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DOHA: The Emir H H in on rupee’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has issued an Emiri order appointing H E Hamad bin Khalifa Al Attiyah as the Special record fall Adviser to the Emir. The Emiri order annulled all provisions contravening its Indian rupee hits all-time low vs dollar rules. The Emiri order takes DOHA: The tumbling Indian more money reaching back effect from the date of issue rupee is leading to huge money home (India),” the Qatar-UAE and is to be published in the transfers by Qatar-based Exchange statement said. official gazette. Indian expatriates home, for- “The all-time low Indian rupee The Emir has issued eign exchange operators say. has spiked the remittance vol- Emiri decision No. 71 of 2013 The rupee touched an all-time ume to India, which is the larg- appointing Air Vice-Marshal low of 16.55 against the dollar- est receiver of remittances in the H E Ghanim bin Shaheen Al pegged Qatari riyal last morning, world,” the exchange house’s global Ghanim as Chief of Staff of improving later in day trading to operations vice-president, Promoth the Armed Forces. between 16.40 and 16.49. Manghat, was quoted as saying. The Emir also appointed News reports from India said The rupee will continue to be H E Sheikh Khalid bin the currency breached the bar- under pressure for some time to Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al rier of `60 a dollar yesterday to come and in the current scenario Thani as Director of the reach `60.72, due to heavy capi- it is too difficult to predict its Office of the Emir. QNA tal inflows and month-end dollar future, Manghat said. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Sudan President Omar Hassan Al Bashir at the Emiri Diwan, demand from importers. But Indians living abroad are yesterday. The Sudanese leader greeted the Emir on assuming power. See also page 2 The abrupt slide in the cur- choosing to look at the brighter rency continues as overseas funds side of the current economic situ- pull out of emerging markets, ation in their country, he added. said media reports. An Eastern As it is, India remains one of the Exchange official here said the top recipients of expatriate-routed rupee-riyal rate last morning was remittances from Qatar. `16.55, which improved slightly to Meanwhile, the currency Massive heroin haul at airport `16.49 by evening. situation as regards Sri Lanka, The Indian rupee has fallen Pakistan and Nepal is also not DOHA: In a huge drug haul, but nothing suspicious was 10.8 percent in 2013, becoming the encouraging. The Sri Lankan airport security person- found. worst performing currency of a rupee depreciated to 35.77 against nel seized 10 kilogrammes Unconvinced, the staff major Asian nation, according to the Qatari riyal yesterday from and 202 capsules of her- frisked the suspects and media reports. The basic problem 35.51 the previous day. oin at Doha International inspected their belongings, India faces is that its imports are An exchange official not wanting Airport from six Arab and and narcotic substances were growing more than its exports, his name in print said Sri Lanka African nationals, accord- found. so the current account deficit is had been waiting for a loan from ing to a statement released On interrogation, the pas- increasing. China and once the loan materi- yesterday by the Ministry of sengers confessed to carrying A Qatar-UAE Exchange state- alises, the rupee would appreciate. Interior. narcotic substances. ment yesterday said the Indian The Nepalese rupee improved Airport Security Legal action has been ini- currency’s slide was certainly not marginally to 26.38 against Department staff became sus- tiated and the suspects have good news for its economy but the riyal yesterday, while the picious about six passengers been referred to the Drug had a silver lining for millions of Pakistani rupee was quoted at who had arrived by different Enforcement Administration Indians living overseas. 27.12 against the riyal. flights. for further investigation. Heroin capsules seized from six passengers. “A tumbling rupee means THE PENINSULA Their luggage was searched, THE PENINSULA

Egypt braces for US sees more Taliban attacks despite peace efforts more protests

NEW DELHI: The United here. “The Taliban will want to opening of the Taliban office” will start... For us we are going that are aligned with Pakistan. CAIRO: Egypt faces a show- States said yesterday that it continue to put pressure on, to in Qatar. “They questioned me into it with open eyes,” he added. India and Pakistan are down in the streets after expected the Taliban to con- make it look like the United States closely on what the prospects He said that while Afghan locked in a fight for influence in President Mohammed Mursi tinue to mount attacks in is leaving as a result of that pres- were for peace, on what the exact President Hamid Karzai’s concerns Afghanistan, but Dobbins saw the failed, in an address to the Afghanistan even as the rebels sure rather than a result of its stand was... but I did not sense over the Taliban office in Qatar had prospect of improved relations nation, to satisfy the demands hold peace talks from their new success,” he added. Dobbins, who they were opposed to it or the been addressed and he has agreed between the neighbours which of opponents who want to force office in Qatar. is on the last stop of a tour through talks was something one should to participate in the talks, they have fought three wars since him from office. “Frankly I anticipate that South Asia, said he had briefed his stay away from.” are “still waiting to hear from the independence. The United States Days of brawling between his Taliban will continue to try Indian counterparts about the Dobbins said the US is not sure Taliban” on when to hold the talks. has pressed for a political solution Islamist supporters and their to negotiate from a position uncertain peace process, which if the talks with the Taliban will India, which has spent to end the violence in Afghanistan rivals have already left several of strength,” US special envoy has caused concern in New Delhi. take off at all. “Nobody knows more than $2.0bn of aid in ahead of the US-led Nato combat dead and scores injured and the to Afghanistan and Pakistan, He said that the Indian side how it will progress, or we can say Afghanistan, fears any return mission finishing in 2014. camps now plan mass rallies, rais- James Dobbins, told reporters had “lots of questions on the with certainty that the process of the influence of the Taliban, AGENCIES ing the risk of bigger clashes that the army warns could prompt it to take command again. Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and their allies will gather in It’s Spain vs Brazil Cairo today, as will some opposi- tion groups. On Sunday, the oppo- sition hopes millions will heed the FORTALEZA, BRAZIL: Spain will play Brazil in the final of call, a year to the day since Mursi the Confederations Cup after beating Italy 7-6 on penalties in the became Egypt’s first freely elected second semi-final in Fortaleza yesterday. leader. All of the first 10 players to step up to the spot scored, leaving it The army, which helped pro- down to sudden death, and it was Leonardo Bonucci who was first to testers topple Hosni Mubarak in miss at 6-6 all before substitute Jesus Navas dispatched the winning 2011 and is on alert across the kick beyond the reach of Gianluigi Buffon. country guarding key locations, The final, against the tournament hosts, will be in Rio de Janeiro says it will act if politicians can- on Sunday. Brazil moved into the final of the Confederations Cup on not reach consensus. The United Wednesday following a tense and dramatic 2-1 victory over Uruguay. States, which continues to fund Following another day of protests in Belo Horizonte, where anti- the military as it did under government protesters clashed with police, the nation’s football Mubarak, has urged Egypt’s lead- players gave its people some brief respite. ers to pull together. A late header from Paulinho was enough to push the samba stars Mursi described his opponents over the line in a game where it was given a huge scare by its South as “enemies” and “saboteurs” American rival. loyal to the ousted dictator, whose Diego Forlan squandered a glorious opportunity from the penalty “corruption” had thwarted him spot in the first half before Fred fired Brazil ahead. and driven the economy into cri- Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos (left) and midfielder Santi Cazorla celebrate after defeating Italy in the penalty Edinson Cavani leveled after the break from close-range, but sis, though he conceded he had shoot-out at the end of the extra time of their FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final football match, at the Castelao Paulinho’s late effort sealed his country’s place in the final. made some mistakes and prom- Stadium in Fortaleza in Brazil, yesterday. AGENCIES ised reforms. REUTERS FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir receives greetings from Emir receives congratulations world leaders

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received congratu- lations from several world leaders on assuming power. The cables of congratulations were received from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Comoros President Ikililou Dhoinine, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, and Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid. The Emir received simi- lar cables from Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly President Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Araby, Member of The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving congratulations from H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. the UAE Supreme Council The greetings were conveyed by Omani officials at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. and Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi. Emir greets presidents on National Days

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent cables of con- gratulations to a number of president on their National Days yesterday. The Emir sent the cables to Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Mozambique President Armando Emílio Guebuza, Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and Slovenian President Borut Pahor. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani has also sent similar cables. Advisory Council adjourned

DOHA: The Emir H H Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is welcomed by the Minister of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Municipality and Urban Planning H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa bin Al Thani yesterday issued Abdulaziz Al Thani at the Doha International Airport yesterday. Abbas was decree No. 30 for 2013 The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the US Ambassador, Susan L Ziadeh, at the here to offer congratulations to the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al adjourning the 41st ordi- Emiri Diwan yesterday. The Emir met heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Qatar, who called Thani. Later the Emir and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa nary session of the Advisory on him to congratulate on assuming the leadership of the country. Al Thani met the president and his delegation at the Emiri Diwan. Council as of Sunday, the 28th of Sha’aban 1434 AH, corresponding to July 7, 2013. The decree is to be published in the official gazette. Gallery talk on Wenlock Road hazard Emir meets GCC Secretary General Society to draw curtain DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad on Olympics exhibition Al Thani and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin DOHA: A gallery talk on Olympic Games in the 19th Khalifa Al Thani yesterday the History of the Wenlock Century. The gallery talk will met GCC Secretary General Olympian Society will be start at 5pm and is open to the Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al held tomorrow at Al Riwaq public. Zayani and his delegation at Exhibition space as the final “The exhibition is a huge suc- the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Al highlight of the “Olympics — cess. Thousands of visitors took Zayani was in Doha to offer his Past & Present” exhibition the opportunity to jump into congratulations to the Emir. which concludes on Sunday. this Olympic experience and dis- Supported by Qatar UK 2013 covered the Olympic movement Year of Culture, Chris Cannon, from different perspectives. We Archivist at the Wenlock are especially proud that so many Father Emir receives Olympian Society, will talk about schools participated in the educa- the History of the Wenlock tional programme, which included call from UN Chief Olympian Society, and how inspi- practicing in the old Olympic dis- DOHA: The Father Emir H rational the Wenlock Games were ciplines. Hopefully this inspired H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa for the revival of the Modern them to a more physically active Al Thani yesterday received a life style,” said Dr Christian phone call from UN Secretary Wacker, Director of the Qatar General Ban Ki-moon to offer Olympic and Sports Museum. congratulations on the occa- Organised in partnership with sion of the Emir H H Sheikh ExxonMobil Qatar, the exhibition A small sinkhole appeared in the middle of Matar Qadeem commercial street yesterday, causing a temporary Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani includes two different sections traffic disruption. Several months of works had just been completed on the street. assuming power. QNA highlighting ancient Olympia QASSIM RAHMATULLAH and the modern Olympic Games and showcases a large number of objects from the collections of the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum and QMA’s Media Landmark Mall’s ‘Walk More’ initiative from tomorrow Collections. Additional pieces from around the world including DOHA: Aspire Zone Walk More…Walk the Mall aims to encourage people to stay The Hyatt Plaza route includes Greece, France, Germany and Foundation’s (AZF) ‘Walk aims to encourage members of the fit this summer by walking in an estimated 1,200 steps and is Italy complement the exhibition. More: Walk’ the Mall ini- community to lead active, healthy malls. People are encouraged to designed to take approximately The extensive education- and tiative will be launched at the lifestyles by exercising within the use the facilities as walking ven- 12 minutes to complete, burning event-programme including Landmark Mall tomorrow. comfort of shopping centers. ues before shops open, between 70 calories along the way. guided tours for schools and dif- The event between 8am and It was previously introduced 8am and 10am, or after they close Meanwhile, the Al Khor circuit ferent institutions, gallery talks, 10am will feature a selection at the Villaggio Mall, Al Kahor between 10pm and 12am. involves an estimated 2,000 steps a theatre performance, a film fes- of exciting activities, including Mall and Hyatt Plaza. The shop- The Villaggio Mall has a route over 20 minutes, accounting for tival as well as a family fun day prize draws with gifts, free health ping centres, dubbed the ‘healthy with approximately 3,000 steps around 100 calories. Some of the exhibits at the expo. complemented the exhibition. checks and the chance to win a malls’ which was created under to be covered in 30 minutes and THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA pedometer. AZF’s step into health initiative, burn 150 calories. FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Rota volunteers to get busy for Ramadan 30 volunteers will join hands to renovate homes out of Doha as part of Ramadan 2013 Project BY RAYNALD C RIVERA to families in need. Rota will also be hosting three commu- DOHA: For three days, 30 nity Iftar events with commu- volunteers will join hands to nity-based institutions who work renovate the home of a family with people with special needs in in need in Al Shamal as part addition to hosting a Garangao of Reach Out To Asia’s (Rota) festival event with the Children’s Ramadan 2013 Project. Rehabilitation Centre and the “Two homes will be renovated Hamad Hospital Paediatric Unit. with the help of Rota volun- Rota’s Ramadan programme teers, one is in Al Shamal. We will culminate with a photo have yet to identify the other exhibition and fundraising Iftar one which is also located out- on July 25, proceeds of which side Doha,” said George Tavola, would go to Rota’s scholarship Volunteer Programme Manager programme in Indonesia, said at Rota, adding they are working Tavola. with Qatar Foundation Facilities Now a traditional event in its Management division for feasibil- annual community development ity assessment. calendar, Rota introduced its Both family homes will benefit first Ramadan Project back in from a house ‘makeover’ which 2007 and has so far helped hun- includes home maintenance, dreds of families and individuals repainting and new furniture. during the Holy Month. FROM LEFT: Rota Volunteer Programme Manager, George Tavola, Rota Executive Director, Essa Al Mannai, Oxy Qatar President and General Manager, As part of Rota’s Ramadan This year’s project will involve Stephen Kelly, and Oxy Qatar Deputy General Manager, Hasan Mohammed Al Malki, at the press conference at Qatar Foundation Recreation Centre yesterday. project, house renovation has around 200 volunteers for five been a very popular and chal- weeks in all activities which lenging activity for volunteers would benefit over 800 members with those people less fortunate The campaign is sponsored for responsibility programme is to being planned. On behalf of Oxy and “we look forward for this to of the community. than us. Together with our vol- the second consecutive year by engage with communities to help Qatar we thank all the people be an ongoing activity,” Tavola “The holy month of Ramadan unteers and partners, Rota will Occidental Petroleum of Qatar improve the lives of the less for- who are working so hard to make said. is a blessing for the whole of once again make a difference to (Oxy Qatar). tunate. Our partnership with this year’s Ramadan Project a Under Rota’s annual Ramadan mankind. Ramadan reminds disadvantaged communities in “It is a privilege to support Rota exemplifies this commit- successful and very meaningful initiative, volunteers will also be people to think about poverty Qatar during Ramadan,” said Rota once again in its Ramadan ment. We strongly encourage event,” said Oxy Qatar President distributing basic food items and hardship and reflect on Rota Executive Director Essa 2013 Project. One of the focus Oxy employees and the public and General Manager, Stephen such as rice, oil, milk and flour how we can share resources Al Mannai. areas of Oxy Qatar’s social to get involved in the activities Kelly. THE PENINSULA Ooredoo to develop next generation network in Myanmar

DOHA: Ooredoo has won one capitalisation of $10.5bn and delivering networks in the Asean of Myanmar.” Ooredoo has sig- grown its customer base to 58.5m. Underpinning the importance of the two licences made avail- reported 2012 revenues of $9.3bn. region to Myanmar”. nificant experience of developing, Through its partnership with of broadband services, Ooredoo able to foreign operators in the Sheikh Abdullah bin “Ooredoo has been one of the delivering and investing in com- STT, Ooredoo is an active inves- operates wi-tribe, a broadband recent Myanmar government Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, fastest growing telecommunica- munication services in the Asean tor in Starhub, Singapore’s lead- network provider with operations bid process. Chairman of Ooredoo, said, tions companies over the past five region. ing integrated communications in Pakistan and the Philippines. Ooredoo is one of the largest “We’re very excited about win- years and our Asean operations One of its biggest regional provider, which offers some of the Ooredoo will apply all of its and most dynamic communica- ning a licence in Myanmar and have driven a significant part assets is Indosat, the Indonesian region’s most advanced commu- global and regional best practice tions businesses operating in we look forward to working in of that growth. Myanmar will fixed and mobile communications nications services for consumers and knowledge in Myanmar to emerging markets across the partnership with the govern- undoubtedly become a key mar- services provider. Ooredoo has and business. deliver a next generation mobile Middle East, North Africa and ment of Myanmar to develop a ket for Ooredoo as we build out invested significantly in the busi- Also through the STT partner- network and a range of exciting, South East Asia. Listed on the world class next generation net- our network and deliver easy-to- ness since acquiring a majority ship, Ooredoo is invested in LTC, customer friendly and easy-to- Qatar Exchange and Abu Dhabi work. Ooredoo will bring all of use, customer friendly and life- shareholding to create a dynamic the incumbent fixed and mobile use mobile services. Exchange, it has a market its experience of developing and enhancing services to the people communications group, which has network provider in Laos. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

UN Security Kerry heads Council renews term of Golan to Israel on peacekeepers UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council renewed for six months yesterday a peace mission peacekeeping mission in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights monitoring a decades-old truce between Israel and Syria that Lunch with Mahmoud Abbas today has been shaken by a spillover of violence from Syria’s civil war. AMMAN: US Secretary of settlement blocs, and that there The unanimously agreed reso- State John Kerry headed yes- will be a land swap,” Science and lution stresses the need for the terday to Jerusalem in his lat- Technology Minister Yaakov Peri peacekeepers, who currently est bid to revive Middle East told army radio. just carry handguns, to boost talks as Israeli Prime Minister “Netanyahu is much more their protection. Diplomats Benjamin Netanyahu said he ready than in the past, whether said troops would likely now get would insist on security in a it’s for ideological or practical equipment such as flak jackets, peace deal. reasons, for an immediate return armoured vehicles and machine In his fifth visit in as many to the negotiating table,” said Peri, guns. months, Kerry was to have din- who belongs to the centrist Yesh The United Nations also plans ner with Netanyahu and then Atid party. to increase the force, which is drive back to Amman for lunch But Netanyahu emerged from known as UNDOF and has been today with Palestinian president January elections with an even operating with about 900 troops, Mahmoud Abbas, with the poten- more right-leaning cabinet. to its authorised strength of 1,250. tial for further shuttling if he sees Just one day before Kerry’s Israel captured the Golan an opening. arrival, an Israeli planning com- Heights from Syria in a 1967 Kerry, who first consulted with mittee granted final approval for war, and the countries technically Jordan’s King Abdullah II, is seek- the construction of 69 new settler Syrians walk down a street lined with destroyed buildings in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor yesterday. remain at war. Syrian troops are ing ways to break a three-year homes in annexed east Jerusalem. not allowed in an area of separa- stalemate and restart direct nego- The Palestinians have insisted tion under a 1973 ceasefire for- tiations that would ultimately they can only return to negotia- malised in 1974. lead to the creation of an inde- tions if Israel freezes settlements UN chemical weapons team UNDOF monitors the area pendent Palestinian state. and agrees the talks will be based of separation, a narrow strip of Netanyahu set the tone for the on the principle of withdrawing land running 70km from Mount meeting by saying that security from territories it conquered in Hermon on the Lebanese border was “a basic condition” for peace. the 1967 Six-Day War. in Turkey over Syria probe to the Yarmouk River frontier “Peace rests on security. It is not “Israel is sending message after with Jordan. based on goodwill or legitimacy as message to Kerry that settlement AMSTERDAM/ANKARA: enter Syria as Western govern- Ki-moon of 10 separate incidents The Security Council resolution some think. It is based, first and is their response to any (peace) UN-appointed inspectors, ments accused President Bashar of the use of chemical weapons by “stresses the need to enhance the foremost, on our ability to defend initiative,” senior Palestinian blocked from entering Syria, Al Assad’s forces of chemical Assad’s forces. safety and security of UNDOF” ourselves,” Netanyahu told a cer- negotiator Hanan Ashrawi told are in Turkey to gather infor- weapons attacks. The diplomat also said and endorses recommendation emony marking the anniversary AFP. mation about possible use of The team went to Turkey Sellstrom would be visiting Berlin of “further adjustments to the of the death of Theodor Herzl, the “And then they blame the chemical weapons in the civil this week and its head, Swedish soon to discuss his investigation. posture and operations of the founding father of Zionism. Palestinians for not coming to the war, officials said yesterday. scientist Ake Sellstrom, met More than 100,000 people have mission, as well as to implement The remarks come after the negotiating table,” she said. The Syrian government and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet been killed since fighting began in additional mitigation measures Haaretz newspaper quoted an Ashrawi also faulted the United rebels fighting it have accused Davutoglu yesterday, a senior March 2011 in what is the long- to enhance the self-defence anonymous “senior cabinet mem- States, saying Israel’s main inter- each other of using lethal chemi- Turkish official told Reuters. est and most violent of the recent capabilities.” ber” from Netanyahu’s Likud national ally “is playing blind and cal agents, including sarin gas, in Sellstrom is expected to deliver Arab uprisings, according to the Peacekeepers have been party as saying the premier would deaf about Israel’s actions and its the two-year-old conflict in which an interim report in July, which British-based Syrian Observatory caught in the middle of fight- be ready to give up almost all of declarations”. the death toll is estimated at more UN diplomats said may just be for Human Rights. ing between Syrian troops and the West Bank if Israel’s security The United States gave a low- than 100,000. oral and is expected to be incon- Western governments have rebels in the area of separation, needs were met. key reaction to the latest con- The United States and its clusive since it is impossible for grown frustrated that the UN which had been largely quiet Netanyahu had tense relations struction ahead of Kerry’s visit, European allies have concluded him to make definite pronounce- mission has been unable to make since the ceasefire. Stray shells with President Barack Obama with no public repudiation of the that the Syrian government ments about the chain of custody progress on investigating the and bullets also have landed on during the US leader’s first term move. used chemical weapons, which of the samples he has received chemical weapons claims, a dip- the Israeli-controlled side and over the peace process. But an “Obviously steps like this are Washington called a “red line” from Britain, France and the lomat told Reuters. Israeli troops have fired into Israeli minister said Netanyahu unhelpful, but we remain hopeful that justified providing military United States. From Turkey, the team will be Syria in response. increasingly saw a strategic inter- that both parties will recognise aid to the rebels. One senior Western diplomat, unable to gather soil samples or Syria’s conflict that started est for resuming peace talks. the opportunity and the necessity Members of the team assem- speaking on condition of ano- scientific evidence needed to prove more than two years ago has “Netanyahu knows there will be to go back to the table,” a senior bled by UN Secretary-General nymity, said that Britain and the chemical use, but could compile claimed abround 100,000 lives, a painful evacuation of a number official travelling with Kerry said Ban Ki-moon had been on standby United States alone have noti- intelligence and interviews. according to UN estimates. of settlements that are not in the on condition of anonymity. AFP in Cyprus since April, unable to fied UN Secretary-General Ban REUTERS REUTERS

Erdogan seeks Clashes over gold mine claim 50 lives in Sudan to further curb KHARTOUM: Fighting “Between 40 and 50 people were army could not be reached for are now fighting among them- currency. Half a million people between two Arab tribes vying killed in El Sireaf on Wednesday,” comment. selves over resources and land. dig for gold in mostly unlicensed army’s powers for control of a gold mine has he said. “They attacked us at 9 Years of international peace Around 300,000 people have mines and sell it to traders and killed around 50 people in am.” efforts have failed to end conflict been forced to leave their homes the central bank. ANKARA: Turkish Prime Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, A UN source said 54 members in the westerly region of Darfur, in Darfur this year due to fighting The International Criminal Minister Recep Tayyip a tribal leader and a UN source of the Bani Hussein had been where mainly African tribes took between the army, rebels and rival Court has issued arrest warrants Erdogan’s government, which said yesterday. killed and 24 wounded when up arms in 2003 against Sudan’s tribes, according to the United for Sudanese President Omar faced a wave of street protests The clashes erupted on Rizeigat tribesmen attacked them Arab-led government, which they Nations. Hassan Al Bashir and some aides and riots this month, moved Wednesday, pitting the Bani while they were grazing cattle in accuse of discriminating against The initial fighting over the gold on charges of masterminding war yesterday to amend an article of Hussein against the Rizeigat, two villages outside El Sireaf. them. mine in January killed 500 people crimes in Darfur. They deny the the Armed Forces charter cited tribal groups which began fight- A spokeswoman for the inter- Violence is down from its peak and destroyed more than 68 vil- charges and refuse to recognise by generals in the past to justify ing in January over the use of the national peacekeeping force in 2004-05, but has picked up lages, a pro-government Sudanese the court. Events in Darfur are coups as defence of public order. gold mine near El Sireaf in North UNAMID said both tribes had again this year as Arab tribes, lawmaker said in February. hard to verify as Sudan restricts Since he was first elected in Darfur, Masar Al Duma Atim, a suffered casualties, without giv- many of which were armed by Gold has become Sudan’s top travel by journalists, aid workers 2002, Erdogan has radically cut Bani Hussein leader, told Reuters. ing figures. The Rizeigat and the government early in the conflict, export and earner of foreign and diplomats. REUTERS back the power of a military that had toppled four governments in 40 years. The last administra- tion felled, in 1997, was led by an Bahrain unrest Islamist party to which Erdogan belonged. Kuwait starts poll Deputy prime minister Bekir Bozdag told reporters the govern- ment had submitted proposals to parliament to amend article 35 registration process of the charter, promulgated after a 1960 coup that resulted in the KUWAIT CITY: Candidates when a widespread opposition boy- hanging of a prime minister. began registering yesterday for cott kept it to under 40 percent. Erdogan has cited that prime Kuwait’s second parliamentary Kuwait has 435,000 eligible vot- minister, Adnan Menderes, as a election in eight months amid a ers who elect a 50-member parlia- political model. political crisis that has stalled ment for a four-year term. None The article was later used as development in the country and of the past six legislatures have the basis for interventions in a boycott by the opposition. completed their terms because 1970 and in 1980, to end months Hopefuls prayed that Kuwait’s they were dissolved either by the of left-right streetfighting, as well sixth election since mid-2006 emir or by court order. as 1997 when the army saw a dan- would bring political stability and Leading opposition figure ger from political Islam. put development back on the right Mussallam Al Barrak reiterated The amendment would replace track. On June 16, the nation’s top at a gathering late on Wednesday the declared duty to “protect court dissolved parliament on the that the opposition will not par- and watch over the republic” — grounds that the last election ticipate in the election because a reference that for many Turks was unconstitutional. However, it the reasons for boycott still exist. would imply strictly enforcing upheld controversial changes to “Today, we are at a crucial a secular order — with a more the electoral law that sparked a crossroads... They (the regime) limited obligation to defend “the standoff with the opposition. want to build a sheikhdom state Turkish homeland against for- “We are passing through a very and we want a state based on eign threats”. Erdogan, who has difficult political situation affected institutions and the constitution... won three elections and despite by high regional tension,” former The next election is a crime and recent protests has no clear polit- MP Saleh Ashour said after filing a conspiracy against the con- ical rivals, denies accusations he papers. “The Kuwaiti people have stitution,” Barrak said. But the seeks to overturn the 90-year-old the responsibility of safeguarding main liberal opposition group, the secular order. But in speeches in their country and achieving politi- National Democratic Alliance, recent weeks he has railed against cal stability.” Another former MP, and the country’s largest bedouin what he sees as the oppression of A Bahraini demonstrator hurls a rock towards riot police during clashes following the funeral of Hussein Abdullah Al Maayouf, expected a tribe, the Awazem, said they are pious muslims under previous Abdullah, in the village of Saar, west of Manama. bigger turnout in the July 27 polls taking part after boycotting the governments. REUTERS than in the December 1 election, December election. AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 ISLAM www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 The power of forgiveness

