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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Experts differ on media freedom in GCC at Manama forum DOHA: Judging from differing different GCC states presented on It is being attended by a large said was an avalanche of false and freedom of others. Current the Arab world in the use of viewpoints presented on media media freedom at today’s forum, number of media professionals, misleading information spread trends in the Arab world show social media. Citing the example freedom by speakers from the that not all member-states share experts and educationists, aside by vested interests through the that the social media was being of Bahrain, he said between April GCC countries at a forum being a similar view on the issue,” said from officials from the six GCC social media. used to incite sectarian passions and June of this year social media held in Manama, it became Dr Ahmed Abul Malik. states. “Unleashing wrong and mis- and ideological extremism, he users in Bahrain alone had risen evident yesterday that not all Malik, a renowned Qatari The event assumes significance leading information and propa- said. to one million (half the country’s member-states have a uniform author and journalist, moderated since it is being organized in the ganda against a state can have The national security begins population). stand on the issue. a key panel discussion on media wake of the role of social media in dangerous implications for its with people’s security, he said, Another official from a GCC While speakers from some freedom and the issue of national Arab Spring and fast-spreading future,” she cautioned, implying justifying the need to rein in the state, Isa Abdul Rahman, told GCC states spoke strongly in security in the GCC states at a use of social media in the GCC the need for legislations to rein media with legislations. the forum that some 10.8 million favour of a free media, those from forum in Manama. states. in the media. “Social media by itself doesn’t people tweeted daily in the Arab other countries toed the official The two-day conference being Interestingly, Samira Rajab, Backing her up, a senior threaten national security. It is world and 47 percent of them line and called for reining in the held on the sidelines of the 21s Bahrain’s information minis- interior ministry official from important to see who is using it were from Saudi Arabia’s capital media over security concerns. meeting of GCC information min- ter, while opening the forum, Bahrain, Colonel Mohamed bin and for what purpose,” said Al city of Riyadh alone. “It was quite clear, based on isters kicked off in the Bahraini defended the right of a state to Dina, said media freedom didn’t Dina. THE PENINSULA the viewpoints speakers from capital yesterday. “protect itself” against what she mean it can infringe upon the The GCC countries are leading Continued on page 7

Technical checks Human rights for old cars only in Industrial Area body rubbishes DOHA: All old vehicles — 2000 model or older — seeking renewal of road permit will now have to undergo the manda- tory technical check up at the abuse claims main inspection centre in the Industrial Area. The Traffic Department has issued a circular to all the inspec- No truth in Guardian report: Official tion centres in this regard, Al Sharq reported yesterday. DOHA: The Chairman of Earlier vehicle owners were Qatar’s National Human Rights allowed to do the annual check- Committee (NHRC) yester- up at any of the authorised cen- day denied claims by London’s tres. The satellite centres are Guardian newspaper that Qatar located in Al Wakra, Abu Hamour was treating Nepalese con- and Al Khor. struction workers like ‘slaves’. The reason cited for the deci- Ali bin Samikh Al Marri said sion is that the satellite centres the allegations, made last week, do not have the required facili- were totally erroneous. ties to conduct elaborate inspec- “There is no slavery or forced tions, especially facilities for a labour in Qatar,” he said at a press proper closer probe of the vehicle conference. from beneath. This can endanger “The information that The Visitors receive guidance at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington yesterday. The Smithsonian safety, especially in the case of Guardian reported is false and museums will close today if a deal is not struck by lawmakers. old vehicles. The new decision is the numbers cited by them are expected to reduce the pressure exaggerated.” on the satellite centres, while the The Guardian report last Industrial Area facility will now Thursday said dozens of Nepalese Chairman of the Qatar National see more vehicles. workers have died while working Human Rights Committee Ali US govt shutdown looms All the technical inspection in Qatar in recent weeks, raising bin Samikh Al Marri at a news centres are run by Woqod, which concerns about the Gulf state’s conference in Doha yesterday. WASHINGTON: With a shut- compromise from feuding clans of path forward yet. If the dead- a few years ago took over the erst- preparations to host the World down of the US government lawmakers, arguing instead over line expires without a deal the while Qatar Technical Inspection Cup soccer in 2022. largest group of labourers in hours away, Republicans and who takes the blame for the first failure will have a global impact. Company. Woqod is in the proc- Quoting documents obtained Qatar after the Indians -- faced Democrats blamed each other shutdown in 17 years. Oil prices slid and European and ess of establishing more inspec- by the Nepalese embassy in Doha, exploitation and abuses amount- Monday for a stand-off that House Speaker John Boehner Asian shares fell, amid fears for tion centres at some major petrol the Guardian said thousands of ing to “modern-day slavery”. has left hundreds of thousands took to the floor to defend the world’s largest economy. stations. THE PENINSULA Nepalese -- at 370,000 the second Marri admitted there had been of government workers on the Republican legislation that would And, at a local level, as the some problems but added he and brink of being sent home. defund Obama’s signature health Washington day began staff at the government were doing their Lawmakers in the bitterly care law — a non starter for federal agencies were warned Turkey lifts ban Nepal envoy utmost to put these right. divided Congress had until mid- Democratic-led Senate. that their children would not be “There have been some prob- night (0400 GMT) to pass a stop- “This law is not ready for able to attend government day- on headscarves denies reports lems, owing to the fact that there gap budget measure, but there prime time. The House has done care centres today. The National are 44,000 businesses in the coun- was no sign of a breakthrough. its work,” Boehner said. Zoo announced that it would ANKARA: Turkey’s prime try,” he said. President Barack Obama has “Senate decided not to work close, and its popular livefeed of minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan about abuse “But I can assure you that the warned a freeze in non-essential yesterday. Well my goodness, if the first weeks of life of its baby yesterday announced key politi- DOHA: The outgoing authorities are constantly making federal spending could have cat- there’s such an emergency, where panda would go offline. cal reforms, including lifting a Nepalese Ambassador, Dr efforts to resolve the problems.” astrophic effects on the shaky are they?” Some members of the Congress ban on Islamic headscarves and Maya Kumari Sharma, yes- Narinra Bad, the coordinator economic recovery, and cost thou- The Republican leadership tried to put a brave face on the strengthening Kurdish rights. terday refuted media reports of the Nepalese community in the sands of jobs. gathered in Boehner’s office, impasse with 15 hours left to The moves come as critics that she had described Qatar Middle East, was also present at But Congressional leaders but one congressman leaving thrash out an improbable com- accuse Erdogan of Islamising the as an ‘open jail’ for workers or yesterday’s press conference and have been unable to wrangle a the meeting said there was no promise. AFP staunchly secular country. AFP spoken to journalists from the he too disputed the figures the Guardian newspaper and the Guardian gave. BBC. “A total of 151 Nepalese citi- The reports are fabricated, zens have died in Qatar this year Sharma told local journalists including 15 at their workplace,” at her residence in the West he said, adding the rest had died Bay area in Doha. However, either in car accidents or of nat- MERS guidelines cause confusion in schools she admitted that she had met ural causes. “In 2012, Nepalese a group of Nepalese journalists deaths in Qatar numbered 276, DOHA: A set of unusual guidelines issued local Arabic daily yesterday. The guidelines Talking to this daily yesterday, several six months ago but maintained including 55, that is 20 percent, by the health authorities to Independent have surprised many, since the Supreme citizens have pointed out that the guidelines that the meeting was unofficial. at their workplace,” AFP quoted schools related to the coronavirus — Council of Health (SCH) has not reported could cause panic among the community. She claimed that the Nepalese Bad as saying. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome any new case of MERS in Qatar, nor advised “The authorities did not issue such instruc- journalists had a “political Meanwhile, the NHRC has (MERS) — has caused confusion among any special precautionary measures. tions even during the H1N1 break out. If this agenda” against her, recorded decided to set up an office exclu- the academic community. Contacted yesterday, an expert at the SCH is the case in Qatar, what precautions will the conversation without her sively for the Nepalese commu- The directives are part of an awareness said that the directives were issued by the have to be taken in Saudi Arabia during Haj,” knowledge and misquoted her in nity to receive complaints from its campaign launched among students about Primary Healthcare Corporation (PHCC) in wondered a citizen. their reports. “I didn’t give any members for redress, said chair- the illness that caused the death of three collaboration with the Supreme Education Besides general guidelines related to interview to the Guardian or the man Ali bin Samikh Al Marri. Qataris. A total of five people in Qatar — all Council (SEC). hygiene, the schools have been asked to BBC. They approached me, and “No slavery and no forced citizens — have been infected with the virus The issue was raised by some participants prepare a special room to isolate suspected I discouraged any interview, but labour in implementing FIFA 2022 until now. at a popular radio programme on Qatar TV, cases, equipped with all the required medi- they collected information from projects,” he said adding that the The schools have been asked to cancel the Watanee Al Habeeb - Sabah Al Khair (Good cal facilities. my embassy and wrote against NHRC had forwarded the death morning assembly and restrict movement of morning Qatar) yesterday. Door handles should be cleaned with the embassy and me,” said figures as reported by Guardian students from one class to another. A participant expressed surprise particu- detergents and liquids to wash hands should Sharma. THE PENINSULA and the BBC to the Qatari gov- They have even been instructed to keep larly over the instruction to maintain two be made available at toilets and corridors, as Continued on page 7 ernment for verification. a minimum of two metres distance between meters distance between the students in a per the guidelines, reported the daily. THE PENINSULA students in a class room, as reported by a class room, which, she said was impractical. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir appoints High rents force ambassadors DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh many engineering Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued yesterday Emiri deci- sions appointing ambassadors to four nations. Abdullah Nasser Abdullah firms to close Al Hemaidi (Tunisia), Hamad Ali Jabir Al Henzab (Kuwait), Khamis Butti Rashid Al Sahouti Local market becomes more competitive (Dominican Republic) and Faris Roumi Mohamed Shaheen Al DOHA: Rising office rentals Nuaimi (the UAE) are the new and competition from foreign envoys. The decisions will be pub- rivals have forced many Qatari lished in the official gazette. engineering consultancies to close shop, says the head of the Envoy to Macedonia local association of engineers. Ahmad Jassem Al Jolo (pic- presents credentials tured) said yesterday that esca- lating rentals of office space and SKOPJE: The President of the general price rise were putting Macedonia Georgy Ivanov immense pressure on Qatari engi- has received the credentials neering consultancy firms. of Hassan bin Abdullah Al On top of it the fact that these Mahmoud as Ambassador to firms must compete with their the republic. During the meet- foreign rivals is forcing many of ing, the Qatari envoy conveyed them to close operations. the greetings of the Emir H H “A lot of foreign engineering Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al consultancies are entering Qatar The government, according to Thani to the president. due to a string of development Al Jolo who heads Qatar Society of projects being launched for the Engineers, should provide active Qatar to participate 2022 FIFA event, making the support to local consultancies. “If local market highly competitive,” nothing, they could be provided in GCC meeting said Al Jolo. with affordable office space.” The combined impact of ris- Media reports, meanwhile, said DOHA: Qatar will take part ing prices and competition is too there are only 80 Qatari engineer- in the 19th meeting of the GCC much for some local consultancies ing consultancies at present. Ministers of Culture to be held to bear. To ensure that their number in Manama tomorrow. The Al Jolo praised the role being rises, a new law enforced in 2011 Minister of Culture, Arts and played by the Central Municipal allows any Qatari (whether an Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Council (CMC) in highlighting engineer or not) to set up an engi- Abdulaziz Al Kuwari will head the plight of local engineering neering consultancy. Qatar’s delegation. consultancies. THE PENINSULA QNA

Barwa Avenue connected to high-speed broadband

DOHA: Qatar National width services, including voice, The fibre network will also Broadband Network (Qnbn) data, and mobile backhaul, to present new opportunities in announced that Barwa residential and business cus- developing new applications, serv- Commercial Avenue is now con- tomers. This success comes ices and content. Consumers on nected to its high-speed fibre after the launch of services in the home network can benefit optic broadband infrastructure, Barwa city earlier last year. from faster downloads for gam- paving the way for operators to With the new network infra- ing, entertainment, e-learning, offer broadband communication structure in place, the Commercial high definition video and real-time services. The new infrastruc- Avenue premises will enjoy effi- communications facilities. ture will deliver high-band- cient and effective communication. THE PENINSULA

TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME HMC to help patients with urological disorders

DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation will soon start a new service to help elderly patients with urological disor- ders who need to change cath- eters frequently, said officials yesterday. A group of experts will visit elderly patients at their home on a weekly basis and change cath- eters for their convenience. Nearly 40 patients will benefit from the initiative by the HMC and the Association of Hamad bin Jassim Charity. An agreement was signed at the Hamad bin Khalifa Officials from the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the Association of Hamad bin Jassim Charity during the press conference. ABDUL BASIT Medical City between the HMC and the charity. “Patients usually need to spend over five hours to are old. With this new service Department at the HMC. male and female nurses,” he added. with QR75,000 by the charity. Saud Ishaq Ahmed Idriss, Member of come to the hospital every other we will visit homes and serve “Small units of experts will visit The project is likely to be Ahmed Fayad, Cooperate Director, Board of Directors at the charity week in an ambulance and get the patients,” said Dr Khalid Al houses. Teams visiting will keep extended with other services, Social Services, at the HMC, were also present at a press con- the catheters changed, it makes Jaalham, Consultant, Urology, the privacy of the house and the although details were not revealed. Ibrahim Al Sayed Mahmoud, Head ference to announce the service. them tired as majority of them and Assistant Head of Urology patient. Therefore, we will have It is part of services supported of IT Department at the charity, THE PENINSULA Cardiac diseases on the rise Heart Hospital treated 10,500 patients last year DOHA: Cardiac diseases are yesterday on the occasion of found to have worse complica- some of the major risk factors alarmingly on the rise in Qatar, World Heart Day. tions than their male counter- leading to heart diseases. with the Heart Hospital at the Surprisingly, about 30 per parts,” said Gehani. Children have also become Hamad Medical Corporation cent of Qatari patients who According to the World Heart increasingly vulnerable to (HMC) seeing as many as underwent angiogram at the Federation, cardiovascular dis- heart diseases due to the same 10,500 patients last year. Heart Hospital were women. eases cause about 17.3 million reasons. The figure sheds light on life- Women with diabetes are prone deaths each year. To reduce the risk of heart style and unhealthy eating hab- to more severe heart problems This year women and chil- diseases, the federation is urg- its of the people in Qatar, the than diabetic men. dren are the focus of World ing people to make simple HMC said yesterday. “At the Heart Hospital we Heart Day. The theme has changes to their lifestyle, such “In the past two years the target specific groups, espe- been designed to promote as increasing physical activity, number of admissions for heart cially young children, women healthier and more conscious eating a healthy diet of fresh attacks and heart failures has and pregnant women with heart lifestyle choices for the whole fruits and vegetables, quitting been on the increase, with about diseases. family. smoking and visiting a health- 4,000 patients seen every year. “Findings show that these Contrary to popular belief, care professional to determine “Alarmingly, these are not groups have not been paid men and women are affected blood pressure, cholesterol inclusive of the patients we see as much attention due to an by cardiovascular diseases, with level, weight and body mass at the outpatient department or assumption that they are not worldwide statistics indicating index. those who come for re-check- as vulnerable to heart problems that one in every three women This information is funda- ups,” Dr A A Gehani, Chairman as men. is diagnosed with heart disease. mental to developing a healthy of Cardiology at the Heart “However, women are not Lack of physical activity, lifestyle, said the HMC. Hospital, said in a statement only at a high risk but also unhealthy diet and smoking are THE PENINSULA New treatment at HMC for tooth disorder

