generally they turn into actions. And if one falls engaging in activities that could bring into the trap of a bad habit again, quickly us closer to zina (adultery). Whatever it repent to Allah and ask for forgiveness is, Ramadan is probably the best time to with the intention to never go down that make those changes. path again. Even half a date in charity will save one from Hell-fire (Bukhari). CULTIVATE A DEEP LOVE FOR ALLAH AND THE QURAN KEEP GOOD COMPANY The first step to break an addiction is The Prophet (PBUH): “A good friend to cultivate a deep love for Allah and the and a bad friend are like a perfume- Quran. In fact, being very aware about seller and a blacksmith: The perfume- the benefits of fasting alone rather than seller might give you some perfume skimming the fast on the surface makes as a gift, or you might buy some from a whole lot of difference when it comes him, or at least you might smell its fra- to breaking bad habits. grance. As for the blacksmith, he might In the Quran it says: “O you who believe, singe your clothes, and at the very least fasting is prescribed for you, as it was pre- you will breathe in the fumes of the fur- scribed for those before you, so that you may nace,” (Bukhari & Muslim). guard against evil.” (Al Baqarah: 183). Similarly, the Quran says: “And keep Guarding one’s self against evil is one yourself patient by being with those who of the underlying notions of the fasting call upon their Lord in the morning and month, but this can only be achieved the evening, seeking His countenance. And through fasting with sincerity and for the let not your eyes pass beyond them, desir- sake of Allah alone. Without that consci- ing adornments of the worldly life, and do entious effort, fasting becomes difficult not obey one whose heart We have made and full of resentment. But when fasting Ramadan is the month of miracles and part of those miracles is heedless of Our remembrance and who becomes an integral part of loving Allah, follows his desire and whose affair is ever the entire Ramadan becomes light weight in neglect,”(Al Kahf: 28). and a joy to please Allah and Allah alone. making changes for the better. Remember Allah, and Allah will In all cases, the camaraderie of good With this, the determination to worship companionship resonates throughout transposes into determination to break keep you in mind. Ask and He will respond. And Allah never goes Islamic history. It is so important to bad habits for the sake of Allah. keep friends who strive to better them- selves and the spillover effects of doing so FIND THE MOTIVATION TO BREAK back on His Promises. will affect those around them. To break THAT HABIT an addiction or bad habit, keep close to While being familiar with the Quran health. The measure of good health is was reported in the ‘Musnad’ of Ahmad). what they do. And tell the believing women those who have similar goals and in turn, and the hadith, Muslims who want to only noticed when one falls ill – and both Remember also that it is the whispers of to lower their gaze and be modest,” the togetherness will infuse collective break their addictions should be able to smoking and bingeing cause illnesses and satan, though he is locked up, that causes (Annur: 30-31). Love for Allah and enhance the need to pin point their bad habits and pay heed downplay the importance of good health us to argue with each other and break In a hadith, the Prophet (PBUH) is engage in good and shun evil. to the direction to actually change their in every way. apart in disunity. reported as having said: “And the eyes Ramadan is the month of Miracles ways. So which habit do you really want Is wasting time becoming a bad habit Is back-biting and vain talk a problem? commit zina (adultery). Their zina is and part of those miracles is making to break? and the feeling of unproductiveness Surah Al Humazah talks about both gazing.” changes for the better. Remember Allah, Is it smoking and/or constant food becoming over-whelming? Then recall bad habits very sternly. And in a nar- Whatever the habit is, whatever the and Allah will keep you in Mind. Ask and bingeing? Well, fasting certainly stops one the important verse in the Quran, (Al ration amongst Imam Nawawi’s Hadith addiction that is leading to laziness, igno- He will respond. And Allah never goes back from doing both during the day. Make a Asr), reminding us that time is limited compilation, Prophet Muhammad (peace rance and deviation from the Straight on His Promises. If you are on a mend, resolution to not break the habit after and what we do with our time will be and blessings be upon him) reminds to Path, it can be broken as long as we are keep steadfast to your beliefs; if you want night fall. Remember that Allah says: questioned on the Day of Judgment. speak good otherwise remain silent. reminded of the injunctions of the Quran to make a change, go ahead and push for- “Eat of the good things, which we have Is the habit of quarreling with oth- Is “addiction” to the opposite gender – and the corresponding hadith narrations. ward with all the might you have, if you provided for you.” (Al Baqarah: 173). ers, something you want to break? Do no matter in what form, leading to zina? To read up and search for enlightenment have a bad habit you want to break, do it In Surah Ar-Rahman, Allah talks about you wish to have better control over There are various “levels” of zina (adul- is a blessing on its own, and searching and don’t look back. And always remem- balance and nutrition for good health, so your temper? Allah has provided ways tery), and each one is prohibited, lest our would lead to understanding, and under- ber to ask from Allah through du’a and this is a good motivation to break the bad to conquer temper flares through per- lower selves venture out into the more standing will lead to practice insha Allah never give up on His Mercy. Allah provides habit of smoking and food bingeing, when forming ablution and others, such as severe stages. Then a fruitful reminder miracles every day of the year, and it hap- both habits bring more harm than good curbing anger by sitting and then lying would be in this verse: “Tell the believ- ENGAGE IN GOOD DEEDS TO BREAK pens to those who love Him and whom He to one’s body. Accordingly, one of the two down. Saying the Istaghfar is a good way ing men to lower their gaze and be modest. BAD HABITS loves in return. blessings humans are deluded by is good to keep satan’s reckonings at bay. (This That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of Engaging in good deeds will help break www.onislam.net

lessens the burden of his serv- ants (bondsmen) in this month, Allah will forgive him and free The reward for true him from the fire of jahannam.” “And in this month, four things you should endeavour to perform in great number, two of which shall be to please your patience is Paradise Lord, while the other two shall be those without which you can- not make do. almaan reports: “On the (obligatory observance) in any he fed), without that person’s Those which shall be to please last day of ‘Sha’ban’, other time of the year. And reward being diminished in the your Lord, are that you should the Messenger of Allah Whosoever performs a fardh, least.” in great quantity recite the S(Peace be upon him) for him shall be the reward Thereupon we said: “O ‘Kalimah Tayyibah’: Laa ilaaha addressed us and said: of seventy fardh in any other Messenger of Allah, not all of us illallah and make much istigh- “O people, there comes upon time of the year. This is indeed possess the means whereby we faar (beg Allah’s forgiveness you now a great month, a most the month of patience, and the can provide enough for a fast- with Astaghfirullah). And as blessed month, in which lies a reward for true patience is ing person to break his fast.” for those two without which you night greater in worth than one ‘Jannah’ (Paradise). It is the The Messenger of Allah replied: cannot make do, you should beg thousand months. month of sympathy for one’s fel- “Allah grants this same reward Allah for entry into Paradise It is a month in which Allah lowmen; it is the month wherein to him who gives a fasting per- and seek refuge with Him from has made it compulsory that a true believer’s rizq (provi- son a single date or a drink of the fire of hell.” fasting should be observed sions) is increased. Whosoever water or a sip of milk to break “And whosoever gave a per- by day; and He has made the feeds a fasting person in order the fast. This is a month, the son, who fasted, water to drink taraweeh’ by night a ‘Sunnah’. to break the fast (at sunset), first part of which brings Allah’s Allah shall grant him a drink Whosoever tries drawing nearer for him there shall be forgive- Mercy, the middle of which from my fountain such a drink, to Allah by performing any non- ness of his sins and emancipa- brings His forgiveness and whereafter he shall never again obligatory deed in this month, tion from the fire of jahannam the last part of which brings feel thirsty until he enters for him shall be such a reward (Hell), and for him shall be the emancipation from the fire of Jannah.” (Reported by ‘Ibn as if he had perform a fardh same reward as for him (whom jahannam (Hell). ‘Whosoever Khuzaimah’ in his ‘Sahih’). FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE surveillance drama precipitated by US paranoia over its security and the propensity to keep tabs on foes and friends alike, keeps spreading. New facts Ttumble out by the day, stoking resentment among Germans who remember lessons allies and vindicating what Washington’s detractors have long believed to be true. The latest turn of events has embroiled US’ South American allies. A Brazilian newspaper has come out with details showing how US authorities snooped on phone from Stasi praise Snowden calls and monitored web traffic in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Chile. The four Latin American nations are considered friends BY CORNELIUS RAHN AND of Washington in a region given to severe anti-US sentiments LEON MANGASARIAN about 500 million phone calls, e-mails “The Stasi is the ultimate expres- led by Socialist countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador. and SMS being monitored and recorded sion of spying in Germany’s collective The snooping allegations south of the American continent by the NSA every month, the magazine memory,” he said. come as Edward Snowden is holed up in the transit area of a illi Kuhlmann remembers said. Snowden, who has been offered legal Drieselmann said 120 kilometers of Moscow airport. The Snowden controversy threatens bilateral the day the Berlin Wall and logistical support by anti-secrecy Stasi files still exist and that this is was erected on August website WikiLeaks as he faced US thought to be 65 percent to 70 percent and multilateral ties in a post-cold war world where the US W13, 1961, and how the requests for extradition in Hong Kong of the total files before the Stasi’s frantic has emerged as the sole superpower. As the leaks emerge, it is system of spying on East German citi- and Russia, also said NSA officials were shredding and burning of its archives the US that seems least perturbed. US President Obama went zens by secret police known as the Stasi “in bed together with the Germans.” shortly before the communist state’s around many countries unfazed when the spying row was at its intensified. According to Der Spiegel, the NSA has collapse. peak. Nowhere and at no time did the American leader betray His experience as a border guard a partnership with Germany’s foreign “We still can’t compare the Stasi with along the Wall that divided Germany’s intelligence service, or BND, with the the NSA,” he said. “I certainly don’t a sense of guilt or contrition. Obama spoke with aplomb about capital city for 28 years makes him mis- Americans providing “analysis tools” for want to even try to compare them as how Snowden had threatened US national security by spilling trustful of the data-gathering carried the BND to use as it monitors streams of institutions but let’s be clear: the NSA the beans, and the need to bring him to book so that American out by the US National Security Agency, data passing through Germany. has gathered vastly more information interests are protected. Europe was up in arms after reports revealed in a series of disclosures to Interior Minister Hans-Peter than the Stasi ever did.” that US had bugged European publications including Germany’s Der Friedrich was to to join high-level talks In an interview with Die Zeit newspa- Union offices and snooped on phone Spiegel by fugitive Edward Snowden in yesterday in the United States about per published Wednesday, Merkel said The lengthening recent weeks. Snowden’s revelations as European she rejects any parallel between the calls and emails of officials. Kuhlmann, 77, Union and US officials seek to clarify Stasi and espionage practices of demo- saga of US Amid the spying brouhaha, there a retired forester, the allegations. Friedrich is scheduled cratic states. has been talk of the Germans being is among ordi- to meet today with Attorney General The Stasi legacy still resonates and surveillance “in bed” with the Americans. This nary Germans Eric Holder and presidential adviser was dramatised in a film “The Lives revelations is based on reports in German Mindful of state who draw paral- Lisa Monaco in Washington. of Others,” about an agent spying on weekly Der Spiegel. Snowden told lels between the “There’s nothing wrong about tell- a writer and his lover, which won an may have much surveillance by NSA’s activities ing the truth,” said Janina Cieply, 22, an Oscar for 2007 Best Foreign Language the magazine that the US’ trans- and the surveil- anthropology student at Berlin’s Free Film. more in store Atlantic partner shared intelligence the Stasi under lance carried University. “It looks like the NSA picked Germany has a long tradition of to further that enabled it to spy on its own Communism and out by the Stasi. up where the Stasi left off. Of course data protection laws dating to the citizens — no questions asked. the Gestapo under One in two of the this is a delicate topic in Germany, and 1970s. The state of Hesse introduced embarrass As the spying leaks seep country’s citizens rightfully so. It’s the government’s duty the first data protection law worldwide the Nazis, Germans regard Snowden to protect the people from such attacks.” in 1970, according the Hesse State Washington. into Latin America, leaders are as a hero, accord- While some Germans voice their sup- Commissioner for Data Protection web- demanding answers from US are more sensitive ing to a June 29 port for Snowden, people around the site. In 1983, the country’s top court said authorities about the allegations. Brazilian lawmakers showed than people in survey of 504 peo- world are less willing to offer financial Germany’s constitution grants individu- their indignation on Wednesday as some of them demanded other nations ple by Emnid for backing to WikiLeaks and causes such als a right to “informational self-deter- that Brazil give asylum to Snowden. Others asked Brasilia to Bild am Sonntag as Snowden’s. Mindful of state sur- mination.” A system “in which citizens cancel its defence contracts with Washington. Brazilian media to the powers newspaper. veillance by the Stasi under commu- can no longer know who knows what of surveillance “You don’t nism and the Gestapo under the Nazis, and when and on which occasion about has reported that the US seized web traffic and phone calls spy like that on Germans are more sensitive than people them,” is incompatible with the consti- across the region and had set up a data-collection base in the by government your friends,” in other nations to the powers of sur- tution, the judges ruled. Brazilian capital. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has asked agencies. said Kuhlmann veillance by government agencies. Kuhlmann, the former Berlin Wall the US for an explanation and so have governments of Mexico, in a telephone Communist East Germany’s border guard, said intelligence gathering Colombia and Chile. interview. Staatssicherheit, or Stasi secret police, today in democracies takes place under The world should be grateful to Snowden for letting it know Chancellor was the regime’s enforcer whose motto totally different — and much higher — Angela Merkel, whose government was “Shield and Sword of the Party.” standards than what he knew in the the designs of governments who swear by their citizens’ privacy has rejected the leaker’s application The Stasi had 93,000 full-time agents East Bloc under communism. and upholding their rights. But how much more will Snowden for asylum to Germany, spoke with US and at least 189,000 part-time inform- “Spies exist in every nation and today say? What more is in store in the hard disks of the four laptops President Barack Obama over the phone ers in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell we need to keep close watch on terror- Snowden smuggled out of his US abode. The US apparently last week after Der Spiegel reported that before the 1990 German reunification, ists and organized crime,” he said. “But does not look worried about the revelations, but who knows? the NSA spied on German citizens and Joerg Drieselmann, director of Berlin’s we learned in East Germany that spying European diplomats. Germany was the Stasi Museum, said in a phone inter- must be controlled, and in this case it The former CIA analyst may have kept the final revelation for top destination among European coun- view. East Germany had a population doesn’t seem like it was.” the country he would seek asylum in. tries for the intelligence gathering, with of about 16.4 million in 1989. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Venezuela’s harsh refuge the day T’S not clear yet whether Edward many goods in short supply, we’d sug- information the government had sup- been summoned for questioning by a Snowden will accept Venezuela’s gest that he take a lesson from one of pressed. Senior officials first denounced state prosecutor, who says her “pre- announced offer of asylum or, if he the country’s best-known journalists, the journalist as a “scoundrel” and a sumption” is that he is “the intellectual Ishould do so, whether he would Nelson Bocaranda. A newspaper col- “sick soul” before belatedly admitting author” of alleged violent attacks on I don’t look at be able to reach the South American umnist and radio host with nearly 1.5 that he was right. Until the president’s state offices. political association country from the Moscow airport. million Twitter followers, Mr. Bocaranda death this March, Mr. Bocaranda repeat- The charges are patently absurd. A cynic might wonder if Venezuelan shocked his country when he reported edly reported the truth of his declining The evidence against Mr. Bocaranda ... If someone is President Nicolas Maduro, who passed in June 2011 that President Hugo health even as Mr. Chavez and his gov- consists of a single tweet he sent out, up the chance to rescue the would-be Chavez was suffering from cancer — ernment lied about it. reporting ballot-box irregularities in the named from (the American defector when he was in news the government had improperly The regime and its intelligence city of Maracaibo. Government claims Moscow last week, made his offer after withheld from the public. Days later, Mr. services are determined to punish the of subsequent attacks on government Brotherhood’s) returning to Caracas precisely because Chavez was obliged to acknowledge journalist for his reporting. In April, a offices were refuted by local media and Freedom and he suspected he wouldn’t have to that a “baseball-sized” tumor had been government-orchestrated propaganda a human rights group, which toured the deliver on it. removed from his abdomen. campaign claimed that Mr. Bocaranda locations and found no damage. But the Justice Party, if he In any case, before Mr. Snowden Eight months later Mr. Bocaranda incited opposition supporters to violence Venezuelan regime has not hesitated to is qualified for the flees to the land of “21st-century social- reported that Mr. Chavez’s cancer following a disputed election to choose jail political enemies on trumped-up Hazem Al Beblawi ism,” where toilet paper is among the had returned — another vital piece of Mr. Chavez’s successor. Now he has charges. The Washington Post post. Egypt’s premier FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Egypt revolution: Is it really over? The prospects for revolution may have been dim from the beginning, and not just because of the toxic politics.