BY IBN TAYMIYYAH of those who lied against me, oppressed me, or showed enmity llah the Most High, and hatred toward me. For said: “But if we let indeed I forgive every Muslim, man taste the good and I love only the good for them, Afavours after poverty and I desire for every Muslim the and harm have touched him, he good that I desire for myself. is sure to boastfully say: Harm has And as for those who lied and departed from me. Indeed he is did wrong, then I have excused exultant, boastful and ungrate- and forgiven them. However, ful to Allah, except for those who whatever is connected to vio- observe patience and perform lating the Rights of Allah in righteous deeds, for them will be this affair, then they should forgiveness and a great reward.” seek tawbah (repentance). (Quran 11:10-11) After that if they turn to Allah You all know that from the in repentance, then Allah will great principles which sum turn to them in forgiveness, oth- up the religion is: Uniting the erwise, the Judgement of Allah hearts, unifying the word, and will apply to them. So if a person reconciling between each other, were to be thanked for his evil www.swiss-belhotel.com as Allah said: actions, then I thank all those Tel “So fear and obey Allah, and does not understand it, and forgive him — if He wills — and who were the cause for this Fax reconcile the matters of difference many a carrier of knowledge indeed Allah does forgive that (trial) to happen to me — for it between yourselves.” (Quran 8:10) carries it to one who has better which has preceded. entails all the good of this world “And hold fast together to the understanding. 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It was improves them due to it Since tions are thanked for their Tel And other examples like this authenticated by Al Albane in the believer to another believer intentions, and the people of Fax from the texts (of Revelation), As-Saheehah) is like each of a pair of hands, good actions are thanked for which order us with the And his saying, ‘...has no mal- each washes the other. their actions. As for those who Jamaa’ah (upon the way of ice,’ means not having any con- However, it happens that did evil, then we ask Allah that the Companions) and coming tempt for them. So the heart of sometimes happens that dirt He turns to them in forgiveness. together, and prohibit splitting a Muslim does not have these cannot be removed except with And you all know that this is Tollfree and differing. And the people characteristics. On the contrary, a certain amount of roughness, from my nature and character. 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Allah, the Most High, been blessed with grace and Fax that you hold fast altogether to the and him, and all the believers. said: “Indeed those who brought wealth swear not to give any rope of Allah and not to become So we should try not to dwell forward the lie are a small group wealth or support to their rela- split-up; and that you give sincere upon the words of those who amongst you. However, do not tives, or to the poor and needy, www.doha.hilton.com advise to whomever Allah put in opposed this fundamental; by think that it is an evil for you. or to those who migrated in the Tel +974 44233333 charge of your affairs.” saying that so and so is deficient, Rather, it is good for you. And path of Allah. Rather, let them (Muslim, Ahmad) or so and so did not act, or was every person from amongst them pardon and be forgiving. Do you Fax +974 44233000 In the Sunan collections the reason why all this occurred, will be paid the sin of what they not love that Allah should forgive from the Hadith of Zayd Ibn or so and so used to speak about earned. And as for the one who you? And Allah is oft-forgiving, Thabit and Ibn Mas’ud, who the plots of so and so; and other took on the leading role in this, most merciful.” (Quran 24:22) were both great jurisprudent such similar statements which his will be a severe punishment.” When this verse was revealed, (fuqaha), they relate that the contain criticism of some of our (Quran, 24:11) Abu Bakr said: “Rather, by Allah! Prophet (PBUH) said: “May colleagues and brothers. Rather, Through such trials, Allah I love that Allah should forgive Allah enliven whosoever hears the likes of this criticism usually manifests the light of truth and me.” So he continued to give to my words, memorises them returns to the one who said it its clear proofs, which repel the Mistaah the aid and charity that and conveys them to others. in the first place, unless he has falsehood and lies. I therefore he used to give before. (Bukhari) Many a carrier of knowledge good deeds by which Allah will do not take revenge upon any Source: Al Istiqamah Tel Fax

The fruits of real repentance Tel Fax BY YAHYA EDERER in the here- This verse contains the glad tidings for If we expect after. The a Muslim convert as well as the penitent ave you ever offended someone God to forgive above- who changed their whole lifestyle for the so much that it seems as though mentioned pleasure of God. All of the sins they did can Tel they will never forgive you? Have us, we should verses of the become a mountain of riches with the Most Fax Hyou felt like someone has done be fair and Quran give High in heaven. Sadly, many hear this and something that leaves you permanently the means of do not change their ways, telling themselves scarred and unable to forgive them? forgiving to atoning for that ‘one day I will embrace Islam fully and Wouldn’t it be great if there were a sim- any person major sins. obtain these great blessings’. 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Fax good news is that the only truly relevant is that seeking forgiveness is for all sins, This is indeed the nature of the Forgiving, forgiveness with major impact on us is the whereas repentance is a specific formula Merciful, Pardoning One who wipes out sins forgiveness of God who describes Himself for major sins. Our scholars teach us that and replaces them with good deeds. In light as Al Tawwaab or The Continual Accepter there are four steps to pure repentance in of what we mentioned in the first part of of Repentance. Our Merciful, Loving and which the meaning of the verse is fulfilled: this article, we need to take a moment to Tel Forgiving Creator has outlined for us the 1.To immediately stop committing that think about what it means to know God and Fax simple steps to receive His absolute forgive- sin, or begin the religious obligation one had His attributes. There is an authentic hadith ness and be of those who have earned His left as result of feeling guilt for not obey- which says whoever “Ahsaa” (counts) the favor. It would be our own ignorance and ing God. titles of God will go to heaven. According arrogance that could lead us away from tak- 2.To turn to God asking His forgiveness to some commentators this hadith does not ing these steps. for that sin. mean whoever memorised God’s names, but This brings us to the next characteristics 3.To sincerely intend to never return to whoever understood and was affected by of the servants of The Merciful: returning such sinful behaviour again by changing their meanings. This understanding is sup- to God in penitence, behavior refinement one’s lifestyle. ported by a statement of one of our early and persistence in righteousness. 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It is from them, and that is a relationship made the repentance or what we call “tawbah” narrated that “…a man is about to be judged by God and we must uphold it. in Arabic is required from the major sins. for his major sins on the Day of Judgment May God forgive us, accept our repent- As mentioned in the last article, the verses and they are gone and [as] he was remem- ance and make us of those who forgive oth- before these condemned those who commit bering what he had done, it is said to him, ers thus making us of His true servants! major sins such as polytheistic worship, mur- ‘Indeed you will have a good deed recorded Ameen. der, and fornication with a grave punishment for each bad deed’…” (Muslim) www.onislam.net FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE controversy over Edward Snowden, who leaked US secrets to the world sparking an international debate over individual privacy, continues to deepen. TAfter days of suspense following his dramatic escape Activists hope for ‘second from Hong Kong, the former CIA analyst remains in hiding in the transit area of the Moscow airport. Though the Russian government has made no secret of its intention to let the 30-year-old leave its borders as soon as possible, journalists revolution’ in Egypt from across the globe remain on his trail in the transit area—a no-man’s land— of the Sheremetyevo Airport in the Russian gypt is holding its breath But some of Mursi’s opponents are professor of Middle Eastern politics at capital. Snowden sent mediapersons on a wild-goose chase for mass demonstrations to convinced Sunday will be as pivotal as George Washington University. “The last Monday when he did not board the flight to Cuba after mark the first anniversary the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni number of actors who think they speak speculation that he was headed for the capital Havana on of President Mohammed Mubarak. for the entire Egyptian people is a little seat no 17A. A posse of journalists, their equipment in tow, Mursi’s election on Sunday, “It’s a second revolution,” claimed bit troubling. The presidency thinks it Eamid speculation the army might inter- Ahmed Said, a leader of the National has been elected by the entire Egyptian boarded the flight and fixed their gazes and lenses at the seat vene in the event of large-scale civil Salvation Front (NSF), the secular people. The army think they are one till it turned out that it was meant for another passenger. The unrest. opposition’s largest coalition. “The semi- hand with the people. The opposition slip that the bespectacled techie gave mediapersons became a Opposition activists claim an unveri- final was played on January 25, 2011. This think they are the entire society.” joke in Russia with allusions that the government had sent all fiable 15 million Egyptians have signed is the final. I don’t know how long it will Brown said that “in almost any other journalists packing out of the country. a petition demanding Mursi’s removal, take, but Mursi’s going to go — and Egypt country”, such profound polarisation Like another US fugitive Julian Assange, Snowden has and expect a significant proportion of will never be the same after the 30th.” might lead to civil war. He ruled out that number to take to the streets on But protesters may have underesti- such an outcome in Egypt, where the sought asylum from Ecuador, a South American nation that Sunday. There have already been out- mated the size of Mursi’s support, as various factions have no organised mili- has strained ties with Washington. Reports have been pouring breaks of fighting in two cities, where well as the lethargy of Egypt’s silent tias, but nevertheless anticipated some that Ecuador is considering granting asylum to the fugitive Mursi’s still-sizeable support base has majority — many of whom may have kind of breakdown in political and civil leaker and that it has given a travel launched counter-protests. As a result, been won over by Mursi’s earthy speech order. Ecuador’s documents to him. WikiLeaks many opposition actors hope the army, to the nation on Wednesday night. Clashes have already broken out founder Assange is holed up in the who deployed armoured vehicles on Though recent polls suggested his popu- between Islamists and their opponents withdrawal from Cairo’s streets on larity had halved since last autumn, his in some northern cities, with two killed a preferential Ecuadorean embassy in London. Wednesday, will core following remains strong, and can and more than 200 injured in Mansoura Amid the heat generated by the be forced to inter- mobilise just as easily as his opponents. and Tanta. Many Egyptians expect even trade agreement Snowden affair that has sparked vene and facili- At least 100,000 Islamists gathered worse on Sunday, and have resorted to with the US over a global outcry against the United Many Egyptians tate a transition in east Cairo last Friday to recognise panic-buying food and petrol, leading States’ blanket surveillance of power. Mursi’s democratic legitimacy — and to snaking queues at most gas stations, the Snowden programme, Ecuador yesterday expect even worse A senior mili- will do so again this week. They suggest sparse shelves at many shops — and a tary source told his critics put their energy into cam- shortage of cash at some banks. affair has pulled out of a preferential trade on Sunday, and The Guardian paigning for parliamentary elections, In a sign of international concern at added a new agreement with Washington, have resorted to yesterday that which are expected to be held in the developments, the US ambassador to citing ‘blackmail.’ It was being said panic-buying food the army did not next six months. Egypt, Anne Patterson, spent much of dimension to the that the US could arm twist the want to intervene. “Democracy all over the world works last week trying to convince opposition government of President Rafael and petrol, leading But they stated in the same way,” said one of them, leaders to rein in their demands. controversy. that if Sunday’s Sabry Roushdy, a teacher from Kafr El Some want early presidential elec- Correa into refusing asylum to to snaking queues protests were Sheikh, northern Egypt. “You come by tions to end the impasse — but others Snowden by threatening not to at most gas as widespread the ballot box, and you go by the bal- demand Mursi’s immediate departure. renew the trade pact, which was to expire on July 31. However, stations, sparse and prolonged as lot box. It’s not right that a section They want the army to help replace him by opting out of the pact Ecuador has deprived President those that drove of society should bring him down just with a neutral, technocratic cabinet who Barack Obama’s administration of a tool that could have made shelves at many Egypt’s 2011 because they don’t think he is good for would oversee the re-writing of Egypt’s Correa’s government vulnerable. shops — and a uprising, and if the country.” new constitution before organising new serious fighting Mursi himself refused to consider polls. It was the creation of the Islamist- With no trace of Snowden, the mystery around him seems shortage of cash at broke out between standing down during his two-and-a- slanted constitution last November that to be deepening. The fugitive does not have a valid travel some banks. Mursi’s support- half-hour speech on Wednesday. He first sowed the seeds of major dissent. For document after the US cancelled his passport. Ecuador has ers and his oppo- apologised for some of his mistakes, his opponents, Mursi’s unilateral deci- denied giving him any papers that can be used for international nents, then the and offered to let opponents help amend sion to fast-track its completion — despite travel. Probably the Russian spy agencies haven’t let go of this army may regard parts of Egypt’s divisive new constitu- major secular objections — was the act of opportunity to pounce on US state secrets. It was being said the protests as a more legitimate rep- tion. But in the main he focused on shor- a dictator. It showed that while he may resentation of the people’s will than the ing up his own support — and blamed have been elected democratically, he is that the FSB, the Russian equivalent of the Soviet-era KGB, elections that brought Mursi to office a attempts to unseat him on “enemies of unconcerned about the wider democratic was grilling Snowden for more American secrets up his sleeve. year ago — and would step in to facili- Egypt” bent on undermining democracy. values on which successful democracy Snowden has revealed much to tarnish the US’ reputation tate a transition of power to a techno- With all factions unwilling to make depends. For some, it also indicated Mursi but his flight from his abode in Hawaii has trapped him in a cratic caretaker government. compromises acceptable to their oppo- was unwilling to build the political con- labyrinth of immigration regulations and asylum rules from The eventual scale of the protests nents, neutral observers fear a violent sensus that many of those who tentatively nevertheless remains uncertain, and outcome. “Egyptians are living in their voted for him expected him to seek. which it would be hard for him to extricate himself • could yet prove highly exaggerated. own bubbles,” said Nathan Brown, a THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of Plan B for climate change the day

N HIS second inaugural address, the controversial Keystone XL oil pipe- by September. He also commanded And now that cleaner-burning natu- President Obama promised to do line rests on whether the project would the EPA to get to work on regulating ral gas — coal’s obvious substitute, for more about climate change. Now, result in significant net carbon dioxide existing plants, the largest source of the moment — is far less expensive Ifive months later, he has explained emissions. This could be good or bad greenhouse emissions, in conjunction and far more plentiful in America than Obviously, for an what he meant. news for anti-pipeline activists, since with states and with attention to avoid- it used to be, the costs of reducing coal The president missed his chance the alternatives to pipeline transporta- ing unnecessary costs. use are lower. If Obama gets all of these African American, to pass a major climate bill when tion involve moving crude by rail, barge Though these rules will presumably EPA rules through, it would be a signifi- Democrats ruled Capitol Hill in his first or truck, and studies have concluded apply to many different kinds of power cant accomplishment. an African term; since then, Congress hasn’t been that the emissions impact of various stations, the EPA will probably aim its The president also wants Americans able to agree that global warming is a scenarios would be minimal. new restrictions at the very dirtiest — to waste less energy, by requiring American president, significant problem. Besides, the president is making far those that burn coal, spewing a toxic heavy-duty trucks to burn less fuel to be able to visit On Tuesday Obama unveiled a Plan more important determinations than the mixture of gases and particles into and appliances to use less electricity, B policy that bypasses Congress’ grid- future of a single oil pipeline. Obama the atmosphere in the process. There and he wants to reduce emissions of this site, I think, lock, relying on powers the executive on Tuesday ordered the Environmental are a variety of reasons to phase out other potent greenhouse gases such as already has. Protection Agency, which has delayed widespread coal burning, having to do methane, which can leak during natural gives me even Barack Obama A lot of attention focused on the rules to limit carbon dioxide emissions with public health and environmental gas extraction and transportation. greater motivation... president’s insistence that the fate of from new power plants, to finish them protection. The Washington Post US President FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Osborne: Master of divisive politics

pains to accompany every dollop of bit- on every week. Those who can’t speak Osborne has drawn ter medicine with a spoonful of sugar. English will have to learn or lose their So the Department of Culture, Media benefits. Most striking of all, the newly a line and invited and Sport will have its budget slashed laid off will not be able to claim benefit by 7 percent, with capital spending cut straight away but have to wait seven by two-thirds, but Osborne preferred days. That may not sound like much, Labour to stand on to stress a new scheme to restore the but for those who have just lost a job site of the Battle of Waterloo (location, that paid little, it could be impossible. the other side of it. incidentally, of the death in the novel No wonder the BBC’s Robert Peston Vanity Fair of a character by the name called it a Wonga budget: There will be BY JONATHAN FREEDLAND of… George Osborne). plenty who will survive that first week He made the same move repeatedly, by taking out a loan at usurious rates. e’s the part-time chancel- cutting the budget of the Department Such punitive action will have next to lor, say Labour, but even of Energy and Climate Change by 8 per- no impact on the deficit. It’s all about his most vicious crit- cent, but hoping to obscure that with the politics. Osborne has drawn a line ics would not deny that a promise on nuclear power. Defra and invited Labour to stand on the George Osborne is a full- got whacked by 10 percent, but worry other side of it. Htime politician. He proved that again on not, there’s to be more money for flood He wants the Eds — Miliband and Wednesday, when he presented a spend- defences. The intention was to wrong- Balls — to balk at his proposals so that ing review shot through with politics, foot and present a Scrooge budget in the he can paint Labour as soft on scroung- from first croaky breath to last. language of Santa. ers. Perhaps he will keep coming up His primary task was the one he The trick worked easiest when the with ever more aggressive wheezes until toiled hardest to conceal. His mission, chancellor could speak of health, schools the Eds eventually crack and refuse to in American parlance, was to put lip- and international aid, those areas whose follow where he leads. stick on a pig, to prettify what remains budgets are circled with a ring of steel The aim is clear: Osborne hopes to a dire situation in the public finances. first constructed when the Tories were brand the opposition in 2015 the way he Recall that 2013 was meant to be the in opposition. branded them on Wednesday — as “the year Osborne would announce the begin- Those choices were, and remain, welfare party”. ning of the end of austerity, as he made intensely political — a last vestige of the In this, Osborne demonstrated his cheerful progress towards eradicating modernisation project of compassionate understanding of a cardinal rule of poli- the deficit in time for the 2015 election. conservatism, when David Cameron and tics: you define yourself by your choice Indeed that plan was the premise on Osborne sought to reassure the elector- of both friends and enemies. which the coalition was built. ate they were the nasty party no longer. British Chancellor George Osborne (left) with Prime Minister David Cameron. He aimed to pose as the friend of doc- Yet economic growth has been so That imperative survives, although it tors, nurses, schoolchildren, the foreign anaemic, tax revenues still so low, that did not deny the chancellor all wiggle poor, soldiers and spies, all of whom will there is no such end in sight. room. Two choices were notable. First, ringfence are telling. There are to be the state pension from his cap on wel- either see their funding protected or Instead, the chancellor came to the Osborne showed he is not above steal- 180 free schools, but the Lib Dems’ cher- fare spending, implicitly asking: Would increased. Commons to announce cuts that will ing from Labour when he pickpocketed ished pupil premium is to have fund- Labour? The tactic became most obvi- And he was happy to be the enemy of stretch to the far horizon, long after Andy Burnham’s long-held idea of dip- ing frozen in real terms: Osborne has ous in the speech’s final stretch, as public sector workers, whose “automatic 2015. He did his best to divert attention ping into NHS funds to pay for social favoured Michael Gove at the expense Osborne put away the nice guy mask progression” pay is to be scrapped, local from this unfortunate truth. He made care. This is one of the perils of oppo- of Nick Clegg. and revealed his inner snarl. government, Scotland and, above all, the great play of those departments to be sition. Propose a bad idea, and it’ll be None of this should obscure the par- He proposed changes to social secu- unemployed. spared the knife. mocked; propose a good one, and it’ll tisan goal of the review: to draw bright, rity motivated less by the need to save This is divisive politics, no doubt And when, reluctantly, he had to be nicked. clear battlelines for 2015 — and to put money than by the urge to show how about it. But it’s a game few play bet- name areas where “savings” — never Second, the education budget is Labour on the wrong side of them. tough this government could be. From ter than George Osborne. “cuts” — will be necessary, he was at protected but priorities within the Osborne announced he would exempt now on, jobseekers will have to sign THE GUARDIAN Russia’s fight to keep UN corrupt Abe expects to lead department, Kieran Dwyer, dismissed those United Nations reforms concerns. ruling bloc’s victory “The secretariat has a system of manage- BY LINDA SIEG to streamline billions ment checks and balances that mean that no win for the LDP would bolster the one individual can unilaterally set the pro- opposition to regulatory reforms curement specifications for aviation require- ill the real Shinzo from lawmakers with close ties to of dollars of spending ments,” he said. Abe please stand industries and sectors that would “It is true that helicopters from the Mi-8 up? suffer from change. on peacekeeping pose family of aircraft do play a leading role in W Abe, back as “Winning the upper house peacekeeping aviation assets and operations. Japan’s premier in a rare second election is not the key to pushing These helicopters have key features term, is expected to lead his rul- through the structural reforms a threat to Moscow’s which make them suitable to peacekeeping ing bloc to victory in a July upper that Japan needs because the needs, including their flying range and pay- house election, but what he will vested interests are only going commercial interests. load capacities and the fact that they are do with the mandate is a puzzle. to get stronger,” said Jeffrey economical.” Pessimists fear too decisive a Kingston, director of Asian stud- BY COLUM LYNCH Several years ago, the UN launched an win will weaken commitment to ies at Temple University’s Japan effort to enact a series of procurement reforms needed to end the stag- campus. hen UN Secretary-General reforms. One idea was to replace the prac- nation that has long plagued the Others, such as LDP lawmaker Ban Ki-moon and Russian tice of issuing vendors “invitations to bid” economy. Kozo Yamamoto, said a big win President Vladimir Putin met — which sometimes specify the particular The risks are twofold. would give Abe the clout to push Win Sochi, Russia, they were aircraft being sought — with “requests for First, a massive victory by Abe’s unpopular economic reforms supposed to discuss the civil war in Syria. proposals,” which define the UN’s general Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) such as steps to make it easier But the Russian leader — joined by his needs and allow helicopter operators the could generate complacency even to fire unproductive employees top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, and Defence freedom to propose their own solutions using as swollen ranks of conserva- and downsize away from unprof- Secretary, Sergei Shoigu — suddenly changed Russian President Vladimir Putin a wider variety of aircraft. tive lawmakers strengthen the itable sectors. the subject to more mundane matters. “There are many cases where different hand of the vested interests that The party and Abe’s advisers UN reforms aimed to streamline billions types of flying equipment can perform the have long been the LDP’s core are divided between those who of dollars of spending on peacekeeping pose Antonov transport planes and Mi-8 and required tasks,” according to a confiden- constituencies. favour old-fashioned industrial a threat to Moscow’s commercial interests. Mi-26 helicopters. tial review of UN bidding practices by the Second, Abe may use his policies with the government Putin and his national security team politely The low-cost aircraft — which Russian International Civil Aviation Organisation. mandate to push a conserva- targeting winners, and a pro- but firmly pressed the UN leader to back off, factories continue to produce — have largely “A tender process requesting offers only tive agenda centred on revising deregulation camp that wants according to several senior UN-based sources dissuaded Western air operators from com- for a specific type of equipment does not the pacifist constitution — rec- the government to get out of the briefed on the meeting. peting for UN contracts, which must go to allow maximisation of choice in the selec- ognising Japan’s right to main- way to spur innovation. The high-level intervention on UN spend- the lowest bidder. Russian companies now tion process.” tain a military — and recasting ing marked only the latest example of Russia account for about 75 percent of all contracts For several years, the Russian government its wartime history with a less LEARNED A LESSON flexing its diplomatic muscle to protect its for commercial helicopters, the most lucra- has also dragged out negotiations in the UN apologetic tone, distracting from Abe aides say he has learned commercial position at the UN. tive segment of UN peacekeeping’s multibil- budget committee aimed at implementing difficult economic reforms. a harsh lesson from his troubled For much of the past decade, Russia has lion-dollar marketplace. the UN chief’s procurement reforms, accord- “If they win, the government 2006-2007 term, when his focus been engaged in a systematic effort to sty- But the near Russian monopoly is facing ing to senior Western diplomats. will be very stable, but stabil- on revising the US-drafted con- mie attempts to root out corruption in UN challenges from neighbours such as Ukraine, Russia’s UN Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, ity creates laxness,” said former stitution, promoting traditional spending. The Russians have pushed out which produces similar helicopters. The US said his government has no objections to economics minister Hiroko Ota, values and fostering patriotism UN reformers. They’ve defanged watchdogs. and European powers like Germany, France, reforming the UN’s buying practices, but a member of an advisory panel in education instead of pocket- And they’ve blocked internal budget reforms Italy and Spain are also looking for new he sees a raft of reforms as a direct threat on deregulation — touted by Abe book policies close to voters’ aimed to save costs. business opportunities as the Nato mission to Russia’s commercial interests at the UN. as a key component of his “Third hearts was a key reason for his Russia’s zeal for turning back reform has in Afghanistan winds down. Those coun- “Generally speaking, we are a little bit Arrow” growth strategy. early exit. been felt most powerfully in the UN’s leasing tries have privately raised concern with the concerned about the number of reforms,” The first two “arrows” in the Few believe, however, that of aircraft — a $1bn a year market — that UN about the integrity of its procurement Churkin said in an interview with FP. “We “Abenomics” policy prescription the priorities of the 58-year-old provide transport for the world’s second- process. don’t mind the competition. We understand were hyper-easy monetary pol- grandson of a prime minister largest expeditionary force. They claim that the UN’s purchasing that business is about competition. We don’t icy and fiscal spending, neither have fundamentally altered. An examination of UN procurement prac- system is rigged to favour Russian aircraft; want monkey business.” of which faced much political Some still fear he will be tices in the air-transport sector — drawing its bidding specifications — for instance, In May, travelled to Sochi meet Putin and opposition. tempted to spend political capital on dozens of interviews with UN-based offi- requirements of seating capacity for more Lavrov to forge a diplomatic strategy for “The issues that remain face on contentious policies such as cials and diplomats, and a review of internal than 20 passengers — are tailored to exclude ending the war in Syria. strong opposition and that is why lowering the legislative hurdle to UN communications and audits — suggest most competitors. But the conversation quickly segued into they were not possible so far,” Ota constitutional revision as a prel- that Russia has enjoyed unfair advantages, “Procurement is done in a way which a discussion of Russian misgivings over pro- said. “That is why we need to ude to revising Article 9 to loosen including contracts that all but demand that directly specifies a Russian helicopter,” said curement matters. remain intensely on guard.” limits on the military. the UN lease Russia’s Soviet-era aircraft. one senior European diplomat. “We have The Russian leadership was alarmed by a Pledging to revive growth in Observers also wonder The dispute provides a textbook exam- asked for more transparency; we want to plan to delegate authority for leasing heli- the world’s third-biggest econ- whether Abe will visit Tokyo’s ple of the difficulties of implementing basic change to a new [bidding] system as soon copters to UN field missions and logisti- omy, bolster its defence posture Yasukuni Shrine on the August financial reforms at the UN when major as possible.” cal hubs in Entebbe, Uganda, and Brindisi, and alter the constitution, Abe 15 anniversary of Japan’s Second powers have conflicting commercial inter- Requests for helicopters and transport Italy, a move that would limit the ability of took office after the LDP’s gen- World War defeat, a pilgrimage ests in the outcome. planes originate from the UN’s 15 peacekeep- Moscow’s powerful UN delegation to monitor eral election win last December. he avoided as premier the first As such, the secretary general and key ing missions and are routed through head- and influence decisions. time. countries have been unwilling to openly quarters’ air-transport section before being The Russians also objected to the plan to VESTED INTERESTS A visit to the shrine, where confront Russia because its cooperation is sent on to the UN procurement department, upgrade the bidding process. They pushed Buoyed by a stellar win in Japanese wartime leaders con- required on a wide range of critical issues which invites companies to bid. back on a plan to promote “staff mobility,” Sunday’s Tokyo local election, victed as war criminals by an at the UN. Western diplomats have expressed concern a key element of Ban’s reform effort. The the LDP and New Komeito look Allied tribunal are honoured with Since the end of the Cold War, Russian that many of the key players — including a initiative is aimed to offer UN officials a on track for a solid majority in war dead, would inflame tensions entrepreneurs have turned the Soviet-era Ukrainian procurement chief and a Russian greater range of experiences and skills by the upper house contest. Some with China and South Korea, air fleet into a thriving business, supplying aviation specialist — come from countries having them periodically serve in the UN’s political sources say Abe’s party which suffered under Japan’s the UN and other international agencies with a major stake in the aircraft market. far-flung missions. may win a majority on its own. past militarism. with low-cost surplus aircraft, including But a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping WP-BLOOMBERG Pessimists fear that too big a REUTERS FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL NSA collected masses of raw Internet data on Americans: Report