DOHA: The Department of Dentistry at the Hamad Medical Corporation has introduced a new treat- ment for patients with tooth disorder. A tailor-made transpar- ent alternative brace being used in Europe and the US has been introduced in Qatar and 50 people are using it. The Invisalign treatment con- sists of a series of nearly invisible, removable aligners that change every two weeks for the next set of aligners. Each aligner is individually manufactured for the person’s teeth. As replacement, aligner teeth will move — little by little, Dr Henno Rainer (left), Senior Consultant, the Department of Dentistry at week by week — until they have HMC, and Dr Abdul Mueen Ali Ahmed Al Qahtani, Orthodontist Consultant straightened to the final position at HMC, during a press conference yesterday. ABDUL BASIT prescribed by the dental practi- tioner. However, the new treat- ment would cost same as the steal a press conference at the Hamad braces fixed at all ages at the braces and take similar time to Medical City yesterday. HMC and about 2,000 people are align the teeth, say experts. He has supported to introduce on treatment. “Is a very easy and comfortable the Invisalign treatment in Qatar. “We get more women coming method of treatment,” Dr Henno It has also been introduced in for braces, and some at the age of Rainer, Senior Consultant- private hospitals. 60 years,” said Dr Rainer. Chairman at the department, told More female patients get THE PENINSULA HOME TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

The US Ambassador Susan L Ziadeh (right) and other officials at the workshop. Qatar and US to fight gender-based violence DOHA: Qatar and the US are reminder of the need to con- the UN, the International working together to combat tinue fighting for peace, justice Criminal Court, and other inter- all forms of gender-based vio- and accountability.” national institutions with the lence around the world, the US The training programme jurisdiction to carry out such Ambassador Susan L Ziadeh was a collaborative project of investigations. has said. UN Women, Justice Rapid THE PENINSULA “The US, Qatar, and key inter- Response and the national partners have once again Institute for come together here in Doha to International address a pressing global issue. Criminal “The US and Qatar share Investigations an unyielding commitment to with the goal of combating all forms of gender- increasing the based violence around the world, pool of experts in order to uphold the princi- that can be rap- ples embodied in the Universal idly deployed to Declaration of Human Rights,” lead and partic- Ziadeh told a training workshop ipate in inves- on investigating cases of sexual tigations into and gender-based violence as conflict-related international crimes which con- gender-based cluded on Sunday. crimes. Stephen J Rapp, the Participants Ambassador-at-Large for War hail from Crimes Issues, also addressed the around the closing session of the workshop world, and upon organised by the Rule of Law and successful com- Anti-corruption Center in Doha. pletion of train- Contemporary experiences of ing they will the Central African Republic, become part of a the Democratic Republic of the roster of inves- Congo and Syria continue to dem- tigators avail- onstrate the heartbreaking bru- able for rapid tality of war for men, women and deployment children, Rapp said. upon request “These conflicts are a stark by governments, TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Majority of clerics lack preaching skills Stereotyping the entire West not good: Canadian scholar

BY AZMAT HAROON some Muslims who criticise Western countries, and then seek to live there. DOHA: The concept of preaching Islam, or “What are Muslims doing? They are stereotyp- Da’wa, among a majority of Muslim clerics in ing an entire community the way we accuse them the GCC states is limited to handing out cop- of stereotyping us. A lot of Westerns are good just ies of the Quran when, in fact, they should try like a lot of Muslims are good. to influence policies that affect Muslims at large, “That’s why I don’t bash them. Governments have argues Canadian scholar good policies and bad poli- Mohammed Robert Heft. cies. Canada, for instance, He said that although is my tribe and there are Da’wa groups mean well, millions of Canadians who they need to change the support justice regardless scale and reach of their of religion.” work. Speaking on the issue “The way people do of discussing politics in Da’wa here needs to Friday sermons, Heft change. We need to change said that the purpose of the minds of people who the Khutba (sermon) is to An exhibition held as part of the 9th Annual HSE Forum in Energy, at the Grand Hyatt Doha. run the world, because the inspire the congregation. way Western world looks What people hear in the at us, comes to affect us sermon should manifest here,” Heft, who was in in their day-to-day lives. Doha recently, told The “If you use politics to HSE Energy Forum opens Peninsula. incite people emotionally Heft embraced Islam in when their Iman (faith) DOHA: Under the patronage HSE Manager of QP, stressed the An exhibition was inaugurated 1998 and runs the Paradise is not in line, they get of the Minister of Energy and importance of promoting owner- on the sidelines of the forum and Forever (P4E) support caught up in the news. Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin ship of HSE as a shared corporate features over 20 companies. group for new Muslims. It becomes destructive Saleh Al Sada, Qatar Petroleum value. The QP stand is primarily He also works with sev- because we end up divid- is highlighting its commitment “Experience has shown us that showcasing the corporation’s HSE eral government and com- ing people in a congrega- in addressing health, safety visionary companies that succeed programmes and activities, while munity counter-terrorism tion and not helping a and environmental issues with for decades are guided by core the RLESC stand is presenting initiatives in Canada. His common man move his its strong presence at the 9th ideologies that include a sense of its range of training programmes group has a de-radical- life forward in a practi- Annual HSE Forum on Energy, purpose beyond making money. related to safety and emergency isation programme for cal way.” which opened yesterday at the “It is thus essential for HSE preparedness. misguided youth, some of He said seven years Grand Hyatt Doha. to be integrated in an organisa- Today, Rana Labban Mhanna, whom look for a cause and ago, many people in the The three-day event is sup- tion’s shared values, established Head of HSE Health and identity in religion to jus- GCC began calling him a ported by QP, and Ras Laffan attitudes, expertise and behav- Healthcare at QP, will present a tify violence. Canadian scholar Mohammed Robert Heft. CIA agent as he was an Emergency and Safety College iour. Management plays a key paper on ‘Pandemic Planning in Heft, who is serving as ‘easy target’. (RLESC) is the silver sponsor. role as the provider of the com- Qatar’s Oil and Gas Sector’, while a bail-surety of one of the “I’m finally getting to Organised by Fleming pany’s values and visions in the Dr Luay Ramzi Badran, Lead alleged terrorists, said his work with the Royal the point where Gulf leaders are seeing the value of Gulf Conferences, the theme HSE area. It is important that Medical Officer at QP’s Medical Canadian Mounted Police, the federal and national my work. I teach others on how to build relationships of the event is ‘Reflective the management conveys these Services Department, will give police force in Canada, has affected policies of the with our government agencies. Prime ministers will Practise: Promoting Collective in a well-considered manner, a presentation on ‘Workplace government regarding Muslims in a positive way. come and go, but I’ve infiltrated the institutions in Responsibility’. and that they are observed in Mental Health: Building a On the issue of stereotyping the entire West as a positive way,” he added. In his keynote address, Dr the company’s day-to-day opera- Healthy Workplace’. ‘evil’, he said there is a level of hypocrisy among THE PENINSULA Ali Hamed Al Mulla, Corporate tions,” he said. THE PENINSULA Katara, Omani Opera discuss ties OXY funds 500 students as part of Injaz programme DOHA: An Omani Royal Opera delegation has visited Katara to open new avenues of coop- DOHA: Injaz Qatar has formed These skills are key to the Injaz eration and exchange cultural an investment partnership with Qatar’s mission to prepare the information and programmes. Occidental Petroleum of Qatar youth to become successful busi- Dr Khalid Al Sulaiti, the Ltd (Oxy Qatar) to sponsor the ness leaders and entrepreneurs in General Manager of the Cultural ‘More than Money’ programme. a global economy. Village Foundation (Katara), ‘More than Money’ is a finan- “We are extremely grateful to received in his office Cristiana cial literacy programme targeting Oxy for their support this year. As Schibelman, the Director 500 students aged 11 to 15 years at a result of this generous funding of Omani Royal Opera, and Independent primary and middle we will be able to reach out to a Mansour Al Ghanbusi, the head schools in Qatar for the 2013-2014 new generation of students and of Administrative and Financial academic year. help them develop their finan- Affairs at the opera. “Oxy Qatar is proud to spon- cial literacy skills,” said Aysha Al Dr Al Sulaiti said the Opera sor the programme. We are com- Mudahka, Executive Director of House is a unique foundation in mitted to promoting economic Injaz Qatar. Oman and Katara is eager to growth and self-sufficiency in the The program encompasses eco- communicate and build strong regions and communities where nomics and business curriculum relations to organise common we operate. Our support for Injaz for students in middle grades. events to enrich the cultural field Qatar, which promotes educa- It focuses on social studies con- in the GCC. tion and business knowledge to tent with a focus on mathematics, “The policy of Katara is to students for the benefit of their reading, and writing skills. make such relations with all future careers, exemplifies this Students are encouraged to countries and build strong bridges commitment, and we are thrilled use innovative thinking to learn of cultural exchange. Katara and to be involved,” said Stephen Kelly, money-management skills that the opera agreed on the common President and General Manager support positive attitudes as they points of cultural exchange,” he of Oxy Qatar. explore and enhance their career said. With about 26-week classes, the aspirations. Dr Sulaiti said Katara will Dr Khalid Al Sulaiti (second left), General Manager of Katara, with the Omani Royal Opera delegation. programme is designed to equip Injaz Qatar facilitates links make a quantum leap in its young people with entrepreneur- between private businesses and performance, vision and pro- the GCC and the Middle East by strong future for Qatar’s culture marketing and advertising cam- ship, work readiness and financial educational institutions, allowing grammes by starting a new focusing on supporting the cul- to present international, regional paigns in the GCC to cooperate literacy skills. employees from different part- phase to work towards building ture and arts to revive heritage and Arab events.” with their cultural foundations It focuses on earning, spend- ner companies to teach the Injaz new sponsorships and cooperat- and consolidate national identity. Schibelman said she was because most of visitors of the ing, sharing and saving money Qatar curricula at middle and ing with international cultural “We would like to be open to happy over cooperation with the opera house are from these coun- and businesses students can start secondary schools and universi- foundations to enrich the cul- other cultures and achieve cul- Cultural Village Foundation. tries,” she said. or jobs they can perform to earn ties in Qatar. tural field in Qatar, the rest of tural development to establish a “The opera is focusing on THE PENINSULA money. THE PENINSULA Lecture highlights ethical issues in organ donation

DOHA: The role of ethics in materials. She is a member of the and becoming self-sufficient in of the Organ Donation and medicine, with a focus on organ Declaration of Istanbul Custodian terms of organ transplanta- Transplant Center (Hiba), said donation was the topic of a spe- Group, which is concerned with tion,” she added. the Doha Donation Accord takes cial lecture hosted recently by international organ trafficking Dr Martin praised the vision its ethical framework from the Hamad Medical Corporation and “transplant tourism”. and commitment of Qatar’s lead- Qatari leadership’s vision of (HMC). “It (ethics) helps us prevent ership and HMC for working “health for all”. Dr Dominique Martin, Lecturer harm, promote health and pro- towards this goal. “We believe in honouring in Health Ethics at the University tect vulnerable groups,” she said The Doha Donation Accord donors and their families and of Melbourne, Australia, deliv- in the lecture. was established in September giving them respect and dignity ered the lecture for HMC staff, “The same applies to clini- 2010 and is a framework based and maintaining fairness in highlighting the need for ethics cal research to ensure human on Qatari laws, World Health allocation of organs among all in medical practice, key princi- rights and dignity are always Organisation’s Guiding Principles in Qatar. ples of medical ethics and ethical respected. and the Declaration of Istanbul on “Listening to case studies from practices in organ donation. “In areas such as organ organ trafficking and transplant around the world deepens our She is involved in research donation, strong ethical guide- tourism. understanding of the high level of into the ethics of international lines need to be implemented Qatar provides donation and progress and ethical standards we travel for medical care (known as and every nation should take transplant services to all, regard- achieve in Qatar regarding organ medical tourism) and the ethical responsibility for ethically ful- less of citizenship, race or religion. donation,” said Dr Fadhil. Dr Dominique Martin, Lecturer in Health Ethics at the University of issues of selling human biological filling the needs of its people Dr Riadh Fadhil, Director THE PENINSULA Melbourne, Australia, delivering the lecture. TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 HOME / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Tighten curbs if Iran defies West: Israel Obama tells Netanyahu all options remain on table

WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime would not ease sanctions prema- Iran’s decade-old nuclear stand- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turely and reaffirmed US readi- off with the West. urged US President Barack ness to resort to military action if Netanyahu signalled Israeli Obama yesterday to step up all else fails. acquiescence to Obama’s outreach sanctions on Iran if it pursues Netanyahu was hosted at the to Iran but appeared to demand its disputed nuclear drive while White House just three days after that Tehran offer immediate negotiating with the West. Obama and newly-elected Iranian concessions by suspending sensi- Seeking to ease Israeli concerns President Hassan Rouhani spoke tive nuclear projects or else face about US diplomatic engagement by telephone in the highest-level greater international pressure. with Iran, Obama said Tehran contact between the countries in “It is Israel’s firm belief that must prove its sincerity with more than three decades. The call if Iran continues to advance its actions, insisted that Washington fuelled hopes for a resolution of nuclear programme during nego- tiations, the sanctions should be strengthened,” Netanyahu said as Israeli court remands alleged Iran spy he sat side by side with Obama. PETAH TIKVA: Israel yesterday remanded in custody for eight Obama said he was enter- days an alleged Iranian spy, arrested on September 11 carrying ing negotiations with Iran “very US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White photographs of the US embassy in Tel Aviv. clear-eyed” and was ready to test House yesterday. News of his arrest was made public on Sunday. Rouhani’s overtures. But he said: In his first public appearance Ali Mansouri, 58, was silent and “Anything we do will require the motionless as he sat in handcuffs, wearing a brown prison uniform. highest standards of verification in Though Obama and Netanyahu in Washington over ending dec- resist Israeli pressure for a pre- He had not yet been charged. order for us to provide the sort of have had strained relations in the ades of estrangement between the cise time limit for diplomacy to The decision to lift a gag order on the arrest was made at “a high sanctions relief that I think they past, they appeared relatively United States and Iran. produce an agreement. level,” Israeli media quoted a police representative as telling the are looking for.” comfortable with one another in Netanyahu wants the Obama Despite any differences magistrates court in Petah Tikvah, near Tel Aviv. He stopped short, however, of their latest Oval Office encoun- administration to demand specific behind closed doors, Obama and Top-selling Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot was suspicious of the agreeing to Netanyahu’s new call ter. Each followed the other’s steps by Iran, including shutting Netanyahu sought publicly to timing, suggesting the announcement of the arrest deliberately for stepped-up sanctions if Iran words carefully as they spoke down its uranium enrichment and stress common ground on the coincided with Netanyahu’s US trip, where he intends to counter continues work on nuclear weapons. in turn and they occasionally plutonium projects and shipping Iran issue. the conciliatory rhetoric of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani. Even as Netanyahu called for exchanged smiles. out their fissile material. “I appreciate deeply that you “Israel is trying to embarrass the Iranians in response to the suc- a “credible military threat” to Before the White House talks, The Obama administration has have made clear that you remain cessful public relations campaign that Rouhani conducted in the US pressure Iran to comply, Obama a Netanyahu aide said he did been vague on what concessions committed to this goal (of pre- in the past week,” Yediot’s defence commentator Alex Fishman wrote. insisted: “We take no options off not care that he was perceived it wants from Iran, and a source venting Iran from getting nuclear AFP the table,” using a phrase seen as as “spoiling the party,” refer- close to the White House said the weapons),” Netanyahu said. code for military action. ring to the optimism stirred up president had been expected to REUTERS

Citizens, CMC members demand Change to traffic diversion on Dukhan Highway DOHA: The Public Works Dukhan-bound traffic for approx- Sheehaniya Interchange. Authority, Ashghal, has imately a kilometre immediately Ashghal has appealed to all road announced two minor changes west of Al Wajba interchange. users to abide by the speed limit crackdown on runaway workers to traffic diversions on Dukhan The revised diversion will last of 80km per hour on this diversion DOHA: Citizens and mem- and to send part of the money community, said Hamad Lahdan Highway between the inter- for 12 months to allow construc- and to obey traffic instructions and bers of the Central Municipal to their families back home. Al Muhannadi, a CMC member. changes at Al Wajba and Al tion work to be undertaken as signboards. Speed cameras will be Council (CMC) have asked the The law should be strict in People sheltering runaway Sheehaniya. The changes, to part of Ashghal’s plan to improve in operation over this section of the authorities to crack down on dealing with runaway house- workers and housemaids should be implemented from tomor- the Dukhan highway between Al traffic diversion. runaway workers and domes- maids and they should be be dealt with severely and pun- row, cover the re-alignment of Rayyan Stadium Roundabout and THE PENINSULA tic helps, who they say are a deported after serving a jail ished, he said. There are some “threat to social security.” term for the crimes they com- companies that help workers They demanded raids on the mit, the members said. run away from their sponsors by hideouts of runaway workers and The rising price of recruiting a offering them attractive salaries more inspection drives to round housemaid also makes some peo- and perks, said Al Muhannadi. Trying to rein in social media futile, say journalists them up. ple hire runaway domestic helps, He also proposed installing Referring to a case of theft which is illegal. Some people also CCTV cameras in public places Continued from page 1 he said. is a weapon in the hands of the in Ain Khalid recently, the Vice hire runaway housemaids on an such as commercial streets “So there is indeed the need for Jaber Al Harami, editor-in-chief authorities and some others. They Chairman of CMC, Jasem Al hourly basis to save money on and shopping malls to catch legislation to regulate the social of Qatar’s Al Sharq newspaper, also are using it to control the flow of Maliki, said such incidents were recruiting them, said Al Maliki. criminals. media and protect national secu- pooh-poohed the idea of legally information”. “alarming”. The Industrial Area was iden- Meanwhile, one Qatari argued rity,” he said. controlling social media. “Try it, Some speakers, seemingly “As CMC members, we have tified as a hub of runaway work- that the phenomena of runaway But journalist-speakers rub- you will not succeed,” he hinted. annoyed by the idea of linking to warn against such an incident ers since it is quite close to Ain housemaids and workers could bished the idea of reining in social The UAE’s prominent scribe, media freedom to national secu- before it becomes a widespread Khalid, and the proximity makes be resolved by improving their media with the help of law and said Mohamed Al Hammadi, said too rity, questioned the very concept phenomenon. The Ministry of it an easy target for criminal living and working conditions. such efforts would prove futile. much concern for national secu- of national security. Interior and other authorities activities. “A foundation should be set Saudi columnist Saleh Al Shahi rity meant that journalists in the “Is it the security of a state or should be on guard round the Sponsors should lodge com- up to sponsor and accommo- said the vast majority of social region were working under tre- of an authority or security of indi- clock to curb such practices,” plaints against runaway workers date housemaids and provide media users in the GCC were the mendous pressure. viduals? What is national security? he said. and housemaids so that they can all necessary facilities to them,” youth. “So whatever the interior Saudi Arabia’s Jamal Khashoggi, We must have a clear definition of Runaway workers resort to be arrested by the police before said Khalis Khamis Al Ibrahim. ministries do to keep checks on a journalist known for his bold- the term,” said a speaker. crimes like theft for survival they become a threat to the THE PENINSULA them would prove a waste of time,” ness, minced no words: “The media THE PENINSULA

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Continued from page 1 “A group of Nepalese journalists had asked for permis- sion to come and meet me, but I told them not to come, I told them that there is no permission from the Qatar News Agency, but I don’t know how they came. “They asked me for an interview, but I refused, then they left and came back after eight days — a woman and a man. This happened six months ago.” Sharma said her conversation with the journalists was edited to misquote her. “They kept the camera without my knowledge… They were talking to me casually but they were recording the conversation. They asked if Qatar was an open jail. Then I said yes but this is in your language (words) but in my words it’s Khafala, the legal system here, we should respect the Qatari law… However, after the word ‘but’ they cut (edited the conversation).” Sharma admitted she had been recalled by the Nepalese government due to the controversial media reports and said she would leave Doha on Sunday. Around 400,000 Nepalese workers are in Qatar, mostly employed in the construction sector. Asked if the controversy about Nepalese workers would stop more workers from Nepal coming here, Sharma, after a pause, said: “No, I don’t think the Nepalese government will make such a decision.” However, she claimed that Nepalese workers here faced several problems, and said, “189 have died, a majority of them due to cardiovascular arrest, and 16 committed sui- cide last year, and it’s a serious issue”. She said the issue had been taken up with H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. “When I went to Wajba Palace for Eid, I spoke about the problems with Her Highness Sheikha Moza. I told her that so many Nepalese workers had died due to climatic conditions and workers cannot explain themselves to doc- tors as they cannot speak Arabic. Sheikha Moza listened to me seriously and asked me to come to her office, but I couldn’t meet her as she was busy with foreign visits,” said Sharma. The ambassador stressed that relations between Qatar and Nepal were strong and Qatar had been providing a large number of opportunities for Nepalese workers. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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MONG the numerous corruption scandals dotting the dark horizon of India’s poor governance is the fodder scam. Maverick politician Lalu Prasad has finally been Aconvicted in the scam that had got attached to his name like the famous one-liners and repartees that made him Scientific dissent in democracy immensely popular and a mass entertainer of sorts. A court in the eastern state of Jharkhand found Lalu and 44 others guilty of illegally withdrawing millions of rupees from the Animal should not be surprising Husbandry Department in the early 1990s. The case traversed the labyrinthine alleys of the burdened but much-vaunted judicial system of the country till fading public BY GEORGE MONBIOT science becomes irrelevant. Note that by his counterparts in Canada. There, memory started giving way to courtroom ennui. the conflicts between science and policy scientists with government grants Along the way, Lalu’s rivals cried themselves hoarse amid t’s as clear and chilling a state- are caused by scientists, rather than by working on any issue that could affect allegations that he may get away with the offence unpunished. ment of intent as you’re likely politicians ignoring or abusing the evi- industrial interests — tar sands, climate Numerous protests in Bihar, the state to which Lalu belongs, to read. Scientists should be dence. Or by chief scientific advisers. change, mining, sewage, salmon farms, epitomised the sarcasm, which is the trademark of the wily “the voice of reason, rather than In an online question and answer ses- water trading — are forbidden to speak dissent, in the public arena”. sion hosted by his department, Professor freely to the public. They are shadowed politician. In a protest rally, cattle were paraded with placards IVladimir Putin? Kim Jong-un? No, Boyd maintained that 50pc of tuber- by government minders and, when around their necks that said: “Lalu ate up our fodder.” Professor Ian Boyd, chief scientific culosis infections among cattle herds they must present their findings, given The verdict against Lalu will go a long way in buttressing the adviser at the UK’s Department for are caused by badgers. He repeated the scripts to memorise and recite. Dozens credibility of the judicial system in a country, which has seen a Environment. claim in an official document called of turbulent research programmes and raging debate over judicial activism and where parliamentary Boyd’s doctrine is a neat distilla- Science to Inform TB Policy. But as the institutes have either been cut to the supremacy and judicial review seem to run into each other. tion of policy in Britain, Canada and analyst Jamie McMillan points out, the bone or closed altogether. Australia. These governments have sup- figure has been sexed up from inade- In Australia, the new government has After the conviction, all eyes are on the sentencing by the pressed or misrepresented inconvenient quate data. Like the 45-minute claim in chosen not to appoint a science minis- court on Thursday. The folksy temperament of Lalu, however, findings on climate change, pollution, the Iraq debate, it is “spurious, simple to ter. Tony Abbott, who once described rides above everything else. Though the leader, who comes from pesticides, fisheries and wildlife. They take on board, and crucial in convincing man-made climate change as “abso- an underprivileged background have shut down programmes that pro- parliament”. lute crap”, has already shut down the — codified in the Indian system duce unwelcome findings and sought to The badger cull as a whole defies the government’s climate commission and muzzle scientists. findings of the £49m study the previous climate change authority. But at least Rhetoric and of affirmative action as OBC or This is a modern government commissioned. It has been Australians are fighting back: the cli- the popularity it other backward classes —his legion version of Soviet thoroughly dissected by the leading sci- mate commission has been reconvened sometimes brings of supporters and fans straddle Lysenkoism: entists in the field, which might explain as an NGO, funded by donations. In the deep social stratification crushing aca- why Boyd is so keen to shut them up. It’s Britain we allowed the government cannot hide the characteristic of Indian society. Note that the demic dissent on one of many ways in which his depart- to shut down the Royal Commission During his political career, Lalu conflicts between behalf of bad sci- ment has binned the evidence in set- on Environmental Pollution and the lack of integrity ence and corpo- ting its policies. On Sunday, Boyd’s boss, Sustainable Development Commission acquired the infamous reputation of and disregard for science and rate power. Environment Minister Owen Paterson, with scarcely a groan of protest. putting self before everything else. policy are caused Writing in told the Tory party conference not to David Cameron’s government claimed rules in public life. The former Bihar chief minister’s an online jour- worry about global warming. “I think that the tiny savings it made were nonchalant gait hides a confidence by scientists, nal, Boyd argued we should just accept that the climate required to reduce the deficit. Yet some- that is a cross between hubris rather than that if scientists has been changing for centuries.” A few how it manages to fund a lavish range of and arrogance. Asked by a foreign journalist once during his speak freely, they weeks ago on Any Questions, he managed planet-wrecking programmes. The lat- by politicians create conflict to repeat 10 discredited claims about cli- est is the Centre for Doctoral Training better days, if an election he was going to contest would be his ignoring or between them- mate change in one short contribution. in Oil and Gas, just launched by the Waterloo, Lalu said: “There’s no Waterloo, only Lalu”. selves and policy- His department repeatedly misrepre- Natural Environment Research Council. Probably his undoing has been a lack of integrity and an all- abusing the makers, leading sents science to appease industrial lob- Its aim is “to support the oil and gas defiant attitude. He hoisted his illiterate wife to the Bihar chief evidence. Or by to a “chronically byists. It claimed that its field trials of sector” by providing “focused training” minister’s chair when he was sent to jail in the fodder scam. Lalu deep-seated mis- neonicotinoid pesticides on bees showed in fracking, in exploiting tar deposits, chief scientific trust of scientists that “effects on bees do not occur under and in searching for oil in polar regions. is known for his political machinations and his desperation to advisers. that can under- normal circumstances”. Hopelessly con- In other words, it is subsidising fossil draw votes on caste and communal lines has been dubbed the mine the delicate taminated, the study was in fact worth- fuel companies while promoting climate MY (Muslim-Yadav) factor by the Indian press. foundation upon less, which is why it was not submitted change. How many people believe this is As the then federal railway minister, Lalu was credited with which science builds relevance”. This, to a peer-reviewed journal. a good use of public money? turning around the sick behemoth. However, analysts and experts in turn, “could set back the cause of Similar distortions surround the To be reasonable, when a government dispute this. Many US business schools including Wharton, science in government”. So they should department’s refusal to establish mean- is manipulating and misrepresenting avoid “suggesting that policies are either ingful marine reserves, its attempt to scientific findings, is to dissent. To be Harvard and Stanford invited Lalu for lectures during his tenure right or wrong”. If they must speak out, cull buzzards on behalf of pheasant reasonable, when it is helping to destroy as the railways minister, lending an aura of sophistication to they should do so through “embedded shoots, and its determination to allow human life and the natural world, is to his otherwise rustic personality. The rabble-rouser always has advisers, and by being the voice of rea- farmers to start dredging streams again, dissent. As Julien Benda argued in La his shock of white hair shaped over his forehead, as a protest at son, rather than dissent, in the public turning them into featureless gutters. Trahison des Clercs, democracy and civi- what he claims were ‘upper caste’ people who never let him comb arena”. There’s one consolation: Boyd, in his lisation depend on intellectuals resisting during childhood. But now the rabble-rouser faces jail and would Shut up, speak through me, don’t dis- efforts to establish a tinpot dictatorship, conformity and power. sent — or your behaviour will ensure that has not yet achieved the control enjoyed GUARDIAN NEWS have a hard time keeping his hair unruffled behind bars • The other side Quote of Manmohan’s time up? the day OR INDIAN Prime Minister Singh-led government on Friday, when the Congress, even his cabinet col- form of the National Advisory Council, Manmohan Singh, the only he rightly described the ordinance on leagues – most of who openly defy packed with unelected members nomi- sensible and dignified thing to convicted lawmakers as “complete him, allies in the United Progressive nated by Sonia, which has forced it to Fdo after the public humiliation nonsense” which deserved to be Alliance (UPA) government and much introduce prohibitively expensive social of his government by none other than “torn up and thrown away”, however, of the Indian electorate. welfare measures that have only pro- We take no options Rahul Gandhi, the uncrowned king of places the prime minister in an unen- He may have been the darling of vided new opportunities for the political the Congress, would be to drive over viable position. The unelected Singh the Indian middle-class in his ava- class to siphon off funds. His govern- off the table, to the presidential palace on his return has virtually lost the confidence of the tar as finance minister under former ment and senior cabinet ministers have to India from the US and hand in his only ‘constituency’ – the Gandhi family prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao in been taunted and criticised by mem- including military resignation. comprising Sonia and son Rahul – that the 1990s, but the bureaucrat-turned- bers of his own party such as Digvijay And perhaps call for early general has propped him in power for the past reluctant politician has alienated most Singh, seen to be close to the Gandhis. options, in terms of elections. But considering the enor- nine years. of his admirers, thanks to his inability With Rahul’s public outburst against making sure that we mous appetite that he has for swal- The fact is that the Indian prime min- to take a firm stand on virtually any him, it is time now for the once-eminent lowing his pride and the humiliation ister (who is a member of the upper issue. economist to salvage whatever little is do not have nuclear heaped on him, Singh is unlikely to house of parliament, not directly elected Singh’s premiership has been left of his reputation and make a digni- weapons in Iran. take that step. by the people to the lower house) does marked by constant tensions and fied exit. Barack Obama Gandhi’s outburst against the not enjoy the confidence of his party, conflicts with a ‘super cabinet’ in the Khaleej Times US President TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 US, Iran face major stumbling blocks Any breakthrough will depend on the restrictions Iran would accept on its nuclear programme.