BY WILLIAM J DOBSON its first, best chance at democracy. That seems like a remote possibility today. hat does it look like Even Tahrir Square is complicating when your revolu- matters. It is less a creative epicentre tion is failing? Look at of protest than a revolving door for hol- Egypt. lering grievances against whoever is Six days ago, the in charge. Mubarak, the military, and militaryW forcibly removed an uncom- Mursi deserved that criticism in turn, promising, incompetent, but demo- but at this point everyone has been a cratically elected president from office. target of Tahrir, leaving no one with the Mohammed Mursi is now under house standing to lead with a clear mandate. arrest. The generals, in contravention of The only other potential leaders, secu- the new constitution, installed a rump larists such as Mohamed ElBaradei, are government to paper over their undemo- too politically irrelevant. cratic gambit. In recent days, police officers have The escalation of rallies and coun- been lauded and celebrated by pro- ter-rallies between Mursi’s critics and testers in the square. That would have his Muslim Brotherhood backers led been unimaginable in February 2011 to a seemingly inevitable loss of life on when corrupt and abusive police offic- Monday when 51 people died in a clash ers were among the most reviled. Wait that each side blames on the other. Now long enough and Tahrir will love you and the Brotherhood is calling for a national hate you. uprising against the generals, and all the Now that the military has torn down while the economy and basic governance what little democratic scaffolding Egypt remain in free fall. had, the generals must construct a suf- It is too soon to call the revolution ficiently broad coalition in a country that Army personnel guard a bridge near Tahrir Square. over — and there is no question that the is more polarised now. country could fall much further. That’s The military, under the name of its swing vote in electoral politics — said it 1990s, they know that those who chose have a greater interest in playing the why it’s so urgent to right the ship before self-appointed interim president, has was pulling out of discussions with the a strong parliamentary system are the spoiler than helping the country get fears of growing sectarian strife, widen- laid out a six-month timetable for get- military over the creation of an interim only ones who have avoided an authori- back on its feet. ing violence or civil war become more ting the country back to elections, but government. Who can blame them? The tarian relapse.. And, getting revenge against the old real. The trouble is the window for even has failed to meet such accelerated dead- military’s tactics make it hard for any- Indeed, Mursi took only a handful regime was a popular position at the the most basic successful democratic lines before. And there is no reason to one to stand close to them for long. of months to demonstrate how easily time. If you walked through Tahrir transition appears to be closing. think the military brass is all of a sudden The prospects for revolution may the young democratic system could be Square in March 2011, you would Egypt’s paltry political inheritance going to become gifted politicians. have been dim from the beginning, and abused and turn dictatorial. come across posters with the faces of after 30 years under Hosni Mubarak These are the same generals who pros- not just because of the toxic politics. The generals ensured that a revision Mubarak-era officials that protesters guaranteed that this would never be ecuted staff of pro-democracy NGOs like The truth is that many of the earli- of the constitution would include pro- wanted to see punished. I remember easy. When the dust settled from the Freedom House on trumped-up charges, est decisions — made or pushed by the tections for the military that frankly seeing one that had the names of 74 collapse of his regime, the only institu- sentenced more than 12,000 civilians in generals who were in charge — planted run counter to any truly democratic leaders listed from top to bottom. tions that remained standing were the military courts after Mubarak’s ouster, the seeds of the revolution’s destruc- regime. And as Harvard political sci- So, in the last week, as the revolution military and the Brotherhood — the ran over protesters with tanks, and kept tion. Egypt’s military moved quickly to entist Tarek Masoud points out, the has appeared to go off the rails, we may backbone of Mubarak’s authoritarian the media muzzled. In the wake of the preserve the strong presidential system military-led government was hardly be witnessing the inevitable outcome system and the banned political party military gunning down Mursi’s sup- that had been in place since the Free inclusive, dissolving the former regime’s of what Egypt already set in motion. persecuted by that system for decades. porters in Monday morning’s clash, the Officers coup in 1952. If they are famil- National Democratic Party in April Then again, the military seems intent An accommodation between both Al Nour Party — an ultraconservative iar with the end of Eastern European 2011, thereby guaranteeing that many on finishing the job. players was always going to give Egypt Islamic party that has become a critical dictatorships in the late 1980s and early of the remnants of the old regime would WP-BLOOMBERG Time to act on China’s media block Miliband’s gamble The US should act over party funding forcefully to make this BY SUZANNE MOORE media freedom issue s I did not have my glasses on, I got quite excited by the headline that Ed Miliband was to pledging an end to Labour’s also about trade. “macho politics”. I wondered how he would manage such a Acoup, but thought it interesting that he might try. As Labour BY JIM SCIUTTO has no real polices that I can divine, the idea of making it less testo- sterone-driven somehow interested me. Not that this is something rom the moment we land in China, people have ever demanded on the doorstop, so it is not a “real” issue. Americans must adjust to an The real issue is that no one is on the doorstep; there is an abso- aggressively censored version of the lute disenchantment with party politics of any kind. Then I read the FInternet, sanitised of the US’ most headline properly and saw that obviously he was talking about an end iconic brands. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to “machine politics “ and it was all about cutting the links between are blocked. Google is partially blocked and Labour and union funding. sometimes runs through a ringer of digital This is hailed as brave, as a clause IV moment, or lunacy, depend- interference that makes it painfully slow. The ing on where you are on the political spectrum. If it forces a debate New York Times and Bloomberg News are off- on party funding then it is good, and, following the debacle of Falkirk, limits, while The Wall Street Journal and other necessary. But again this is not an issue that many get concerned US news sites endure targeted blockages of about — fiddling while Rome burns. stories deemed sensitive. But if party funding were to be capped, as Miliband suggested, then This censorship is not just an inconvenience the Conservative party, financed by bankers and tax-avoiders of all but also a reminder that many leading US Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang speaks while US Secretary of State John Kerry listens during the descriptions, would shrivel up and die. Labour would also be in deep media and technology companies are excluded, opening session of the US and China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington. trouble. Whoever funds the Lib Dems already is, though it is more or largely excluded, from one of the world’s than possible to imagine in your worst nightmare that Nick Clegg may largest markets and this country’s largest Times were restricted after publishing stories of Chinese state media to obtain visas for travel again have the casting vote in who governs after the next election. trading partner. The US should act forcefully documenting the immense wealth of the rela- not related to news-gathering. Imagine this, and then imagine no political parties. It’s easy if you try. to make this media freedom issue also about tives of China’s senior leaders. Finally, the US should name and shame the But we don’t try very hard. The reality is that party politics is failing trade. China’s methods are sometimes more dis- government ministries responsible, much as in myriad ways. We all know it, but because of its symbiotic relation- The international community missed an turbing. American journalists covering sensi- it has done with Chinese cyber attacks. US ship with the media, we constantly pretend it is not happening. People opportunity when China was allowed to enter tive topics have received messages containing media outlets have been reluctant to discuss are not joining political parties and people certainly do not want to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 threats to their safety. China has delayed or China’s abusive tactics for fear of tempting a pay out of their own pockets for them to exist. Miliband’s attempt to while refusing to sign the media portion of the refused visas to many US journalists, feed- more aggressive crackdown. Washington can democratise Labour and its funding is a top-down move. If it forces membership agreement. ing suspicions that the approval process has and should assume the burden. David Cameron to “out” his hedge fund donors it may be inspired. But But China’s website-blocking appears become a form of blackmail. Meanwhile, the As many diplomats have concluded, the US I am not sure. inconsistent with its broader free-trade com- US has granted and continues to grant visas to must deal with the China that is, not the China We grasp our powerlessness instinctively. As Syria disembowels mitments under the WTO and related agree- nearly 700 Chinese journalists to report in the it wants. And today China has no free press or itself, politicians stand back, unable to act and unable to admit the ments, including the General Agreement on States, most of whom work for Chinese state Internet. Yet while American journalists are mistakes they made in Iraq. Trade in Services (GATS) and the General media. US officials have repeatedly raised subject to Chinese laws, they have broken none We are regularly warned that contempt for politicians is a bad, Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). As these issues with their Chinese counterparts, in reporting the stories cited above. They are adolescent attitude. It could lead to fascism or Farage. The mood the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs so far with few results. The time has come to simply doing their jobs. Their employers are remains, though. Not only are they all the same; they are not even has noted, GATT Article III stipulates that exact a price for unfair behaviour. implicitly being asked to soften their China properly in charge. countries should apply “no less favourable” First, at this week’s US-China Strategic and coverage or pay a price. To their credit, they Cheerleaders for involvement may find a generation who know noth- treatment to goods or services imported from Economic Dialogue, Washington has an oppor- have refused to be cowed. ing but the narrative of austerity and are happy to cut the state. other member countries. China’s arbitrary tunity to raise this as a violation of China’s A Google executive explained to me once For when political parties are mere crisis managers, this is but blockage of US websites would seem to vio- trade commitments. Beijing has denied The that China is building its own massive intranet another consumer choice than many people are simply refusing to late this: The New York Times and Bloomberg New York Times and Bloomberg millions of dol- rather than open itself to the challenges of a make. The sense that someone else is running the show — bankers, are blocked while other US and international lars in revenue. Meanwhile, Chinese media — vast and free Internet. Other countries simi- Europe, multinationals — is no longer the province of the radical left. news sites are not. Similarly, Facebook and including the state-run China Daily, which is larly committed to stifling public discussion, It is now the realisation of the radical right. It is telling that a young Twitter are shut down, while Chinese social available on street corners across Washington including Russia, are following China’s lead. Mark Zuckerberg wrote out his credo as “companies over countries”. media sites, such as Renren, are allowed to — face no trade barriers in the US. The effect The health and wealth of leading US The nation state exists, but when the head of Google glides in to talk operate with censoring. on US technology companies is even broader. media companies in one of the world’s larg- to Cameron about tax arrangements it is he who is doing us a favour. China’s blockages are either punitive or a By interfering with Google, for example, the est markets are a matter of national inter- In a perennial cycle of arousal and detumescence, political obses- matter of policy, or both. YouTube has been government has helped funnel most of China’s est, not simply of China’s “internal affairs.” sives score the shouting match that is PMQs while the rest of us blocked since 2009 after a video was posted 600 million Internet users to a homegrown Americans should ask: Where will our pre- mostly ignore it. Maybe we don’t think the House of Commons is showing Chinese security forces beating search engine, Baidu. mier media companies be in two, five or 10 where stuff happens. It isn’t — all political diaries of the past two Tibetans; Twitter and Facebook since the Second, the US can execute a more recipro- years if they are shut out of China? And how decades have basically explained that. Chinese government nervously witnessed the cal visa policy. Denying visas to Chinese jour- will this affect our commitment to the free There is no mandate for much of what this government does, and role of social media in the Arab Spring; Google nalists would undermine the US commitment flow of ideas globally? US core interests are no promise from the opposition to stop it. We do not live in a one- since 2010, after the company stopped censor- to a free press. The State Department could, at stake. We have every right to defend them, party state but, to an enormous number of people, it feels that way. ing searches on its own. Bloomberg and the however, make it more difficult for executives even in China. WP-BLOOMBERG THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Drone lands on carrier deck in historic flight New era in naval flight, 102 years after a bi-plane made first arrested landing on a moving ship

ABOARD USS GEORGE H plane showed that sophisticated precaution to test the aircraft. W BUSH: A bat-winged drone computer software could perform The landing officer on the carrier touched down smoothly on the the same task, guiding a robotic issued digital instructions to call deck of a US aircraft carrier on aircraft safely onto the deck of a off the landing, and the aircraft Wednesday, marking a historic ship at sea. pulled up and gained altitude, cir- milestone for robotic flight. The touch down by the cling above the ship. The US Navy’s X-47B floated unmanned plane, dubbed “salty As planned, the drone then down toward the carrier USS dog” by the Navy, represented a came in for a second approach, George H W Bush at reduced new era in naval flight, 102 years gliding in gracefully and catch- speed and then caught an arrest- since a bi-plane made the first ing the arresting line in a flawless ing wire on its tail hook, bringing arrested landing on a ship. performance. it to a stop in a textbook land- Escorted by two F-18 fighter Rear Admiral Mat Winter, ing, as reporters and top brass jets, the grey X-47B was perfectly head of the Navy’s unmanned watched. aligned with the carrier deck as aviation programme, called it “You saw the future today,” it made its descent, readjust- an event for the “history books,” An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched from the deck of the USS George H W Bush aircraft carrier Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told ing its position automatically but said the successful outcome in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. journalists afterward. with a GPS navigational system came as no surprise after years The experimental plane had installed in the aircraft and on of research and testing. taken off about an hour earlier the carrier below. “What you saw today was a The Navy envisages the tailless as strike missions. The X-47B, The experimental prototype, from the Patuxent River naval air In contrast to older model major visual demonstration, but plane playing a central role in all which is about 38 feet long with which looks like a smaller ver- station in Maryland before arriv- drones such as the Predator and we’ve been demonstrating and air wings aboard carriers, which a wingspan of 62 feet, can reach sion of the B-2 bomber, was ing at the carrier about 80 miles Reaper, the X-47B can fly with achieving technology maturation currently rely on manned fighter subsonic speeds and fly at an alti- developed by aerospace giant off the Virginia coast at about more autonomy and does not in the laboratory, in the models jets and helicopters. tude of more than 40,000 feet. Northrop Grumman at a cost of 1:40 pm local time (1740 GMT). require flight operators to exert and the simulations,” Winter said. The successful arrested land- Unlike the Predator, which about $1.4bn. Naval pilots require years of constant step-by-step direction The X-47B drone had already ing clears the way for the Navy to is slower and has a more lim- As the programme moves to a training to learn how to land a using a joystick. successfully taken off from a car- press ahead with the programme ited range of 675 nautical miles new stage, the two X-47B pro- fighter jet on a carrier floating In Wednesday’s test, the plane rier in a catapult launch on May and to invite bids from industry (1,250km), the X-47B can fly totypes will soon be moved to at sea, one of the most daunting calculated on its own when to put 14, and after its arrested landing for production. 2,100 nautical miles before refu- museums at the Patuxent River tasks in aviation. its wheels down. on Wednesday, the plane took off The drones, which are not due elling, allowing it to potentially air station in Maryland and the But Wednesday’s unprece- As the drone made its ini- from the deck, leaving behind a to be operational until 2019, will carry out long-range bombing Pensacola air base in Florida. dented landing by an unmanned tial approach, there was a final cloud of smoke as it shot upward. carry out surveillance as well raids. AFP

US disappointed by German minister wants Russia conviction Britons mourn murdered soldier of dead lawyer BURY, England: Hundreds of WASHINGTON: The US ‘straight talk’ on spying Britons turned out yesterday yesterday voiced disappoint- to mourn Lee Rigby, a soldier ment at a Russian court’s BERLIN: German Interior in comments published on whose murder on a London posthumous conviction of Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich Wednesday in weekly newspaper street made international head- late Russian lawyer Sergei said he expected “straight Die Zeit and defended the role of lines in May and heightened Magnitsky for tax evasion. talk” at high-level meetings secret services in preventing ter- community tensions in parts of State Department spokes- in Washington on a simmer- ror attacks. Britain. woman Jen Psaki called for ing dispute over broad state And she sharply rejected com- Soldiers and red-uniformed Moscow instead to find and surveillance. parisons between the US National drummers escorted Rigby’s flag- prosecute those behind his Friedrich was to see US Security Agency and communist draped coffin through his bat- death. Attorney General Eric Holder East Germany’s despised Stasi talion’s hometown of Bury in “We are disappointed by the and US President Barack secret police. Friedrich warned northern England to a ripple of unprecedented posthumous Obama’s counterterrorism aide yesterday against demonising the applause from the crowd. criminal conviction against Lisa Monaco yesterday and today US government. Killed near army barracks Sergei Magnitsky,” Psaki told to discuss reports of snooping “It makes me angry that peo- in Woolwich, London, in broad reporters. “The trial was a dis- on German citizens as part of ple immediately and without daylight, the death of Rigby, 25, credit to the efforts of those mass international intelligence complete knowledge can spread was described by Prime Minister who continue to seek justice gathering. accusations against our American David Cameron in May as a in his case.” “Among friends you have to allies,” he said. “betrayal of Islam”. Two men will Magnitsky was convicted expect straight talk,” Friedrich “It is not fair. Without tips stand trial in November. by the Moscow court along told the website of Der Spiegel from the US and good cooperation Locals were joined by well- with his former boss, the magazine, which has pub- between our secret services we wishers from Rigby’s nearby US-born British citizen lished many of fugitive intelli- would most likely not have been hometown of Middleton and else- William Browder, the head of gence leaker Edward Snowden’s able to prevent terror attacks in where, holding flowers and British the Hermitage Capital invest- allegations about US spying Germany.” flags, and paying tribute to the ment fund who was sentenced programmes. Friedrich is to inform German 25-year-old father of one. in absentia to nine years in a “For us, that includes saying deputies about his findings when “He shouldn’t have died where prison colony. that blanket surveillance of all he returns to Berlin tomorrow he died,” said Stacey Walsh, 29, a communications content is in no ahead of the summer recess. volunteer support worker, clutch- way proportionate.” Citing information provided ing a single rose. ‘Martin killed due to The issue erupted during the by Snowden, Der Spiegel has “He served twice in Afghanistan, campaign for September general reported that US intelligence and he died on British soil, on his bad assumptions’ elections in Germany, with the kept tabs on around half a billion homeland,” she said, visibly upset. SANFORD: Trayvon centre-left opposition accusing telephone calls, emails and mobile The crowd fell silent as the cof- Martin died because George Chancellor Angela Merkel’s gov- phone messages a month in the fin reached the church before a Zimmerman wrongly ernment of weakness and possible EU’s top economy, after allega- private vigil attended by close assumed he was a criminal, complicity in the programmes. tions that the US had also bugged friends and family. prosecutors told a Florida Polls showed that trust of the European missions. “I’m a fusilier, and that’s why jury yesterday in closing US had plunged over the affair Anger over the spy row cast a we’re here, he’s one of us,” said arguments in the neighbor- in Germany, which with its Nazi shadow over the start last Monday Ken Kendrick, a 74-year-old army hood watch volunteer’s sec- and communist history is espe- of bilateral talks in Washington veteran. “It should never have ond-degree murder trial. cially sensitive to government on what could be the world’s larg- happened, should it ... He didn’t After prosecutors finish, surveillance. est free-trade deal, between the deserve that,” he said, wearing a defense lawyers are due on Merkel denied prior knowledge EU and the US. AFP regimental beret. Friday to make their closing Rigby’s funeral will be held this statements in the case, which morning. has captivated and polarized Rigby’s murder sparked anti- much of the US public. The Islamist protests in several jury is expected to start delib- US and Russia play waiting English cities and some charities erations today. reported a surge in attacks on game over Snowden: Report Muslim targets. Far-right groups Rebecca Rigby (right), the wife of Fusilier Lee Rigby, and son Jack, leave Bosnia buries 409 stayed away yesterday. after a vigil at Bury Parish Church in Bury, northern England, yesterday. REUTERS MOSCOW: US authorities have stopped pushing Russia to massacre victims extradite US leaker Edward Snowden, who has been holed up SREBRENICA, Bosnia- in a Moscow airport for almost three weeks, with the two sides Hercegovina: Bosnia buried now playing a waiting game, the Interfax news agency reported 409 victims of the Srebrenica yesterday. massacre yesterday, includ- “Unlike in the first stage..., the Americans have stopped turning Whole country will vote for me: Mugabe ing a newborn baby, on the to the Russian side with some kind of request,” a source familiar 18th anniversary of the with the situation was quoted as saying by the agency. CHIWESHE, Zimbabwe: populist bravado, Mugabe dou- in 2008, the MDC’s Morgan worst slaughter in post-war “There has not been any request either through official or unof- President Robert Mugabe kick- bled down on nationalist rhetoric Tsvangirai, felt forced to with- Europe. ficial channels for several days now,” the source told the agency. started his election campaign and hit out at his opponents from draw despite winning the first Over 15,000 people travelled “All the interested parties have gone into a wait-and-see mode yesterday exuding confidence the Movement for Democratic round of polling. to Potocari, near Srebrenica, and the process related to the US request about his extradition that Zimbabweans will vote to Change (MDC) party, with whom Tsvangirai later became prime to attend the mass funeral of has gone on the backburner.” extend his 33-year rule when he has been forced to share power minister as part of the uneasy victims whose remains were “From all appearances, each side is hoping to come out of this they go to the ballot box in for the last four years. power-sharing deal. found in mass graves since last complicated, dead-end situation without losing face.” three weeks’ time. The elections will end that “We are a party that has year and identified almost two Stranded in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport since “On the 31st of this month forced and often abusive mar- meaning to the people, a party decades after the 1995 killing. arriving from Hong Kong on June 23, Snowden has applied for the whole country will vote riage, but there are mounting that is naturally a people’s party, A downpour of summer rain asylum in 27 countries in a bid to evade US justice for disclosing ZANU-PF back into govern- fears Mugabe’s supporters will that addresses the needs that are hit the memorial cemetery in the existence of Washington’s electronic surveillance operations ment,” 89-year-old Mugabe said not allow the vote to be free and felt by the people,” Mugabe said. the late afternoon where tearful on a global scale. US reporter Glenn Greenwald, who is believed in an hour-long speech to some fair or that the voter roll will be Thousands of supporters clad mourners sat near rows of cof- to have been in touch with Snowden in the past days said “he’s 6,000 supporters in Chiweshe, rigged. in green and yellow T-shirts fins draped in green cloth, while anxious about the next step...but feels really good about the debate 120km north of the capital Previous elections have been emblazoned with Mugabe’s por- others laid flowers on freshly he provoked”. AFP Harare. marred by bloodshed, to the trait sang and danced as the vet- dug graves. AGENCIES Unleashing his trademark extent that Mugabe’s main rival eran leader arrived. AFP FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Taiwan seeks ‘positive’ results of probe into fisherman’s killing MANILA: Taiwan wants the said. “It will not be subject to any said. The Philippines must reveal sympathise their current situa- Thailand and Indonesia to fill Taipei have been complaining of Philippines to release “appro- conditions.” the findings to the public and file tion, why they should face these job openings, he said. Lacierda a decline of passengers. A total of priate” and “positive” results of Speaking to reporters in appropriate charges against the difficulties,” he said. told reporters the government 40 chartered flights have already the investigation into the shoot- Makati, Andrew Tung-Heng Lin, perpetrators, he added. To date, 10,000 OFWs have not would look for alternative coun- been cancelled, translating to ing of a suspected Taiwanese Taipei Economic and Cultural Lacierda said the National been able to renew their work tries where the 16,000 overseas about P200m losses in revenues, poacher in Balintang Channel Office (TECO) Political Division Bureau of Investigation (NBI) permits, and 6,000 are still seek- Filipino workers affected could he added. in Batanes on May 9 before director, said they are awaiting had gone through an exhaustive ing approval of their visas, he find employment. Over 120,000 overseas and the hiring of overseas Filipino the response from the Philippines. probe and the government would added. Lin said 70,000 Filipino Lin said the situation has local jobs await returning Filipino workers (OFWs) resumes. “If the sanction is positive, we release the report based on “how workers are currently in Taiwan also taken its toll on the tour- workers from Taiwan and other At Malacañang, presidential will lift the sanction (against the they view the situation.” and their contracts end every ism industry of Taiwan and the countries, the government said spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Philippines),” he said. “It will not be subject to any three months. Philippines. A 50-percent drop in yesterday. Among the vacancies President Aquino would decide Lin urged President Aquino pressure. (Justice) Secretary Around 3,000 Filipino work- the number of Taiwanese tourists are plant and machine operators on the release of the report after to expedite the resolution on the Leila de Lima stated this,” he said. ers renew their contracts every in the Philippines has occurred and assemblers, factory work- review. “We will release the shooting incident. “I understand Lin said Taiwan has stopped month, he added. Taiwan might since the shooting, he added. ers, engineers, technicians and results of the report as our inves- that your government is cautious, issuing work permits to Filipino seek workers from other neigh- Lin said some airline companies machinists. tigators evaluate the evidence,” he but we cannot wait longer,” he workers since May 15. “We fully bouring countries like Vietnam, with flights between Manila and THE PHILIPPINE STAR Zoo animals Rebels’ strength remains at 4,000 Manila wants to win peace rather than killing enemies

MANILA: The strength of recruitment activities in Eastern the rehabilitation efforts in ‘Pablo’ communist rebels has not Mindanao, which was devastated affected areas,” he added. changed significantly in the by typhoon “Pablo” last year. Bautista claimed that certain first half of the year, remaining “They recruited people who indicators like economic progress at more than 4,000 due to the were affected by the typhoon and are more important than the so- group’s recruitment efforts. they exploited their miseries,” called “body count” or the reduc- Armed Forces of the Philippines Tutaan said in an interview. tion in the number of rebels. (AFP) chief General Emmanuel Tutaan said the NPA recruit- “We’ve been veering away from Bautista said the strength of the ers had made it appear that the body count syndrome. The intent New People’s Army (NPA) stood government was not addressing of (security plan) Bayanihan is at “a little more than 4,000” as of the concerns of typhoon victims. winning the peace rather than end-June. Bautista, for his part, scored defeating the enemy,” he said. Sources said the exact figure the rebels for allegedly capital- AFP data showed that total of was 4,070 as of the end of first izing on the problems of typhoon 323 insurgents have surrendered half. victims to pursue their agenda. or have been arrested or killed as A check at previous military “It is abhorrent that they even of the end of June. reports revealed that the strength exploited the misery of our people Bayanihan, the military’s secu- of the insurgency has been pegged in the typhoon-affected areas just rity plan, emphasises the need to at about 4,000 in the last three to advance their selfish agenda,” promote development and involve years. the military chief said. all stakeholders in curbing insur- AFP spokesman Brigadier “AFP effort, on the other hand, gency. The campaign plan started General Domingo Tutaan Jr said has been affected by our preoccu- in 2011 and will end on 2016. the NPA had intensified their pation in the recent election and THE PHILIPPINE STAR A Filipino nun tries to hold albino pythons as zoo owner Manny Tangco and an orangutan named ‘Pacquiao’ look on inside rest quarters of the Malabon Zoo in Malabon City, northwest of Manila, yesterday. Nuns from the Sisters of the Holy Face of Jesus convent visited the zoo which is marking its 25th anniversary.

