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Doomed village 25 more cases Schools hint of MERS in Saudi Arabia RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has at increasing found 25 more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) as the rate of infec- tions rises and two more people have died from the new disease, transport fee the kingdom’s Health Ministry said. On Friday seven people were Diesel price hike to raise cost confirmed as having MERS, fol- lowed by 18 more yesterday, the DOHA: The 50 per cent hike Asked if the school is look- biggest daily increase in new in diesel prices imposed last ing forward to increasing the infections so far. week may have a direct impact monthly transport fees for stu- The total number of cases in on families, with some schools dents, he said: “Currently we are the kingdom is 396, of whom 109 indicating that they would be charging about QR200 for each have died. forced to hike the transport student who are availing of the The new cases include nine fees, if the Supreme Education bus service, but any increase in in Riyadh, 10 in Jeddah, four in Council (SEC) approves it. that amount is subject to prior Makkah and two in Medina. In Enquiries in the market also approval from the Supreme July many foreign pilgrims are revealed that some car rental Education Council.” expected to visit Makkah and companies have already raised Schools may not be able to Medina during the fasting month their charges for vehicles using increase the fees immediately, of Ramadan. Millions more are diesel, to keep up with the since the procedure for getting expected in early October for the price hike. an approval would take at least a annual Haj pilgrimage. An Afghan villager walks on top of a mud field at the scene of a landslide in Argo district of Badakhshan Schools hiring buses from pri- year, in normal cases. It is, how- On Friday, the United States vate transport companies have ever, not clear whether the SEC province of Afghanistan yesterday. A massive landslide on Friday buried a village in the province. Rescuers said it had discovered its first come under pressure because the would give any special approval in abandoned hope yesterday as hundreds were feared killed. See also page 12 confirmed case of the disease in companies have started asking for view of the hike in diesel prices. a man who had recently been a hike in rentals. An official of a car rental com- in Saudi Arabia. Egypt said it Official of a private school said pany said it had already revised discovered its first case, also in yesterday that the school manage- the prices for diesel-fuelled vehi- a man who had been in Saudi ment is expected to discuss this cles. “We have revised the prices Ship with a message reaches Doha Arabia, on Thursday. issue in the next few days. for new contracts being signed for Infections of MERS in Saudi “The sudden jump in diesel the lease of diesel-operated vehi- Arabia, where it was discovered prices has come as a shock to cles due to the hike in the prices,” DOHA: A Kuwaiti ship named ship include nine expert sailors to environmental pollution, cli- two years ago, have more than us. We hire the services of over said Ziad Usman, Assistant Rahlat-al-Amal (Trip of Hope), with the Kuwaiti naval force. mate change, road accidents and doubled since the start of April, 60 buses from different pri- General Manager of Al Muftah, a carrying mentally challenged The ship is to anchor at 37 marriage between blood relatives. but the total number of deaths vate transport companies, and leading car rental company, which people on a tour of 19 coun- ports across the world before The community must be aware of has increased at a slower rate. they have already started call- also provides diesel-run vehicles tries, anchored at Doha Port reaching the US after 210 days these issues,” said Amir Al Mulla. A higher number of people ing us for a hike in rentals cit- with fuel and driver. yesterday. touring the world. The ship left Kuwait for without symptoms are also being ing the sharp increase in diesel “For the contracts that we The voyage aims to promote the Parents or guardians of the a seven-month tour and found with the disease, suggest- prices,” K Joseph, Manager signed before the hike, we are cause of the mentally challenged. mentally challenged are also on is scheduled to return on ing that the rapid increase in (Administration) of Birla Public bound to abide by the old rentals The ship was received at the board. “We are happy to receive December 1. It first anchored recent weeks is partly due to School (BPS), which has a fleet of mentioned in agreements, but for port by Amir Al Mulla, executive the ship and help those on board at the port of Bahrain before wider testing of people who have 160 school buses, told this daily. the new contract we are charging director of the Qatar Federation reach their destinations to convey arriving in Doha. From Qatar, it been in close contact with MERS “I have informed the school’s between QR100 and QR150 more for People with Special Needs, Al a message from GCC to the world will sail to the UAE later going patients. senior management about this. depending on the consumption of Jazi Al Kuwari, deputy director about the importance of integrat- to Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, MERS, a form of coronavirus The management is expected diesel,” he added. Analysts believe of Cultural and Social Center and ing people with special needs with Egypt, Greek, Malta, Tunisia, like the more deadly SARS, can to meet within a day or two to that the increase in diesel prices Dr Sayf Al Hajri, vice chairman the community,” said Al Hajri. Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, cause fever, coughing, shortness address this big challenge,” said will trigger inflation. of Qatar Foundation. “The number of disabled in the UK and the US. of breath and pneumonia. Joseph. 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Violence moving Al Jazeera journalists Ukraine closer to civil war denied bail in Egypt CAIRO: The judge trying three that Al Jazeera is part of a pro- KIEV: Two days of chaos and Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt Brotherhood conspiracy. violence in east and south-east wished them a happy World But Fahmy, a Canadian- Ukraine appeared yesterday Press Freedom Day before Egyptian former CNN journal- to be pushing the country ever refusing them bail and adjourn- ist, told the judge that it was closer to civil war, as the death ing their case until May 15. normal for journalists to have toll rose following a military In a brief session yesterday, one contacts on all sides of the counter-offensive launched by of the trio, Al Jazeera English’s political spectrum — including authorities in Kiev against pro- Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed both supporters of the ousted Russia rebels. Fahmy, was allowed to leave the president, Mohamed Mursi, and An angry crowd confronted defendants’ cage to explain to the their liberal opponents, as well police outside the trade union judge the nature of journalism. as members of Egypt’s military building in Odessa where dozens The judge, Mohamed Nagy, then establishment. of pro-Russia activists died on adjourned proceedings because “I have great relations with state Friday night in a blaze started Fahmy’s lawyer had failed to turn security, with the army and the during clashes with pro-Ukraine up due to a private emergency. intelligence,” said Fahmy. “That’s protesters. Fighting continued Fahmy, the Australian ex-BBC normal, that’s journalism, that’s in the east as the Ukrainian journalist Peter Greste and a local my job.” army continued to oust pro- producer, Baher Mohamed, have Later Fahmy told journalists: Russia rebels. The region has been in jail since late December, “I feel like the court is starting been rocked by unrest since the and stand accused of creating to understand what we do for new government in Kiev came to false news, smearing Egypt’s a living.” This seventh session power following demonstrations reputation, and aiding terrorists. of the trio’s trial fell on World that ousted pro-Russia president They are charged alongside five Press Freedom Day, celebrating Al Jazeera English Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy (left) is given a microphone after being allowed to leave Viktor Yanukovich at the end students with connections to the the rights of journalists. the defendant’s cage to speak to Egyptian judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata (unseen) during the trial yesterday in of February. Many in Ukraine’s banned Muslim Brotherhood, and THE GUARDIAN east, which has strong economic the police institute near Cairo’s Turah prison. prosecutors have tried to show See also page 7 and cultural ties with Russia, say they now feel marginalised. What began as small-scale unrest rapidly escalated into an armed rebellion as pro-Russia militia Syria rebels in pullout talks South Korea ferry toll rises 3 killed in Kenya blast Carrefour plans to quit India groups seized government build- ings. Kiev and its western allies DAMASCUS: Talks on a rebel with- SEOUL: Eight more bodies were recov- MOMBASA: At least three people were NEW DELHI: Carrefour, the world’s have accused the Kremlin of drawal from a handful of besieged neigh- ered yesterday from the ferry that sank killed and several others wounded yes- second largest retailer, is working on a orchestrating the chaos, which bourhoods in Syria’s Homs have entered off South Korea last month, reports said, terday in twin attacks in Kenya’s coastal plan to exit India, media reports said follows a Putin-backed putsch their final phase, officials said yesterday, amid concern that some of the missing city of Mombasa, officials said. One blast yesterday, amid political uncertainty that resulted in Crimea’s annexa- as the army advanced around Damascus may never be found. Seventeen days later, occurred in the busy Mwembe Tayari about the future of multi-brand retail in tion last month. THE GUARDIAN and Aleppo. 236 people have been confirmed dead. area of the city centre, and the other the South Asian giant. See also page 10 See also page 6 See also page 11 close to a well-known beach hotel. See also page 20 SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME SCH to conduct survey on health expenditure Study on health insurance coverage

DOHA: The Supreme Council year, enhanced survey questions of Health (SCH) together with are used to gain an in-depth Qatar University’s Social and understanding of Qatar’s current Economic Survey Research healthcare system. Institute (SESRI) will conduct a “As with the first round, the nation-wide survey to assess the results of the survey will enable health utilisation, expenditure the decision makers to further and health services in Qatar, as enhance the design of evidence- well as to identify areas of dis- based health policies, which are Officials from Hamad Medical Corporation and The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago during the announcement. tinction and improvement. based on the population’s input. The 2014 Health Utilisation The second round of the survey and Expenditure Survey (HUES) allows to relate to and assess the HMC ties up with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is initiated and sponsored by the progress of transformation in the SCH, is set to run till June this health care system in Qatar,” said year and will cover issues that Dr Faleh Mohammed Hussein, DOHA: Hamad Medical education and research. HMC commitment to quality care and integrated in the continuum of relate to the utilisation of health while calling on the targeted Corporation (HMC) yester- is proud to collaborate with the its vision to establish the full con- care, providing inpatient, day services, health insurance cover- segments to co-operate with the day announced a new partner- renowned Rehabilitation Institute tinuum of rehabilitation services rehabilitation and outpatient age, expenditures on health for project. ship with The Rehabilitation of Chicago,” said Dr Al Kuwari. were important considerations for services for both acute and long- individuals and families, satis- The survey, believes SESRI Institute of Chicago (RIC) that “This partnership is about continu- us in selecting our first interna- term rehabilitation patients. faction levels and access to serv- Director and Qatar University’s will build upon the world-class ing to provide best in class reha- tional partner. We welcome this Peggy Kirk, Senior Vice ices provided by the health care Associate Vice President for physical medicine and rehabili- bilitation and medical management opportunity to collaborate closely President and Chief Clinical sector. The eight sections of the Research Dr. Darwish Alemadi, tation services in Qatar. here at Hamad through further with HMC in advancing its goal of Operating Officer of the RIC questionnaire will also include is a vast contribution to the Through the partnership developing our physical medicine bringing high quality rehabilita- signed the partnership agree- demographic, socio-economic and national advancement of private HMC’s patients will gain access and rehabilitation training, clini- tion care to the people of Qatar.” ment on behalf of the RIC. behavioural components. and public health care systems: to first-class inpatient and out- cal services and research capacity.” RIC is the recognised leader Speaking during the signing This survey will be conducted “Through the active participa- patient clinical expertise and RIC will assist Hamad in in rehabilitation patient care, ceremony, Ms. Kirk said, “Two through personal, home based, tion of our respondents, we gain research, leading to better recov- designing and implementing sys- research and education and years ago we began our discus- interviews with randomly selected better knowledge of current prac- ery and patient outcomes. During tem-wide enhancements across has been ranked the ‘Best sions with HMC for the develop- respondents. Approximately 4,000 tices and local impressions of the a signing ceremony held to launch the healthcare continuum. The Rehabilitation Hospital in ment of the new rehabilitation households and individuals will be Qatari healthcare system. This the partnership, Hanan Al collaboration is an important America’ by US News & World hospital and community services. selected from various segments information is extremely valuable Kuwari, PhD, Managing Director milestone for the two health sys- Report for 23 consecutive years. It was through these discussions of society, including residents and for the progression and develop- of HMC, said the event marks the tems; HMC is the first healthcare The partnership between HMC that we learned about our shared expatriates. ment of the system. Academically, beginning of an important collab- organization outside the US to and RIC will combine the best mission and vision. It was very The teams use latest techniques researchers would draw on this oration and is a tangible example partner with RIC. elements of Qatari values, inno- clear to us that we shared the in data collection, which allow information and utilize it within of HMC’s commitment to provid- “We are honored to embark on vation and skill with world-class same values and ultimately that the interviews to be completed the context of social science ing the safest, most effective and this partnership with HMC,” said international expertise and best we want to make a difference in the shortest possible time and studies.” compassionate care to patients. Dr Joanne Smith, President and practice, enhancing existing mod- in the lives of individuals that ensure a complete privacy of data All answers provided by “Our ambition is for HMC to CEO of RIC. “We have long been els of care. have disabilities, and together I provided. respondents will be kept strictly become an internationally rec- the leader in providing integrated HMC’s Physical Medicine and think we’ll have a very powerful The first round of this sur- confidential and anonymous. ognized world-class tertiary care clinical services and research Rehabilitation Department pro- outcome.” vey was conducted in 2012. This THE PENINSULA centre for medical rehabilitation, programs in the US. HMC’s vides rehabilitation programs THE PENINSULA

Frames, lenses covered under Seha Hamad Bin Khalifa University honours DOHA: The Qatari beneficiar- have to make cash payments providers. Coverage includes ies of the national health insur- up to QR 1,000. Amounts above both in-patient and out-patient ance scheme — Seha —can now that limit will have to be settled services including; preventa- five students with President’s Award have eyeglasses and frames in cash directly by the member, tive care, emergency treatment, covered under the scheme the Qatar National Insurance physiotherapy, occupational DOHA: Hamad bin Khalifa (Northwestern University in accomplished at Northwestern, through the Magrabi Optical Company (QNIC) said yesterday. therapy, speech therapy, long- University (HBKU), has hon- Qatar), Tayseer Marwan Mosleh where I am currently the student outlets in Qatar. The six outlets of Magrabi term care, radiology, ophthal- oured five students of its partner (Weill Cornell Medical College in body President as well as Editor in Seha’s optical coverage Optical have joined Seha pro- mology, laboratory testing and universities with the President’s Qatar), Sara Khalid Al Mesnad Chief of the student run newspaper, includes ophthalmic lenses, spec- vider network, offering scheme prescription medicines. Dental Award 2014 in recognition of (Georgetown University School The Daily Q. Receiving this award tacle frames, contact lenses and members both choice and con- services are expected to be cov- their all-round performance. of Foreign Service in Qatar), and is a reminder of how much I have contact lens fitting. venience when it comes to their ered from June this year. Details The Award winners, who are Fahim Imaduddin Dalvi (Carnegie accomplished in the last four years, Members can get prescribed optical needs. The complete list about the provider network and graduating this year from a Mellon University in Qatar). and the potential I have to contrib- eyeglasses and lenses for a value of participating outlets can be the schedule of benefits are avail- number of HBKU’s partner uni- Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al ute to Qatar after graduation.” of up to QR1,000 every two years found at: www.seha.ga. able on seha.qa. versities, were presented with Thani, President of HBKU, said: Fellow HBKU 2014 President’s through Seha’s optical equip- Seha provides Qataris with Qatari nationals who wish to certificates of achievement and “Candidates for the President’s Award honoree, Sara Khalid Al ment network. Prescriptions comprehensive health insur- use Seha’s services need only to commemorative medallions dur- Award are evaluated on their Mesnad, a student at Georgetown from network providers will ance coverage for the full range present their Qatar ID when ing a ceremony at the HBKU academic achievements, and School of Foreign Service in be honoured on a direct billing of basic health services, through visiting a network provider and, Student Center attended by their efforts to improve the lives Qatar, commented: “To receive basis so that members do not a network of public and private during their first visit, provide deans, faculty and staff, as well of others. The Award acknowl- this award is indescribable, and details of their resi- as family and other community edges their commitment to their I was so surprised to have been a dential address. The members. peers, and to the future of Qatar, recipient. For the last four years address details can All five have combined aca- in areas such as leadership, com- I have been involved in both be found on the plate demic excellence with service to munity service, creative arts, and Georgetown’s ‘Zones of Peace, installed by the Centre the community within and beyond research.” Zones of Conflict’ which studies for Geographical the Education City campus. Yara Bader Al Darwish, a senior conflict resolution. I feel honoured Information System The recipients of the at Northwestern University said: to be recognized at an event of (CGIS) on all buildings President’s Award 2014 are, Yara “It feels amazing to have been this magnitude and selected out of across the country. Bader Al Darwish (Northwestern recognized with the 2014 HBKU such a worthy and accomplished THE PENINSULA University in Qatar), Sara President’s Award. It makes me group of students.” Abdulaziz Al Derham feel so proud to see what I have THE PENINSULA Qatar Natural History Group meeting on Wednesday

DOHA: Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) will hold its monthly meeting at the Doha English Speaking School on Wednesday. The guest speaker will be Dr Cromwell Purchase, veterinary sci- ence specialist, Head of Birds and Acting Director at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation. He will talk on “Saving the Rarest Parrot on the Planet: the Spix’s Macaw”. QNHG membership facilitates participation in archaeological and geo- logical field trips. Further details of the talk and a map of the venue can be found in the Monthly Talks section on www. qnhg.org THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QC and Ooredoo sign pact for charity drive QSL contributes QR200,000

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) is to increase the number of and Ooredoo yesterday participants, which has reached signed a sponsorship agree- 30 contestants — including doc- ment for the second edition of tors, engineers, preachers and Officials during the LASTFIRE meeting at Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety College. the ‘Competitors’ campaign media and sports professionals which aims to engage Qatari — compared to 15 participants society in humanitarian last year. work, investing the energies A QR200,000 donation from RLESC hosts meeting of LASTFIRE Group of young people and mobilis- the Qatar Stars League was ing support for charitable presented to QC during the cer- DOHA: Qatar Petroleum’s comprises Fire and Emergency and safety research and develop- participation in the LASTFIRE projects. emony to be used for the benefit Industrial Cities Directorate response personnel from major ment programs,” said Abdullatif project has endowed it with a The agreement was signed by of Syrian refugees. organised a meeting of the international oil and gas compa- Ibrahim Al Mohannadi, Manager wealth of knowledge in cutting QC CEO Yousef bin Ahmed Al A recent field visit allowed LASTFIRE Group hosted at nies and was initially set up to of Operations at Industrial Cities. edge technologies, which are today Kuwari and H E Sheikh Nasser QC staff to witness first-hand Ras Laffan Emergency and look at development in large stor- “It is a shared top priority. The put to good use in various forms bin Hamad Al Thani, Head of the situation of Syrian refu- Safety College (RLESC), to age tank fire risks. The group has State of Qatar is committed to a to enhance the safety and security New Business at Ooredoo, in the gees in Jordan, and to pro- discuss the findings of a latest achieved much in terms of theo- sustainable and consistent exploi- of our operations,” he added. presence of Saad Hodaifi, Deputy vide aid to them, in a number research on fire safety related retical and practical research tation of natural resources, which The three-day forum provided Director of Jazeera Children’s of locations, including the to the energy industry, said a work over the years and continues requires among other things the its members with the latest stud- Channels, Hassan bin Rabia Al Zaatari camp, which houses a statement yesterday. its role as the recognized interna- dissemination of knowledge, ies, statistics, research results and Kuwari, Director of Corporate number of wounded people and The venue provided a fitting tional oil, gas and petrochemical training, experience. It also future research plans. Another Communications for Qatar orphans. setting for the delegates of the industry forum developing best demands the setting up, constant meeting which took place at the Stars League, participants in Al Kuwari praised the international oil and gas industry practices for all aspects of Storage update and strict implementation RLESC, included live demonstra- the ‘Competitors 2’ campaign ‘Competitors’ team which mobi- who shared the results of studies Tank Fire Hazard Management. of top safety standards,” said Al tions using the facility’s outstand- and a number of QC officials lizes support for projects for the and research on fire safety. “QP is actively involved with Mohannadi. ing set of props. and ambassadors in a special relief of the Syrian people, at The LASTFIRE Group other Oil & Gas majors in fire “Qatar Petroleum’s THE PENINSULA ceremony. home or as refugees in neigh- “The second edition of the bouring countries, with donations ‘Competitors’ campaign which reaching almost a million and a was released a few days ago, came half million riyals in just a few after the success of the first ver- days. sion of the campaign in a bid to He explained that a special Ooredoo-PSG kicks off community football coaching engage Qatari society, promote team will oversee the implemen- and mobilise support for humani- tation of field projects that will tarian action, raising awareness be funded by them in the coming DOHA: Ooredoo and Paris youth through the shared love of coaching programme that cre- Houri taught football-related of the importance of serving the period. Saint-Germain have kicked off football. Paris Saint-Germain is a ates life opportunities for youth skills to more than 200 children. community and external com- “We offer our thanks to their global community foot- world-renowned brand similarly across Ooredoo’s footprint in the Coaches also led educational ses- munities as required,” said Al Qatar Charity for this quality ball coaching programme at an dedicated to developing commu- Middle East, North Africa, and sions on topics such as injury man- Kuwari. initiative quality which seeks event held in Qatar last week. nities, and will provide sporting South East Asia. agement, and match preparation. “The second edition of the to integrate the Qatari com- “Kicking off our community excellence to youth across our As part of Ooredoo’s Summer In the coming months Ooredoo ‘Competitors’ has developed munity in volunteer work and coaching programme in partner- markets,” he said. of Sport, which supports a wide will roll out the Paris Saint- both in terms of performance direct their energies to serve ship with Paris Saint-Germain will Ooredoo, and the powerhouse range of exciting global sporting Germain Academy programme and assessment based on the poor and stricken communi- help develop the football stars of French football club that it spon- events, the community coaching across its footprint, bringing this experience of the first version,” ties with the establishment tomorrow, in Qatar and across our sors, are joining forces to sup- programme recently launched at combination of football training he said. of humanitarian projects that footprint,” said Dr Nasser Marafih, port the Paris Saint-Germain Doha College. and related skills to under served He pointed out that the most make a real difference in their Group CEO, Ooredoo. “With half of Academy by Ooredoo, which is During the event in Qatar, communities and supporting important characteristic of the lives,” said Al Thani. our customers under 25, this pro- run by Evolution Sports Academy. Paris Saint-Germain’s top coaches youth in these communities. second version of the campaign THE PENINSULA gramme will empower and unite This is an innovative community Sacha Lizambard and Benjamin THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Faiza Hassan wins STEM educator award Honour for excellence in teaching science, engineering

DOHA: The World Congress stimulate the learners’ intel- Engineering Education in recog- on Engineering Education, a lectual, psychological and social nition of her innovative teaching partnership of Texas A&M aspects, develop their potential techniques, and she will be hon- University at Qatar and Maersk for lifelong learning, and pre- oured again in November when Oil Qatar, recently announced pare them to become active and the Congress convenes in Doha. winner of the first award for the responsible citizens.” Three other finalists for the best STEM Educator. Musa praised Texas A&M at award Mariam Abdullah Al Malki Faiza Hassan Musa was Qatar and Maersk Oil Qatar from Al Kawthar Independent selected as the as STEM Educator for their leadership in STEM Secondary School; Edwin Bywater of the Year and awarded a prize education. from the American School of of QR20,000. “Texas A&M at Qatar and Doha; and Abdelkabir Ourraiss The STEM Educator of the Maersk Oil Qatar have indeed from the Omar bin Al Khattab Year competition was designed taken a very important step in Independent School for Boys were to recognise teachers for excel- parenting STEM education in also recognized at the event. lence in educating young Qataris Qatar and appreciating the edu- Each received a prize of in STEM disciplines — science, cators who are innovative with QR5,000. technology, engineering and math. the students,” she said. “I am very Dr Mark Weichold, dean and Musa, an educator for more honoured by receiving the first CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar, than 25 years, teaches chemistry STEM award of its kind. This said, “This outreach depends on at Al Bayan Educational Complex initiative will definitely encour- the dedication and initiative of Faiza Hassan Musa receiving her award. for Girls. age other educators to instruct teachers such as those recognized “I have realised that students at the students in innovative ways today and their commitment to Director of Maersk Oil Qatar, sectors such as Oil & Gas which Year recognizes the dedication that age need to change the tradi- and encourage them to become teaching excellence. We realize said: “Maersk Oil Qatar oper- require highly skilled technical and outstanding teaching prac- tional ways of learning inside the proficient in planning and inves- that their efforts are the founda- ates one of the most complex oil employees. tices of high school teachers in class room to more enjoyable ways tigation. It will also play a crucial tion of student preparation and fields in the world, the Al Shaheen High teaching standards are a Qatar, and we commend their of learning outside their school,” role in building Qatar’s knowl- enrichment, and applaud them field offshore Qatar. Developing crucial component in developing commitment to their profession she said. edge-based economy.” for making a real difference for young people to a high standard students to be equipped for suc- and the positive impact they “They are more interested in In addition to the cash prize, Qatar’s students.” in STEM subjects is important cessful and rewarding careers in are having on young people in research work via the Internet, Musa received a commendation Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad for a knowledge-based economy, our industry. Qatar.” and they enjoy field trips that from the World Congress on Al Thani, Deputy Managing and for the health of industry The STEM Educator of the THE PENINSULA