WASHINGTON: The US programme collected information published secret documents about Turner, chief spokesman for collection of Americans’ online collecting Internet metadata in National Security Agency for in which one party was outside an NSA programme called Prism the US Director of National records continued today. the wake of the September 11 over two years collected masses the United States or communica- which involved NSA being able to Intelligence, saying that the Previously, citing documents attacks, the agency could only col- of raw data on the email and tions between known foreigners, search the content of traffic sent collection programme, which provided by former NSA con- lect such material in cases where Internet traffic of US citizens but expanded in 2007. through US Internet companies continued after Barack Obama tractor Edward Snowden, the “at least one communicant” was and residents, the website of The paper said the Internet by foreign intelligence subjects. became president, was termi- Guardian reported that NSA located outside the United States Britain’s Guardian newspaper “metadata” which the NSA col- The paper’s latest revelations nated in 2011 “for operational also had been authorised by the “or for which no communicant reported yesterday, bringing lected comprised the addresses to do not discuss the searching or and resource reasons and has FISA court to collect masses of was known to be a citizen of the to light another mass surveil- and from which messages were examination of email content. not been re-started.” similar “metadata” charting traf- United States.” lance programme that affected sent, including IP addresses which The Guardian said that the Turner added: “The pro- fic between phone numbers which However, the Guardian printed Americans. could show a person’s physical NSA Internet metadata collection gramme was discontinued by the called each other both within what it said was a 2007 US Justice Citing a top-secret draft report location. initially began under a contro- Executive branch as the result of the United States and between Department memo, classified prepared in 2009 by NSA’s inspec- The latest Guardian revela- versial warrantless wiretapping an interagency review.” the United States and foreign secret, which it said indicated that tor general, the Guardian said that tions appear to show that the program authorised by the admin- An official in the intelligence countries. NSA later got authority to “ana- the collection of the raw Internet NSA collected the same kind of istration of president George W director’s office confirmed the The existence of such an NSA lyze communications metadata traffic information — described raw Internet traffic data among Bush, but was later authorised by accuracy of Turner’s quote. programme was subsequently associated with United States as “bulk internet metadata” — people inside the United States the secretive Foreign Intelligence However, the Guardian said acknowledged by US officials. persons and persons believed to began shortly after the attacks as it collects on telephone users. Surveillance Court. that it had seen other secret NSA The Guardian’s latest story said be in the United States.” of September 11, 2001. Initially the The Guardian also previously The Guardian quoted Shawn papers which suggested that some that when NSA first started REUTERS Boston bomb Snowden case: Obama suspect indicted on 30 counts

BOSTON: Boston bombing jabs Russia and China suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been indicted on 30 counts, including the use of a No wheeling and dealing, says US President weapon of mass destruction, over the April attacks, fed- DAKAR: US President Barack going to have one case of a sus- largely limited to revelations from eral prosecutors said yester- Obama said yesterday that he pect who we’re trying to extra- Snowden’s initial leak. day. Tsarnaev, 19, faces the would not start “wheeling and dite suddenly being elevated to “I continue to be concerned death penalty or life impris- dealing” with China and Russia the point where I’ve got to start about the other documents that onment on 17 of the counts. over a US request to extradite doing wheeling and dealing and he may have,” Obama said. “That’s Three people were killed and former American spy agency trading on a whole host of other part of the reason why we’d like to more than 260 were wounded contractor Edward Snowden. issues,” he said. have Snowden in custody.” in the bombings at the fin- Obama, who appeared con- Snowden fled the United States Snowden’s revelations of wide- ish line of the Boston mara- cerned that the case would over- to Hong Kong this month after spread snooping by the U.S. thon. The teen has also been shadow a three-country tour of leaking details of secret US National Security Agency in charged with shooting dead Africa that he began in Senegal, government surveillance pro- China and Hong Kong have given a campus police officer at also dismissed suggestions that grammes, then flew to Moscow on Beijing considerable ammunition the Massachusetts Institute the United States might try to Sunday. He had been expected to in an area that has been a major of Technology as he and his intercept Snowden if he were fly on to Havana on Monday but irritant between the countries. accomplice brother Tamerlan allowed to depart Moscow by air. did not board the aircraft. In Ecuador’s capital Quito, the People sit on board an Aeroflot Airbus A330 heading to the Cuban capital attempted to steal his vehi- “No, I’m not going to be scram- The American, who faces government said it was waiving Havana at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. A Russian passenger plane left cle. Tamerlan, 26, was killed bling jets to get a 29-year-old espionage charges in the United preferential rights under a US Moscow for Havana yesterday without any sign of former US spy agency in a gun battle with police hacker,” he told a news confer- States and has asked Ecuador trade agreement to demonstrate contractor Edward Snowden on board, witnesses said. three days after the April 15 ence in Dakar, a note of disdain for political asylum, has not been its principled stand on Snowden’s bombings. Among the other in his voice. Snowden turned 30 seen since his arrival in Moscow. asylum request. United States did not have an facility in Hawaii. Obama said the charges delivered against the last week. Russian officials said he remained In a deliberately cheeky touch extradition treaty with Russia, leaks exposed “pretty significant younger Tsarnaev are bomb- Obama said regular legal chan- in a transit area at Sheremetyevo from the leftist government of but he said such a treaty was not vulnerabilities” at the NSA that ing of a public place, mali- nels should suffice to handle the airport. President Rafael Correa, Ecuador necessary to resolve all of the had to be resolved. cious destruction of property US request that Snowden, who Snowden’s case has raised ten- also offered a multi-million dona- issues involved. In Baltimore, NSA Director resulting in death, carjack- left Hong Kong for Moscow, be sions between the United States tion for human rights training in Putin has rejected U. calls to Keith Alexander said the leaks ing and firearms offenses. A returned. Obama said he had not and both China and Russia. the United States. expel Snowden to the United had caused “significant and irre- Muslim of Chechen origin, yet spoken to China’s President On Thursday, Beijing accused Ecuadorean officials added that States and said on Tuesday the versible damage” and hurt the Tsarnaev was naturalised as Xi Jinping or Russian President Washington of hypocrisy on the the US fugitive’s case had not fugitive should choose his destina- United States as well as its allies. an American citizen last year. Vladimir Putin about the issue. issue of cyber security. been processed because he had tion and leave the airport as soon “I believe the irresponsible “I have not called President Obama’s remarks seemed cali- not yet reached any of its diplo- as possible. Ecuador has said it release of classified information Briton held over Xi personally or President Putin brated to exert pressure without matic missions. could take weeks to decide on his will have a long-term detrimen- personally and the reason is ... leading to lasting damage in ties Obama said the United States asylum request. tal impact on the intelligence mosque bombing number one, I shouldn’t have to,” with either country. expected all countries who were Washington is focused on how community’s ability to detect LONDON: British police Obama said sharply. Obama predicted there would considering asylum requests for former Booz Allen Hamilton future attacks,” Alexander told arrested a 75-year-old man “Number two, we’ve got a whole be a made-for-TV movie about the former contractor to follow systems administrator Snowden the AFCEA International Cyber yesterday on suspicion of lot of business that we do with the ongoing saga, but indicated international law. gained access to National Security Symposium. “I worry there will planting a home-made bomb China and Russia, and I’m not that damage to US interests was Obama acknowledged that the Agency secrets while working at a be more leaks.” REUTERS that exploded near a mosque. Police said the man was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at his home in Walsall, Glastonbury festival central England, where the small bomb exploded last Friday. There has been a spike in anti-Muslim incidents in ‘Hero’ Mandela Britain since a soldier was murdered on a London street last month in a suspected Islamist attack. Nobody was hanging on hurt in the Walsall explo- sion and damage was mini- mal, police said. The suspect PRETORIA: A critically ill Supporters, including members was arrested on suspicion of Nelson Mandela showed tenta- of Mandela’s African National causing an explosion likely tive signs of improvement yes- Congress, sang songs in tribute to endanger life or damage terday as South Africa-bound to the man who led the transition property. He was being ques- US President Barack Obama from centuries of white minor- tioned at a police station and led a chorus of support for the ity rule to landmark multiracial his home was being searched. “hero for the world”. elections. “There is no sadness Around 150 people had to be South African President Jacob here. There is celebration. He is evacuated from their homes Zuma, who had abruptly can- a giant,” said Nomhlahla Donry, after the bomb was discovered celled a trip abroad to be near the 57, whose husband served time outside the Aisha Mosque, 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon, with the revered leader. while police launched a major reported he “remains critical but Meanwhile messages of good- hate crime investigation. is now stable”. will flooded in from overseas. “He “He is much better today,” Zuma is a personal hero,” US President Missoni heir’s plane said in a statement without giving Barack Obama said in Senegal, more details. “The medical team the first leg of a trip of an African found in Venezuela CARACAS: A view of a tent area on the second day at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2013, at continues to do a sterling job. We tour that will see him land in A small plane Worthy Farm, near Pilton, Somerset, Britain, yesterday. The outdoor festival runs until June 30. must pray for Tata’s (father’s) Pretoria today. “I think he is a that disappeared in January health and wish him well.” hero for the world, and if and off the coast of Venezuela Grandson Mandla Mandela when he passes from this place, with six people aboard, said the Nobel Peace laureate’s one thing I think we all know is including the scion of Italy’s fate “lies with God and our ances- that his legacy is one that will lin- Missoni fashion family, has tors”. “Every improvement in my ger on throughout the ages.” been found, officials said Rudd sworn in as Australian PM grandfather’s health is cause for UN leader Ban Ki-moon said yesterday. Venezuelan inte- celebration.” the whole world was praying for rior ministry spokesman CANBERRA: Kevin Rudd was relations with the business com- Peter Anderson, chief executive But with Mandela still fight- “one of the giants of the 20th cen- Jorge Galindo announced sworn in as Australian prime munity. He left open the option of of the Australian Chamber of ing for his life after three weeks tury”. “I know our thoughts and the discovery of the plane, minister for the second time yes- changing the September 14 elec- Commerce and Industry. of intensive care, South Africans prayers are with Nelson Mandela, which had left Los Roques terday, a day after toppling Julia tion date, telling parliament that The favourite to win the coming remain braced for the worst. A his family and loved ones, all islands on January 4 en Gillard and three months ahead prime ministers had the right to elections, opposition leader Tony large number of family members South Africans and people across route to Caracas, on Twitter. of elections in which opinion polls choose the date. “There is not Abbott, has promised to scrap a gathered at the hospital where he the world who have been inspired Attorney General Luisa show the ruling Labour Party going to be a huge variation one carbon tax and a 30 percent tax on was admitted on June 8 with a by his remarkable life and exam- Ortega Diaz told reporters faces a devastating defeat. way or the other,” he said. iron ore and coal mine profits if he recurring lung infection. ple,” Ban said. that the aeroplane was 250 Rudd’s return as prime min- Australian business was scath- wins power. He has also promised “I won’t lie. It doesn’t look Meanwhile, Mandela’s oldest feet under water, north of ister follows three years of ing of the political instability and tighter control of public spending, a good,” daughter Makaziwe daughter Makaziwe slammed the Caribbean archipelago squabbling within the Labour urged Rudd to abandon laws that speedier return to surplus budgets Mandela said. But “if we speak the “crass” media frenzy around of Los Roques. The aero- leadership and as the world’s 12th strengthen trade union access to and stronger economic growth. to him he responds and tries to her critically ill father, liken- plane was carrying a pilot, largest economy faces challenges the workplace and tighten rules Rudd’s first task will be a major open his eyes — he’s still there”. ing the press to vultures. “They a co-pilot and four passen- stemming from a slowdown in top for temporary skilled immigration. cabinet reshuffle after a string of “Anything is imminent, but I violate all boundaries,” she said gers, including 58-year-old trade partner China. “Our tolerance factor with senior ministers loyal to Gillard want to emphasise again that it accusing the foreign press of “a Vittorio Missoni — the son of Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking instability in the leadership of resigned, including former dep- is only God who knows when the racist element” by crossing cul- the eponymous fashion label’s former diplomat, has highlighted Australia’s government is at uty prime minister and treasurer time to go is,” she told local radio. tural boundaries. “It’s like truly founder Ottavio Missoni — the difficulties associated with breaking point, matched only by Wayne Swan, Trade Minister Clan elder Napilisi Mandela vultures waiting when a lion has his wife Maurizia Castiglioni “the end of China’s resource a swathe of anti-business poli- Craig Emerson and Climate said late on Wednesday that the devoured a buffalo, waiting there and another Italian couple. boom” and said he would work to cies which have brought business Change Minister Greg Combet. former South African president you know for the last carcasses.” AGENCIES rebuild the government’s strained frustration to boiling point,” said REUTERS was “using machines to breathe”. AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Manila to give US, Japan access to bases Government seeks to counter China’s threat as drills begin near disputed islands; Tokyo vows support

MANILA: The Philippines said The US had tens of thousands and 1,200km from the nearest yesterday it was looking to give of troops in the Philippines, at the major Chinese landmass. the US and Japan greater access Clark Air Base and Subic Naval China claims nearly all of the to its military bases, as it seeks Base north of Manila until the strategically vital South China to counter what it perceives as early 1990s. The US, a former Sea, even waters close to the a rising security threat from colonial ruler of the Philippines, shores of its smaller neighbours. China. was forced to abandon the bases Tensions between China and The government is drafting a amid anti-US sentiment and a other claimants to the sea, par- plan that would allow US forces row over rent. The constitution ticularly the Philippines and to spend more time on Filipino bans any permanent foreign bases Vietnam, have escalated in recent bases, something that could also in the Philippines. years amid Chinese political and be offered to Japan’s military However, the Clark and Subic military actions to assert its later, Defence Secretary Voltaire facilities, partly converted to busi- claims to the waters. Gazmin said. “If and when there ness use, host and service US The Philippines says China has is agreement on the access, then military aircraft and warships effectively occupied Scarborough, there will be equipment coming in on short-term exercises. a rich fishing ground, for more from the (United) States,” Gazmin A US destroyer joined the than a year. It says Chinese ves- told a joint news conference after Philippine Navy’s flagship for sels constantly patrol the waters meeting visiting Japan Defence war games that started yester- around the shoal, forcing Filipino Minister Itsunori Onodera. “We day close to a flashpoint area of fishermen who have sailed there welcome other countries, particu- the South China Sea, adding to for generations to stay away. larly Japan since it is a strategic tensions with China over rival Philippine Navy spokes- partner, in accordance with our territorial claims. man Lieutenant Commander protocols.” The exercises are a boost for Gregory Fabic said some of the President Benigno Aquino had the Philippines’ poorly equipped Philippine-US exercises would be said the Philippines would wel- military as it struggles with per- held between Luzon island and come an increased US military ceived rising Chinese aggression, the shoal. presence amid disputes with and follows repeated pleas to long- He said some drills would be China over claims to parts of the time ally the US for protection. 108km east of Scarborough in Filipino rescue workers aboard a rubber raft conduct a search drill as the US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald docks South China Sea. “The goal of these exercises “sea lanes of communication behind them at the Alava Pier in Subic Bay Freeport yesterday. However, Gazmin’s comments is to further boost cooperation... within Philippine territory”. indicated the Philippines was between the two armed forces and He stressed the war games blunt China’s influence. flagship, a former US coastguard Fabic said among the highlights hoping to expand on standard streamline responses to counter- were not meant to provoke China. “Both sides agreed that the cutter called the Gregorio del was an exercise designed to inter- military exercises the two nations terrorism and maritime security,” “While the exercises will be US presence is (a) very impor- Pilar, as well as other navy and cept suspected enemy ships, board regularly engage in. “Modalities deputy presidential spokeswoman between Scarborough and the tant public asset in East Asia,” coastguard vessels. them and seize materials they for the increased rotational pres- Abigail Valte said. main island of Luzon, the focus is Onodera said. About 500 US forces and may be carrying that could pose ence are right being examined. The six-day exercises are on inter-operability and not tar- The Cooperation Afloat another 500 Filipino troops are a danger to allies. There will also One modality is the conduct of an annual event but this year geted against the Chinese.” Readiness and Training (CARAT) taking part in the exercises. be simulated counter-terrorism high-value, high-impact exercise,” planned for the west coast of the Gazmin said the government exercises which began yesterday Several hundred US Special exercises, training in disaster Gazmin said. main island of Luzon, close to was looking at more “high value, involve three US Navy vessels, Forces troops have also been response and increasing profi- However, he emphasised the Scarborough Shoal China insists high impact” exercises with the including the USS Fitzgerald, a rotating through the southern ciency in naval gunnery, he added. plan would not see any new bases it owns. The shoal is a tiny set US. Onodera and Gazmin agreed guided missile destroyer, accord- Philippines since early 2002 to Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also or a permanent US presence in of rocks and islets in the South an increased US military pres- ing to the Philippine Navy. train Filipino soldiers who are claim parts of the South China the Philippines. China Sea 230km east of Luzon ence in the region would serve to The Philippines will deploy its fighting Islamic militants. Sea. AGENCIES Rebels target Push for statute change army chopper Mail-order brides saved ZAMBOANGA CITY:

MANILA: Philippine police rescued 29 women and arrested five people accused MANILA: Speaker Feliciano Belmonte by his economic managers to look into vari- Fighting erupted when the of illegally supplying mail-order brides to South Korea, an official said yesterday. Jr is not giving up on efforts to push for ous proposals to amend the Constitution. Abu Sayyaf group fired at a Police raided a house in Bacoor, near Manila, on Wednesday following a tip-off amendments to the restrictive economic Up to now, however, Aquino remains cool military helicopter provid- from a government agency that documented complaints by earlier victims, said Chief provisions of the Constitution in the to the proposals being pushed by local and ing supply to marines shortly Superintendent Reginald Villasanta. incoming 16th Congress. foreign business groups, including the Joint before noon yesterday in the “We have rescued 29 (Filipinas) who were duped into promises of an instant wealthy Acknowledging that Charter change Foreign Chambers (JFC). jungle of Patikul, Sulu, secu- life through marriage with Korean gentlemen,” Villasanta, head of a police organised appears to be not a priority of President Business groups said the lack of capital rity officials said. crime task force, said in a statement. “(In) most cases, they ended up (on) the losing Aquino, he said he feels “duty bound to be in many areas of the economy is hamper- Colonel Jose Joriel Cenabre, end after becoming victims of grave abuses,” he added. talking about it.” ing the country’s growth. The domestic commanding officer of the The act of matching Filipinas for marriage to foreign nationals on a mail-order “Charter change is dear to my heart economy could not raise enough funds to 2nd Marine Brigade and Task basis was outlawed by the Philippines in 1990, with jail terms of up to eight years but only with respect to the economic fuel more investments, they said. Force Sulu, said the govern- for those convicted of the crime. A 2003 statute later classified the crime as human provisions that I have been talking about,” The JFC is in favour of relaxing restric- ment troops immediately trafficking, with jail terms of up to 20 years for violators. Belmonte said. “I know that the President tions of foreign investments on certain launched airstrike with two However, Villasanta said many Filipinas are still swift to enter into whirlwind mar- has said that he wasn’t in favour of it but sectors and ownership of land. Belmonte MG-520 attack helicopters riages with strangers in a bid to leave their impoverished country for job opportunities I will continue to try to make representa- earlier said the amendments need not be pounding with rockets and abroad. Nearly 10 million Filipinos, or about a tenth of the population, live and work tions here, or to talk to him on it,” he said. controversial and complicated, as Congress machinegun fire the position abroad. The women are displayed in catalogues in South Korea, some of them online, He said he remained hopeful that Aquino could just insert the provision “unless oth- of the Abu Sayyaf militants at Villasanta said. In many cases however, victims were fed false information about the would support Charter reforms to attract erwise provided by law” in various restric- Barangay Tambang. background of their future spouse and family and suffered abuse after the marriage. investments and create jobs through an act tive economic provisions in the Constitution He said the Philippine Air These led to “abandonment of the marital home, separation and divorce”, the task of Congress. to empower Congress and the President to Force helicopters were provid- force statement said. It said the Philippine embassy in Seoul had received many com- Aquino, after meeting Belmonte and make competitive laws that would adapt to ing logistical supply and trans- plaints from Filipinas who had married through mail-order. AGENCIES Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile last the constantly changing global economic port to marine troops based in year, said he was forming a study group led environment. THE PHILIPPINE STAR the Abu Sayyaf-infested area of Patikul when they were fired upon about 11am yesterday. Troops, militants 23 provinces at high risk for disaster: World Bank clash in Albay MANILA: Soldiers involved MALOLOS CITY: At least 23 vulnerability to temperature change are Metro Manila and South Cotabato, Zamboanga del Very high risk to flooding in peace and development provinces are considered to be change, rainfall change, El Niño, the provinces of Albay, Pampanga, Norte, North Cotabato, Sultan are Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, projects were harassed on at high risk for disasters due to typhoons and flooding. Ifugao, Rizal, Cavite, Sorsogon, Kudarat, Siquijor, Tawi-Tawi, Pampanga, Maguindanao, Tarlac, Wednesday by members of the the hazards of climate change, a For temperature change, the Laguna, Biliran, Batangas, Negros Oriental, Camiguin, Davao Cagayan, Leyte, North Cotabato New People’s Army (NPA) in World Bank (WB) report said. provinces of Sulu, Basilan, Lanao Pangasinan, Masbate, Tarlac, Oriental, Misamis Oriental and and Negros Occidental while Guinobatan, Albay. Army In a 279-page report enti- del Sur and Maguindanao were Nueva Ecija, Northern Samar, Bukidnon were classified under the provinces of Iloilo, Bulacan, reports said an undetermined tled “Getting a Grip on Climate categorised as very high risk, Aklan, Capiz and La Union, while high risk. Camarines Sur, Agusan del Sur, number of rebels harassed a Change in the Philippines,” the while Lanao del Norte, Davao Western Samar and Romblon Very high risk for typhoons with Zamboanga del Sur, Davao del Sur, team from the 2nd battal- WB said the absence of land del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, were placed under high risk. strong winds and heavy rainfall Sultan Kudarat, Oriental Mindoro, ion in Sitio Danao, Barangay barriers exposes the country to Tawi-Tawi, Misamis Occidental, Sulu, Basilan, Maguindanao, are Ifugao, La Union, Cagayan, Davao del Sur, Zambales and Ongo at about 6.15am, result- typhoons, floods, landslides and Camiguin, Siguijor, Misamis Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Ilocos Sur, Albay, Mountain Isabela are placed under high risk. ing in a firefight. droughts. Oriental, Cebu, Agusan del Norte, and Davao del Norte were classi- Province, Kalinga, Pangasinan and The WB report also noted that Government troops did The Philippines is more vul- Zambonga del Norte, Albay, fied as very high risk for El Niño- Sorsogon. Pampanga, Camarines the country’s budget for climate not suffer casualties during nerable to climate risks than its Sarangani, Negros Oriental, induced droughts or abnormal Sur, Catanduanes, Nueva Ecija, change programmes has been the clash, which lasted for a neighbours in the region, it said. Ifugao and Negros Occidental increase in rainfall. The prov- Ilocos Norte, Northern Samar, increasing but remains below minute. The report said the provinces were considered high risk. inces of Misamis Occidental, Tarlac, Apayao, Rizal, Benguet, international standards. The military, however, did were classified based on their Very high risk for rainfall Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, and Camarines Norte are high risk. THE PHILIPPINE STAR not determine whether the insurgents sustained casualties. Protest Blast rocks Sibugay town China urged to spare Filipina’s life ZAMBOANGA CITY: An improvised bomb exploded MANILA: The Philippines to Chinese President Xi Jinping which means the sentence can be Wednesday night and rocked said it had appealed yesterday requesting a commutation of the commuted. a village in the coal-rich town to China to spare the life of a death sentence,” Hernandez said. The scheduled execution could of Malangas, Zamboanga 35-year-old woman who had He said the letter was delivered further complicate already rocky Sibugay, according to police been sentenced to death for to Chinese diplomats yesterday, but bilateral relations between the here. drug trafficking, but she was the execution was still expected to two countries soured by over- Chief Inspector Ariel expected to be killed within be carried out between Friday and lapping territorial claims in the Huesca, Spokesman of the days. Tuesday next week. South China Sea. Police Regional Office 9, said The woman was one of two “Her family has already been In March 2011, China executed no one was reported hurt in Filipinos arrested for smuggling informed of the Supreme (People’s) three Filipino drug mules despite the explosion. over 12kgs (26 pounds) of high- Court’s decision and they request repeated pleas by the Philippine However, villagers panicked grade heroine into China in 2011, that their privacy be respected at government and the Catholic as the explosion ripped the wall Department of Foreign Affairs this very difficult time,” Hernandez church. The executions triggered of the house of Jonathan Lorena spokesman Raul Hernandez told said. The Filipino male compan- widespread condemnation in Aming at Barangay Candiis Overseas Filipina workers wear black cloth around their heads to hide reporters. ion caught with her had also been the Philippines, which abolished about 11pm on Wednesday. their identities, while speaking to reporters in Manila. They accused a “President Benigno S Aquino handed a death penalty. However death sentences in 2006. AGENCIES Philippine labour attache in Riyadh of molestation. III has written a letter of appeal it came with a two-year reprieve, AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA China, S Korea push for denuclearisation Seoul rejects idea of North as nuclear state and demands tangible commitment to abandon weapons