Palawan residents checked Philippines 300 homes destroyed as fire braces for rains for dengue-like infection MANILA: Typhoon Huaning, moving in a west PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: The Provincial Health Office (PHO) rips through Manila slum northwestward direction, in the Philippines is taking blood samples from affected indig- increased its speed to 185kmph enous community of Tagbanua in the northern Palawan town of yesterday, the Philippines Linapacan to verify the reported presence of Chikungunya, a viral MANILA: About 300 homes There was smoke everywhere, the While heart-breaking, the Atmosphere, Geophysical infection with symptoms similar to dengue fever. were destroyed in a fire that place was up in flames,” said a scenes at the “Botanical Garden” and Astronomical Services PHO Dr Maria Vina Crisostomo said that the office had confirmed tore through a slum in the tearful 27-year-old Anna Anciller, shantytown are common through- Administration said yester- around 54 Tagbanua patients are being monitored for Chikungunya Philippine capital yesterday, on a nearby footpath while the out the vast slums that dominate day. The eye of Huaning was in Barangay Calibangbang, Linapacan in the BusCuCoLin (Busuanga, forcing residents to make dra- fire was at its peak. Manila. Homes mostly made of located 750km east north- Culion, Coron and Linapacan) area. matic escapes, authorities said. “We just ran. I lost everything,” salvaged wood and plastic are tin- east of Itbayat municipality Blood samples are being collected from them by a team from the PHO A bare-chested man with a a she said, clutching her six-year- der boxes waiting to be ignited by in Batanes province. It con- to be sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)- Jesus statue in one hand and toi- old daughter and breastfeeding makeshift electricity networks, tinued to move west north- Manila for confirmatory testing. letries in the other ran down a her months-old baby boy. cigarettes or gas cooking. west at 20kmph as it passed “We need to confirm if the virus that is affecting them is really narrow, smoke-filled alley just a Homes made of scrap wood An arson investigator said yes- above Northern Luzon before Chikungunya. Blood samples are now being collected by our team in few minutes walk from the glis- and plastic sheets crumbled to terday’s blaze was likely caused by heading to Taiwan, where it Linapacan, and when they come back before the weekend, we will send tening sky-rises of Manila’s finan- the ground during the two-hour a faulty power outlet. was expected to make land- the samples to the RITM,” Crisostomo said. cial district. blaze, as portable cooking gas About 35 percent of the capi- fall. Itbayat is about 200km A team from the PHO was immediately sent to Linapacan by A neighbour fled by jumping tanks exploded and the sirens of tal’s 14 million population live in from the southernmost tip of Governor Jose Alvarez after receiving reports that Tagbanua residents through an upstairs window and fire fighting trucks wailed. slums, according to a 2010 World Taiwan. Monsoon rains are in Calibangbangan are affected by Chikungunya. sprinting across rusted tin roofs. The firemen walked onto the Health Organization study. expected in the western sec- Earlier, 16 cases of Chikungunya have been reported from the town Crying children were separated roofs of homes not yet ablaze to The widespread poverty and tions of Visayas and Luzon, of San Vicente also in northern Palawan. from their parents amid the chaos get their hoses close to the flames, brutal conditions in the slums including Metro Manila, Transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes, the of adults carrying refrigerators, risking a deadly fall. were among the reasons US from Friday afternoon until Chikungunya disease is associated with high fever usually lasting for televisions, pots and pets from No one died but about one third author Dan Brown described tomorrow. The typhoon is two days, followed by a prolonged arthritic pain affecting the joints of their homes. of the 1,000 homes in the slum Manila in his latest novel as the expected to be at about 80km extremities that could persist for weeks, months, or in some cases years. “We were on the cot lying down, were destroyed, according to local “Gates of Hell”. northwest of Taiwan by AGENCIES and then people started running. fire chief Ricardo Perdigon. AFP tomorrow. Earthquake drill 3 kidnappers killed in Davao DAVAO CITY: Three kid- EU earmarks $13.3m nappers of a Filipino-Chinese trader died in yesterday’s shootout in Davao City. Police for judicial reform rescued Sally Chua who was abducted last week. Police said the suspects were in two MANILA: The 28-nation bloc European Union (EU) allotted vehicles and accompanied P570m ($13.3m) for the Philippines in its attempt to improve the Chua as she was to withdraw poor’s access to the justice system. some P100m ($2.325m) at a The aid EU-Philippines Justice Support Programme, granted by local bank along Recto Avenue. Europe since 2009, is also meant to address the slow pace movement of extra-judicial killing and enforced disappearance cases. Top Cebu drug EU Ambassador to the Philippines Guy Ledoux said in the pro- gram’s launch that while reforming the justice system is a “long term suspect held endeavour,” the grant facilitates poverty reduction and the fight against impunity. “The ultimate goal shall be to enable the justice system to MANILA: The Philippine fully play its role as the backbone of the democratic and economic Drug Enforcement Agency system of the Philippines,” Ledoux said, addressing members of the yesterday said it had arrested Philippine National Police yesterday. the “Number 3” man of a EU will be earmarking funds for the country’s judicial reforms until notorious drug group in Cebu 2016. The bloc has sent a total of P1.3bn in support of the Philippine province. Police identified justice system since 2003. him as Erlando Bonghanoy The international community has dubbed the Philippines as among Oyao, 56, from Barangay the countries in the world with high incidences of killings, disappear- Agus, Lapu-Lapu City. Oyao ances and other human rights violations. Convictions, too, of those was on the target list and is behind the crimes have remained uncommon. believed to be a member of Ledoux said that the financial aid should help in the proper moni- the Winnie delos Santos car- Filipino students cover their heads with their notebooks as they participate in an earthquake drill at Sta Elena toring of the justice system and in making stakeholders accountable. tel. AGENCIES High School in Marikina City yesterday. THE PHILIPPINE STAR FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA

Rescued Ex-fortune Taiwan and Japan teller files plea HONG KONG: A former Hong Kong fortune teller has filed an appeal against his 12-year jail term for forg- ing the will of late billion- brace for Soulik aire Nina Wang to steal her fortune, reports said yester- day. Bartender-turned-feng Taipei evacuates 2,000 tourists as super-typhoon looms shui master Tony Chan had claimed to be the sole benefi- TAIPEI: Taiwan evacuated could narrowly miss the island Operation Centre also asked ciary of Wang’s $13bn estate, more than 2,000 tourists yes- or make landfall on its north- the public to stay away from the which she inherited after the terday as the island braced for ern tip sometime between late mountainous areas in central kidnapping and disappear- super-typhoon Soulik while today and Saturday morning, the Taiwan, the epicentres of two ance of her property mogul Japan’s Okinawa warned resi- bureau said. recent earthquakes measuring husband. A high court jury dents giant waves of up to 12 “The public must heighten their more than 6.0 magnitude. last week found Chan guilty metres (40 feet) could hit the vigilance as the typhoon will cer- “The soil in the areas has been of forging the will and sen- archipelago. tainly bring strong winds and heavy loosened after the two strong tenced him to 12 years in jail. The typhoon, packing gusts of rains,” the weather forecaster said. quakes and are prone to land- Chan is doing time in a cell up to 227km per hour, was 790 The Taipei-based TVBS news slides,” it said in a statement. at the city’s Stanley Prison, kilometres east southeast of the channel said the typhoon was mov- The Okinawa weather bureau the South China Morning Post island’s Yilan city in the northeast ing along the same route as 1996 in Japan warned waves of up to reported. at 0900 GMT, Taiwan’s Central super-typhoon Herb which left 51 12 metres and gusts of winds Weather Bureau said. dead and 22 missing. up to 234km per hour may hit $42bn sea “That means trees could be Taiwan’s Central Weather parts of the far southwest of the uprooted and roofs ripped off” Bureau is expected to issue a archipelago. tunnel plan if the typhoon struck the island “land warning” at 1230 GMT, a The westernmost inhabited without losing strength, a weather warning signal issued when the island of Okinawa lies around BEIJING: China will invest forecaster said. Soulik is moving storm is thought to be 18 hours 100 km from the east coast of 260bn yuan, or about $42bn, west-northwest towards Taiwan away from Taiwan. Taiwan. to revive a long-stalled plan at about 22km per hour and The Central Emergency AFP Rescue workers help relocate flood victims in the Sanshui to build the world’s long- township of Guanghan, southwest China’s Sichuan province, est undersea tunnel across yesterday. the Bohai Strait linking the country’s eastern and north- eastern regions, state media said yesterday. The 123-km tunnel will run from the port Muslim nations press UN over Myanmar Rohingyas city of Dalian in northeastern Liaoning province to Yantai UNITED NATIONS: Islamic UN Ambassador Abdullah Al “ethnic cleansing”. “The within Myanmar.” Mouallemi said Mouallemi. Ban met on city in eastern Shandong. nations have called on the Mouallemi. Myanmar authorities are failing said Islamic nations wanted the Wednesday with members of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Mouallemi and other ambassa- in taking the necessary meas- United Nations and the major Group of Friends on Myanmar, N Korea tests Ki-moon, to do more to halt the dors from OIC members met Ban ures to stem the violence,” he powers — particularly the United which includes the United States, “tyranny” they say Muslims are on Wednesday to demand more added at a press conference with States, Russia, China, European China, European and Asian rocket engine enduring in Myanmar. action by the United Nations, Mouallemi. Union and Myanmar’s neighbors nations to discuss changes in Religious riots in Buddhist- particularly over Rohingya “What we need from the UN is — to speak out against what he Myanmar and recent unrest, said SEOUL: North Korea tested majority Myanmar have cast a Muslims. In March at least 44 to have its voice heard loud and called the “ethnic cleansing” of a UN spokesman. a rocket engine earlier this shadow over heralded political people, mainly Muslims, were clear, being the conscience of the Rohingyas. The group welcomed peace year in a potential bid to fur- reforms since military rule ended killed in sectarian strife in cen- world,” Olhaye said. “Myanmar is trying to open talks with Kachin rebels, but ther develop its missile capa- two years ago. Envoys to the UN tral Myanmar. Olhaye and Mouallemi said itself to the world, trying to also “stressed the urgent need bility, a US think-tank said from Organisation of Islamic Communal unrest last year the UN leader had promised to attract attention, investment, for effective action to punish the yesterday after reviewing Cooperation (OIC) countries say in the western state of Rakhine be more vocal about defending engagement by the entire world. perpetrators of the violence” in new satellite images. Images the global body should pressure left about 200 people dead and Muslims in Myanmar. it is not enough to simply say Rakhine and “urgent attention” of the Tongchang-ri rocket the Myanmar government over up to 140,000 displaced, mainly “We called on the secretary that you must have elections to issues including Rohingyas base in the country’s north- the troubles. Rohingyas, minority Muslims general to interfere to make and feed the basic structures of citisenship. west indicated the North “Myanmar is having a hon- who are rejected by many in his voice heard more loudly,” democracy. Ban “expressed his confidence conducted at least “one or eymoon with the world. The Myanmar. said the Saudi envoy. “The most “There has to be an end to that Myanmar would continue more rocket engine tests” in only problem is that that hon- Roble Olhaye, Djibouti’s basic human rights and human the killing, that is much more to make all round progress in late March or early April, eymoon is being built on the UN Ambassador and head of values are being stepped upon basic, there has to be an end to strengthening its democratic the US-Korea Institute at bodies of the Muslim victims in the OIC group at UN, called by the current government the persecution, to the tyranny institutions,” said the spokesman. Johns Hopkins University that country,” said Saudi Arabia’s the action against Rohingyas and by the radical elements that this population is facing,” AFP said. The site, also known as Sohae Satellite launch sta- tion, was the base for the Compensation demand communist state’s successful rocket launch last December. Pyongyang claims both were Chinese mother throws peaceful projects to put its Unha satellite into orbit. China bird flu newborn from building toll hits 43 BEIJING: A Chinese mother In her weakened state she threw her newborn girl out of walked upstairs to a win- BEIJING: The death toll an apartment building window dow between the second and from the H7N9 bird flu out- to the ground, where she was third floors, and tossed out her break in China has risen to run over by a car yesterday. daughter. 43, national health authorities Surveillance footage from It was not clear whether said in their latest monthly Harbin in the northeast showed the baby was killed hitting the update on the disease. A a bag containing the baby hit- ground, or by the impact of the total of 132 human infections ting the roadway outside, then car. She was no longer breath- of the virus had been con- crushed by a vehicle. It was aired ing by the time a security guard firmed on the Chinese main- by a Heilongjiang provincial TV noticed the bloodstained bag and land by the end of June, the station. called police. National Health and Family The mother — an 18-year- Zhang was held on suspicion of Planning Commission said old hair salon worker surnamed intentional homicide and taken late Wednesday. But the Zhang — gave birth Tuesday in to hospital for treatment, where World Health Organisation the bathroom of a second-floor her mother told her: “How could has said there is no evi- apartment she shared with nearly you do this, this is murder!” the dence of human-to-human 10 people, the official provincial Shenghuo paper reported. transmission. Shenghuo Newspaper said. AFP Hundreds of garment workers, activists and relatives staged a demonstration for compensation Foot-and-Mouth in front of the Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association yesterday. disease in Tibet BEIJING: China’s Ministry Indonesia frees wanted N Korea shelves family reunions talks of Agriculture has confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth dis- ease in cattle in its Tibet SEOUL: North Korea yester- tours while the Kaesong talks are currency for Pyongyang, citing Autonomous Region. On July people-smuggler day retracted its proposal to still going on. military tensions and what it 5, a village in Bomi County in hold talks with South Korea Unification Minister Ryoo called the South’s hostility. Nyingchi Prefecture reported JAKARTA: An Indonesian Indonesia’s 1979 extradition on restarting a family reunion Kihl-Jae told a forum yesterday The South now wants firm safe- that 72 animals had shown court yesterday rejected a law did not cover the crime of programme, after separate dis- that progress at talks on the guards from the North against symptoms. Local authorities request for the extradition of people-smuggling. cussions on reopening a joint estate could help resolve a stand- shutting Kaesong down unilater- have sealed off and sterilised an alleged people-smuggling Having served a 30-month jail industrial estate faltered. off over the suspended tours. ally, to keep the zone insulated the area where 489 animals “kingpin” to Australia, instead term for breaking Indonesian The North’s sudden move came The Mount Kumgang resort from changes in relations. had been culled. freeing the Afghan from immigration laws, Abbas will a day after the two Koreas agreed opened in 1998 and once earned This would be a bitter pill for detention. likely be deported to Afghanistan in principle to hold talks on reun- the North tens of millions of dol- the North to swallow as it means Nepal seizes The release of Sayeed Abbas is after being processed by ions for hundreds of thousands of lars a year. But Seoul suspended it would accept responsibility for a major blow to Australia, which immigration. families separated since the 1950- tours by its citizens after a North the April closure. requested the extradition, as it Abbas received the news with 53 war. Korean soldier shot dead a South The talks, even though fruit- gold from China tries to reduce the number of a wide smile, bringing both hands “In a message sent today to Korean housewife there in 2008. less so far, were a contrast to KATHMANDU: Nepalese asylum seekers arriving on its to his mouth in disbelief. our side, North Korea said it Pyongyang accused Seoul of months of cross-border friction police have confiscated 35kg territory by sea and dismantle Abbas has lived in Indonesia is retracting its proposal in an insincerity Wednesday after talks and threats of war by Pyongyang, of gold smuggled from China people-smuggling networks that for 11 years and is married to an effort to focus” on discussions on on the Kaesong estate, built as a after its February nuclear test in a truck. Police said the gold organise the boat journeys. Indonesian woman. restarting the Kaesong industrial symbol of reconciliation, failed attracted tougher UN sanctions. was hidden in a truck that “The Afghan citizen Sayeed Australia has sought Abbas’ estate, a unification ministry offi- to reach a firm agreement on a On Wednesday So Se-Pyong, entered through the Tatopani Abbas... cannot be extradited extradition since 2010 over cial said. restart. But the two sides will the North’s envoy to the United border area and was heading to Australia and we order his organising several boats for asy- Pyongyang had proposed that a meet again next Monday. Nations in Geneva, stated that to the capital Kathmandu. release from prison,” chief judge lum seekers to Australia, includ- Red Cross meeting on restarting At a rare weekend meeting the Pyongyang was ready to hold Police said smugglers use Pranoto, who goes by one name, ing one in 2011 that sank of the a temporary family reunion pro- two sides agreed in principle to international talks in a bid to Nepal as a transit route to told the South Jakarta District eastern Javanese coast and killed gramme be held on July 19. reopen the estate, where 53,000 calm regional tensions. He blamed bring gold from China to Court, adding the extradition some 200 people on board. It also suggested talks on July 17 North Koreans worked in 123 Washington for stoking strife India, where the metal is in request “has no legal foundation”. Australian authorities have about restarting tours by south- Seoul-owned factories producing through military exercises with high demand. It was the larg- “The crime he committed said they believe Abbas had con- erners to its Mount Kumgang textiles or light industrial goods. South Korea but he also struck est seizure of gold in simi- did not happen in the coun- tinued to arrange boats for asy- resort. The North in April with- a conciliatory note on possible lar raids in the past seven try that requested the extradi- lum seekers from his prison cell. The South said it was pre- drew its workers from Kaesong, future talks. months. AGENCIES tion,” Pranoto said, adding that AFP mature to discuss the Kumgang an important source of hard AFP FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Opposition Lahore begins Ramadan amid fears of violence concerned over LAHORE: Pakistanis began celebrat- a hotel and restaurant in the same street Police say they have stepped up patrols The provincial government in Punjab, ing the holy month of Ramadan yester- where the bomb went off. for Ramadan to protect markets and which is headed by Sharif’s younger forum delay day with police on alert and shopkeepers Traders say business has fallen nearly 50 shrines, with threats on the rise in the brother Shahbaz, has promised to be tough braced for a slump in trade after the percent since the bombing in Lahore, the coming weeks. on terror. “The government is determined ISLAMABAD: The Leader worst bombing in the city for two years. home city of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “The blast is significant in the sense that to tackle terrorism seriously,” Punjab Law of the Opposition in the Five people were killed and 50 wounded “Many people died, dozens injured, they the terrorists show the world that even Minister Rana Sanaullah said. National Assembly (the lower on Saturday in the Anarkali market in lost their eyes, limbs, this is the biggest act the peaceful and largest province in the “We are focusing on an improved strat- house), Syed Khursheed Pakistan’s second largest city, known for of cruelty in my mind,” said Abdul Ghafoor, country is not stable,” said senior officer egy to keep an eye on local elements and Ahmed Shah, expressed con- its fine cuisine, much loved during Iftaar. 50, who sells clothes. “The rush has gone Rai Tahir. “Three thousand policemen have facilitators who give support to such ter- cerns yesterday over the gov- It was the worst bombing in Lahore since down. People have stopped coming to the been deployed for Ramadan duty. An addi- rorists.” But people are determined to enjoy ernment’s decision to delay a teenage suicide attacker targeted a Shia market. Business is down almost by half.” tional 2,000 are there for the markets and the month, a time for prayer and charity, as the proposed All Parties religious procession on January 25, 2011, Lahore saw a rash of bombings in 2010, other security-related duties.” well as celebration with friends and family. Conference on security. killing nine people. but attacks in the city of 12 million are rel- Security has also been stepped up at the “We hope that with the kind of security He told reporters at the The market is back at work, but has little atively isolated compared with the business well-known Data Darbar shrine, where sui- they give us now, this kind of incident will Parliament House that the of the normal hustle and bustle associated hub Karachi and Taliban-plagued parts of cide bombers killed more than 40 people not be repeated,” said Hussain. decision to postpone the con- with Ramadan, when families shop for spe- the northwest. in July 2010. “Wherever a blast occurs people start ference had created doubts in cial food and dine out in evenings. Militancy is a major challenge facing the “The number of visitors to the shrine living in fear. Thank God there was no inci- people’s minds. People are scared. “We’re afraid. These government but cross-party talks originally doubles in Ramadan. Lots of people come, dent earlier and this is the first time this Shah called upon the fed- blasts are intended to disrupt the peace of scheduled for today on how to crack down especially in the last 10 days of the month,” has happened in a long time.” eral government to immedi- the city,” said Wajid Hussain, 50, who runs on the violence have been delayed. said its Manager, Abdul Qayum. AGENCIES ately convene the conference because security had become the biggest problem facing the Two killed by bike bomb country. 842 candidates UK to pull out for 42 seats ISLAMABAD: A total of 842 candidates have submit- ted their nomination papers to contest the August 22 5,200 troops by-elections for 42 seats of national and four provincial assemblies, says a spokesman for the Election Commission of Pakistan. He said that 339 had sub- from Kabul mitted papers for 16 seats of the National Assembly and 503 for 26 seats in provincial All Nato soldiers to exit by 2014 assemblies. He said 323 candidates KABUL: British defence drawdown plans, he said. filed papers for 15 seats in the officials announced that the The US believes it will strike Punjab Assembly, 92 for four number of UK troops will fall a deal with Afghanistan that will seats in the Sindh Assembly, to about 600 by autumn in allow some US troops to stay 38 for four seats in the Khyber Afghanistan. in the country beyond 2014, the Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Philip Hammon, British top US diplomat on Afghanistan and 50 for three seats in the Defence Minister, said in a state- told Congress in Washington Baluchistan Assembly. ment that the government of yesterday. UK aims to cut troops level in “Without an agreement on Trainee pilot Afghanistan by 5,200 by the end our presence in Afghanistan, we of 2013, according to Khaama would not remain. But we do not survives crash Press. believe that that’s the likely out- The UK has deployed around come of these negotiations,” James ISLAMABAD: A train- 7,900 troops under the Nato-led Dobbins, the State Department’s ing aircraft of the Pakistan International Security Assistance special envoy for Afghanistan and Air Force crashed during a Force mission in Afghanistan, Pakistan, told a Senate hearing. routine training in Tehsil which are mostly stationed in “Unlike Iraq, to which compari- Two people were killed and five wounded yesterday when a motorcycle bomb exploded at a roadside restau- Isakhel of Mianwali in the southern Helmand province of sons are often made, the Afghans rant in northwest Pakistan. The remotely detonated bomb exploded on the main highway between the towns Punjab province, with the Afghanistan. actually need us to stay. Most of Kohat and Hangu in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The motorcycle was parked close pilot ejecting safely, Geo All Nato combat troops are Afghans want us to stay. And we to a small mosque, built at the restaurant to facilitate customers to offer prayers. News said yesterday. expected to leave Afghanistan have promised to stay.” An F-7P fighter jet was by the end of 2014 after Afghan Pakistan, however, is focusing on a training mission when national security forces take full on how to ‘secure’ its territory, it crashed. The pilot, Flying security lead across the country. as it does not rule out a ‘civil war’ Officer Taha, managed to eject However, the UK is consider- again. It appears to be ready to and landed safely with minor ing keeping a small residual force face a blowback this time around. Khan for smaller summit and truth injuries. in Afghanistan beyond 2014 to “It is difficult to understand ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan the change of decision, he said. that unless this issue was tack- Security forces arrived assist with the training of Afghan and uncertainties surround us — Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has Imran Khan has been urging led, nothing else would work and and cordoned off the area. national security forces and pro- but if nothing moves we are head- informed the government that the Nawaz Sharif government to he would not be able to attract The cause of the crash was vide logistical advice and assist- ing towards a civil war (inside before proceeding to Britain quickly convene the conference, hundreds of millions of dollars of not known immediately. ance to the government. Afghanistan) which we want to for treatment, party Chairman inviting all stakeholders, to for- foreign investment in KP. Authorities have ordered Hammond said that the figure avoid, especially, if all reconcili- Imran Khan would take part mulate the security policy. One official view is that by investigation. of 6,000 troops could vary if “addi- ation efforts do not succeed then in the multiparty conference He also wanted Chief of Army departing abroad Imran Khan tional surges” were needed. there is likelihood of civil war. to prepare the national secu- Staff General Ashfaq Parvaz has avoided the conference for his EU mission The Defence Secretary said Then there will be a spill-over rity policy, but he changed his Kayani to attend the meeting. own reasons otherwise he would reservists would continue to into Pakistan and this will create decision. On Monday, however, the PTI have rescheduled his tour. hails election deploy to Afghanistan, with its problems, especially from the “Senior PTI leader Ahsan chief told a TV channel that he He has left it to senior PTI around 400 called up. The major- Pakistan Taliban,” a diplomatic Rashid told us that Imran Khan would have preferred a much leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi ISLAMABAD: The ity will serve on operations for source said. will participate in the meeting smaller summit of chief min- and KP Chief Minister Parvez European Union Observer around six months although A contingency plan is vital to on July 12 and fly to London isters, the prime minister and Khattak to represent the party Mission yesterday ruled out reservists will be included in ensure that Pakistan’s territory the following day,” Federal the army brass to “speak the in the session. any suspicion about poll and numbers stood down due to is protected, he said. AGENCIES Information Minister and chief truth” about the existing agree- However, it is a fact that Imran involvement of intelligence official spokesman Senator ments, understandings etc with Khan was advised by doctors agencies in the process. It Traditional Iftar food Pervaiz Rashid said. the United States or Nato, so some time back to go to London described this year’s election But on the second day, he said, that a factual picture was avail- for treatment but he has been as better organised than that Rashid again approached the able and then a workable strat- averting it. in 2008. government to say that the PTI egy could be evolved bringing His party consistently took the The mission’s chief, Michael chief was going abroad on July 8 everyone on the same page for stand that the chairman would Gahler, released a report on instead of July 13. implementation. get the treatment at home and the May 11 election at a news They know the reason behind Imran Khan also stressed not abroad. INTERNEWS conference and said the EU observers had monitored 184 constituencies of the National Assembly and made 50 rec- ommendations for electoral reforms. Malala to have little media interaction He said some institutions had crossed limits in discharg- ISLAMABAD: Concerns over Malala However, except for photo sessions no other ing their duty and the PML-N Yousufzai’s safety have inhibited her interaction media interaction was stipulated at the world body’s had been given more cover- with world media at the United Nations and her headquarters. “She will address the UN General age than other parties during media advisers and the entourage have kept a Assembly” along with 500 or more students today,” campaigning. tight control over her engagements. Nesriky added. Asked at a press briefing yesterday, UN spokes- During her UN visit, which coincides with her Five killed in man Martin Nesriky could not say as to why she was 16th birthday, Malala will share her experiences and unavailable to the press except to say that Malala raise awareness about the importance of education, Helmand blasts would meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon particularly for girls around the world. today afternoon. AGENCIES KABUL: Three civilians A man sells traditional ‘samosa’ before Iftar in Peshawar, Pakistan, and two policemen were yesterday. killed in two explosions in Helmand yesterday. One intelligence operative was wounded in a blast in cen- tral Bamyan province. US Marines’ burn pits in Afghanistan pose health risk Thee civilians were killed when their car hit a road- WASHINGTON: Open-air Camp Leatherneck in Helmand He said the incinerators were long-term health risks for camp had not been awarded. Sopko side bomb in Nad Ali district, burn pits at a US Marine base province were "potentially endan- being underutilised and as a personnel, including reduced lung said an analysis by his depart- Helmand governor’s spokes- in Afghanistan pose a health gering" the health of US military result, the camp was continu- function and exacerbated chronic ment showed the camp's waste man Omar Zwak said. risk to the 13,500 military and and civilian personnel. ing to use "open-air burn pit illnesses, ranging from asthma to could be fully processed by Another explosion in the civilian personnel there and are Writing to Army General operations to dispose of its daily chronic obstructive pulmonary operating the incinerators 18 same area killed two police- still in use despite the instal- Lloyd Austin, head of US Central waste" in violation of Defence disease," Sopko wrote. hours a day. men and wounded a third, lation of four incinerators at Command, and Marine General Department guidance. He said visits to the camp He urged the generals to end Zwak said. a cost of $11.5m, an inspector Joe Dunford, commander of inter- He said his office reported by inspectors showed its two the use of open-air burn pits at He said that the second blast general said yesterday. national forces in Afghanistan, recently on a similar problem at 12-ton incinerators were being Camp Leatherneck as quickly as occurred when police were on John Sopko, the special inspec- Sopko said the burn pits were still Forward Operating Base Salerno underused, and its two 24-ton possible by ensuring the incinera- their way to the site of the first tor general for Afghanistan recon- being used despite the installation in Afghanistan. incinerators were not being tors were being operated at the attack to help the victims. struction, said in a letter to two of four solid- waste incinerators "The toxic smoke from burning used at all because a contract required capacity. AGENCIES top US generals that burn pits at at a cost of $11.5m. solid waste each day increases the for operation and maintenance REUTERS FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Preparing for iftar Atomic energy Fuel subsidy regulator gives nod to to Bhutan cut Kudankulam CHENNAI: India’s atomic energy regulator yesterday gave its nod to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in ‘rebuke’ to start the fission process after expressing satisfaction with the plant’s safety. “We have filed our report with Thimpu taking Delhi ‘for granted’ the Supreme Court last week. Only after that, we gave our NEW DELHI: India has cut friend, neck deep in a general sanction to KNPP to go critical fuel subsidies to neighbouring election, to align with China,” — commence the fission process,” Bhutan as part of a rebuke to Indian commentator Rohit Bansal Atomic Energy Regulatory Board the kingdom for “taking the wrote in The Pioneer newspaper (AERB) chairman S S Bajaj said Indian government for granted”, this week. over phone from Mumbai. a report said yesterday, citing A second Indian foreign min- According to AERB’s secretary government documents. istry note dated June 17 focuses R Bhattacharya, the report was India recently halted subsi- on hydropower cooperation and filed with the apex court last week dies on cooking gas and kerosene also advocates a more hardline Queried about alleged spuri- to its northeastern neighbour, strategy, the report said. ous signals from instrumenta- straining ties between the two Bhutan, a country of about tion cables due to electromagnetic usually friendly countries during 750,000 people, is hugely depend- interference, Bajaj said: “The Bhutan’s second-ever parliamen- ent on its giant neighbour India plant has been under our observa- tary election. for aid, imports and investment, tion for several years. The issues The Indian Express newspaper particularly in its hydropower relating to cabling have been published an internal note from projects. A young girl arranges food plates before iftar on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama resolved or else we would not India’s foreign ministry dated June The nation, famed for its pursuit Masjid in New Delhi yesterday. have given our nod for KNPP’s 16, saying it has been “repeatedly of “Gross National Happiness”, has first unit to go critical.” conveying our concerns regard- also been struggling with a seri- Asked when the first KNPP ing the lack of transparency and ous shortage of rupees, which has unit would go critical, both openness on (the) part of the led the government to introduce AERB officials said it was for Royal Government of Bhutan”. import controls. the plant operator, Nuclear The note suggests New Delhi It plans to increase its hydro- First Delhi gang rape verdict Power Corporation of India Ltd should “demonstrate our seri- power capacity almost seven-fold (NPCIL), to decide on that based ousness through some concrete by 2020 to export more energy on the clearances it had obtained. expression of displeasure” includ- to India, but is reliant on Indian The NPCIL is setting up ing by reviewing some previously grants and loans to complete 10 deferred to July 25 the project in Kudankulam in approved development projects. new projects. Tirunelveli district, around The fuel subsidy cut was part The second note suggested NEW DELHI: A New Delhi The victim’s family had called facility for a maximum three-year 650km from Chennai, with two of the suggested measures, the that the grant component should court trying a teenager over a for the suspect to be tried as an term, which will take into account Russian-made reactors of 1,000 Express said. be reduced and raised concerns fatal gang rape last December adult, alongside five men initially the time he has already spent in megawatts each. The note says the Bhutanese about the projects’ huge overrun- that shocked India yesterday arrested over the assault on custody. Bajaj said the reactor going “seem to take the Indian gov- ning costs. deferred announcing the first December 16 who face the death The teenager, the youngest critical did not mean power would ernment for granted” and take The sudden deterioration in verdict in the case, lawyers said. penalty. of six children according to his be generated. decisions unilaterally, includ- ties comes as Bhutan concludes its A juveniles’ court has finished The trial of the adult suspects mother, was employed to clean “The unit will have to go in ing on issues affecting “common second ever parliamentary elec- hearing the case of the youngest — one of whom died while in jail the bus allegedly used for the phases to generate power and also security”. tion on Saturday with two parties suspect, aged 17 at the time of the from a suspected suicide in March attack and often slept rough or to reach the maximum power,” he Bhutan’s king was guest of vying to form a government. assault on a moving bus, and had — continues in a separate court inside the vehicle, reports say. said. honour at India’s Republic Day Other reports have said soaring been widely expected to announce but is expected to wrap up in the He has denied any involvement Bajaj said after the commence- parade this year and the coun- costs of fuel in Bhutan following a verdict yesterday. next few months. in the crime. ment of fission, the reactor will try is the only one in South Asia the withdrawal of subsidies earlier “The court has completed the The parents of the victim were The maximum sentence of operate on low power and then with which New Delhi has had this month has led to concerns hearing. The order has been present inside the small juveniles’ three years’ detention is likely slowly increase the power output. consistently warm and trouble- India is attempting to influence deferred to 25th of July,” public court yesterday. to cause further anger in India AERB had earlier granted the free relations. the outcome of the election. prosecutor Madhav Khurana told “We hope we get justice on July where the suspects, some of whom final permission for initial fuel Other reports have sug- Landlocked Bhutan has tradi- reporters who had massed outside 25th,” said the mother, who has have been beaten up in jail, are loading in September 2012. gested that attempts by Bhutan tionally had frosty relations with the court. previously called for all suspects public hate figures. KNPP director R S Sundar to improve ties with China, its China owing to a long-running The crime, which saw the to be hanged, before entering the Amid pressure to put the juve- said the plant might go critical giant northern neighbour with border dispute, but last year the 23-year-old student victim die of court. Reporters were not allowed nile on trial in an adult court, this week or the next. which it currently has no diplo- countries’ premiers met for the internal injuries inflicted during inside the courtroom. officials conducted an investiga- “We have all the clearances matic relations, are behind India’s first time and expressed a willing- the attack, generated widespread The juvenile suspect, a runaway tion to determine his age and con- from all the authorities,” R S disgruntlement. ness to improve ties. anger about endemic sex crime in who reportedly left home aged cluded he was 17. Sundar, site director, said. “Here we are, egging a loyal AFP India to the boil. 11, can be sent to a correctional AFP IANS Indian, Chinese troops were face-to-face in Chumar Mulayam meets PM over food bill NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese forces due to differing perceptions” of the Line of advantageous position and has a proper whose party lends support to the ruling UPA, met Prime Minister were “face-to-face” in the Chumar sector Actual Control in this area. The Chinese road, unlike the Chinese. The Indian side Manmohan Singh yesterday reportedly to register his reserva- of Ladakh after Chinese troops trans- troops “did transgress and did go back after also has observation cameras and is able to tions on the food security ordinance, informed sources said. gressed into the Indian side on June 17 due a face-to-face”, the source added. keep an eye on Chinese developments, which “It was a regular meeting. I don’t have to discuss what I spoke to “differing perceptions” of the boundary, The Chinese troops had entered the Indian is known to irk the People’s Liberation about with the media,” Mulayam Singh said after the meeting. an official source said yesterday. side and had reportedly removed an observa- Army troops. The SP chief had opposed the food ordinance, approved by the The Chinese forces returned to their nor- tion camera put up by India. Asked whether China has opposed India government last week, saying it was anti-farmer and brought keep- mal positions afterwards, the source said. The camera was returned after the Indian raising a new mountain strike corps for ing in mind the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The Chumar sector is located about Army authorities took up the issue with deployment in the Himalayas, the source 200km from Depsang, where an intrusion their Chinese counterparts, sources had said “it is not for any other country to tell Jharkhand: President’s rule to end by Chinese troops took place on April 15. said earlier. us” what to do on the issue. There are some “sensitivities involved In Chumar, the Indian side is in a more IANS NEW DELHI: The union cabinet has recommended to President Pranab Mukherjee revocation of central rule in Jharkhand, a minister said yesterday. Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told reporters here while briefing them on cabinet decisions. Large turnout in Bengal panchayat elections President’s rule in the state ends on July 18. The cabinet’s decision comes after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha KOLKATA: With helicopters Chief Minister Mamata people waiting in queues in many person, said to be a Congress activ- staked claim to form a new government in the state with support hovering above, people turned Banerjee expressed satisfaction of the 10,203 seats in the three- ist, was critically injured when he from the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Independents. The out in large numbers in West over the “peaceful voting”. tier panchayat bodies spread took an arrow in his chest during new alliance claims the support of 43 members in the 82-member Bengal’s Maoist heartland in A State Election Commission across the three districts, polling violent clashes at Sabong in West state assembly. phase one of the staggered five- official put the polling percent- could have continued till 10 pm. Midnapore district. leg panchayat polls yesterday. age as 65 percent in Bankura, 60 The elections were more or less Altogether 25,749 candidates New civil aviation regulator Officials described the polls as percent in Purulia and 65 per- peaceful, though there were com- are in fray for 8,273 gram pan- “more or less peaceful”, though cent in West Midnapore district, plaints from the three districts chayat, 1,799 panchayat samiti NEW DELHI: India plans to set up a new regulator for the opposition parties complained of respectively, till 5 pm, the sched- about violence and problems in and 151 zilla parishad seats in the aviation sector — Civil Aviation Authority — that will replace the “rampant” booth-capturing by uled time for voting to end. voting, an SEC official said. three districts. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). the ruling Trinamool Congress. However, with hundreds of There were no arrests, but one IANS The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday gave “in-principle” approval to the civil aviation ministry’s proposal to set up the new regulator. Addressing the media after the cabinet meeting, Information and Fire in Srinagar Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said the government would introduce a bill in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. Caste-based rallies banned He said the proposed regulatory authority would have a chair- person, a director general and seven to nine members, including LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, five full-time members. bench of Allahabad High Court making them party to the yesterday banned caste-based litigation. One more route to Kedarnath rallies in Uttar Pradesh with In his petition, Yadav brought immediate effect. to the notice of the court that DEHRADUN: The army yesterday commenced work on a new A bench of justices Umanath every party in the state was trying route to the rain-ravaged Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand. Singh and Mahendra Dayal to score a point by holding caste- According to officials, the work is being done at the request of passed the order while hearing based conventions and rallies. the state government and the National Disaster Response Force. a public interest litigation (PIL) In the past few months, SP has With heavy rains again lashing the region, helicopters deployed filed by lawyer Moti Lal Yadav. held ‘Brahman Sammelans’ in four in relief and supply work have been grounded. The pace of rescuing The petitioner contended that places, with the biggest show of people who are still missing has slowed down. rallies based on caste were against strength held in the state capi- The land routes to the hills suffered extensive damage during the the constitution and threatened tal. That rally was addressed by cloudburst and flash floods of June 16 and 17, blocking access by foot to vitiate social harmony in the party chief Mayawati on Sunday. to the revered shrine. Kedarnath and its surrounding areas suffered country’s most populous state. The ruling SP, too, recently held the most in the natural disaster which claimed hundreds of lives. The court also issued notices a Brahman convention and a A team of soldiers and experts have conducted a reconnaissance Firefighters spray water to douse flames leaping from a building to the central and state govern- Muslim rally addressed by party of the Kedernath area and started work to open a route along a on the premises of the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar, the summer ments, the Election Commission, chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and fresh alignment, the army’s Central Command said. capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. IANS Samaj Party (BSP), Bharatiya IANS FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Oil hits 15-month high Prices rice on supply fears linked to Egypt, strengthening US demand