BY DAVID ROHDE In his speech to the UN on Tuesday, President Barack Obama signalled that historic phone call on Friday he may be willing to compromise. “We between the presidents respect the right of the Iranian peo- of the US and Iran could ple to access peaceful nuclear energy,” mark the end of 34 years Obama said. Watch for signs of a compro- of enmity. Or it could be mise where Washington accepts limited Aanother missed opportunity. In the weeks enrichment inside Iran in exchange for ahead, clear signs will emerge whether a comprehensive inspections. diplomatic breakthrough is possible. Here If not, the talks will quickly unravel. are several key areas that could determine success or failure: REGIME CHANGE Obama must win support from ENRICHMENT IN IRAN? Congress for striking a nuclear deal with Throughout his New York “charm Tehran. Under any agreement, Iran will offensive,” Iranian President Hassan expect American sanctions to ease, which Rowhani made one demand clear: Tehran would require a vote in Congress. will rebuff any agreement that does not Sceptics argue that the Iran’s theocratic allow it to enrich some uranium. regime cannot be trusted under any cir- As my longtime friend, and former cumstance and Washington’s goal should colleague, Scott Peterson noted in the be regime change. The economic sanctions Christian Science Monitor, Rowhani has that have proved so devastating to Iran’s Iranian President Hassan Rowhani (left) and his US counterpart Barack Obama. insisted that the Iranians will not budge economy, they argue, should remain in on this issue. place until its government collapses. “There’s nothing we seek to hide,” In his speech, Obama disagreed. “We weapons, Iranian advisers and Hezbollah SPEED substantive proposal in private. Any Rowhani said at a meeting with American are not seeking regime change,” he said. fighters has been working. If the Iranians For Rowhani, and to a lesser extent, breakthrough will depend on the restric- media editors, according to Peterson. Can Obama convince most members of refuse to part ways with Assad, the Obama, speed if of the essence. Both lead- tions Iran would accept on its nuclear “Forty countries are doing enrichment. Congress to support a deal? Obama administration may be less will- ers face stiff challenges from their right programme — none of which emerged We want nothing less, nothing more.” ing to compromise on enrichment. on any potential nuclear deal. Iranian in Rowhani’s New York public-relations Analysts argue that if Rowhani agreed ASSAD Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blitz. Sadjadpour, the Iran expert, said to no enrichment inside Iran, it would be American officials are clearly seek- A FALSE START IN GENEVA said in New York that Iran was interested major concessions could win limited domestic political suicide for him. The ing Iran’s help with easing President On October 15, the “P5+1 — the five in reaching an agreement — and imple- Israeli support. country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Bashar Al Assad out of power in Syria. permanent UN Security Council mem- menting it — within one year. Rowhani “If Obama can negotiate a deal in Khamenei, and Rowhani himself, have Washington is probably not asking for bers (US, Russia, Britain, France, China) and Obama must produce a credible deal which Iran has meaningfully capped its repeatedly vowed that Iran will not dis- much — most likely Iranian support for plus Germany — are again set to meet within six to nine months. If not, both production and stockpile of enriched ura- mantle its entire programme. an Assad-less, Allawite-dominated tran- with Iranian officials in Geneva. The fact leaders can expect to be accused of capit- nium,” Sadjadpour said, “as well as agreed “Zero enrichment is not a viable end- sitional government that will look much that Iran quickly agreed to the logistics ulation by their critics. to far greater transparency — still a big game,” said Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran like the current regime. As jihadists gain of this next round of talks was unusual. if — I suspect the Israelis will reluctantly expert at the Carnegie Endowment for strength in the Syrian opposition, the US In the past, determining the time and ISRAEL acquiesce.” International Peace. Israeli officials have has less interest in the collapse of the location has itself taken weeks. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Watch closely. Those “ifs” will be long demanded that Iran permanently Syrian government and army. Rowhani said on Friday that Iran would Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Obama answered in the weeks ahead. Then halt all uranium enrichment. They warn But Assad’s continued military present a plan in Geneva to resolve the in Washington. Rowhani’s New York trip — and phone that enriching uranium for civilian uses strength would also suggest that Iran has decade-long nuclear dispute. If more vague Any shift in Netanyahu’s deeply scep- conversation with Obama — will emerge creates an opportunity for illicit weap- little incentive to compromise on Syria. proposals and delaying tactics emerge, tical comments about Rowhani could as either historic or empty. ons-grade enrichment. Tehran’s policy of supplying Assad with expect momentum to slow radically. be a sign that Iran is offering a more REUTERS Conservatism that Tories can’t fathom Syria: The strategy Conservatism with a has backfired small ‘c’ has always BY ALASTAIR CROOKE hat a curious turn of events: from the very brink of a been ingrained in our military intervention in Syria that might have precipi- tated a wider regional conflagration, we have moved to politics, spanning left Wone of those rare “points of inflection” over Iran which seems fecund with potential possibilities, including a solution in Syria. Of course, such tipping points can tip either toward new solutions, or and right. into a new phase of conflict. Why should the possibility of US talks with Iran hold out such BY JOHN HARRIS potential? It is because an earlier such point of inflection over Iran, a decade ago, tipped toward conflict, into the “axis of evil” versus the month or so ago, when the public’s western-backed “moderates”. It was the fierce push-back by Iran, Syria, opposition to any intervention in Hezbollah and (at that time) Hamas against this attempt to impose a Syria was revealed, the stock expla- “hegemony of moderation” across the region, that caused regime change Anation of their views was pretty in Syria to become such a priority for the Sunni monarchies of the Gulf. simple — boiling down to Iraq, the unhinged After the 2006 Lebanon war, Saudi Arabia took further fright at the premiership of Tony Blair, and people’s instinc- mounting popularity of Iran and Hezbollah within its own Sunni streets. tive understanding of what is now known as Revolutionary Islam seemed to be gaining the upper hand. And — finally, “overstretch”. the straw that broke the camel’s back for the Gulf states: the outbreak But something else was in the air: a very of Arab upheaval of 2011, with its evident disdain for established author- British kind of scepticism, coupled with an ity. Gulf states decided to do whatever it takes to halt Iran and the instinctive belief that other nations’ wars are British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. new currents of thinking. Their very survival, it seemed, hinged on it. usually best left alone, and a general sense of Overthrowing President Bashar Al Assad became the explicit cornerstone people turning inward in pursuit of a quiet of this strategy of confronting Iran. life. A conservative position, in other words, at international markets became equated with can convincingly talk conservative on penal But this Gulf containment strategy of igniting a Sunni “intifada” which a certain kind of metropolitan commen- outsourced jobs. The “open” view that states policy and some aspects of so-called welfare, against Shia influence seems to have collapsed, as the Gulf monarchs tator huffed and puffed, while others such as should regularly intervene abroad was mani- as well as hyperventilating about immigration. absorb the significance of Barack Obama’s U-turn on Syria, and the Paddy Ashdown pompously despaired of their fested in the tragic grind of Afghanistan and Indeed, we can expect the inevitable noises off opening to Iran. What made it so traumatic was that not just Obama own country, which is never the best look. the disaster in Iraq. Within all this was some- about such themes this week, as evidenced by but the US system itself had buckled (public and Congress together). They should get used to it, because this thing remarkable: New Labour reinventing word from Cameron over the weekend about It represented rather a strategic lurch. President Assad would stay, is where a large swath of public opinion has the left’s internationalism as military bellig- a new immigration bill due this year that will and Iran would not be dismantled but emerge strengthened. arrived. Conservatism with a small “c” has erence and blank support for the demands supposedly hack through migrants’ “some- We have seen much sabre-rattling from Gulf leaders as a conse- always been ingrained in our politics, spanning of global capital, which are obviously rather thing for nothing” rights to any public service quence. They threaten to stand steadfast to the cause — in spite of both left and right — but it is starting to feel different things. you care to think of. US “weakness” — determined to remake the Middle East in their like its values may yet define the future. The Ergo the rise of Ukip, and public sentiment But too many modern Tories’ conservatism authoritarian image. But this is evidently fanciful (in spite of their shift is bound up not just with the wreckage that blurs into antipathy towards supposed is dissonant, for some key reasons. First — possibly pyrrhic victory in Egypt). What is emerging (just as it did of “liberal interventionism”, but something welfare scroungers, the non-debate about the and here, picture George Osborne, who is not three decades ago in Afghanistan) from their firing-up of Sunni Islam, even more deep-rooted which, outside London, niqab, and so on. This profoundly conservative actually a small-c conservative at all — most is extremism rather than moderation — and inter-Sunni strife. runs rampant: post-crash, a palpable sense of turn in the country has been brewing for at of them are brimming with neoliberal zeal, and The Gulf strategy in Syria is also in tatters: its aspirations are not people having had a bellyful of globalisation, least a decade. Some recognition of what was for all their thin approximations of patriotism, succeeding in the field, and — paradoxically — it seems that the immi- open markets, and much more besides. afoot was there in the “faith, family and flag” have a tin ear for issues that go from politics nent prospect of US military intervention in Syria created a schism When expressed, such sentiments are often politics explored in the early days of “Blue and economics into questions of national iden- within the Syrian opposition. So apprehensive were the jihadist groups reduced to gripes about immigration and the Labour”. There’s a whiff of it in Ed Miliband’s tity, culture and people’s feelings for where that they would be the prime object of US attacks — as a prelude to the EU. But precious few in the media and politi- attempts to mould a new kind of left populism, they live (which is why they think nothing west setting up the Free Syria Army as a copy of the Sunni awakening cal class seem to even want to understand shorn of the new conservatism’s tendency to of selling off the Royal Mail and are in love councils in Iraq — that several days of bloody inter-factional fighting what’s going on. Easier, obviously, to think of nastiness, but conscious of the fact that a with the quasi-Stalinist white elephant that among the opposition ensued. Its perverse outcome has been a further the world beyond the M25 as stuffed with bit- politics built on Blair’s famous rejoicing that is HS2). Second, on foreign policy, Cameron radicalisation of Syria’s jihadist groups, so that 13 of the most powerful, ter Little Englanders newly in love with Nigel “new, new, everything is new” no longer works. is a Blairite, who underestimates how much led by Al Nusra Front, now flatly reject the western-backed opposition Farage, raising union flags in their garden and Modern Labour politics, in fact, is streaked we now mistrust callow politicians stomping group’s leadership, and have committed instead to Shariah. Who now listening to Vera Lynn, rather than a country with something very different. The squeezed around the world stage. can be said to represent the opposition? that seems to be in a quiet state of ferment. middle is surely a modern synonym for the Third, the only conservative songs he and In the Gulf, anger and resentment at this turn of events is to be What has happened, in fact, is blindingly petit bourgeoisie, the wellspring of conserv- his allies can sing are the nasty ones. Funny, expected, but how far realistically can these monarchs step out of the obvious. In the days when politicians of all par- atism down the ages; last week’s revival of isn’t it, how with the “big society” having long western orbit, to which they are tied in so many ways? Ultimately this ties were crowing on about the demise of left- the British jobs for British workers trope in breathed its last, they have so little to say point of inflection offers the chance to undo that earlier tip towards right politics and a new dichotomy between Labour’s policy on apprentices spoke volumes. about such quintessential conservative themes conflict. Iran is already signalling its readiness to help Saudi Arabia “open” and “closed” views of the world, few But where is the Conservative party? It as family and locality? Certainly, if they think make the necessary transition, as the latest appointment of Rear noticed that the “open” credo was not doing meets in Manchester this week, where it the moronic wheeze of a married couple’s tax Admiral Ali Shamkhani — well known to King Abdullah for his earlier millions of people many favours. For too many, has no city councillors, knowing that across break is meant to highlight some overlooked mediation — as national security adviser clearly signals. In undoing the free movement of labour meant stagnating post-industrial Britain, it is underperform- understanding of the fabric of people’s lives, the axis of evil and moderation, a political solution in Syria becomes or declining wages and the doctor’s waiting ing. Its leading figures seem aware of where they are surely mistaken — it looks cheap, in possible. room suddenly being full to bursting. Open non-metropolitan public opinion is going, and every respect. THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Rowhani-Obama Turkey pushes call criticised by Iran Guards chief TEHRAN: The commander peace process of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said yesterday that President Hasan Rowhani should have refused to take last week’s his- toric telephone call from US with reforms counterpart Barack Obama. It was the first public criti- cism by a senior Iranian official Restrictions on headscarves to go of Friday’s landmark first contact between leaders of the two coun- ANKARA: Turkey yester- with the words: “I am a Turk”. tries since the rupture of diplo- day announced reforms seen In a major policy speech, matic relations in the aftermath as designed to salvage a peace Erdogan said parliament would of the 1979 Islamic revolution. process with Kurdish insur- debate whether to reduce the “The president took a firm gents, including changes to the threshold for a political party to and appropriate position dur- electoral system, broadening of enter parliament to five percent ing his stay” in New York for the language rights and permission of the national vote, or even elimi- United Nations General Assembly, for villages to use their original nate the barrier completely, and General Mohammad Ali Jafari Kurdish names. introduce a “narrowing” of the said in an interview with the The pro-Kurdish Peace and current constituency system. Tasnimnews.com website. Democracy Party (BDP) said the The current 10 percent thresh- “But just as he refused to proposals, presented by Prime old, among the highest in the meet Obama, he should also have Minister Tayyip Erdogan, were world, has kept pro-Kurdish Kurdish people watch a major policy speech by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on television in refused to speak with him on the not enough to satisfy Kurdish groupings outside of parliament telephone and should have waited Diyarbakir yesterday. militants who this month halted and has been one of the main for concrete action by the United their withdrawal from Turkish grievances of Turkey’s Kurds States.” territory. who make up around a fifth of the our tranquillity,” Erdogan said. fee-paying institutions. She reiter- country’s economic weaknesses. “If we see errors being made by The Kurdistan Workers Party country’s 76 million population. While Erdogan reiterated that ated the BDP’s demand to elimi- The issue has also heightened officials, the revolutionary forces (PKK) insurgency has tarnished Erdogan said his “democrati- the proposed reforms are not nate the vote threshold, saying tension between religious and will issue the necessary warnings,” Turkey’s human rights record sation package” would also allow directly linked with efforts to end lowering of the barrier would not secular elites, one of the major said Jafari. and crippled the economy in the for education in languages other the 29-year conflict with the out- justly represent the votes. fault lines in Turkish public life. He said Washington should mainly Kurdish southeast of the than Turkish at non-state schools, lawed PKK, the changes are largely Erdogan also proposed reforms Erdogan has already eased the ban respond to the goodwill shown by country. More than 40,000 people another long-held demand by viewed as an effort to advance the to restrictions on the Islamic on headscarves at universities and Rowhani in New York by “lifting have been killed in fighting since Kurdish politicians. flagging peace process. headscarf, saying women employ- religious schools, drawing criti- all sanctions against the Iranian 1984. “Today our country, our nation, But BDP co-chairwoman ees would be allowed to cover cism from secularists who see the nation, releasing Iranian assets Other reforms include allow- is experiencing an historic Gultan Kisanak said the measures their heads at state institutions government pushing an Islamic frozen in the United States, end- ing election campaigns to be con- moment. It is passing through still fell short. “The democratisa- except in the military and secu- agenda. ing its hostility towards Iran ducted in languages other than a very important stage. We are tion package does not meet our rity services, and for judges and Erdogan said the state would and accepting Iran’s nuclear Turkish and decriminalising the taking important steps to make expectations,” she told reporters. prosecutors. return land belonging to Mor programme.” use of Kurdish letters not found Turkey even greater,” Erdogan “The package does not have the The regulation on headscarves Gabriel, the world’s oldest Syriac The commander of the Guards in the Turkish alphabet. told a specially convened news capacity to overcome blockages in dates back to the early days of monastery in southeastern Turkey. air wing General Amir-Ali All primary school students conference in Ankara. the peace process.” the Turkish Republic and has Some 20,000 Syriac Christians live Hadjizadeh told the corps’ own in state schools will now also no “Our people’s greatest wish Kisanak criticised Erdogan’s kept many women from joining in Turkey, mostly in Istanbul, hav- sepahnews.com website that “US longer have to recite a deeply is to strengthen our domestic proposed reform on mother the public workforce. Relatively ing fled their ancient homeland for hostility can’t be forgotten with a nationalistic vow at the start peace, further our social cohe- tongue instruction in schools as low female employment in economic and security reasons. phone call and a smile”. of each week, which begins sion and solidarity, and fortify this would only apply to private Turkey is regarded as one of the REUTERS AFP Gunmen kill soldier, three policemen in Sinai Car bombs kill