BEIJING: China and South push China to do more to bring commitment to abandoning its described by Mao Zedong as Pyongyang’s financial operations discuss a free-trade pact. Korea yesterday agreed to its wayward ally North Korea to nuclear weapons if it wants sub- being as close as “lips and in China which the international The strategic side of the part- push for denuclearisation of heel. “We have agreed that under stantive talks. Both have pres- teeth” -- was forged in the 1950- community says are the major nership has always been coloured the Korean Peninsula, Chinese any circumstances, North Korea’s sured China to use more of its 53 Korean War which China conduit for funding its nuclear by the issue of North Korea and President Xi Jinping said at nuclear (weapons) are unac- leverage to rein in Pyongyang. entered to prevent the North’s weapons programme. stagnated under Park’s predeces- a summit with the South’s ceptable and confirmed that the The North appears to have total defeat. During Park’s visit, Beijing will sor Lee Myung-Bak, who focused leader focused on North Korea’s denuclearisation of the Korean moderated its stance after a But it has weakened signifi- also seek to strengthen the over- his efforts on boosting Seoul’s nuclear programme. peninsula is of common interest series of bellicose statements cantly over the years, as China’s all strategic relationship with alliance with Washington. “We on both sides consist- for the two countries,” Park said. and gestures against the South economic transformation has Seoul, said Peking University “China wants to attach a lot of ently agree to continue to real- China has previously supported and the United States in recent distanced it from the ideologi- professor of international rela- importance to this relationship ise the denuclearisation of the denuclearisation but tended to months, including threats of cal rigidity of the dynastic Kim tions Jia Qingguo. not just because of North Korea,” Korean peninsula and firmly prioritise regional stability, for nuclear war. regime across the border. Yesterday the two sides signed Jia said. “The relationship protect peace and stability on the decades acting as the sole major While a planned meeting China’s relations with South eight agreements in various fields deserves this kind of attention.” peninsula,” Xi said during a joint ally and economic lifeline to the with South Korea fell through, Korea got off to a late start with including energy, trade, technol- But he acknowledged that any appearance with South Korea’s unpredictable North. it has offered direct talks with diplomatic relations only estab- ogy and oceanic cooperation. improvement in China-South President Park Geun-Hye. Washington and Seoul have Washington, and has sent two lished in 1992, but have improved China is now South Korea’s Korea ties would “impact the Park arrived in Beijing yes- made it clear they will never envoys to Beijing in the past four steadily ever since, especially in biggest trade partner and Park feelings” of North Korea. terday for summit talks to accept the idea of North Korea weeks. the economic sphere. has been accompanied on her trip “They are sensitive to events be dominated by Pyongyang’s as a nuclear state, and insist China’s relationship with In line with UN sanctions, by a sizeable business delegation. like this.” nuclear programme, seeking to Pyongyang must show a tangible North Korea -- famously Beijing has moved to restrict The two sides are expected to AFP

Police patrol Jakarta jails terror leader Cambodia begins JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yesterday jailed an Islamist militant with links to one of Asia’s most noto- rious terror leaders for 10 election campaign years for recruiting people to militant-training camps. PHNOM PENH: Cambodia yesterday officially started cam- Badri Hartono led Al Qaeda paigning for next month’s general election, expected to be won by Indonesia and was found guilty strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen who is seeking to extend his of sending recruits to a camp 28-year grip on the country. on an island known as a terror Thousands of supporters from several political parties took to hotbed. Hartono also provided Phnom Penh’s streets in colourful rival rallies, as cars and motor- shelter in 2009 to Noordin cycles adorned with banners roared through the capital. Mohammed, head of a splinter The rallies, held one month ahead of July 28 polls, mark the official faction of the Jemaah Islamiah start of election season in the kingdom. network that carried out While all political parties are free to canvass voters and hold attacks on Western targets, public events, observers say there is little chance of unseating the prosecutors said. incumbent Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), which won the last two polls by a landslide despite allegations of fraud and Blackout hits election irregularities. Armed police patrol the road to the riot-hit town of Lukqun, in Xinjiang Province in China yesterday. Twenty- Hun Sen and other CPP leaders marked the start of campaigning seven people died in the restive region’s deadliest violence in years on Wednesday. by receiving a blessing from the country’s top Buddhist monks in Malaysia state front of tens of thousands of supporters. KUALA LUMPUR: Almost “Making a right decision will bring more success, but a wrong all of Malaysia’s largest state decision will be a setback and a huge danger for the nation,” Heng was plunged into darkness Samrin, CPP honorary president, told the rally. yesterday evening after a A CPP victory will prevent the return of a genocidal regime similar China urged to end forced main transmission line was to the Khmer Rouge of the late 1970s, he added, alluding to alle- tripped, reports said. National gations by his party that the main opposition Cambodia National news agency Bernama cited a Rescue Party (CNRP) would lurch the nation towards conflict. Sarawak Energy spokesper- Hun Sen has run Cambodia for 28 years, making him Southeast son as saying the power out- Asia’s longest-serving leader beside the sultan of Brunei. resettlements in Tibet age occurred at 5.40pm while His government is regularly accused of suppressing political the English daily The Star freedoms and muzzling activists. But he has also steered the impov- BEIJING: A human rights Richardson. “Tibetans have no Foreign ministry spokeswoman said some areas had power erished country from the ashes of civil war and overseen a growing group appealed to China yester- say in the design of policies that Hua Chunying said she hoped restored within an hour in economy through development, tourism, and garment exports. day to end what it called forced are radically altering their way those issuing the report could the state capital Kuching. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, his main challenger, is barred from “mass rehousing and relocation” of life, and — in an already highly “remove their coloured glasses” Ahadiah Zamhari of Sarawak running in the polls due to a string of convictions that the opposition of ethnic Tibetans that it said repressive context — no ways to in terms of China’s achievements Energy, the state’s electricity says are politically motivated. had uprooted more than two challenge them.” in development policy. provider, said the supply cut There are eight parties competing for 123 parliamentary seats in million people in the past seven More than two million Tibetans Those examining Chinese could have affected the entire the July 28 poll. AFP years. had been relocated in Tibet since policy, she told a news briefing, state but the company was The report, by New York- 2006, as have hundreds of thou- “should have a correct under- yet to ascertain it. based Human Rights Watch, said sands of nomadic herders in the standing of China’s ethnic and Nuclear fuel Chinese authorities threw lives eastern part of the Tibetan pla- religious policies and respect for into disarray by denying rights to teau such as in Qinghai province, the Chinese people’s chosen path Genghis Khan forcibly relocated ethnic Tibetans the report said. of development”. with insufficient compensation, The programme’s aim, it added, Violence has flared in Tibet invoked in win sub-par housing and lack of help was to help economically, but also since 1950, when Beijing says it ULAN BATOR: President in finding jobs. to combat separatist sentiment “peacefully liberated” the region. Tsakhia Elbegdorj invoked “The scale and speed at which “and is designed to strengthen Many Tibetans say Chinese rule Mongolia’s warrior hero the Tibetan rural population political control over the Tibetan has eroded their culture and reli- Genghis Khan yesterday as is being remodelled by mass rural population”. gion and agitate for the return he celebrated winning a sec- rehousing and relocation policies Phone calls to the Tibet of their spiritual leader the Dalai ond term in elections defined are unprecedented in the post- autonomous region government Lama, who fled into exile in 1959 by a debate over inequality in Mao era,” said Human Rights office seeking comment were not after an abortive uprising against a nation enjoying a mining Watch China Director Sophie answered. Chinese rule. REUTERS bonanza. Thousands of sup- porters of the former jour- nalist, who helped throw off decades of communist rule, sang democratic songs in the capital’s Soviet-style square Lecturer jailed for death threat to PM as he addressed them. “Thank you great Genghis. Today 2.9 DHAKA: A Bangladeshi uni- hiding in recent months, is the sec- the prosecutor quoted the post as million Genghises are waking versity lecturer was sentenced ond Bangladeshi to receive a prison saying. up on the Mongolian steppes,” to jail in absentia yesterday- sentence for making threatening “Then will put (your) head on he said, speaking in front of a for threatening to kill Prime comments on Facebook against the display in front of the BUET to statue of the empire-building Minister Sheikh Hasina and premier, the prosecutor said. ward off other hyenas,” the post figure who unified the nation’s defaming her on Facebook, a On the social network site, Rana said. tribes 800 years ago. prosecutor said. likened Hasina to a hyena who had Bangladesh authorities launched A court sentenced Hafizur also destroyed the country and was a series of prosecutions last year Another bird flu Rahman Rana, a lecturer at a pres- trying to destroy his employer, over material on Facebook pages tigious university, to seven years in the Bangladesh University of mocking or threatening Hasina, jail for posting the comments last Engineering and Technology and her father, the country’s death in China April during a protest on campus, (BUET). founding leader Sheikh Mujibur SHANGHAI: Shanghai has prosecutor Tapash Kumar Pal said. “First I will shoot you (Hasina) Rahman. reported another death from A container of mixed oxide, a blend of plutonium and uranium fuel, Rana, 28, who has gone into in the head and in the stomach,” AFP H7N9 bird flu, the local gov- is unloaded from a vessel at the Kansai Electric Power Company’s ernment said, bringing the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui prefecture, Japan, yesterday. total fatalities nationwide to at least 40. A 56-year-old man, the husband of an earlier victim, died on Wednesday, the Shanghai government Indonesia prepares cases against eight firms over fires said. He had been hospital- ised since April. The couple JAKARTA: Indonesian inves- over public health and hurt busi- Fires are used to clear land on in Sumatra’s Riau province and police will decide if there is was believed to be from a rare tigators are building criminal ness and tourism in Singapore, plantations and can burn for found evidence of fires on land enough evidence to recommend “family cluster” in which rel- cases against eight Southeast Malaysia and Indonesia. weeks because of peat deposits licensed to PT Tunggal Mitra the attorney general’s office pur- atives can infect each other Asian companies they suspect And investigators could find below the surface. Plantations and PT Bhumireksa sue the case further. through prolonged, close of being responsible for rag- it hard to pin the blame on spe- Three of the firms under Nusa Sejati, said Sudariyono, the Under the 2009 law, anyone contact. But Chinese health ing fires that have blanketed cific firms because of the complex investigation are owned by gov- Environment Ministry’s enforce- found guilty of starting a for- authorities and the World neighbouring Singapore and ownership of palm oil concessions ernment-linked companies in ment chief. est fire can face up to 10 years Health Organization have Malaysia with hasardous smog. and pulp and paper holdings on Malaysia. The two firms are owned by the in jail and 10bn rupiah ($1m) said there was no evidence of The Environment Ministry last Indonesia’s Sumatra island where Unlike Singapore, Malaysia world’s largest palm oil planter in fines. human-to-human transmis- week named the firms for their most of the fires are burning. has not publicly admonished by landbank, Malaysia’s Sime The guilty can also have their sion in China with the source alleged role in Southeast Asia’s But outrage from Singapore Indonesia over the smog. Darby Bhd, via its Indonesian profits seized, operations shut of infection believed to be worst air pollution crisis in 16 as well as environmental groups An initial on-the-ground subsidiary Minamas Plantation. down and be sued for damages. poultry. AGENCIES years, which has raised concerns is putting pressure on Jakarta. investigation by dozens of officials The Environment Ministry REUTERS FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 US, Kabul scramble Ex-Taliban members join government forces as endgame nears Situation may worsen without a peaceful settlement

KABUL: The US, the govern- threatened to boycott any peace Days later, a suicide squad tar- ment in Kabul and Taliban process. geted the presidential palace and insurgents are scrambling for Bruce Riedel, Director of the a CIA office, in the most auda- advantage as the clock ticks Brookings Intelligence Project, cious assault in Kabul in years. down in the search for an said that the US failure to orches- “The insurgents’ primary mode unlikely peace deal before for- trate a smooth opening of the of political expression in the near eign military intervention ends office reinforced suspicions about future will remain fighting, not in Afghanistan. Obama’s bottom-line. party politics,” said a paper by the US troop numbers will halve “The perception in the region International Crisis Group think to 34,000 in eight months. The is that Washington is so desper- tank. British operate 13 bases in the ate for a political process that it’s Amrullah Aman, a former hotbed province of Helmand, willing to sacrifice the interests of Afghan general-turned-TV pun- down from 137. Other Nato allies its Afghan partner. That’s a very dit, said that as 2014 gets closer, have withdrawn. dangerous perception now sit- the Taliban are convinced that But the December 2014 dead- ting out there. It’s got to become “their success is directly propor- line to leave looks like a hostage a process in which Afghans talk tional to American withdrawal”. to fortune as the Taliban ramp up to Afghans. And Karzai has said “Their office in Qatar has attacks in Kabul and pose as the he’s not going to talk. He wants emboldened them to do more government-in-exile. negotiations with a Taliban that operations to put pressure on “The Americans need this reinvent itself as a political party.” the government to give in to their Former Taliban fighters hold their weapons in front of the media after they joined Afghan government forces negotiation, not the Taliban,” Pakistani author Ahmed demands.” during a ceremony in Herat. said Waheed Mujda, an analyst Rashid, who has written exten- But others do not believe the who worked as a foreign ministry sively about Afghanistan and the Taliban hold all the aces, despite official in the 1996-2001 Taliban Taliban, said Karzai’s intran- the fast-approaching US exit and government. sigence reflected wider Afghan a weak Afghan government that Govt challenged to probe secret letter “Without a peaceful settle- anger but accused him of being faces a tricky presidential election ment, the situation will worsen. part of the problem. in April. The Taliban will intensify attacks, “He has always envisaged a “The Taliban overestimate ISLAMABAD: The President the presidential spokesman said. only to tell them through a secret more rural areas will fall under kind of Taliban surrender to their capabilities and underes- House of Pakistan has chal- When asked whether the presi- letter on November 22 to close their control, and the highways him or a Pashtun meeting of timate the Afghan government’s lenged the PML-N govern- dent was consulted by the former the cases again and ignore the and main roads will become inse- tribes in which the Taliban would security forces,” said Kate Clark, ment to hold investigations government while writing the earlier advice. The Minister for cure. They think that this way acknowledge Karzai as their senior analyst at the Kabul-based into a secret letter written by secret letter to Swiss authorities, Information, Pervez Rashid, said they will have the upper hand in leader and tie the traditional Afghanistan Analysts Network. the PPP’s previous government Babar said it was not relevant. that investigation into the secret any peace talks. As they often say turban around his head,” Rashid “They remember 1996, and to the Swiss authorities ask- “The real issue is that this is not letter would be completed soon ‘the Americans have the watch, wrote in The Financial Times. how they took most of the coun- ing them to shun cases against for the first time that such hype is and those found responsible for but we have the time’.” “Clearly, none of this is going to try without much fighting. I don’t President Asif Ali Zardari created against President Zardari. the fraud with the nation and the US President Barack Obama happen. Why would the Taliban think it is going to be like that and ignore an earlier letter It happened in the past as well and Supreme Court will be dealt with. was accused earlier in his presi- surrender when they had beaten again. They underestimate how sent with the approval of the whenever such hype was created “We have already launched dency of being slow to seek a solu- the US military to a standstill or difficult it would be, whether or Supreme Court of Pakistan to it ended up in a whimper.” investigation and it won’t take tion to end the 12-year conflict, bow before the Afghan they most not the Americans are here after re-open the cases. In a shocking revelation, the long before the probe is com- but concerns are rising that a deal despise? Yet Karzai refused to 2014.” “We are not in the government Supreme Court was told yester- pleted as the team comprising must now be bought at any cost. accept anything less.” The Taliban have remained any more. The current govern- day that the previous government Aftab Sultan and Sami Saeed will When the Taliban opened Hours after the Qatar office silent, except to claim responsi- ment has all the documents and had sent a first letter to the Swiss have to find some documents and their office in Qatar this month, opened, a Taliban rocket attack bility for the presidential palace records with it so they should authorities on the direction of the interview a few people to reach President Hamid Karzai broke killed four Americans on the larg- and US base attacks. probe the matter and let us see apex court on November 5, 2012 some conclusion,” he said. off talks with the Americans and est military base in Afghanistan. AFP what happens”, Farhatullah Babar, asking them to re-open the cases, INTERNEWS

Sharif declines Musharraf treason probe committee set up bullet-proof cars

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yes- committee shall keep the inte- comeback in May by winning elec- Pakistan’s highest court has speaking in English. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan terday moved a step closer to rior ministry posted about the tions 13 years after being deposed been hearing a petition from law- Presiding judge Jawad S.Khwaja Prime Minister Nawaz putting former military leader progress of the inquiry on a by Musharraf, said Monday that yers demanding that Musharraf said he would deliberate further Sharif yesterday declined to Pervez Musharraf on trial for weekly basis and should submit the ex-leader should be tried for be tried for subverting the con- on the issue and set no date for take new bullet-proof cars treason, appointing a commit- its findings within a short space treason. stitution by imposing emergency another hearing. for his motorcade, ordered tee to investigate him for sub- of time,” Nisar said. The offence carries the death rule and sacking judges in 2007. Musharraf has won bail for by the previous government. verting the constitution. The committee will be made penalty or life imprisonment. Musharraf’s lawyer Ibrahim sacking judges and over the 2007 A source said that dur- Interior Minister Chaudhry up of officers from the Federal Musharraf faces a slew of other Satti urged the Supreme Court to murder of former prime minis- ing the PPP regime, cars Nisar told parliament that a Investigation Agency, he said. cases relating to his 1999-2008 give his client a fair trial, accus- ter Benazir Bhutto, but remains were ordered and funds four-member committee had The retired general, who rule, including conspiracy to ing the media and Sharif of being under house arrest over the 2006 were released. The order been set up to probe charges returned from four years of self- murder former prime minister biased against him. killing of a Baluch rebel leader. was placed and there were that Musharraf committed imposed exile in March, has been Benazir Bhutto, who died in a gun “In this background the Musaharraf is holed up at his chances of loss if it is with- treason under article six of the under house arrest at his villa on and suicide attack in 2007. answering respondent is expect- luxury villa in the upmarket sub- drawn. So Sharif directed constitution while in office from the edge of Islamabad since April The government yesterday ing and having full hope that this urb of Chak Shahzad and is cur- that the vehicles be placed 1999-2008. 19. informed the Supreme Court bench will safeguard and protect rently barred from leaving the at the disposal of Cabinet “It is a four-member com- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, of its intention to investigate the interest and civil right of him country. Division and used for foreign mittee or commission. This who made an astonishing Musharraf for treason. regarding fair trial,” said Satti, AFP leaders during state visits. A letter in this regard has been sent to the cabinet secretary. Damaged by bomb Five cops, three Pakistan’s top problem soldiers killed KABUL: Five policemen, including an officer, and three outages, not militancy troops were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, offi- ISLAMABAD: For Pakistan’s new government, the biggest chal- cials said yesterday. Col Ali lenge isn’t taming the many militant groups that mount near daily Ahmad, in charge of the 7th attacks across the country. police district, and his body- “Our No 1 challenge is energy,” Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan’s guards came under attack new Minister for Water and Power, tells TIME. during an overnight patrol in “It’s a bigger challenge than even terrorism.” While Taliban attacks Injil district in western Herat have claimed the lives of tens of thousands, and destroyed the livelihoods province. One policeman was of many more, Pakistan’s notorious power outages that last up to 22 wounded and the attackers hours a day directly affect over 180 million people. also suffered casualties, offi- “Their personal lives, their work lives, the lives of their children,” adds cials said. Elsewhere in the Khawaja. “Everything is affected.” At the moment, Pakistan is only able western zone, three Afghan to produce around half of the electricity it requires. And the economic soldiers were killed and four cost each year is over $10bn, shaving around a third off the growth rate. injured during an explosion In the May general elections, electricity was the top voting issue. in the Pusht Rud district of The government of President Asif Ali Zardari was punished for failing People look at a damaged police vehicle a day after a bomb attack targeting Judge Maqbool Baqir, who Farah province after their to resolve the problem. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party success- has worked on a series of terror cases, in Karachi, yesterday. The attack killed 12 people and wounded 14. tank struck a roadside bomb. fully rode a wave of popular anger at the power cuts, vowing to create The Afghan Taliban claimed a ‘bright Pakistan.’ responsibility and said they Since the election, voters have demonstrated their undimmed rage had destroyed two army as a rash of violent riots broke out across the country. tanks. In the industrial town of Faisalabad, where the crisis has shut down International donors reluctant several factories, a group of young boys was seen attacking the local China media electricity company’s offices with sticks and bricks. In retaliation, the KARACHI: Pakistan has only The disbursements by the would resume funding. police raided their homes, tearing down doors and beating terrified been able to secure $1.953bn of bilateral donors stood at $1.008bn The Federal Public Sector team arrives occupants inside. the total donor commitments of while multilateral donors released Development Programme 2012- Only the wealthiest are inured from the crisis. Generators are now $14.313bn, a status report by the $945.48m during the first three 13, envisages 39 power sector pro- ISLAMABAD: A Chinese a status symbol in Pakistan. They groan loudly, like a small plane Ministry of Economic affairs quarters of the current fiscal grammes leaning on Rs21.655bn media delegation of 16 mem- struggling to take flight. To operate multiple air conditioners for over said. year. foreign assistance. bers arrived in Islamabad 12 hours a day can cost as much as rent. The report is for the period According to the sector wise Majority of the projects yesterday on a week’s visit The US has spent nearly $250m on hiring expert consultants and July - March 2013 and comes at breakup, the energy/power sec- are being financed by Asian to strengthen ties. The del- enhancing infrastructure. The improvements, including new turbines a time when the country is fac- tor is to receive 28 percent of Development Bank and World egation will obtain first-hand for a major dam, are said to have added 900 MW. But it won’t be enough ing severe energy shortage — with the overall pledges and commit- Bank. Germany, France, Japan, information about latest to alter Islamabad’s thinking. multilateral and bilateral donors ments. Ahsan Mehanti of the Korea, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi developments and hold meet- If Khawaja and the government succeed in easing the energy crisis, reluctant to release pledged funds Arif Habib Corp said that once Fund have also pledged funds for ings with officials. they may end up hailed as heroes. If they fail, they will likely meet the without signs of strong reforms Pakistan re-entered in the IMF some of the projects. AGENCIES fate of their predecessors. INTERNEWS from the political leadership. Programme, all the other donors INTERNEWS FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Sujatha Singh 1,800 still set to be next foreign secretary