LONDON: Global oil prices data indicated a major pickup in escalation in Egytian unrest, and Bernanke insisted that the hit a 15-month high point yes- energy demand. lower US inventory levels,” said Fed’s easy-money policy was still terday, boosted by signs of The EIA said crude-oil stock- analyst Ishaq Siddiqi at trading necessary, because the unemploy- strengthening demand in top piles tumbled by 9.9 million bar- firm ETX Capital. ment rate at 7.6 percent was still consumer the US and ongoing rels in the week ended July 5. “Commodities are also track- too high and inflation was too low supply fears linked to violence That was more than triple the ing stock markets higher today, for comfort. in Egypt, dealers said. 2.9-million-barrel drop expected climbing for the eighth day and Egypt’s prime minister said on In earlier trading, New York’s by analysts polled by Dow Jones heading for their best run since that he would not rule out posts main contract, West Texas Newswires, and followed the prior 2010 after Bernanke unexpectedly for the Muslim Brotherhood in his Intermediate for delivery in week’s drop of nearly 10 million said the US economy will need cabinet if candidates were quali- August, spiked to $107.45 a barrel barrels. highly accommodative monetary fied, even as police cracked down — a level last seen in late March Added to the picture, traders policy for foreseeable future, fuel- on ousted president Mohammed 2012. It later stood at $104.54, remain deeply concerned over ling hopes that the end of QE is Mursi’s Islamist group. down $1.99 from Wednesday on potential disruption in Middle not nigh.” Hazem Al Beblawi, who was profit-taking. East supply following the over- Fed boss Ben Bernanke yes- appointed on Tuesday, said in a Brent North Sea crude for throw last week of Egypt’s terday said that the US central telephone interview he was still August rallied to $108.93 a bar- Islamist president Mohammed bank’s stimulus drive, more com- considering the makeup of his Turkish lira banknotes. rel — reaching a high last seen in Mursi by the military. monly referred to as quantitative interim government after Morsi’s early April 2013 -- before pulling Egypt is not a major crude oil easing (QE), would be kept in overthrow in a popular military back to $107.46, down $1.05 from exporter but is home to key oil place “for the foreseeable future”. coup last week. yesterday’s closing level. transit points of the Suez Canal The news poured cold water on “I don’t look at political associ- Turkey faces interest rate Crude futures had already and the Sumed Pipeline. market expectations that the Fed ation ... If someone is named from scored multi-month highs on “The spike in oil is driven by would start to pull back on mas- (the Brotherhood’s) Freedom and Wednesday after the US Energy three things; optimism over sive bond-buying later this year, Justice Party, if he is qualified for Information Administration’s improving economic conditions which has sent global equity indi- the post” he may be considered, dilemma as lira tumbles (EIA) weekly crude stockpiles in the United States, fears of ces reeling in recent weeks. Beblawi said. AFP ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central Last week alone, non-residents’ bank faced calls yesterday to holdings of Turkish government raise interest rates to steady the domestic debt securities fell a net embattled lira despite political $553.9m, data showed yesterday. ADIA to invest $200m pressure from Prime Minister Investor concerns about the Tayyip Erdogan to keep rates bank’s room for manoeuvre have Qatar to see in Indian real estate low — a dilemma which could risen since Erdogan, who has put the bank’s credibility at overseen a boom in the Turkish MUMBAI/DUBAI: Abu Dhabi stake. economy during his 10 years in bigger inflow Investment Authority (ADIA), The lira has tumbled some 9 power, accused a ‘high interest one of the world’s biggest sov- percent against the dollar since rate lobby’ of instigating unprec- ereign wealth funds, plans to the beginning of May, leading to edented protests against his gov- of institutional invest about $200m in Indian $3.55bn sold off in two days this ernment last month. real estate, two sources familiar week alone in its defence. Without identifying the group- investments with the matter said. Investor concerns the US ing any further, he accuses it of ADIA, which manages the Federal Reserve would scale back manoeuvring to undermine the DOHA: With MSCI putting surpluses the Gulf emirate earns stimulus measures and anti-gov- Turkish economy in order to curb Qatar on global investors’ from oil exports, has appointed ernment protests across Turkey growing Turkish political and radar by enhancing its mar- Kotak Realty Fund, run by Kotak last month have driven the losses. economic influence. ket status to ‘Emerging’, Mahindra Bank Ltd, to invest the An overnight signal that US Such comments cast doubt the country is expected to money on its behalf, one of the money-printing may not end on prospects for a rate hike, witness new institutional sources said. as soon as expected has eased although a sharp whittling down investment flows from Both sources declined to be pressure on the lira for now but of net reserves, now estimated by emerging markets and glo- named as the information is Turkey remains most vulnerable bankers to be below $40bn, could bal index trackers. not public yet. ADIA and Kotak to foreign capital outflows among set limits to the forex auctioning “Qatar may see a big- Realty Fund declined to comment. emerging markets as it combats a policy pursued this week. ger impact in coming years REUTERS huge current account gap. REUTERS because, unlike the UAE, the market was not pre- viously included in the FTSE Emerging Markets Index, which is tracked by some major passive inves- tors”, Invest Ad (Abu Dhabi Investment Company) noted in its Middle East Market Outlooks released yesterday. Qatar has been an under- performer compared to other regional markets over the last year and, with many stocks now attractively valued, the MSCI decision could prove to be a catalyst for a long-term The Qatar Exchange at Al Dana Tower, in West Bay. rally. With the markets on the radar screen of global inves- tors, Qatar listed compa- nies will now need to step QE extends rally, up their efforts on investor relations and demonstrate transparency. The move may well give market regulators an incentive index gains 47.80 to push for higher standards of corporate governance and disclosure. Greater market liquid- ity could also open up the points this week dormant IPO market, and we may even see companies DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) number of transactions. Industries from neighbouring countries index extended its rally this accounted for 21.59 percent. Real to start to consider listing in week adding 47.80 points or 0.51 estate accounted for 14.26 percent Qatar as a way of tapping glo- percent as the trading closed at and consumer goods and services bal emerging market investors. 9,419.97 points yesterday. accounted for 13.48 percent. The report noted volatility The market capitalisation Of the 42 listed companies, 19 is likely to continue in GCC rose by 0.38 percent to reach ended this week higher while 17 equities markets as investors QR517.39bn as compared to fell and six remained unchanged. rotate out of global emerging QR515bn at the end of the previous Industries Qatar led the traded markets over fears that the US week. Trading value dropped by value this week with 20.99 percent Federal Reserve will start to 20.46 percent to reach to QR773m of the total traded value. Qatar gradually withdraw its “QE3” at the end of this week compared National Bank accounted for 10.65 monetary easing programme. to previous week’s QR972m. percent while Barwa Real Estate The UAE has already seen a Trading volume increased by 3.41 accounted for 8.45 percent. The sell-off in the country’s big- percent to reach over 20m shares bourse added 87.08 points or 0.93 gest listed firms, which could as against 19m, while the number percent yesterday to advance to present a buying opportunity of transactions fell by 6.88 percent 9,419.97 points from 9,332.89 on when global markets stabilise. to reach 11,525 as compared to the Wednesday. The volume of the The decision by index com- previous week’s 12,377. shares traded rose to 5m from the piler MSCI to include Qatar Banks and financial services led previous day’s 2m and the value of and UAE in its emerging mar- the traded value this week with shares increased to QR247m from kets index should also boost 32.06 percent of the total value. Wednesday’s QR111m. long-term sentiment in the Industries accounted for 26.69 Among the top gainers were region’s markets. percent. Real estate accounted Qatar National Bank which was While investors will be for 14.32 percent and consumer up 1.25 percent to QR161.50, exercising caution over the goods and services accounted for Industries Qatar that rose 1.64 next few months, the Qatar 11.11 percent. Banks and financial percent to QR161.40, Barwa Real market could benefit if the services also led the traded volume Estate that gained 0.92 percent to government announces any this week with 25.34 percent of the QR27.35 and Al Meera up by 0.97 acceleration of infrastructure total volume. percent to QR135.00. spending. Investors will also Real estate accounted for 23.10 The Banking and Financial sec- be looking for second-quarter percent. Consumer goods and serv- tor index was up 0.90 points while earnings results for further ices accounted for 14.60 percent Consumer Goods and Services proof that consumer demand and Telecoms accounted for 13.84 sector index down 0.17 points and across the GCC remains buoy- percent. Industrial sector rose 1.03 points. ant. THE PENINSULA Banks and financial services THE PENINSULA led the number of transactions Related on page 14: Gulf markets with 33.53 percent of the total gain on earnings optimism FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Most Gulf bourses gain Al Rajhi Bank’s earnings weigh on Saudi Arabia; Egypt rebound falters Bahrain’s GFH hopes for DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Al - it did have a strong move in last blamed on an ammonia plant House, wrote in a note. In Dubai, Rajhi Bank fell yesterday, sour- few weeks and is trading at fair shutdown and lower gold prices. the benchmark rose 1 percent to ing bourse sentiment after the value now,” said Hesham Tuffaha, The kingdom’s benchmark a three-week high, taking its 2013 kingdom’s largest listed lender a Riyadh-based fund manager. “I slipped 0.2 percent, cutting 2013 gains to 47.4 percent. more active investment posted a near-flat quarterly don’t expect it to decline much gains to 13.1 percent. “The main catalyst is Q2 num- profit, while other Gulf markets further.” In Doha, Qatar National Bank bers coming soon, which could gained on earnings optimism. Until recently, Rajhi was the rose 1.3 percent to 161.5 riyals support and further justify any to secure recovery Thin trading volumes again largest bank in the Gulf by mar- ($44.35), extending 2013 gains rally going forward,” said Marwan plagued most markets on the sec- ket capitalisation but has now lost to 23.4 percent and heading back Shurrab, fund manager and head ond day of Ramadan. top spot to Qatar National Bank. towards last week’s all-time high of trading at Vision Investments. MANAMA: Bahrain-based Shares in Al Rajhi fell 1.6 per- Both have double the market of 162.7 riyals. Elsewhere, Egypt’s benchmark investment firm Gulf Finance cent, trimming 2013 gains to 15.8 value of the region’s third-largest The bank posted a 24-percent index fell 0.9 percent, ending a House (GFH) hopes a leaner percent. The lender posted near- lender, National Bank of Kuwait . jump in second-quarter profit on two-day rally despite a pledge balance sheet and a revamped flat earnings as pressure on net Samba Financial Group, Saudi’s Wednesday that beat analysts’ of $4bn in an aid package from business model can revive the interest margins crimped bottom- second-largest bank, shed 1.5 per- estimates. Kuwait late Wednesday. fortunes of a firm which once line growth. cent after its slight increase in “We remain positive on the Foreigners were net sellers symbolised growth of the king- Rajhi shares rose 11.3 percent quarterly profit failed to excite bank’s outlook due to its strong against local buyers, according dom’s Islamic finance sector. between June 16 and July 10, with investors. growth in loan book, high capital to bourse data. GFH’s new strategy calls for its results announced after the Saudi Arabian Mining Co strength, low cost of funding and Some local investors also it to become more involved in its market closed on Wednesday. (Ma’aden) lost 1.4 percent after stable inorganic growth,” Naveed booked gains ahead of a planned investments, and to hold projects “It’s profit-taking and partly it posted a shock 68 percent drop Ahmed, research manager at Muslim Brotherhood-led protest until completion rather than disappointment on Rajhi’s results in second-quarter profit that it Kuwait’s Global Investment at the weekend. REUTERS passing them to third parties to develop as was done in the past, its acting chief executive said in a telephone interview. The acting chief executive of Gulf Michelin cuts jobs For several years a hands-off Finance House Hisham Al Rayes Binladin completes approach worked well for the sha- riah-compliant investment house, was forced to restructure some SR1bn sukuk sale which was founded in 1999. Strong of them more than once to avoid global markets allowed it to book defaulting in the years after 2008. DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s healthy premiums in the stakes it But Al Rayes said the company Binladin Group, one of the sold in real estate projects. had now slimmed down its debt to largest construction firms in Profits poured in, totalling $223m, with maturities extended the kingdom, has completed a $343.3m in 2007 and $291.9m in until 2018 via two-year grace SR1bn ($266.7m) Islamic bond 2008. But the global financial cri- periods. sale, two bankers familiar with sis then made it hard for GFH to GFH completed the takeover of the matter said yesterday. sell assets and in 2009 it posted English soccer club Leeds United The transaction, structured a net loss of $728.4m. Last year, in December through its Dubai- as a sukuk al-murabaha, has it booked a profit of $10.05m and based subsidiary, GFH Capital; it a one-year lifespan and pays a in the first quarter of this year, hopes the deal will vindicate its profit rate of 2.5 percent, the $1.5m. new way of doing business. sources said, speaking on condi- “Because the market was hot It did not give a value for the tion of anonymity as they weren't everything was sellable, but now deal, but its cashflow statement authorised to talk to the press. we are looking at fundamentals indicates GFH has so far paid over A murabaha is a shariah- and more calculated risks,” said $33m for Leeds, with a further compliant cost-plus-profit Hisham Al Rayes, who took the $42.7m in liabilities. The state- arrangement. helm at GFH in April last year. ment values the club at $88m. “I Binladin Group was not imme- Formerly chief investment officer, think it was a transaction that diately available for comment. Al Rayes has been with GFH to a certain extent confirmed the Sources said last month that since May 2007. recovery of GFH,” said Al Rayes. BNP Paribas and the invest- “We have changed the model — Because of its debt burden, ment banking arm of Gulf instead of using sub-developers GFH may not be able to put as International Bank were mar- we are now going vertical in the much money into Leeds as other keting a deal for Binladin Group development of our projects.” Gulf investors have showered on to Saudi investors, with proceeds The credit crunch piled up European soccer clubs such as to be used to fund its projects. A worker holds a motorsport racing tyre as he works in the Michelin tyre company’s factory in Clermont- liabilities of over $2bn, and GFH Manchester City. REUTERS REUTERS Ferrand, central France. French tyremaker Michelin announced 700 domestic job cuts in June, becoming the latest auto industry manufacturer to slash staffing in response to the European downturn.

Iraq offers three QATARI MARKET Iran asks India to settle all Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P discovered oil Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.31 0.60 % Aa2 AA blocks to India Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.00 1.95 % Aa2 AA oil payments in rupees Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.00 2.76 % Aa2 AA NEW DELHI: Iraq has Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 113.00 3.04 % Aa2 AA offered three discovered Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 107.00 3.54 % Aa2 AA NEW DELHI: Iran has asked nuclear programme, which they Indian refiner. The two coun- oil blocks to India and has Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 157.00 4.79 % Aa2 AA India to settle all oil trade suspect aims to build weapons. tries had been trying to reduce agreed to consider investing Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.75 5.23 % Aa2 AA including $1.53bn owed to Iran denies this claim. New Delhi’s debts by promoting in Indian Oil Corp's 300,000 Tehran in the partly convert- Since April 1, Indian refiners exports and India recently said it barrels per day Paradip refin- Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 107.25 5.26 % Aa2 AA ible rupee as the sanctions-hit have held on to 55 percent of pay- would allow goods to be imported ery, an oil ministry statement Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.13 1.43 % Aa2 AA nation cannot find an alterna- ments as Iran has been explor- for re-export to Iran as long as said yesterday. Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.25 3.35 % Aa2 AA tive payment channel, indus- ing avenues, including settling they added value of at least 15 Baghdad has also offered Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.50 1.59 % A1 A- try and government sources in in roubles through Russia, the percent, to encourage trade. to consider extending 60 days Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 102.25 2.74 % A1 A- Delhi said. sources said. India imported 262,800 bar- credit for crude sales to India, India has been paying for 45 The non-payment was seen as rels per day (bpd) from Iran the statement said. Iraq has QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.38 1.85 % NR NR percent of its Iranian oil imports a hidden incentive or a tempo- in 2012/13, a reduction of 27.4 emerged as the second-biggest QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 102.38 2.08 % Aa3 A+ in rupees, which has limited rary relief on top of attractive percent from the previous year, crude oil supplier to India after QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 102.75 2.57 % Aa3 A+ international acceptability, credit terms offered by Iran to according to preliminary govern- supplies from Iran were hit due Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 102.75 2.71 % A2 A- and was settling the remain- Indian clients. ment data. to pressure from western sanc- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.13 2.06 % A2 A der in euros through Turkey’s “The Russian route didn’t New Delhi, along with other tions. Iraq has offered three dis- Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 123.00 3.53 % A2 A Halkbank, but this was halted in work out so they have asked us Asian clients of Iran, won covered oil blocks in the Middle February under pressure from to make the entire payment, another 180-day waiver from the Furat oilfields on a nomination Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 104.50 4.06 % A2 A tighter western sanctions. including dues, in rupees and we US sanctions last month on the basis, the statement said. Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 101.50 4.84 % A2 A The US and European Union have no problems in that. Soon back of its cuts in imports from Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.75 0.70 % Aa3 A slapped sanctions on Iran to block we will start clearing the dues Tehran. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 3.59 % Aa3 A oil revenues over its disputed in rupees,” said an official at an REUTERS Axis Bank to open Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.00 4.16 % Aa3 A branch in Britain SOVEREIGNS LONDON: Axis Bank, Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Panic in Asian markets India’s third-biggest pri- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.75 0.34 % Aa2 AA vately owned lender, has been granted a banking license Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.25 2.56 % Aa2 AA in Britain and will open its Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.50 2.75 % NR NR first branch in the City of Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 104.00 3.76 % NR NR London today. The bank Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 115.50 5.15 % NR NR received approval in April Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 106.63 5.49 % NR NR from Britain’s financial regu- lator to provide a full range Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.25 1.15 % Aa2 AA of banking services including Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.75 3.83 % NR BBB deposit-taking and making Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 103.25 4.92 % NR BBB loans and investments. Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 86.50 8.39 % Caa1 CCC+ Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 103.50 3.94 % NR BBB- Italy eyes Cyprus *Periodic Distribution Amount IMPORTANT NOTE: oil and gas drilling Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services NICOSIA: Italy’s ENI Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary said yesterday it expects data and subject to change. 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The panic that rippled through Asia's markets oil as well... we expect to drill in May and June might just be a prelude to a more serious capital flight when the US Federal Reserve starts our first well in 2014,” said winding down its stimulus measures for real. How quickly the US Federal Reserve reduces its $85bn a month ENI CEO Paolo Scaroni. of bond purchases, which keep interest rates low, will determine how quickly money is pulled out of Asia. REUTERS INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS PERIOD ENDING 30 JUNE 2013

Independent Auditors’ Report on Review of Interim Condensed Consolidated other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in Financial Statements to the Board of Directors of Qatar National Bank S.A.Q. accordance with International Standards on Auditing and consequently does not enable us /// Introduction #&!# of Qatar National Bank S.A.Q (the “Bank”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as at 30 Conclusion Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the June 2013 and the related interim consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three-month and six-month period ended 30 June 2013, the related interim material respects, in accordance with IAS 34 and the applicable provisions of Qatar Central consolidated statement of changes in equity and interim condensed consolidated statement Bank regulations. !"!#$ Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these interim Other matter %&'*"%+ $! Reporting (“IAS 34”) and the applicable provisions of Qatar Central Bank regulations. Our /! year ended 31 December 2012, were audited by another auditor, whose reports dated 4 July statements based on our review. ! # Scope of review We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements Firas Qoussous 2410, “Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of 5 #&78 of Ernst & Young Doha - State of Qatar / Qatar Auditors Registry Number 236 10 July 2013