Barwa Ral Estate celebrates Labour Day Msheireb Properties sponsors labour meet

Barwa Real Estate celebrated International Labour Day by organising a football championship among Barwa Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation, was the diamond sponsor of the debut Labour Rights employees and the workers of its project ‘Al Khor Sports Complex for Workers.’ The event was held as part of Protection Conference in Qatar. The event brought together local government officials, representatives of Barwa social responsibility campaign titled “Moqadereen”, which means appreciation and gratitude. Ahmad international and local rights organisations and decision makers from private companies. Engineer Abdulla Abdulla AlAbdulla, Director of Group Real Estate Development and Asset Management at Barwa, addressed Hassan Al Mehshadi, CEO of Msheireb Properties, said: “Qatar is attracting a large number of migrant work- workers on the occasion. ers as construction works is booming in developing the country to meet its vision 2030.” QNA to hold three-day workshop on information technology DOHA: Qatar News Agency(QNA) is organising today a specialised workshop on modern information technology for a number of technical delegations from GCC news agencies as part of a series of courses and workshops held by QNA for qualifying and training of personnel working in this field. The three-day workshop will discuss topics including technology challenges facing news agencies, the latest technologies in dealing with news and mechanisms of reaching the subscribers in particular and the public in general through smart devices applications, social media and visualized presentations. Director of the Technical Affairs Department at Qatar News Agency Eng Khalid Al Mutawa said the courses and workshops come in implementation of Emiri Decision No. 51 of 2009, which entrusted QNA with organising training courses and workshops appropriate for devel- oping the capacities of participants and upgrading their professionalism through ongoing training and develop- ment programmes. Al Mutawa added that this workshop comes after the great success QNA achieved in organising specialised workshops and the good reputation it gained and reflected in the number of applications submitted for participation in QNA courses, as well as the continued keenness to provide knowledge for trainees and to remove obstacles during the course. He explained that the workshop, to be addressed by Engineer Hani Jaber, will focus on the technological chal- lenges facing news agencies, in addition to the provision of new by exploiting new services’ technology and new mechanisms for the delivery of news content and how to market these services successfully. Al Mutawa called on the participants to abide by its time schedule and take advantage of its topics and pro- posals, wishing them every success. QNA SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Qatar University Qatar Airways awareness drive on vitamin D DOHA: Qatar University has to showcase launched a drive to educate people about the importance of vitamin D recommending expo- sure to the sun two to three services at ATM times a week for five to 15 min- utes to absorb enough quantity of the vitamin to the body. The drive was launched by the Expo to provide development preview Health Science Department at the Science and Arts Faculty of DOHA: Qatar Airways is set to will enable our visitors to enjoy the Varsity, a local Arabic daily take part in the Middle East’s a preview of the developments at reported. leading travel trade fair Arabian Qatar Airways and also experi- Deficiency of vitamin D is a Travel Market (ATM), being ence the five-star luxury service matter of concern in all over the held from May 5 to 8, where the onboard our planes for which we world including Qatar, a country airline will showcase its recent are renowned for,” he said. known for immense sunshine, milestones and award-winning On the opening day of the said Dr Ilham Al Sharif, Associate five-star service and hospitality. four-day exhibition, Al Baker Professor of Qatar University and Qatar’s national airline will will host a press conference high- In-Charge of the Campaign. have an impressive presence at lighting the airline’s expansion She was addressing a seminar ATM with a state-of-the-art plans and announce forthcoming organised in Qatar University to stand, where visitors can catch developments. create awareness among students a glimpse of the customised inte- Thousands of visitors are and teachers about importance of riors of its A380-800 via a dis- expected to experience first-hand vitamin D. play of the new luxury First Class displayed seats of Qatar Airways’ H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti and Darwish bin Ismail Al Balushi signing the agremment. The required vitamin D could seats that will form part of the A380 and sample the airline’s be gained through direct exposure aircraft’s tri-class configuration. signature hospitality. Thirteen of to the sun for two to three times “On behalf of Qatar Airways, I these aircraft are scheduled to be Mowasalat, Oman sign pact for bus unit once in a week for five to 15 min- am pleased to participate in this delivered, the first of which will utes and healthy diets as well. year’s ATM, which, over the years enter service this summer as the Vitamin D strengthens the has proved to be an important plat- A380, the largest passenger jet DOHA: Mowasalat has signed and Darwish bin Ismail Al to take two to three years to immune system of the human form across the global travel, tour- in the world will provide Qatar an agreement with Oman to Balushi, Omani Minister for complete. Seventy percent of the body and bones, she added. ism and hospitality industries,” said Airways’ passengers with a supe- set up a bus assembling unit in Financial Affairs and Chairman funding will be by Mowasalat, Qatar Share went viral with Akbar Al Baker, Chief Executive rior travel experience. Oman at an estimated cost of of Oman Investment Fund at a while the remaining will be pro- the comments reacting to the Officer, Qatar Airways. “Since our Since becoming a member of QR584m. The project for assem- ceremony held at the headquarter vided by the Omani Investment story of the daily posted there. last participation at ATM, Qatar the oneworld global alliance in bling Karwa buses is a joint ven- of the Finance Ministry of Oman Fund. The total capacity of the Citizens shared their experiences Airways has achieved a number of October 2013, Qatar Airways ture between Mowasalat and on Thursday. plant will be 2,000 buses per year, with vitamin D. key milestones and has been recog- has introduced several key addi- the Oman Investment Fund. The assembling and manufac- which will include school buses, I am suffering from severe nized with a series of awards which tional routes to its global network The agreement was signed by turing unit will be built in an area small, medium and large buses deficiency of vitamin D, doctor testify to our ongoing expansion including Philadelphia, Hangzhou, Qatar’s Minister of Transport H E of 100,000sqm in the Industrial to be marketed in GCC countries advised me to expose to the sun, strategy as one of world’s fastest Sharjah and Dubai World Central. Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, who Area of Mudhaibi province of especially in Qatar and Oman. said a commentator. The problem growing airlines. The exhibition THE PENINSULA is also Chairman of Mowasalat, Oman. The project is expected THE PENINSULA is that direct exposure to the sun will cause burning the skin. “I underwent medical checkup and was advised to take one cap- sule of vitamin D per week, but I think injection would be bet- Microsoft Qatar announces teams for Imagine Cup contest ter because absorption will be quicker,” said another comentator. “The level of vitamin D in my DOHA: Microsoft Qatar teams from 12 Arab countries munications skills among chil- the information to mimic the which was held under the patronage body was five and after treatment announced the two winning in Doha in June. Team ‘I Copy dren with autism. movements of the child. Team of H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber, Minister it rose to 20 then I stopped and teams from Qatar, ‘I Copy You’ You’ from Qatar University was Utilising Microsoft’s Kinect ‘Techno Commando Squad’ also of Information and Communication it returned to five. Now I feel and ‘Techno Commando Squad,’ announced the winner in the camera, the software detects the from Qatar University, was Technology, saw participation from severe weakness,” another com- who will represent Qatar in the citizenship category, after pre- motions of the child and provides announced the winner in the five local teams representing uni- ment said. first Imagine Cup Pan-Arab senting low-cost educational feedback to a RoboSapien - a low Innovation category. versities across Qatar. THE PENINSULA Semi-Finals, which will gather software designed to build com- cost humanoid robot - which uses The Imagine Cup National Finals, THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Chechen among Rebel pullout five militants killed in Yemen ADEN: Five suspected Al from Homs in Qaeda members, including a commander with Chechen links, and two soldiers were killed yesterday in an army offensive against jihadists in the south, final phase official sources said. The defence ministry named the foreigner as Abu Islam al- Shishani, the second foreign Assad urges greater cooperation on aid jihadist reported killed this week. “Four Al Qaeda fighters were DAMASCUS: Talks on a rebel Homs, Syria’s third city, is stra- killed and nine wounded” in withdrawal from a handful of tegically located in the heart of clashes with soldiers in Abyan besieged neighbourhoods in the country. province, a military source on the Syria’s Homs have entered their Only a handful of neighbour- ground said. final phase, officials said yes- hoods surrounding the historic During fighting in the Sanaj terday, as the army advanced and now destroyed Old City region between Maajala and Wadi around Damascus and Aleppo. remain in rebel hands, after a Dheiqa, an Al Qaeda bastion, “two Talks to evacuate Homs, once series of massive army offensives soldiers were killed and four more dubbed “the capital of the revo- starting in February 2012. wounded”, the source said. lution” against President Bashar The vast majority of some 1,500 The defence ministry said Al Assad, are near completion, people still trapped in the Old Shishani was killed in Maajala. according to Governor Talal Al City are fighters, but the rebel- The deaths come as the mili- Barazi and rebel representative held Waer neighbourhood is home Syrian President Bashar Al Assad meeting with members of the Higher Relief Committee in Damascus yesterday. tary presses its latest offensive and negotiator Abul Harith Al to hundreds of thousands of civil- against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Khalidi. ians, many of them displaced from Damascus, killing three peo- including Reporters Without with international and local Peninsula. The negotiations continued a fallen rebel bastions. ple, Sana said. Three soldiers Borders (RSF) issued a state- organisations, state television AQAP, regarded by the United day after a ceasefire began in the Barazi said the deal “will be were killed in a car bombing in ment demanding the immediate reported. His statement came States as the global jihadist net- badly battered city, which has suf- applied first in the Old City, then the Sammuriyeh neighbourhood release of journalists detained or after UN chief Ban Ki-moon work’s most dangerous franchise, fered some of Syria’s worst and in Waer. The goal is to reach a of southwestern Damascus, the abducted in Syria. issued a report saying that for- has been the target of an intensi- most persistent violence since the peaceful solution that brings Syrian Observatory for Human “Syria is now the world’s most eign aid was still not reaching fying drone war this year that has revolt began in March 2011. back security and government Rights said. dangerous country for news pro- millions of needy Syrians despite killed dozens. A rebel pull-out from a hand- institutions.” The army, backed by Lebanese viders,” the joint statement said. a Security Council resolution News of Shishani’s death came ful of besieged, opposition-held Elsewhere in Syria, the army Shiite Hezbollah fighters, made “Hundreds of journalists, citi- in February calling for greater as officials blamed AQAP for a districts in the heart of the city pressed advances around Aleppo gains east of Damascus, advanc- zen-journalists and media assist- access. suicide bombing at an intelligence would mean Assad’s regime has and took control of the road lead- ing into the rebel-held town of ants have been killed, arbitrarily Ban’s report last week blamed post that wounded two guards, regained complete control of ing to the airport, according to a Mleiha after several weeks of arrested, detained, abducted, both sides in the war but singled and after gunmen killed an army Homs. “Talks to rid the city of security source who said troops daily bombardment, according to subjected to enforced disappear- out the government for particular officer in Aden. arms and of armed men... are also made fresh gains northeast the Observatory, a Britain-based ance and tortured by the various censure. ongoing and we are near the end,” of the city. monitoring group with contacts parties to the conflict since the Yesterday, state television said Barazi. Abul Harith said the Aleppo’s rebel areas have been inside Syria. start of the uprising three years broadcast footage showing Assad talks are being held in tandem under a massive aerial offen- Government newspaper Al ago.” in a meeting with representatives Somali official with negotiations to free a group sive since mid-December that Thawra, meanwhile, lashed out Syria’s uprising began with of Syria’s governmental relief of pro-regime Iranian officers has killed hundreds of people against UN humanitarian chief peaceful protests in March 2011 committee. among 7 killed held by rebels in the northern — mainly civilians — and forced Valerie Amos and called for her calling for an end to the Assad “There is a need for greater city of Aleppo. thousands to flee. replacement days after she said family’s four-decade rule, but cooperation between minis- Such a deal, which would Yesterday, rebels launched a a Security Council resolution escalated into an armed insur- tries and the bodies involved in in bombing include guarantees of safe passage mortar attack on a government- demanding aid access across Syria gency after the regime launched humanitarian aid, and to deliver for the Homs fighters, “is a way held area of Aleppo, hitting a was “not working”. a brutal crackdown on dissent. aid without delay, and to work MOGADISHU: At least seven to put pressure on the regime,” he hospital and killing 12 people, The war has since killed more on the ground with all the local people were killed yester- said, adding that all rebel groups, according to Sana state news MOST DANGEROUS than 150,000 people and forced and international stakeholders day, among them a prominent including the Al Qaeda-affiliated agency. COUNTRY nearly half the population to flee to make aid delivery smoother,” Somali official, in a bomb attack Al Nusra Front, had given him Meanwhile, 22 civilians, mainly Rights groups have accused the their homes. he said. in the centre of the Somali capi- permission to negotiate the pull- students, were wounded in a Syrian government of failing to President Bashar Al Assad Assad’s statement came three tal Mogadishu, police and secu- out. “We want to stop this blood- mortar attack that hit Aleppo comply with the UN resolution. urged government bodies tasked days after UN humanitarian chief rity officials said. bath,” he said. Earlier, Barazi had University’s economics faculty. As the world marked Press with providing relief in war-torn Valerie Amos said Resolution 2139 Security sources said they said Al Nusra opposed the truce. Mortar rounds also hit Freedom Day, four organisations Syria to increase “cooperation” was not working. AFP believed a bomb was attached to a car being driven by Abdikafi Hilowle, a police official and former secretary for the city’s administration, and detonated remotely. Other officials said the Patriarch’s Jerusalem visit would be historic sin: Paper blast may have been from a road- side bomb. The attack took place near BEIRUT: A visit to Jerusalem since the creation in 1948 of Israel, patriarch, who is also a Roman of Lebanese politicians will try church has its roots in the Fertile the busy KM4 junction in cen- by the patriarch of the Lebanon- with which Lebanon is technically Catholic cardinal, “would shake to dissuade Rai “from visiting Crescent of the early 5th century. tral Mogadishu, close to the based Maronite church to at war. In response, the leading hands with Israeli leaders who Jerusalem as long as it is under It is named after St Maron, a her- Turkish embassy. “Several peo- greet Pope Francis would be a Arab nationalist daily Assafir ran will be in the front row to wel- Israeli occupation, which would mit whose holiness and miracles ple have been killed, there are at “historic sin”, a leading news- a critical piece headlined “Historic come Pope Francis to Jerusalem”. signify a normalisation with the attracted many followers. least seven, including four civil- paper close to the anti-Israeli sin: Rai goes to Israel”. Even if he does not, he would occupier”. Following a bloody persecution ians and three policemen,” police Hezbollah said yesterday. Calling it a “dangerous prec- still have to coordinate his trip Lebanese citizens are banned a century later, the Maronites fled officer Mohammed Duale said at Patriarch Beshara Rai, whose edent”, the daily argued that the with Israeli officials, the paper from entering Israel, but to the mountains of what is now the scene. church is the largest Christian trip would “not serve the inter- added, claiming that the visit “is Maronite clergy may to travel to Lebanon to seek refuge. “It was apparently targeting denomination in Lebanon, said he ests of Lebanon and the Lebanese, part of the normalisation between the Holy Land to minister to the They have their own distinct a former official who died in the would travel to the Holy Land to nor those of Palestine and the the head of the Catholic church estimated 10,000 faithful there. theology, spirituality, liturgy and attack, some of his security guards welcome the pontiff during his brief Palestinians nor Christians and and the occupier”. Rai insisted that the trip will be code of canon law, but are in full were also among the dead,” added May 24-26 visit. In doing so, he Christianity”. Al Akhbar, another newspaper strictly religious and has no polit- communion with Rome. Abdi Osmail, a Somali security would be the first patriarch to do so It speculated on whether the close to Hezbollah, said a group ical significance. The Maronite AFP official said. AFP

A convoy of vehicles carrying illegal migrants who were abandoned in the desert by human traffickers arrive in the northern Sudanese city of Dongola, yesterday. Hundreds of migrants arrive in Sudan DONGOLA, SUDAN: Hundreds of exhausted illegal migrants reached the safety of a northern Sudanese town yesterday after 10 people died when human traf- fickers abandoned them in the desert. A convoy of trucks escorted by armed security forces delivered the migrants to Dongola after a journey of hun- dreds of kilometres (miles) following their rescue on the Sudanese-Libyan frontier by troops from both countries. Sudanese officials announced the rescue on Wednesday, saying traffickers had dumped their victims in the border region’s scorching desert, where 10 died. Troops initially found about 300 hungry and thirsty victims, but they later came across even more. “The total number rescued is 600, first 309, and then they found another 300,” Abdul Latif Abdullah, the Sudanese Armed Forces commander in Dongola, said. AFP SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Cairo court sentences 102 Egypt opens presidential campaign Islamists to 10 years in jail Two-day poll from May 26 CAIRO: Campaigning opened unrest and economic stagnation. CAIRO: More than 100 yesterday in Egypt for a presi- If the 59-year-old Sisi wins, he supporters of Egypt’s dential election likely to be will restore a line of military men deposed Islamist president won by the ex-army chief who at the helm of the country that Mohamed Mursi were sen- deposed an elected Islamist began in 1952 and was only inter- tenced to ten years in jail leader, after deadly bombings rupted by the civilian Mursi’s year yesterday on charges of underscored tensions gripping in power. killing and inciting violence, the country. “Stability, security and hope for judicial sources said. The May 26-27 presidential Egypt will be achieved through The verdicts for the 102 poll, meant to restore elected rule our will and capabilities,” Sisi said defendants, handed down following the military overthrow on Twitter yesterday. ahead of a May 26-27 presi- of Mohamed Mursi last July, is He later attended an interview dential election, relate to widely expected to place former with several local journalists, in deaths that occurred dur- army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi which he wept when he spoke ing clashes in Cairo last July in power. about receiving messages from between supporters of Mursi’s His only rival, leftist Hamdeen poor Egyptians, the state-owned Muslim Brotherhood and Sabbahi, has emerged as an oppo- Ahram newspaper reported on its security forces. sition figure claiming to represent website. “I get messages from peo- Two other Brotherhood the ideals of the 2011 uprising that ple who can’t afford to eat, they supporters who were defend- overthrew veteran strongman say we don’t eat but we accept ants in the case received Hosni Mubarak, as the interim that for your sake,” it quoted Sisi Defendents stand in the accused cells during the trial of 20 individuals, including five Al Jazeera journalists, seven-year jail sentences, government presses a widening as saying. during the trial in the police institute near Cairo’s Turah prison, yesterday. the sources said. Only 35 crackdown on dissent. The retired field marshal has defendants were present in Sisi, widely popular for oust- vowed to stamp out a surge in court, the others were tried ing the divisive Mursi, is seen militant attacks, including bomb- in absentia. by supporters as a strong leader ings on Friday that killed a police- Jazeera scribe on trial accuses injustice Militant violence has spi- who can restore stability, but his man in Cairo and a soldier in the ralled since last July, when the opponents fear that might come Sinai Peninsula. CAIRO: An Australian jour- injustice, regardless of the out- Police arrested him on August army toppled Mursi and the at the cost of freedoms sought in The lawless north of the penin- nalist with satellite news come”. Most of the defendants 14 when they dispersed two pro- authorities launched a crack- the pro-democracy uprising three sula bordering Israel and the Gaza channel Al Jazeera on trial in are being tried in absentia. The test camps in Cairo demanding down on his supporters in the years ago. Strip has become a haven for Egypt yesterday described his Al Jazeera journalists in the dock the reinstatement of deposed Brotherhood. Thousands of “The policies that were present Islamist militants, who launched ordeal as a “massive injustice”, along with Greste are the Qatar- Islamist president Mohamed the movement’s supporters under Mubarak are the same a low-level insurgency following after spending more than four owned broadcaster’s English Mursi, killing hundreds of peo- have been arrested and hun- policies present now” under the Mursi’s overthrow. months in jail. The award-win- channel Cairo bureau chief ple in clashes. Elshamy has been dreds killed, and its leaders military-installed regime, Sabbahi The government has mean- ning Peter Greste is on trial Mohamed Fahmy and producer held without formal charges. are on trial. told a campaign rally in the while waged a massive crackdown with 19 co-defendants, includ- Baher Mohamed. The trial has sparked an inter- Another Egyptian court southern city of Assiut. on Mursi’s supporters, with an ing five Al Jazeera journal- Following the hearing, which national outcry and calls for the sentenced the leader of the “Our goal is to gain the people’s estimated 1,400 people, mostly ists, for allegedly defaming the the judge adjourned to May 15, a release of the journalists, while Brotherhood and 682 sup- trust to change the policies of cor- Islamists, killed in street clashes country and ties to the black- court extended the detention of Cairo insists the trial does not porters to death earlier this ruption and tyranny and poverty,” and thousands more jailed. listed Muslim Brotherhood. another jailed Al Jazeera jour- presage a wider crackdown on week, intensifying the crack- he said in remarks broadcast live The crackdown has extended Yesterday’s hearing coincided nalist arrested in August for a the media. down and drawing Western on television. to secular activist groups that with World Press Freedom Day. further 45 days. In a letter from prison pub- criticism. He later said the army should supported Mursi’s overthrow but “We recognise the significance Abdullah Elshamy, a journal- lished on Friday, Mohamed Former army chief Abdel not join “the enticement of poli- have since turned on the army- of the coincidence of this trial ist with the broadcaster’s Arabic Fahmy said he was on trial for Fattah Al Sisi, who led the tics or electoral battles”, in a installed government as it clamps falling on World Press Freedom network, has been on hunger doing his job. ousting of Mursi, is expected speech aired on state television. down on dissent. Day. This is a very clear mes- strike since January, according “I write you this letter on to win the presidential Sabbahi, who came third in the Last week, a court banned sage,” Greste said from a caged to his family. World Press Freedom Day from election. 2012 election which Mursi won, is the April 6 movement, which dock at the court in Cairo. “I haven’t seen my lawyer. my cell after 126 days of incar- Egypt has declared the seen as a long shot in the face of spearheaded the revolt against The Peabody Award-winning We are 15 people in a cell of 12 ceration for doing nothing more Brotherhood a terrorist a groundswell of support for Sisi, Mubarak. Its leader Ahmed journalist, who previously square metres (130 square feet),” than the job I love,” wrote the group, but Egypt’s oldest with many Egyptians yearning for Maher is already in prison for worked with the BBC, also Elshamy, who appeared gaunt, Canadian-Egyptian dual citizen. Islamist movement says it is a return to stability after three participating in an unlicenced branded the trial “a massive told reporters from the dock. AFP committed to peaceful activ- years of demonstrations, civil protest last year. AFP ism. REUTERS

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Hamas supporters hold pictures of Palestinian prisoners and a poster reading in Arabic: “No to administrative detention” during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli jails, yesterday. Tunisia’s presidential poll likely in November TUNIS: Tunisia’s next presi- divisions over the role of Islam in the political parties hold their dential and parliamentary elec- politics. national dialogue over the next tions will probably be held in Chafik Sarsar, head of the week,” he said. Tunisia has mostly the second half of November, Instance Superieure Independante managed to overcome post-revolt the election agency chief said pour les Elections (ISIE), told turmoil, unlike Libya, Yemen and yesterday, about polls that will Reuters he would propose next Egypt which still struggle with mark the country’s final step week that the elections be held unrest and political instability after towards full democracy. November 16 or November 23. toppling their leaders in 2011. Tunisia’s often turbulent politi- “There is a strong probability Ennahda and rivals Nidaa cal transition began after an 2011 that the elections will be the third Tounes alliance managed to com- uprising that ousted autocrat Zine or fourth Sunday of November in promise to pass the constitution El Abidine Ben Ali and inspired the case that the presidential and and finish a new electoral law the “Arab Spring” revolutions parliamentary votes are together,” which cleared the way for ISIE across the region. Since then, he said. Tunisian lawmakers are to set a date for elections — the Tunisia has been led by a caretaker due to meet next week to decide second since the 2011 uprising. government and has adopted a new whether or not to hold the two Those two political blocks are constitution. But the transition votes on the same day. expected to lead in the election. process has been threatened by a “We don’t really have much Ennahda won most seats in the crisis between ruling Islamists and choice because time is running first vote after Ben Ali’s fall, but secular opposition parties that has out,” Sarsar said, referring to a Nidaa Tounes has since become a at times turned violent. previous agreement to hold the rallying point for opposition par- Islamist party Ennahda rose to elections this year. He said a less ties. Sarsar said the vote’s trans- power in the first election after likely option would be to split the parency would be guaranteed by the uprising, held in October two elections and to hold the first the new electoral law and by more 2011, and Tunisia, one of the in the last week of October. than 1,000 international observers Arab world’s most secular coun- “The final date should be who had been invited to monitor tries, has struggled with growing finalised in a week or so after the ballot. REUTERS SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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he uprising against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad suffered both a symbolic and real blow this week with the government and rebels striking a deal for Topposition fighters to withdraw from their besieged The world has nothing to fear strongholds in the city of Homs. The deal will mean all but one district of the city will be back under government control. Only a handful of neighbourhoods surrounding the historic and now destroyed Old City now remain in rebel hands after a from the US losing power series of army offensives staring in February 2012. The news of rebels’ surrender must have come as a shock BY MARK WEISBROT to many Syria watchers. This is because Homs is known as bigger economy than that of the US, for unnecessary wars and mostly sympa- purposes of military spending. And in a thetic to Obama’s response to critics the capital of the revolution. If the capital falls, the rest of the he news that China will dis- decade, the Chinese economy will most while in the Philippines: “Why is it that country is unlikely to take long. place the US as the world’s likely be about 60 percent bigger than everybody is so eager to use military All of Homs is in ruins after intense fighting between rebels largest economy this year the US economy. force, after we’ve just gone through a and the government forces. But the blood that has been spilled is big news. For economists President Obama has just returned decade of war at enormous cost to our by people for a noble cause has now been wasted, almost, who follow these measure- from a trip to Asia where he was criti- troops and to our budget?” It is arguable Tments, the tectonic shift likely occurred cised for not being tougher with China. that the only reason our government unless a miracle happens which will see a reversal of fortunes. a few years ago. But now the World However, Americans may want to con- is able to maintain an imperial foreign The ceasefire agreement has been reached as the rebels Bank is making it official, so journalists sider whether “containing” China with policy is that so few Americans serve found the going tough. With government troops making steady and others who opine on world affairs a “pivot” to Asia is an affordable propo- in the military and pay the ultimate inroads and the supply of arms drying up for rebels, with the will have to take this into account. And sition. When the US had an arms race price for it. additional bane of the disunity among rebels, ceasefire was the if they do so, they will find that this is with the Soviet Union, the Soviet econ- Still, there is a powerful ideology only option. a very big deal indeed. omy was maybe one-quarter the size of of American exceptionalism and a What does it mean? First, the tech- ours. We have not experienced an arms widespread belief that if the US does The withdrawal of the fighters now paves the way for nicalities: the comparison is made on race with a country whose economy is not run the world, somebody worse – smooth elections in the country which Assad has trumpeted a purchasing bigger than ours, and whose economic possibly China – will. The fact that and is likely to win. The plan to hold the election is a power parity size advantage is growing rapidly. Are the US and its European allies still politically astute gimmick on the (PPP) basis, Americans prepared to give up social have more democratic societies with part of the president. He wants to which means security or Medicare in order to main- more developed rule of law than most show the world that the situation that it takes tain US military supremacy in Asia? middle-income countries – despite the into account To ask this question is to answer it. setbacks of the past decade – rein- Will the pullout on the ground is peaceful enough the differing Fortunately, such an arms race is forces this notion that the world will to hold an election, and he is prices in the not necessary. China is a rising power, be worse off if the US loses power and of rebels from fully in command. The ceasefire As China looks two countries. but the government does not seem to influence. agreement will only lend credence So, if a dollar is be interested in building an empire. But the US lost most of its influence Homs mark to his argument. set to overtake worth 6.3 ren- Unlike the US, which has hundreds of in Latin America over the past 15 years, minbi today military bases throughout the globe, and the region has done quite well, with Yesterday, the state television the end of the the US as the on the for- China doesn’t have any. The Chinese a sharp reduction in poverty for the showed Assad in a meeting eign exchange government seems to be very focused first time in decades. The Washington- revolution in with representatives of Syria’s world’s largest market, it on economic growth; trying to become based International Monetary Fund has government relief committee. He economy, a may be that a developed country as soon as it can. also lost most of its influence over the Syria? spoke of the need to deliver aid 6.3 renminbi Since China has 1.3 billion people, hav- middle-income countries of the world, without delay, and for greater multipolar world can buy a lot ing an economy the size of the US and these have also done remarkably more in China means that average living standards better in the 2000s. cooperation between various can only be good than one dol- are less than one-fourth of ours. They In the 18th century, those who agencies involved in distribution of lar can buy in have a long way to go to become a rich opposed democratic revolutions like aid. That was a clear message to for democracy. the US. The country. that of the United States had dystopian the world that he was in charge, and is concerned about the PPP compari- Of course, just because an arms visions of governance without monar- welfare of his people. son adjusts race is unnecessary or unwinnable chy. So, too, our foreign policy estab- Complete peace is unlikely to return to Syria soon, because for that; that doesn’t mean it can’t get started. The lishment cannot imagine a multipolar is why China’s Washington foreign policy establish- world where the US and its allies must some battle-hardened rebels, especially the Al Qaeda- economy is ment is much accustomed to the author- negotiate more and give orders less affiliated Al Nusra Front are likely to continue fighting. But much bigger than the measure that you ity, prestige, and privilege of being the often. But economic trends are making government troops will have an upper hand and Assad’s forces have most commonly seen in the media, overwhelmingly dominant power on the this reality inevitable, and Americans who have been able to suppress the revolution with the help of which simply converts China’s GDP to planet. And as we saw during the east- should embrace it. Whatever the inter- Lebanese Hezbollah will move quickly to wipe out any trace of dollars at the official exchange rate. ward expansion of Nato in the 1990s nal political systems of the countries The PPP measure is a better com- – now coming back to haunt us in a whose representation in the interna- dissent. parison for many purposes. For exam- new cold war with Russia – there are tional arena will increase, the end result Syria’s will be a sad chapter in the history of Arab Spring. ple, take military spending: the money politically powerful military contractors is likely to be more democratic govern- Tens of thousands of people have sacrificed their lives, millions that China needs to build a fighter jet that can also have a voice in US foreign ance at the international level, with a have been displaced and entire swathes of land have been laid or pay military personnel is a lot less and military policy. greater rule of international law, fewer waste, only to meet this dismal end• than the equivalent in dollars that the The American people, according wars, and more social and economic US has to pay for the same goods and to polling data, are of another point progress. services. This means that China has a of view. They are largely tired of THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of What have Iraqis really voted for? the day

here was a slight air of unreality seven days preceding the ballot. So Moreover what sort of a “triumph” Maliki leads the State of Law party. about the Iraqi elections this did the terrorists truly suffer a reverse? can the election be when it has been This has managed to control often week. They were hailed by And can that 60 percent voter turn- impossible to register the political bickering coalitions, cobbled together both the United Nations and out figure really be trusted? There are choice of largely Sunni area of the after extensive wheeler-dealing. In its T Today we Ukrainians Washington as a triumph. One key reasonable grounds for doubt. No vot- country? At best this means that what- early days, the outgoing so-called reason was the way a nationwide ing stations could be opened in large ever coalition government emerges National Unity government included are constantly security clampdown let the ballot go parts of Anbar province, because of from the inevitable bargaining follow- Sunni politicians. Then in December ahead without terrorist interference. It the local Sunni insurgency. The provin- ing the results, due in two weeks, will 2011, Al Maliki ordered a shattering being pushed into had been a stunning reverse for the cial capital Ramadi is believed to have lack domestic legitimacy. It may also move with the arrest of Vice President confrontation, into jihadists. In addition, officials have said some 700,000 inhabitants, though lose international respect. At worst the Tariq Al Hashemi on charges of mur- civil conflict, toward more than 60 percent of the electorate some sources put it over the million. exclusion of the greatest part of the der. Hashemi was alleged to have led voted. Another key town, Fallujah has a popu- Sunni community from the vote will a Sunni death squad during the sectar- the destruction of our Yet at least 14 people were killed lation of around quarter of a million. simply harden the attitude of revolt. The ian violence that followed the US-led country to its heart. during Wednesday’s voting and secu- Few voters had a chance to register government in Baghdad is now viewed invasion. The vice president fled into rity clampdown, including two elec- their political choice anywhere in the locally with the deepest suspicion. It is exile but was convicted in absentia and We cannot allow this to Oleksander Turchinov tion officials. Around 160 people were province. This, therefore, has to cast hard not to sympathise. sentenced to death. happen. slain, mostly in car-bomb attacks in the doubt on the claimed turnout figure. Two-term Prime Minister Nouri Al ARAB NEWS Acting Ukraine President SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Mixed signals from China’s ‘front line’ The contrast between the bloody images of the bombing circulating on Chinese microblogs and the merry depictions of Xi’s inspection tour is stark.