NEW DELHI: A decision on stranded in India’s top diplomat is immi- nent and the choice is likely to be Sujatha Singh, currently Indian ambassador to Germany. She is the senior-most officer in the Indian Foreign Service Uttarakhand and will, in all likelihood, suc- ceed Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, who retires on July 31. External Affairs Minister Another mass cremation held Salman Khurshid is understood to have decided to go by senior- NEW DELHI: Persistent from the IAF, six from the ITBP ity and has recommended Singh, efforts over the past more than and nine from the NDRF when it a 1976 batch officer who would 10 days have helped evacu- crashed Tuesday near Gaurikund be the third woman to head the ate more than 100,000 peo- while on a rescue mission. country’s foreign office, after ple, including locals, from NDMA vice chairman Chokila Iyer and Nirupama Rao. the rain and flood-hit areas M Shashidhar Reddy said : The appointments committee of of Uttarakhand as authori- “Approximately 1,829 peo- the cabinet is said to have cleared ties cremated more bodies in ple are still stranded all over her appointment. A formal Kedarnath yesterday. Around Uttarakhand and we are hopeful announcement is expected soon. 1,800 people are still stranded that the rescue operation would Singh’s husband, Sanjay Singh, in the state. be over by Friday.” retired recently from the foreign With 12 days gone since the The National Disaster service as Secretary (East). rain-flood tragedy hit the state, Management Authority, an auton- Sujatha Singh is the daughter a clearer picture of the massive omous body to coordinate disaster Evacuees board a truck as heavy rain falls at Govindghat in northern Uttarakhand state. of T V Rajeshwar, a former gover- losses has begun to emerge. Over preparedness, said 104,095 people nor and Intelligence Bureau chief. 1,500 roads have been swept away, had been evacuated from the state all the bodies had been taken. He “Not a single official has visited the public health situation with The other contenders for the while around 2,000 houses and 154 till yesterday. did not have the number of bodies our village as yet. We have noth- the state health authorities, coveted job were S Jaishankar, bridges have been damaged. Reddy said 560 people had died, cremated. ing to go back to,” he said. while a specialist from National the ambassador to China, Jaimini The bodies of 18 personnel — 463 were injured and 344 missing With many bodies still buried The union health ministry has Vector Borne Disease Control Bhagwati, High Commissioner from the Indo-Tibetan Border in the floods. under the debris, NDRF teams stated that no disease outbreak Programme has been placed with to Britain, Sudhir Vyas, Police (ITBP), Indian Air Force Reddy also said that several have been asked to assist the local has been reported from any part the state government for provid- Secretary (West) and Pinak (IAF) and National Disaster roads that had been closed due administration to recover the of Uttarakhand. ing assistance. Ranjan Chakravarty, Secretary Response Force (NDRF) — who to the rescue operations has been bodies, Reddy said. Three public health teams have The Indian Red Cross Society (Economic Relations) in the were among the 20 killed in opened. Roads from Uttarkashi to The search for bodies and the been posted to Uttarakhand and has also deployed a two-member Ministry of External Affairs. Tuesday’s chopper crash were also Gangotri, Joshimath to Badrinath cremations came as villagers eight additional teams have been team to Uttarkashi and another Singh’s appointment will put an recovered. and a few roads going towards accused authorities of ignoring kept on standby, a senior health team to Pithoragarh. A high- end to speculation that Jaishankar, Ten of the bodies were taken Rudraprayag are still closed due the needs of local residents and ministry official said. level team also visited the state who is junior to her, Vyas or to Gauchar, which the IAF is to damage caused by landslides, instead focusing rescue and relief Though there were some for assessment and coordinating Chakravarty will get the top job. using as an air base for rescue and repair work was on, he said. efforts on visiting pilgrims and diarrhoea cases in Haridwar, relief work with the state Red Earlier, there were reports operations. He said 1,520 roads were dam- tourists. Uttarkashi, and Rudraprayag, no Cross unit. that Jaishankar, who helped An ITBP officer said some of aged all over the state. “There were 67 houses in our outbreak of communicable dis- The Red Cross has provided defuse the boundary crisis with the bodies were so badly burnt After 300 bodies were cremated Chandrapuri village out of which eases had been reported from the seven truckloads of relief mate- China, might be the chosen one. that it was difficult to identify together on Wednesday, another 63 were washed away by the affected areas yet, the official said. rial that includes tents, family Jaishankar is the son of the late K them. batch of bodies was cremated Mandikini river,” Birendra Singh, A three-member high-level packs, kitchen sets, blankets and Subrahmanyam, a noted strategic The Mi-17 helicopter was car- yesterday. a former army officer, said at a committee from the health min- lanterns. policy analyst. rying 20 personnel including five Reddy said DNA samples of relief camp in Dehradun. istry is in Dehradun to review AGENCIES IANS

Cabinet nod to proposals Congress puts up united front ahead of Delhi polls NEW DELHI: The faction-ridden Delhi other do not match. Differences in the party Dikshit, calling her one of the few powerful on CBI autonomy Congress yesterday put up a united front is a family matter and it will remain a family persons of the country. with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit matter. We must forget the difference among “The Congress is not a broken party. We NEW DELHI: The cabinet (CBI) as a “caged parrot” and and state unit chief J P Agarwal describing us and prepare ourselves to go for the battle don’t want to be registered in history as broken yesterday approved a set of asked the government to sug- the differences within the organisation as (assembly elections),” Dikshit said addressing party. If we are united, there is no individual proposals by a group of minis- gest ways and means to make it an internal matter. party members here. or party which can defeat us,” said Agarwal. ters (GoM) headed by Finance autonomous by July 10, the next Led by Dikshit and Delhi Pradesh Congress She was accompanied by Agarwal and Addressing party leaders, Ahmed said: “My Minister P Chidambaram on date of hearing. Committee chief Agarwal, the ruling Congress, Shakeel Ahmed, the party general secretary work is to iron out the differences in the party. autonomy for the CBI, said The apex court was upset with which is completing its third term, is set to in charge of Delhi Congress affairs. Though I am new in Delhi politics, I have to informed sources. the government after CBI chief face the assembly polls in November. Agarwal, who is known to be at loggerheads remove the communication gap in the party.” According to the sources, this Ranjit Sinha submitted an affida- “There are times when thoughts of each with Dikshit for a long time, heaped praise on IANS will make the premier probe vit saying the draft probe report agency more financially autono- in the allocation of coal blocks mous and will give it a greater had been shared with the political degree of freedom while conduct- executive, including the then law ing investigations. minister, Ashwani Kumar, besides According to the sources, the officials in the coal ministry and Haryana objects to name of new Punjab town GoM has also suggested a panel the prime minister’s office. of retired judges to monitor CBI Besides Chidambaram, other CHANDIGARH: For the last and naming it New Chandigarh. village of Mullanpur Garibdas “The chemistry of Chandigarh probes to free the agency of exter- members of the GoM are Law 47 years, Punjab and Haryana The new town, where big ticket once stood. cannot be changed. If today I nal influence. Minister Kapil Sibal, Home have engaged in a war of words realtors like DLF Omaxe and sev- Disapproving of the Punjab rename Gurgaon as Newly-Born The GoM was constituted after Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, over territory. Now they are eral others have already lapped up government’s decision to rename Delhi or Modern Delhi, what will the Supreme Court, while exam- External Affairs Minister Salman sparring over a name. prime land — agricultural fields Mullanpur Garibdas as New it mean? It is not ethical. It is ining allocation of coal blocks a Khurshid and Minister of State Haryana has objected to Punjab till not long ago — and started Chandigarh, Haryana Chief for the Punjab chief minister to few months ago, referred to the for Personnel V Narayanasamy. coming up with a new town in housing and commercial projects, Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda decide,” an upset Hooda said. Central Bureau of Investigation IANS close proximity to Chandigarh will come up where the Punjab has termed it “unethical”. IANS

Rae is new ambassador to Nepal Former CPI-M Surgeons reconstruct baby’s head NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU: India yesterday named Ranjit Rae, an Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1980 batch, as NEW DELHI: Doctors said “When we first cut open her ensuring the tissues inside were MP booked in the next ambassador to Nepal. He will succeed Jayanta Prasad, yesterday they had successfully head, all you saw were these completely covered by bone whose tenure ends in August. completed a second round of fragments of bone floating over fragments. murder case Rae, 56, is expected to take up his assignment shortly, an announce- reconstructive surgery on the a fluid-filled sac. It’s one of the “My main worry is to do with ment said. He is currently the Indian ambassador in Vietnam. skull of a baby suffering from most challenging cases I have the risk of infection, which we KOLKATA: CPI-M leader and Rae is one of the architects of the 12-point agreement signed in a rare disorder that caused her seen,” Taneja said. will have to watch out for. At the former MP Sujan Chakraborty 2005 in New Delhi between the then seven-party alliance and the head to nearly double in size. Roona’s right and left skull moment, we don’t foresee the need was yesterday booked for the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist that led to the peace process in The four-hour-long surgery on bones were some 7.6 centimetres for further surgery,” Vaishya said. murder of a ruling Trinamool the Himalayan country. the skull of one-year-old Roona apart. The doctors drained fluid Two Norwegian college stu- Congress candidate for the Begum was carried out at a hos- from the tissues inside, caus- dents have started an online cam- upcoming West Bengal pan- Chandy receives UN award pital near New Delhi where last ing them to collapse and shrink. paign that has raised $57,000 to chayat polls, police said. month surgeons drained fluid The surgeons then drilled tiny help Roona and her poor family Chakraborty claimed inno- MANAMA/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief from the youngster’s head in a holes into her bones, pulled them and fund any future aftercare. cence, and his party threat- Minister Oommen Chandy received the United Nations Global life-saving operation. close and stitched them together, AFP ened to launch an agitation if Award for Public Service at a glittering ceremony held in the “Today’s surgery was the its leader was arrested without Bahraini capital yesterday. biggest one so far in terms of “proper investigation”. The award was presented to him by UN Under Secretary General remodelling her head. I think it Shibram Naskar, a Trinamool Wu Hongbo for his mass contact programme. Chandy was chosen went pretty well,” neurosurgeon candidate for the Baruipur from entries from 50 Asia-Pacific countries. Sandeep Vaishya said. panchayat samiti in South 24 Through his mass contact programme, which he has conducted Roona was born with hydro- Parganas district, was killed on twice after becoming chief minister (in 2004 and 2011), Chandy cephalus, a condition that causes Wednesday while returning home went to each of the 14 districts in the state and received petitions cerebrospinal fluid to build up after campaigning, police said. from people, standing for more than 19 hours and leaving only after in the brain. Her condition had While one person has been seeing the last petitioner. caused her head to swell to a cir- arrested, cases have been regis- cumference of 94 centimetres, tered against five others, includ- Kinnaur sees 54 percent polling putting pressure on her brain and ing Chakraborty, following a making it impossible for her to sit complaint filed by the victim’s kin. SHIMLA: Polling for the second and last phase of the Mandi upright or crawl. Naskar, who had several inju- Lok Sabha by-election in Himachal Pradesh’s rain-hit Kinnaur Roona’s head had shrunk to ries on his head and neck, died district yesterday saw 54 percent voter turnout. about 60 centimetres after pro- while being taken to a hospital. No untoward incident was reported except at the Shalkhar poll- cedures conducted in May and Chakraborty, an MP from ing booth, where minor skirmishes were reported, Chief Electoral doctors expect it to shrink further 2004 to 2009, is a member of Officer Narender Chauhan said. after yesterday’s operation. the Communist Party of India- The main contestants are Congress’s Pratibha Singh, wife of Chief Plastic surgeon Rashmi Taneja, Marxist (CPI-M) state secretariat Minister Virbhadra Singh, and Bharatiya Janata Party legislator who worked alongside Vaishya on Doctors prepare one-year-old girl Roona Begum, suffering from and secretary of the party’s South and former cabinet minister Jai Ram Thakur. the surgery, said she had never hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to swelling, for 24 Parganas district committee. IANS before come across such a case. surgery at a hospital in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi. IANS FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Brent rises Qatar’s real GDP growth NEW YORK: Brent crude oil rose for a fourth straight session yesterday, gaining over $1 a bar- rel as conviction strengthened forecast at 5.3pc in ’13 that monetary stimulus meas- ures from major central banks Qatar Exchange’s would stay in place for the time Pace of economic development to continue being. Brent crude for August deliv- DOHA: Qatar, the world’s rich- Secretariat for Development The population is expected to ery was up $1.27 at $102.93 a market cap est country, might see its per Planning (GSDP), real GDP continue to rise in 2014 as well. barrel by 11:46am EDT (1546 capita income decline as its growth (adjusted against infla- The bulk of the influx is expected GMT). It was on track for its population is expected to grow tion) is expected to be higher at to be of workers entering low- longest stretch of daily gains faster than its economy, says the 5.3 percent in 2013. productivity activity areas such since mid-March. US crude was country’s planning secretariat. The earlier forecast was 4.8 as construction. up $1.53 cents at $97.03 a barrel. rises to QR512bn The influx of foreign work- percent and the new forecast is “Although the level of real Turmoil and outages in oil- force is likely to rise due to the based on expected changes in oil GDP (adjusted against inflation) producing regions also lent DOHA: Qatar Exchange index The trading number of trans- mega development projects being and gas output. is likely to climb, so is Qatar’s support to Brent. US petrol gained 52.56 points or 0.57 per- actions was also led by the bank- launched for the 2022 FIFA The pace of economic growth resident population. Burgeoning stocks surged 3.65 million bar- cent last week to close at 9,298.75 ing and financial services sector event, while economic growth is will continue and the rate of growth infrastructure development activ- rels in the week ended June points. Qatar National Bank accounting for 35.84 percent of the expected to be lower. will be 4.5 percent next year, while ity will create the demand for 21, in the summer driving sea- (QNB), Islamic Holding and total, followed by the industrial sec- A heavier influx of foreign in 2012 GDP (gross domestic prod- many more workers.” son, data from the US Energy Nakilat were the top gainers tor, which accounted for 21.22 per- workforce due to the construc- uct) rose 6.2 percent. The government’s fiscal surplus Information Administration of the week. The banking and cent. The real estate sector ranked tion boom indicates increased Pipeline gas production will rise is expected to drop to 4.7 percent showed on Wednesday. Analysts financial services sector; trans- third accounting for 14.52 percent expenditure which essentially this year and unscheduled shut- of GDP in 2014 from an upwardly had expected a more modest build portation; and real estate indices followed by the transportation sec- means there will be growth. downs are unlikely to be repeated, revised 8.1 percent this year, said of 900,000 barrels. REUTERS rose as all other indices dropped. tor with 11.49 percent. But it would also mean that due the secretariat said in a report. the GSDP. Trading value decreased by Of the 42 companies listed, 21 to rising population the per cap- In 2014, upstream oil and gas Inflation is expected to be 3.6 Ireland in recession 29.22 percent last week to reach ended higher last week while 19 ita income of the country would is expected to contract as output percent in both 2013 and 2014, QR1.29bn compared to QR1.82bn fell and two remained unchanged. decline from the present peak, from maturing oil fields taper of up from 1.8 percent last year, the DUBLIN: Ireland’s economy slid in the previous week. QNB led trading value last said the planning secretariat. and gas production hits installed GSDP has predicted. into recession late last year and Trading volume decreased by week accounting for 21.27 percent According to the General capacity limits. THE PENINSULA continued to contract sharply 41.77 percent to reach over 28 of the total followed by Industries in early 2013, new and revised million as against over 48 mil- Qatar which accounted for 13.47 figures showed yesterday, just lion the previous week, while the percent. Masraf Al Rayan ranked months before it is due to exit its number of transactions fell by third with 9.47 percent of the EU/IMF bailout programme. 30.63 percent last week, to reach total trading value. Gross domestic product shrank 15,124 transactions as compared As for yesterday, the bourse 0.6 percent in the first quarter of to 21,802 transactions. added 34.20 points or 0.37 per- this year from the previous three Market capitalisation rose by cent to advance to 9,298.75 points months, confounding analysts’ 0.61 percent to reach QR512bn as from 9,264.55 on Wednesday. The expectations of 0.3 percent growth compared to QR509bn at the end volume of the shares traded fell — a shock reading that shows the of the previous week. to over 5 million from 7 million. eurozone member is recovering The banking and financial serv- The value of shares increased to from financial crisis much more ices sector led trading value last over QR334m from Wednesday’s slowly than previously thought. week, accounting for 45.44 per- QR312m. Revised data also showed a quar- cent of the total, followed by the The top gainers yesterday were terly contraction of 0.2 percent in industrial sector, which accounted QNB, Commercial Bank of Qatar the fourth quarter of 2012, mean- for 20.19 percent. The real estate and Ooredoo. QNB was up 1.92 ing Ireland’s economy has shrunk sector ranked third, accounting percent to QR159. Commercial for three successive quarters and for 13.33 percent. The transpor- Bank of Qatar rose 0.72 percent is in its first recession since 2009. tation sector accounted for 7.52 to QR69.50 and Ooredoo gained The government is targeting percent of the total trading value. 1.01 percent to QR120.50. growth of 1.3 percent this year and The banking and financial serv- The banking and financial while Finance Minister Michael ices sector led the trading volume services sector index was up 0.85 Noonan said he would not tie him- last week accounting for 37.76 per- points while consumer goods and self to any particular number when cent of the total, followed by the services sector index dropped 0.19 asked if that forecast would have to real estate sector which accounted points. The industrial sector fell be revised, he said that other parts for 26 percent. The transportation 0.32 points while the insurance of the public finances were holding sector accounted for 13.52 percent sector gained 0.09 points. up better. REUTERS followed by the industrial sector. THE PENINSULA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite attend a European Union leaders summit in Brussels yesterday. EU clinches big budget deal BRUSSELS: The European a summit for growth and jobs,” argument, European Commission Union clinched a political deal said French President Francois president Jose Manuel Barroso on its hotly-contested trillion- Hollande. “Frankly that is what announced a budget compromise euro budget yesterday as EU Europeans expect.” at emergency breakfast talks. leaders went into a summit But German Chancellor This could accelerate the pump- pledging to deliver growth and Angela Merkel, who faces elec- ing of funds into schemes to get jobs for Europe’s ‘lost genera- tions in September in a country youngsters out of unemployment tion’ of young people. largely weary of funding strug- and into jobs or training schemes. The budget deal opens the gling southern European states, “Today we have agreed on this prospect of the EU being able warned that discipline remained budget that will make investment to quickly put billions of euros key. “We’ll also talk about how we in Europe possible,” Barroso said into measures to help Europe’s can develop economic and mon- of the compromise on a ¤960bn 5.6 million unemployed under etary union still further, alongside ($1.25 trillion) budget that still 25-year-olds. With crisis-induced budget consolidation,” she said. needs to be approved by the EU’s austerity and high unemploy- “The main thing here is about 754 lawmakers. “This is the growth ment testing voters’ trust in improving our competitiveness,” she fund for Europe,” Barroso added. the European project, the fight added. “It’s not about creating more Austerity-minded hardlin- against youth joblessness is top- and more pots of money.” The bloc’s ers Britain, Germany and the ping the two-day summit. 27 heads of state and government Netherlands early this year shot “I hope we have a good summit, also met trade union and business down Commission plans to increase a summit for youth employment, leaders in the first such talks. spending by five percent over the a summit to control finances and Earlier, after months of bitter next seven years. REUTERS

EU lowers mobile Shipping firms brace fees from July 1 BRUSSELS: Checking email for Suez disruption or surfing the Web on a mobile phone while travelling in the LONDON: Growing turmoil in authority said talk of another rate European Union will be a third Egypt is threatening to disrupt hike this year “will not happen”. cheaper from Monday under shipments through the Suez He added: “The system to roaming cuts enforced by the Canal and increase the costs for announce tolls happens in the EU’s regulator in time for the shipping lines as Cairo’s cash- beginning of the year, so maybe summer holiday season. strapped government seeks in January there will be a decision From July 1, the cost of using ways of bringing in revenue. to either raise, stabilise, or lower the Internet while abroad falls to Egypt’s economy has been in prices according to the global econ- 45 cents per megabyte from 70 crisis since the 2011 overthrow omy and other considerations.” cents. Making calls declines to 24 of Hosni Mubarak. The gov- Tolls brought in around $5bn cents per minute from 29 cents, ernment of Islamist President annually in recent years, but rev- and receiving calls to 7 cents per Mohammed Mursi is grappling enues are falling due to reduced minute from 8 cents. with a slump in tourism and fall- trade between Asia and Europe The cost of sending text messages ing foreign currency reserves as and a shift to bigger ships to save will also go down, to 8 cents from it seeks to obtain a loan from the costs, resulting in less traffic. 9 cents. Mobile users don’t pay for International Monetary Fund. A standard container ship bring- receiving text messages while travel- Rising costs will also hurt the ing consumer goods pays tolls of ling in the bloc. All of costs will fall shipping industry — now in the fifth around $1.2m for a return trip again on July 1 next year. year of one of the worst slumps on through the canal, or around a The cuts will also mean very record — which relies on the 192km quarter of the overall costs of a substantial reductions in charges waterway as the quickest route voyage between Asia and Europe, in Croatia, a popular summer between Asia and Europe. In May according to analysts’ estimates. holiday destination. The country the Suez Canal Authority raised The Suez Canal Authority has said is joining the European Union on tolls on the canal by 2 to 5 percent, it may offer discounts or rebates to Monday, raising the total number following an increase of 3 percent in increase traffic through the canal. of member states to 28. March 2012. A spokesman for the REUTERS AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

US jobless claims fall Consumer spending rebounds

WASHINGTON: US consumer while Morgan Stanley trimmed spending rebounded in May and its estimate to 1.5 percent from 1.6 new applications for unemploy- percent. The economy expanded ment benefits fell last week, sug- at a 1.8 percent rate in the first gesting the economy remained three months of the year. on a moderate growth path. In a separate report, the Other data showed contracts Labour Department said initial to buy previously owned homes claims for unemployment benefits surged to their highest level in fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted more than six years in May, keep- 346,000. The four-week moving ing the recovery anchored in the average for new claims, which A pedestrian checks the Tokyo stock index displayed at a securities company branch office in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock face of tighter fiscal policy. irons out week-to-week volatil- Average jumped nearly 3 percent for the first rise in four trading days closing at 13,213.55 as concerns about China’s credit crunch eased and investors “Economic growth is not over ity, fell 2,750 to 345,750. picked up cheaper shares after recent losses. the top, that’s for sure,” said Chris The claims report signaled Rupkey chief financial economist little change in the pace of job at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi growth. Employment growth has UFJ in New York. “We expect, averaged 189,000 jobs per month European shares rise for third day however, economic growth will be so far this year. strong enough to bring unemploy- Recent data, including hous- ment down at an acceptable pace.” ing, regional factory activity, LONDON: European stock lengthening jobless queues. On the London Bullion Market, suggested increased investor con- The Commerce Department business spending plans and con- markets rose for a third day The unemployment rate stood the price of gold dropped to cern over Italy’s political stabil- said consumer spending increased sumer confidence, have pointed running yesterday, as traders at 6.8 percent this month in sea- $1,232.75 an ounce from $1,236.25. ity following the conviction on 0.3 percent last month, revers- to an economy that is regaining digested news of an unexpected sonally-adjusted terms, accord- The precious metal had struck Monday of former premier Silvio ing April’s 0.3 percent drop. The its footing after stumbling early drop in German unemployment ing to monthly figures compiled the lowest point for nearly three Berlusconi for paying an underage increase was in line with expec- in the second quarter. and solid data from the US. by the Federal Labour Office. years on Wednesday, at $1.221.99 prostitute for sex. tations. When adjusted for infla- That is broadly supportive of London’s FTSE 100 index of Meanwhile, Italy’s borrowing an ounce, before recovering. In company news, German tyre- tion, consumer spending rose 0.2 the view the Federal Reserve leading shares rose 1.26 percent to costs edged up at an auction of In New York, shares also gained maker Continental rallied 3.61 per- percent last month. However, the expressed last week that the 6,243.4 points. Frankfurt’s DAX medium and long-term bonds on solid US data and ebbing fears cent to ¤102.85 after the company so-called real consumer spending downside risks to the economy’s 30 rose 0.63 percent to end trad- yesterday, but rose less than that the US federal reserve would announced ¤100m investment over for April was revised to show the outlook have waned. ing at 7,990.75 points and in Paris expected, following an easing in put a swift end to its massive the next few year at its biggest first contraction in six months. The economy’s stabilising tone the CAC 40 rose 0.97 percent to investor fears over the Federal stimulus programme. European plant in Slovakia. This suggests second-quarter was underscored by a report close at 3,762.19 points. Reserve’s plans to wind down its In midday trade, the Dow Jones In London, advertising giant consumer spending growth could from the National Association of Madrid’s main index edged up stimulus programme. Industrial Average was up 0.86 WPP shot up 4.54 percent to 1,128 slow a little bit more than econo- Realtors showing signed contracts 0.27 percent and Milan gained In London, official data revealed percent while the tech-heavy pence, boosted by positive comment mists had previously anticipated in May to buy previously owned 0.44 percent. European equities that Britain’s economy expanded Nasdaq gained 0.90 percent. from Bank of America analysts. and hold back overall economic homes surged to their highest had rallied on Wednesday for a by 0.3 percent in the first quarter In Europe, the Italian Treasury In Paris, auto group PSA growth. Consumer spending grew level since December 2006. second day in the wake of positive of 2013, and never experienced a raised ¤2.5bn ($3.25bn) in bonds Peugeot Citroen skyrocketed at a 2.6 percent annual pace in the While part of the jump in pend- US economic data. double-dip recession as previously due to expire in 2018 at a rate of 5.47 percent to ¤6.50 on reports first quarter. ing home sales reflected a rush German unemployment reg- thought. 3.47 percent, compared to 3.01 the Peugeot family was looking Some economists pared their by buyers to lock in deals before istered a surprising fall in June In foreign exchange trading, the percent at the end of May. to cede the company to alliance second-quarter gross domestic mortgage rates climbed higher, when the labour market in euro rose to $1.3016 from $1.3012 It also raised ¤2.5bn in 10-year partner General Motors. The product estimates. Barclays cut it was also a sign of underlying Europe’s biggest economy proved late in New York on Wednesday. paper set to mature in 2023 at report was denied by GM, while its GDP forecast by 0.4 percentage strength in the housing market. robust, official data showed The dollar firmed to 98.43 yen a rate of 4.55 percent, compared PSA and the Peugeots refused to point to a 1.4 percent annual pace, REUTERS while many EU countries battle from 97.72 yen on Wednesday. to 4.14 percent. The rise in rates comment. AFP