CAIRO: Gunmen killed three shows what appears to be footage policemen and a soldier in Court upholds jail term for ex-PM of security forces firing on Mursi Egypt’s Sinai region yester- supporters. 54 in Baghdad day, security sources said, and CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday upheld a one-year prison The video then shows what it Islamist militants released a sentence against former Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, who says was the attack on Colonel BAGHDAD: Car bombs killed scene, where bits of molten metal video of an earlier drive-by headed the government of deposed President Mohammed Mursi. Komi on August 14, the day secu- at least 54 people in mostly Shia lay among wrecked cars. shooting of an army colonel, Kandil was sentenced in April, before Mursi’s July 3 downfall, for rity forces crushed pro-Mursi Muslim areas of Baghdad yester- “The (security situation) will highlighting growing security failing to implement a court ruling to nationalise a textile company protest camps in Cairo, killing day as suspected Sunni Muslim get worse because Al Qaeda and risks to the government. sold off by the administration of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Judge hundreds of people. militants pursued a campaign to its allies will increase their attacks Violent disorder has gripped Khaled Hassan said the prison sentence must now be carried out. A man with an assault rifle is plunge Iraq back into sectarian against both sects to incite peo- the Sinai Peninsula since the Mursi appointed Kandil in July 2012, after the Muslim Brotherhood filmed aiming from a car window strife. ple and force them to respond,” army overthrew elected President politician won Egypt’s first freely contested presidential election. and shooting at another vehicle Altogether 14 bombs shook said a senior security official who Mohammed Mursi, an Islamist, The sentence against Kandil related to a 2011 court ruling driving on a desert road. Baghdad, the deadliest of them in declined to be named. in July. demanding the government repurchase textile company Tanta Flax “Targeting the criminal apos- Sadr City, where a white car blew So far Shia militias, most of In the latest bloodshed, gun- and Oils from a Saudi Arabian investor who bought it in 2005. tates and liquidating them,” a up near where men had gathered which disarmed in recent years men killed two policemen as they Officials in the Kandil government had said renationalising state caption reads. to seek work, killing seven people, and joined the reconstituted secu- ate breakfast outside a police enterprises was not straightforward and the company had been A picture of the uniformed including two soldiers. rity forces or entered the political station in the city of El Arish in broken up since it was sold to the foreign investor. officer flashes on the screen next “The driver said he would move process, have largely held their North Sinai. A police officer out REUTERS to the car seen in the drive-by the car soon, but it exploded fire, but attacks in recent weeks walking elsewhere in the city shooting, a back window pocked a few minutes later,” said Abu suggest that some are retaliating. was fatally shot in the head and targeting an armoured personnel Ibrahim said in a speech yester- with bullet holes and blood run- Mohammed, a worker at the REUTERS chest. Gunmen also killed a civil- carrier stopped at a checkpoint day that the police were capable ning down the driver’s door after ian in the nearby town of Sheikh killed a soldier in El Arish, the of “repelling thuggery and ter- what appears to have been a well- Zuwaid. state news agency reported. rorism”, the state news agency planned assault. The security sources also con- Almost daily attacks by Al MENA reported. The video says Al Nusra firmed that gunmen had killed a Qaeda-inspired militants in the Sinai militants have published Battalion is a unit of “Al Firqan colonel, identified as Mohamed Al Sinai have killed more than 100 online footage of some of their Brigade”, a militant group that Yemen army retakes Komi, on August 14 on a desert members of the security forces attacks. took responsibility for an attack highway near the Suez Canal city since Mursi’s ouster, the army In a video posted on a jihadi this month on a container ship in of Ismailia. spokesman said on September 15. website yesterday, a group call- the Suez Canal. Later yesterday, gunmen Interior Minister Mohamed ing itself “Al Nusra Battalion” REUTERS base seized by militants

ADEN: Yemeni special forces said a number of militants were retook an army base and freed arrested, including some who had Tunisia trial several hostages hours after Al been wounded during the clashes. Kuwait warns Qaeda militants disguised as The Islamist militants began security personnel seized the their attack by blowing up a stateless residents site in southeast Yemen, killing car laden with explosives near at least four soldiers, a military the base’s gate, Saba state news over protests official said yesterday. agency said. Dozens of militants had “They caused confusion because KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s inte- stormed the headquarters of the soldiers at the base thought they rior ministry yesterday warned army’s Second Division in the city were being attacked by members stateless residents against dem- of Al Mukalla and captured some of the Central Security appara- onstrating to mark the inter- military personnel. At least nine tus,” the official told Reuters ear- national day of non-violence soldiers were wounded, the offi- lier on Monday. tomorrow, warning it will deal cial said. He said special forces person- firmly with protesters. “The anti-terrorism special nel had been flown from Sanaa to Online activists have been urg- forces clashed with Al Qaeda Mukalla ahead of the operation to ing stateless residents of the oil- militants and killed a number retake the base. rich Gulf state, known locally as of them,” the official said. He REUTERS bidoons, to demonstrate peace- fully to renew their demands for Kuwaiti citizenship and basic rights like education and healthcare. The ministry “will deal firmly, Berbers shut Libya gas pipeline in accordance with the law and TRIPOLI: Members of Libya’s protest “against the non-inclusion procedures, with any gatherings Berber minority cut off a gas in the constitution of the Amazigh or rallies,” said an official state- pipeline, local sources said (Berber) language,” said Sleiman, ment, which described the state- yesterday, to protest their quoted by official news agency less people as “illegal residents.” marginalisation in the future LANA. Bidoons were born and raised constitution. The Libyan high national elec- in Kuwait and claim they have the “Youths from Kabu, Al Galaa, toral commission fixed October right to Kuwaiti citizenship, but Jadu and Nalout (in western as the limit for the submission of the government says only 34,000 Jebel Nafussa) closed the main nominations for the constitutional of a total of over 106,000 qualify gas pipeline supplying Al Ruwais, commission. The Berber, Tebou for consideration. Parliament has Zawiya and Misrata (electric- and Tuareg minorities will be supported government plans for ity) stations,” on Sunday, said given only six seats out of 60, and granting bidoons citizenship, but Supporters gesture as the owner and director of Al Hiwar Ettounsi television channel, Tahar Ben Hassine, Abdullah Sleiman, vice-president said in July that they would boy- the process has been slow. arrives at a Tunis court house yesterday, facing charges of disturbing public order and inciting discord. of the Nalout town council. cott the election as a protest. AFP The closure of the pipeline is a AFP TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 German coalition talks on Friday Merkel’s party set to woo defeated rivals to form government