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30 June 30 June 31 December Three Months to Three Months to Six Months to Six Months to 2013 2012 2012 30 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 2013 2012 2013 2012 (Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Audited) (Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Reviewed) QR000 QR000 QR000 QR000 QR000 QR000 QR000 ASSETS Interest Income 4,900,970 3,067,274 8,012,969 6,064,755 Interest Expense (1,619,191) (827,129) (2,379,441) (1,578,066) Cash and Balances with Central Banks 20,216,981 16,872,816 19,829,576 Net Interest Income 3,281,779 2,240,145 5,633,528 4,486,689 Due from Banks 29,065,928 24,934,617 37,021,743 Fee and Commission Income 651,483 351,084 1,042,348 720,527 Loans and Advances to Customers 296,414,072 234,652,595 249,936,341 Fee and Commission Expense (33,068) (28,367) (73,710) (60,586) Investment Securities 68,506,087 44,945,516 50,047,924 Net Fee and Commission Income 618,415 322,717 968,638 659,941 Investment in Associates 5,721,212 4,565,640 5,795,307 Foreign Exchange Gain 267,233 151,841 439,629 315,115 Property and Equipment 1,405,035 948,913 957,056 Income from Investment Securities 68,259 75,999 83,943 95,850 Intangible Assets 5,527,190 257,411 261,216 Other Operating Income 5,854 3,007 8,887 4,765

Other Assets 4,449,066 3,629,798 3,004,669 Operating Income 4,241,540 2,793,709 7,134,625 5,562,360

Total Assets 431,305,571 330,807,306 366,853,832 '5! (550,856) (265,417) (845,843) (521,273) Depreciation (84,822) (46,190) (134,007) (89,944) LIABILITIES Other Expenses (329,066) (169,578) (510,319) (319,149) Net Impairment (Losses) / Gains on Due to Banks 20,507,921 18,035,865 22,201,770 (23,957) (14,777) (27,912) (13,434) Investment Securities Customer Deposits 326,266,172 245,902,359 270,039,961 Net Impairment Losses on Loans and (444,884) (256,261) (687,345) (522,946) Advances to Customers Debt Securities 16,296,512 9,278,883 12,674,706 Amortization of Intangible Assets (29,308) (928) (30,225) (1,855) Other Borrowings 10,753,853 6,733,033 6,836,376 Other Provisions (47,787) (1,293) (47,787) (1,579) Other Liabilities 8,883,433 6,792,527 7,112,327 (1,510,680) (754,444) (2,283,438) (1,470,180) Share of Results of Associates 80,302 60,790 147,849 97,696 Total Liabilities 382,707,891 286,742,667 318,865,140 Prot before Income Tax 2,811,162 2,100,055 4,999,036 4,189,876 Income Tax Expense (213,545) (12,884) (233,577) (26,158) EQUITY Prot for the Period 2,597,617 2,087,171 4,765,459 4,163,718 Issued Capital 6,997,294 6,997,294 6,997,294 Attributable to: Legal Reserve 23,086,902 23,086,902 23,086,902 Equity Holders of the Bank 2,599,041 2,111,692 4,737,254 4,116,136 Risk Reserve 1,750,000 1,600,000 1,750,000 Non-Controlling Interest (1,424) (24,521) 28,205 47,582 Prot for the Period 2,597,617 2,087,171 4,765,459 4,163,718 Fair Value Reserve 803,487 429,726 411,403 Earnings Per Share (QR) 3.7 3.0 6.8 5.9 Foreign Currency Translation Reserve (923,706) (535,627) (640,463)

Other Reserves 1,742,397 1,736,653 1,751,174 Interim Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Retained Earnings 14,260,399 9,813,907 13,721,522 Three Months to Three Months to Six Months to Six Months to Total Equity Attributable to Equity Holders of the Bank 47,716,773 43,128,855 47,077,832 30 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 2013 2012 2013 2012 Non-Controlling Interest 880,907 935,784 910,860 (Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Reviewed) Total Equity 48,597,680 44,064,639 47,988,692 QR000 QR000 QR000 QR000 rot for the eriod 2,597,617 2,087,171 4,765,459 4,163,718 Total Liabilities and Equity 431,305,571 330,807,306 366,853,832

Other Comprehensive Income, net of Ali Shareef Al-Emadi Income Tax Chairman Foreign Currency Translation (263,872) (215,948) (283,243) (346,345) 9+; Share of Other Comprehensive (9,620) (40,025) (8,777) (49,981) Income of Associates 5KV+ 355,132 4,415 387,602 30,108 Value of Cash Flow Hedges Available-for-Sale Investment Securities QNB Group Financial Highlights Net Change in Fair Value 4,280 (162,912) 9,680 (65,558) Net Amount Transferred to (4,086) (29,617) (5,198) (31,782) Income Statement Net Profit exceeded QR4.7 billion, up by 15.1% from same period last year Total Other Comprehensive Income 81,834 (444,087) 100,064 (463,558) for the Period, net of Income Tax Total Assets stood at QR431 billion, up by 30.4% from June 2012 Total Comprehensive Income for the Period 2,679,451 1,643,084 4,865,523 3,700,160 Total Loans and Advances up by 26.3% from June 2012 to reach QR296 billion Total Customer Deposits up by 32.7% from June 2012 to reach QR326 billion Attributable to: Equity Holders of the Bank 2,680,875 1,667,605 4,837,318 3,652,578 Earnings per Share reached QR6.8, compared to QR5.9 in June 2012 Non-Controlling Interest (1,424) (24,521) 28,205 47,582 Total Shareholders’ Equity increased to QR49 billion, up by 10.3% from June 2012. Total Comprehensive Income for the Period 2,679,451 1,643,084 4,865,523 3,700,160

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QE Indices Summary QE Total Return Index 13,458.97 0.93 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 2,817.81 0.68 % QE All Share Index 2,380.53 0.83 % RATE QE All Share Banks & Financial INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low 2,275.15 0.90 % Services GOLD QE All Share Consumer Goods & 5,517.37 0.17 % Buying Selling Services All Ordinaries 4946.924 61.489 1.26 5229.8 4610.6 QR150.9011 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 QE All Share Industrials 3,130.94 1.03 % Cac 40 Index/D 3864.53 24 0.62 4072.24 3575.17 QE All Share Insurance 2,225.72 0.03 % SILVER UK ...... QR 5.4785 QR 5.5549 QE All Share Real Estate 1,843.91 0.54 % Dj Indu Average 15291.66 -8.68 -0.06 15542.4 12471.5 Euro ...... QR 4.7317 QR 4.7974 QE All Share Telecoms 1,327.72 1.78 % QR 2.3437 CA$ ...... QR 3.4738 QR 3.5436 QE All Share Transportation 1,675.72 0.17 % Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 QE All Share Transportation 1,672.88 0.17 % Swiss Fr ...... QR 3.8170 QR 3.8709 Hang Seng Inde/D 21437.49 532.93 2.55 23944.74 19426.36 Yen ...... QR 0.0364 QR 0.0371 QE Market Summary Comparison Aus$ ...... QR 3.3270 QR 3.3926 Iseq Overall/D 4042.42 2.57 0.06 4118.68 3396.67 CRUDE OIL Today Previous day Ind Re ...... QR 0.0604 QR 0.0616 11-07-2013 10-07-2013 Karachi 100 In/D 22747.13 -237.81 -1.03 23074.85 16036.31 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0360 QR 0.0368 Index 9,419.97 9,332.89 BRENT Change 87.08 23.26 Nikkei 225 Index 14472.58 55.98 0.39 15942.6 10398.61 Peso ...... QR 0.0834 QR 0.0851 % 0.93 0.25 $ 108.93 SL Re ...... QR 0.0275 QR 0.0281 YTD% 12.69 11.65 S&P 500 Index/D 1652.62 0.3 0.02 1687.18 1325.41 Taka ...... QR 0.0462 QR 0.0473 Volume 5,169,590 2,214,900 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0378 QR 0.0385 Value (QAR) 247,654,052.09 111,706,401.43 Straits Times/D 3248.92 60.88 1.91 3464.79 3065.42 Trades 2,463 1,672 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3644 QR 0.3718 Straits Times/D 2971.47 22.7 0.77 3035.78 2657.77 $ 104.64 Up -- | Down -- | Unchanged --

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Baseball results Miami 6 Atlanta 2 C i n c i n n a t i 6 M i l w a u k e e 2 N Y M e t s 7 S a n F r a n c i s c o 2 B a l t i m o r e 6 Tex a s 1 Pep got bored at Barca Toronto 5 Cleveland 4 N Y Ya n k e e s 8 K a n s a s C i t y 1 W a s h i n g t o n 5 P h i l a d e l p h i a 1 Pittsburgh 5 Oakland 0 After four years the desire was gone, says new Bayern Munich coach Detroit 8 C White Sox 5 Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 3 RIVA DEL GARDA, ITALY: Alcantara, who has a contract at L A A n g e l s 13 C h i c a g o C u b s 2 Bayern Munich coach Pep Barcelona until June 2015, scored St. Louis 5 Houston 4 Guardiola finally shed some light a first-half hat-trick as Spain beat La Dodgers 7 Arizona 5 on his resignation at Barcelona Italy 4-2 in the European Under- Boston 11 Seattle 4 yesterday -- and confirmed he 21 Championships in Jerusalem Colorado 5 San Diego 4 hoped to raid his old club for last month. midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Bayern already have several Guardiola, 42, quit as head midfield stars with Germany’s Pirates’ Liriano coach at Barca after winning 14 Mario Goetze signed from titles during his four-year reign Borussia Dortmund, plus shuts down A’s at the Camp Nou between 2008 Holland’s Arjen Robben, France’s and 2012. Franck Ribery, Thomas Mueller, with easy win “After four years the desire Toni Kroos and Swiss Xherdan was gone in Barcelona,” Guardiola Shaqiri vying for places. NEW YORK: Francisco said at Bayern’s training camp in “I don’t think adding another Liriano pitched Pittsburgh out northern Italy. midfielder will be a problem for of a four-game slump yesterday “The same players, the same us,” said Guardiola. as the Pirates blanked Oakland opponents, the same journalists, “I spoke to club about my con- 5-0. the same games. Now everything cept and told them why I want Liriano allowed just four hits is new. Thiago Alcantara. I give my opin- over seven innings, and Pedro “It’s good for my experience. ion but I listen to the board. If Alvarez had two RBIs to lead My family will come to Munich they say no, that’s ok. the offense, as Pittsburgh chased soon, it’s a good education and “Nobody will leave Barcelona, Oakland starter Tommy Milone therefore I’m grateful.” unless they feel they won’t play after just 2 2/3 innings to get the He also confirmed the European much. He wants to play. That’s home win and avoid a three-game champions’ interest in Alcantara. why I proposed him to the club.” sweep. Spanish media had already Meanwhie, Champions League Despite the loss, the Athletics linked the 22-year-old with a finalists Borussia Dortmund have New Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola attends a press conference at the team training camp in Arco, Italy, (54-38) kept their half-game lead move to Bayern and Guardiola insisted European champions yesterday. in the American League West admitted he has already asked Bayern Munich will not have it after Texas (53-38) lost 6-1 at the Bavarian giants to sign the all their own way this season. Baltimore. midfielder. Dortmund secured their latest season as Bayern became the first using a release clause in his con- “The way he had his team play- That was only part of the bad “Yes, I want Thiago Alcantara, new signing on Tuesday when German team to win the treble tract which allowed him to leave ing in Barcelona was simply fan- news for the Rangers as they also I have asked (Bayern to get him),” midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Champions League, league for 37m euros ($47.5m), and coach tastic and he’s a real role model,” announced they had put Japanese he said. “I know him very, very joined from Shakhtar Donestk, and cup, breaking or equalling 25 Jurgen Klopp admits he will be said Klopp. “Now he’s at a new ace Yu Darvish on the 15-day dis- well. He’s a great player and can having also recruited Saint- Bundesliga records in the process. hard to replace, with Mkhitaryan club and the first impression is abled list with a strained back. cover three, four, five positions. Etienne forward Pierre-Emerick They finished the German set to step in. that everything fits. Darvish, who was named to the “I have talked to (chairman Aubameyang, 24, and defender league season 25 points clear “Our target has to be to “In the past if you wanted AL’s All Star team, will not play Karl-Heinz) Rummenigge and Sokratis Papastathopoulos, 25, of nearest rivals Dortmund but improve,” said the 46-year-old, as to become a great coach you in the game and will rest the ail- (director of sport Matthias) from Werder Bremen. Borussia’s midfield star Marco Dortmund conceded more than went abroad. Now someone like ment during the break. Sammer, we will have to wait Mkhitaryan, 24, impressed on Reus has insisted they will not twice as many goals as Bayern Guardiola has come to Germany.” He is 8-4 with a 3.02 ERA so and see. Wednesday when the trio made have things their own way when last season. “Of course we’ll miss And Dortmund’s pre-season far this season. “Thiago is the only player I their debuts in a 3-1 friendly win the new season starts on August Mario Goetze, no team on the purchases of Aubameyang and In Philadelphia, the Washington want, it will be him or no one. at Swiss champions FC Basel with 9. planet wouldn’t, but we still con- Mkhitaryan have not gone unno- Nationals blasted four home runs We have many players, but we the Armenian setting up the first “The 25-point difference won’t ceded a lot of goals last season, ticed in Munich. off Cliff Lee in a 5-1 win over the need the special qualities Thiago goal and scoring the second. happen again,” Reus told German even with Mario in the side. “I don’t know the players Phillies. Alcantara brings.” Borussia host Bayern in the magazine Kicker. “We’ve had a lot “That’s one area where we can involved very well, but from Lee (10-3) had won his last Both Manchester United and pre-season German Super Cup of time to reflect on the mistakes definitely improve.” what I do know of them, they eight decisions but ran into trou- Real Madrid have been linked on July 27 in a repeat of the we made in the Bundesliga last Klopp has said he is relishing are very, very good reinforce- ble in the fifth inning where to Alcantara, who has a market Champions League, which the year. The new season begins for having ex-Barcelona coach Pep ments,” said Bayern’s director of Washington drilled two homers value of around 20m euros ($2m) Bavarians won 2-1 at Wembley. us on August 10 and we’re going Guardiola, who won 14 titles in sport Sammer. “We had respect before adding two more in the and captained Spain Under-21 to Having won the 2010-11 and on the attack again.” four years at the Spanish giants, before these transfers, but you sixth. the European title and was voted 2011-12 German titles, Dortmund Dortmund’s Germany star as his opposite number on the can only congratulate Borussia In Tampa Bay, the red-hot Rays player of the tournament. were left empty handed last Mario Goetze has joined Bayern, Bayern bench. Dortmund.” AGENCIES scored a 4-3 over Minnesota in a 13-inning game that lasted nearly Manchester United five hours. Real Madrid football manager Liverpool Ben Zobrist delivered the David Moyes game-winning single in the 13th to host QSL (right) and player vow to inning to give Tampa Bay (52-40) Ryan Giggs leave their seventh straight victory. The lengthy contest featured after a visit to pay seven pitchers from each team their respect to champions splash the and a total of 35 strikeouts. the monarch at The Twins (37-51) lost their Al Sadd Siriraj Hospital in cash fourth straight and have lost 10 Bangkok yesterday. of their last 11. DOHA: Qatar Stars League Manchester United LONDON: Liverpool manager (QSL) champions Al Sadd will arrived in Thailand Brendan Rodgers admits he New York Yankees play a friendly against hosts ahead of a friendly is keen to make several major Real Madrid, it has emerged. against a Thai All- signings before the start of the eager for Jeter’s The match will take place at Star XI tomorrow new Premier League campaign. the famous Santiago Bernabeu as the club begins Rodgers has already brought impending return with Al Sadd captain and former its new era under in four players since the end of Real giant Raul set to play one boss Moyes. RIGHT: last season, with Sunderland NEW YORK: The New York half for each side, a news report United star Wayne goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, Yankees sound nearly as impa- on the Real Madrid website said. Rooney arrives Manchester City defender Kolo tient as Derek Jeter about when The match will be held before at Don Muang Toure, Celta Vigo forward Iago the captain will return to their the start of the new season in International airport Aspas and Barcelona B mid- lineup. Spain and Qatar. fielder Luis Alberto all arriving Although Jeter has played in in Bangkok. Last year, Raul helped Al Sadd at Anfield in recent weeks. only three games with Triple win the QSL title in a season in But having missed out on A Scranton/Wilkes Barre which the Doha giants lost only £20m-rated Shakhtar Donetsk (Pennsylvania) in his rehab from three games. midfielder Henrik Mkhitaryan, a fractured ankle, the buzz in the A hugely popular figure in who joined Borussia Dortmund, Bronx is building that Jeter might Qatar, 35-year-old Raul joined Al Rodgers is now turning his atten- join the offensively-challenged Sadd in May 2012. Rousing reception for tion to other players capable of club before the four-day All-Star Raul spent 16 years of his making an instant impact for the break, which begins on Monday. career playing for Real Madrid Reds, who once again failed to “We don’t expect it to be a real and is the club’s all-time top goal- qualify for the Champions League long time,” Yankees manager Joe scorer with 323 goals, just ahead last term. Girardi told reporters before yes- of Di Stefano, who scored 307 EPL giants Man United Real Madrid forward Gonzalo terday’s game against the Kansas goals. Higuain, also a target for Arsenal, City Royals. “But I think you just The Spanish striker is also the BANGKOK: Hundreds of speculation about his future, Captain Nemanja Vidic stayed is among those reported to be on have to take it day by day and see most capped player in the history cheering fans gave Manchester walked with his head down and in Manchester because of back Rodgers’ wanted list. how he feels.” of the club with 741 appearances, United a stirring welcome yes- did not talk to media as he arrived pain, but he may join the 19-man “Our recruitment team are The shortstop, whose 3,304 hits just ahead of Sanchís. terday as the English champions with his team-mates. squad later on the tour of doing a great job behind the puts him 10th on Major League jetted into Thailand at the start “It’s crazy whenever we visit Thailand, Australia, Japan and scenes in compiling lists of play- Baseball’s all-time hits list, has of a flurry of Asian tours by top this part of the world,” defender Hong Kong, according to the club ers that we can afford and might not played since fracturing his Stage set for European clubs. Rio Ferdinand told the club’s website. be available for us,” Rodgers said left ankle in the opening game of Spectators were out in force website. Robin van Persie, David De Gea yesterday. last October’s American League Sheikh Jassim as the superstar squad, wearing “The reception we get in the and Shinji Kagawa will also meet “What we’ve done in the early Championship Series against the suits with trainers, arrived by Asian countries is something else up with the team later but Javier part of the summer is to improve Detroit Tigers. Cup 2013 chartered jet at Bangkok’s Don entirely. I’ve never seen fanatics Hernandez, rested after interna- the squad. That’s something I feel He broke the ankle again this Mueang Airport, where new man- like them. tional duty, and injured trio Chris we’ve done with the players we’ve spring and had to restart the DOHA: Sheikh Jassim Cup 2013 ager David Moyes performed a “They come to airports at mad Smalling, Ashley Young and Nani brought in. rehabilitation process. will commence on July 20, Qatar traditional Thai greeting. times in the morning to greet us, are all missing. “Now what’s important over Jeter is getting antsy about Football Association (QFA) said The players then boarded a they hang around our hotels... it’s But the tours are likely to be the next three to five weeks is returning to the diamond at yesterday. huge bus emblazoned with the great and makes us feel really dominated by transfer talk with improving the team. That’s some- Yankee Stadium and the team is Defending champions Al words “United in Thailand” and welcome.” British media reporting that thing the club is working very watching him very carefully. Rayyan will take on Al Arabi in drove to their five-star downtown Manchester United are the Chelsea, who arrive in Bangkok hard at. “We’re judging him on a game the first match. hotel, where they were welcomed first to arrive in what will be a today, are preparing a major bid “I’m sure by the time the end of by game basis,” Girardi said. “You In another clash on the same by more fans holding banners and bumper Asian pre-season, with for Rooney. August comes we’ll be ready and have to trust the people that are day, Qatar SC will take on Al scarves. Chelsea also due in Bangkok this Chelsea will also play their first we’ll have a terrific squad ready seeing him. Derek would have had Shahaniya while Al Gharafa face Moyes and United great Ryan week and Barcelona, Manchester game under returning manager to challenge.” himself here last week.” Al Markhiya in a separate clash. Giggs were also mobbed during City and Liverpool among the Jose Mourinho in Bangkok next Rodgers’ new signings could Anticipation, however, is Sheikh Jassim Cup is an event a visit to Siriraj hospital, where other clubs headed to the region. week, while Manchester City all make their debuts in the growing. which launches the football sea- they paid their respects and Moyes, taking over after Alex will be under new boss Manuel Reds’ first pre-season friendly at “We are happy that Derek son in Qatar. brought a big bunch of flowers Ferguson’s 27-year, 38-trophy Pellegrini when they play a mini- Preston today. Jeter is coming back,” 26-year-old This event will be followed by for Thailand’s revered king and career at the club, will lead out tournament in Hong Kong. “There’s every chance. All of Dominican Eduardo Nunez, who the Qatar Stars League (QSL) queen, who are both unwell. the team for the first time against Barcelona and Liverpool are the players are working here,” is filling in for the shortstop, said which will kick off in September. England striker Wayne a Thai All-Star XI in Bangkok also among the visitors in the Rodgers told media people. in the locker room. THE PENINSULA Rooney, at the centre of intense tomorrow. coming weeks. REUTERS REUTERS AGENCIES FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Tokyo pledges unique Games JOC official Masato Mizuno says Tokyo can deliver ‘model’ drug-free Olympics