QATARI MARKET Russia unveils Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.31 0.82 % Aa2 AA revised $50bn Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 103.75 2.03 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.29 2.90 % Aa2 AA state assets’ Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.25 3.17 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.25 3.64 % Aa2 AA sell-off drive Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 152.50 5.09 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 115.50 5.30 % Aa2 AA MOSCOW: Russia yesterday Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 106.25 5.32 % Aa2 AA unveiled an ambitious revision of Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 1.53 % Aa2 AA a state assets privatisation drive Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 109.50 3.47 % Aa2 AA that is now valued at $50bn but Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.50 1.68 % A1 A- keeps the Rosneft oil giant under firm government control. Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 102.00 2.81 % A1 A- The new three-year plan QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.94 % NR NR through 2016 emerged after the QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.50 1.62 % Aa3 A+ energy-export-driven country’s QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 102.00 2.79 % Aa3 A+ main economic officials went Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 101.50 3.07 % A2 A- through a list of all the big enter- prises that still remain in state Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.75 1.88 % A2 A hands. Privatisation is emerging Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 121.50 3.80 % A2 A into a vital source of income for Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 104.25 4.10 % A2 A Russia because of its recent eco- Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.00 5.00 % A2 A nomic under-performance with Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.75 0.84 % Aa3 A many fearing that the country may slip into recession by the end Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.00 3.54 % Aa3 A of the year. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.50 4.09 % Aa3 A One of the most notable revi- SOVEREIGNS A supervisor explains a system to apprentices on a packaging line in the Nescafe production facility in Orbe. sions of the mid-term programme was the decision not to see the Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P government’s control of the Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.75 0.59 % Aa2 AA Nestle to recruit 20,000 young people Rosneft behemoth — Russia’s big- Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.25 2.58 % Aa2 AA gest oil company and the largest Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.13 2.95 % NR NR listed energy firm in the world — Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 103.25 3.98 % NR NR VEVEY, SWITZERLAND: 30 by 2016 and create a further Freixe said Nestle did not plan fall to less than 50 percent. Nestle, the world’s biggest food 10,000 traineeships and appren- to increase total head count by The firm is headed by Igor Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 115.25 5.20 % NR NR company and a major employer tice positions. It will also push its 10,000, as some of the young peo- Sechin — one of Russia’s biggest Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 104.00 5.86 % NR NR in Europe, plans to recruit 63,000 suppliers to follow suit, and ple would be replacing those retir- powerbrokers and a close associ- Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.25 1.22 % Aa2 AA 20,000 young people as the con- offer the new hires coaching and ing, while others would be hired ate of President Vladimir Putin. Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.50 3.89 % NR BBB tinent grapples with a youth mentoring. due to investments in new plants Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 100.00 5.50 % NR BBB unemployment crisis that is “Hopefully we will inspire other announced in recent months, appeared to take an open swipe sapping consumer confidence. businesses to be part of the solu- including in Germany, Spain, at Sechin for managing to save Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 80.50 9.72 % Caa1 CCC+ Laurent Freixe, Nestle’s Europe tion,” he said. “By investing in France and Britain. his company from going mostly Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 99.00 4.66 % NR BBB- boss, presented the plan yester- Europe, by growing in Europe, we Noting unemployment in private. “We should say this out in *Periodic Distribution Amount day in Brussels to Employment believe we can do something that Spain and Greece was higher the open,” news agencies quoted IMPORTANT NOTE: Commissioner Laszlo Andor as is good for our business but also than that reached in the United Medvedev as saying. Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which European Union leaders gathered which is good for society at large.” States during the Depression of The failure of past privatisation is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services for a summit set to focus on tack- The maker of KitKat choco- the 1930s, he said young people programmes “can be traced to the Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary ling youth unemployment. late bars and Nespresso coffee from struggling southern Europe pro-energy lobbying of specific gov- data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising “Governments cannot solve employs about 100,000 in Europe, would be offered positions in the ernment agencies and individual out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds the problem alone,” he said in an where it makes about a third of healthier northern economies. officials,” said Medvedev. “These can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant interview at Nestle’s headquar- group sales which rose to 92bn Nestle would also continue to people are ready to kill themselves liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not ters in Vevey, Switzerland. Swiss francs ($97.6bn) in 2012. It hire older, experienced staff. before they allow something to be a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and “In the context where Europe added 3,000 jobs in 2012 In Europe “Everyone has got a rela- sold off, seeing them lose control of consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. is ageing and indebted, Europe and offered 2,000 traineeships and tive, a friend who is affected. It the corresponding property.” needs its youth at work. We need apprenticeships. affects the entire society,” he said. Medvedev never mentioned to replace the generation of the About 5.6 million young people “Everyone is anxious. It is no sur- Sechin by name in the unusually babyboomers when they retire.” are officially unemployed in the prise that nine out of 10 of the frank remarks and may have also Nestle plans to offer jobs to European Union, with the youth most pessimistic countries are in been referring to other energy 10,000 people under the age of jobless rate at 23 percent. Europe.” REUTERS lobby officials. AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

The Snapchat’s NHS may be dismantled early cash-out if policy is not changed BY FELIX SALMON BY COLIN LEYS required to put a cash value on the benefits. other words, to enable private providers to But instead of trying just to reduce the compete, we will have to pay more. an Primack is awesome when he’s angry, and boy is he he current furore over the crisis stress that disruptions cause, shouldn’t the Similarly with medical training. The gov- angry today, reacting to the news that Snapchat’s two in A&E and the poor regulation aim be to prevent the stress happening in ernment pays NHS teaching hospitals and co-founders have cashed out to the tune of $10m apiece of hospitals, tells us less about the first place by replacing private with pub- GP practices in full for all the training they Das part of its latest funding round. the future of the NHS than two lic providers? No, that’s out of the ques- do, so you would think that private compa- “This is desperate lunacy,” he writes, adding that these kind of recent documents which demon- tion. The government is not about to ask nies employing NHS-trained staff for free deals “should scare the hell out of venture capitalists”: Tstrate how, despite the ringfencing of its the ingenious arithmeticians in the DoH to are actually getting a competitive advantage. The LP-VC-founder alignment has now been skewed, because budget in yesterday’s spending review, the calculate the potential benefit of eliminating But from Monitor’s purely market stand- only the last part of that triangle is now in the money. NHS will effectively be dismantled by 2020 disruption this way. point, the fact that this represents a mas- Don’t I want entrepreneurs building for the long-term, rather if policy is not radically changed. Another document that reveals where sive public subsidy to private shareholders than ones just waiting for the first decent exit opportunity? One document relates to social care. If the NHS is destined to go is Monitor’s fair is irrelevant. The fair playing field docu- Entrepreneurs who care as much about their vision for its own you were living in a care home, what would playing field review. The review sets out ment also reveals – unintentionally – some sake, as they do for the dollars that vision can represent?… it be worth to you not to be worried that what the healthcare financial watchdog of the huge costs of operating the market. VCs in general have gotten a bit too comfortable handing out the homeowner might become bankrupt, so considers fair competition between NHS It complains that finalising a contract for millions of LP dollars to individuals who don’t really need it. that you might have to move at short notice? and other providers. Its evidence base is each service put out to tender can take Maybe that’s because certain VCs no longer view $10m as the You have no idea? Well, the Department of negligible — unstated calculations, plus the NHS commissioners anything from three fortune it really is. Health (DoH) does: £6,510. According to claims or opinions of unnamed interviewees, weeks to 22 months. It doesn’t mention the I agree that little good can come from these deals, from the its recent impact assessment, a “quality- or participants in “deep dive workshops”. It additional work of performance monitoring, VC point of view — but I’m less angry about it than Primack is. adjusted life year” (QALY) for a care home doesn’t say whose opinions were sought, or auditing. The amount of expensive NHS For one thing, the LP-VC-founder alignment has always been resident is worth £60,000. give the numbers of each kind of interested staff time involved is clearly immense, and skewed, with VCs getting by far the best deal. Avoiding an assumed three months of party it listened to. the equivalent costs incurred by the com- Most VC-backed companies fail; historically, that has meant stress when a care home company “exits It makes judgments about what should pany that wins the contract must also be the founders walking away with nothing. And LPs have not done the market” is estimated to be worth 0.1085 happen and makes it clear it thinks most recouped via the price that is agreed. very well either. of a QALY, or £6,510. The reason for this of them will become policy — and since But Monitor wants more and more serv- Only the VCs seem to get paid no matter what. By allowing bizarre bit of pseudoscience is that the gov- Monitor’s remit is to regulate the “market” ices “unbundled” and put out to tender. The founders to sell equity outright in early rounds, VCs are allowing ernment wants to avoid the political fall- in which healthcare operates in England, benefits of the market are simply assumed them to monetise crazy early valuations — just as they monetise out of another Southern Cross-type failure. most of them will. to outweigh all these costs, Does anyone those crazy early valuations by using them to market their next Many care home companies are deeply in It says a fair playing field is “for the outside the current policymaking bubble multi-billion-dollar fund. debt, and some of the larger ones are owned benefit of NHS patients”, but any benefits really believe they do? Is it bad that the pendulum is swinging back a little bit from by private equity funds. The DoH estimates patients might get from the NHS having As John Lister notes in his new book on capital (VCs) to labour (founders)? No, it not. that 19,000 frail elderly or disabled people advantages on the playing field it sees as health policy reform, the overwhelming con- Secondly, it is absolutely understood in the founder community will experience a disruption in the course of market “distortions”. For example, the sensus of researchers is that global markets that the deal you make, when you accept your first dollar of VC every decade. In the looking-glass world of fact that public providers can borrow more in healthcare lower quality or increase costs, funding, is that you will be building for growth and exit, rather market-think it has to show that the ben- cheaply than private ones is treated not as and often both. But in the UK, we are sup- than trying to create something which you will bequeath to your efits of regulating the care home industry a benefit to patients, but as a “distortion” posed to stop worrying and love the market, children. If you want “entrepreneurs building for the long-term”, will outweigh the cost; and to do this it is of the market which must be rectified — in while the NHS unravels. THE GUARDIAN you want entrepreneurs who aren’t taking VC money in the first place. Thirdly, especially in Silicon Valley, it’s downright silly to expect entrepreneurs to “care about their vision for its own sake”. This is the home of the pivot, of the serial entrepreneur, of the fail-fast culture, of A/B testing, of trying many different things until you find one which works. This isn’t about vision, it’s about the ruthlessness of the market. Indeed, founders who care too much about their vision, rather than about maximising VC returns, are liable to get unceremoni- ously ejected. Fourthly, if VCs have reached the point at which they no longer think of $10m as being a particularly large amount of money, then it’s about time that a few founders could join those ranks as well. Finally, we’re living in a world where VC-backed companies almost never IPO any more, and where private exchanges like SecondMarket and SharesPost are becoming an increasingly important source of liquidity. I had lunch with the CEO of Green Dot yesterday; it was funded by Sequoia Capital in 2003, and Sequoia is still the single largest shareholder in the company, ten years later, with no final exit in sight — despite the fact that Green Dot went public back in 2010. In that sense, IPOs have become just another funding round. If companies are privately raising sums of money which five or ten years ago could be found only in IPOs, then you have to expect founders to start getting liquid around those rounds, just as they used to do during IPOs. From a personal-finance perspective, of course, it makes all the sense in the world that Snapchat’s founders should diversify their net worth away from being 100 percent invested in the highly volatile and illiquid equity of their company. VCs and LPs are all perfectly sophisticated when it comes to managing their personal wealth; founders should be allowed to be just as sophisticated. Otherwise, accepting VC money starts too look far too much like indentured servitude. So good on Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy for cashing out: they created a great product, and now they’re rich. That’s how Silicon Valley is supposed to work. And if the current valuation doesn’t work for the latest tranche of investors, that’s more the LPs’ problem than it is the problem of Snapchat’s co-founders. REUTERS Europe leaders are not for turning on austerity

BY LEO PANITCH and SAM and state capacities at play. New Deal — was intended to keep century of defeat, are in disarray. another on those with the great- capacities were in place, absent GINDIN What was so crucial in the post- Europe open to American capital- The elite project is now exploit- est wealth? the spectre of socialism or at war years was not so much the ism in the face of the post-war ing this weakness to revive the What is missing from such pol- least profound rebellion — unless, hen bad ideas per- external threat of a war-weary social threats. confidence of financial markets icy proposals is the politics that that is, until European elites are sist, it is wise to and exhausted Soviet Union, as Then, as later, US aid came and further deepen capitalism. might bring it about. scared again — the likelihood of recognise that the internal danger of discredited with strings attached; indeed The consequent liberalisation To begin with, it is not clear any significant reversal of direc- Wmore than ideas are European elites and radicalised some labelled the Marshall plan of markets repeatedly demands that the incomplete state insti- tion remains remote. at stake. So it is with the debate working classes resulting in social “history’s most successful struc- another pound of flesh from those tutions of the European Union With some exceptions (such over Europe’s extended economic upheavals that limited the spaces tural adjustment programme”. already suffering — “discipline” in in fact have the capacities to pull as Greece), it cannot be new crisis. That obstinate European for the expansion of capitalism. But the conditions then the ugly parlance of neoliberalism. off such a New Deal or Marshall political parties or coherent new elites have responded to the deep A spectre was haunting west- demanded were very distinct It is in this context that the lat- plan. movements that will bring about economic downturn with policies ern Europe and American elites from those demanded today by est and most detailed call for a They certainly cannot do so if short-term changes, for the very that ensure continued stagnation after the war, and in that par- the IMF-EC-ECB troika. new Marshall plan emerged, that the German state is not on side, fact that the creation of such is not just a matter of failed com- ticular moment, squeezing work- After the war, the concern of the Confederation of German and to date the German state, institutions involves a longer- mon sense. ers further to generate funds for with stability led to an emphasis Trade Unions (DGB). unlike the post-war American term process. Nor is it just forgetfulness to reconstruction could only makes on European development with The DGB proposal cautiously state, remains parochially focused This suggests that a fundamen- ignore the turn to austerity at things worse. some sensitivity to popular needs, looks to the creation of a new on its model of export-led growth tal change in Europe’s direction the onset of the downturn of the This is where the US state not austerity (as long of course as consensus. based on internal wage “modera- rests on some explosion from early 1930s, and its contribution stepped in. The experience of the that development was towards an What better time, they respect- tion”, the European free trade below: the anger of unemployed to converting a recession into the depression and war had led it to open liberal order). fully ask, to combine the growing area for its goods, and a euro that youth boiling over in the streets, Great Depression. identify the interests of American The US tolerated temporary army of idle hands with the cur- has ended the trade-balancing occupations by desperate workers The same can be said for the capitalism with a more general capital controls, limits on its rent availability of uniquely cheap mechanism of a rising German of workplaces and public spaces quick dismissal of calls for a new expansion of capitalism abroad. exports and foreign investment funding? currency. that are more than symbolic, Marshall plan, in spite of that The state capacities which to Europe, and exchange rate Why not sell government bonds Tellingly, the DGB proposal direct challenges to the affront of successful response to Europe’s developed in those years, along adjustments, to offset American to investors who are sitting on avoids placing the onus on banks to democratic governance. post-war reconstruction. with the unique strength of the competitive strength — all the cash because other opportunities Germany to take a leadership Whether such upheavals will be To grasp why austerity, rather US economy as it emerged from while leaving the US market open are unappealing? role in addressing the crisis in channelled towards a progressive than something akin to a new the war, made it possible to act on to European exports. And in the name of both equity Europe’s uneven development reversal of austerity and a more Marshall plan, is politically fash- that understanding. In contrast, European elites and investor security, why not (other than for Germany to ini- egalitarian Europe, or will become ionable in Europe requires moving The Marshall plan — essen- today may be nervous but they back up these bonds with a spe- tiate a wealth tax for others to prey to dangerous movements of beyond the world of “discourse” tially the internationalisation of are not scared. cial fund established through a emulate). the right, is an open question. and investigating the social forces Franklin D Roosevelt’s earlier Working classes, after a quarter tax on financial transactions and Yet even if European state THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Tel: 44901760 Fax: 44901566 44557857 GSM: 33138018 E-mail: [email protected] FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Sri Lanka, West Indies keen to prove a point Tri-Nation ODI Series: In-form India eye more glory

KINGSTON, Jamaica: With bewildering players under his high,” he noted, adding that the India enjoying an additional formulae and Tri-Nation ODI care “are taking absence of Tillekeratne Dilshan 48 hours to bask in the glory calclulations more responsibil- through injury will give one or of their Champions Trophy necessitated by Series Fixtures ity and are start- two fringe players an opportunity Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham (right) tags out triumph, West Indies and Sri Duckworth- June 28 West Indies vs Sri Lanka ing to believe a to shine. In such a short tourna- New York Mets Marlon Byrd as he tries to steal second base during the Lanka get the Tri-Nation One- Lewis, it will be Jamaica lot more” that ment - the first non-bilateral sixth inning at US Cellular field in Chicago, yesterday. Day International Series under- no surprise if June 30 West Indies vs India they can go all series played in the regional by way on today at Sabina Park. batting second Jamaica the way in major ICC full-member nations since Both teams have points to and then staying July 02 India vs Sri Lanka competitions. Pakistan and Zimbabwe toured prove after being steamrolled by ahead of the par Jamaica Having together in 2000 - there is lit- Zimmermann records the ODI kings over the previous score becomes retained the tle room for manoeuvring in the July 05 West Indies vs India fortnight in England. a priority dur- same squad from event of early setbacks. Trinidad For the Sri Lankans, this fix- ing the seven the Champions So even if there is an element July 07 West Indies vs Sri Lanka ture marks just the second time matches of this Trophy, with of fatigue on what is becoming 11th victory of season Trinidad that they are playing an ODI tournament. the exception an almost non-stop international at major international cricket’s An increas- July 09 India vs Sri Lanka of Ramnaresh cricketing treadmill, personal and NEW YORK: Washington in the Majors. Lynn had a chance westernmost venue. ingly crammed Trinidad Sarwan and professional pride are bound to pitcher Jordan Zimmermann to reach the total as well, but was The only other occasion came international July 11 Final Trinidad. Jason Holder, the come to the fore and ensure a notched up his National League- thwarted in the Cardinals’ 4-3 at the 2007 World Cup when itinerary, cou- West Indies will competitive edge. leading 11th win of the season loss at Houston that dropped his Mahela Jayawardene’s unruffled pled with the again be look- Teams: West Indies - Dwayne while St Louis’ Lance Lynn fell record to 10-2. unbeaten hundred led his side scheduling of the money-spinning ing to Chris Gayle to provide the Bravo (captain), Chris Gayle, short of the mark during Major Lynn fell victim to the Astros’ comfortably past New Zealand in Indian Premier League at a time firepower and momentum at the Johnson Charles, Devon Smith, League action yesterday. four-run fourth inning that put the semi-finals, only for them to when the West Indies would usu- start of their innings. Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Zimmermann surrendered two them ahead for good and handed be upended by hat-trick-seeking ally have been in action on home The additional motivation for Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, first-inning runs to Arizona, but St Louis their fourth loss in five Australia in the final three days soil, means that this event follows the imposing opening batsman Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine, settled in to finish seven innings games. later in Barbados. the pattern of recent years with being that the will be performing Ravi Rampaul, Tino Best, Kemar and help the Nationals beat the The Cardinals (48-30) have now West Indies were the first to the almost ever-present threat of in front of his fellow Jamaicans. Roach. Diamondbacks 3-2 in Washington. fallen into a tie with the streaking feel the weight of India at their showers accompanying a series. Despite the tag of cricket- Sri Lanka - Angelo Mathews He allowed just three hits to Pittsburgh for first place in the best at the Champions Trophy at Yet whatever the conditions ing bridesmaids increasingly (captain), Kusal Perera, Upul improve to 11-3, tying Detroit’s National League Central. the group stage of the competition overhead, it is the situation on the becoming a millstone around the Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Max Scherzer for the most wins The Pirates beat Seattle 4-2 on before missing out on the last four ground that Ottis Gibson wants necks of the Sri Lankans, cap- Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahela the road for their sixth straight agonisingly when Kieron Pollard’s his team to focus on. tain Angelo Mathews dismissed Jayawardene, Jeevan Mendis, Baseball Results victory. dismissal just before the rains Despite the acute disappoint- speculation as to his team’s mood Ajantha Mendis, Dinesh Meanwhile, Toronto pitcher Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 0 came at Cardiff left the Caribbean ment of the manner in which after falling short again at the Chandimal, Nuwan Kulasekara, RA Dickey and Oakland’s AJ side trailing South Africa on the they missed out on a place in Champions Trophy. Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Miami 5 Minnesota 3 Griffin each hurled two-hitters Duckworth-Lewis System. the Champions Trophy semi- “We have played some really Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Oakland 5 Cincinnati 0 to lead their respective teams to While no-one wants to have finals, the head coach of the T20 good cricket, beating England and Dilhara Lokuhettige, Shaminda Pittsburgh 4 Seattle 2 shutout wins. to return to the sometimes world champions asserts that the Australia. Confidence is pretty Eranga. AFP Boston 5 Colorado 3 Dickey, last season’s NL Cy Cleveland 4 Baltimore 3 Young winner, struck out six batters in his complete-game 3-0 Texas 8 Ny Yankees 5 Strauss hopes Compton earns triumph against the Tampa Bay Washington 3 Arizona 2 Rays. Pietersen another chance LA Angels 7 Detroit 4 The performance kept the NY Mets 3 Chicago White Sox 0 Blue Jays from being swept in saga is over LONDON: Nick Compton has Kansas City 4 Atlanta 3 their three-game series finale at been given a chance to push for Chicago Cubs 5 Milwaukee 4 Tampa Bay. selection in the England side Griffin also went the full Houston 4 St Louis 3 LONDON: Andrew Strauss to play Australia in the Ashes nine innings as the Athletics LA Dodgers 4 San Francisco 2 hopes England’s Ashes cam- after being invited to play for beat Cincinnati 5-0 at home in paign will not suffer any ongoing Worcestershire against the Philadelphia 7 San Diego 5 Oakland. REUTERS disruption from the extraordi- tourists in their second warm- nary chain of events that saw up match next week, British star batsman Kevin Pietersen media have reported. briefly dropped from the side Compton was left out of last season. England’s own practice match Noel, Len top candidates Pietersen was axed from the against Essex next week, an indi- England side when, after hav- cation that selectors favoured ing made a brilliant hundred 22-year-old Joe Root as Alastair against his native South Africa In a file picture taken on February 1, 2012, England’s cricketer Kevin Cook’s opening partner for the list for Cavaliers top pick at Headingley, it was alleged he Pietersen (left) speaks with captain Andrew Strauss (second right) first Test at Trent Bridge on July NEW YORK: has sent derogatory text mes- during a practice session at the ICC Global Cricket Academy at Dubai 10. However after scoring a fluent With no consen- Charlotte Bobcats, Phoenix Suns sages, some said to be about then Sports City. Strauss retired from cricket on 29 August 2012 after 81 for Somerset against Australia sus sure-fire star as an obvious and New Orleans Pelicans in Test captain Strauss, to Proteas England’s Test series loss to South Africa. on Wednesday, British media have target, at today’s NBA Draft has the two-round draft conducted players. reported that Compton has been a sense of suspense about it with by the 30 teams in the National Strauss retired from cricket asked to play for Worcestershire numerous candidates for the Basketball Association. That is, after England’s series loss to 177 for Surrey against Yorkshire suffered lately, culminating in in the tourist’s final outing before Cleveland Cavaliers, who own if teams maintain the pecking South Africa but insisted his deci- last week, prompting hopes he the sacking of coach Mickey the start of the five-match Test the number one pick. order rather than wheel and deal sion had nothing to do with the will be fit in time for next month’s Arthur just 16 days out from series. “This draft is really unpredict- their picks in draft night swap- Pietersen controversy. first Test against Australia in the Ashes. Compton scored consecutive able,” 7-foot-1 (2.16 m) Ukrainian ping at the Barclays Center. The Pietersen had to undergo a Nottingham. “Kevin is one of the best players Test centuries in New Zealand center Alex Len out of the Cavs, who finished with a 24-58 period of “reintegration” before He returned to England serv- I’ve ever seen,” Strauss told sev- this year but then struggled for University of Maryland, one of record, have many needs beyond playing a major role in England’s ice in yesterday’s second and final eral British national newspapers form in the return series, sub- the top prospects in the draft, their premiere point guard Kyrie series win in India before Twenty20 international against at a Sky Sports promotional event. sequently missing out on the told reporters yesterday. Irving. Besides Len or shot block- Christmas although a knee injury New Zealand at The Oval. “But I don’t know what’s going 14-man squad for England’s “You don’t have any LeBron ing big man Nerlens Noel of that forced him out of the tour of While Strauss doesn’t doubt on behind the scenes and I just four-day match against Essex. Jamses, so it’s going to be Kentucky, they could use a shoot- New Zealand in March kept him Pietersen’s talents he is in no hope everything in the team envi- In Wednesday’s match Compton interesting.” ing guard to team up with Irving, on the sidelines until last week. doubt of the need of a settled ronment is fine. If it is fine then (130) shared in a 170-run part- Picking behind the Cavaliers raising the possibility of Ben But Pietersen, 33 yesterday, dressing room, especially given he should come back in straight nership with Chris Jones for the will be the Orlando Magic, fol- McLemore of Kansas or Indiana’s returned to action with a brilliant the upheaval Australia have away, no problems. AFP second wicket. REUTERS lowed by the Washington Wizards, Victor Oladipo. REUTERS Cycling prepares for 100th Tour de France Tour de France stages PARIS: Cycling’s greatest race, Challenging both men include said it was widespread. There the Tour de France, begins Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez, who have also been accusations that PARIS: The 21 stages for the 100th edition of the Tour de France, to be held June 29-July 21: tomorrow, hoping to cast off was runner-up in the Giro d’Italia French star Laurent Jalabert June 29 Stage 1 - Porto Vecchio to Bastia (213 km) the recent cloud of suspicion in May, and Australian outsider used the banned blood booster June 30 Stage 2 - Bastia to Ajaccio (156 km) and scandal of doping with a Cadel Evans, the 2011 winner, who erythropoetin (EPO) during the July 1 Stage 3 - Ajaccio to Calvi (145.5 km) celebration of its historic 100th could become the Tour’s oldest scandal-hit 1998 Tour, forcing him July 2 Stage 4 - Nice to Nice team time-trial (25 km) edition. victor at 36. to step down as a radio and televi- July 3 Stage 5 - Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille (228.5 km) A total of 198 riders from 22 This year’s race is the first to be sion pundit. teams will line up for the 212-kil- held after the Lance Armstrong Lingering questions remain, July 4 Stage 6 - Aix-en-Provence to Montpellier (176.5 km) ometre (132-mile) first stage from doping scandal, which sent shock- too, over the International Cycling July 5 Stage 7 - Montpellier to Albi (205.5 km) Porto-Vecchio to Bastia on the waves through cycling and the Union (UCI) and its role in the July 6 Stage 8 - Castres to Ax-Trois-Domaines (195 km) Mediterranean island of Corsica. world of sport. The US rider, who Armstrong affair, amid claims of July 7 Stage 9 - Saint-Girons to Bagneres-De-Bigorre (168.5 km) Three weeks, 3,403.5 kilome- was unmasked as a serial drug complicity and cover-up in his July 8 rest day tres and 20 stages later, only the cheat in a devastating US Anti- activities. July 9 Stage 10 - Saint-Gildas-des-Bois to Saint Malo (193.5 km) very best -- and most fortunate Doping Agency report last year, The embattled UCI president July 10 Stage 11 - Avranches to Mont Saint Michel individual time-trial (33 km) -- will finish. was subsequently stripped of his Pat McQuaid is facing a challenge Last year’s runner-up behind record seven Tour wins between for his re-election, amid repeated July 11 Stage 12 - Fougeres to Tours (218 km) Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, Chris 1999 and 2005. calls for him to stand down. July 12 Stage 13 - Tours to Saint-Amand-Montrond (173 km) Froome, is favourite to win the Race organisers have refused to Tour organisers and today’s July 13 Stage 14 - Saint-Pourcain-Sur-Sioule to Lyon (191 km) race after successes in Oman, the nominate a winner in his place, as riders, however, maintain that July 14 Stage 15 - Givors to Mont Ventoux (242.5 km) Criterium International, Tour of cycling was plunged into a period doping is largely a problem of July 15 rest day Romandie and the Criterium du of deep introspection about the the past, despite two high-profile July 16 Stage 16 - Vaison-La-Romaine to Gap (168 km) Dauphine. extent of drug use in the peloton positive tests for EPO use on the Britain’s Christopher Froome July 17 Stage 17 - Embrun to Chorges individual time-trial (32 km) But the 28-year-old Team Sky in the 1990s and 2000s. recent Tour of Italy. gets out of the Sky Procycling rider is likely to face stiff compe- The spectre still looms large “Doping is the enemy, not July 18 Stage 18 - Gap to Alpe d’Huez (168.5 km) team bus before a training tition from 2007 and 2009 Tour over the Tour, after the 1997 win- the Tour, or cycling,” said Tour July 19 Stage 19 - Bourg d’Oisans to Le Grand Bornand (204.5 km) session in Porto-Vecchio on winner Alberto Contador of ner and three-time runner-up director Christian Prudhomme. the French island of Corsica, July 20 Stage 20 - Annecy to Annecy-Semnoz (125 km) Spain, despite his lack of victories Jan Ullrich of Germany admit- “Cycling in 2013 is not the same yesterday. July 21 Stage 21 - Versailles to Paris Champs Elysees (133.5 km) this season. ted doping last weekend -- and as in the Armstrong years.” AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Webber to quit at end of season Formula One: The Australian driver has managed 203 Grands Prix starts in his career