BERLIN: German Chancellor formation of a government in Merkel’s position. A day earlier, demands, merely pointing to Angela Merkel’s conserva- January or February”. The SPD Bavaria’s powerful state premier the SPD election manifesto, but tives will start talks with their is torn on whether to again gov- and Merkel ally Horst Seehofer vowed that it would not come out defeated centre-left election ern in the shadow of the popular had vowed that “the citizens have of the talks “empty-handed”. rivals on Friday, the first step Merkel, as it did from 2005-09, my word” that the taxman would She dismissed as “private opin- on a long and thorny road that when it failed to earn much credit not place any additional demands ions” media reports on the SPD’s could end in a ‘grand coalition’ for their joint achievements and on them. negotiating positions, including a government. ended up suffering two bruising SPD chief Sigmar Gabriel has demand for six ministerial posts Merkel, despite her September election defeats in a row. meanwhile projected confidence, reported in the Frankfurter 22 election triumph, needs to While another stab at power warning that, should the talks Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung team up with either the Social and winning ministerial posts is fail, his party is “not scared” of newspaper. Democrats (SPD) or Greens tempting for party leaders, many ending up in opposition or even Such demands are like “hag- party to ensure a majority after rank-and-file members of the facing fresh elections. gling in a bazaar” and ignore her previous allies, the Free 150-year-old party would prefer His party has also pledged to the election outcome which gave Democrats, failed to win any to attack the Merkel government let its 470,000 members vote on the CDU almost 42 percent and seats. from the opposition benches and whether to enter another uneasy the SPD just over 25 percent, Whatever the eventual out- regroup. marriage with the CDU or not. said political scientist Werner come, the poker-game like talks Merkel’s Christian Democrats In the exploratory talks on Weidenfeld of Munich’s Ludwig are expected to drag on for (CDU) for their part have sought Friday at 1100 GMT, at least Maximilian University. weeks, as they have in the past, as to draw a line in the sand, vowing 14 conservatives — including “It damages trust in the polit- negotiating partners will seek to to oppose the SPD’s campaign- Merkel, Seehofer and Finance ical process,” he told AFP. “It’s extract the highest possible price trail demand to raise taxes on the Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble — tactical game-playing.” Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a meeting of his on policies and ministerial posts. rich to finance public spending. will face off with seven delegates The CDU, to keep all options parliamentary group at the Italian Deputy Chamber in Rome, yesterday. The talks could even run into “With us there will be no tax from the SPD. open, is also planning explora- next year, warned SPD general rises,” CDU parliamentary leader The SPD’s Nahles yesterday tory talks next week with the secretary Andrea Nahles, who Volker Kauder told ARD public refused to be drawn on whether Greens, said CDU general secre- said “we could end up with the television, stressing this was also the party had any red-line tary Hermann Groehe. AFP Berlusconi, Letta Aftermath of mall siege 13 migrants set for showdown ROME: Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi yesterday sought backing from his party for a contested bid to bring down the government, as political die swimming instability hit the recession-hit economy on the financial markets. Berlusconi explained to members of his People of Freedom party, which has reverted to its old name of Forza Italia (Go Italy), the reasons ashore in Italy why on Saturday he withdrew his support for the cabinet. ROME: Thirteen asylum-seek- “I took the decision on my own in the night because Italians could not ers drowned yesterday while understand why we were in government with the left,” the 77-year-old attempting to swim ashore was quoted as saying at a party meeting. after their vessel ran aground “We have to remain united. We wash our dirty linen at home,” he off Italy’s coast, the local mayor was quoted by participants as saying. “We have to explain our reasons said. to our citizens” “There were 13 dead. Some Italian share prices meanwhile fell and borrowing costs rose as the people were saved and sent to recession-hit country braced for a showdown between Prime Minister nearby hospitals,” Franco Susino, Enrico Letta and the flamboyant billionaire tycoon Berlusconi. the mayor of Scicli in southeast Stocks closed down 1.2 percent, while the rate of return demanded Sicily near where the incident by investors on 10-year government bonds were up at 4.520 percent happened, said on the news chan- from 4.416 percent on Friday — an indication of investor concern. nel SkyTG24. After weeks of bickering, Berlusconi said he was pulling his party’s “We did what we could to save five ministers out of the fragile coalition government with the left and human lives. Some tourists raised called for elections as soon as possible. the alarm and helped out,” he said, But the outgoing ministers, while toeing the party line by resigning, adding he believed the migrants have tried to distance themselves from Berlusconi, who has dominated had been thrown overboard by Italian politics for much of the past 20 years. crew members. “How long will the blind and absolute obedience to the leader last “These people are treated like this time? Berlusconi’s world has never been in such disagreement with animals,” he said. Berlusconi,” the La Stampa daily said in an editorial. The mayor declared today as a Letta, a moderate leftist who only came to power this year and has day of mourning. struggled to boost a flagging economy, accused the three-time former SkyTG24 and the ANSA news prime minister of a “crazy and irresponsible” act. agency said there were between A general view of the collapsed second floor of the Westgate shopping mall after the four-day fighting between The 47-year-old Letta has warned against elections at a sensitive 150 and 200 people packed on the militants and security forces in Nairobi, Kenya, yesterday. A number of business owners and employees of the time for Italy on the financial markets and just as the economy was boat and Susino said most of them mall were allowed inside to collect their belongings. The number of missing people, 39 as reported by the Red hoping to shake off two years of a devastating recession. AFP were from Eritrea. Cross, conflicts the government’s claim that there are no remaining missing people as investigation continues. Ansa said two suspected crew members have been arrested under an Italian law against people who facilitate illegal immigration. EU lawmakers oppose new pilot fatigue rules Teenage girls Police and volunteers came to the aid of survivors as they rescued from reached the shore but a large BRUSSELS: Lawmakers said in a resolution rejecting the airline pilots said they had fallen transport committee’s decision number fled and police are now in the European Parliament proposals. asleep in the cockpit. yesterday, saying it “puts at risk searching for them in the nearby rejected yesterday planned new Pilot fatigue has been blamed European Union governments key measures to improve aviation traffickers in area. One migrant was hit by a EU flight time limits for pilots, for air accidents and near misses endorsed the Commission plans safety”. car and taken to hospital in a saying the proposals did not go in the US and Europe, prompt- in July. But if yesterday’s vote by The Commission argues that serious condition. The driver did far enough to eliminate the risk ing implementation of more parliament’s transport committee the new limits are in line with Netherlands not stop to help him. of air crew fatigue. rigorous rules on rest periods. is confirmed by the full assembly scientific evidence, but unions THE HAGUE: Dutch and Six others have also been taken The European Commission says Campaigners say Europe is lag- in October, the Commission will say the safe amount is 10 hours British police have arrested four to local hospitals. the new rules will improve safety ging the US in adopting tougher have to redraft the plans or stick and have raised concerns that not suspected human traffickers A swimmer had warned coast- by enforcing best practice across standards. Pilot exhaustion with the current rules. enough is being done to counter and rescued four teenage girls guards after seeing a small aban- the 28-nation bloc, but members grabbed the headlines last week The current proposals would competitive pressures within the hidden in the back of a camping doned boat in poor condition near of the parliament’s transport when a newspaper reported two cap a pilot’s duty, including flight industry which mean flight crews car headed for Britain, Dutch the shore. committee urged the EU execu- pilots on a British long-haul flight plus standby, at a maximum 16 work as intensively as possible. prosecutors said on Monday. The coastguards are continu- tive to present new proposals with fell asleep in the cockpit, leaving hours, less than the 20-to-26 “The proposed rules contain a Two of the suspects and their ing to search the maritime zone shorter time limits. the packed jet travelling unsuper- hours possible in some mem- large number of provisions that human cargo were on their way around the boat and divers are “The Commission has failed vised on autopilot. ber states at present. They also are counter to what scientific to Rotterdam to catch a ferry to looking for any other victims. to provide sufficient scientific In a survey by the British reduce the limit for night flight experts consider safe,” said Philip Britain when Dutch gendarmes In a similar incident in Catania evidence to remove reasonable Airline Pilots’ Association duty to 11 hours from 11 hours 45 von Schoeppenthau, secretary searched their camping car at in another part of Sicily in August, doubts about the risk for safety (BALPA), which has expressed minutes under existing EU rules. general of the European Cockpit a rest stop near the southern six young Egyptians drowned try- in the areas of night hours and concerns over the Commission’s EU Transport Commissioner Association, which represents Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom ing to reach the shore. AFP sleep deprivation,” the committee plans, more than half of British Siim Kallas criticised the pilots. REUTERS on Thursday. “The marechaussee (gen- darmes) went into action after receiving a British request for Party conference help,” the Public Prosecutor’s office said in a statement. British police Knox back on trial for Kercher murder have arrested a man in the north- ern city of Hull in connection with FLORENCE: The retrial of his son’s innocence would be that failed, Italy could request her the case. There is a regular ferry American Amanda Knox and confirmed. extradition. Sollecito, 29, who has service between Rotterdam and her former Italian boyfriend for “Deeper examination can only also always protested his inno- Hull. A fourth man was arrested the 2007 murder of Meredith demonstrate what we already cence, plans to attend some of the on Friday in Beverwijk, northwest Kercher opened in Florence know, that is that Raffaele hearings, his father said. of Amsterdam. yesterday but neither of the Sollecito has nothing to do with Kercher was found with more Ali Muhammed Raza, 38, accused were in court for the what that poor girl had to suffer,” than 40 wounds, including a deep appeared on Saturday morning first hearing. he told reporters. gash in the throat, in the apart- in a Hull court, charged with four Knox and Raffaele Sollecito Knox, 26, has always denied ment she shared with Knox in counts of facilitating illegal entry, were convicted in 2009 of kill- murdering Kercher, when both Perugia, a picturesque town in plus conspiracy to facilitate illegal ing 21-year-old British student were university exchange stu- central Italy’s Umbria region that entry, Britain’s Serious Organised Meredith Kercher in what was dents in Perugia. She told US tel- attracts students from around Crime Agency (SOCA) said in a described as a drug-fuelled sexual evision this month that “common the world. Lawyers for Kercher’s statement. The three other sus- assault. sense” told her not to return to family have welcomed the retrial, pects, two Iraqi nationals and a After winning an appeal in Italy for the retrial. “I was impris- criticising the previous ruling as man from Turkey, aged between 2011 quashing the guilty verdict, oned as an innocent person and I “superficial”. 24 and 34, are expected to be both were freed from prison. But just can’t re-live that,” she said. Knox has said in recent inter- extradited to Britain soon. a new appeals process has begun Knox is not obliged to attend views she wants to visit Kercher’s “We believe those arrested were after Italy’s supreme court over- and can be represented by her grave, but the Leeds University members of a well-established London Mayor Boris Johnson poses in front of a print of a red bus during turned the acquittals in March, lawyers, who said she was follow- student’s family said in a state- people-smuggling racket that was a visit to McKenna Bothers, makers of destination boards in Middleton, citing “contradictions and ing the case closely from home ment at the weekend that the preying on vulnerable females in near Rochdale in Greater Manchester, yesterday during the second day inconsistencies”. in Seattle. grave was Meredith’s “safe place” order to line their own pockets,” of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. Sollecito’s father Francesco If found guilty, she could appeal and that they hoped “that is said SOCA spokeswoman Jane said yesterday he was confident again to Italy’s supreme court. If respected by all”. REUTERS Johnson. AFP TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 ASIA / PHILIPPINES 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 74 missing as typhoon sinks China boats 14 people rescued in South China Sea; Vietnam evacuates 70,000 people from high-risk areas

BEIJING: More than 70 people were attempted to navigate gales near the missing or stranded and minimise casu- country’s national flood and storm con- China, Vietnam and Taiwan, but Chinese missing after three Chinese boats Paracel Islands, about 330 kilometres alties”, Xinhua said. But it added that trol department. fishermen often travel to the islands in sank in a powerful typhoon in the (200 miles) from China’s southern coast. rescue efforts have been hampered by “The typhoon is scheduled to make search of bigger hauls. South China Sea, state media said yes- Altogether five boats carrying 171 peo- strong gales and high waves. The boats landfall at about 16:00 local time (1000 A separate Typhoon Usagi last week terday, as Vietnam undertook mass ple were caught in the stormy seas. had come from the southern province of GMT) today in the central provinces - left at least 25 people dead after crash- evacuations. As of yesterday around noon, rescu- Guangdong. between Ha Tinh and Quang Tri,” it said ing ashore in southern China, throwing So far 74 people have been confirmed ers had retrieved 14 survivors. A large- China’s maritime authority on Sunday in a statement posted online. transport systems into chaos and leaving missing as “three fishing boats have sunk scale search and rescue effort has been raised its alert on the typhoon to orange, Schools have been closed and all ves- tens of thousands of airline passengers since Sunday afternoon”, China’s official mounted to find others, said Hainan its second-highest of four levels, Xinhua sels along the central coastline have been stranded in Hong Kong. That typhoon Xinhua news agency reported, citing Net, a website run by the government of reported. Storm tides might strike the ordered ashore, it added. Xinhua earlier had prompted the highest-level alert maritime authorities. They were caught China’s southernmost province. provinces of Guangdong, Hainan and reported the number of missing at 75, from China’s National Meteorological in rough waters whipped up by Typhoon Ten ships, including three navy war- Guangxi, it added, citing the National though a later report said 74 people. Centre. Wutip, which is expected to make land- ships and six aircraft have been deployed Marine Environmental Forecasting Updated figures could not be found The deaths occurred in Guangdong fall in Vietnam’s central region later for the rescue, the report said. Centre. on the websites of China’s State Oceanic after the typhoon brought down trees yesterday. China’s President Xi Jinping called Vietnam has so far evacuated 70,000 Administration or local maritime safety and damaged roads. Dozens more were The boats -- which were together car- for an “all-out rescue effort, urging local people from high-risk areas as it pre- authority. injured in accidents. rying 88 fishermen -- sank after they authorities to “do their utmost to find the pares for the typhoon, according to that The Paracel islands are claimed by AFP Amendments protest Japan, US to boost cyber security