BY DAVID WERTIME attention to Xi’s visit, in the process revealing the fine line Chinese authorities hinese President Xi Jinping walk to telegraph intolerance for violence just spent four days that, while also winning hearts and minds in in the heavily vetted and unstable regions. curated universe of Chinese Some of the coverage of Xi played up state media, appeared full of his ostensible bonhomie with the Uighur Csmiles. But the images of harmony left population. Xinhua wrote this week that behind from that visit look increasingly after examining local troops, Xi praised discordant in light of what came next. them and declared that Chinese ethnici- On Wednesday evening, a coordinated ties were “as unified as one family.” A bomb and knife attack in the South Xinhua photograph dated April 28 shows Railway Station of Urumqi, Xinjiang’s Xi surrounded by smiling Uighur cad- capital, left three people dead and 79 res. Other widely circulated (and state injured, according to Chinese state media. approved) images include Xi donning a The news came shortly after Xi ended Uighur flower hat on April 29, and sur- a four-day visit to Xinjiang, a region in rounded by a gaggle of smiling Xinjiang Western China in which reside the major- schoolchildren on April 30. ity of China’s 10 million Uighurs, mostly But efforts to make nice with the locals Turkic-speaking Muslims. It’s a region are, of course, part of a broader plan to plagued by ethnic tensions and, Chinese stabilise the region, one that relies on authorities aver, the home to an inde- a steely resolve to project Communist pendence movement seeking to found an Party power thousands of miles west of independent East Turkestan. According the capital Beijing, or what Xi has called to Chinese authorities, Uighur separatists a “strike first” strategy aimed at would- A team of Chinese special police prepare to take up position during a drill outside the railway station in Beijing in the early hours of Friday. have recently struck elsewhere, most be splitists. The link between the two notably in a coordinated stabbing spree approaches was sharply evident in an killing dozens in a train station in the April 30 editorial in party mouthpiece “determined” and willing to spend “great spoke for the prevailing Zeitgeist when he of most of the March 1 Kunming assail- southern city of Kunming on March 1. Global Times titled in part, “Let’s bravely efforts” in solving the problems that wrote on Weibo that “Xinjiang counter- ants remains a mystery, believes Chinese Following this latest attack, after a go to Xinjiang.” Xinjiang lies at the “front plague it. terrorism requires both hard and soft authorities are being especially opaque. brief period during which even some offi- line” of counter-terrorism, reasoned the Xi’s visit was intended to underscore measures.” It may stem from concern about mim- cial reports of the incident were censored piece, published before the bombing. his commitment to quelling unrest, but This, Wu continued, includes “using icry, or copycat attacks, or worries about -- perhaps while propaganda authorities To stamp out terrorism, it continued, it risks becoming indelibly linked to the modern information technology and widespread anger toward Uighurs. But coordinated their messaging -- Chinese “average people” had to “make their own reverse in the Chinese public mind. On big data to monitor for separatists at Gladney believes this only creates a state media labelled the event terror- contribution” by treating Xinjiang as a the country’s social media, where coun- home and abroad,” combined with softer “greater climate of fear and uncertainty, ism. Some Chinese outlets have stated “normal place,” and travelling there for ter-narratives to the official line are most measures like “removing ethnicity from which is what these attackers wanted.” that two of the three killed in the may- business and leisure. An article this week likely to persist, some users explicitly national ID cards,” which currently bear Online, the fear is palpable, even if it hem were suicide bombers. State news in outlet Legal Evening News showed just associated Xi’s presence with the attacks. that information. does not dominate. Many web users have agency Xinhua has since declared the how carefully authorities track the issue Several comments called it a “slap to the The schism between hard and soft expressed steadfast support for Xinjiang case “cracked,” identifying one 39-year- when it noted that over the past two face” and a “blatant provocation” directed domestic power has been evident for and its people -- but they also know they old male suspect by name and stating months, Xi had mentioned counter-ter- at the Chinese leader. One user opined some time. Dru C Gladney, a Professor can’t make central policy. In a deleted the perpetrators operated under the rorism domestically 16 times and raised that while Xi had promised to “strike of Anthropology at Pomona College in comment, one user predicted that the “long-term influence of extreme religious the issue 11 times in statements to foreign first” against terrorism in the region, California who studies Uighur issues, told timing of the attack “will surely cause” thought.” leaders. he found that “his rivals had struck first Foreign Policy that it “goes to the root Chinese authorities to “exterminate the The contrast between the bloody An editorial this week in the liberal instead.” A very small minority of users of party policy toward minorities” more East Turkistan [movement] ruthlessly. images of the bombing circulating on Beijing News, published hours before the blamed Xi; one user claiming to live in generally: A stance which perceives them The chaos is just beginning.” Members of Chinese microblogs and the merry depic- attack, opined that Xi’s visit to Xinjiang Xinjiang wrote, “If Papa Xi hadn’t come,” as “singing, smiling, dancing followers of the Uighur and the majority Han popula- tions of Xi’s inspection tour is stark. In sent a “new signal” both domestically the attack would “never have happened.” the party” who nonetheless require the tions would likely unite in hoping he is the days leading up to the attack, state- and internationally in the effort to con- Wu Bihu, a professor of tourism at occasional crackdown. wrong. sanctioned media had devoted significant trol the region; central authorities were prestigious Peking University, perhaps Gladney, who noted that the identity WP-BLOOMBERG Adams’ arrest marks end of his career The EU’s response to Ukraine Just days ago, has been that of a betrayal Adams was the BY IAN BIRRELL wo weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed Irish Republic’s men in military uniforms entered a police station in Slavyansk. One of them, a friendly fellow who spoke some English, later confessed to being most popular Ta Russian marine who had served in Chechnya; this was an unsurprising revelation, since he talked also of serial skydiving and had an assault rifle issued to Moscow’s armed forces slung across his back. leader, but There is little doubt that a despotic regime in Russia is, slowly but surely, dismem- bering its neighbour. First Crimea, speedily annexed with barely a whimper from the other big the west, and now the wealthy industrial heartlands of east Ukraine. If it were a conventional military invasion, there would be worldwide outcry. Instead, strategic sites are taken over in camouflaged attacks that confound critics, while a barrage of parties won’t parodic propaganda pumped out by Vladimir Putin confuses the core issues. It is worth remembering at the heart of this struggle, so often portrayed as go into office some kind of great game played by global powers, is the desire of Ukraine’s people to share the purest European dream of freedom and prosperity. with him now. Even now, with crisis crippling their country and an inexperienced interim gov- ernment, polls show Ukrainians becoming more optimistic over their future. The number who feel their country is moving in the right direction has doubled since BY MALACHI February, while there is significantly greater support for joining the European Union. O’DOHERTY Gerry Adams. ‘The majority of the Sinn Féin support base [will not be daunted] if it emerges that he has Moscow’s intervention is merely solidifying a fledgling democracy’s sense of identity. blood on his hands.’ Putin’s initial attempts to foment unrest in eastern Ukraine struggled to take e can be confi- off beyond the bedrock of pro-Russian fanatics. Ringleaders were rounded up, dent that Gerry What he did before giving up But the major part of the increased its support, yet its demonstrations sparsely attended. Now the pugnacious president is doing all he Adams has not the armed struggle is not con- Sinn Féin support base, which northern and southern expres- can to stoke up tensions in the Donbass region, presumably hoping for a bloodbath Wbeen sitting in sidered relevant. is now most of the nationalist sions are growing apart. One to balance against the slaughter of protesters in Maidan, while exploiting cultural, his cell chewing on self-doubt. Adams has many times held community, maintains it loy- irony, if he fell, might be that economic, linguistic and even religious fissures in the afflicted area. The president of Sinn Féin, his nerve and maintained his alty to the party and Gerry Sinn Féin would be partitioned, He seeks to recreate Russia’s empire, bound together with Orthodox religion and who was arrested this week in course when others said he was Adams as a reward for peace- effectively evidence that parti- Slavic brotherhood. This is one reason the rather nondescript city of Slavyansk connection with the 1972 kid- a murderer, the defender of a making. It wouldn’t daunt tion is organic and inevitable is so significant, with the generic word “Slav” at its root – along with a massive napping, murder and burial of child abuser – that is, of his them were it to emerge that in Ireland. arms dump nearby containing millions of light weapons. An attempt by Kiev nine widowed mother-of-10 Jean convicted brother Liam – and he has blood on his hands; they Adams, just a few days ago, days ago to oust armed separatists prompted Moscow’s forces to edge closer to McConville, has been the tar- when journalists harangued like him because they know he was the most popular political the border. Today’s “anti-terrorist” offensive there, in which there were fatalities get of opprobrium for more him about bombings in which made war and credit him with leader in the south. And some on both sides, was a critical test of Russian resolve. than 40 years and has shown innocents died. having changed. there will detect machinations Meanwhile the economic side of the equation is increasingly important. Just as himself impervious to it. This is a man who doesn’t do True, most nationalists behind the decision to arrest in Crimea, many eastern Ukrainians – from pensioners to police officers – told He has been imprisoned and doubt. This time the party line rejected the IRA during its him. me they were seduced by Moscow’s fiscal strength. Some yearn for Soviet-era shot, and reviled in the media is that his arrest was politically armed campaign and voted But it is not only public opin- stability. With their currency tumbling, the economy crumbling and incomes fall- – but has come through all motivated; that with elections instead for the SDLP which ion that matters. The prospect ing amid unrest, it is easy to point the finger at the supposed “fascists” in Kiev that stoically. coming in three weeks, this is a opposed violent revolution. of political power in the south and blame their “coup” for the current financial pain. When charged with trying way to tarnish Sinn Féin. But those distinctions are dis- depends on coalition with at We can only guess at Putin’s endgame, although he is a more pragmatic politi- to escape from internment in North of the border people solving. Last month Clonard least one of the other big par- cian than often presumed. Does he want full-scale military intervention or just 1974, he sat darning his socks who vote Sinn Féin are of two monastery in west Belfast held ties. And the leaders of Labour, managed chaos? Is his desire for proxy buffer states on his border, or just to ruin and ignoring proceedings. types. There are those who a mass for “the patriot dead”, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will Ukraine’s elections later this month? Regardless, the solutions must be diplomatic Adams knows that he is supported the IRA and believe bringing together families of be squeamish about going into – although it is hard to see how, when the recent Geneva “de-escalation” deal widely loved by those who the campaign was a good thing. dead IRA bombers and killers. office with, deputising or being was wilfully sabotaged by his stooges in Donetsk. supported the IRA through They aren’t going to be affected That’s how respectable a past deputised by, a man who was a Yet, while many Ukrainians lust after a European future, they are spurned its worst days. Those who were by his arrest; there is nothing in the IRA has become. Therefore Adams’s southern by a divided continent that talks tough but delivers only the mildest rebukes going to desert him in horror for them to be disillusioned Where Adams can suffer political ambitions are now to Moscow. The most recent set of EU sanctions were so weak they caused the over the past have already about. Then there are repub- is in the Irish Republic. He dead, whatever happens next. Russian stock exchange to rebound. The British worry about the City of London, done so. He has already been lican critics of Adams, who shifted his political base there The hard part might be getting the French about defence deals, and Germans about their energy supplies and through a redemption, if not accuse him of selling out for and took a seat in the Dublin such a resilient and impervious history. All this is understandable, especially at a time of economic recovery. But in his own heart then certainly a career. They will be quietly parliament, the Dáil. For years man to believe that. it is hard not to wonder if history will judge this the ultimate betrayal of Ukraine. in the minds of Irish people. glad he is in difficulty now. his party has relentlessly THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL 42 killed in Ukraine violence Most deaths due to burning inside trade union building; relief as seven European military observers released ODESSA/SLAVIANSK: At least 42 people were killed in a street battle between support- ers and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that ended with dozens of pro-Russian pro- testers incinerated in a burning building, bringing the country closer to war. Pro-Russian rebels in the east freed seven European military observers yesterday after hold- ing them hostage for eight days, while Kiev pressed on with its biggest military operation so far to reclaim rebel-held territory in the area. The riot in the Black Sea port of Odessa, ending in a deadly blaze in a besieged trade union building, was by far the worst incident in Ukraine since a February upris- ing that ended with a pro-Russian president fleeing the country. It also spread the violence from the eastern separatist heartland to an area far from the Russian frontier, raising the prospect of unrest sweeping more broadly across a country of around 45 million people the size of France. The Kremlin, which has massed tens of thousands of soldiers on the Ukraine’s eastern border and Ukraine’s acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (left-front) with members of the freed OSCE team yesterday at the Kiev airport. RIGHT: A Pro-Russian activist sits in front of policemen proclaims the right to invade to guarding the burned trade union building in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa yesterday. protect Russian speakers, said the government in Kiev and its Western backers were responsible of pro-Russian demonstrators referendum on May 11 on seces- Rebels in Slaviansk, their most The military operation in the to 42. It was easily the biggest for the deaths. nearby had been swept away. At sion from Ukraine, similar to one heavily fortified redoubt, shot east was overshadowed by the death toll since about 100 people Kiev said the violence was pro- the nearby hospital, residents staged in March in Ukraine’s down two Ukrainian helicopters unprecedented violence in Odessa, were killed in Kiev protests that voked by foreign demonstrators queued up to offer blood. Crimea region, which was seized on Friday, killing two crew, and a vibrant multi-ethnic port city toppled pro-Russian President sent in from Transdniestria, a Oleg Konstantinov, a journal- and annexed by Russia in a move stalled an advance by Ukrainian that has seen some support for Viktor Yanukovich in February. nearby breakaway pro-Russian ist covering the events for a local that overturned the post-Cold troops in armoured vehicles. separatists but nothing like the “Kiev and its Western spon- region of Moldova where Moscow Internet site, said bullets had War diplomatic order. Separatists said three fighters riots that erupted on Friday. sors are practically provoking the has a military garrison. It said flown in the melee before the Yesterday the government and two civilians were killed in Police said four people were bloodshed and bear direct respon- most of the dead who had been blaze: “I was hit in the arm, then said it was pressing on with the Friday’s Ukrainian advance on killed, at least three shot dead, sibility for it,” RIA Novosti quoted identified so far were from there. I started crawling, and then got offensive in the area for a sec- the town. and dozens wounded in running Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Yesterday morning, people hit in the back and leg.” ond day, and had recaptured a Vasyl Krutov, head of a gov- battles between people backing Peskov as telling reporters. placed flowers near the burnt-out The Odessa bloodshed came on television tower and a security ernment “anti-terrorist centre” Kiev and pro-Russian activists. Kiev’s Interior Ministry blamed doors of the trade union building, the same day that Kiev launched services building from rebels in behind the operation in the east, The clashes ended with separa- the pro-Russian protesters, say- lighting candles and putting up its biggest push yet to reassert its Kramatorsk, a town near the told a news conference there tists holed up in the trade union ing they had attacked the pro- the yellow, white and red flag of control over separatist areas in rebel stronghold of Slaviansk. was gunfire and fighting around building. Video footage showed Ukrainians before retreating to the city. About 2,000 pro-Russian the east, hundreds of kilometres “We are not stopping,” Interior Kramatorsk: “What we are facing petrol bombs exploding against the trade union headquarters, protesters outside the burnt-out away, where armed pro-Russian Minister Arsen Avakov said in in the Donetsk region and in the its walls. from where they opened fire on building chanted “Odessa is a rebels have proclaimed a “People’s a post on Facebook. “The active eastern regions is not just some At least 37 people died in the the crowd and threw out the pet- Russian city”. Republic of Donetsk”. phase of the operation continued kind of short-lived uprising, it is blaze. Yesterday, police raised rol bombs that caused the blaze. The remains of a tented camp The rebels there aim to hold a at dawn.” in fact a war.” the overall death toll in the city REUTERS Senator endorses Hillary Slovenian Gerry Adams detention extended for US president PM to quit BELFAST: Tensions in for questioning over the murder had warned on Friday that the WASHINGTON: Senator in a tweet that linked to his Northern Ireland rose yester- of Jean McConville, a widowed party would “reflect” on its coop- Tim Kaine of Virginia yester- remarks on www.readyforhillary. day after police obtained an mother of ten, in 1972. eration with the police if Adams day endorsed Hillary Clinton com, website of one of the most tomorrow extension to question detained McConville’s children watched was charged. for president, even though the prominent pro-Clinton organi- republican leader Gerry Adams as she was dragged screaming Sinn Fein assembly member former secretary of state has sations. “She understands the over a notorious IRA murder. from their home after the IRA Alex Maskey told the BBC yes- not announced whether she challenges facing Americans BRDO CASTLE (KRANJ), His Sinn Fein party warned it accused her of being an informer. terday the party would “monitor will seek the White House from all walks of life and has the SLOVENIA: Slovenian Prime could review its support for police She was later found shot in the and review” its relationship with in 2016. Kaine, who backed compassion and skill necessary Minister Alenka Bratusek said in the British province, where back of the head. law enforcement services. Barack Obama when he beat to help improve our everyday yesterday she has agreed with thousands of people died during Detectives were on Friday He said there was a “small ele- Clinton for the Democratic lives,” Kaine, former governor coalition partners to resign in decades of Catholic-Protestant granted an extra 48 hours until ment of people involved in polic- presidential nomination in of Virginia, said in remarks pre- order to create the conditions unrest. Sunday night to question Adams, ing who are politically motivated”. 2008, announced his support pared for the breakfast meeting, for early elections in June. The government rejected accu- after the previous deadline to The arrest came weeks before on Twitter and at breakfast according to the website. “We’ve agreed that it would be sations that the arrest of Adams, charge or release him expired, local and European elections. meeting of the South Carolina Kaine added Clinton’s work as best for Slovenia if we could hold the public face of the republi- the Police Service of Northern “The people that I represent Women’s Democratic Council secretary of state, senator from early elections as soon as possible, can movement, was politically Ireland (PSNI) said. Deputy First are scathing in their anger at the in Columbia, South Carolina. New York and first lady during that is why I’ll inform on Monday motivated. Adams, 65, presented Minister Martin McGuinness, the moment about the PSNI — and “Today I encouraged Hillary her husband Bill Clinton’s presi- the parliamentary speaker about himself at a police station late top Sinn Fein figure in the power- it’s not just about in relation to Clinton to run for president & dency also give her a deep back- my resignation,” Bratusek told Wednesday and was arrested sharing government in Belfast, Gerry Adams,” he said. AFP pledged my support for her can- ground on foreign policy. journalists after meeting the didacy if she does,” Kaine said REUTERS heads of the three junior coali- tion parties. She said the elections could LOL! be held as early as June 22, but Greece to launch added that “that is no longer in South Africa opposition the prime minister’s hands.” Bratusek announced her resig- public broadcaster nation last week after losing the warns ANC of losing leadership of the ruling Positive ATHENS: Greece’s new pub- Slovenija (PS) against Ljubljana’s lic broadcaster, replacing the mayor Zoran Jankovic. JOHANNESBURG: South Xhosa, Afrikaans and at times one closed down by the govern- The three junior partners — Africa’s leading opposition throwing in slogans in Sotho, ment last year, transmits for the Social Democrats (SD) party, party made a final push for Zille said her party was the “only the first time this weekend but the pensioners DESUS party and votes yesterday ahead of next hope for positive change” in South the launch will be “modest”, its the Civil List (DL) — announced week’s hotly fought election, Africa. president said yesterday. they were leaving the coalition warning the ruling ANC is in She hit out at President Jacob The New Greek Radio, Internet after Jankovic retook the PS for a rude shock. Zuma, contrasting his leadership and Television (NERIT) will go leadership from which he had to The Democratic Alliance held with that of fellow ANC lead- live at 18:00 (GMT 16:00) and the withdraw last year amid corrup- its final campaign rally at a vast ers Nelson Mandela and Thabo first programmes broadcast will tion allegations. events centre in Johannesburg’s Mbeki, who she said stewarded be a news bulletin, a Greek then Once Bratusek hands in her upmarket suburb of Northriding. the country toward economic a foreign film as well as a sports resignation, the country’s presi- “The ANC has become arro- growth and development. programme. dent, a parliamentary party or a gant because they believe that Zille claimed that during the “There will be a modest cer- group of at least 10 MPs have a the voters will carry on voting last five years under Zuma, unem- emony”, George Prokopakis, its 30-day deadline to propose a new for them, whatever they do,” said ployment has climbed and con- president told state-run Athens candidate. leader Helen Zille. ditions had deteriorated for the News Agency (ANA). If no candidate is proposed or “Well, they are in for a big country’s poor majority because He added that the delay of the does not win a majority support shock on Wednesday.” the ANC’s current crop of lead- launch, scheduled for April 27, in parliament, the president can South Africans go to the polls ers “believe they will rule forever.” was due to procedural delays. call early elections. on May 7 to elect provincial lead- “They have forgotten about the The programme of NERIT will Bratusek urged all sides to ers and legislators. The lawmak- voters who put them in power.” be progressively increased with 16 abstain from proposing candi- ers will then elect a president “It is not the organisation it new shows added over the next dates to form a new government from the party which garners the once was.” fortnight plus transmissions saying early elections in June most number of votes. “When a government becomes concerning the coming local and “would be the best”. A slowing economy, high unem- corrupt, when it does not do European elections also broad- “We have fulfilled our promise ployment and rampant govern- its job properly, the economy cast, according to ANA. NERIT’s to safely bring Slovenia to the A participant at the laugh parade in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday. ment corruption have been the declines, unemployment grows, president admitted though that elections, our state remains sov- The World Laughter Day takes place on the first Sunday of May of DA’s trump cards in this year’s poverty deepens and the powerful there were problems before ereign and we’ve made it without every year. election. few get richer and richer.” today’s launch, including staff foreign aid.” AFP Switching between English, AFP recruitment. AFP SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Toll in S Korea ferry disaster now at 236 66 passengers still unaccounted for

SEOUL: Eight more bodies They have to struggle through were recovered yesterday from narrow passageways and rooms the ferry that sank off South littered with floating debris Korea last month, reports said, in silty water. Park Seung-Ki, amid concern that some of the spokesman for the Ministry of missing may never be found. Oceans and Fisheries, said bed- Seventeen days after the 6,825- ding materials from the ship were tonne Sewol capsized and sank, found as far as 30 kilometres from 236 people have been confirmed the disaster site on Friday. dead with 66 still unaccounted for, As days go by, personal belong- according to Yonhap news agency. ings and debris from the ship have Earlier yesterday, the search been spotted further and fur- A funeral service employee puts up portraits of victims of sunken passenger ship Sewol at the official memorial altar in Ansan on Friday. had been suspended due to fast ther away, fuelling concerns that currents and high waves whipped strong currents may have swept The relatives of those still miss- peacetime disasters but public who was off duty on the day having the ferry overloaded well up by gusty winds, according to a some bodies into the open sea. ing are insisting that all the bod- anger and frustration has been of the accident, has told pros- beyond its legal limit. coastguard spokesman. One body was retrieved Friday ies be recovered before efforts amplified due to greed and irre- ecutors that the ferry operator The government has come Dive teams have been working by a fishing vessel four kilometres begin to raise the sunken ferry. sponsibility being blamed for the -- Chonghaejin Marine Co -- under strong criticism over the in challenging and sometimes away from the recovery site, and The Sewol capsized on April 16 poor handling of the catastrophe. “brushed aside” repeated warn- initially slow rescue response as hazardous conditions. They have another was found two kilometres with 476 people on board -- more The captain and 14 of his crew ings that the 20-year-old ship had well as lax safety standards and to grope their way down guiding away on Wednesday. than 300 of them from the same have been arrested for being the stability issues following a renova- collusion between industry and ropes to the sunken ship, lay- As a precaution, recovery work- Danwon High School in Ansan first to leave the ship without tion in 2012. regulators, which were partly ing on its side on the seabed at a ers put rings of netting around city, just south of Seoul. helping all passengers to safety. Two Chonghaejin officials were blamed for the scale of the dis- depth of 40 metres. the site days ago. It is one of South Korea’s worst The Sewol’s regular captain, arrested on Friday on charges of aster. AFP

Australian PM Abbott cancels Mechanical failure eyed Philippine police nab Maoist rebel Indonesia trip in Seoul train collision MANILA: A high-ranking Lieutenant General Ricardo three NPA guerillas were killed in SYDNEY: Australian communist rebel officer has Rainier Cruz said Armodia is a clash with troops in Mindanao Prime Minister Tony Abbott been arrested in the Philippines, accused of masterminding a on Wednesday. yesterday cancelled a trip to SEOUL: A malfunctioning should activate when the two a military official said yester- series of attacks on businesses A NPA officer, Recto Golimlim, Indonesia amid reports that automatic stopping system trains were within 200 metres of day, amid a surge of deadly and farms that did not give in to was killed while fighting with an asylum seeker turnback caused the recent collision of each other. The system malfunc- clashes between soldiers and NPA extortion demands troops in the town of Magallanes, operation was underway that two subway trains in Seoul, offi- tioned, consequently, the following the insurgents. There has been an increase in 560 kilometres south of Manila could renew tensions between cials said yesterday. train came too close to the sta- On Friday police arrested Felix the number of deadly encounters on April 27. the neighbours. A moving train slammed into tionary train, leaving little time Armodia -- a regional secretary following the arrest of the CPP He was the region’s second- Abbott’s office confirmed he the rear of another, which had for the driver to brake. of the New People’s Army (NPA), leaders. in-command as well as being no longer intended to travel to stopped at Sangwangsimni sta- The tunnel curves before enter- the CPP’s armed wing -- in the Three soldiers were killed in an explosives expert, a military Bali on Tuesday for a meet- tion in eastern Seoul on mid- ing Sangwangsimni station and southern island of Mindanao, the a NPA ambush in the northern statement said. ing with Indonesian president afternoon Friday, leaving more the driver did not see the plat- region’s military commander said. Philippines on Thursday, while AFP Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono but than 200 people injured. form was occupied until quite late, declined to go into the reasons The accident was a fresh blow Chang added. for putting off the visit, which to a country still reeling from the The last two carriages of the had been seen as a thawing of April 16 Sewol ferry tragedy that stationary train appeared to have ties tested by recent rows over left 300 dead or missing -- most of been thrown off the rails by the espionage and Australia’s con- them high school students -- after force of the impact, and TV foot- troversial refugee policies. the ship capsized and sank. age showed cracked windows on The prime minister is “The Automatic Train Stop the two trains and one door con- grateful for the invitation,” a system (ATS) installed at necting two carriages that had spokesman for Abbott said. Sangwangsimni station failed to been completely knocked off its “Unfortunately the prime function properly,” Seoul Metro hinges. minister is unable to attend at President Chang Jung-Woo said. Train service on the subway this time and he hopes to visit ATS is designed to control line No 2 returned to normal Indonesia to meet with the the distance between trains, and early yesterday. AFP president at a mutually con- venient time.” Chinese official Taipei sand sculpture probed for graft BEIJING: A legislator in the Chinese city of Chongqing is under investigation for graft, the ruling Communist Party’s top anti-graft body said yesterday. Tan Xiwei, deputy director of Chongqing’s People’s Congress Standing Committee, is sus- pected of “serious violation of discipline and laws,” which is Party parlance for engag- ing in corrupt activities. The party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection made the announcement on its website. Tan is the latest official to fall in China’s fight against graft. President Xi Jinping has made tackling widespread corruption a central goal of his administration, saying that Visitors admire sand sculptures on a beach during the Sand Sculpture the problem could threaten Festival 2014 in Fulong, northern New Taipei City yesterday. Some 30 Communist Party rule. sand sculpture works made by thirty artists from 17 countries are being AGENCIES displayed at the exhibition between May 3 to June 30. Fresh arrest in Malaysia anti-terror drive

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian confirmed by the official. Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah police have arrested an 11th Hamidi said these groups blamed for the deadly 2002 Bali suspect in an operation to break claimed to be on a “jihad (holy bombings. up Islamic terror groups posing war),” according to the newspaper Police have said they are also as humanitarian organisations, Utusan Malaysia. probing terrorism as one possible an official said yesterday. The Malay-language publica- reason for the March 8 disappear- Police arrested 10 Malaysians tion also reported that police are ance of Malaysia Airlines flight earlier during raids in and around still tracing a number of other MH370. the capital Kuala Lumpur and the suspects in ongoing investigations. A source familiar with the northern state of Kedah before a Malaysia practises moderate arrests said on Monday that man attempting to flee the coun- Islam and has not seen any nota- those detained were not linked try was detained on Thursday, ble terror attacks in recent mem- to Jemaah Islamiyah or the dis- said a Home Ministry official. ory, but concern has risen in the appearance of the jet. “Our biggest worry is organisa- multi-faith nation over perceived The plane, carrying 239 people, tions using humanitarian missions Islamisation. is believed to have crashed into as the basis to train militants,” said The Southeast Asian country the southern Indian Ocean, but no Home Minister Zahid Hamidi as has been home to several sus- sign of wreckage has been found cited by Malay-language daily pected key figures in militant despite weeks of search efforts. Berita Harian in comments Islamic groups, such as the Al AFP SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Afghan landslide death toll at 300 Officials believe number of victims will not reach 500

KABUL: Afghan officials gave “Hundreds of families have lost “Seven members of my family up hope yesterday of finding any everything and are in immense were here, four or five of them survivors from a landslide in need of assistance.” were killed ... I am also half alive, the remote northeast, with the The United Nations said the what can I do?” said an elderly number killed or missing put at focus was now on the more than woman, her hair covered in a pink between a few hundred and as 4,000 people displaced, either shawl. many as 2,700. directly as a result of the land- Dotted with villages of mud- The United Nations said the slide or as a precautionary meas- brick homes nestled in valleys focus now was on helping more ure from villages assessed to be beside bare slopes, Badakhshan than 4,000 displaced people. at risk. The IOM said over 14,000 province has been hit by several International organisations and people were affected. deadly landslides in recent years. Afghan officials said at least 300 Their main needs are water, The side of the mountain above mud brick homes were buried on medicine, food and emergency Abi-Barak collapsed at around Friday, but precise information shelter, said Ari Gaitanis, a 11am on Friday as people were ANA troops load supply for survivors of the Badakhshan landslide onto a helicopter in Kabul yesterday. on the number killed was hard spokesman from the United trying to recover belongings and to come by in the impoverished Nations Assistance Mission in livestock after a smaller landslip province bordering Tajikistan. Afghanistan. hit a few hours earlier. “We have managed to get one come and help our people, to take said American forces were on The UN mission in Afghanistan Officials expressed concern the Hundreds of homes were excavator into the area, but dig- the bodies out,” said a middle- standby to help. About 30,000 US said more than 350 people were unstable hillside above the site of destroyed in the landslides that ging looks hopeless,” Colonel aged man, standing on a hill over- soldiers remain in Afghanistan, killed, but a spokesman for the the disaster may cave in again, were triggered by torrential rain. Abdul Qadeer Sayad, a deputy looking the river of mud where his although that number is falling local governor put the number threatening the homeless as well Officials worry another section of police chief of Badakhshan, said. village once stood. as Washington prepares to with- in excess of 2,100. The Geneva- as the UN and local rescue teams the mountainside could collapse He said the sheer size of the “We managed to take out only draw all combat troops who bat- based International Organization working there. at any time. area affected, and the depth of 10-15 people, the rest of our vil- tled Taliban insurgents by the end for Migration (IOM) said 2,700 Villagers and a few dozen police, The Afghan military flew res- the mud, meant that only modern lagers here are trapped.” of this year. were dead or missing. equipped with only basic digging cue teams to the area yesterday, machinery could help. Hundreds of people camped out Police said they had provided “The scale of this landslide is tools, resumed their search when as the remote mountain region Nato-led coalition troops are overnight in near freezing condi- a security ring around the area, absolutely devastating, with an daylight broke but it soon became is served by only narrow, poor on standby to assist but yesterday tions, although some were given which has been relatively free of entire village practically wiped clear there was no hope of finding roads which have themselves been said the Afghan government had tents. Officials distributed food insurgent attacks. The Taliban away,” IOM Afghanistan Chief of survivors buried in the deep mud damaged by more than a week of not asked for help. and water. said they were also willing to Mission Richard Danziger said. and rubble. heavy rain. “I call on the government to US President Barack Obama provide security. REUTERS