TOKYO: Tokyo is promising a leading edge in the race to stamp model Olympic Games with the out doping in sport, advocates say. Tokyo Governor world’s strictest anti-doping “Japan is a world leader in rules if it wins the right to host anti-doping, and we are proud to Naoki Inose the 2020 edition. have one of the world’s highest (centre), Japanese Exacting testing in top-notch standards of medical care,” said Olympic Committee laboratories combined with Masato Mizuno, vice president of President strong social disapproval of chem- the Japanese Olympic Committee. Tsunekazu ical enhancements give Japan a “Japan will continue to be in the Takeda (right) and forefront of anti-doping activities Tokyo 2020 Bid going forward, and in 2020 we Committee CEO Drogba, Eboue look forward to offering a model Masato Mizuno of clean sport as a legacy of excel- pose during a photo back Istanbul’s lence throughout the world.” session at the Japan’s record with doping is Tokyo metropolitan 2020 bid admirable, say sport insiders. government “It is true that Japan is one headquarters in ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST: of the strongest countries” Tokyo in this June Galatasaray’s two Ivory Coast as far as drug testing is con- 25, 2013, file photo. players in exile in Turkey, cerned, Canadian Dick Pound, Tokyo welcomed Didier Drogba and Emmanuel an International Olympic Eboue, yesterday gave their Committee member who was the the ‘highly positive’ backing to Istanbul’s bid to first president of the World Anti- IOC report on host the 2020 Olympic Games. Doping Agency (WADA), said in bids for the 2020 Drogba said on the sidelines Lausanne. Summer Olympics, of the general assembly of “The country that does have a which highlighted the Association of National few problems is Spain,” he said, its ability to host Olympic Committees of Africa but added it would not be the safe and compact conference, scheduled to start decisive factor in the final deci- Games on solid in Abidjan today, that Istanbul sion on awarding the competition. financial strength. was an “ideal” choice. The IOC meets in Buenos Aires “Turkey has an excellent in September to decide which sporting culture, the country of the three shortlisted cities makes athletes its priority. -- Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid had been doing well, pushing its “It is a fantastic inspiration,” is absolutely doping free, but we “On the other hand, drugs are Istanbul would be an ideal host -- will play host to thousand of status as a bridge between Europe he said. obviously do know that some associated with evil and things for the 2020 Olympic Games. athletes for the 2020 summer and Asia, but recent disturbances “Using the Games to inspire have more risk of having doping that do harm.” Istanbul has that magic that Games. in which riot police fired teargas anyone to increase their deter- because of their historical culture In society at large, penalties for every athlete loves,” said the Tokyo has received widespread against demonstrators will have rence, increase their intelligence of athletes and coaches who were drug possession are stiff, and can former Chelsea striker. praise for a bid that promises a given some IOC members pause on the way their testing” is done doping than in other countries,” include jail for even the possession Defender Eboue for his part highly compact and environ- for thought. will really help. said Budgett. of small amounts of marijuana. said the city on the Bosphorus mentally friendly games in a city WADA figures show that more “I think Japan with their strong “And the statistics show that “It is impossible to know for was inspiring, while the passion with an already well-developed than 100 athletes were caught for history of anti-doping, with their there is a very low incidence of sure that any country, any sport, of Turkish sports fans “guaran- infrastructure. doping violations in the run-up very active large laboratory, will doping in Japan. I suspect that is is doping free because the athletes tees a fantastic experience for Growing public support for the to and during last year’s London be a great place to do that,” he related to the social structure and are not tested all the time,” said international athletes”. project is also helping, making Olympics. Tokyo will be looking added. the character of Japanese sport,” Budgett. Istanbul is up against Madrid Tokyo the bookies’ favourite. to better that. According to the Japan Anti- he said. But an avowal to make the and Tokyo to be named host It is seen as ready to trounce The IOC brings with it a for- Doping Agency (JADA), only 40 Atsuko Okamoto, a researcher Olympic Games as free from city for the Games in seven Madrid, where the expense of midable anti-doping appara- cases of doped athletes have been at Waseda University in Tokyo, drugs as possible, he says, is a years’ time. The winning candi- hosting one of the biggest sport- tus, which its medical director, discovered in Japan since 2007. agrees. great ambition. date will be chosen at a meeting ing jamborees on the planet is Richard Budgett, said would be The US Anti-Doping Agency “Athletes here convey a positive “We can use the Games to of the International Olympic worrying citizens already groan- augmented by a national system. website, meanwhile, shows there image with values such as health, improve the level of antidoping Committee in Buenos Aires on ing under the weight of austerity He said the aim of holding a were 37 doping violations in the effort, sportsmanship, which ele- in any host country and that... is September 7. REUTERS measures. doping-free Olympics was a noble US in 2012 alone. vates them to the level of heroes (a) fantastic legacy,” he said. Commentators say Istanbul one. “We can’t say that any country for many people,” she said. AFP Spain gripped by sporting ‘crisis’

MADRID: Think Spanish sport lose motivation,” the 29-year-old and images that spring to mind added. include the nation’s all-conquer- “I couldn’t afford to buy a pair ing soccer team, Rafa Nadal of short trousers for the summer Rafael Nadal (left) of hoisting aloft the French Open and it’s embarrassing to ask my Spain with Spanish trophy or Fernando Alonso mother. Crown Prince Felipe burning up a Formula One track “It has an effect on your train- in his Ferrari. ing, you are down in the dumps after the French While these are some of the and your work is of poorer Open final at Roland highest-profile and wealthi- quality.” Garros in Paris, est athletes on the planet, and Botella’s experience is not an France, in this June a source of immense national isolated case. 10, 2013, file photo. pride, recession-hobbled Spain is He and his disgruntled team Nadal, who has won increasingly having to face up to mates sent an open letter to the more than $55m in a new reality marked by sting- gymnastics federation (RFEG) prize money alone, ing budget cuts that threaten the last month complaining that is one of the few country’s status as a hive of sport- budget cuts had left them with Spanish sports ing excellence. only one physiotherapist for 32 stars to have done Elite competitors from athlet- athletes and practically no medi- well professionally. ics and swimming to rowing and cal services. Recession- gymnastics are being denied basic Carlos Perez, a kayak gold hobbled Spain is facilities, face delays in grant medallist with Saul Craviotto increasingly having payments and in some cases, are in Beijing in 2008, angrily told to face up to a new forced to pay for travel, accom- Marca sports daily last week he reality marked by modation and equipment. would have to pay his own way to They are scarcely the ideal con- compete at the world champion- stinging budget ditions for a bid to improve on a ships in Duisburg starting next cuts that threaten disappointing 21st-place finish month. the country’s in the medal table at last year’s “It’s a disgrace having to pay to status as a hive of London Olympics when the next represent Spain,” Perez told the sporting excellence. Summer Games take place in Rio newspaper. Carlos Perez, de Janeiro in 2016. The tribulations of Botella, Spain’s kayak gold Nor does the current finan- Perez and others like them are medallist, recently cial crunch suggest Spain will be partly the result of deep cuts to said: “It’s a disgrace reliving the euphoria of Barcelona government subsidies for Spain’s having to pay to 1992 or emulating the stunning sports federations, part of a wider represent Spain.” performance of 2012 hosts Britain effort to rein in state spending. if Madrid beats Istanbul and Public assistance totalled 76.3m Tokyo to win the right to host the euros ($98.1m) in 2009 but has Summer Olympics in 2020. more than halved since then to a Local media talk of a “crisis” mere 34.1m this year. and the issue has been given The soccer federation (RFEF), an unusual amount of coverage which has a host of corporate 7m in 2008, according to RFEA “We hope that the general is a mere 843,000 euros, compared suffering while officials continue alongside the latest news about sponsors and is flush with cash president Jose Maria Odriozola. economic situation improves and with 2.2m in 2008, Sanchez said. to pay themselves fat salaries and soccer giants Real Madrid and after a run of success in inter- Spanish track and field ath- that at least this year’s level of “On the economic level it’s benefit from free travel and gen- Barcelona. national tournaments, can afford letes have performed particularly subsidy will be maintained,” he going to be very tough,” he erous expenses. “The moment will come to forego its subsidy and is not poorly in recent years and failed said. explained yesterday. “The federations present a dev- when all Spanish athletes are affected by the cuts. to win a single Olympic medal in “We expect a bigger subsidy “We hope things remain stable astating and unsustainable pic- reduced to mediocrity,” gymnast For most of the rest, however, Beijing or London. that reflects our merits and the now but such deep cuts like this ture in the light of the current Isaac Botella, who was sixth in the picture is anything but rosy With even less cash available importance of our sport.” year are very difficult for the fed- economic crisis, the most severe the men’s vault at the London and a recent report in El Pais for athletes and technical staff, The Spanish volleyball federa- erations to cope with.” Spain has experienced in recent Olympics, told radio station newspaper suggested 25 of Spain’s the outlook is bleak. The federa- tion (RFEVB) depended even A further dimension to the decades,” El Pais wrote. Cadena Ser this week. 63 federations were flirting with tion had trimmed 23 of 64 perma- more heavily on government story is the perception that some “It is the fruit of disorder and Botella said he had not received bankruptcy. nent staff, the value of grants for handouts than athletics, with federations have not been run as a lack of budget control in the any grant cash since January and The plight of the athletics fed- athletes had fallen 45 percent and subsidies making up roughly half well as they should have and that bonanza times, exaggerated by without regular employment, was eration (RFEA) is typical. those preparing for Rio 2016 will its budget compared to 35 percent they are partly responsible for the notion that sport is different, having to rely on his parents for Its subsidy was slashed 47 per- have as much as 35 percent less for the RFEA, according to secre- their current woes. that reality does not affect it and support. cent this year compared with 2012 funding than before the London tary general Juan Pedro Sanchez. Some athletes have complained that rigour, control and austerity “It hurts quite a lot and you and had sunk to 2.8m euros from Games, Odriozola said. The RFEVB’s subsidy for 2013 that they are the ones who are are not applicable.” REUTERS FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Heritage Kittel edges past Cavendish Classic Tour de France: The German rider pips the Briton to grab 12th stage added to

TOURS, FRANCE: Germany’s Marcel Kittel claimed his third ambitious stage win of the 100th Tour de France when he beat Britain’s Mark Cavendish to victory in German rider Marcel outdoor the 12th stage yesterday. Kittel (right) of the Kenyan-born Briton Chris Argos Shimano Froome of Team Sky finished procycling team is the stage among the leaders to on his way to win schedule protect his 3min 25sec lead over the 12th stage of the Spain’s Alejandro Valverde of 100th edition of the VA NCOU V ER: The Movistar. Tour de France 2013 Vancouver Canucks will host Froome did well to stay clear of cycling race between the Ottawa Senators in a two crashes in the closing kilome- Fougeres and Tours, return of the Heritage Classic tres, and despite the flat terrain, France, yesterday. next season, the National he admitted: “It seems like there’s At center is second Hockey League said yester- no such thing as an easy day on placed British rider day, adding a sixth date to the the Tour de France. It was a hard league’s ambitious schedule of Mark Cavendish of day out there. outdoor games. the Omega Pharma “Every time I cross the finish The Canucks will become the line there’s a little sigh of relief.” Quick Step cycling first NHL team to host a game As Froome took another step team. BELOW: in a retractable-roof facility towards an anticipated yellow jer- Britain’s Christopher and just the third Canadian sey battle in the Alps beginning Froome celebrates NHL team to stage a regular- Sunday, Kittel further under- the overall leader’s season game outdoors, follow- lined his status as the race’s top yellow jersey on the ing the Edmonton Oilers in sprinter. podium yesterday. 2003 and Calgary Flames in The victory was Kittel’s third 2011. win of the race after the opening The site, BC Place, was also stage and stage 10, when sprint the venue used for the open- rival Cavendish came third hav- ing ceremonies of the 2010 ing caused a crash which brought Vancouver Olympics, marking down Kittel’s Argos teammate the first time the opening of a Tom Veelers. Winter Games had been staged “Today was a true sprint, that’s indoors. why I’m particularly happy,” said “With one of the world’s Kittel, who had beaten Cavendish “Edvald got caught out in the on to Cavendish’s wheel in the great facilities as the setting, earlier this season in the Grand crash but we don’t think his col- final 250 metres and pulled off Tour de France and one of the world’s most Prix de l’Escaut. larbone is broken,” said Brailsford. to the left to pass the Manxman overall standings scenic cities as the backdrop, “I’ve waited a long time for a “But we will be taking him to with relative ease in the closing the 2014 NHL Heritage Classic moment like this.” hospital for further examinations 50. TOURS: Overall standings after the 12th at BC Place in Vancouver will Kittel, though, had one less tonight.” “When I saw he’d passed me I stage of the Tour de France, a 218.0km ride honour hockey’s Canadian opponent to deal with for the When it came to the crunch, just went on his wheel. It wasn’t from Fougères to Tours yesterday: heritage,” NHL commis- bunch gallop to the finish after Kittel, racing his second Tour about timing, it was just about sioner Gary Bettman said in a compatriot Andre Greipel (Lotto) having quit with a viral infection giving it everything,” added Kittel, 1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 47h19min statement. was one of several riders brought on his debut last year, showed his who notched up Germany’s fifth 13sec “With the excitement, the down in a crash inside the closing previous wins were no fluke. win from the 12 stages held so far. entertainment, the com- 2 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) at 3:25. four kilometres. After the final bend helped Cavendish, who yesterday had petitiveness and the fun of Edvald Boasson Hagen, thin out the group of frontrun- urine thrown at him by a roadside 3 Bauke Mollema (NED/BKN) 3:37. this game, the Canucks and Froome’s Sky team-mate, was also ners even further, Cavendish was fan during the 11th stage time Senators will create special involved and came over the finish brought on to the home straight trial at Mont Saint-Michel, has 4 Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 3:54. memories for hockey fans holding his collarbone although in textbook fashion by Belgian won only one stage so far on this everywhere.” team boss Dave Brailsford had lead-out man Gert Steegmans. edition, taking his career tally to 5 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 3:57. Following a bitter lockout reassuring news. Kittel, however, jumped quickly 24. REUTERS that cut the NHL to just 48 6 Laurens ten Dam (NED/BKN) 4:10. Yesterday’s results games last season the league 7 Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 4:44. is betting on the outdoor series 1 Marcel Kittel (Germany / Argos) to help bring back fans and Polish rider Michal 8 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 5:18. 4:49:49” attract new ones. Kwiatkowski The Vancouver game is the (centre) of Omega 9 Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 5:37. 2 Mark Cavendish (Britain / Omega latest addition to the NHL’s Pharma - Quick-Step) ST Pharma Quick Step outdoor extravaganza, which 10 Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) and his team-mates 3 Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Cannondale) will kick off on New Year’s 5:39. Day with the Winter Classic in action during the 4 Alexander Kristoff (Norway / Katusha) 12th stage of the 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 5:48. between the Detroit Red Wings 100th edition of 5 Roberto Ferrari (Italy / Lampre) and Toronto Maple Leafs. the Tour de France 12 Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) The game, played at 6 Daryl Impey (South Africa / Orica) Michigan Stadium known as 2013 cycling race 5:48. the ‘Big House’, is expected to between Fougeres 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain / Movistar) 13 Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 5:52. attract a record NHL crowd of and Tours, France, 8 Yohann Gene (France / Europcar) close to 110,000. yesterday. 14 Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 6:54. 9 Juan Jose Lobato (Spain / Euskaltel) The Winter Classic, which 15 Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 8:04. was scrapped last year due to 10 Samuel Dumoulin (France / AG2R) of the lockout, will be followed by what is being promoted as a four-game Stadium Series that kicks off on January 25 in sunny Los Angeles with the Rugby: Pape Three athletes Kings hosting the Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium, returns after charged with Rossi heads to Germany home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. back injury rape in KL The series will also include two games at Yankee Stadium PARIS: France rugby union KUALA LUMPUR: Three with the New York Rangers captain Pascal Pape yesterday young Malaysian handball play- ‘with new spirit’ facing off against the New returned to training for the first ers have been charged with Jersey Devils on January 26 time since injuring his back in raping an official at a national SACHSENRING, Germany: and LCR Honda MotoGP’s local and the New York Islanders on the Six Nations, announced tournament, a government law- Nine-time World Champion boy Stefan Bradl. January 29 in the first hockey Stade Francais coach Gonzalo yer said yesterday, in a case that Valentino Rossi (pictured) even Pedrosa, who has stormed to games to be played at the Quesada. has shocked the country’s sport- surprised himself with his magi- victory in Germany for the last iconic Major League Baseball “Pape had his first rugby ses- ing fraternity. cal return to winning form at three years in succession, is aware stadium. sion today and it went well,” the The alleged gang-rape of the Assen and he now approaches that competition this year will be The series concludes March Argentinian, who was appointed female official has sparked wide- the Sachsenring with an invig- strong. 1 when the Chicago Blackhawks in the close season from Racing spread public anger, as officials orated spirit. “We have to work very strong host the Pittsburgh Penguins Metro, told reporters. demanded tough punishment for Indeed, given what his 80th on the weekend and go practice at Soldier Field, home of the “He’s 100 percent in the pro- the perpetrators. premier class victory meant to by practice, trying out the tyres National Football League’s gramme set out. He’s even a bit The victim was a communica- his team and masses of loyal fans, on the bike to find a good setting Chicago Bears, followed by ahead. We thought we’d get him tions liaison officer for the Federal Rossi carries huge motivation into and have a good race result for the the Canucks and Senators on back into the rugby in the week Territories girls’ handball team at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix team and myself,” Pedrosa said. March 2. of July 22, so he’s a couple early.” the recent inter-state Malaysia Deutschland, at a venue where “I think we were struggling The NHL has marketed the Pape, capped 46 times for Games. he holds a solid record. on tracks where we have always outdoor games with great suc- his country, was injured during Deputy public prosecutor Tan The Sachsenring circuit has struggled, so of course we were cess trading on the romanti- France’s 23-18 defeat to Italy in Gin Han said the court had set witnessed numerous victories behind, but we more of less cism of the sport’s outdoor the opening match of their disas- August 20 for a judge to announce for the Italian, with Rossi having expected that. I think we can have roots. trous 2013 Six Nations campaign a possible trial date. taken a 250 win in 1999 and four some good races from now on.” The 2014 matchup between on February 3. The three players -- aged MotoGP victories at the track in will be Laguna Seca. These will Despite only two weeks in to Vancouver and Ottawa recalls The 32-year-old lock was sub- between 18 and 19 -- pleaded not 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2009. be two very important weekends.” his healing process from a bro- and celebrates some of the ear- sequently ruled out of the remain- guilty, he said. “I’m going to the Sachsenring Then riding for Ducati Team, ken collarbone, Lorenzo is keen liest history of the Stanley Cup. der of the tournament, which saw Tan said the three who were with a new spirit,” the Yamaha Rossi finished ninth in Germany to mount a serious challenge on In 1915, the Vancouver France finish bottom of the final charged in the sessions court were: Factory Racing rider states. in 2011 and last year he was sixth, his compatriot. Millionaires, the first profes- standings. Adib Adha Ismail, Megat Farzeril “I am very happy for the which was his best dry weather “I was really surprised to have sional hockey team on the Quesada warned that coach- and Mohammad Shaizzad. Holland race. Now I want to keep result from the first eight races the possibility to race at Assen, West Coast, were crowned ing staff had to keep an eye on The trio were freed on bail it going like that. We also want to of 2012. but I am also surprised at the very champions of the Pacific Coast Pape to ensure that he came back despite objections from the prose- confirm at the Sachsenring the Meanwhile the Germany Grand quick recovery that I am having,” Hockey Association. at the right time. But he said he cutor, defence lawyer Suraj Singh step we’ve made with the bike. Prix kicked off today with the Lorenzo said. At the same time, in the was still hoping that he would be said. “We must continue to improve pre-race conference where Repsol “Every day I feel a big improve- rival league from the East, the available for selection for the start The incident was said to have the bike, as we did after test- Honda Team’s current MotoGP ment, also because I have the National Hockey Association, of the upcoming season. occurred in the early hours of July ing at Aragon, because we now championship leader Dani physio working with me every which two years later became Quesada, meanwhile, said that 4 in a room at a games village want to try to fight for important Pedrosa was joined by Yamaha day, morning and afternoon, lots the National Hockey League, Stade Francais were looking to during the ongoing competition. positions. Factory Racing duo Jorge Lorenzo of hours working together. I don’t the Ottawa Senators were build on their 10th place finish It was reported that the “We want to stay with the top and Rossi, as well as Monster feel perfect, but I feel much bet- skating to a league title. last season and were targeting 19-year-old victim was semi- guys every weekend. I really like Yamaha Tech3’s Cal Crutchlow, ter than I did at Assen and that REUTERS the top half of the table. AFP conscious at the time. AFP the Sachsenring and then there Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso is very good.” AGENCIES FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Page 21: Kittel edges past Cavendish in stage 12 Courageous Agar lights up Ashes The debutant smashes 98 batting at number 11 as Australia fight back on day two