TOKYO: Japan and the US will on the global stage, with Prime in global security, or for its ally the discuss strengthening defences Minister Shinzo Abe calling for a United States. against cyber-attacks, reports more self-confident military stance. The US is particularly con- said yesterday, as Tokyo looks to Japan is particularly concerned cerned about the threat from play a more active role in global about what it considers China’s cyber-attacks, which it has said security. dangerous behaviour around the largely emanate from China. At talks in Japan later this week, Tokyo-controlled Senkaku islands, China insists it is also the vic- the foreign and defence ministers an archipelago in the East China tim of hacking and points to accu- from both countries will undertake Sea that Beijing claims and refers sations made by US intelligence their first review for 15 years of to as the Diaoyu islands. leaker Edward Snowden, who said how their security alliance oper- Abe, a conservative who is the US spies had worked their way into ates. Measures to counter cyber- politically strongest Japanese the billion-plus nation’s Internet attacks will be high on the agenda, leader in nearly a decade, has network. the Yomiuri Shimbun said. The stepped up defence spending and US Secretary of Defence Chuck Sankei Shimbun carried a similar advocated a firm line. In a speech Hagel and Secretary of State John story, adding “cooperation in space to the Hudson Institute in New Kelly will meet their Japanese will be another important issue”. York last week, he said Japan counterparts Itsunori Onodera and Tokyo is looking to reassert itself should no longer be a “weak link” Fumio Kishida on Thursday. AFP Human rights activists hold anti-Prevention Crime Act posters during a protest outside Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. They protested against proposed amendments to the Act which allow suspects to be detained without trial. Muslims in hiding as sectarian strife flares in Myanmar Thai man jailed for murdering YANGON: Terrified Muslims hid in was precarious after police restored order that about 200 people had joined the mob, Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, most of their homes in northwest Myanmar by firing shots in the air to break up the some wearing masks and carrying flam- whom Myanmar regards as illegal immi- Japan woman yesterday after armed police dispersed mob late on Sunday, said two security ing torches. grants from Bangladesh, despite roots a Buddhist mob that torched houses and sources, who sought anonymity as they He said he had himself become embroiled going back generations. BANGKOK: A Thai man surrounded a mosque in the latest out- were not authorised to speak to the media. in a row after he objected to a Buddhist The United Nations has described the was sentenced to nine years break of sectarian tension. Thandwe, 260 km (162 miles) from the man parking a motorcycle in front of Rohingya as “virtually friendless”. in prison by a Bangkok court Clashes between majority Buddhists and capital Yangon, is in Rakhine state, the his home late on Saturday and rumours Clashes between Rohingya and yesterday for the murder of Muslims have killed at least 237 people worst-hit region. As in several previ- spread that he had insulted Buddhism. Rakhines in June 2012 led to unrest else- a Japanese woman two dec- and left more than 150,000 homeless since ous bouts of communal unrest, a minor Police reported no deaths or injuries where in the country, where other groups ades ago in Tokyo. Veerasak June 2012. disagreement triggered an outpouring of from the incident in Thandwe, home to an of Muslims have been targeted, including Lampongsa, 41, was con- The violence threatens to undermine anger, a local Muslim politician said. airport used by tourists who visit resorts Kamans, who are of different ethnicity victed of stabbing 33-year-old political and economic reforms launched in “We’re now scared and hiding inside on the popular Ngapali beach nearby. from Rohingyas. An estimated five per- Megumi Kawachi with a fruit the two years since a quasi-civilian govern- our homes, like the previous times,” In April, the government said 192 cent of Myanmar’s population of about 60 knife and strangling her in an ment replaced a military junta. Kyaw Zan Hla, chairman of the Kaman people were killed in June and October million is Muslim. apartment in the Japanese The situation in the town of Thandwe Muslim Party, said by telephone, adding 2012 clashes between ethnic Rakhine REUTERS capital in March 1993. The suspect, who pleaded guilty, stole money and other valu- ables before fleeing back to Thailand, according to pros- ecutors. He will serve his Abbott skirts time in Thailand. Bangkok Filipinos hopeful of peace deal with MILF and Tokyo have no extradi- refugee issue in tion treaty. MANILA: Most Filipinos of the respondents showed Indonesia talks are hopeful that a peace deal optimism on the peace deal (38 Senator seeks between the government and percent “very hopeful” and 45 JAKARTA: Australian Prime the Moro Islamic Liberation percent “somewhat hopeful”). funds probe Minister Tony Abbott skirted Front (Milf) can be forged but The number of Filipinos who the question of asylum seekers fewer people think it will hap- think that the peace deal will MANILA: Senator Miriam in talks yesterday in Indonesia, pen under the Aquino admin- be forged within the term of Defensor-Santiago said yes- an issue which has threatened to istration, a Social Weather President Benigno Aquino III terday that the Commission overshadow his first visit over- Stations survey said. also decreased from 49 per- on Audit should probe the seas since taking office. The nationwide survey on cent last March to 35 percent alleged bribery of lawmak- Just days before his visit, at June 28-30 revealed 70 percent in June. ers during the impeachment least 31 would-be asylum seek- of the 1,200 respondents were About 28 percent of the trial of former chief justice ers died when their boat sank off optimistic that a deal can be respondents said the peace Renato Corona. She said the the southern coast of Indonesia, achieved. deal can be expected between additional funds received by a common transit point for refu- The 70 percent who showed 2016 and 2022 while 34 percent some senators during and gees trying to make their way optimism on a peace deal believed the agreement with the after the Corona trial consti- to Australia and against whom included 28 percent who were Milf can never be reached. tuted bribery under the Penal Abbott’s government has prom- “very hopeful” and 42 percent Among the four major areas Code. She said every senator ised to take a tougher line. Over who were “somewhat hopeful.” polled, Mindanao showed the who voted to convict or every 20 people were missing. The figures this quarter were most optimism on a peace deal representative who voted to Rather, Abbott stressed trade a bit lower than those recorded with 34 percent “very hopeful” indict if each is shown to have ties between the two neighbours last March, when 79 percent respondents, followed by Visayas received additional congres- which stood at $10bn in 2012, dom- of the respondents were hope- (30 percent), Metro Manila (27 sional fund during and after inated by mining and agriculture. ful that the peace deal with percent) and Balance Luzon (24 the trial, are guilty of brib- “The fact that there is a very the Milf can be completed (41 percent). In Mindanao, 23 per- ery due to the close timing strong and high-level delegation percent “very hopeful” and 38 cent of the respondents believed between both events. of business leaders travelling Children and soldiers participate in a candle lighting ceremony for peace percent “somewhat hopeful”). that the deal can be reached with me to Indonesia as part of between the MILF and the government at the Armed Forces of the Philippines They were also much lower this year while 27 percent said $1.93bn needed this visit testifies to the desire of headquarters in Manila on Saturday. than the figures in June 2011, it can be completed until 2016. the Australian people to build a when a record high 83 percent THE PHILIPPINE STAR for army revamp much stronger...economic rela- tionship based on greater trade MANILA: More than P85bn and investment,” he said in a ($1.93bn) is needed for the joint statement after talks with modernisation of the Armed Indonesian President Susilo Forces of the Philippines in Bambang Yudhoyono. the next four years. Data In his first overseas state visit Court blow for Ma over speaker’s expulsion from the Department of since taking over as prime minis- National Defence showed that ter on Sept 7, Abbott played down TAIPEI: Taiwan’s parliamen- membership and therefore con- influence. His removal has A twist developed last week P85.29bn will cover a total of diplomatic tensions over refugees. tary speaker scored another tinue as speaker. sparked fears of a split within when prosecutors admitted that 24 projects in line with the new Ties with Yudhoyono’s adminis- victory in the battle for his job The party, led by President Ma the party in a deepening political they had tapped lawmakers’ Armed Forces Modernisation tration have been largely cordial for yesterday after the high court Ying-jeou, appealed the ruling, scandal that has already seen two phones while investigating Ker’s Law. Defence Undersecretary nearly a decade. But Abbott’s con- upheld a ruling against his par- but the appeal was thrown out top government officials, includ- case. The prosecutors insisted Fernando Manalo said no servative administration got off to ty’s decision to expel him over by the high court yesterday. ing justice minister, resign. the wire tapping was legal, but fund releases will be made a rocky start over asylum seekers claims of influence-peddling. “The appeal was rejected,” the Ma had said Wang was “unfit” the DPP compared it to the for the program this year. who make their way via Indonesia. Earlier this month, the Taipei court’s spokesman Hung Kuang- to head the legislature after he Watergate scandal in the United However, he is hopeful that Yudhoyono too put aside any district court granted Wang tsan told reporters. was accused of influencing pros- States that resulted in the resig- the modernization efforts will suggestion of rancour over the Jin-pyng’s request for a pro- The KMT said the party would ecutors in the court case of Ker nation of then-president Richard be realized due to the support issue which has become an emo- visional injunction against the appeal to the Supreme Court. Chien-ming, the major opposition Nixon in 1974, and demanded Ma from the administration, he tional political debate in Australia. Kuomintang (KMT) party, Wang, 72, was a KMT heavy- Democratic Progressive Party’s step down. added. AGENCIES REUTERS allowing him to hold his party weight known for his grassroots (DPP) party whip in parliament. AFP TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Ex-FM to run for Afghan president 2014 election is first democratic transition of power

KABUL: Former finance min- 2009 presidential election, collect- assistance. With Karzai barred ister Ashraf Ghani yesterday ing less than three percent of the from standing after serving two launched his bid to become the votes, but has used his role at the terms, it will be Afghanistan’s next president of Afghanistan, TCC to travel extensively around first democratic transition starting the 2014 election race all parts of Afghanistan and raise of power. The 2009 vote was as the first big name to declare his profile. An acerbic character marred by fraud and violence, his candidacy. known for his quick temper, Ghani and authorities face a tough chal- Ghani, also a former World spent time at Columbia, Berkeley lenge organising a peaceful elec- Bank academic, confirmed he and Johns Hopkins universities in tion and ensuring a transparent would run in the April poll to the US before joining the World vote counting process. succeed Hamid Karzai as the Bank and then serving as finance Karzai has vowed not to Nato-led coalition withdraws and minister from 2002-2004. endorse any candidate and said officials seek a peace deal with the This year, he came second in a he considers a credible election Taliban. “world thinkers” poll by Prospect as a central part of his legacy. In this file photo, f ormer finance minister and presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (left) greets a supporter “(I) plan to contest in the magazine, which described him as Backstage political manoeuvring during an election campaign rally in Jalalabad on August 17, 2009. He came fourth, collecting less than 3 percent upcoming presidential elections,” one of the “few academics (who) in Kabul has reached fever pitch of votes. Ghani said on his Twitter account, get the chance to put their ideas ahead of the October 6 dead- in a message that was verified by into practice”. line for nominations, though it attacks ahead of the withdrawal troops in Afghanistan, has plans jirga (assembly), and may not a senior official in his office. Ghani, born in 1949 in Logar remains unclear who else will run of Nato-led coalition forces by the to retain around 10,000 soldiers be signed until the next presi- Clearing the way for his province near Kabul, may strug- for president. end of next year, and their leader after 2014 if both countries sign a dent takes office. A UN General shot at power, Ghani resigned gle to secure enough popular sup- Abdullah Abdullah, the 2009 Mullah Omar has dismissed the long-delayed security agreement. Assembly report on Afghanistan, as chairman of the Transition port for victory. He is a Pashtun, runner-up, is expected to put his election as “a waste of time”. US Defence Secretary Chuck released earlier this month, Coordination Committee (TCC), the largest ethnic group, but is not name forward this week, while In previous elections, the Hagel, on a visit to see troops in pointed to concerns that the jirga which oversees Afghanistan’s a tribal leader and has a limited others may include Foreign Taliban called on Afghans to boy- South Korea, yesterday repeated could be used to delay the election return to full sovereignty after vote base. The election on April 5 Minister Zalmai Rassoul, Karzai’s cott voting, sent fighters to block Washington’s wish to see the deal or change the constitution. the US-led ousting of the Taliban is seen as the key test of progress brother Qayum and former war- roads to polling stations and tar- by the end of October. Abdullah pulled out of the sec- regime in 2001. in Afghanistan after 13 years of lord Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf. geted candidates and activists. But Karzai has said it must ond round of the 2009 election Ghani came a fourth in the international military and civilian The Taliban have vowed to step up The US, which has 57,000 first be discussed by a national after vote-rigging. AFP

1,100 Pakistan Afghanistan mourns communist murder victims women in jails KABUL: Afghanistan yesterday began the Afghan intelligence agency in the 1970s. two days of official mourning for people Usman, who sought asylum in the ISLAMABAD: Out of killed by the communist regime in the Netherlands in 1993, confirmed that he nearly 75,000 prisoners in late 1970s after a list of thousands of the had signed documents concerning people Pakistan, around 1,100 are dead was released. who were to be executed, according to a women, the Human Rights The names of nearly 5,000 Afghans tor- statement by the Dutch prosecution office. Commission of Pakistan says. tured and killed in 1978 and 1979 by Afghan He was denied refugee status but “The misery of women pris- intelligence officials were published this remained in the Netherlands until he died oners is that their families no month by the Dutch prosecutor’s office as in 2012. longer care for them or stay part of a war crimes investigation. During the investigation Dutch police in contact with them or pur- The lists have allowed some to discover found several witnesses including a 93-year sue their cases due to social the fate of relatives who disappeared dec- old woman in possession of a 154-page list stigma,” said a commission ades ago, but thousands of other victims of in Dari of people who were executed in 1978 official yesterday. Quoting the the Soviet-backed communist government and 1979. latest report ‘State of Human are still unidentified. In the “death lists”, the executed people Rights in 2012’, he said the Ahead of the official mourning, several were listed with their father’s names, pro- situation is worse for nearly hundred people including victims’ families fessions, places of residence and charges three dozen women on the held a candlelight vigil on Sunday evening against them. death row. The women pris- to pay respects to their lost loved ones. The victims, all male, were described as oners, he said, were not pro- Mahwash Rustami, 43, said she wanted Muslim fundamentalists, intellectuals, stu- vided with adequate medical the government to bring to justice those dents, civil servants, military officials and assistance as many prisons responsible for her brother’s death. shopkeepers. did not have full-time female “His name is on the list. He was a sci- “I have lost 15 friends and three members doctors or any doctors. ence teacher. Unfortunately, he was killed of my family: my uncle, my cousin and my “Women are the most vulner- by those people,” she said holding a picture brother,” 52-year-old Weeda Darwishi told able detainees,” he said. of her brother. AFP. The Dutch authorities collected the vic- The Afghan government said flags would 30 rebels killed Afghan youth light candles in front of the destroyed palace of Darul Aman to mark the killing of tims’ lists for two years starting in 2010 be flown at half-mast across the country on after questioning Amanullah Usman, a Monday and Tuesday. 5,000 civilians by the communist regime during the Russian occupation, in Kabul on Sunday. in Afghanistan former head of the interrogation unit of AFP KABUL: At least 30 Taliban militants were killed and 12 injured in joint opera- Peshawar blast toll 42 tions by Afghan forces and the International Security Assistance Force across the Khan’s party comes under country in the past 24 hours. The Interior Ministry said forces also arrested eight rebels in several provinces fire over pro-Taliban stance and seized large quantities of heavy and light weapons.