Khyber govt to set citizen Mosque expansion named PML-N to reappoint trade officials facilitation hubs after political murderer ISLAMABAD: In disregard of be readjusted in other missions, stations even if their missions ISLAMABAD: The govern- its own policy and under intense he added. have been closed down by the Dar ment in Pakistan’s Khyber pressure from parliamentar- The Pakistan People’s Party-led committee. Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and ISLAMABAD: A mosque mosque, said he needed to expand ians, the Pakistan Muslim government last year appointed A source in the commerce min- the National Database and named in honour of the killer to keep up with demand. League-N government is con- 42 trade officers. The then stand- istry said the commerce minister Registration Authority have of a politician who called for the “People love Mumtaz Qadri,” sidering reappointing six trade ing committee chairman and now was under intense pressure from signed a Memorandum of reform of Pakistan’s controver- he said. “More and more people officers who have been recalled Commerce Minister Khurram the PML-N parliamentarians to Understanding for setting up sial blasphemy laws is proving want to offer their prayers in this after eight foreign missions Dastgir had termed them “politi- relocate these officers to other citizens facilitation centres so popular it is raising funds to mosque.” were closed down. cal appointees”. vacant posts abroad. (CFCs) in the province. double its capacity. The GBP7,500 they hope to The decision to close down the “Yes, I stick to my previous Two of the six trade officers Officials said yesterday The concrete building in the raise will create a new prayer missions was taken on the rec- position that the trade officers have strong political influence that under the MOU, Nadra suburb of the Pakistani capital, hall on the roof so that the 500 ommendations of a committee were not appointed on merit,” and one is the husband of a state will provide computerised named after Mumtaz Qadri, a worshippers who regularly come headed by Finance Minister Ishaq Dastgir said, when contacted. minister. record of registration of arms former police bodyguard who in for Friday prayers will no longer Dar to save Rs500m annually. However, he said a committee A bureaucrat loyal to the Sharif and driving licences, vehicles 2011 murdered Salaman Taseer, have to spill out on to the dusty “The recalling of trade officers had been set up to review their family who recently retired from and other documents. KPK the governor of Punjab province lane outside in Islamabad’s VIP selected last year is testing the performance. the Prime Minister’s Secretariat Chief Secretary Amjad Ali whom he was supposed to be Ghori Town. political will of the government,” Little did he know that these as principal secretary is a strong and Nadra Chairman Imtiaz protecting. Qadri is celebrated for shoot- a source said. appointees have bipartisan polit- supporter of another officer. Tajwar signed the MOU at the Taseer had incurred public ing Taseer outside a coffee shop in Commerce Ministry’s ical contacts. Their contacts The husband of the sitting min- Nadra headquarters. wrath by voicing support for an upmarket shopping district of Spokesperson Fazal Abbas said on were not limited to politicians ister had secured his posting at Interior Minister Nisar Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman the capital on a winter’s day three Friday that a committee had been belonging to the PPP who had a station which was closed down Ali and KPK Chief Minister who had been sentenced to death years ago. Taseer had enraged constituted to review the per- helped them secure the prized nine months after his posting on Pervez Khattak were also in for allegedly insulting the prophet many by describing Pakistan’s formance of trade officers posted postings. a court order in his favour as the attendance. Muhammad. antiquated blasphemy legislation abroad. It would also review the Their contacts in the PML-N PPP government was not willing Mohammad Ashfaq Sabri, the as a “black law”. performance of the six officers are now aggressively active to get to appoint him on merit. Pakistanis urged prayer leader in charge of the THE GUARDIAN who were recalled and they would them relocated to other foreign INTERNEWS to pay penalties ISLAMABAD: A subcom- Bin Laden death anniversary mittee of the Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Rebels plan to use Indus Resource Development has suggested that the govern- ment should help secure River for staging attacks release of prisoners from Saudi jails by paying penalty for their minor offences. ISLAMABAD: Security agen- the Pakistan Atomic Energy A meeting of the committee, cies in Pakistan have started Commission’s (PAEC) project at held in the Parliament House surveillance of the Indus River Chashma in the Mianwali district with Senator Sehar Kamran on the basis of an intelligence of Punjab. in the chair, was attended by report that outlawed militant It said the militants had com- Senators Rafique Rajwana groups were planning to use pleted reconnaissance to kidnap and Ali Rind, official sources the waterway for transporting the officials during their move- said yesterday. Officials of the arms and ammunition and kid- ment between Balkasar inter- Foreign Office and Ministry of napped persons between Khyber change in the Chakwal district Overseas Pakistanis also par- Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the and Kundian in the Mianwali ticipated in the proceedings. provinces of Punjab and Sindh. district. The committee was informed Officials in intelligence agen- “After kidnapping the officials, that there were 2,162 Pakistani cies, interior ministry and the including the Chinese nation- prisoners in Saudi jails, out of capital police were reported als, the terrorists intend to flee which 109 could not afford to by Dawn newspaper as saying towards Lakki Marwat in KP via pay penalties. on Friday that the outlawed Al the Indus River by using boats Pakistani Sunni Muslim supporters of hard line pro-Taliban party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati (JUI-N) carry Qaeda and Tehreek-i-Taliban from near the shrine of Patang 5 whale sharks a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a protest on the third anniversary of the death of slain Al Qaeda Pakistan (TTP) had chosen the Baba, Ghundi Kundian Kundal, leader Osama bin Laden, in Quetta on Friday. waterway in order to skip security in Mianwali,” the officials quoted killed in Karachi checking on motorways, national the intelligence report. highways and other land routes. The report added: “The same KARACHI: At least five There are only three points groups may also target those whale sharks, all of them where militants can be inter- Chinese officials who travel aged between three and four 32,000 pupils admitted in Islamabad cepted on the River Indus - between the Thal Canal Kundian years, have been killed by Sukkur Barrage, Guddu Barrage and Talagang-Mianwali Road.” fishermen within less than and Kotri Barrage in Sindh, the They said mounting vigilance two weeks. ISLAMABAD: More than schools. But response from the girls) were admitted,” he said. officials said. Apart from that, along with setting up of check- The latest victim was a 32,700 students have enrolled girl students was unexpected. “It was also informed that in there are no security pickets on points along the river was a very 6.7-metre-long whale shark in the morning shifts of around A participant of the meet- Nilor Sector 4,737 students (2,936 the river right from KP to the tough task but not impossible. caught and killed in Gwadar 400 high schools in Islamabad ing requesting not to be identi- girls, 1,801 boys) were admitted. Sukkur Barrage. Even at the Different options are under on Thursday, according to the last month, with girls outnum- fied said that an “admission cell” In Sihala Sector 8,961 students three barrages, the security meas- consideration, including the World Wide Fund for Nature bering the boys 2:1. headed by Director Schools Asif (5,808 girls, 3,453 boys) were ures are aimed at protecting the deployment of the Frontier (WWF-Pakistan) yester- A meeting held at the Federal Niazi was established to ensure admitted. In Tarnol Sector 3,557 water reservoirs - not countering Constabulary, Punjab and Sindh day, which is maintaining an Directorate of Education (FDE) that every student got admission. students (1,807 girls, 1,750 boys) the movement of militants. Rangers along the Indus River in inventory of whale sharks was informed that 20,844 girls got “During the meeting it was were admitted. Over all 32,767 The officials said the new tac- KP, Punjab and Sindh. caught or spotted in Sindh and admission in Class I to X against shared that in 19 model colleges students were admitted in the tic of the militants would put the The Indus River runs a course Balochistan waters. 11,932 boys, official sources said as many as 2,228 students were schools out of which 20,844 stu- national security at risk if it was through the Ladakh region of The whale shark was caught here yesterday. Though the admitted, out of them 883 were dents were girls and 11,932 were not countered immediately. Jammu and Kashmir, towards and killed in a gill net at Cher Capital Administration and boys and 1345 were girls. In fed- boys,” he said. They said the possible water Gilgit and Baltistan and then flows Koh, West Bay, Gwadar on Development Division’s (CADD) eral government schools of urban Joint Secretary CADD Rafique route was discovered early last in a southerly direction along the Thursday, said Abdul Rahim, decision to stop admissions in sector, as many as 9,900 students Tahir said that the admission proc- month. The intelligence report entire length of Pakistan to merge WWF-P site coordinator. evening shift was criticised by (7,000 girls, 2,900 boys) were ess was still on and as per com- alerted that Al Qaeda and TTP into the Arabian Sea near the AGENCIES the general public, it managed admitted. In Bhara Kahu Sector mitment nobody would be refused had planned to kidnap officials, port city of Karachi in Sindh. to admit 32,767 students in the 3,384 students (1948 boys, 1436 admissions. INTERNEWS especially Chinese working at INTERNEWS SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Assam attack toll rises to 32 Congress blames BJP for communal agenda

GUWAHATI: Police found further tightened with police and homeland for decades. nine more bodies yesterday paramilitary troopers deployed in The violence has taken place after a deadly rampage by tribal strength.” in Baksa and neighbouring separatists in India’s remote The nine bodies, including those Kokrajhar districts. northeastern Assam state, tak- of women and children, were Witnesses said some of the ing the death toll to 32 following recovered from Narayanguri vil- victims were killed as attackers two days of violence. lage in Baksa district, 200km west opened fire on them while they The latest fighting in the area, of Assam’s main city of Guwahati. slept in their homes. a site of frequent ethnic clashes, This week’s attacks come as Prime Minister Manmohan began on Thursday with the kill- India votes in a multi-phased Singh directed Assam Chief ing of 11 Bengali-speaking Muslim general election that began on Minister Tarun Gogoi and fed- villagers, followed by more blood- April 7. Polling winds up on May eral Home Minister Sushilkumar shed on Friday when 12 others 12, with results to be announced Shinde to “restore normalcy” in were slain. four days later. the area, while condemning the Villagers cry as they mourn the death of their relatives in Narayanguri, some 200km west of Guwahati in Assam, Police said it was not immedi- Voting in Assam has ended, attacks. after they were killed by militants. ately known when the nine villag- with April 24 the last day of “(My) heart reaches out and ers whose bodies were recovered polling. grieves for all those who lost their 6, 1992, the act of demolishing Gujarat riots, Modi made pro- backed by the rebels. yesterday had been killed. Police blamed the attacks on near and dear ones,” Singh said in the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was vocative statements against the While the opposition Bharatiya “The death toll has gone up to the outlawed National Democratic a statement. committed by leaders of the BJP. main minority community in the Janata Party has criticised the 32,” police inspector general S N Front of Bodoland (NDFB), which The Congress condemned the Nearly 500 people were killed state. Congress-led state government Singh said. “Security has been has been demanding a separate violence in Assam and blamed the in the Somnath-Ayodhya Yatra Sibal appealed that “people of for inaction and failure to pro- BJP and its leader Narendra Modi and after 1992, roughly 1,700 the nation should recognise his tect its people, some student for creating a “communal atmos- were killed. In 1995, they decided masked face. Democracy should groups have demanded Gogoi’s phere” in the country. to have a similar march from not be put at stake.” resignation. Party spokesperson and union Kanyakumari to Kashmir. You The attacks have prompted Seventeen people were killed minister Kapil Sibal said at a brief- are looking at a pattern which security forces to launch a mas- in clashes in the same region in ing at the Congress headquarters is prevalent from 1984 onwards. sive hunt for the guerillas and January, and thousands of others in Delhi that “I want to, on behalf There were Gujarat riots in 2002,” have spurred some 5,000 people fled their homes for fear of fur- of the president of the Congress said Sibal. to flee from their homes, police ther attacks. party, the vice president and the Quoting from the website of officer Singh said. Survivors of Thursday’s attack entire Congress party condemn in Modi, Sibal said it credits the The officer added that an in Kokrajhar district described the strongest possible terms the Gujarat chief minister with indefinite curfew has also been how a group of around 20 masked violence perpetrated in Assam”. organising the two yatras starting imposed in the violence-torn dis- gunmen had carried out the kill- Sibal claimed the Vishwa Hindu from Somnath and Kanyakumari. tricts, with police given shoot-on- ings late at night. Parishad, an auxiliary group “Now they admit that in 1998 sight orders. “We were asleep when gunmen associated with the Rashtriya when they came in power, the The victims of the attacks were barged into our home and sprayed Swayamsevak Sangh, started the credit goes to Modi because of Muslim migrants who have been bullets, killing my elderly mother, agenda of “dividing the polity” by Rath Yatra and march from locked for years in land disputes my wife and my four-year-old launching the Ram Janmabhoomi Kanyakumari to Kashmir, which with indigenous Bodo tribes in the daughter,” Siraj Ali told a local movement in 1984. is purely a communal agenda and tea-growing state that borders TV channel, as he sat beside the “The BJP embraced it and sen- they admit it also that they will Bhutan and Bangladesh. bodies in a police station. ior BJP leader L K Advani thought come to power on the basis of this Media reports said Muslim vil- “I don’t have anyone left in my A security officer walks through the debris of the houses that were burnt of the Rath Yatra from Somnath communal agenda,” alleged Sibal. lagers were targeted as a punish- family now,” Ali said. during attacks at Baksa district in Assam. to Ayodhya in 1991. On December He alleged that post the ment for not voting for candidates AFP

ANC suspends Indian-origin India rejects Pakistan army chief’s remarks NEW DELHI: India yester- were firmly in the past. country is that Kashmir is an and security forces there would be the entire subcontinent. “This is a leader day termed as unwholesome “He has mentioned Kashmir in integral part of our country, it well advised to address the chal- very very carefully worded advice and unacceptable Pakistan a manner which is unwholesome is part of the idea of India, and lenges that come from TTP and which one would not give in nor- JOHANNESBURG: An Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif’s and unacceptable. I think that there can be no remotest way in other unwholesome forces that mal circumstances because both Indian-origin leader whose comment that Kashmir was these are matters that, frankly it which we will accept any attempt are attacking civilians in Pakistan the tone and tenor of the speeches comments against the Indian Islamabad’s “jugular vein” and is not for me to advise them but, to qualify that or to put a ques- and causing innocent people hurt that have been made are com- community in South Africa said Islamabad’s security forces are best left to bilateral discus- tion mark on that. That should be and of course enormous amount pletely and totally unacceptable sparked a racial controversy has were well advised to address sions between civilian authorities. categorically clear,” Khurshid said. of anxiety,” he said. to us,” Khurshid said. been suspended by the African challenges from Tehreek-e- This is not the realm of the armed Khurshid said Pakistan has The minister said armed and Raheel Sharif, addressing a cer- National Congress (ANC) yes- Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and forces to be discussing publicly,” difficult challenges today to face security forces in Pakistan would emony at the army headquarters terday, a media report said. other radical elements. Khurshid said. The minister said from the Tehreek-e-Taliban be best serving their country if in Rawalpindi, Wednesday said Visvin Reddy, a former External Affairs Minister all political parties in India have Pakistan (TTP) who obvi- they address this problem and Kashmir was an international municipal councillor of eThek- Salman Khurshid said in a state- categorically repudiated whatever ously have their masters — the provide security to their own dispute regarding which United wini in Kwazulu-Natal province ment that the Pakistan Army has been said from Pakistan. Al Qaeda. “I think the army in citizens rather than reaching out Nations resolutions existed. and ANC Chatsworth branch chief had referred to issues that “The common position in our Pakistan and the armed forces and trying to create confusion in IANS chairman, made a comment on Facebook on Wednesday that said the Indians who complain about the ANC government should go Kashmir row back to India. “His recent remarks on a pub- lic platform... the party views as out of line with the position of the organisation,” SAPA quoted a statement by the ANC’s KwaZulu- Natal provincial secretary Sihle Zikalala. Zikalala said the ANC believed in non-racialism. “To you anti-ANC commenta- tors… wait until May 8. The ANC will still rule this country,” Reddy had said in his Facebook com- ment. “You whiners should leave. Go to India and you will see what a good life we have here. Continue with your garbage and marginal- ise yourself further. Do not blame the ANC, blame yourself. “You have not yet embraced democracy. Only a foolish Indian in South Africa will not engage the majority constructively,” Reddy, himself of Indian descent, said in his Facebook post. The country’s general elections will take place May 7. In a statement Thursday, Zikalala said: “We view Reddy’s utterances as totally uncalled for A Kashmiri man quarrels with a paramilitary soldier amid curfew imposed in downtown area of Srinagar, and not reflecting the principles yesterday. Curfew and severe restrictions remained in place for the third consecutive day following the of democracy. IANS killing of a 22-year-old artisan Bashir Ahmad Bhat by paramilitary troopers on April 30. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation marks 20 years

NEW DELHI: The Delhi contribution to the Delhi Metro. Centre. He said Delhi Metro Delhi Metro’s entire Phase I in Metro Rail Corporation “DMRC’s name should be with its expertise should take the last two years.” (DMRC) yesterday celebrated mentioned in golden letters. up more international projects. Viaducts over 30 km have its 20th foundation day. Delhi Metro has put India’s name On the progress of Delhi Metro’s been completed and 15 km of Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, as a country capable of execut- third phase, DMRC Managing tunnelling has been done - who was the guest of hon- ing large projects in a magnifi- Director Mangu Singh said: equivalent to the entire civil our, presented awards to 44 cent manner,” Jung said at the “DMRC had already constructed work in Phase I, he said. employees for their outstanding ceremony held at the Manekshaw viaducts and tunnels equal to IANS SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Modi undecided Cinema awards presented on apologising to poll body

NEW DELHI: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi yesterday skirted questions on whether he would tender an apology to the Election Commission over violation of the model code of conduct. Asked if he would like to apol- ogise to the poll panel, Modi told TV channel Aaj Tak: “That stage has not come yet. Our legal team is pursuing the matter.” The Bharatiya Janata Party leader further said he was accus- tomed to battling legal hassles for over 12 years now. “I will not like to waste my time in a debate on this,” he said. He denied any knowledge of a police report in the matter. “The inquiry is on. I don’t think they will tell the media about their report... nor do I have any right to know about it,” Modi said. The Gujarat chief minister displayed his party’s symbol - lotus- and delivered a speech outside a polling booth after casting his vote in Gandhinagar April 30. An FIR was lodged against him the same day under the directive FROM LEFT: President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in the field of Indian cinema, to filmmaker Gulzar, the Best Actor award to Suraj of the Election Commission. Venjaramoodu and the Best Female Playback Singer Award to Bela Shende in New Delhi yesterday. The awards, established in 1954, honour the contribution of Indian cinema profes- IANS sionals and their contribution to the country’s art and culture.

15 dead as Mamata rules out fire sweeps Politician hugged by plant in Madhya ‘human torch’ dies

Pradesh LUCKNOW: An Indian poli- nine children. tician hugged during a tel- But Khalikurzama, the elder alliance with BJP NEW DELHI: A massive blaze evision election debate by a brother of Kamruzzama, called broke out in a firecracker fac- “human torch” has died of the attack “politically moti- tory yesterday in central India, burn injuries, the family said vated” and demanded “a proper We will never, ever have an alliance with them: Bengal CM killing at least 15 people, local yesterday. probe”. media said. The politician died late on India’s numerous television KOLKATA: A day after BJP run the government and fix our CNN-IBN and other televi- Friday in hospital, his family channels are holding nightly president Rajnath Singh held political agenda based on the sion stations reported that the said, after suffering burns to debate shows during the out the olive branch to her, wishes of media houses. fire began as people were work- 75 percent of his body when a nation’s marathon parliamen- Trinamool Congress chief “Let the media houses pursu- ing at the manufacturing plant member of the audience doused tary election. Mamata Banerjee (pictured), ing political agenda fight elec- in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh himself in petrol and grabbed The debates are often staged yesterday ruled out any alliance tions and form a government,” state. him. in villages and towns with poli- with the right wing party. she said. The reports said more than a The local leader of the ticians taking questions in front “Some parties want to incite In an indirect reference to the dozen people had suffered injuries Bahujan Samaj Party, of local voters. riots in Bengal and divide peo- government drawing flak after the and were in hospital. Kamruzzama Fauji, and his The election, the world’s ple, based on religion and lan- police summoned two Communist CNN-IBN television said that attacker were engulfed in biggest, will end May 16 with guage. People of Uttar Pradesh Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) the death toll was expected to flames in front of the horri- results expected to show the and Bihar who live in Bengal are leaders in connection with the rise. fied audience as the television Hindu nationalist opposition as much part of the state as any Saradha scam, she said: “Some No further details were imme- debate was being recorded for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bengali-speaking person. people make baseless allegations diately available. broadcast later. coming to power after 10 years “We do not play politics of and get media coverage. Many Indian cracker factories India’s media had described of rule by the leftist Congress division. We care for people irre- “But if SIT (Special investiga- are makeshift, sometimes even the attacker as looking like a party. spective of their religion, caste or tion Team formed to probe the in people’s homes, and they often “human torch”. The show Monday which fea- creed. We will never, ever have an Saradha muddle) takes action employ children. The attack occurred as tured five local politicians was alliance with the BJP,” Banerjee based on evidence, media cries There are fatal accidents India’s state-owned national just ending when the attack said while addressing a Lok Sabha foul.” nearly every year as peo- TV channel Doordarshan was took place. election rally at Shyambazar in CPI-M have formed a nexus in CPI-M leader Gautam Deb ple toil in congested, unsafe recording the debate for broad- Two other local politicians on north Kolkata. Bengal to fight the Trinamool, got the summons from the police conditions. cast later. the show suffered minor burn Speaking at a rally in Banerjee accused the opposi- hours after he claimed that Factories start producing The programme was injuries while trying to douse Sreerampore in Hooghly district tion of carrying out a malicious Banerjee’s family members have crackers months before the being recorded in a park in the flames engulfing the two on Sunday, Modi had alleged that propaganda during the election purchased properties worth about nation’s biggest Hindu festival, Sultanpur, a town 160km from other men. Banerjee had no love for people campaign. `200m in recent years. Diwali, or Festival of Lights, Uttar Pradesh state capital “This man suddenly came from other states who have set- She attacked a section of the Another CPI-M leader and Lok when people set off fireworks in Lucknow. on the stage, poured petrol on tled in Bengal, but “your face media also. Sabha candidate from Jadavpur, celebration. Fauji’s attacker, who suffered himself and set himself on fire glows when people come from “Some media houses think they Sujon Chakraborty, also received Diwali falls in either October or 95 percent burns, died shortly before tightly hugging one of Bangladesh”. can control the government. We summons. However, both leaders November each year, depending after the incident, police said. the political guests,” photogra- Repeating her charge that are the government of the people. declined to appear citing political on the cycle of the moon. Police have not come up with pher Pankaj Kumar Gupta said the Congress, the BJP and the People will control us. We cannot commitments. IANS AFP any motive for the attack on the after the incident. politician who was a father of AFP Low income NRIs may avail scholarships to study in India hildren of middle and Technology, Humanities/ Liberal unfilled slots could be assigned to to pursue a particular course of the merit would be based on of the In institutions where there is no low income non-resident Arts, Commerce/ Management NRI candidates. Another condi- study. Those who have passed the Range of the Grade scored by the increase in tuition fees, the limit of Indians (NRIs), includ- (BBA/BBM), Computers (BCA), tion that applies only to Indian qualifying examination or will be candidate in each subject. 75 percent of IEC or $3600, which- Cing those in Qatar, who Journalism , Hotel Management, nationals is that they must have appearing in the qualifying exami- The candidates selected, on the ever is less would continue. IEC have taken education abroad for Agriculture/ Animal Husbandry, had at least three years of edu- nation in March/April 2014 can also basis of their performance in the includes tuition fee, hostel fee and at least three years can once Sciences, Law, Ayurveda etc. cation in foreign countries during apply, if they are otherwise eligible. qualifying examination and ful- other institutional charges (food again avail of a special govern- Courses in the Medical faculty the last six years and must have Such candidates will, however, be fillment of the eligibility criterion charges are excluded). ment scholarship that could are not covered. passed the qualifying examination admitted only if they are able to may be admitted to the scholar- For second and subsequent provide up to $4,000 a year for The SPDC is open for applicants inclusive of 11th and 12th stand- produce all the required testimoni- ship scheme and would be eligible years, the parameters for con- tuition, hostel and related charges in the age group of 17 to 21 years ard or equivalent (not beyond), als to EdCIL(India) Limited, lat- for assistance as per the scheme. tinuation of scholarship , students in institutions in India. as on 1st October 2014. In other from the specified countries. They est by June 10. The cases of eligible students need to score 50 percent marks The last date for applying for words, applicants born on or after applicants need to have passed the The scholarships are allotted short-listed on the basis of Merit in aggregate in an academic the programme is June 10, 2014. 1st October, 1993 and before 1st senior/ higher secondary (10+2) or purely on the basis of merit. A list will be forwarded to three or year with clear pass marks in The scheme is run by the October, 1997 are eligible to apply equivalent examination from a sys- merit list would be drawn up on four institutions providing the all subjects of study. Students Ministry of Overseas Indians for it. Date of birth as recorded in tem of education recognized by the the basis of marks obtained by all desired course of study. The insti- who secure less than 50 per- Affairs (MOIA) in collaboration the Secondary Education Board/ Association of Indian Universities the eligible candidates in +2 (or tutions will examine the eligibility cent marks in aggregate in an with Educational Consultants University Certificate of Class 10th (AIU), with requisite subjects. equivalent) exam. The priority of of candidates for admission and academic year and have obtained India Limited (Ed.CIL). Called or equivalent, or as mentioned candidates would be based on the provisional admission offer letter clear pass marks in all subjects of the Scholarship Programme for in a certificate for this purpose THE NR EYE aggregate marks obtained in all would be issued through EdCIL study, would be eligible to receive Diaspora Children (SPDC), the issued by appropriate Government the subjects of qualifying exam (India) Ltd. The scholarship money 90 percent of the scholarship in scheme accommodates 100 NRI authorities of respective countries Moiz Mannan (+2 or equivalent). In the case is deposited directly with the insti- the following year of study. Those and PIO children each year for will be taken as authentic for this of two or more candidates get- tution or university and the schol- who fail in some subjects but are pursuing undergraduate courses purpose. ting the same aggregate marks, ar’s parents are required to pay the promoted to the next year would in a variety of streams barring To avail of the scholarship, NRI Further, the candidates need precedence would be given on difference if any to EdCIL. get half of the money and those Medicine. parents have to establish that to have scored at least 60 per the basis of marks in the English In the first year, the scholars who are not promoted would not The scholarship scheme is their monthly family earnings are cent aggregate marks or equiv- subject. The Merit/Priority will would be entitled to financial remain eligible for any further limited to diaspora in coun- below $2,250. There is no income alent grades in aggregate of all be decided by considering their assistance to the extent of 75 grant. Those who are interested tries with high concentration limit to the PIO candidates. Half the subjects in the qualifying marks in English. percent of the total Institutional to get admission in NITs/IIITs, of NRIs and PIOs. According of the 100 scholarship slots are examination. It is necessary for In case, a candidate has passed Economic Cost (IEC) subject to they have to qualify SAT II exam- to the Ministry, the courses of reserved for PIOs . However, in the applicants to have studied the from an Examining Body which a maximum of $4,000 per year in ination being conducted by the study are available in the areas the event of the non-availability prescribed essential subjects at award only Grades and does not respect of NITs and other institu- College Board. of Engineering/Architecture/ of suitable PIO candidates, the the qualifying examination level disclose marks obtained by them tions covered under DASA Scheme. THE PENINSULA