SILVERSTONE, UNITED his allegedly carousing lifestyle. MotoGP: Lorenzo KINGDOM: Mark Webber Another Australian Dan Red Bull yesterday confirmed what many Ricciardo, currently with Toro Formula One crashes bike in close observers suspected when Rosso, could also be a contender driver Mark he announced that he will be if he rises to the challenge in the Webber of Assen practice leaving Red Bull and Formula second half of this season and Australia arrives One at the end of this season to Raikkonen rejects the move. ahead of the ASSEN, NETHERLANDS: switch to sportscar racing with Webber has previous experi- British Grand Reigning world Moto GP cham- Porsche’s LMP1 team. ence racing in sportscars with Prix at the pion Jorge Lorenzo was receiv- The Australian, who will be 37 Mercedes in 1998/99 before he Silverstone ing medical attention after a in August, has been expected to went back to single-seaters in Race circuit, high-speed crash in yestreday’s make a move ever since his Red Formula 3000 en route to joining central England, second free practice session for Bull team-mate, triple world fellow-Australian Paul Stoddart’s yesterday. the Dutch Grand Prix. champion German Sebastian Minardi team in F1 in 2002. Webber With the rain falling on the slip- Vettel, disobeyed team orders to He made his debut at Melbourne yesterday pery Assen circuit the Spaniard, “steal” victory from him at the in the Australian Grand Prix and who had dominated ther opening confirmed Malaysian Grand Prix in March. famously finished fifth, a result session, lost control of his Yamaha that he will be Webber made the announce- that incited such crowd reaction coming out of a fast bend. ment by posting a Porsche state- that Webber and Stoddart were leaving Formula Visibly shaken and clutching ment on his website markwebber. required to perform an unofficial One at the end his left arm, he was taken away com. podium celebration of their own. of this season in an ambulance to the circuit’s “It’s an honour for me to join After spells at Jaguar and to switch to medical centre. Lorenzo is placed Porsche at its return to the top Williams, he joined Red Bull from sportscar second in the rider’s champion- category in Le Mans and in the 2008 and became the solid, reli- racing with ship, seven points behind com- sports car World Endurance able and dogged racer who built Porsche’s LMP1 patriot Dani Pedrosa of Honda, Championship and be part of the the foundations for Vettel’s rise team. ahead of tomorrow’s race, which team,” he said. to fame after he switched to join is the seventh leg of the season. “Porsche has written racing the team from their junior sister history as a manufacturer and outfit Toro Rosso. praise over the team radio by say- in five years. He has finished on Prix in Melbourne the following F ree practice times stands for outstanding technol- He became a race-winner and ing: “Not bad for a second driver.” the podium in all of the last four March. ogy and performance at the high- title contender with the team but His announcement -- and his races, winning twice, in 2010 and “I’m very much looking forward ASSEN: Combined times of est level.” was unable to match team-mate feisty relations with Vettel -- is 2012. He took pole in 2011. to this new challenge after my first and second free practice Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen, Vettel’s success and has had to unlikely to see the young German Webber has used the soubri- time in Formula One. Porsche will at Assen yesterday ahead of the 2007 world champion who endure a turbulent relationship given many favours between now quet “Aussie grit” for his Twitter undoubtedly set itself very high Saturday’s Dutch MotoGP: returned to F1 with Lotus last with the pragmatic 25-year-old and the season’s end. identity and manifested the same goals. I can hardly wait to pilot 1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) year after a spell in rallying, is German in a team in which, Born in Queanbeyan, New attitude in his life, proving it in one of the fastest sports cars in 1min 35.263sec, expected to be a leading con- despite protestations by the man- South Wales, Webber has started the manner in which he recov- the world,” he added. 2. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/ tender to replace Webber at the agement, he has always been seen 203 Grands Prix, winning nine. ered from serious injuries fol- Webber’s multi-year contract Yamaha) 0.350, Red Bull team, based in Milton as the second driver. He has secured 11 pole positions lowing a cycling accident when with Porsche will see him return 3. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) Keynes, south central England. After winning the British and recorded 15 fastest laps. he was hit by a car in Tasmania to the Le Mans 24 Hours race and 0.620, At 33, he retains the pace and Grand Prix in 2010, having been Webber is certain to be at his in November 2008. He broke his World Endurance Championship. 4. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ has the race craft to be a good given second use of new parts for determined and dogged best this leg but recovered sufficiently to In 1998, he finished runner-up Yamaha) 0.695, replacement for Webber even if his car, he responded to team weekend as he bids to complete a race with pins in the limb at the in the GT Championship. 5. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) Vettel could be reluctant to adopt chief Christian Horner’s effusive hat-trick of Silverstone victories season-opening Australian Grand REUTERS 0.771. REUTERS

McIlroy woes P ark eyes third continue Ryan Lochte despite looks on from the podium straight major cheering Irish after winning the men’s 200m freestyle SOUTHAMPTON, NEW Park, 24, said she likes the crowds YORK: South Korean star Park added pressure of trying to win a finals on In-Bee will bid to clinch her major and that her recent success LONDON: Former world day 2 of the third consecutive major of an comes from a better overall game. number one Rory McIlroy, look- 2013 USA incredible year this week when “I’ve been giving myself a lot of ing to find his form before next Swimming she tees off in the US Women’s opportunities for birdie, whereas month’s British Open, strug- Phillips 66 Open Championship. before I was almost putting for gled to a two-over-par 74 in the National World No. 1 Park is seeking to pars all the time,” Park said. first round of the Irish Open at Championships become just the second golfer in “But now I have a lot of oppor- Carton House, County Kildare and World Woods hopes LPGA history to capture the first tunities at birdies. My long game yesterday. Trials at three major championships of the I think has improved a lot more.” McIlroy carded two birdies the Indiana elbow will be season after taking the Kraft Park will have her work cut out and four bogeys, including one at University Nabisco Championship and the for her this week as the field also the last, to lie seven shots adrift Natatorium in ‘good enough’ LPGA Championship earlier. includes world No. 2 Stacy Lewis of early leader Shane Lowry Indianapolis, “This is the best I’m playing in and number five Ryu So-Yeon. whose five-under-par 67 gave the Indiana. my career,” said Park, the 2008 American Lewis said Park’s Irishman a one-shot advantage for British Open US Women’s Open champion. “I’m dominance on the LPGA Tour is over the rest of the field. trying to keep this going. wearing on the rest of the players. Northern Ireland’s McIlroy, NEW YORK: Tiger Woods “I’ve played very good golf “It is frustrating for the rest now world number two behind (pictured above) did not the last two or three months. of us, that’s for sure,” Lewis said. Tiger Woods, said yesterday that express confidence about being Everything’s going the way I “I know people like to see some- he had felt “suffocated” by the 100 percent fit for next month’s really want it to. I’m hitting the body make history and do all of affection shown him by thousands British Open but said yester- ball and striking it great and that. But for the players it is frus- of fans at recent Irish Opens but Swimming: Franklin, Lochte day his injured left elbow would putting it very well.” trating to see someone sit there he was still determined to enjoy be “good enough” for the year’s The South Korean star has five and win week after week, after himself. He promised there would shine at trials in the US third major championship. victories this season including the week. be none of the club-throwing or The American world number last two events by playoffs. “She’s making good putts and club-bending antics which marked INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: Olympic stars Missy Franklin and one has been hampered by a Babe Zaharias won all three she is steady.” his indifferent showing at the US Ryan Lochte shared the spotlight last night, both claiming a pair of left elbow strain for the past six majors in 1950, comprising the Other big names hoping for Open two weeks ago. titles at the US swimming championships and World Championships weeks, and was advised by his Titleholders Championship, strong performances this week “It definitely wasn’t the right trials. doctors to skip this week’s AT&T Women’s Western Open and the include, Suzann Pettersen, Paula thing to do,” McIlroy said when Franklin’s night began with a win in the women’s 200-meter freestyle National in Bethesda, Maryland US Women’s Open. Creamer, Kim I.K. and amateur asked about his tantrums in his at the Indiana University Natatorium. where he was scheduled to defend Park will tee off today during Lydia Ko. final-round 76. “It doesn’t set a Ahead by a body length at the halfway mark, she touched the wall in his title. the 68th Women’s Open at the There are 10 former US good example. “Something I’ve one minute 55.56 seconds followed by Katie Ledecky in 1:57.63, Shannon Woods aggravated the problem Sebonack Golf Club course in a Women’s Open champions in the felt in a couple of Irish Opens is Vreeland in 1:58.13 and Jordan Mattern in 1:58.27. earlier this month during the US group that also includes Belen field and 22 countries represented. suffocated, having that burden The win qualified Franklin -- the winner of four gold medals and one Open at Merion Golf Club, and Mozo and Carly Booth. REUTERS and pressure and expectation. But bronze at the 2012 London Olympics -- for the 200 free at the World was seen wincing and shaking the last couple of years I’ve tried Championships in Barcelona, July 28-August 4. his left arm on several occasions to embrace the whole week, enjoy She also made the American 4x200 freestyle relay team, along with after playing golf shots out of the it and turn all that support into Ledecky -- the winner of Tuesday’s 800 free event -- Vreeland and thick rough. an advantage,” he told reporters Mattern. “I pushed it pretty good at the at a press conference. Less than 90 minutes later, the recent high school graduate won the (US) Open,” Woods told reporters The twice major champion’s women’s 200 backstroke in 2:05.68, the world’s fastest time this year at Congressional Country Club form has dipped alarmingly in and an American open record as the best-ever performance in the US. yesterday. “Made it worse by hit- 2013. In the last five months of Franklin maintained a lead throughout to finish ahead of Elizabeth ting the ball out of the rough and 2012 he won four tournaments Pelton, whose 2:06.29 clocking was the world’s second-fastest of 2013. Rory McIlroy eventually got to a point where I and rose to the top of the rank- “That last fifty hurt so much,” she said. “I’m ecstatic with the 2:05. of Northern wasn’t able to play here. ings but after changing his club But I’m definitely hurting now.” “I listened to my docs and I’m Ireland tees manufacturer he has recorded With three days to go at nationals, Franklin is eligible for five events not touching a club. We’re treat- off on the 12th just one top-five finish in 12 at Worlds. Her first-place finish in Tuesday’s 100 free earned her a ing it, and eventually I’ll start during the first events this year. berth in that event as well as a spot the American 4x100 relay squad. the strengthening process of it, round of the McIlroy announced in Lochte, the winner of five Olympic medals in London (two gold, two then start hitting balls to get up Irish Open at October that he was switching silver, one bronze), won the men’s 200-meter free and came back an to speed for the British.” Carton House from Titleist to Nike clubs in a hour-and-a-half later to finish first in the 200 backstroke. Asked whether the elbow would Golf Club, reported $200m deal, a decision Swimming in lane two in the 200 free, Lochte led at the first turn be fully healed in time for the July Maynooth, criticised by many including six- and was never headed. 18-21 British Open at Muirfield Ireland, times major winner Nick Faldo. He finished in 1:45.97 ahead of Conor Dwyer, Matt McLean and in Scotland, Woods replied: “How yesterday. Seven major champions are Charlie Houchin. The quartet will comprise the US men’s 4x100m about ... good enough.” playing at Carton House, includ- relay team at Worlds. A 14-times major champion ing four from Ireland - McIlroy, In Lochte’s second event of the night, he outduelled 2012 Olympic who has not won a major since the Graeme McDowell, Padraig champion Tyler Clary in the 200 backstroke. Lochte won in 1:55.16 2008 US Open, Woods first suf- Harrington and Darren Clarke. with Clary the runnerup in 1:55.58. fered the elbow injury during last New Zealander Michael Campbell, In major surprise, Allison Schmitt failed to qualify for the women’s month’s Players Championship Spain’s Jose-Maria Olazabal and 200 freestyle final. Schmitt, the American record holder in the event, where he eventually triumphed Scotland’s Paul Lawrie are the was the 2012 Olympic champion. She also swam on the gold medal- by two strokes. REUTERS others. REUTERS winning US 4x200 freestyle relay team in London. REUTERS FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Lions sniff rare City striker Tevez series victory in Melbourne

MELBOURNE: Mindful of a wounded Australia back- joins Juventus lash but intoxicated by the whiff of a rare series victory, the British and Irish Lions will aim to ramp up the intensity Argentine forward to sign three-year deal in tomorrow’s crunch second Test in Melbourne even as both TURIN, Italy: Carlos Tevez at Milan’s Malpensa airport. sides recover from the bruising sealed his move to Juventus yes- Television pictures showed Tevez opener. erday after four controversy- being mobbed by fans before being The Lions stumbled over the filled years at Manchester City taken back into the terminal by line at a heaving Lang Park for and was handed the unenviable Juventus staff and put into a car tomorrow’s heart-stopping 23-21 task of trying to emulate club via a side entrance. win, aided by the wayward boot of hero Alessandro Del Piero. During his seven years in Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale, Italian champions Juve England the spotlight, whether that exacted a huge physical toll announced his arrival with a positive or negative, was never far on both sides. picture of the Argentine striker from the 29-year-old. Now another 80 minutes of gut- holding up Del Piero’s old number Tevez, along with fellow busting punishment looms under 10 jersey alongside club president Argentine Javier Mascherano, the closed roof of Docklands Andrea Agnelli. arrived at Premier League side Stadium where coach Warren A statement said he had West Ham United in 2006 from Gatland has demanded the tour- reached a deal to sign a three- Brazilian club Corinthians and ists finish the job and win their year-contract. There was no word had an immediate impact. first series since 1997. on the transfer fee but media West Ham, struggling to “This is a do-or-die match reports have put it at $15.60m. remain in the top flight, were for Australia. It’s going to be a “The Argentine is used to win- rescued from relegation by Tevez real battle out there,” the New ning. He has done so wherever he who scored the only goal in a win Zealander told reporters. has been,” Juve’s website (www. against Manchester United on the “We can win this series by win- juventus.com) added. final day of the 2006-07 season. ning on Saturday, that’s what our Del Piero spent almost 20 years New Juventus Argentinian for- Despite the success of Tevez whole focus needs to be. The last at Juve, helping them win the 1996 and Mascherano, their registra- thing we want to do is think about ward Carlos Tevez before his Champions League and sticking tions were owned by third par- going and being 1-1 and having medical examination, in Turin, by the club when they spent one ties - a contravention of Premier to go and play another game in season in Serie B in 2006/07 after Italy, yesterday. League rules. Sydney.” being demoted for match-fixing. West Ham were fined for Australia’s backline was torn He left for Australia’s Sydney rotated between any two of their role in the transfer deals, asunder in the Brisbane thriller, FC last year having broken Sebastian Giovinco, Alessandro but Tevez had worked his magic with three taken from the ground almost every Juve record in the Matri, Mirko Vucinic and Fabio and was promptly on his way to by stretcher, but the hosts showed book. Michel Platini and Roberto Quagliarella, who have shared the Manchester United. enormous grit to claw their way Baggio also famously wore Juve’s goals evenly between them. At Old Trafford, Tevez helped back. number 10 shirt. Athletic Bilbao forward the side to two league titles, the A business-as-usual attitude Handing Tevez the ex-Italy Fernando Llorente joins Juve next 2008 Champions League and 2008 has pervaded the Wallabies camp, striker’s former shirt is a mark month. FIFA Club World Cup. with the coaching staff re-assem- of intent from Juve, who have won Matri could now be sacrificed But his relationship with man- bling another backline dripping the Serie A twice in a row with- to suitors AC Milan, who had ager Alex Ferguson soured and Newly appointed coach of French L1 football club Paris Saint-Germain with glittering talent. out a big name forward but are been tracking Tevez. he sealed a controversial move to Laurent Blanc (right) poses next to PSG’s chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi Robbie Deans may well be now targeting renewed European Earlier Tevez was whisked United’s arch-rivals Manchester of Qatar during his official presentation, at the Parc de Princes Stadium coaching for his job at Docklands glory. to Turin after hundreds of fans City in July 2009. in Paris, yesterday. Stadium, and again at Sydney Coach Antonio Conte has greeted him amid chaotic scenes REUTERS should the Wallabies survive, but remains as unfazed as ever, having long stared down the axe. “I thought the boys did incred- Blanc unfazed at not being PSG’s first choice ibly well under the circumstances (last week), particularly as it was a domino effect that went from PARIS: New Paris Saint-Germain man- Bleus eliminated at the quarter-final stage. PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi, for The Qatari also quashed rumours that there to the extent where we had ager Laurent Blanc yesterday said he The former defender, who won the World his part said he was confident that with PSG stars Ibrahimovic and Silva could be to play a forward in the backline,” was unfazed by not being the first choice Cup with France in 1998 and European Blanc as coach, the club could “continue on on their way out. he told reporters. to replace Carlo Ancelotti at the French championships in 2000, previously coached the right path towards its aim -- another “Thiago Silva and ‘Ibra’ are staying,” he “Clearly this week we’ve had league champions, as the club’s owners Bordeaux, leading them to the Ligue 1 title French league title next season”. said, following reports in Spain and Italy the benefit of some more prepa- said Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva in 2009. “(Sporting director) Leonardo has that they could head to Barcelona and ration and hopefully we’ll have a were not for sale. PSG had been linked to a number of worked well to get the new coach,” he Juventus respectively. lit bit more fluency in our game.” “Yes, the date (of the appointment) was top European managers, including Jose added, thanking in turn departing coach Juventus effectively closed the door Australia head into game two late for me but it’s not a problem not to be Mourinho, Rafael Benitez and Fabio Carlo Ancelotti. to any Ibrahimovic move by signing with history as inspiration, having the first on the list,” Blanc told reporters Capello, before Blanc was appointed ear- Blanc’s appointment coincided with an Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez yesterday. come back from a match down to during a news conference at the club’s Parc lier this week. announcement from Real Madrid that PSG have spent 250m euros on players in overhaul the Lions in 2001 and des Princes ground in Paris. “I’m happy to be here, very proud to be Ancelotti would replace Mourinho after the last two seasons but have not yet made 1989. “The most important thing is to be the coach of a club like PSG. I know what’s he left the Santiago Bernabeu for English any move on the transfer market. They will be mindful that picked at the end of the day and that’s the awaiting us. It’s an exciting but also a dif- club Chelsea. This close season, newly promoted the John Eales-captained side case,” he added. ficult challenge,” Blanc told reporters. “(Ancelotti) did good work here in the Monaco have dug deep into their pockets, dropped the opener in Brisbane Blanc, 47, has been out of a job since leav- “With the staff, we’re going to try last 18 months. I’ve got good relations notably signing Colombia forward Radamel but levelled the 2001 series at the ing his role as France coach after a disap- -- I stress ‘try’ -- to meet our goals and with him. I wish him good luck at Real,” Falcao for a reported 60m euros. same venue before closing it out pointing Euro 2012 campaign that saw Les entertain.” Al Khelaifi said. AFP in Sydney. REUTERS Federer vows I had to overcome two to ‘play for Switzerland’s Federers: Stakhovksy many more Roger Federer attends a press LONDON: Sergiy Stakhovsky I about to beat him? Is it possi- conference after years to come’ speaks five languages and reads ble?” Stakhovksy, who became an being beaten by classic Russian literature for Internet hit last month for whip- LONDON: Roger Federer Ukraine’s Sergiy fun but yesterday he mastered a ping out his mobile phone to take insisted he will play on for many Stakhovsky in greater challenge -- puncturing a photo of a controversial line call more years to come despite their second the Roger Federer legend. on the clay of the French Open, crashing out of Wimbledon in round men’s sin- The beanpole Ukrainian’s stun- has four tour titles to his name. a shock defeat that brought his gles match on ning 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 7-6 He was also 31 in the world extraordinary Grand Slam run day three of the (7/5) second round win over the three years ago. He counts the to a juddering halt. 2013 Wimbledon seven-time Wimbledon champion likes of Pete Sampras and Pat Though downbeat, the Swiss Championships was one of the greatest shocks in Rafter for the serve-and-volley legend said he would not go into tennis tourna- the history of the sport. blueprint he mastered so well on panic mode after being knocked ment at the All It was Federer’s worst Grand Centre Court on Wednesday. out by unfancied Ukrainian Sergiy England Club in Slam loss since a first round exit “Well, you can’t really keep up Stakhovsky in the second round Wimbledon, south- at the 2003 French Open and the with Roger on grass on baseline on Wednesday. west London, on defending champion’s earliest rallies. It’s just impossible, I would The world number three said Wednesday. Wimbledon defeat since a second say, especially here,” explained there was perhaps a sea change round loss in 2002. Stakhovksy. happening in tennis where lower- The Wimbledon third seed had “He feels the grass. He feels ranked players now had the belief made 36 consecutive Grand Slam the slice. He can do whatever he to mix it with the sport’s best, like quarter-final appearances, having wants with the ball. himself, Novak Djokovic, Andy not gone out of a major before the “The only tactics I have is press Murray and Rafael Nadal. last eight since the 2004 French as hard as I can on my serve and Federer’s shock 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 sudden losing early after being in don’t panic at this point, that’s “I didn’t play so much as of late. Open. For world number 116 come in as much as I can. The (7/5), 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) loss to world the quarters 36 times, people feel clear. Just go back to work and At the same time that gives me Stakhovsky, it was a first win over shorter it is, the less rhythm number 116 Stakhovsky on his it’s different. come back stronger. more flexibility with my schedule a top 10 opponent in 21 attempts. he got. I think I was successful Centre Court stomping ground “I wish it wasn’t going to end “Somewhat simple; hard to do moving forward and next year Such was the enormity of the enough that he didn’t get into the brought the curtain down on his here. But I don’t think that’s sometimes. But usually I do turn- as well. I have more options now challenge that he even resorted to returning rhythm, only some- run of 36 consecutive Grand Slam something fans are going to arounds pretty good. I’m look- than I did have one year ago when the dying art of serve and volley. where in the middle of the fourth quarter-final appearances, which mourn. ing forward to what’s to come. I I was running around trying to “When you come here, on the set did he find it.” started at Wimbledon 2004. “It’s a great number. I can be hope I can play a good end to the chase down every possible tourna- cover of the Wimbledon book is Despite shattering Federer’s At 31 years old, some are ques- proud of it. But I’m moving on.” season.” ment and every point to get back Roger Federer,” said Stakhovsky, hopes of a record eighth tioning whether Federer’s all-con- He said he would reflect on And the 17-time Grand Slam to world number one. the 27-year-old son of Kiev Wimbledon title, Stakhovsky, who quering powers are now openly the run “when I’m retired -- and champion felt he was generally “Overall I think I’ve been play- academics. goes on to face Austria’s unseeded in decline. that’s not right now.” performing well. ing actually not so bad, like some “You’re playing the guy and Jurgen Melzer for a place in the But the man himself insisted he Federer plans to use his “This is a setback, a disap- have portrayed it. Season’s not then you’re playing his legend, last 16, still praised Federer the had plenty left in the tank. unscheduled time off to recharge pointment, whatever you want to over here. Only just in the mid- which is following him because man. “I still have plans to play for and focus on the rest of the call it. But then overall I think I dle. Still have a lot of tennis left.” he won it seven times. “Our sport is Roger Federer. many more years to come,” the season. played great eight months ago at Federer said more credit was “You’re playing two of them. He’s the greatest player we had. seven-time Wimbledon winner “What do you do after some- the World Tour Finals, I played due to lower-ranked players, with When you’re beating one, you He’s the biggest name we had and said. thing like this? What do you do? great at the Australian Open,” he so much attention focused on the still have the other one who is we still have, thank God,” he said. “It’s normal that after all of a Do you do the 24-hour rule? You said. ‘big four’. AFP pressing you. You’re saying, Am AFP FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Webber to quit at end of season (see page 20)