NOTTINGHAM: Teenage Australia debutant Ashton Agar Highest Test scores fell agonisingly short of becom- ing the first Test match No 11 to by No 11 batsmen Australia’s Ashton Agar score a century as he frustrated NOTTINGHAM: Highest Test scores by No (left) is congratulated England with a record-break- 11 batsmen (score, player, team, opposi- ing 98 on the second day of the tion, venue, year): by England’s Graeme Ashes opener at Trent Bridge Swann as he leaves 98 Ashton Agar AUS vs ENG Nottingham yesterday. the pitch following his 2013 It seemed England would have a dismissal for 98 runs commanding first innings lead as 95 Tino Best WIS vs ENG Birmingham during the second day’s Australia collapsed to 117 for nine 2012 play of the first cricket in reply to the Ashes-holders’ first 75 Zaheer Khan IND v BAN Dhaka 2004 Test match of the 2013 innings 215. Ashes series at Trent But 19-year-old Agar went on 68 no Richard Collinge NZL vs PAK Bridge in Nottingham to make the highest score by any Auckland 1973 yesterday. Teenage Test No 11, surpassing Tino Best’s 62 no Albert Vogler RSA vs ENG Cape Town debutant Agar frustrated 95 for the West Indies against 1906 England with a record- England at Edgbaston last year. breaking innings, as Together with fellow left- 61 Glenn McGrath AUS vs NZL Brisbane 2004 Australia seized an hander Phil Hughes (81 not out), improbable lead on the Agar shared a 10th wicket Test 60 no Wasim Bari PAK vs WIS Bridgetown second day of the first record partnership of 163 to take 1977 Ashes Test. Last man Australia to 280. 59 no John Snow ENG vs WIS The Oval That topped the previous Agar, 19, smashed a 1966 last wicket record stand of 151 111-year-old record for held jointly by Brian Hastings 59 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK vs RSA the highest score by a and Richard Collinge for New Rawalpindi 1997 No 11 batsman on Test debut of 45 not out Zealand against Pakistan at 54 Pat Symcox RSA vs AUS Adelaide set by Australia great Auckland in 1972/73 and Azhar 1998 Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed Warwick Armstrong for Pakistan against South Africa 52 Rodney Hogg AUS vs WIS Georgetown against England at at Rawalpindi in 1997/98. 1984 the Melbourne Cricket Left-arm paceman Mitchell 50 no Wes Hall WIS vs IND Port-of-Spain Ground in 1902. Starc then followed up by taking 1962 two wickets in successive balls to leave England floundering at 11 50 Fred Spofforth AUS vs ENG Melbourne for two. 1885 But England captain Alastair 50 Ghulam Ahmed IND vs PAK Delhi Cook (37 not out) and Kevin 1952 Pietersen (35 not out) rebuilt the Scoreboard Ponting hits century in innings with an unbroken stand of Agar’s new records England (I Innings) ...... 215 5-108, 6-113, 7-114, 8-114, 9-117, 10-280 69 that left the hosts 80 for two at Agar and Hughes’ partnership of 163 is the Australia (I Innings) Bowling: Anderson 24-2-85-5; Finn 15-0-80- stumps -- a lead of 15 runs. first-class farewell highest for a 10th wicket in Tests. It was pre- S Watson c Root b Finn ...... 13 2; Swann 19-4-60-2; Broad 6.5-0-40-1. “When I walked to the crease viously 151, jointly held by New Zealand’s C Rogers lbw b Anderson ...... 16 England (II Innings) I was thinking we were in a little LONDON: Ricky Ponting (pictured below) bowed out in style as Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge (1973) E Cowan c Swann b Finn ...... 0 A Cook (batting) ...... 37 bit of trouble but the wicket was the former Australia captain hit 169 not out for Surrey in his final and Mushtaq Ahmed and Azhar Mahmood of M Clarke b Anderson ...... 0 J Root c Haddin b Starc ...... 5 good,” Agar told BBC Radio’s Test first-class innings against Nottinghamshire yesterday. Pakistan (1998). S Smith c Prior b Anderson ...... 53 J Trott lbw b Starc ...... 0 Match Special after stumps. P Hughes not out ...... 81 K Pietersen (batting) ...... 35 Ponting had moved from his overnight Agar is the first debutant number 11 to score “I have always tried to play B Haddin b Swann ...... 1 Extras (B1, NB2) ...... 3 41 to 108 by lunch on the final day of the a Test half-century, the previous highest freely and naturally and I don’t P Siddle c Prior b Anderson ...... 1 Total (2 wkts, 43 overs, 191 mins) 80 County Championship First Division match score was Australian Warwick Armstrong’s really get too nervous. There are M Starc c Prior b Anderson ...... 0 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-11 at the Oval and he remained unbeaten 45 in 1902. a lot of people who would love to J Pattinson lbw b Swann ...... 2 To bat: I Bell, J Bairstow, M Prior, S Broad, G throughout his 319-ball innings, which be doing what I’m doing.” It was only the third time in Test history the A Agar c Swann b Broad ...... 98 Swann, S Finn, J Anderson included 18 fours, to help Surrey rescue Australia resumed yesterday 10th-wicket pair have doubled their team’s Extras (LB15) ...... 15 Bowling: Pattinson 9-3-27-0 (1nb); Starc 13- a draw. on 75 for four, a deficit of 140 total. Australia were 117-9 and then 280 all Total (all out, 64.5 overs, 293 mins) ... 280 4-15-2; Agar 9-3-29-0 (1nb); Siddle 9-4-8-0; The 38-year-old, who retired from inter- runs, after an overcast first day out. Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-19, 3-22, 4-53, Watson 3-3-0-0 national cricket in December 2012 with a where seamer Peter Siddle rocked Test average of 51.85, had reached the land- England with five for 50. But mark of 24,000 first-class runs at the start yesterday saw sunshine and blue of his second innings on Wednesday. skies which promised better bat- After being dismissed for just 29 in the ting conditions for Steven Smith, first innings, Ponting made the most of his 38 not out overnight, and Hughes. final chance and reached three figures by James Anderson, who on charging down the pitch to spinner Samit Patel and smashing a four. Wednesday had gone past It was the second century of Ponting’s short spell at Surrey after he England fast bowling great Fred hit 192 on his debut against Derbyshire. Trueman’s record of 307 Test By reaching three figures, Ponting went past Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin wickets, made the breakthrough Tendulkar and Mark Waugh in the all-time list of first-class hundred yester day on his way to an makers to join current Australia coach Darren Lehmann on 82. innings return of five wickets fir Just before tea, Ponting lifted Graeme White for two fours in an over. Smith, driving loosely at Having faced 294 deliveries, Ponting went past the 150-mark with an Anderson, gaining reverse-swing, all run four to the point boundary shortly after the break. was caught behind by wicket- Ponting, who will retire from all forms of cricket in October, was keeper Matt Prior for 53. still there when the match was declared a draw, lifting his first-class This was the start of an run tally to 24,150 runs at an average of 55.90 in 289 appearances. Australia collapse that saw five Cricket Australia tweeted their congratulations to their former skip- wickets lost for nine runs. per: “Massive congratulations to Ricky Ponting for scoring a century Agar did survive a desperately in his final FC innings. A true champion of the game!” close stumping appeal from Prior Although Ponting will not make any more Championship appear- off spinner Graeme Swann on six, ances for Surrey, with South Africa’s JP Duminy set to replace him as with Australia then 131 for nine -- the county’s overseas player, he will be turning out for them in one-day 84 runs adrift -- as third umpire matches until the end of July. Marais Erasmus eventually ruled While Australia’s batsmen struggled against England in the first in his favour. Australia’s Ashton Agar stands with his parents Sonia (left) and John after play in the first Ashes cricket Test innings of the opening Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, another of their Agar, a shock selection for match against England at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham, England, yesterday. Batting at number former players was also in the runs as Lancashire’s Simon Katich this Test after playing just 10 11, Agar scored 98 in his first dig as an Australian Test cricketer. scored 200 in their Championship match against Northamptonshire. first-class matches for Western REUTERS Australia with a highest score of 71 not out, then cashed in with shots reminiscent of India’s Yuvraj Singh including two magnificent Indian straight sixes off Swann. Boycott takes a swing cricketer But, in sight of a century, Agar Bhuvneshwar -- recently playing club cricket for Kumar southern English side Henley -- celebrates pulled Stuart Broad to Swann at dismissing deep midwicket to end a two-and- at Ashes batsmen Sri Lankan quarter hour innings of 101 balls including 12 fours and two sixes. NOTTINGHAM: England “It’s just swung in the air was one of the most disappoint- batsman “I tried to hit that last ball a great Geoffrey Boycott was left and there have been some awful ing because he had played so well Mahela little flatter, I was a little disap- lamenting the inability of bats- shots,” former opener Boycott, to get to 48,” said Boycott. Jayawardene pointed not to get a hundred but men on both sides to play the now a BBC Radio Test Match “He was so confident in his during the I didn’t think I would get 98 when swinging ball after a remarkable Special commentator, said. footwork he was moving about in final match of I walked out there so I can’t com- start to the 2013 Ashes series “Playing swing is a skill -- you his crease as Peter Siddle bowled. the Tri-Nation plain too much,” Agar said. saw 22 wickets fall on the first have to see the line and play it He looked like he was on for a series at England then saw Joe Root two days at Trent Bridge. as late as possible,” explained big one until he tried to chase a the Queen’s caught down the legside by wick- After Ashes-holders England the 72-year-old Yorkshireman, ball that was very wide. He would Park Oval etkeeper Brad Haddin off Starc won the toss and batted in over- scorer of 22 Test hundreds and have struggled to get to that with Stadium in and next ball Jonathan Trott was cast conditions in Nottingham renowned as an outstanding a stump, never mind a bat.” Port of Spain given not out by Pakistani umpire on Wednesday they were bowled defensive batsman. Yet again, England made a poor yesterday. Aleem Dar after a raucous lbw out for 215, with Australia fast- “Michael Clarke was dismissed start with the bat to a Test series India won appeal. medium bowler Peter Siddle tak- by an absolute corker but a lot of and a frustrated Boycott said in the toss and Australia reviewed the decision ing five for 50. batsmen on both sides gave their the interview: “It’s been happen- elected to field and, with the technology at his Australia yesterday reached wickets away.” ing too often, where England col- first. disposal not detecting an edge, 280 before being dismissed and No England batsman made lapse in the first innings of the Erasmus instructed the decision England in return lost two more more than Jonathan Trott’s 48. first Test match of a series.” be reversed. REUTERS wickets at stumps. “Jonathan Trott’s dismissal REUTERS FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER BASE jumper Semjon Lazarev of Russia wears an outfit modelled after a Batman suit as he leaps before opening his parachute during the Tallinn TV Tower BASE Boogie 2013 event yesterday. More than 60 BASE jumpers from fourteen countries are taking part in the annual event. MUSCAT 36/29 Partly cloudy 35/30 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 47/33 Clear 47/33 Clear BAHRAIN 39/31 Clear 38/33 Clear SANAA 29/18 T-storms 28/17 Chance of storm RIYADH 46/31 Clear 46/31 Clear DUBAI 43/33 Clear 44/33 Clear Alien ‘deep blue’ planet found BAGHDAD 43/30 Clear 44/29 Clear PARIS: Astronomers said yes- by Hubble and other telescopes. the planet’s surface, a property HD 189733b is an example of terday they had found another “Measuring its colour is a real known as albedo, in order to cal- a “hot Jupiter” planet, similar in THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW blue planet a long, long way first — we can actually imag- culate its colour. size to the gas giants in our own HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER from Earth — no water world, ine what this planet would look The blue comes not from the Solar System, but closer to their but a scorching, hostile place like if we were able to look at it reflection of a tropical ocean, as in parent star. ATHENS 33/24 Partly cloud 32/25 Clear where it rains glass, sideways. directly,” said Frederic Pont of Earth’s case, but a hazy, turbulent “It’s difficult to know exactly WASHINGTON 25/21 Chance of storm 27/22 T-storms Using the Hubble Space the University of Exeter, who co- atmosphere believed to be laced what causes the colour of a plan- Telescope, scientists from Nasa wrote the paper in Astrophysical with silicate particles — the stuff et’s atmosphere, even for planets SYDNEY 18/11 Partly cloudy 18/09 Partly cloudy and its European counterpart, Journal Letters. of which glass is made. in the Solar System,” said Pont. LONDON 26/16 Partly cloudy 30/18 Clear ESA, have for the first time deter- Pont and a team measured These particles scatter blue “But these new observations PARIS 26/16 Clear 27/17 Clear mined the true colour of an exo- how much light was reflected off light, said the team. add another piece of the puzzle ISTANBUL 25/21 Clear 25/20 Clear planet, celestial bodies which orbit over the nature and atmosphere MANILA 31/25 T-storms 31/25 Chance of storm stars other than our own Sun. of HD 189733b. We are slowly DHAKA 32/25 Chance of storm 32/26 Chance of storm They concluded that HD painting a more complete picture DELHI 33/26 Mostly cloudy 36/26 Chance of storm 189733b, a gas giant 63 light- of this exotic planet.” ISLAMABAD 36/27 Clear 38/27 Clear years from our own planet, was a A total of 723 confirmed extra- deep cobalt blue, “reminiscent of solar planets have been found Earth’s colour as seen from space.” since the first was spotted in 1995, “But that’s where the similari- according to a tally kept by the ties end,” said a statement. website http://exoplanets.org. New Nokia smartphone This planet orbits very close to More than 3,000 sightings by its host star and its atmosphere the specialist Kepler orbital tel- is heated to over 1,000 degrees escope await confirmation. Celsius. So far, no exoplanet spotted has monster camera “It rains glass, sideways, in has the potential to be a home howling 7,000 kilometre-per-hour away from home; a rocky planet NEW YORK CITY: Finland’s winds,” said the statement. that orbits in a balmy zone, ena- Nokia unveiled its latest smart- The planet is one of the nearest bling water to exist in liquid phone yesterday with a power- exoplanets to Earth that can be form and thus nurture life as we An artist’s impression of exoplanet HD 189733b orbiting its yellow-orange ful 41-megapixel camera touted seen crossing the face of its star, know it. star, HD 189733. as offering “more detail than and has been intensively studied AFP the eye can see.” In unveiling the new device in New York, Nokia said its Lumia 1020 smartphone “is able to pro- duce some of the sharpest images Kremlin turns back possible by any digital camera.” The 41-megapixel camera on the back of the Lumia 1020. Country music star Travis The Windows-powered phone has six physical lenses and opti- to typewriters to cal image stabilisation, and can five-megapixel picture that is handle sound pressure levels six easy to share on social networks, out of surgery after stroke times louder than conventional Nokia said. avoid leaks smartphone microphones, the Tony Cripps, analyst at the DALLAS: Grammy award-winning company said. research firm Ovum, said Nokia’s country music singer Randy Travis (pic- MOSCOW: A Russian state service in charge “We want to take people on a new device “sets a new benchmark tured) is out of emergency surgery but of safeguarding Kremlin communications is journey from capturing pictures for high-end smartphone engi- still in critical condition after suffering looking to purchase an array of old-fashioned to recording and sharing their neering” and highlights Nokia’s a stroke in a Texas hospital, representa- typewriters to prevent leaks from computer lives,” said Stephen Elop, presi- technical strengths. “But the tives for the singer and the medical facil- hardware, sources said yesterday. dent and chief executive. company must still overcome ity said late on Wednesday. The throwback to the paper-strewn days of “The Nokia Lumia 1020 will incumbent rivals, slow adoption The procedure was intended to relieve Soviet bureaucracy has reportedly been prompted bring new meaning to pictures of Windows Phone and a modest pressure on the brain of the 54-year-old by the publication of secret documents by anti- and continues to strengthen marketing budget if it is to finally Travis, who was hospitalised on Sunday for secrecy website WikiLeaks and revelations by Nokia’s leadership in imaging.” help the company turn a financial a heart condition caused by a virus, Baylor former US intelligence contractor Edward The phone, which will be sold corner after its recent time in the Health Care System said in a statement Snowden. in the US market this month and doldrums,” Cripps added. on its website. The Federal Guard Service, which is also in in Europe and China in the com- Daniel Gleeson at IHS had a “He is out of surgery and remains in charge of protecting President Vladimir Putin, is ing weeks, features a new photo similar view. critical condition,” the singer’s spokesman looking to spend about 486,000 rubles ($14,800) to application designed for profes- “The Lumia 1020 will act as Kirt Webster said in an email. buy electric typewriters, according to the site of sional quality images. a halo product to boost Nokia’s Webster had earlier said the singer’s state procurement agency, zakupki.gov.ru. Using a feature called dual brand appeal,” he said, but “will family and friends were with him at the “This purchase has been planned for more capture, the phone 1020 simul- not ship sufficient volumes to Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, located than a year,” a source at the service, known by taneously takes a high-reso- turn around the company’s for- north of Dallas, and that they requested its Russian acronymum FSO, said yesterday. The lution 38-megapixel image for tunes on its own.” the prayers and support of his fans. The notice on the site was posted last week. A spokes- editing opportunities, and a AFP representative said Travis’ stroke was woman for the service declined comment. a “complication of his congestive heart Pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia said that the failure.” state service was looking to purchase 20 typer- Webster did not specify what type writers because using computers to prepare top- of stroke the 54-year-old singer had known for hits such as “Forever and Ever, secret documents may no longer be safe. suffered. Amen” and “Three Wooden Crosses,” “After scandals with the distribution of The announcement of the stroke came Travis has received an outpouring of well secret documents by WikiLeaks, the exposes by just hours after doctors spoke publicly for wishes from country music stars and his Snowden, reports about Dmitry Medvedev being the first time about his condition, saying fans. listened in on during his visit to the G20 sum- the singer had been responding to treat- The singer, who lives in Tioga about mit in London, it has been decided to expand ment three days after being hospitalized 100km north of Dallas, was in excellent the practice of creating paper documents,” the for his heart condition. health until three weeks ago when he newspaper quoted an FSO source as saying. Travis was suffering from cardiomy- developed a viral upper respiratory illness, Unlike printers, every typewriter has its indi- opathy and congestive heart failure when one of his doctors said. vidual pattern of type so it is possible to link every he was admitted on Sunday, his doctors Legal troubles have put Travis in the document to a machine used to type it, Izvestia said. said. spotlight in the past year. He was arrested Documents leaked by Snowden appeared to Cardiomyopathy weakens and enlarges after Texas state troopers found him lying show that the UK spied on foreign delegates, the heart, making it difficult for the organ naked in the road near his crashed car including then president Medvedev at 2009 to pump, and can lead to heart failure. almost a year ago. He pleaded guilty to London G20 meetings, British newspaper The His publicist had said on Tuesday that drunken driving and was sentenced to Guardian said earlier. Travis had undergone a procedure to place two years probation and ordered to serve Russia was outraged by the revelations but said A view of the new Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone with a 41-megapixel a device in his heart to help it pump on 30 days at an in-patient alcohol treatment it had the means to protect itself. camera during a press event in New York yesterday. its own. facility. AGENCIES A six-time Grammy award winner REUTERS