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PRAYER TIME Michelangelo’s News in Numbers QATAR TRADING David in danger ECONOMICS Fajr (Dawn) 3:34 of fall due to CHART: 7 Shorook (Sunrise) 4:56 Zuhr (Noon) 11:31 ‘weak ankles’ Asr (Afternoon) 2:59 LONDON: Italian researchers Maghrib (Sunset) 6:07 are worried that Michelangelo’s Isha (Night) 7:37 statue of David may be in dan- ger of collapsing due to weak- ened ankles. Experts have long been concerned WEATHER that the marble statue, which is roughly 500 years old and has long Weather stood as one of history’s most tri- Today Monday Tuesday Conditions: umphant achievements in art, may Clear Clear Clear Slight dust have suffered structural damage, to dusty at the UK’s Telegraph explains. times and How so? Thousands of people partly cloudy visit the statue every day and High: 38° High: 37° High: 38° over the course of hundreds of Low: 28° Low: 27° Low: 27° with chance of scattered years, their footsteps combined Qatar Current Account Surplus of GDP rain, may be with the rumble of nearby traffic thundery at have apparently taken a toll on Qatar recorded a Current Account Surplus of 29.50 percent times. the statue, experts from Italy’s DOHA - SUN & SEA National Research Council and of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2012. Current Florence University found. SUN TIDE SEA The relatively poor quality of Account to GDP in Qatar is reported by Qatar Central Bank. the marble used to sculpt David WIND SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW is thought to have played a part in Current Account to GDP in Qatar averaged 24.07 percent from 04:56 18:07 07:00 & 20:45 03:30 & 13:00 10-20/25 KT its present troubles. For hundreds of years it was displayed outdoors, 1980 until 2012, reaching an all time high of 106.80 percent THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW sometimes at a slight angle. Experts do not believe the in 1980 and a record low of -31.00 percent in 1995. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER statue is in any immediate dan- ACTUAL PREVIOUS HIGHEST LOWEST FORECAST DATES UNIT FREQUENCY MUSCAT 38/29 Mostly cloudy 37/28 Partly cloudy ger of falling over, but a strong earthquake could potentially fell MAKKAH 39/27 Clear 38/27 Clear the marble king. 29.50 30.00 106.80 -31.00 35.17 | 2013/12 1980 - 2012 Percent YEARLY KUWAIT 37/27 Clear 38/28 Clear To find how dangerous cracks BAHRAIN 35/24 Partly cloudy 36/23 Clear could be to the statue’s longevity, SANAA 27/14 Thunderstorm 27/14 Chance of storm 35 experts constructed replicas of 30.9 RIYADH 35/23 Clear 34/23 Partly cloudy David’s ankles and then exposed 29.2 30 29.5 DUBAI 36/27 Partly cloudy 33/26 Clear them to varying degrees of pres- 30 BAGHDAD 34/23 Clear 37/24 Clear sure, Discovery reports. “Micro- 25.3 25 fractures are visible in the left 25 22.4 THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW ankle and the carved tree stump, threatening the stability of the 18.7 HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER 20 sculpture,” the National Research Council warned in a statement. ATHENS 24/16 Partly cloudy 23/15 Clear 15 The cracks have been known WASHINGTON 23/10 Chance of showers 20/11 Chance of showers to experts for some time, SYDNEY 19/09 Chance of rain 20/11 Mostly cloudy Discovery noted. In the Journal 10 LONDON 18/07 Mostly cloudy 18/11 Cloudy 6.5 of Cultural Heritage, Giacomo PARIS 17/09 Mostly cloudy 20/14 Mostly cloudy Corti, a researcher at the council’s 5 ISTANBUL 24/14 Rain 20/13 Clear Institute of Geosciences and Earth MANILA 35/25 Partly cloudy 36/25 Partly cloudy Resources, wrote that the cracks 0 DHAKA 33/25 Thunderstorm 36/26 Chance of storm   DELHI 41/27 Chance of storm 40/28 Partly cloudy “were first detected between 1852     ISLAMABAD 36/23 Mostly cloudy 36/22 Partly cloudy and 1872 and nowadays they are more extensive than in 1872.” Source : http://www.tradingeconomics.com AGENCIES Curbing bad habits can TV terrifies, compels with viruses and robots stop premature PARIS: Retroviruses that “We have many strong trends find the source of a mysterious port in the back of their necks, described it as being “about the quietly multiply unnoticed, this year including... contamina- epidemic. although some form a group way we live now — and the way spread through communities tion by a virus that spreads and is And Belgium’s Cordon tackles of “free hubots” after being we might be living in 10 minutes’ deaths: Study and threaten humanity. Robots going to have an impact on society,” the same subject in a drama in reprogrammed to enable time if we’re clumsy”. that mutate into semi-conscious said Laurence Herszberg, from the which part of the city of Antwerp them to experience human The drama won an PARIS: Curbing smoking and beings and go on the run from Forum des Images cultural centre is sealed off to prevent the spread emotions. International Emmy for best drinking, salt intake, high blood their human masters. in Paris, during the forum’s annual of a deadly virus. “Today we have the feeling that mini-series in 2012. pressure, high blood sugar and Television screenwriters all television drama festival. “The virus is a very interest- information technologies, com- But if all this sounds a bit too obesity can prevent more than over the world are taking our “What is interesting, is that ing way of tackling a number of puters, the Internet, are difficult bleak, British director Danny 37 million premature deaths by darkest fears and turning them we find these themes in televi- themes... The human virus has to control, and are almost liv- Boyle has managed to inject some 2025, according to an analysis into popular entertainment. sion series that have nothing to a strong metaphorical power,” ing their own life. It’s something humour. published yesterday. From the American series do with each other from very said Pierre Langlais, a journal- that didn’t used to exist 15 years In his police comedy-drama If globally-adopted targets for Helix and South Korea’s The End different parts of the world,” she ist for French television listings ago,” said the series creator Lars “Babylon”, the action alternates reducing these risk factors are of the World to Sweden’s Real added. magazine Telerama, adding that Lundstroem, adding that it was between police and the force’s met, the risk of dying prema- Humans, these dramas explore In Helix, one of a string of the series were “trying to reflect both a potential “dream and a “ultra-connected” all-tweeting turely from heart or lung dis- anxieties generated by a techno- series shown at the Series Mania contemporary anxieties”. nightmare”. public relations department. ease, stroke, cancer or diabetes logically inter-connected world festival in Paris which ended In a twist on the contamination Britain’s Black Mirror, mean- “The fragile frontier between will fall by 22 percent in men and in which medical science is con- earlier this week, a team of sci- theme, “Real Humans” throws in while, explores the possible man and machine is a strong 19 percent for women in 2025, stantly being outstripped by new entists investigate the outbreak technological developments that consequences of an addiction theme at the moment,” added compared with 2010, a team of threats. of a retrovirus with potentially run of control. to technology, from implants to Langlais. researchers wrote in The Lancet Biotech is even edging out ter- catastrophic consequences for Set in modern-day Sweden, it playback memories, forced expo- “We are starting to take notice medical journal. rorism as a theme of choice for humanity at a research centre depicts a world in which human- sure to advertising and relatives of the dangers of our addiction to “Worldwide, this improvement television writers, after a post- in the Arctic. oid robot workers and servants brought back from the dead using new technologies and the pitfalls is equivalent to delaying or pre- 9/11 decade marked by pulse-rais- Fear of contagion is also the are commonplace. synthetic flesh and computer- into which they could lead us,” he venting at least 16 million deaths ing dramas in the vein of the hit theme of The End of the World Known as “hubots” they are generated personalities. said. in people aged 30-70 years and 21 action series 24. in which a researcher battles to programmed via a USB-type Creator Charlie Brooker has AFP million in those aged 70 years or older over 15 years,” they said. The targets are to reduce tobacco use by 30 percent, alcohol consumption by 10 percent, salt intake by 30 percent, high blood pressure by 25 percent, and to Local-hero Godzilla too fat, halt the rise in the prevalence of obesity and diabetes. A more ambitious 50-percent reduction in smoking by 2025 say Japanese fans would reduce the risk by more than 24 percent in men and by TOKYO: Japanese fans of downwards and massive at the one saying the creation looked 20 percent in women, wrote the Godzilla say the newly-unveiled bottom,” said the 51-year-old, who more like a seal and another dub- team. monster, set to star in a said he has seen every Godzilla bing it “marshmallow Godzilla”. They used national population Hollywood reboot of the post- movie ever made. “It’s done a ‘super-size me’,” data and epidemiological models war classic, is too fat and has Abe said the 1998 Hollywood one person commented, a refer- for their calculations. been “super-sized” by a country version was more “like a fast- ence to the larger meals available “Most of the benefits will be used to large portions. moving dinosaur” instead of a at US fast-food restaurants. seen in low-income and middle- The latest version of the giant big-footed monster. “It’s true that you gain weight income countries where as many beast will hit 3D screens in the The computer-generated crea- in America. It’s a calorie mon- as 31 million deaths could be United States on May 16 and in ture’s rampage through New York ster,” one said. “It’s Godzilla prevented,” said co-author Majid Japan two months later, in the was dismissed in Japanese cult Deluxe,” quipped another, a ref- Ezzati from Imperial College year the huge Japanese lizard circles as no match for the behe- erence to a heavy-set transvestite London. marks its 60th anniversary. moth that terrorised Tokyo for on Japanese television. AFP Trailers for the film and pro- decades. Godzilla dates back to 1954’s motional stills have begun circu- However the new version was “Godzilla, King of the Monsters,” lating, as marketers look to build more promising, said Abe. the first of a series of ground- excitement, but Japanese fans “I can feel the mightiness of breaking monster flicks made by A Godzilla fan looks at a 1-metre tall statue at a Godzilla art exhibition in said their hero was looking a lit- Godzilla from this new one. I’m Tokyo’s Toho studios. Tokyo. tle chubby. interested in seeing how the Back then he was a 90kg “Only the silhouette of the new heaviness is expressed in the latex creation that left the actor out of a roiling sea and began his nuclear age became a symbol of a Godzilla had been seen before,” new film,” he said as he visited inside breathless and soaked in swim to Japan, it was clear he was pacifist Japan and the horrors of said Fumihiko Abe. “When I an exhibition of Godzilla paintings sweat, with special effects rely- a product of the US atmospheric the atomic bombing of Hiroshima finally saw it, I was a bit taken in Tokyo. ing on piano wires, pulleys and hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and Nagasaki that ended the aback”. But other fans gathering online firecrackers. in the South Pacific in the 1950s. Second World War. “It’s fat from the neck were less-than approving, with From the moment Godzilla rose The creature born of the AFP Sunday 4 May 2014 5 Rajab 1435 Volume 19 Number 6055 Price: QR2

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DOHA: The international his expectations that several index compiler MSCI will listed companies would raise the announce the names of Qatari bar of foreign investment in their companies to be qualified for its companies in line with the MSCI’s Emerging Market list on May aspirations, noted it would help 14, 2014. Qatar bourse expects boost these companies’ perform- that at least nine local com- ance and values. “The market is panies will be eligible to get in need of further listings to cope into the list, Rashid bin Ali Al with Qatar’s accelerating growth. Mansoori (pictured), CEO, The number of current listed Qatar Exchange (QE) has said. companies does not really reflect He noted that the MSCI the real strength”, he said. The upgrade will help accelerate the listing of these potential compa- inflow of international inves- nies will help widen the market tors into Qatari market and will base,s he added. enhance the market liquidity and On the delay in the listing of Microsoft founder Bill Gates (centre) gets tips from Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on how to throw a the value of many companies. companies like Barwa Bank and newspaper during a competition at a trade show at the Berkshire Hathaway meeting in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday. Qatari companies will gain global Qatar First Bank (QFIB), which recognition by major investment claim that they have already com- portfolios and global institutional pleted their listing requirements global funds. Al Mansoori, said: “We support Berkshire profit down 4pc in Q1 Speaking to Qatar News Agency, the transformation of private and Al Mansoori said the importance family companies to public joint- of joining the wide range global any possible market speculations, stock companies prior to listing OMAHA: Warren Buffett’s First-quarter net income fell to the company. “It’s the medium- index stems from the fact that including the daily index price them. However, we are not the Berkshire Hathaway Inc said $4.71bn from $4.89bn, or $2,977, to long-term results that count,” MSCI is one of the pioneer com- fluctuation and managing the only body that takes final decision quarterly profit declined 4 a year earlier. Quarterly operat- said Mark O’Hare, a private panies in Global Equity Index. daily rise and fall of stock prices. on the listing procedures”. percent, falling short of ana- ing profit fell 7 percent to $3.53bn investor from Brisbane. This new reclassification allows Al Mansoori said Qatar He urged the concerned bod- lyst forecasts, as earnings from $3.78bn. Book value per He said the profit shortfall is Qatar to be in line with Brazil, Exchange has been preparing ies to facilitate procedures and from insurance underwriting share, Buffett’s preferred measure “consistent with what Buffett has Russia, India, China and Turkey over the last five years to manage solve all pending issues hinder- declined and bad weather dis- of growth, rose 2.6 percent from always said: underwriting results in attracting foreign investments. large fund flows and liquidity by ing the listing of the said com- rupted shipping at its BNSF year-end to $138,426 from $134,973. will vary from year to year. The The upgrading offers an oppor- finalising its technological infra- panies. Adding new companies to Railway unit. Analysts on average expected oper- key is that it’s a profitable under- tunity for a steady increase in the structure, trading systems, elec- the market is key for the market Results nonetheless benefited ating profit of $2,172 per share. writing result.” trade volume in the local market tronic control systems and legal out performance. from strength in many businesses, Results were also hurt by an 80 O’Hare was speaking in Omaha, for the coming few years, that procedures. The Cabinet’s recent On the listing of the small and including a one-third increase percent drop in gains from deriv- where Buffett and Vice Chairman would help enhance the upwards approval of a draft law exempt- medium-sized (SMEs) compa- from underwriting at its Geico atives, mainly related to contracts Charlie Munger are welcoming trend sustained since the begin- ing non-Qatari investors from the nies, he said the works are fast car insurance unit, and improve- whose value grows faster when tens of thousands to Berkshire’s ning of the current year. The income tax will boost the inflow of progressing with the support of ment at economically-sensitive the stock market rises. Berkshire annual shareholder weekend, bourse is ready to deal with higher foreign fund to the local market. various authorities. businesses such as its Clayton said such gains are “often mean- which Buffett calls “Woodstock trading volumes and is capable of The bourse CEO who shared THE PENINSULA Homes mobile home unit. ingless” in trying to understand for Capitalists.” REUTERS

Land deals continue to drive real estate sector Alitalia set to create new firm DOHA: Land sales continue to Doha has also seen strong The hotel and serviced apart- amenities and schools maintain- “Towers with above-market- dominate movement in Doha’s overall performance in the resi- ment sector also continued to ing their desirability as supply value prices are losing out in real estate sector, represent- dential rental market despite perform strongly with increased failed to match demand, forcing terms of sales transaction vol- to woo Etihad ing approximately 77 percent a second wave of apartment demand for one-bedroom units, up rental rates. ume as price-conscious buyers of all property transactions in releases on The Pearl-Qatar eas- which has fuelled the develop- Lease renewals for four and take a more measure approach to MILAN: Italian airline Alitalia the last three months with the ing the pressure on rental rates ment of new projects. five-bedroom villas were also up investment. We have also seen a is considering creating a sepa- total value topping QR7.35bn, slightly following stabilisation in A one-bedroom apartment by 2-4 percent on the previous significant increase in mortgage rate company to hive off its bad Asteco Qatar’s Q1, 2014 report Q4, 2013. located on The Pearl-Qatar cur- quarter. enquiries recently, according to debts and appease Gulf-based noted yesterday. “This is the second consecu- rently rents for up to QR12,000 After a decrease in the overall local bank reports,” said Crisp. suitor Etihad, Il Messaggero Statistics released by the tive quarter in which we have per month, the same as Q3, 2013, value of property transactions in New apartments in Viva daily said yesterday. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reveal seen existing apartment stock down 2 percent on Q4, 2013, with Q4, 2013, the first three months Bahriya continued to lead the The plan was discussed at that Doha’s property market has augmented and there is a defi- three-bedroom units renting for of the year saw improvement equivalent units in Porto Arabia a meeting in Milan on Friday grown substantially quarter- nite rebalancing of prices for this QR19,000 per month; but still in residential sales activity as at QR17,800 versus QR16,000 per between executives of the loss- on-quarter, with a 29 percent hugely popular location, despite showing a blanket 6 percent aggregate vales increased by square metre for direct sales and making airline and four Italian increase in the number of trans- evidence of increases in other year-on-year increase. 19 percent quarter-on-quarter, QR16,700 versus QR12,500 for banks, including UniCredit and actions between Q4, 2013 and Q1, areas of the city such as Al Sadd The report also notes that although Asteco reports that due resales, with prices overall up Intesa Sanpaolo , the paper said. 2014, with the aggregate value and Bin Mahmoud,” said Jan increased rental rates in other to the release of new stock on between 5 percent and 10 percent Alitalia, which was privatised of sales reflecting a 35 percent Crisp, General Manager, Asteco areas such as compounds located The Pearl-Qatar, values for this quarter-on-quarter. in 2008 under a plan that also increase, the report said. Qatar. close in neighbourhoods close to area levelled off. THE PENINSULA involved spinning off unprofitable activities into a “bad” company, has been unable to make a profit ever since and is burning around €1m of cash a day to keep flying. The airline, which has strug- Samsung asked to pay Apple $119.6m gled to compete with low-cost carriers and high-speed trains, came close to bankruptcy in SAN JOSE: A US jury ordered of Samsung phones. Some indus- It has so far failed to do so, and 2013 before being rescued in a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to try observers see the ongoing this case won’t get it any closer.” government-engineered capital pay $119.6m to Apple Inc, a big legal dispute as Apple’s attempt The current case involves five injection. loss for the iPhone maker in the to curtail the rapid growth of Apple patents that were not in Under the plan to woo Etihad, latest round of their globe-span- phones based on Google Inc’s the 2012 trial and that cover the new bad company would take ning mobile patent litigation. rival Android software, because iPhone features like slide-to- on the majority of Alitalia’s debt, During the month-long trial Samsung was by far the largest unlock and search technology. amounting to more than €800m, in a San Jose, California, federal adopter of the operating platform. Apple is seeking to ban sales of and around 3,000 staff. court, Apple accused Samsung “Though this verdict is large several Samsung phones, includ- Etihad is looking to buy up to of violating patents on smart- by normal standards, it is hard ing the Galaxy S III, and sought 49 percent of the Rome-based air- phone features including univer- to view this outcome as much of just over $2bn in damages. line but does not want to absorb sal search, while Samsung denied a victory for Apple. This amount It will now be up to Judge Koh all of Alitalia’s debt. It has also wrongdoing. On Friday, the jury is less than 10 percent of the to decide if a sales ban is war- asked that Alitalia’s 14,000 staff found the South Korean smart- amount Apple requested, and ranted, though legal experts deem are cut by up to 3,000, several phone maker had infringed two probably doesn’t surpass by too that unlikely. sources close to the situation have Apple patents. much the amount Apple spent During the trial, Samsung said. However, the bad company Apple and Samsung have been litigating this case,” said argued that Apple had vastly idea may face resistance as Italian litigating around the world for Brian Love, assistant professor exaggerated the importance of its financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore said three years. Jurors awarded the at the Santa Clara University patented iPhone features, while Alitalia’s creditor banks do not iPhone maker about $930m after School of Law. Apple said the South Korean look favourably on the prospect a 2012 trial in San Jose, but Apple “Apple launched this litigation company could not have competed of creating a separate company to failed to persuade US District campaign years ago with aspira- in the smartphone market with- hold the bad debt, since this would Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab (front) and Apple’s iPad are seen in Seoul. Judge Lucy Koh to issue a perma- tions of slowing the meteoric rise out unfairly copying its flagship likely expose them to greater nent injunction against the sale of Android phone manufacturers. product. REUTERS losses. REUTERS SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Malabar Gold renovates outlet in Sharjah FMQ meet to US economy on open Wednesday

DOHA: The third Facility Management Qatar conference, FMQ Summit 2014, will open on tough recovery Wednesday. The conference will be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning in the presence path, says QNB of building owners, investors, architects, engineers, construc- tion experts, developers, build- ing material specialists and Tighter policies hamper growth facility management companies. FMQ was founded by the MJR DOHA: The US economy positive impetus to the economy. Group in 2012 as an all-encom- remains balanced on a tight Moreover, as labour market con- passing knowledge sharing and rope between higher growth ditions improve and household networking platform for facility and tighter policies and this was wealth increases, this should add management professionals. reflected in the GDP figures for further tailwind to consumption The main theme will be the first quarter of 2014, which growth, the QNB Group in its ‘Owners drive the change in FM’. were released last week, said weekly analysis. Participants will deliberate on the the week analysis of the QNB The second important item subject while enumerating a range Group yesterday. is the housing market. This has of case studies. The topics for the While the headline number favourable fundamentals as the case studies would cover the sig- showed the US economy growing excess supply of housing built nificance of FM in sports venues, by 0.1 percent in the first quarter prior to the crisis in 2008 has Maayankutty C, Director, Malabar Group, inaugurating Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ renovated and expanded telecommunications, museum and on an annualised basis, well below been largely unwound. outlet at Lulu Hypermarket, Al Nahda, Sharjah in the presence of Shamlal Ahamed MP, Managing Director heritage development, airports, consensus expectation of 1.2 per- As a result, the market saw – International Operations; K P Abdul Salam – Group Executive Director; A K Faisal – Corporate Executive educational institutions and so on. cent possibly owing to temporary a strong recovery in the first Director; Ameer C M C, Director- Finance & Admin; Sakkeer - Regional Head; Basheer K K; Jabbar Kappan THE PENINSULA factors such as bad weather, a half of 2013 only to experience a and other dignitaries. deeper look at the numbers helps reversal following the 100 basis reveal the underlying drivers of point increase in mortgage rates growth. Overall, the growth likely after the US Federal Reserve to remain below 2 percent in 2014 announced its intention to taper as tighter macroeconomic policies the QE programme. are likely to outweigh the recov- More recently, it has shown US banks’ Russian exposure falls in Q1 ery in the private sector. renewed signs of weakness as An important factor in US new home sales declined by 14.5 NEW YORK: Big US banks the US Securities and Exchange filing with the US Securities and percent, citing Ukraine-related GDP growth for the last couple percent in March 2014. It remains reported lower exposure to Commission. Exchange Commission. sanctions as a risk factor. of years has been the stance of to be seen whether housing will Russia in the first quarter, “The situation remains fluid Citigroup Inc’s exposure to JPMorgan said it was closely macroeconomic policy. Following drive or drag private sector as Western nations imposed with potential for further esca- Russia declined by 8.7 percent to monitoring the impact of any cur- the 2008 crisis, US policymakers growth going forward. sanctions on some of the lation of geopolitical tensions, $9.4bn during the three months rent and future sanctions as well responded aggressively on the Notwithstanding some positive country’s citizens and increased severity of sanctions through the end of March, accord- as possible contagion effects or monetary side by slashing interest signs in the economy, a signifi- businesses in response to its against Russian interests, and ing to a Friday quarterly filing potential credit downgrades that rates to near zero and embark- cant downside risk for the rest seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean possible Russian counter-sanc- with the SEC. In the same period, could influence other parts of the ing on an unprecedented program of the year is the impact of the peninsula. tions,” the second largest US bank the Russian ruble depreciated 8.3 bank’s business. of quantitative easing (QE); and current QE tapering and the pos- During the first quarter, Bank said in its filing. percent against the US dollar and US President Barack Obama on the fiscal side introducing a sible early increase of short-term of America Corp cut its net expo- JPMorgan Chase & Company’s an index of Russian stocks fell 9 and German Chancellor Angela stimulus package. However, fiscal interest rates. sure to Russia by 22 percent to exposure to Russia declined by 13 percent, Citigroup said. Merkel warned on Friday of addi- policy began to tighten in 2012- If this were to manifest itself $5.2bn, most of which was in the percent to $4.7bn, placing it out- The International Monetary tional sanctions against Russia 13, leaving monetary policy to do through higher long-term bond form of loans to Russian energy side the company’s list of its top Fund on Wednesday slashed its if it interferes with Ukraine’s the heavy-lifting on its own. This yields and, consequently, higher companies and banks, the com- 20 country exposures, the bank forecast for Russia’s 2014 GDP planned May 25 elections. introduced a fiscal drag on growth mortgage rates, this could further pany said in a Thursday filing with said on Friday in a quarterly growth from 1.3 percent to 0.2 REUTERS as the government spent less and weaken the housing market and introduced more taxes. the construction sector as it did In 2013 for example, the fiscal in the latter half of 2013. drag was estimated to be around It would also affect consumers 1.5 percent of the GDP. Despite through wealth effects by lower- that, real GDP grew by 1.9 per- ing equity and housing prices. If Porsche posts cent suggesting strong underlying these effects prove to be large Foreign banks get transition growth from the private sector. enough, weaker private consump- If the private sector continues to tion and investment could lead increase in perform strongly in 2014, when to below-trend growth even as the fiscal drag is projected to be the government reduces its fis- period on US tax evasion law only around 0.5 percent, then cal drag, the QNB Group in its revenue and one should expect above-trend weekly analysis. NEW YORK: The US Treasury Department Companies worrying about how to comply growth. Overall, the US economy is operating profit said on Friday that the Internal Revenue with FATCA will welcome this latest round But is the private sector likely walking on a tight rope between Service (IRS) this year and next will take into of relief, said Michael Hirschfeld, chairman of to continue its performance? an incipient recovery and a tight- account “good faith efforts” by foreign banks the American Bar Association tax section and Two items are worth consider- ening of macroeconomic policies. DOHA: Porsche AG has started off to comply with a new US anti-tax evasion law a lawyer at Dechert LLP. “This is excellent,” ing. The first is the growth of con- If private sector activity contin- the year and continues to step up set to take effect on July 1. Hirschfeld said. But he said there could be could sumer spending, which accounts ues to grow rapidly, despite the its deliveries, revenue and operating The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act be confusion about what qualifies as a “good faith for almost 70 percent of US GDP. fiscal drag and tighter monetary profit in the first three months of 2014. (FATCA), approved in 2010, will require for- effort,” which was not clearly defined. This was directly impacted by the policy, real GDP growth could With 38,663 vehicles, the deliveries eign banks and other financial institutions to Foreign firms that do not comply with FATCA fiscal tightening in 2013 as con- reach 2 percent to 2.5 percent beat the value of the previous year by hand over information to the Internal Revenue face a 30 percent withholding tax on their US sumers faced a $200bn payroll in 2014. However, the risk that 4.5 percent. Revenue rose by one-fifth Service about Americans’ accounts worth more investment income and could effectively be frozen and income tax hike, lowering QE tapering derails this momen- to €3.93bn in the first quarter of the than $50,000. out of US capital markets. the growth rate of their dispos- tum is significant, suggesting current fiscal year. Already delayed twice, the law will be imple- The latest round of relief only applies to finan- able income. a lower growth rate is likely to The operating profit grew by 22 per- mented in a “transition period” in 2014 and 2015, cial institutions that must register directly with As this effect disappears materialise. cent to €698m. The number of jobs, with IRS enforcement taking into account good the IRS for FATCA. These firms are in jurisdic- in 2014, this should provide THE PENINSULA which stood at around 13,000 three years efforts to comply with it, according to guidance tions that have not negotiated FATCA agree- ago, rose once again and exceeded the published by the IRS. “Today’s notice outlines ments with the United States. threshold of 20,000 employees in several measures to help institutions comply Nearly 60 of these government-to-government February 2014. with FATCA in a timely manner,” said Deputy FATCA pacts, known as intergovernmental Lutz Meschke, Member of the Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs agreements (IGAs), have been reached. But some Executive Board Finance and IT Robert Stack in a statement. key financial jurisdictions, including Singapore of Porsche AG, underscored the FATCA was enacted after a scandal involving and Hong Kong, have not agreed to IGAs. earning power of the company Americans hiding money in Swiss bank accounts. Treasury said the new relief was needed in part reflected in the high return on The law’s start date was delayed as Treasury and because multinational banks with branches in sales of almost 18 percent. IRS officials struggled to implement its rules and some unnamed jurisdictions are prohibited from Meschke pointed out, though, as banks complained they needed more time to registering for FATCA by their local government. that Porsche will have to bear prepare. REUTERS substantially rising labour costs and write-offs due to the launch of the new Macan model range. “In addition to that, Merkel meets IMF chief there are high expenditures for meeting the CO2 requirements and substantial investments in the build-out and modernisa- tion of the Zuffenhausen, Leipzig and Weissach locations,” Meschke said. Matthias Müller, Chairman of Porsche AG, explained the requirement of the substantial investments and development expenditures, amounting in each case to significantly more than €1bn in the ongoing fiscal year: “We are focusing on fulfilling the promise of our brand – to offer the sportiest and technologi- cally cutting-edge vehicles in our segments – on a long-term basis. The improvement of fuel efficiency as well as a responsi- ble use of resources constitute integral parts of the strategy of Porsche.” Looking at the development of the markets, the Porsche CEO is convinced that the sports car manufacturer will continue to grow especially in its largest sales markets United States and China. Müller: “Overall, the sales of Porsche will rise once more in International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (left) with Germany’s Chancellor the 2014 fiscal year.” Angela Merkel as she arrives for a meeting at the IMF in Washington. 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LinkedIn revenue Abbott plans to sell older products forecast below Company taps Morgan Stanley to find suitable buyers for off-patent, or established drugs expectations