Wimbledon results LONDON, United Kingdom: Results from Wimbledon yesterday, the fourth day of the Djokovic, Serena advance 2013 tournament (x denotes seeded player): Men’s singles Second round Top seed eases past qualifier Reynolds; Del Potro, Berdych ahead Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3, 6-1 LONDON: An air of calm Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu descended at Wimbledon on (FRA) 6-3, 5-1 - retired ‘Tranquil Thursday’ as Novak Richard Gasquet (FRA x9) bt Go Soeda Djokovic and Serena Williams (JPN) 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 avoided the trail of destruction that had decimated the field at Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt James Blake (USA) the All England Club on day 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 three of the grasscourt major. Kevin Anderson (RSA x27) bt Michal After men’s champion Roger Przysiezny (POL) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 Federer and Williams’ two clos- est rivals for the Rosewater Dish, Tomas Berdych (CZE x7) bt Daniel Brands Victoria Azarenka and Maria (GER) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-2 Sharapova, perished during a Igor Sijsling (NED) bt Milos Raonic (CAN ‘Wednesday Wipeout’, it was x17) 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) left to the world number ones to restore a semblance of normality. Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 6-1, Williams did just that by bul- 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 lying her way past Frenchwoman Kei Nishikori (JPN x12) bt Leonardo Mayer Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2 in the (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-2 second round and then summed up what a daunting task her rivals Andreas Seppi (ITA x23) bt Michael Llodra face every time they tackle her. (FRA) 7-5 - retired “I wouldn’t want to play me at Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG x8) bt Jesse 21 or 31!” quipped the 31-year-old, Levine (CAN) 6-2, 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 who is looking to draw level with Federer’s haul of 17 Grand Slam Women’s singles titles. Second Round She was declared the over- whelming favourite for the title Serena Williams (USA x1) bt before a ball had been struck Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-3, 6-2 in anger this week and, after Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) bt Alexandra Wednesday’s chaos, it seems no Cadantu (ROM) 6-4, 7-5 one will be able to topple her. At 42, Japan’s Kimiko Date- Sabine Lisicki (GER x23) bt Krumm will have nothing to Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-1 lose when she tries to snap the Serbian Novak Djokovic returns the ball in his match against American Bobby Reynolds on day four of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in Samantha Stosur (AUS x14) bt Olga American’s 33-match winning London, yesterday. RIGHT: Serena Williams of US reacts as she wins a point during her match against Caroline Garcia of France. Puchkova (RUS) 6-2, 6-2 streak in their third round clash tomorrow. Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt “I just hope I can survive for round here. “The game... is tough in a single day. Twenty four hours exit. Sprawling houses around Na recovering from a second set Peng Shuai (CHN x24) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 more than one hour,” said the and no one is entitled because later French duo Michael Llodra the All England Club grounds meltdown to beat Simona Halep Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Mathilde Japanese warrior after becoming they wear the Stars and Stripes and Paul-Henri Mathieu added that had been rented out for two 6-2, 1-6, 6-0. Johansson (FRA) 6-1, 6-3 the oldest female to reach the to win a round,” four-times major their names to Wimbledon’s weeks were abruptly vacated as “Welcome to the crazy women’s Wimbledon third round in the winner Jim Courier said. growing casualty list after retir- Rafa Nadal, Federer, Tsonga and tennis tour... she kicked my arse Madison Keys (USA) bt professional era with a 6-4, 7-5 The American men joined a ing hurt. 2002 winner Lleyton Hewitt all in the second set, but I woke up,” Mona Barthel (GER x30) 6-4, 6-2 victory over Romanian Alexandra host of others at the exit queue. They were the 11th and 12th headed home just 72 hours into grinned Li. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Barbora Cadantu. Along with Azarenka and players to pull out during a turbu- the tournament. “This has been the worst Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 7-5, 6-3 Djokovic was just nine the last Sharapova, three other former lent week at the grasscourt major. Their demise opened the way Wimbledon, with so many big time Date-Krumm reached the women’s world number ones - Despite all the drama and con- for Andy Murray to finally end stars going out. I was sad, but at Petra Martic (CRO) bt Karolina Pliskova same stage at Wimbledon and Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic troversy, Wimbledon’s new head Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s the same time I really didn’t want (CZE) 7-6 (9/7), 6-1 on Thursday the closed Centre and Jelena Jankovic - also slipped groundsman declared he was “100 champion here as the next highest to be the next one.” Roberta Vinci (ITA x11) bt Court roof allowed him to dodge and skidded out of the tourna- percent happy” with the condition seed left in the bottom half of the Eighth seed Juan Martin Del Jana Cepelova (SVK) 6-1, 4-6, 9-7 the “nuisance rain showers” that ment on Wednesday with many of the courts. draw is claycourt-loving Spaniard Potro, the only player outside the crippled the rest of the late after- of them declaring the lush green Whether it was bad luck or Nicolas Almagro at number 15. ‘Big Four’ to win a Grand Slam Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x18) bt noon programme as he completed turf “too dangerous”. there is any truth to the theory Asian hopefuls avoided the in the last eight years, eased past Maria Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) 6-0, 6-1 a 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Australian Open champion that the courts are acting up this wreckage to join Date-Krumm Canada’s Jesse Levine 6-2, 7-6(7) Klara Zakopalova (CZE x32) bt Bobby Reynolds. Azarenka and men’s sixth seed year, it is clear that the second in the third round on Thursday ,6-3, while 2010 runner up Tomas Annika Beck (GER) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 Reynold’s exit meant that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among a week of the tournament will have with 12th seed Kei Nishikori Berdych beat German Daniel for the first time since 1912 no record seven players to withdraw an unfamiliar feel after so many of downing Leonardo Mayer 7-6(5), Brands 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-2. Li Na (CHN x6) bt Simona Halep (ROM) 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 American man reached the third from a Grand Slam tournament the sport’s big guns made a hasty 6-4, 6-2 and Chinese sixth seed Li REUTERS Pietersen’s comeback washed out as New Zealand take series LONDON: Kevin Pietersen’s attempts at a re-start, with offi- England made two changes But he took no active part return to England duty saw cials seeing plans for a six-overs- from the side that lost the first Thursday and will now turn his Scoreboard him fail to take any part in a per-side match starting at 9.03pm of this two-match series by five attention to England’s Ashes England New Zealand: Hamish Rutherford, James washed-out Twenty20 match local time (2003GMT) thwarted runs at The Oval on Tuesday. four-day warm-up match against at The Oval yesterday that gave by a fresh downpour. Pietersen was included in an Essex at Chelmsford starting on M Lumb c B McCullum b McClenaghan ...... 2 Franklin, Brendon McCullum (capt), Ross Taylor, New Zealand a 1-0 series win. The no-result, in what was the England side for the first time fol- Sunday. A Hales (not out) ...... 0 Tom Latham (wkt), Colin Munro, Nathan McCul- Only two balls had been bowled, final match of their tour, gave lowing a knee injury that forced England begin the defence of Extras ...... 0 lum, Corey Anderson, Ian Butler, Roneel Hira, with England two for one, when New Zealand the two-match his early exit from the tour of the Ashes against Australia with Total (1 wkt, 0.2 overs) ...... 2 Mitchell McClenaghan rain stopped play after Michael series 1-0 after their five-run New Zealand in March. the first Test at Trent Bridge on Fall of wickets: 1-2 Result: No result (rain) Lumb was caught at second slip win at The Oval on Tuesday and The former England captain July 10. Did not bat: L Wright, K Pietersen, R Bopara, J Series: New Zealand win two-match series 1-0 by New Zealand captain Brendon followed their 2-1 one-day series was sidelined from all cricket until South Africa-born Pietersen, Buttler, B Stokes, J Tredwell, J Dernbach, B Previous Result: McCullum off left-arm quick success. making a superb unbeaten 177 for 33 yesterday, replaced stand-in Rankin, D Briggs June 25: 1st T20, The Oval: New Zealand won Mitchell McClenaghan. However, England took the Surrey in a County Championship captain Eoin Morgan, who led Bowling: McClenaghan 0.2-0-2-1 by five runs Rain prevented all further preceding Test series 2-0. match last weekend. England on Tuesday. AFP

Qatar flag hoisting ceremony at Athletes Village in Korea Orn wins at Doha Golf Club

(FROM LEFT) Chris Duffy, Chris Sharkey, Somposch Sang Orn and Phil Whyte. Orn won the June’s Air Miles Monthly Mug event, held at Doha Golf Club (DGC). The event attracted over 140 competitors on a hot and windy day’s competition in Stableford format. Noel Michael Wall Qatar team members and officials pose for a picture after the flag hoisting ceremony at the 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) 2013 in won the Flight B to win his third Air Miles Monthly Mug event of 2013, Incheon, Korea, yesterday. The Games will be held over eight days in Incheon, Korea, from June 29 to July 6, 2013. Featuring nine sports, the 4th with a score of 41 points. Flight C was won by Mike Molyneaux with AIMAG will be a high-profile test event for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon in 2014. a huge score of 46 points. The Ladies Flight was won on countback by Wendy Greenhalgh with a score of 39 points. FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 150 It rolls on a Rolls 78 Some of them are turnoffs: Abbr. 151 “I’m outta here!” 79 “We’ve waited long enough!” 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 152 Compatriot 80 Pushed (aside) 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 153 [See blurb] 81 Satisfying 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 DOWN 82 Headaches

62 63 64 65 66 67 1 Argument ender 83 Do, by all accounts 2 A, in Amiens 84 Touch 68 69 70 71 72 3 Actress Gardner 85 Keeping under glass, e.g. 73 74 4 “The original sneaker” sloganeer 86 Muslim trek 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 5 Carrier to Ben-Gurion 87 Missouri River native

86 87 88 6 Parks in a bus 89 Involuntary extension of troop 7 Neuter tours 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 8 Brie exterior 90 Pueblo vessel 99 100 101 102 103 104 9 Hold ’em declaration 91 Its winner beats the loser with a stick Yesterday’s answer 105 106 107 108 109 110 10 Less sophisticated 11 Treat in Torino 92 Lid problem 111 112 113 114 93 Bygone missile with a tribal name How to play Hyper Sudoku: 12 Repeating heart monitor sound 115 116 117 118 119 120 94 Literary paradise A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper 13 Musician Brian 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 14 Fan setting 95 Mark Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all 96 Colosseum entrance, e.g. 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 15 Rewrite history, in a way regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like 101 Blue-green 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 16 Photog’s choice a normal Sudoku. 17 Fifth-century pope 109 Go after 146 147 148 149 18 UPS drop-off site, often 116 Daily talk show beginning in 2005 150 151 152 153 19 Emilio of fashion 117 Unprincipled How to play Kakuro: 20 Hockey fake-outs The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 118 Harsh pronouncement from 32 Portable cutter a judge size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells ACROSS 72 What sgts. turn in at HQ’s 33 Italian appetizer, literally “little 121 Pub order 1 Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon, e.g. 73 Shrub used in dyeing toasts” like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 122 “Whoopee!” 8 Go canvassing, say 74 Some Nissan cars 34 All-weather resort amenity some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some 123 Happen again 12 Partner of whistles 75 Teaser on party fliers 36 Run, as an exhibit cells will contain two numbers. 124 Niño producer 17 Cop squad in “Monk”: Abbr. 76 Cherish 37 Literary duelist However, in a crossword the numbers reference 130 Nimble 21 Surround 77 Light reflector 38 Unexpressed 131 Tennis’s Arthur clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! 22 “Dies ___” 82 Diminish 39 Hush-hush powwow 132 Filtered stuff They denote the total of the digits in the row or 23 How olives may be packed 86 Show a bit of courtesy (for) 42 UV index monitor 133 Home to the sport of hurling column referenced by the number. 24 “Can’t argue there” 88 Unwrap 43 Light in a floodlight 134 P.O. box, e.g. Within each 25 Done for, finito, kaput 89 Runs (around), informally 44 Macy’s logo feature 136 Pre-C.I.A. grp. collection of cells 26 Execute perfectly 93 Nothin’ 45 One in a line at J.F.K. or 137 Capital of Zaire? 27 Auto security feature 97 Under debate La Guardia - called a run - any 138 Suffix on fruit names 28 Canal part 98 Quite a tale 47 Rules, quickly of the numbers 1 139 Exceptionally 29 Knock off 99 Bajillions 51 Country that disappeared in ’91 to 9 may be used 140 Santa ___ 30 Demander of special treatment 100 Turn away 52 How-to unit but, like sudoku, 143 Apathetic reactions 31 Suffix with exist 102 Java 53 Seinfeld vis-à-vis Kramer 144 Hit 2011 animated film each number may 32 Univ., e.g. 103 Mine blower 54 Author Tan and others 145 Place to buy tkts. only be used once. 35 Firmed up 104 Creator of Genesis 57 Noel starter 36 Course after trig 105 Surfeit Yesterday’s 40 Singer Redding 106 Secretary of state under Carter answer 41 Is for you? 107 One of TV’s Clampetts APSE HASTE AWED 42 Pull in 108 Suffix with senior LITE ERNIE COVE 46 Back on the ranch? 110 Pre-sneeze sounds OXYGENTANK CREW 47 Backwoods 111 Moolah 48 Drag wrap 112 Parting of the Pacific? HAL AS I F VERNE Sherman’s Lagoon by Jim Toomey 49 Elands, to lions 113 It may be touch-screen AREAS SUCHAP I TY 50 Muse for Whitman 114 Diamond stat CERT HUNTS 51 Sen. McCain’s alma mater 115 Hilton or Westin welcomer SORT I E DAB OVA 55 Superlative suffix 116 “Holy mackerel!” 56 “Hells Bells” band 119 Cusp THEINVISIBLEMAN 57 Some fun in the sun 120 Bajillion POD ALL LATELY 60 Petty manipulations 121 Rice pad PALMS SECT 61 Spring (from) 125 Linear, for short FELLAPART KEATS 62 Parade paths: Abbr. 126 I love, to Luis 64 W.W. II beach craft 127 Assn. SCALP AONE BOA 65 ___-Magnon 128 Funny Caroline TONE H I NDUDE I TY 66 Author R. L. ___ 129 Sticks up OLEG AS I GN ODES 67 Hot 131 Off the shore 68 Mashed, e.g. 135 Opening letters PETE TONYS NEMO 69 Dazed and confused 136 Conductor in a white turtleneck ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 71 Cornerstone abbr. 141 Burrowing arthropods FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW A visitor next to an art work depicting a tiger created in a special 3D-technique by a Chinese-Korean artist group at the exhibition ‘Du bist die HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Kunst!’ (You are the Art!) at Augustusburg Palace in Augustusburg, near Chemnitz, eastern Germany, yesterday. Visitors are invited to take pictures of themselves interacting with the art and share results on social networks. MUSCAT 38/33 Partly cloudy 40/31 Partly cloudy MAKKAH 43/29 Partly cloudy 44/29 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 46/33 Clear 46/33 Clear BAHRAIN 39/32 Clear 40/31 Clear SANAA 30/17 Partly cloudy 31/16 Partly cloudy British monarchy costs taxpayer £1m more RIYADH 42/27 Clear 43/27 Clear DUBAI 37/30 Clear 40/31 Partly cloudy LONDON: The public cost costs and a rise in royal incomes. Olympics the royal household has mid-July and the new parents are BAGHDAD 44/30 Clear 45/30 Clear of the British monarchy rose The 87-year-old monarch has achieved a real terms reduction expected to move in a few months by just under £1m last year been scaling back the gruelling in expenditure on supporting later. The £1m has been used to THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW to £33.3m ($51m) but fell in travel schedule that has kept her the queen’s official duties,” said remove asbestos and repair the real terms, palace accounts jet-setting for six decades, and is Sir Alan Reid, who as Keeper of roof of the apartment, while the HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER revealed yesterday. increasingly handing over duties the Privy Purse is head of palace cost of decorating the rooms will Diamond jubilee celebrations to younger royals. financial management. be met privately. ATHENS 32/23 Clear 33/22 Clear marking Queen Elizabeth II’s The queen’s official expendi- The accounts revealed that Meanwhile, royal travel cost WASHINGTON 32/22 Chance of storm 30/23 T-storm 60th year on the throne made the ture rose by £900,000 in 2012/13, £1m has been spent renovating the British public £4.5m in SYDNEY 16/13 Chance of storm 18/14 Rain 2012/13 financial year “challeng- when the grant was set at £31 the Kensington Palace apart- 2012/13, down from £5m a year LONDON 21/13 Chance of rain 21/11 Mostly cloudy ing”, Buckingham Palace said. million including an extra million ment which will be the London earlier. PARIS 21/14 Rain 24/11 Chance of rain But it added that the British pounds to pay for the diamond home of Prince William and his The queen and her husband, ISTANBUL 26/21 Clear 26/21 Clear taxpayer was paying £3m less for jubilee. An additional £2.3m was wife Catherine once their baby 92-year-old Prince Philip, toured MANILA 34/26 Chance of storm 32/25 Mostly cloudy the monarchy than five years ago drawn from reserves. is born. Britain to mark the jubilee while DHAKA 33/26 Chance of storm 33/26 Chance of storm once the figures were adjusted “In the year of the queen’s The baby, who will be third in other royals travelled the globe. DELHI 34/25 T-storm 36/26 Chance of storm for inflation, due to falling travel diamond jubilee and the London line to the throne, is expected in AFP ISLAMABAD 33/25 Chance of storm 34/25 Partly cloudy PayPal launches currency Japan’s Ryukyu glass for intergalactic travellers SAN FRANCISCO: shows. Astronauts living in the Earthbound financial trans- International Space Station still actions service PayPal on late have bills to pay, even if they are Wednesday launched a quest for just buying digital books or music an intergalactic currency, say- for whiling away time in orbit, growing in popularity ing it is time to figure out what Marcus reasoned. space travellers will use as cash. “I think that if we are in fact “The time has now come for us successful at finding ways to work TOKYO: Ryukyu glass, with its colourful to start planning for the future; a and play in space, we’re going to simplicity, is coveted around the country, future where we aren’t just talk- want to be there too; you and me,” not just in Okinawa Prefecture where it ing about global payments,” said said Tarter, whose real-life work originated. PayPal president David Marcus. inspired Jodie Foster’s character Masaki Enomoto, store manager of Tokyo- “We are expanding our vision off in the 1997 film ‘Contact.’ based Ryukyu Glass Awaniko, said: “The earth into space.” “Inevitably, it’s going to need colourful tones and air bubbles in the glass PayPal Galactic Initiative was some kind of monetary currency.” represent a beauty that occurs by chance. formally unveiled yesterday at Operations such as Virgin Craftspeople put their whole feeling into the SETI Institute campus in the Galactic and Space X have put each product. This is why each piece has Silicon Valley city of Mountain the prospect of space tourism on individuality.” View, with attendees famed alien the near horizon, and when tour- Born in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, the seeker Jill Tarter and former US ists leave Earth they will need 25-year-old Enomoto has been manager of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. traveling money, according to the store since 2010. The store, which sells The initiative, headed by PayPal, PayPal. to individuals and restaurants through the aims to bring together parties with A Space Hotel is proposed to Internet, also provides items used in TV shows roles to play in the commercializa- be circling the planet in about and films. tion of space to explore a frame- three years, raising the prospect Ryukyu glass is generally made using the work for a financial system that of porters to tip and room service glassblowing technique in which melted glass spans galaxies. to pay for. “As we start planning to is rolled at the tip of a hollow iron rod, and “From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Battlestar inhabit other planets, the practi- then molded when the craftsperson blows into Galactica,’ they all have currency cal realities of life still need to be the glass through the rod. Ryukyu glass plates. and they all gloss over the fact addressed,” Marcus said. “We will The production of Ryukyu glass began after that it works,” PayPal senior still need a way to pay for life’s World War II when local people made glass- director of communications Anuj necessities, back here and out work after melting Coca-Cola and soft-drink Nayar said, referring to hit sci- there, though exactly how we’ll do bottles discarded by US troops. ence fiction films and television that isn’t currently clear.” AFP As the colour of a bottle is reflected in the product, the finished piece could be rainbow-hued. “Due to impurities, such as bottle labels, Genome of horse that lived 700,000 minute air bubbles appeared in the glass. That made the glasswork popular,” Enomoto said. years ago sequenced in study New glass is used most of the time nowa- days, with colouring agents added to make OTTAWA: The genome of fragment after an organism’s them more attractive. Baking soda is used to A decorative piece of Ryukyu glass. a horse that lived 700,000 death, the researchers said. produce air bubbles. years ago in Canada’s Yukon The group made its discovery by “When the weather becomes hot, serving Territory suggests the com- matching the genetic material cool green tea in a Ryukyu glass cup is the people who want something special,” Enomoto mon ancestor for modern of the horse found in Canada thing to do,” Enomoto said. said. But what has attracted most attention Black-based Ryukyu glass cups have been horses, zebras, and donkeys against DNA sequenced from One of the most popular products is a bar- recently is a black-based glass made by some produced mainly for exhibits, but now are being dates to 4 million years ago. a horse that lived 43,000 years rel-shaped glass for drinking liquor on the producers. sold for practical purposes. The DNA discovered from ago; a Przewalski horse, thought rocks. The glass is about 8cm tall and about Ryukyu Glass Awaniko offers black glass the ancient horse is 10 times as to be the last wild horse; five 8cm in diameter. Besides red, blue, light blue, with the surface painted with other colors Meanwhile, there is a move to recycle cullet, old as any DNA retrieved so far, modern domesticated breeds; green and purple, Ryukyu glass products can and designs. So far, this kind of glass has been broken or refuse glass, to make Ryukyu glass suggesting it may be possible to and a donkey. be found in black. mainly for exhibit, but craftspeople are now products. Ryukyu Glass Awaniko processes it get genetic information from The finding also means that “Okinawa presents an image of the sea and producing it for practical purposes. in such a way so it does not present a danger animals that lived as long as 1 DNA pieces retrieved from old summer. So, blue and sky blue are popular,” “It has a sense of depth and looks modern. to customers. million years ago, according to samples may also have infor- Enomoto said. This offers a sense of coolness, As it is preferred by men, it’s the perfect gift The store sells two kinds of cullet glass — a study released Wednesday in mation about how the current which is needed when it gets hot. for them on special days,” Enomoto said. one about one centimetre in size and the other the journal Nature. world evolved, the study authors Red offers a good deal of presence and However, one drawback is that Ryukyu glass about 2cm to 3cm. It is very decorative when The finding is remarkable wrote. The DNA was partly reminds us of the sun in tropical countries. cannot be placed in a microwave oven and scattered in aquariums and other water tanks. because DNA, the heredi- preserved by the cold environ- Since creating red glass needs a special heat pouring extremely hot water into a glass is not It also is used as a material for mosaic paint- tary material in almost all ment, the authors wrote. treatment, it takes longer to form the colour. advisable. “Wash it gently by hand and treat ings or processed into accessories. organisms, generally starts to WP-BLOOMBERG “It costs a little more, but it is popular among it with care,” Enomoto said. WP-BLOOMBERG