NEW YORK: Abbott added, asking not to be identified that can be used to fund research said. Those drug portfolios would animal health and infant formula NEW YORK: LinkedIn Corp’s Laboratories is considering sell- because the matter is confiden- and other company operations. provide good acquisition oppor- businesses in recent years, is also full-year revenue forecast fell ing a big chunk of its mature tial. Representatives for Abbott Abbott’s divestiture plans for tunities for generic drugmakers considering whether to divest the short of market expectations, drugs, joining a list of large and Morgan Stanley declined to part of its established products and specialty pharmaceutical hundreds of off-patent drugs that prompting at least 14 broker- drugmakers seeking to sell comment. come at a time when its larger companies, including Valeant are mostly sold in emerging mar- ages to cut their price targets their older products in an effort Abbott has a big lineup of competitors are also looking to Pharmaceuticals International kets. But Pfizer has said it would on the stock. to focus on high-growth areas, established pharmaceuticals, sell their own line-up of legacy Inc, Actavis Plc and Mylan Inc, be unable to do so until 2017, after The company’s shares were people familiar with the matter whose sales fell 3 percent last year drugs. US drugmaker Merck & people familiar with the matter the company has better examined down more than 5 percent at said. to $4.97bn. Analysts have been Co is considering selling a big and analysts said. the unit’s financial performance. $152.65 in late morning trading Abbott’s portfolio of mature grumbling for the past year about portfolio of mature drugs that Faced with healthcare spend- Merck’s plan to sell its estab- on the New York Stock Exchange drugs being reviewed for sale has the performance of the business, could fetch more than $15bn. ing cuts and generic competition, lished products is “highly con- on Friday. Investors expect social around $2bn in annual revenue which has dragged down overall French pharmaceutical com- the pharmaceutical industry is sistent” with the company’s media companies, which com- and could fetch more than $5bn. company results. pany Sanofi SA has also been undergoing a major restructuring, refocusing strategy and could mand lofty valuations, to post The US drugmaker is work- But Abbott Chief Executive talking to buyers about selling with companies playing to their allow for more meaningful earn- high growth rates and even a ing with Morgan Stanley to find Miles White previously expressed $7bn to $8bn worth of mature strengths by building up certain ings growth, JPMorgan analyst slight miss prompts a backlash a buyer for the off-patent, or faith in the business, and appreci- products in the past few months, businesses and divesting others. Chris Schott said in a research from Wall Street analysts and established products, the people ation for the cash flow it provides people familiar with the matter Pfizer Inc, which spun off its note on Thursday. REUTERS investors. “We believe that Street expectations were running too high, and that (LinkedIn) is try- ing to level set those expectations,” Shopping card CRT Capital analysts wrote in a note, cutting their price target to on the stock to $225 from $235. US Fed likely to hike Shares of LinkedIn, which con- nects professionals with prospec- tive employers, trade at 84.6 times rates in June 2015 forward earnings. Twitter Inc trades at 333 times. Facebook Inc’s shares trade at a SAN FRANCISCO: The US “The big drop in the unemploy- much lower multiple of 39. Twitter Federal Reserve could start ment rate may cause some con- said in April its user growth slowed raising benchmark interest cerns in consideration of what the in the first quarter, sparking con- rates in just over a year, based Fed may do,” said Russell Price, cerns about the microblogging on trading in US short-term senior economist at Ameriprse service’s prospects of match- interest-rate futures after a Financial in Troy, Michigan. “But ing Facebook’s 1.2 billion users. government report showed I still think that we’re looking at a LinkedIn raised its sales forecast employers added many more second quarter of 2015 likelihood for 2014 to $2.06bn-$2.08bn — jobs than expected in April. for the first consideration for the below the average analyst estimate The surge in job creation, which hike in the Fed funds rate.” of $2.11bn. “The quarter ended up topped economists’ expectations Futures contracts tied to the largely being a non-event for us,” by more than 30 percent, helped fed funds rate, the US central BMO Capital Markets analysts push US unemployment to a five- bank’s target rate for overnight wrote in a note, cutting their tar- and-a-half-year low. lending between banks, dropped get on the stock by $20 to $250 Traders bet that the rosier jobs after the reports. to “reflect multiple compression picture could prompt the Fed, The contracts show markets across the Internet group.” which has kept rates near zero for are assigning a roughly 50 chance LinkedIn is likely to add about more than five years, is as likely of a first Fed rate hike in June 6,800 customers this year com- as not to raise rates as soon as 2015, based on CME FedWatch, pared with the 8,000 it added last next June, about six weeks earlier which tracks rate hike expecta- year, Susquehanna analyst Brian than traders had forecast before tions using the contracts. Before Nowak wrote in a note, cutting his the report. But the jobs data also the report, they showed traders price target by nearly 30 percent showed a sharp decline in labour gave a first rate hike in June 2015 to $280. Pacific Crest Securities force participation, a rate that only about a 47 percent chance, analyst Evan Wilson said the lack Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said and that they thought the Fed Customers line up to pay for their purchases at a state-run Bicentenario supermarket in Caracas. of discussion on new opportuni- she watches closely. A drop in the was much more likely to wait President Nicolas Maduro is introducing a shopping card, which will set limits on purchases, as a way ties was disappointing, cutting his rate is seen as sign of labour mar- until July 2015 to raise rates. to stop unscrupulous shoppers stocking up on subsidised groceries and reselling them in Venezuela. price target on the stock to $220 ket weakness. REUTERS from $275. 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Google faces Carrefour draws plans to quit India antitrust lawsuit Future of multi-brand retail uncertain on mobile search

NEW DELHI: Carrefour, the several senior level exits from NEW YORK: Consumer rights world’s second largest retailer, is Carrefour India already, and that law firm Hagens Berman said working on a plan to exit India, the company saw little hope of the it filed a nationwide antitrust media reports said yesterday, next Indian government allowing class-action lawsuit against amid political uncertainty about foreign chains to set up multi- Google Inc alleging the com- the future of multi-brand retail brand outlets in the country. pany “illegally monopolised” in the South Asian giant. The BJP announced in its the Internet and mobile search The reports in the Times of manifesto it will not allow FDI in market in the United States. India and Business Standard and multi-brand retail, while promis- The lawsuit alleges that Google other dailies come as the oppo- ing to push foreign investment in has expanded its monopoly of sition Bharatiya Janata Party other sectors of the economy. the Internet search market (BJP), tipped to win India’s Carrefour had been expected by pre-loading its applications marathon general election which to set up supermarkets in India onto Android mobile devices winds up in mid-May, declared it after the Congress-led national through its Mobile Application opposes allowing foreign direct government in 2012 allowed Distribution Agreements. investment in multi-brand retail. foreign stores to launch 51-per- According to the lawsuit, Indian newspapers quoted cent-owned joint ventures in the Google’s role in placing this suite unnamed sources in the France- country they had eyed for years of apps, including Google Play and based company as saying as a potentially lucrative market. YouTube, has hampered the mar- Carrefour had been working on But after the new FDI in ket and kept the price of devices an exit strategy for two weeks. retail rules were passed, protests made by competing manufactures Carrefour did not answer tele- erupted among shopkeepers and like Samsung Electronics and HTC phone calls, but Business Standard labourers who feared a loss of jobs Corp artificially high. Google said newspaper quoted the retailer’s and the collapse of small family- Android and Google can be used Carrefour India Managing Director Jean Noel Bironneau (left) and Director (Fresh department) Yannick Douville. regional director Franck Kenner run stores. The retail sector independent of each other. “Since as saying: “At this point, we landscape remains dominated by Android’s introduction, greater will not be able to comment on traditional family-owned shops multi-brand retail after the BJP invest in a dozen stores in India. The growth of the domestic competition in smartphones has anything.” and small grocery stores. The came to power. Another is Swedish giant Ikea, chains underlines the potential given consumers more choices at The Indian newspapers said central government has left it One of the few foreign retail- which plans to open 25 stores as of a big-spending middle-class — lower prices,” Matt Kallman, a Carrefour’s plans to leave the to each state to decide whether ers to commit to India recently part of a wider push into emerg- expected to cross 250 million peo- Google spokesman, said. country come after talks to sell foreign retailers can set up shop, is Britain’s Tesco, which has ing markets. But while foreign ple by 2015, consultancy McKinsey Steve Berman, the attorney, its five wholesale stores to Indian but enthusiasm has been muted. declared it will invest in India supermarkets hold back from estimates. Carrefour reported a alleged that Google had not tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal’s retail Rajasthan, which had a since the Congress government India, domestic chains such as rise in profit and said its effort to achieved its monopoly through group failed. Congress government, reversed relaxed the FDI rules. Tesco Future Group and Aditya Birla turn around its French operations anti-competitive placement and The reports said there had been its policy of allowing FDI in has struck a deal with Tata to Retail are rapidly expanding. were starting to show results. AFP market manipulation. REUTERS

Japan plans tax breaks for funds China’s April Sun vows action as services growth TOKYO: Japan is considering currently, the Yomiuri newspaper One proposal is to expand the expanding tax breaks and loos- said citing several government value of an investment that a so- court halts merger ening some rules to promote sources, which could encourage called angel investor can deduct quickens slightly investment in start-ups as part firms to boost much-needed capi- from his or her taxable income NEW DELHI: India’s Sun writ petition that some investors of the second instalment of the tal expenditure in Japan. from the current limit of 10m BEIJING: Growth in China’s Pharma said yesterday it will knew about the merger ahead of government’s economic growth Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s yen ($97,800) to several times as services sector accelerated take “appropriate action” after its announcement and profited, strategy, the Nikkei newspaper government is set to announce the much. slightly in April as new orders a court suspended the generic breaking insider trading rules. reported yesterday. second part of its growth strategy An angel investor is a wealthy held steady, an official survey giant’s $3.2bn takeover of trou- The court has ordered stock Japan is also likely to say next next month. Investor disappoint- individual who invests in prom- showed, an encouraging sign bled rival Ranbaxy while insider exchange regulators not to month that it will lower the ment with the first instalment of ising start-ups that sometimes of strength in an economy that trading allegations are probed. approve the merger until ques- effective corporate tax rate to 20 the strategy last year contributed struggle to get funding from large otherwise faces a cloudy outlook. The Andhra Pradesh High tions about the share movements percent from around 35 percent to a decline in Japanese shares. venture capital firms. REUTERS The purchasing manufactur- Court order, dated April 25 but are answered. The Securities ing index (PMI) for the services which came to light late this and Exchange Board of India industry edged up to 54.8 last week, marks a setback to the deal. announced separately earlier last month, the National Bureau of The ruling follows a peti- week it was looking at movements Statistics said yesterday, up mar- tion submitted by two investors in Ranbaxy stock before the take- ginally from 54.5 in March. seeking an investigation into over announcement. A reading above 50 in PMI accusations of insider trading Ranbaxy’s shares leapt over 20 surveys indicates growth on a in Ranbaxy shares ahead of the percent in heavy trading volume monthly basis, while a number takeover announcement earlier in the days leading up to the deal below that threshold points to a in the month. “The matter is sub after suffering sharp losses in contraction in activity. judice and hence we cannot make previous years due to long-run- The mild improvement in the specific comments but we would ning regulatory problems. services sector, which mirrors be taking appropriate action as Last year, Ranbaxy paid a a marginal gain in the official advised by our legal counsel,” a $500m fine for falsifying drug PMI survey of Chinese factories Sun Pharmaceutical Industries safety records. in April, should be welcomed by spokesman said in a statement. Daiichi had struggled unsuc- investors fretting about the health The court ordered that the cessfully to resolve the Indian of the world’s second-largest “status quo” existing before the company’s US regulatory woes economy. But the pick-ups in the transaction be maintained while after acquiring Ranbaxy in a 2008 official PMI surveys for factories the movement of the Ranbaxy $4.6bn acquisition. and services firms would not be shares before the April 7 deal are New Delhi-based Ranbaxy is enough to dispel concerns that looked at. Ranbaxy is 64-percent unable to export drugs to its key China’s slowing growth engine owned by Japanese drugmaker US market from its Indian plants might cool at a sharper pace faster Daiichi Sankyo. due to bans imposed by the US in coming months. The movement in the shares Food and Drug Administration For one thing, the manufac- has focused attention on a Sun (FDA) over quality problems. turing PMI showed a sizable and unit, Silverstreet Developers, Mumbai-based Sun had said worrying drop in export orders which bought Ranbaxy shares the Ranbaxy purchase would give in April, suggesting that for- before the transaction. “The mat- it a broader range of drugs in its eign demand for Chinese goods ter related to purchase of shares medicine cabinet, a robust drug remains tepid. The survey showed of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd does pipeline and a wider geographical services firms in China fared bet- not violate insider trading rules,” reach. With the purchase, Sun, ter than factories in April, but not the Sun spokesman said. which has a history of nursing ail- by much. Although new orders Sun holds itself to the “high- ing acquisitions back to health, rose on a monthly basis, the pace est standards of corporate gov- would become the world’s fifth- of growth did not change from last ernance and business ethics”, largest generics pharmaceutical month, leaving the sub-index flat the company spokesman added. company and nearly double its at 50.8. REUTERS The investors alleged in their annual sales to $4.2bn. AFP

Chevron profits down 27pc

A customer washes his car at a Chevron gas station in Corte Madera, California. Chevron Corporation reported a 27 percent plunge in first quarter profits with earnings of $4.51bn, compared to $6.18bn, one year ago. SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Economic alarmists GE’s Alstom bid shows limits BY ZACHARY KARABELL

ll is placid in financeland. Stocks in the U.S. and globally of French state intervention have been in a holding pattern since December; bonds BY JULIEN PONTHUS & MARK as well. Overall economic data — limited though it may week shows Hollande’s Socialists unable or because it seems that this is more a reaction JOHN Abe and flawed though it certainly is — shows steady unwilling to get out the big guns of state to GE’s move,” Tim Albrecht, fund manager unspectacular growth in the United States and similar patterns weaponry to ward off the US giant. at DWS Investment, said of Siemens’ gen- worldwide. Not the most stirring big picture, and certainly one eneral Electric’s overtures to France’s move in 2005 to name dairy eral expression of interest over the weekend. with many challenges — from wages to global stability — but the power business of France’s group Danone a concern of strategic impor- In taking a share in PSA-Peugeot-Citroen hardly the most unnerving. former industrial beacon tance to shield it from a feared takeover by alongside China’s Dongfeng, Hollande last So why are a not inconsiderable number of people firmly con- Alstom have shown again how US drink-maker PepsiCo is now regarded as month hailed a move aimed at ensuring the vinced that we are on the verge of a stunning collapse? And why the French state, for all its a textbook classic of “economic patriotism”. turn-around of the ailing auto-maker. But are many who don’t quite believe that so uneasy? Why do they Ginterventionist zeal, has limited room for But GE’s offer to ring-fence from the other efforts to intervene have fallen flat. treat the current lack of fear reflected in financial markets and manoeuvre against big business. Alstom deal the turbines used by France’s A more sympathetic narrative is that the absence of clear evidence of impending implosion as evidence Citing “patriotic concern” over loss of nuclear industry - which generates some 75 the government - usually in the strident itself that the ground beneath our feet is about to give? jobs and control of a group with a history percent of the country’s power - has meant shape of Economy Minister Montebourg - is Take two books published in the past few weeks. One, by Peter stretching back 86 years, President Francois the state has not played the strategic con- holding out for jobs and other key interests Schiff, is called “The Real Crash: America’s Coming Bankruptcy Hollande’s government leapt into action to cern card this time. against forces that would put the quest for - How to Save Yourself and Your Country.” The other, “The Death find ways of countering the offer after news Unions are urging the government to shareholder value above all else. of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary of it emerged last week. While Germany’s purchase a 29 percent stake in Alstom Montebourg told parliament on System,” is by James Rickards. The latter has been in the top Siemens still has a month to make its inten- held by industrial group Bouygues, which Wednesday that his efforts had won a 200 in the Amazon rankings, and Schiff has been warning of tions clear, Alstom’s decision to review GE’s is seeking an exit to be able to invest in its month’s more time for negotiations on what impending doom for years. His books, radio shows and frequent $16.9bn bid makes the US giant the clear telecom unit. Economy Minister Arnaud he urged should be a “partnership of equals television appearances suggest that the appetite for his message favourite to secure the turbine and grid assets Montebourg said on Wednesday that he rather than a takeover”. remains high. that make up the bulk of Alstom revenues. would study the option. But such a move He pointed to the fact that GE boss These are hardly two lone examples. This past week at the If GE succeeds, it will mark the latest was swiftly knocked down by the official Jeffrey Immelt had provided guarantees Milken Conference in Los Angeles, a panel on risk featured warn- climb-down for a two-year-old government government spokesman, while a source close that the deal would boost employment in ings from the ever-cheery Nouriel Roubini that the Ukraine crisis which has already ended up on the losing to Hollande said it would run up against France and the group would locate global could trigger a European recession that would in turn cause a side of public standoffs in the telecom and European Union antitrust laws. headquarters of several businesses in the global economic decline. Jim Rogers and Marc Faber are regularly steel industries. “This is the end of an era. One industry insider told Reuters that no country, from grids to hydropower. cited for their view that we are on the verge of a massive stock The state no longer has the means to pro- one at Alstom wanted a deal with Siemens However, one source close to the dis- market correction, as well as a global financial crisis brought on tect weak companies in sensitive sectors,” because everyone - from the low-level cussions said it was likely that GE would by the misguided policies of the Federal Reserve and other central left-leaning Le Monde said in a front-page worker to chief executive Patrick Kron - have made the same concessions without banks. Such views may be expressed hyperbolically, but they are editorial entitled “The state can’t do it all”. recalls how Siemens lobbied against state Montebourg’s intervention. Trade unions hardly fringe. A piece this week by Andrew Ross Sorkin, CNBC Such views are not widely held in a coun- aid for Alstom back in 2004. were equally sceptical of whether it had anchor and New York Times maven, asked: “Are We on the Edge try where the state holds stakes in dozens Sector analysts noted that overlaps made a difference. of Another Financial Crisis?” of blue-chip companies and governments of between the two groups made the risk of “Promises are only for those who believe in It’s not unfair to ask the question. After all, attending to risks all stripes see it as their duty to intervene in job losses among Alstom’s 18,000 French them,” said Dominique Gillier of the CFDT and possible crises is wise given both past experience and the corporate matters. A conservative govern- staff high and questioned whether there was union, one of those who held crisis talks ever-present possibility that we are collectively missing some ment bailed out Alstom in 2004, five years any logic in Siemens’ pursuing the matter with Montebourg late on Tuesday. key vulnerability. And yet there is a world of difference between before the economic crisis tore through the now that GE was in the driving seat. “What we need are guarantees on specific maintaining a watchful eye and foretelling doom. The contin- firm’s order books. Yet the saga of the past “We have a slightly critical view of this sites.” REUTERS ued traction of those who routinely warn that we are building toward a meltdown is not a sign of healthy debate. It is a sign of an unhealthy fixation on the downside and a media and financial culture that rewards it. The cult of doom has been thriving ever since the meltdown of 2008. With so many having been caught off guard by the cas- cading crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, a never-again mentality took hold, especially in the United States. Europe had its own reckoning over the euro soon after, and has been mired not just in stagnant growth but pessimism ever since. The reasons for today’s caution verging on paranoia are under- standable, but the effects are no less destructive. Trillions of dol- lars sit on corporate balance sheets unused as companies and their CEOs wonder whether now is a good time to spend. Banks, trying to preserve capital provided to them largely by government, have been reluctant to lend, though they are certainly doing so more now than in the immediate aftermath of 2008-2009. Believing that the financial system is imperiled by a Fed out of control and by trillions in debt, wide swaths of the political class emboldened by the Tea Party continue to sound the klaxon of austerity, forcing ever more shrinkage of what little government spending there is on infrastructure, science and investment. Meanwhile, those tens of millions of Americans with some retirement savings or funds to invest try to preserve their money in cash. They have been warned so frequently of possible collapse that keeping what they have seems more prudent than exposing it to the possibility of devastating loss. Even professional managers have been keeping unusually high levels of cash in mutual funds, a sure sign of caution, an indication of anxiety. The media, meanwhile, in the business of generating buzz and attention, are ineluctably drawn to the drama of doom, largely because we humans can’t resist the desire to watch. Stability and calm are the nemesis of ratings and eyeballs, and so those who darkly intone that the smooth surface of reality is only an illusion soon to be punctured populate the spectrum. As long as such views are fringe, they do no harm. And of course, sometimes fringe views prove right, which only fuels those who hold them. Remember the guy in Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short” who warned of a housing bubble for years before he was vindicated, and lost money until suddenly he made a mint. LAT-WP Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate BoE to take early action on UK housing market

BY DAVID MILLIKEN & powers to curb excesses in the hit their highest level since late can get a sense of the impact of just the Federal Reserve. to take in June would be to make HUW JONES financial sector. 2007 in January. its new tools. In setting policy, the BoE is banks ensure that borrowers can One option that has been ruled Banks were already starting to “The BoE is unlikely to stamp a likely to look past eye-catching afford a rise in mortgage rates he Bank of England’s out for now is a rise in interest implement rules which came into size-10 boot down on the housing headlines such as Friday’s news greater than the 3.5 percentage starkest warning so far rates by the BoE, which does not force last week requiring them to market,” said Rob Wood, chief UK that a single apartment in London points required now. about Britain’s booming want to derail a recovery that is make much more detailed checks economist at Berenberg. sold for a record £140m. Another would be to limit the Thouse prices is likely to more fragile in other parts of the on prospective borrowers’ income “If the central bank does not It is less worried about cash proportion of high loan-to-value be followed by cautious measures, economy. and spending than before the know how powerful its tools are, purchases in central London by mortgages on banks’ books, or possibly as soon as next month, as Instead, the Bank, via the FPC, crisis. it is unlikely to start with them on the world’s super-rich than about further increase capital require- policymakers test out their new may require banks to check that “In effect we saw an interest full power. Rather, it will gradu- preventing a rapid growth in the ments as insurance against loans powers. new borrowers could cope with rate increase last weekend with ally ratchet up the pressure.” exposure of British lenders to going bad. Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe much higher interest rates; make the mortgage market reforms,” Prices outside London are still mortgages, which in a worst-case Further down the line, the BoE told bankers late on Thursday banks hold more capital against said Andrew Milligan, head several percent below pre-crisis scenario could put at risk banks’ is due to review in September that it would be “dangerous” to certain types of mortgages; or of strategy at Standard Life peaks, even before adjusting for ability to lend to businesses and whether the government should ignore the rapid rise in house urge caps on how large mortgages Investments which manages inflation, and transaction levels require further taxpayer bailouts. maintain the part of its Help to prices, which are up nearly 11 can be compared to a borrower’s £184bn ($311bn) of funds, includ- have not recovered either. For now, net mortgage lend- Buy scheme that boosts access to percent over the past year - the income. ing 10 billion in property. Macroprudential measures also ing growth has been modest - high loan-to-value mortgages. kind of increase last seen on the The country has a history of Banks now need to spend will not solve Britain’s underlying at around 1.5 percent a year. A Graham Beale, chief executive eve of the financial crisis. boom and bust in its housing around two hours interviewing shortage of new homes. 40 percent rise in gross lending of Nationwide, one of Britain’s Two other senior BoE offi- market, and while Switzerland, each mortgage applicant - far has been largely cancelled out by largest mortgage lenders, told cials expressed similar worries New Zealand, Sweden and oth- longer than was common before TRAIL-BLAZER mortgage repayments. Reuters that these measures may when quizzed on Wednesday by ers have also taken steps to cool - likely creating a bottleneck in The BoE is acting as a trail- The central bank’s preferred not work. lawmakers. property prices, Britain will be approvals as well as restricting blazer for other major central outcome would be for affordabil- “Most of what they have got is The focus is squarely on the the largest economy to do so the number of eligible borrowers, banks, which see the need to keep ity constraints to cause house blunt and will bypass a lot of the June 17 meeting of the cen- thus far. he said. a grip on lending as one of the les- price growth to level off, and for cash transactions,” he said. tral bank’s Financial Policy As the Bank of England gets But the scale of the impact is sons of the financial crisis. prices to rise in the long run at Larger capital charges on Committee, which was set up to to grips with its new ‘macropru- something that neither Milligan The European Central Bank is a level close to earnings growth - banks would help dampen the prevent a repeat of the kind of dential’ tools, it probably wants nor the BoE can judge easily. slowly getting drawn into bank which has averaged 5 percent in housing market, but it is unclear recklessness in the banking sec- to start gradually, and one piece This means the central bank is regulation as the euro zone cre- the past. if it would be quick enough, Beale tor that helped push Britain into of data released by the BoE on likely to want to take more action ates a banking union. But looser mortgage lend- said. “It would have to be quite a damaging recession. Thursday helps explain why. soon to stop the housing market Regulatory responsibilities ing standards could extend the large and severe to influence A year ago, the FPC gained Mortgage approvals in March running away with itself, but of a in the United States are spread recent run-up in prices, so one of things.” sweeping but largely untried sank to a six-month low, having relatively limited scale so that it across many more bodies than the steps the BoE is most likely REUTERS SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday UK economy grew by 0.8pc in first three months of 2014 China manufacturing sector LONDON: The Office for National grows slightly in April German unemployment drops to BEIJING: The official China PMI has US gains 288,000 jobs, most in Statistics said on Tuesday that GDP expanded by 0.8pc in the first 6.8 percent in April shown the country’s factories narrowly two years increased output last month, remaining quarter after 0.7pc growth in the BERLIN: Germany’s unemployment South Korea inflation at WASHINGTON: US employers final three months of last year. That rate fell to 6.8 percent in April in slight growth. The survey result added a robust 288,000 jobs in was below economists’ forecast of thanks to a better-than-expected from the National Bureau of Statistics eight-month high April, the most in two years, the 0.9pc, according to the consensus springtime boost in jobs. The drop of saw an overall result of 50.3 for April, SEOUL: South Korea’s inflation strongest evidence to date that in a Reuters poll. The year-on-year 0.3 percentage points compared to up from March’s 50.3, Xinhua reports. rate hit an eight-month high in the economy is picking up after a growth rate was 3.1pc, the fastest in the previous month is equivalent to The official PMI is dominated by larger, April, government data showed brutal winter slowed growth. The six years, but again below forecasts 111,000 fewer jobless. state-owned factories. on Thursday, on increases in the Labor Department also said Friday for 3.2pc growth. The economy is cost of oil and industrial goods. that the unemployment rate sank to still smaller than it was before the The consumer price index rose 6.3 percent, its lowest level since recession hit in 2008 but analysts 1.5 percent year-on-year, up September 2008, from 6.7 percent said it was now on track to make up from 1.3 percent the previous in March. all the lost ground by the middle of month, according to Statistics this year. India’s fiscal deficit likely to Korea. be 4.5pc of GDP in FY14 NEW DELHI: Economic Times reported that the fiscal deficit for 2013 to 2014 is likely to be around SA’s trade deficit at R21.16 4.5pc of the gross domestic product, Brazil posts trade surplus of billion in March marginally lower than 4.6pc that $506m in April JOHANNESBURG: The trade deficit was mentioned in the interim BRASILIA: Brazil posted a trade surplus was R21.16 billion in March, the SA budget for FY15. A senior Finance of $506 million in April, more than Revenue Service (SARS) said on ministry official said that “Fiscal double what the market expected but Wednesday. This figure excluded deficit for the last fiscal year will not nearly enough to push the annual trade data with Botswana, Lesotho, be around 4.5pc. The reason for New Zealand exports hit record highs balance into positive territory. Namibia, and Swaziland (BLNS), this fall could be because there is WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s exports hit Brazil’s trade balance has been hit hard SARS said in a statement. expectation of compression in the fresh record highs in March as demand for by fuel imports and a drop in the price Plan expenditure.” the country’s basket of agricultural products of some key exports such as iron ore. continues to surge. While demand from An economic slowdown and currency China for all things dairy continues to be the woes in Argentina have also curbed mainstay of the country’s economy, meat, exports to the neighboring country. wood and fruit are all seeing strong growth, combining to push goods exports above 5 billion New Zealand dollars (US$4.25 billion) in March and NZ$50 billion on an annual basis – both records.

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NEW YORK : Anthony Rizzo struck out seven in his 110 pitches. reached base three times and Cincinnati (13-16) could not provided the winning run with take advantage of its few oppor- NBA play-off hopes a solo homer as the Chicago tunities against Peralta, going Cubs rocked St. Louis Cardinals 0-for-8 with runners in scoring right-hander Adam Wainwright position. Ellis scores 29 points in 113-111 win over the Spurs on the way to a 6-5 victory. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy The normally reliable went 3-for-4 with a double for Wainwright (5-2) saw a 25-inning Milwaukee, who improved their DALLAS: On the brink of stay, are trying to become only make up for us,” Ellis said of Blair. scoreless streak end as the Major League-leading record to elimination from the NBA play- the sixth bottom seed to oust a Blair stole the ball from Parker NBA Results Cubs collected 10 hits and six 21-9. offs, the Dallas Mavericks bat- top seed in the opening round of and grabbed a rebound to set up EASTERN CONFERENCE runs through his five innings, Aside from Peralta’s double, tled back in the fourth quarter the playoffs. free throws for Dallas, but Danny Wainwright’s shortest outing of Reds right-hander Mike Leake At New York to win yesterday, moving within “This is what you live for if you Green, who went 7-for-7 from the the season. (2-3) was equally impressive, a game of ousting top-seeded play this kind of sport,” Mavericks field, and Australian Patty Mills Brooklyn 97 Toronto 83 Cubs left-hander Travis Wood pitching eight innings and allow- San Antonio. coach Rick Carlisle said. each sank 3-pointers to pull the (Series level 3-3) (2-3) worked seven innings, ing two runs on seven hits with Monta Ellis scored 29 points “It’s a one-game season for us. Spurs within the final margin. WESTERN CONFERENCE matching his longest outing of the two walks and five strikeouts. and Dirk Nowitzki added 22 to We know what this is about and San Antonio received a final At Dallas season, and picked up his first vic- On the other hand, Adam spark the Mavericks over the we wanted this opportunity. “ chance when Ellis hurled the ball Dallas 113 San Antonio 11 tory since April 21. LaRoche singled in the go-ahead Spurs 113-111, leveling their NBA The Spurs, who had the best out of bounds at the far end of the (Series level 3-3) Rizzo, 2-for-3 with a walk, run in a three-run eighth inning playoff series at three wins each record in the regular season to court with 1.3 seconds remaining At Portland clubbed a solo home run off as the Washington Nationals and setting up a seventh-game earn a home-court edge through- and deflected it out of bounds on Portland 99 Houston 98 Wainwright in the fifth for a 6-3 rallied for a 5-3 victory over Sunday at San Antonio. out the playoffs, led 81-76 enter- an in-bounds attempt to give the (Portland wins series 4-2) lead. the Philadelphia Phillies.Jayson “It’s the ultimate thrill. It’s ing the fourth quarter before the Spurs a final shot with 0.4 of a Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Werth, an ex-Phillie, went 3-for-4 win or go home,” German star hosts rallied to push San Antonio second remaining. Peralta closed the gap in the and Tyler Moore homered for Nowitzki said. “Everything else to the brink as well. But Mills was short on a 3-point eighth with a two-run homer to Washington (17-12), who have that happened goes out the Dallas big man DeJuan Blair, try after the final buzzer and the center off right-handed reliever won three straight and five of six. window. who was suspended for game five, Mavericks had the triumph. Justin Grimm, scoring third base- Marlon Byrd hit a three-run The Mavericks, ignited by a had 10 points and 14 rebounds. “We need all our guys to be man Matt Carpenter and trim- homer in the first inning for the 14-2 run deep into the fourth “He was really upset about get- ready,” Carlisle said. “It’s a one- ming the lead to 6-5. Phillies (13-14), who have dropped quarter that put them ahead to ting suspended and he wanted to game season for us.” AFP In other game on the day, two straight. right-hander Wily Peralta allowed The Miami Marlins got the three hits over eight shutout better of Josh Beckett to defeat innings and drove in the decisive the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 at runs with a two-run double, lift- Marlins Park. ing the Milwaukee Brewers to a Miami (15-14) snapped the 2-0 victory over the Cincinnati Dodgers’ (17-13) three-game win- Dirk Nowitzki Reds. ning streak. of the Dallas Peralta (4-1) overcame a rough Right-hander Tom Koehler Mavericks first inning and walked two and (3-2) picked up the win, pitching celebrates seven scoreless innings, allowing during play three hits and two walks. against the San Baseball Results Beckett, the second overall Antonio Spurs pick in the 1999 draft who helped Chicago Cubs 6 St Louis 5 in Game Six of the Marlins win the 2003 World the Western Cleveland 12 Chicago White Sox 5 Series as the MVP, struck out Conference Tampa Bay 10 NY Yankees 5 eight but trailed 2-0 after six Quarterfinals Washington 5 Philadelphia 3 innings. The Marlins added four during the 2014 Pittsburgh 6 Toronto 5 runs in the seventh, with the NBA Playoffs Boston 7 Oakland 1 damage coming against reliever Jose Dominguez, to make it 6-0. at American Milwaukee 2 Cincinnati 0 Designated hitter Carlos Airlines Center Miami 6 LA Dodgers 3 Santana and Michael Brantley yesterday in San Francisco 2 Atlanta 1 hit home runs as the Cleveland Dallas. Rockets’ centre Dwight Howard Detroit 8 Kansas City 2 Indians snapped their six-game (right) shoots over Portland Baltimore 3 Minnesota 0 losing streak with a 12-5 win over Blazers’ centre Robin Lopez (left) Houston 5 Seattle 4 the Chicago White Sox. in Portland yesterday. Colorado 10 NY Mets 3 Danny Salazar became just the third Indians starting pitcher to Texas 5 LA Angels 2 win a game this year by pitching Arizona 2 San Diego 0 five innings. REUTERS Disgraced Sterling finally Dodgers’ Ryu sidelined after sore shoulder breaks silence after ban MIAMI: South Korean pitcher earned-run average over seven Ryu Hyun-Jin was placed on appearances this season. LOS ANGELES: Donald Stiviano spoke to the ABC recordings “that the world doesn’t “We will prevent this from Major League Baseball’s 15-day After spending seven season Sterling, the embattled owner of News program “20/20”, saying she know.” happening again.” The NAACP disabled list yesterday by the with with the Hanwha Eagles in the Los Angeles Clippers banned thought Sterling should apologise In March Sterling’s wife is also returning a donation from Los Angeles Dodgers with a left his homeland’s top league. for life by the NBA after making but whether or not he would, Rochelle sued Stiviano, claiming Sterling. shoulder inflammation. Ryu joined the Dodgers and racist comments, has broken his “Only God knows.” that she has received millions of “We recognise the need for all The Dodgers did not immedi- became the first South Korean silence about the scandal. “I think he feels very alone, not dollars in gifts from the billionaire our units to have the resources to ately announce who would take to be used as a starting pitcher Online magazine duJour truly supported by those around that need to be returned. serve their communities. the mound for Ryu’s scheduled in a North American major league reported yesterday that Sterling him. Separately, ESPN and the New “But we must not allow that start in Miami today. game last April. said: Tormented, emotionally trau- York Post reported that Sterling need to compromise our found- Ryu’s stint was backdated to Ryu helped South Korea win “I wish I had just paid her off,” matised,” Stiviano said of Sterling. has prostate cancer. ing principles,” Miller wrote. start April 28, a day after he Olympic gold in 2008 and helped referring to his girlfriend, identi- She denied being Sterling’s In a related scandal, the Los Sterling, a real estate tycoon surrendered six runs on nine hits his homeland’s stars reach the fied only as V. Stiviano. “mistress” and said that she loved Angeles chapter of the NAACP, who bought the NBA team in over five innings in a loss to the final of the 2009 World Baseball The 80-year-old billionaire was him “like a father figure.” the leading US African-American 1981, is the longest-tenured owner Colorado Rockies. Classic. where they lost to Japan. caught speaking with Stiviano “I’m with him in a state where civil rights organisation, received in the league, but fellow team The 27-year-old left-hander At 17-12, the Dodgers trail and making racist comments I want to help him, urging him to a new leader yesterday after Leon owners have started the process had been solid in each of his three National League West division on a recording made public last come to his own rescue.” Jenkins resigned Thursday follow- of stripping the team from him. prior starts . leader San Francisco by one loss. weekend. “I think Mr. Sterling is from a ing questions over his relationship A 75 percent vote of the other He stands 3-2 with a 3.00 AFP The recording touched off a different generation than I am,” with Sterling. 29 NBA owners is required to firestorm that led NBA com- she told ABC. The disgraced billionaire was remove the team from Sterling, missioner Adam Silver to banish “I think he was brought up to set to receive a humanitarian but the threat could push him to Sterling from the league for life. believe these things ... segregation, award from the NAACP -- an sell the team or take the NBA to On the recording, Sterling said whites and blacks.” honor revoked in the wake of court over the matter, potentially he did not want Stiviano -- who But according to Stiviano, Sterling’s racist comments. setting up a long legal battle. describes herself as the magnate’s “through his actions he’s shown “We will determine the short- Sterling, who bought the team “personal assistant” -- to bring that he’s not a racist. comings that enabled Donald for $12m, could sell it for at least black people to his game, and He’s shown to be a very gener- Sterling to receive or be consid- $600m, with several celebrities asked her not to post pictures of ous and kind man.” ered for any awards,” interim and billionaires having already herself with African Americans Tiviano also said that there president Lorraine Miller wrote indicated an interest in owning on social media websites. were “a number of other hours” of in a message. the Clippers. AFP

Rangers players swarm Brassard spurs Brassard (16) following his game-winning overtime goal against the Penguins in Center Rangers to win in Pittsburgh yesterday.

PITTSBURGH: The best line 1 of the Eastern Conference semi- on hockey’s busiest team hardly finals yesterday night. looked gassed. The winner officially went The way Derick Brassard and to Brassard, whose wrist shot Benoit Pouliot were furiously from in front beat Fleury cleanly pouring in overtime goals. but caromed back onto the ice. The New York Rangers didn’t Referee Steve Kozari waved it exactly look like a group in need off, however, and play continued of a day off. before Pouliot slammed the puck Brassard beat Marc-Andre into a wide open net moments. Fleury 3:06 into overtime - with “ I found out way later Pouliot bizarrely doing the same (Brassard) got the goal,” Pouliot seven seconds later - said.” Good for him. We’ve been Ryu Hyun-Jin throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during their Major and the Rangers stunned the playing well against Philly and League Baseball in Sydney in this last year’s file photo. Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game now tonight. AGENCIES SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Marquez storms to pole in Spain Reigning world champion sets new track record; Lorenzo to start in second place

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, which saw him have to retire from Spain: Reigning world cham- the season opener Qatar and fin- Spanish Grand Prix pion Marc Marquez continued ish down in 10th in the Grand MADRID: Spanish Grand his MotoGP domination yester- Prix of the Americas in Austin FROM LEFT: Prix qualifying times at Jerez day at Jerez to secure his fourth last month. Spanish yesterday: straight pole in track record “I am happy, we managed to MotoGP riders MotoGP time for today’s Spanish Grand register some good times and I Jorge Lorenzo, Prix. am comfortable on the bike. 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 1:38.120, 2. Yamaha; Marc The Spaniard’s time of 1min “Second place is good for Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) at 0.421 3. Dani 38.120sec broke compatriot Jorge tomorrow because we are more or Marquez, Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 0.510, 4. Valentino Rossi Lorenzo’s previous record from less where we were in Argentina Honda; and Dani (ITA/Yamaha) 0.737, 5. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/ Yamaha) 0.887, 6. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 2008 by 0.069 of a second and in and possibly even a bit better. Pedrosa, Honda, 1.102, 7. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda) 1.123, 8. doing so relegated the Yamaha “Being on the first row is ideal celebrate their Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha) 9. Bradley Smith star to second place on the grid. for what will be a very long and second, first and (GBR/Yamaha) 1.270, 10 Alvaro Bautista (ESP/ Marquez has a commanding physically demanding race.” third pole posi- Honda) 1.631. lead in the championship stand- Last year’s winner in Jerez, tions, respec- ings having won all three races Dani Pedrosa, was back in third tively, after the Moto2 so far this season in Qatar, the and admitted that his Honda practice session 1. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 1:42.766, 2. Sandro United States and Argentina. teammate Marquez was too good. at Jerez Circuit Cortese (GER/Kalex) at 0.294, 3. Luis Salom And the 21-year-old thanked “Being on the first row is always in Spain, yester- (ESP/Kalex) 0.408, 4. Thomas Luthi (SWI/ Suter) 0.456, 5. Dominique Aegerter (SUI/Suter) his team for a new strategy using important. We tried to do our best day. The Spanish three different sets of tyres for in qualifying, but Marc is always 0.466, 6. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 0.468, 7. Grand Prix will Jonas Folger (GER/Kalex) 0.469, 8. Maverick helping him keep his run going. very quick over one lap.” take place today. “We used a new strategy and Six-time world champion Vinales (ESP/Kalex) 0.490, 9. Marcel Schrotter on the last run the tyres worked Valentino Rossi leads the second (GER/Tech3) 0.735, 10. Johann Zarco (FRA/ very well,” he said. row of the grid in fourth ahead Caterham Suter) 0.747. “We are performing at a good of Spaniard Aleix Espargaro and Moto3 level and we are prepared to fight fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso. Another Spaniard Maverick The Australian finished over time out as Romano Fenati moved 1. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 1min 46.173sec, for the win, although I think here Finland’s Miko Kallio took pole Vinales, who won the second race half a second ahead of Italy’s into second place in the overall 2. Niccolo Antonelli (ITA/KTM) at 0.615s, 3. everything will be tighter and we in the Moto2 category ahead of of the season in the United States Niccolo Antonelli and Spaniard standings. Alex Rins (ESP/Honda) 0.694, 4. Isaac Vinales will need to really push ourselves. Sandro Cortese and Luis Salom. and lies just behind Kallio in the Alex Rins in a time of 1min However, he will be confident (ESP/KTM) 0.694, 5. Alex Marquez (ESP/Honda) It will be a great race.” Kallio lies second in the cham- standings, also struggled and will 46.173sec to claim just his third of extending his 17-point lead as 0.711, 6. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/KTM) 0.839, Despite losing out on pole pionship standings, 28 points off start from eighth. ever career pole. Fenati qualified down in 10th and 7. Efren Vazquez (ESP/Honda) 0.876, 8. Niklas and another record to Marquez, leader Esteve Rabat, but will have Moto3 world championship Having won in Doha and Austin Efren Vazquez, currently third in Ajo (FIN/Husqvarma) 1.089, 9. John McPhee Lorenzo was also happy to be a great chance to cut that gap as leader Jack Miller will also lead in the opening two races of the the title race, also starts on the (GBR/Honda) 1.156, 10. Romano Fenati (ITA/ moving in the right direction the Spaniard could only qualify from the front today after claim- season, Miller, riding a KTM, third row of the grid in seventh. KTM) 1.205 after a difficult start to the season in sixth. ing pole. was only third in Argentina last AFP QMMF Racing Team’s West eyes improved show in Jerez JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, to turn his home Grand Prix into better, but the conditions were so Spain: At the first day of prac- success. bad that it was hard to tell. We tice for the Spanish Grand Prix “We started well this morn- are going to use it again in the in Jerez, the warm and sunny ing. I was comfortable with the session tomorrow morning so we weather was almost too good bike and I felt good everywhere. can make a comparison in similar for QMMF Racing Team: When We were going fast for the track conditions,” he added. asphalt temperatures rose from conditions and we had a good pace Meanwhile, Ramos has high 33 degree in the morning to 53 with consistently fast lap times. expectations from the home race. degree in the afternoon, both This afternoon, we tried a differ- “In Argentina, we had a good Anthony West and Román ent swingarm that we had never race and I had a great feeling with Roman Ramos Ramos struggled with a lack of used before and it is quite differ- the bike, so I had high expecta- of the QMMF rear tyre grip on their Speed Up ent,” said West. tions for my home Grand Prix Racing Team bikes and ended the day below “But it was difficult to evaluate here at Jerez. But here, nothing in action at the their own expectations. the swingarm properly, because seems to work. It’s almost as if the Spanish Grand West, who tested a new rear the asphalt temperatures had team had given me a completely Prix in Jerez, swingarm in the afternoon, found risen a lot and one problem that different bike. Nobody out there yesterday. it impossible to properly evalu- we always seem to have with this seemed to have any grip and we ate the latest improvement for bike is a lack of grip when it get’s made no exception. I struggled his bike and will try the new really hot. When the track condi- on the corner entries and also at swingarm again in the third free tion is good, the bike is fast, but the exit of the turns, when you practice session. when it’s hot like this, we seem to first open the throttle. But we will Spanish team-mate Ramos also suffer more than the other bikes. work hard to find a better set- struggled in the summer heat “It was really slippery and up and turn the bike back into and is now evaluating all possible really difficult to ride the bike. I the good motorcycle I’m used to,” options to improve the set-up and think the new swingarm might be Ramos said. THE PENINSULA Rudisha withdraws from Christian of Australia tops Doha Diamond League meet at Pearl-Qatar Triathlon DOHA: The fifth edition of thing at the their partnership. The new IAAF the IAAF Diamond League in moment Diamond League application DOHA: Ryan Christian Distance Master Women, Sprint Place: Malcolm Geluk (New Zealand), 3rd Place: Doha will not feature 800m for David launched yesterday offers a wide of Australia topped in the Distance Open Men, Sprint Simon Aggus (UK) Olympic champion and World Rudisha range of useful information about Olympic Distance Open Men’s Distance Master Men, Sprint Olympic Distance Open Women Category: Record holder David Rudisha is to heal the whole series and the 14 meet- category at the Pearl-Qatar Distance Open Women and 1st Place: Rebecca Grace (New Zealand), 2nd (pictured). his injury ings that make up each competi- Triathlon in Doha recently. Sprint Distance Master Women. Place: Aoife Boyce (Ireland), 3rd Place: Cecilia A calf muscle injury in train- and return tive season, including live results The event was hosted through Around 200 triathletes from Runneson (Sweden) ing forced the great Kenyan two- stronger during each of the competitions. an initiative by The Pearl-Qatar 30 nationalities took part in the Olympic Distance Master Women lap runner to withdraw from the than ever. Users of the new app will be along with the support from a race. Category: 1st Place: Lindis Johansen (Norway), IDL Doha 2014 and to postpone I hope he able to enjoy live results trans- group of race organizing team The race comprised of the 2nd Place: Wajeeha Al Husseini (Jordan) his long-awaited comeback to the will soon mitted during each of the events. lead by Pedro Usero and race Olympic distance with 1.5Km Sprint Distance Open Men category: 1st track. regain his It has never been easier to fol- technical committee Shane swim, 40Km bike and 10Km Place: Ronald Molit (Philippines), 2nd Place: “I’m very disappointed not to be full strength low all disciplines at the Diamond Guinan, Zaahir Howell, Nerissa run and of Sprint distance with Tom Whateley (UK), 3rd Place: Paul Dean (UK), able to race in Doha next Friday. and fitness League meetings. Usero, Jaynald Canaria, Nayef 750K swim, 20Km bike and Sprint Distance Master Men category: 1st I know I’ve got a lot of fans there and be 100% healthy in order to Timetables, schedules,ticketing Al-Kaabi and other triathlon 5Km run. Starting with a beach Place James Bowen (South Africa) 2nd Place and I’m sorry I cannot compete fulfil his 2014 targets. details and interesting news are enthusiasts. swim start at the breath-taking Paul Beedle (UK) 3rd Place Stuart Hart (UK) for them,” Rudisha said. “Fans will miss the opportunity also available in advance of a Christian topped followed by Lido Venezia beach followed by Sprint Distance Open Women His manager James Templeton to see him in Qatar next Friday, meeting day and following each Luke Longney of New Zealand cycling and running along the Category:1st Place Lise Dannesboe (Denmark) added: “Unfortunately David nevertheless the IDL Doha 2014 meeting, the app presents a and William Weymouth of picturesque streets of the The 2nd Place Laura Fisher (Australia) 3rd Place Rudisha has had to withdraw meeting line-up includes so many three-minute highlights video, Ireland came third. Pearl. Tarja Timonen (Finland) from next week’s first Diamond great athletes, that I am sure photographs of the action and a Races were also held in the fol- Pearl-Qatar Triathlon Results: Sprint Distance Master Women Category: League meeting in Doha. spectators in Qatar Sports Club comprehensive summary of the lowing other categories, Olympic The following were the winners in different 1st Place Caroline Van Aartrijk 2nd Place Kim “He has been training well; and the TV viewers will enjoy a results. Distance Master Men, Olympic categories: Olympic Distance Master Men Crawford (Canada) 3rd Place Svenja Hampel progressively getting fitter and fantastic athletics night.” Fans of great athletics com- Distance Open Women, Olympic category: 1st Place: Sam Westhead (UK), 2nd (German). THE PENINSULA stronger these last months and Despite the absence of Rudisha petitions will be excited to find was excited about returning to from the 800m race, supporters of that the application also has some competition in Doha. It’s been on the Kenyan team will be rewarded features that are always available, his agenda these last months and with the presence of the 3000m including a dedicated news sec- he’s been building towards that. Steeplechase Olympic and World tion with all of the latest informa- “However, he had a setback last Champion Ezekiel Kemboi, the tion about the Diamond League week in training - a strained calf former Olympic Champions Asbel and its competitors, a gallery of muscle as he was training on the Kiprop (1500m – also the World photographs from the meetings, track - that precluded him from title holder), Birmin Kiprop and an interactive Diamond Race competing in the AK meeting Kipruto (3000m Steeplechase) menu that allows fans to keep in Mumias on Friday. It’s not a and Janeth Jepkosgei (1500m), the track of their favourite stars’ major injury but he’s been sore reigning 800m World Champion progress towards the League’s and unfortunately doesn’t feel Eunice Jepkoech Sum and the prestigious Diamond Trophies able to risk his comeback by rac- 3000m World Indoor Champion that are awarded at the end of ing in the next week.” Helen Obiri. each season. The President of the Qatar Meanwhile, Omega, the Official The new application is available Athletics Federation and Timekeeper of the global premier for iPhones and Android smart- Chairman of the IDL 2014 athletics series, has announced phones through the App Store Organising Committee Dahlan Al the creation of a mobile appli- and Google Play respectively. The podium winners at the Pearl-Qatar Triathlon pose for a picture in Doha recently. Hamad said: “The most important cation designed to complement THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Emir Cup volleyball from May 13

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A: An official of one of the eight clubs taking part in the Emir Cup volleyball tournament picks the ball from one of the pot during the draw ceremony of the Emir Cup in Doha yesterday. Qatar Cup winners Al Arabi have been drawn to play El Jaish, on May 14, in a repeat of the Qatar Cup final held on Friday. In the other matches, Al Shamal face Al Ahli on May 13, while on the same day, Police meet Al Sadd. The winner of the Al Arabi-El Jaish will meet winner of the May 14 encounter between Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) League winners Al Rayyan and Al Wakra. The semi-finals will be played on May 16 and the final on May 18. B: An official displays the name of the team during the draw ceremony. C: Mohamed Ali Al Mohannadi, Secretary-General of QVA speaking during the conduct of the draw. Cabrera, Flores share PGA lead I had a great day today, especially on my back nine, says the Argentinian

CHARLOTTE: Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera US PGA Wells Fargo LPGA North Texas of Argentina birdied four of his last six holes yesterday to Shootout Scores share the lead after the second Championship round of the $6.9m Wells Fargo DALLAS: Leading scores championship. Scores after yesterday’s second round The 44-year-old South CHARLOTTE: Leading of the $1.3m LPGA North American star, whose biggest scores after Friday’s second Texas Shootout (USA unless triumphs came at the 2007 US round of the $6.9m US PGA noted, par-71): Open and 2009 Masters, led after Wells Fargo Championship round one with a six-under par 66 134 Meena Lee (KOR) 70-64, Caroline (USA unless noted, par-72) and shot a 69 to stand on nine- Masson (GER) 67-67 135 Martin Flores 67-68, Angel Cabrera under 135 after 36 holes, level 135 Stacy Lewis 71-64, Natalie Gulbis 70- (ARG) 66-69 with American Martin Flores, 65 who birdied two of his last three 136 Justin Rose (ENG) 69-67 136 Christina Kim 67-69 holes in a round of 68. 137 Shawn Stefani 69-68, JB Holmes 70- Cabrera, who has never before 67 137 Julieta Granada (PAR) 71-66, Dewi led after consecutive rounds in his 138 Kevin Kisner 72-66, Stewart Cink 68- Claire Schrefel (NED) 71-66, Dori PGA career, has made only two 70, Martin Kaymer (GER) 69-69 Carter 67-70, Cristie Kerr 67-70, cuts in 10 starts this years, far- 139 Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 72-67, Martin Laird Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 66-71 ing no better than 43rd, and this (SCO) 69-70, Jonathan Byrd 68-71 138 Kim Kaufman 72-66, Azahara Munoz is his first start since missing the 140 Michael Thompson 71-69, Retief cut last month at the Masters. (ESP) 70-68, Moira Dunn 70-68, Goosen (RSA) 70-70, Robert Streb Cabrera, nicknamed “El Pato” Felicity Johnson (ENG) 70-68, 71-69, Jason Bohn 73-67, Charles or “The Duck” for his waddling Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 70-68, Howell 69-71 gait, has not won a title on the Megan McChrystal 70-68, Thidapa US tour other than his major tri- 141 Roberto Castro 71-70, Jim Furyk Suwannapura (THA) 70-68, Katherine umphs, his best non-major show- 72-69, Zach Johnson 71-70, Webb Kirk (AUS) 69-69, Jenny Shin (KOR) ing a third place at this event in Simpson 68-73, Chris Kirk 71-70, 69-69 Ryan Moore 70-71, Derek Ernst 2010. 139 Park In-Bee (KOR) 71-68, Sarah Kemp 73-68, Scott Langley 70-71, Kevin Starting on the back nine, (AUS) 71-68 Cabrera opened with a 23-foot Streelman 72-69, John Merrick 71- birdie putt at the par-5 10th but 70, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 69-72, Kevin Na Angel Cabrera hits from a sand trap on the ninth green during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship 140 Tiffany Joh 74-68, Oh Ji-Young (KOR) 69-72, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 69- missed a four-footer at 12 to take at Quail Hollow Club, yesterday. 73-67, Haru Nomura (JPN) 70-70, a bogey. He birdied the par-5 72 Amelia Lewis 68-72, PK Kongkraphan 15th from four feet but missed (THA) 68-72, Michelle Wie 67-73 the green at the par-3 17th for had to. And for that reason, I’m in in his past six US tour starts, of short irons on the greens that Stewart Cink and Kisner in sixth a bogey. the position I need to be.” began his second nine with a dou- have been firm in some areas. on 138. Cabrera added back-to-back Cabrera’s only other 36-hole ble bogey but left his approaches Also holed some putts, so it has Australian Geoff Ogilvy, birdies at the fourth and fifth lead was at the 2007 US Open inches from the cup on seven and been pretty good.” Scotsman Martin Laird and The Championship holes and again at the seventh when he went on to win by one eight to set up birdies and sank a Flores has not had a top-10 American Jonathan Byrd were and eighth before closing with a stroke over Tiger Woods and Jim six-foot par putt at nine to claim finish sice sharing fourth at last on 139. Round Three Scores bogey after finding a greenside Furyk. a share of the lead. July’s John Deere Classic, his best In all, 73 players made the cut SINGAPORE: Leading bunker at the ninth. Flores, who seeks his first PGA “Mentally, I’ve been patient and US PGA result. on 145, with 2010 winner Rory round three scores from The “I had a great day today, espe- title, also began off the 10th tee. comfortable on this golf course. It England’s Justin Rose was third McIlroy among those to make it Championship, co-sanctioned cially on my back nine,” Cabrera He started birdie-eagle, holing a just seems to fit my eye,” Flores on 136 after a second-round 67 on the number. by the European and Asian said. “It’s unfortunate to finish 105-yard fairway shot at the 11th, said. with Americans Shawn Stefani England’s Lee Westwood and Tours, at Singapore’s Laguna with a bogey, but I’m in position. and he added an 11-foot birdie “I don’t know what it is, but and JB Holmes sharing fifth Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke National Golf and Country I hit the ball really well through putt at the 15th. consequently I’ve driven the ball on 137 and Germany’s Martin were among those failing to reach Club (par-72) yesterday: there and made the putts that I Flores, with four top-20 efforts pretty well and it’s given me a lot Kaymer joining Americans the weekend. AFP 200 Anders Hansen (DEN) 67-66-67, Panuphol Pittayarat (THA) 63-68-69 202 Robert-Jan Derksen (NED) 68-67-67, Lee, Masson head leaderboard in Texas David Lipsky (USA) 64-68-70 203 Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 66-70-67, Chris DALLAS: South Korea’s Carter and Cristie Kerr were then parred the last four holes to solid. I don’t really mis-hit many Wood (ENG) 68-67-68 Meena Lee fired 10 birdies in next on 137. claim her share of the lead. shots so that makes me feel pretty 204 Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 68-67-69, a seven-under par 64 second Lee opened on the back nine Masson had less of a roller confident out there.” Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 68-70-66, Rahil round yesterday to grab a share with an eagle at the par-5 10th. coaster round, with back-to-back Anders Hansen birdied three Gangjee (IND) 66-67-71, Felipe Aguilar of the lead at the $1.3m LPGA After a bogey at 11, she fired back- birdies at the second and third of his last four holes Saturday (CHI) 65-67-72 North Texas Shootout. to-back birdies before another and to open the back nine. to catch Panuphol Pittayarat Lee and Germany’s Caroline befell her at 14. “I started off well again, made at the top of the leaderboard 205 Johan Edfors (SWE) 70-67-68, Anirban Masson, who fired her second She followed that with three some birdies, maybe didn’t play and set up an intriguing final Lahiri (IND) 67-70-68, Arnond Vongvanij consecutive 67, topped the lead- birdies in a row before taking a as good as yesterday, but I made round at The Championship in (THA) 65-69-71, Baek Seuk-Hyun (KOR) erboard on eight-under 134 after bogey at 18, completing nine holes some good putts and I played Singapore. 66-67-72, Scott Barr (AUS) 66-72-67, 36 holes at Las Colinas Country in four-under 31 without a single pretty consistent,” said Masson. The Dane’s closing flurry Scott Hend (AUS) 67-65-73 Club. par. “I’m just trying to enjoy it, have earned him a share of the lead 206 Craig Lee (SCO) 72-68-66, Antonio “I had confidence with my “I made eagle, so started very fun, not try to have any pressure alongside Thailand’s Panuphol, Lascuna (PHI) 68-69-69, Alexander Levy putting, so I made a lot of birdies,” good, and then my putting was get to me, just having a good who bogeyed the penultimate hole (FRA) 70-66-70 Lee said. “I’m playing well and the really good,” Lee said. “Inside 15 time.” as he surrendered the one-shot course is really good. Good green feet for par, almost always made Masson made her lone bogey advantage he had held since day 207 Brett Rumford (AUS) 70-67-70, Peter Lawrie (IRL) 68-72-67, Raphael speeds.” it. at the eighth and closed with a one. Jacquelin (FRA) 69-70-68, S.S.P. Americans Stacy Lewis and “I had a lot of birdies. My irons birdie at the par-5 18th. Hansen shot five-under-par Meena Lee of South Korea Chowrasia (IND) 68-68-71, Chan Kim Natalie Gulbis shared third on 135 were inside 15 feet almost every “I finished with a birdie, so 67 for an aggregate score of 200, hits a tee shot during Round (USA) 67-68-72, Kristoffer Broberg with compatriot Christina Kim hole. Everything was on my side overall, yeah, I think it’s a great while Pittayarat has rounds of 63, Three of the North Texas LPGA (SWE) 65-69-73, Chinnarat Phadungsil another stroke adrift. on the first nine.” day. I just have to keep doing 68 and 69. The pair are two strokes Shootout Presented by JTBC at (THA) 67-71-69 the Las Colinas Country Club in Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, Lee played her second nine what I’m doing, stay patient. ahead of Dutchman Robert-Jan Paraguay’s Julieta Granada, without a bogey but ran off Everything is good,” she said. Derksen and America’s David Selected Irving, Texas, yesterday. Dutchwoman Dewi Claire another birdie streak at the par-5 “I just feel comfortable with my Lipsky. 213 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 67-72-74 Schreefel and Americans Dori third, par-3 fourth and par-4 fifth, game. It feels like I’m hitting it AGENCIES SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Royals hammer Mumbai Indians end five-match losing streak

MUMBAI: Defending cham- pions Mumbai Indians’ five- Daredevils match losing streak in the Indian Premier League (IPL) finally ended yesterday with a five-wicket win over Kings Nair hits 73 not out in seven-wicket win XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium here. NEW DELHI: Inspired by Mumbai’s win also snapped Karun Nair’s 73 not out, Kings XI Punjab’s five-match Rajasthan Royals clinched winning run and dislodged them an important victory against from the top position, which has Delhi Daredevils in an Indian now been taken by Chennai Super Premier League (IPL) clash Kings. at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Mumbai Indians overcame a yesterday. dodgy start and fine batting per- The Royals chased down the formances by Chidhambaram target of 153 with relative ease Gautam (33), skipper Rohit with nine balls to spare in the first Sharma (39) and Corey Anderson match to be held in the national (35) helped them get to 170 for capital after the IPL returned five with five balls to spare in to India from the United Arab reply to Kings XI Punjab’s 168/5. Emirates leg. Kings XI pacer Sandeep Sharma After being put in to bat, the struck twice in consecutive overs hosts got off to a good start with to get rid of opening batsman Ben openers Quinton de Kock and Dunk (5) and Ambati Rayudu (8), Murali Vijay (13). which left Mumbai Indians at a But the latter soon fell and in precarious 23/2. came captain Kevin Pietersen (14), who had a lucky escape while bat- Scoreboard ting at 2 not out as he was run out by wicketkeeper Sanju Samson. Karun Nair of Rajasthan Royals in action during their IPL match against KINGS XI PUNJAB But the square leg umpire did Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi yesterday. C A Pujara c Gautam b Anderson ...... 19 not refer to the third umpire and V Sehwag (run out-Sharma) ...... 1 ruled in favour of the batsman. W P Saha (not out) ...... 59 But the Royals were still able for a mediocre score, but JP Tambe both clinched two wick- G J Maxwell c Dunk b H Singh ...... 45 to contain the former England Duminy (39) and Kedar Jadhav ets each while Kane Richardson G J Bailey c Anderson b H Singh ...... 15 captain; he was caught at long on (28 not out) provided some fire- claimed the final wicket of Duminy. D A Miller c Dunk b Malinga...... 16 while trying to accelerate. works much to the delight of the In reply, Royals opener Ajinkya M G Johnson (not out) ...... 0 South African de Kock (43) crowd, with the last four overs Rahane (12) got out early but Extras (B-1, LB-6, W-5, NB-1) ...... 13 also got out A couple of runs later accounting for 49 runs. Karun Nair and Sanju Samson Total (for 5 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 168 when spinner Pravin Tambe held Duminy hit four boundaries and struck an important 51-run sec- Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-24, 3-93, 4-130, on to a brilliant catch off his own a six in his 31-ball knock while ond-wicket partnership, steering 5-165. Glenn Maxwell of Kings XI Punjab bats against Mumbai Indians during bowling. Jadhav smashed two sixes to take the Royals ship towards home. Bowling: Z Khan 3.3-0-28-0; J J Bumrah their IPL fixture at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday. It looked like the visitors would the team to 152/5. Samson looked good but was even- 4-0-25-0 (1nb, 2w); C J Anderson 2-0-17-1 be able to contain the Daredevils Pacer James Faulkner and tually stumped by Dinesh Karthik (1w); S L Malinga 4-0-25-1; Harbhajan Singh for 34. 4-0-34-2; KA Pollard 2.3-0-32-0 (1w). But it was the 47-run stand safely with some powerful hitting. Scoreboard However, Nair kept the score- MUMBAI INDIANS between Gautam and Rohit that Earlier in the day, crucial board ticking and forged a key B R Dunk c Saha b Sandeep Sharma ...... 5 brought the chase back on track. knocks from Wriddhiman Saha DELHI DAREDEVILS Watson 1-0-11-0; J P Faulkner 4-0-26-2; P V 44-run third-wicket partnership C M Gautam lbw Dhawan ...... 33 Neither Gautam not Rohit looked (59 not out) and Glenn Maxwell Q de Kock c&b Tambe ...... 43 Tambe 4-0-26-2; R Bhatia 3-0-21-0. with all-rounder Rajat Bhatia A T Rayudu lbw Sandeep Sharma ...... 8 in a hurry and they took their (45) helped Kings XI reach a M Vijay c Watson b Faulkner ...... 13 RAJASTHAN ROYALS (17) to help his team reach a com- R G Sharma c Saha b Balaji ...... 39 time to build the innings and also competitive score of 168/9. Saha K P Pietersen c Smith b Tambe ...... 14 A M Rahane c Vijay b Parnell ...... 12 fortable position before Bhatia’s C J Anderson c Miller b Dhawan ...... 35 made sure that the boundaries struck four fours and three K D Karthik c Binny b Faulkner ...... 12 K K Nair (not out) ...... 73 stumps were knocked out by pacer K A Pollard (not out) ...... 28 kept flowing. sixes in his 47-ball knock while J P Duminy c Bhatia b Richardson ...... 39 S V Samson st Karthik b Nadeem ...... 34 Mohammed Shami. A P Tare (not out) ...... 16 After Gautam’s dismissal in the Maxwell again struck a whirlwind K M Jadhav (not out) ...... 28 R Bhatia b Mohammed Shami ...... 17 Nair continued his run and Extras (LB-3, W-3) ...... 6 10th over, Corey Anderson struck knock that was studded with five W D Parnell (not out) ...... 0 S R Watson (not out) ...... 16 reached his first half-century of Total (for 5 wkts in 19.1 overs) ...... 170 a quick-fire 35 off 25 balls, hit- fours and two sixes. Extras (LB-2, W-1) ...... 3 Extras (LB-1, W-3) ...... 4 this edition of the IPL, hitting Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-23, 3-70, 4-123, ting three sixes and two fours, to Mumbai Indians pacer Lasith Total (for 5 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 152 Total (for 3 wkts in 18.3 overs) ...... 156 eight fours and two sixes. 5-126. take Mumbai Indians to sniffing Malinga was superb in the death Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-69, 3-71, 4-95, Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-71, 3-115. It was only a matter of minutes Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 3.1-0-29-2 (1w); distance of a win. overs giving away 25 runs for one 5-141. Bowling: S Nadeem 4-0-30-1; Mohammed before Nair and captain Shane L Balaji 4-0-38-1; M G Johnson 4-0-37-0 Kieron Pollard (28 not out wicket from his four overs while Bowling: S T R Binny 1-0-9-0; K W Richardson Shami 4-0-22-1; W D Parnell 4-0-35-1; J D Watson (16 not out) took the team (2w); A R Patel 4-0-40-0; R Dhawan 4-0-23- from 12 balls) and Aditya Tare offie Harbhajan Singh got two for 4-0-39-1 (1w); D S Kulkarni 3-0-18-0; S R Unadkat 3.3-0-36-0 (1w); R Sharma 3-0-32-0. to their fourth win in six games. 2. (16 not out from six balls) then 34 from his four overs. IANS took the Mumbai Indians home IANS Suarez Navarro third time lucky in Portugal O’Sullivan cruises Dubai while the 61st-ranked into world final Berlocq is entering only the third final of his career (1-1). LONDON: Defending champion Ronnie Berdych needed just 72 min- O’Sullivan eased into the final with a 17-7 utes to defeat Hanescu in a match win over Barry Hawkins on Friday. which he made it all look easy Such was the scale of victory achieved after struggling in the previous by O’Sullivan, aiming for a third successive round. world title and sixth in all, he gave himself a The top seed won with five day off at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, aces and four breaks of serve in a northern England. straightforward effort which put O’Sullivan, in a repeat of last year’s final, him into a 22nd career final and led 5-2 overnight and the ‘Rocket’ stretched bidding for his ninth trophy. his advantage over his fellow Englishman to The victory also gives Berdych a 11-5 by the close of Friday’s opening session. 2-0 lead in the series after defeat- And when the semi-final match resumed ing Hanescu in the Wimbledon later Friday, he made breaks of 76, 55, 103 and second round six years ago. The 84 to reach his sixth world final. loss denied Hanescu his 200th In the second semi-final, Australia’s Neil career victory on the ATP. Martin Klizan of Slovakia during a semi-final match against Robertson came from two frames down over- Berdych, who lost early in Tommy Haas of Germany at the ATP tournament in Munich. night to draw level at 12-12 with Mark Selby Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain poses with her trophy after defeating Monte Carlo, dominated in the ahead of the final session later yesterday. Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the final of the Portugal Open tennis opening set, sweeping it in half Both players now need to win five more tournament in Estoril yesterday. an hour. He moved out to 3-0 in frames if they are to face O’Sullivan. the second, with Hanescu end- Haas crashes out to qualifier World number one Robertson, the 2010 ing a streak of three broken world champion, found himself 10-7 behind OEIRAS: Carla Suarez Navarro hammering of Romanian Victor service games to hold for 1-3. in Munich semis when Selby made a break of 104 in yesterday’s made it third time lucky at the Hanescu while Argentine Berlocq But Berdych kept up the pres- first frame. Portugal Open yesterday, finally beat Spanish qualifier Daniel sure, firing an ace for a 5-2 lead BERLIN: Title-holder Tommy Haas crashed out of the But the left-hander responded with a con- lifting the title after losing the Gimeno-Traver 7-6 (8/6), 6-2. and breaking his opponent a game Munich ATP tournament semi-finals yesterday, suffering tribution of 85 and then Robertson narrowed last two finals. Suarez Navarro came from later to complete the win. a 6-3, 6-2 defeat to Slovakian qualifier Martin Klizan. the gap by coming out on top in the two pro- The Spanish top seed beat 1-4 down in the final set when it The Czech improved to 24-5 Germany’s Haas, the defending Munich champion and tracted frames that followed. Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, looked like two-time Grand Slam on the season. He spent 2013 as former world number two, had few answers as he lost to The 19th frame took nearly an hour and 3-6, 6-4 in two hours, 10 minutes title winner Kuznetsova finally the only member of the top 10 Klizan in just over an hour, labouring in near-freezing tem- the 20th lasted 45 minutes, with the normally for her first career trophy after had the fluctuating match under not to win a title but lifted the peratures and missed the chance to reach the Munich final free-flowing ‘Thunder from Down Under’ finishing on the losing side in her control. Rotterdam trophy in February, for the third time. showing there was more to his game than first five finals. But Suarez Navarro, who had his first title in 16 months. “That was a bitter day for me. I don’t know if that was my quick-fire breaks. In the men’s competition, Czech lost three of her previous four He is playing Portugal for the last time in Munich,” admitted 36-year-old Haas, who hopes Melbourne-born Robertson had come from Tomas Berdych will put his top matches against the 29th-ranked first time since 2005, when he lost to compete in the ATP Madrid tournament next week. 5-1 down to beat Selby in the final of the UK seeding on the line today when he Kuznetsova, refused to give up. in the opening round as a teenager. In today’s final, the 24-year-old Klizan, ranked 111 in the Championship — snooker’s second-most pres- plays Carlos Berlocq the final of Kuznetsova, the seventh seed, Berlocq’s attacking game pro- world, will face top seed Fabio Fognini after the Italian’s tigious tournament — in December. the Portugal Open. dropped serve in the sixth and duced 21 errors from Gimeno- 6-3, 6-1 win over Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in the But the Englishman put any negative World number six Berdych lived eighth games and went down to Traver, who saved a set point in other semi-final. thoughts that may have been developing to up to his billing with a 6-2, 6-2 the loss on the first of two match the 54-minute opener. Fognini, ranked 13th in the world, is chasing his third one side by winning the first two frames after points for her Spanish opponent. But his Argentine opponent got straight tournament win in Germany after the clay-court the mid-session interval, including a break of The 15th-ranked Spaniard was a 2-1 lead in the second set and specialist won both the Hamburg and Stuttgart ATP titles 73, as the 2007 world championship runner- Portugal Open Results playing this week after recovering never let go, breaking two more last year. up restored his two-frame advantage. from a wrist inflammation which times on the way to the win. “It was a difficult However, Robertson hit back with a break Women: Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x1) bt forced her to abandon a match last Berdych holds a comfortable match, but I am happy of 64 before capitalising on Selby’s mistakes Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x7) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Munich Open Results week in Stuttgart. 3-0 margin over Berlocq and has because I am in the final in the next to leave things all square heading Men: Tomas Berdych (CZE x1) bt Victor Hanescu Berdych, playing on a wild card, beaten the South American twice Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Tommy Haas (GER x2) on my debut here,” said into the concluding session. (ROM) 6-2, 6-2; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Daniel will compete in his third final of on clay. 6-3, 6-2; Fabio Fognini (ITA x1) bt Jan-Lennard Fognini. AFP Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2. the season after Rotterdam and AFP Struff (GER) 6-3, 6-1. AFP SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Emir Cup: Al Ahli stun Lekhwiya Al Sailiya defeat Al Khor to move into semi-final; Al Sadd, Al Gharafa in last four

DOHA: Al Ali defeated Qatar Stars League (QSL) winners Lekhwiya 3-2 to move into the Al Ahli SC player semi-finals of the Emir Cup. Mulota Kabangu Also making it to the last four heads the ball stage were Al Gharafa, Al Sailiya while Lekhwiya and Al Sadd. SC players Majid Al Ahli had finished a credit- Bougherra and able sixth in the QSL, but their goalkeeper win yesterday was a pointer to the Lecoumet Kloud fact that there’s precious little to Amin look on choose from among the top five or during the Emir six teams in Qatar. Cup match at Al Iranian international Mojtaba Sadd SC Stadium Jabbari scored a brace for the yesterday. winners. RIGHT: Al Sailiya In the other matches, Al SC player Fawzi Gharafa defeated Qatar Cup Mobarak Ayiesh winners El Jaish 9-8 in penalty and Al Khor shoot-out, while Al Sailiya also registered 8-7 win over Al Khor. players Reza Al Sadd completed the last Shanbeh Najafi four teams with a 2-0 win over and Salam Shakir Al Arabi. In the semi-finals, Al Dad vie for ball Ahli face Al Sailiya, while in the possession dur- second match on May 10 Al Sadd ing their match. face Al Gharafa, both matches PICTURES BY will be played at Al Sadd Stadium. KAMMUTTY VP The final is on May 17. THE PENINSULA

Nicolas Fedor (in yellow dress) of Al Gharafa vie with Abdurahman Abakar Mohammad (left) and Abdullah Aish Mohammed of El Jaish for ball possession during their match at the Al Arabi Stadium. CENTRE: Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata (left) of Al Sadd and Orestes Junior Alves (right) and Mohamed Salem Hamid of Al Arabi SC at Al Arabi Stadium. RIGHT: Al Sailiya SC’s Dejano Moumuli Peili and Al Khor SC Mostafa Jalal Jafri in action. PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT. Italian Cup Barcelona title hopes in final delayed following tatters after Getafe draw shootings

MADRID: Barcelona’s slim Coach Gerardo Martino also an infringement by Lafita, but ROME: The Italian Cup final hopes of retaining their La Liga admitted that it was unaccept- referee Jose Antonio Teixeira between Fiorentina and Napoli title were all but ended after able to relinquish their title by Vitienes overruled his colleague was delayed yesterday follow- they were held 2-2 at home by dropping points at home to a side and allowed the goal to stand. ing pre-match shootings, with struggling Getafe yesterday. fighting relegation. Barca could still have been reports suggesting four men had The Catalans now trail leaders “In reality it was not what we back in front before half-time had been injured, one seriously. Atletico Madrid by three points expected,” said the Argentine. Sanchez chosen to shoot rather Over 30,000 fans from both with just two games remaining “There was a chance that we than square the ball to Messi clubs were estimated to have and having played a game more, wouldn’t achieve our objective when well-placed inside the area. travelled to the capital for whilst Real Madrid are just three in winning the league, but not However, Martino’s men upped the final at Rome’s Olympic points further back but with two because we didn’t win our games. the tempo of their game at the Stadium. games in hand over Barca. Today we committed some errors start of the second period and However several reports, Lionel Messi opened the scoring and it has cost us.” Cesar did well to parry a thun- including one from Gazzetta dello with a fine finish, but Barca were A video tribute was played derous volley from Messi three Sport, suggested the clashes were pegged pack when Angel Lafita along with a minute’s silence to minutes after the restart. caused by fans of Roma fighting levelled just before half-time. mark the death of former Barca Sanchez then struck the bar as with those of Napoli. The Spanish champions coach Tito Vilanova before kick- the ball looped up off the Chilean’s Gazzetta’s website report said improved going forward after the off in the Catalans’ first home chest before Pedro forced another four men had been injured, one of break and deservedly went back game since he passed away at the good save from Cesar. whom was a plain clothes police- in front when Alexis Sanchez age of 45 on April 25. Barca did finally go back man. Earlier, domestic news drilled the ball home 23 minutes Possibly affected by that emo- in front midway through the agency ANSA reported that three from time, but they were stunned tional start to the game, the hosts second-half as substitute Cesc supporters had suffered gunshot in injury time as Lafita rose to began slowly but went in front Fabregas had an instant impact wounds in a violent prelude to the head home Jaime Gavilan’s cross with their first clear opening on when his low cross fell perfectly final. to secure a vital point for Getafe. 23 minutes when Messi swept for Sanchez to rifle home his 20th “These incidents are simply “We have committed errors home Dani Alves’s low cross to goal of the season. unacceptable,” said Maurizio that are unbecoming of the pro- register his 41st goal of the season. The home side should have Beretta, the president of Lega fessionals we are,” Barca mid- Getafe were level in contro- added to their lead in the closing Serie A which also organises the fielder Sergio Busquets told Canal versial circumstances eight min- stages as Alves somehow headed Cup competition. Plus. utes before half-time when Lafita wide Messi’s pinpoint cross from “We appeal to the fans who “There are two games remain- controlled Pablo Sarabia’s looping close range before the Argentine are here for the final to treat it ing and we will try to play them free-kick before firing low into was at fault himself when his Barcelona’s Lionel Messi walks with his son Thiago before the La Liga as it should be -- an evening of with honour because the league the far corner. attempted lob over Cesar dropped soccer match against Getafe at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, sport and football and not one is practically lost. We hope that The goal was initially ruled onto the roof of the net. yesterday. that should give rise to episodes next season will be different.” out by the assistant referee for AFP of violence.” AFP Champions Celtic 30 points clear in Scotland

GLASGOW: Celtic look on before Niall McGinn capitalised over St Johnstone. effort and performance from eve- corner of the net. Their lead was The sides looked to be heading course for the biggest ever win- on a defensive mistake to level the “I thought we were great -- it rybody to beat a team of Celtic’s short-lived however as a horren- into the break level before Brown ning margin in the top flight scores three minutes later. was five but it could have been quality and we were always in the dous defensive mistake allowed got his second of the match in of Scottish football following a Brown restored the lead just a lot more,” said Celtic manager game today,” McInnes said. McGinn to equalise in the 28th the 44th minute. The Celtic mid- thrilling 5-2 win over Aberdeen before the break and Anthony Neil Lennon. “We were disappointed in the minute. fielder collected a cut-back from that moves them a massive 30 Stokes added a third in the 53rd “We gave Aberdeen a goal to first two goals as I thought they The Northern Irishman capi- Stokes and blasted a low shot points clear of the Dons in sec- minute. A tremendous strike start with as well but our reaction were too easy from our point of talised on Adam Matthews’ under the despairing Langfield. ond place. from Shaleum Logan reduced the to that was fantastic. We are play- view but the pivotal moment was miss-placed pass to round keeper Aberdeen started the second Scott Brown and Kris deficit three minutes later but a ing very well at the minute and at 3-2 when we should have had Fraser Forster and tap the ball half brightly and former Celtic Commons both scored a double Commons double put Celtic out I think we are providing plenty a penalty kick.” into the empty net. midfielder Barry Robson tried as the Hoops gained revenge on of sight. entertainment as well.” After Commons twice came Celtic came close to regaining his luck with a fierce long-range Aberdeen, who inflicted their only Despite the defeat Aberdeen His Aberdeen counterpart close it was Brown who eventu- the lead when Virgil van Dijk con- effort that stung the palms of league defeat of the season back have booked their place in the Derek McInnes was furious at ally opened the scoring for Celtic. nected well with a Commons free- Forster. in March. Europa League qualifiers although being denied a penalty when his The captain broke into the box kick but Jamie Langfield got down However, it was Celtic who fur- Celtic skipper Brown opened Motherwell moved to within a side were 3-2 down. and then drilled a low left-foot well to save before Peter Pawlett ther increased their advantage in the scoring in the 25th minute point of the Dons with a 2-1 win “I think it takes a massive shot into the bottom right-hand fired just wide for the Dons. the 53rd minute. AFP Sunday 4 May 2014 5 Rajab 1435 Volume 19 Number 6055 Sport Price: QR2

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DEAD SEA: Qatar’s Nasser after 21 timed special stages last Saleh Al Attiyah and Italian afternoon. navigator Giovanni Bernacchini The success was Al Attiyah’s stormed to an emphatic victory eighth in Jordan and his 53rd in in the 2014 Jordan Rally, round MERC history. three of the FIA Middle East “We had a strategy and it US sprinter Rally Championship (MERC), worked,” said the delighted Qatari, which finished at the Dead Sea who now has a 24-point lead in Tyson Gay this year’s title race with three rounds remaining later in the year. 2014 Jordan Rally “The first couple of stages banned for one included some sections that had Positions been used already and I was a lit- year for doping 1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni tle cautious because of the varying Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta RRC 3hr 00min degree of grip, but I got into my 53.2sec rhythm after that. This is another RALEIGH: Former world 2. Khalid Al-Qassimi (ARE)/Chris Patterson tremendous win for our team. It double sprint champion Tyson pictured (GBR) Citroën DS3 RRC 3hr 02min 55.4sec is developing into a superb sea- Gay ( ) has been sus- son now. I just need to keep the pended for one year after test- 3. Abdullah Al-Qassimi (ARE)/Catherine momentum going.” ing positive in 2013 for a banned Derousseaux (FRA) Ford Fiesta RRC 3hr 15min 26.7sec Bernacchini’s fourth Jordan anabolic steroid, the US Anti- Rally success marked his 24th Doping Agency (USADA) said 4. Marouf Abu Samra (JOR)/Nicola Fanous (JOR) regional rally victory and he duly yesterday. Skoda Fabia S2000 3hr 16min 03.9sec equals Chris Patterson’s record as Gay has also returned the silver 5. Salah Bin Eidan (KWT)//Alex Gelsomino (USA) the joint second most successive medal he won with the US 4x100 Ford Fiesta R5 3hr 18min 19.9sec co-driver of all time in the MERC metres relay team at the 2012 6. Husam Salem (JOR)/Nancy Al-Majali (JOR) behind Irishman Ronan Morgan. London Olympics but will be eli- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3hr 27min 15.2sec Both he and Al Attiyah headed gible to return to competition as 7. Ala’a Rasheed (JOR)/Joseph Matar (LEB) Ford straight from the finish podium to early as next month after admit- Fiesta RRC 3hr 28min 26.5sec the Queen Alia airport in Amman ting his offence and co-operating 8. Ala’ Khalifeh (JOR)/Ata Al-Hmoud (JOR) Ford to catch a flight to Dubai and a with investigators. Fiesta R5 3hr 29min 42.5sec connection to Buenos Aires in “We are thankful he decided 9. Mohamed Al-Mutawaa (ARE)/Stephen readiness for next week’s WRC to come in and be truthful in his McAuley (GBR) Citroën DS3 R3 3hr 33min Rally of Argentina. cooperation with us,” USADA 00.4sec Abu Dhabi Racing’s Sheikh chief executive Travis Tygart said. 10. Meshari Al-Thefiri (KWT)/Emad Juma (JOR) Khalid Al Qassimi and Chris The top three teams on the podium after the 2014 Jordan Rally, at the Dead Sea yesterday. “With the loss of results since Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3hr 43min 02.5sec Patterson won four special stages 2012, including an Olympic medal, in total and finished 2min 02.2sec he has suffered serious conse- FIA Middle East Rally Championship – behind the Qatari. stages. Kuwaiti driver Salah bin in a Ford Fiesta RRC and Ala’ and Allan Harryman to seal their quences, but by cooperating he positions after round 3: The battle of the final day Eidan was a close fifth in his Ford Khalifeh restarted day two under third successive victory in the Abu has tried to help the sport move Drivers involved Abdullah Al Qassimi Fiesta R5. SupeRally and climbed back to Dhabi Racing-Citroën Middle forward for the good of clean 1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT) 75pts and Marouf Abu Samra. A one- The Jordanian duo of Husam eighth overall. East Trophy. athletes.” 2. Khalid Al-Qassimi (ARE) 51pts minute time penalty for Al Salem and Nancy Al Majali dom- Abu Dhabi’s Mohamed Al Kuwaiti Group N driver As part of the suspension he 3. Abdullah Al-Qassimi (ARE) 27pts Qassimi swung the pendulum inated the competitive Group Mutawee and Stephen McAuley Meshari Al Thafiri rounded off accepted, Gay, the joint second 3. Yazeed Al-Rajhi (SAU) 27pts in Abu Samra’s favour and the N category in their Mitsubishi led the Junior and 2WD catego- the top 10 and leads the champion- fastest man in history, was dis- 5. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QAT) 26pts pair traded times and third and Lancer Evolution VIII and ries from start-to-finish in the ship’s showroom category. Qatar’s qualified from all competitive fourth places all morning. But Al reached the finish in a superb first of five DS3 R3s. The duo fin- Nada Zeidan brought up the rear results since July 15, 2012, the 6. Salah bin Eidan (KWT) 20pts Qassimi hit back and snatched the sixth overall. WRC 2 regular Ala’a ished ninth overall and 23 min- of the field in 19th place. date he first used a product that 7. Abdullah Al-Kuwari (QAT) 16pts final podium place on the final two Rasheed slotted into seventh place utes ahead of rivals Saeed Bintowq THE PENINSULA contained a prohibited steroid. The start of his ban was back- dated to June 23, 2013, the day his doping sample was collected at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and when he voluntarily stopped competing Man City go top, Fulham and Cardiff go down after being notified of his posi- tive test. His first race back is planned LONDON: Manchester City header brought Everton back to the second tier just a year for July, it is learnt. claimed top spot in the Premier into the game, but City survived after their promotion from the The American 100 metres League and took a significant a nail-biting last half an hour — Championship. record holder had tearfully step towards the title by coming Hart notably saving from substi- Sebastian Larsson’s 30th- admitted last July he had failed from behind to edge Everton tute Gerard Deulofeu — to close minute goal at Old Trafford an out-of-competition doping test, 3-2 yesterday. on the title. condemned United to their 12th saying “I basically put my trust Ross Barkley’s stunner put Meanwhile, Fulham and Cardiff league defeat of the season. in someone and I was let down.” hosts Everton ahead in the 11th City were both relegated after Elsewhere, Andreas Weimann “I don’t have a sabotage story. I minute, but Sergio Aguero quickly defeats in their penultimate games scored twice as Aston Villa won don’t have lies,” Gay, who had pre- equalised and a brace from Edin of the season left them unable to 3-1 at home to FA Cup finalists viously spoken out against doping, Dzeko secured victory for Manuel reach safety. Hull City, while Southampton said in a 2013 interview, adding Pellegrini’s side despite Romelu Fulham’s 13-year run in the striker Rickie Lambert claimed a he had never knowingly taken a Lukaku reducing the arrears. English top flight was ended by 93rd-minute winner in a 1-0 vic- performance-enhancing drug. “I City now lead previous leaders a 4-1 defeat at Stoke City, while tory at Swansea City. made a mistake.” Liverpool on goal difference — +59 Cardiff went straight back down AFP The 31-year-old could have been to +50 — and will therefore be Manchester City’s English goalkeeper Joe Hart makes a save during to the Championship following a suspended for two years for his practically assured of winning the their English Premier League football match against Everton at Goodison 3-0 loss at Newcastle United. first doping offence but received title if they win their two remain- Park in Liverpool yesterday. Both teams’ fates were sealed EPL Results a reduction because of his sub- ing games. by fourth-bottom Sunderland’s stantial assistance, USADA said. Chelsea and Liverpool each unexpected 1-0 win at Manchester Aston Villa 3 (Westwood 1, Weimann 41, 45) The circumstances of his case have opportunities to take over uncomfortable position of knowing later, however, rattling home at United, which took Gus Poyet’s Hull 1 (Bowery 28-og) is still under investigation and at the summit over the next that victory for their side would the near post from Yaya Toure’s side four points above Fulham Everton 2 (Barkley 11, Lukaku 65) could produce additional suspen- two days, but if City beat Aston hand the title initiative to their pass, and although he was then and five points clear of bottom Manchester City 3 (Aguero 22, Dzeko 43, 48) sions, track and field sources said. Villa on Wednesday and win at city rivals Liverpool, but Barkley’s forced off with an apparent groin club Cardiff. Manchester United 0 The ban is also subject to appeal home to West Ham United next strike was a goal that demanded injury, City powered on. Peter Odemwingie, Marko Sunderland 1 (Larsson 30) by the International Association weekend, they are unlikely to be to be celebrated. Dzeko put the visitors in front Arnautovic, Oussama Assaidi and Newcastle 3 (Ameobi 18, Remy 87, Taylor of Athletics Federation and the caught. After Steven Naismaith rolled in the 43rd minute with an Jonathan Walters scored the goals 90+1) Cardiff 0 World Anti-Doping Agency. Everton’s defeat, meanwhile, Leighton Baines’s pass into his imperious header from a James that accounted for Fulham at the Stoke 4 (Odemwingie 39, Arnautovic 54, The United States Olympic means that Arsenal are guar- path, the 20-year-old England Milner cross and after Joe Hart Britannia Stadium, with Kieran Assaidi 73, Walters 82) Committee confirmed it had anteed to finish at least as high midfielder looked up and arced had saved from Naismith early Richardson replying in vain for Fulham 1 (Richardson 80) received the medal Gay won at the as fourth, guaranteeing them a a magnificent first-time shot in the second half, the Bosnian the visitors. Swansea 0 Southampton 1 (Lambert 90+3) London Olympics and would be place in next season’s Champions into the top-right corner from stabbed home Samir Nasri’s cen- Goals from Newcastle trio forwarding it to the International West Ham 2 (Kane 27-og, League play-offs. 25 yards. tre to make it 3-1. Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy and Olympic Committee. Downing 44) Tottenham 0 Everton’s fans were in the Aguero equalised just 11 minutes Lukaku’s 65th-minute diving Steven Taylor sent Cardiff back REUTERS