ISLAMABAD: The third ter- attack in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar the depraved mind of the militants” Rs14.5trn debt rorist attack in Pakistan’s in Peshawar in which over 40 peo- and called for “a collective national northwestern province Khyber ple were killed, the political leaders response to uproot the extremists on Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa in a week has particularly criticised Imran Khan from our midst”. brought the Pakistan Tehreek- for his recent statement in which “The wages of appeasing the mil- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s e-Insaf, Imran Khan’s party he had said that the Taliban should itants by asking for setting up their external debt stands at leading the ruling coalition be allowed to open their offices in offices in the country are more Rs14.5trn, including $66bn in the province, under severe Pakistan. On the other hand, Khan than obvious and it is time that the loans and sovereign guaran- criticism from almost all termed it unfortunate that some nation and the state rise to give a tees. The country also needs major political parties, with parties were using the tragedy for befitting reply to them. Dithering to pay back $3bn loan to the Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema making political gains. and procrastination on our part IMF this year. The previous Islam-F demanding removal of Former Pakistan president and will only further embolden the mil- government took from IMF the provincial government over Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif itants,” Zardari said in a statement $11.50bn but failed to meet its failure to protect citizens. Ali Zardari termed the blast “most issued by the PPP’s media centre. its conditions. As a result the Condemning the weekend bomb barbaric, inhuman and reflecting INTERNEWS IMF refused to release more loans. However, incumbent Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has succeeded in getting IMF consent for a $5.3bn loan, assuring it that its condi- Drone kills three Pakistan militants tions would be met. The IMF agreed to release $6.64bn, MIRANSHAH: A US drone less than 24 hours. At least three Taliban fighting US-led troops and its first installment strike targeting a militant com- militants were killed Sunday in a across the border. worth $540m was released on pound yesterday killed three drone attack on Dargamandi area US drone attacks are deeply September 6. militants in a troubled Pakistan in North Waziristan, also known unpopular in Pakistan, but tribal region near the Afghan as a strong bastion of Taliban and Washington sees them as a vital 3 die as school border, officials said. Al Qaeda linked militants. tool in the fight against militants The attack took place in the Another security official con- in the lawless tribal areas along bus overturns Boya area of North Waziristan firmed the strike and casualties the border with Afghanistan. region of which Miranshah is the but said the identities of those The Pakistani government has ISLAMABAD: Three stu- main town. killed were not immediately repeatedly protested against dents died and three were “A US drone fired two missiles known. drone strikes as a violation of its injured when their school bus on a militant compound, kill- Boya is believed to be strong- sovereignty. But privately officials overturned in Gujarat in east ing three rebels,” a senior secu- hold of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur have been reported as saying the O nwers gather outside their damaged shops in Peshawar a day after of Pakistan yesterday. Rescue rity official said on condition of group and both foreign and local attacks can be useful in removing a bomb blast yesterday. The death toll from a car bomb attack rose to sources said the driver was anonymity. militants. Bahadur, a local war- militants from the country. 42, hospital authorities said. speeding. AGENCIES This was the second strike in lord, is allied with the Afghan AFP TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Petrol price cut Lalu Prasad held guilty in fodder scam by Rs3.05, diesel Sentencing on October 3; BJP hails verdict to cost more NEW DELHI: Petrol will cost RANCHI/PATNA: Bringing to Prabhunath Singh and Lalu’s asserted that in his absence, she and Rs3.05 less a litre, excluding end one of India’s longest-run- brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav, were her two sons will lead the RJD and state taxes, and diesel will be ning corruption cases, a court present in the courtroom when the work hard to strengthen the party. expensive by 50 paise per litre in the Jharkhand capital yes- judgement was pronounced. There were a total of 56 accused from midnight, state-run Indian terday convicted RJD chief Lalu The verdict is crucial for in the case. But during the trial, Oil Corporation announced. Prasad and 44 others for illegal Lalu Prasad and his political seven accused died, two turned The IOC said the decrease in withdrawal of millions of rupees future since the central govern- approvers, one admitted to the petrol price was due to apprecia- from the then undivided Bihar’s ment ordinance that would have crime and one was discharged. The tion in the rupee value and reduc- animal husbandry department in shielded convicted parliamentar- court earlier fixed July 15 as the tion in international motor spirit the early 1990s, in what is popu- ians and legislators from disquali- date for verdict, and asked the 45 (MS) prices. “Decrease in petrol larly known as the fodder scam. fication may be withdrawn after accused to be present in the court. price has now become feasible The BJP hailed the verdict as Congress vice president Rahul But Lalu Prasad moved the because of reduction of MS prices justice for Bihar’s people, while Gandhi trashed it. Jharkhand High Court and later and appreciation of rupee against Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy the Supreme Court, seeking the US dollar. Both these factors Dal admitted the party’s future called it justice for the 10 crore change of the judge due to alleged have resulted in the reduction of was at stake. people of Bihar, while Leader of bias against him. Both courts dis- MS prices which is being passed Convicted for forgery, cheating, Opposition in the Rajya Sabha missed his petition, and directed on to the consumer,” IOC said. falsification of accounts and con- Arun Jaitley accused the central him to complete his arguments The IOC also effected an spiracy, among other offences, and government of trying to shield in the trial court. The CBI regis- increase in diesel price. The gov- offences under the Prevention of the RJD leader through an ordi- tered the case on March 27, 1996. ernment has asked IOC to do so Corruption Act, Lalu Prasad faces nance. “It is a historic judgement Around 54 of the 61 cases were every month. “Even after the cur- a maximum of seven years jail. and a justice day for the 10 crore transferred to Jharkhand from rent increase, under recovery on “Special Judge Pravas Kumar people of Bihar,” Rudy said. Bihar. Different CBI courts have retail diesel shall stand at Rs10.52 Singh found all the 45 accused Lalu Prasad’s wife and former passed judgments in more than per litre,” the statement added. guilty,” a CBI lawyer said. Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi 43 cases. Lalu Prasad and Mishra Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad The three state-owned oil mar- The quantum of sentence alleged that he has become a victim were named as accused in five arrives at a court in Ranchi yesterday. keting companies had last raised against Lalu Prasad and 37 of an opposition conspiracy, and cases. IANS prices of petrol by Rs1.63 per litre convicts will be announced on on September 14, 2013. Diesel October 3. Eight convicts were prices were hiked by 50 paise a sentenced yesterday itself. A maverick who made waves: In and beyond politics litre on September 1. Those convicted also included In Delhi, the petrol price would former chief minister Jagannath decrease to Rs72.40 per litre. In Mishra of the Congress and NEW DELHI/PATNA: He milked cows With his rustic looks, ready wit and earthy stature expanded beyond Bihar, and so did his Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, Janata Dal-United MP Jagdish at his official residence, dressed only in his attitude to events and people, Lalu Prasad ambition, leading him to walk away from the petrol would now be priced at Sharma, for fraudulent with- undergarments. He was photographed eating quickly outgrew many of his contemporar- Janata Dal in 1997 and form the Rashtriya Rs79.49, Rs79.51 and Rs75.68 per drawal of Rs377m from the dis- rotis being baked by his wife in the kitchen. ies. Jokes were aplenty on and about Lalu. He Janata Dal (RJD). litre. Diesel prices in Delhi will be trict treasury in Chaibasa, now in He was a maverick, a jester, a crowd puller regaled audiences on how he could turn Japan Lalu Prasad returned to the Lok Sabha in increased to Rs52.54 per litre. In Jharkhand after the state’s divi- par excellence. Lalu Prasad turned Bihar’s into a Bihar — after a Japanese promised to 1998. By then, he had allied with the Congress, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, sion in 2000. politics — and economic health — upside transform Bihar into a Japan. He promised a party he once loathed. His RJD became a diesel would now be priced at The case is related to alleged down as he catapulted from a student leader to make Bihar’s roads as chikna (smooth) as key member of the Congress-led UPA alli- Rs59.46, Rs56.90 and Rs56.01 per fraudulent withdrawal of money of the 1970s to be one of India’s best-known actress Hema Malini’s cheeks. ance in 2004. Lalu Prasad was named the high litre respectively. from the treasury during 1994-95 politicians before his downfall yesterday. As he grew and grew, he vowed never to profile railway minister. It was a period when The government had deregu- using forged letters and spurious Lalu Prasad was born into a farmers’ family fade away in politics with a self-made quote he surprised friends and foes alike by turning lated petrol prices in June, 2010. bills, raised without the actual in June 1948. His first electoral victory in 1977, that became as famous as the man: Jab tak around the loss-making Indian Railways into However, it subsidies the retail sell- supply of medicines, instruments, when he entered parliament at age 29, marked rahega samosa main aloo, tab tak rahega Bihar a profitable venture, earning the admiration ing prices of diesel, kerosene and maize and groundnut cake to the the start of an eventful career that just 13 main Lalu!. of business schools in India and abroad. cooking gas to insulate domestic husbandry officer of Chaibasa. years later made him Bihar’s chief minister After a mostly low-key existence in the Lok By then, Lalu Prasad was battling, for some users from the impact of a rise in After the day’s proceedings, and, still later, a much admired railway min- Sabha from 1977 to 1980, Lalu Prasad was years, what came to be known as the “fod- international oil prices and to con- Lalu Prasad was sent to Birsa ister. But what made him a household name elected twice to the Bihar assembly, becoming der scam” - which proved to be his nemesis. tain inflationary conditions. Munda central jail in Ranchi. was his dramatic arrest of then BJP star L K the opposition leader in 1989. Coinciding with Critics accused him of virtually destroying the IOC added that it is closely His eldest son Tejsavi said that Advani when his ‘Rath’ rolled into Bihar in the decline of the Congress across the north- state and turning it into a de facto ‘jungle Raj’. monitoring international oil the judgement would be chal- 1990. By 2003, such was his popularity that ern belt, Lalu Prasad became the chief min- “For the period he ruled Bihar, he was the prices and rupee-dollar exchange lenged in a higher court. RJD when Lalu Pradad visited a vegetable market ister of Bihar in 1990. His caste-laced politics king of the state,” Nisar ul Haq, a professor of rate, the outcome of both will be leaders, including Lok Sabha mem- in Islamabad, Pakistanis — of all ages - virtu- came to be recognised as “social engineering”. political science at the Jamia Milia here, said. reflected in future price changes. ber Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, ally mobbed him. He was to hold the post for seven years. His But kings don’t rule forever. IANS IANS Abdomen operated instead of India and China mouth: Doctors face action agree to keep AGARTALA: The health monsoon session of the Tripura department of the Tripura gov- assembly. Pressure from civil peace on border ernment has served notice on society groups has forced the NEW DELHI: India and China several doctors and other staff of government to probe the matter. yesterday ended two days of a hospital here after a patient’s Following the advice of sen- talks on issues related to their lower abdomen was opened ior doctors, Ratan Das, 53, a border dispute, saying it was and the urethra operated upon small-time trader from south- vital to maintain peace in order instead of a mouth biopsy, a ern Tripura, was admitted to to develop their relationship. minister said yesterday. the Gobinda Ballav Pant Medical The fourth meeting of The incident occurred at a College and Hospital earlier this the Working Mechanism for government medical college in month. He was to undergo a Consultation and Coordination the state capital recently. Four biopsy of his mouth. But doctors on India-China Border Affairs doctors and three other medical conducted surgery on his lower was held in Beijing on Septmeber staff have received notice in the abdomen and urethra instead. 29-30. “The talks were held in a matter, state Health Minister Another patient by the same candid, constructive and forward Tapan Chakraborty said. name, Ratan Das, 45, with abdo- looking atmosphere,” an official “The health department has men and urethra-related prob- statement said. served show-cause notices to four lems was also admitted to the “Reviewing recent develop- doctors and three health staff. hospital, the minister said. ments in the border areas, espe- After getting the replies to the Trader Ratan Das’s wife cially in the western sector, the notices, the government will take Jhulan filed a complaint with two delegations agreed that peace stern action against the erring the police, health minister and tranquility on the border is medical personnel,” Chakraborty and other authorities, seeking the basis for the continued expan- told the Tripura assembly. action against the medical staff sion of India-China relations. “The committee headed by a responsible for the error. The “To this end, both sides dis- director in the health depart- East Kotwali police is probing cussed further measures to ment found negligence by the the matter. maintain stability on the bor- medical team which conducted Cutting across party lines, der, building on existing under- the erroneous operation,” the legislators belonging to both the standings and arrangements,” minister said. He said the error ruling Communist Party of India- the statement added. India and occurred as the medical college Marxist and the Congress have China, which went to war in 1962, had another patient by the same been demanding strict action claim each other’s territory. name, who was admitted with against the negligent medical IANS urethra-related problems. staff, so that such incidents do The issue rocked the ongoing not happen again. IANS PM unlikely to resign over ordinance NEW DELHI: The controver- cabinet secretary 1998-2000, “It was a hasty decision. The sial ordinance on convicted law- said the ordinance on convicted cabinet was misadvised. The makers may be junked by the lawmakers should not have been government should have acted government in the next few days, cleared by the cabinet in the according to wishes of people,” but Prime Minister Manmohan first place and is now likely to be Prabhat Kumar said, and added Singh is unlikely to resign over reconsidered by the government. the government was likely to the perceived undermining of his The ordinance, approved by the reconsider the measure and write authority by Congress vice-pres- union cabinet last week, seeks to to the president accordingly. ident Rahul Gandhi, feel former reverse the Supreme Court judge- T S R Subramaniam, who was bureaucrats who have held key ment mandating the immediate cabinet secretary 1996-1998, said positions in the government. disqualification of lawmakers con- the government will scrap the Retired senior officials said the victed for a criminal offence pun- ordinance. “If they do not, the prime minister will not resign ishable with a jail term of more government will be split down over Rahul trashing the ordi- than two years. the middle,” he said. Referring to nance approved by his cabinet The ordinance was sent to Rahul’s remarks, he said matters as “complete nonsense”. Former President Pranab Mukherjee for concerning the ordinance could cabinet secretary Prabhat Kumar his assent, but he reportedly has have been sorted out behind the said if the prime minister had to sought some clarifications from scenes and “the drama” was not resign, he should have done so by the government and has not right. He said Manmohan Singh now. “His being in New York does signed it. Prabhat Kumar said the had tolerated quite a lot, and it not matter. Obviously, he is not ordinance was against the senti- would be out of character for him going to resign,” he said. ments of people who do not want to resign now. Prabhat Kumar, who was criminals as law-makers. IANS TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Sonia launches Vote for change ‘zero landless’ scheme in Kerala to make nation THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday launched a “zero landless” scheme here to ensure that one lakh families in shine, says Modi Kerala get to own land by 2015. “This is a historic moment as the ultimate dream of everyone is to Country passing through an ‘eclipse’ own a piece of land,” Gandhi told a meeting after inaugurating the MUMBAI: BJP’s prime minis- gathering. Modi said that since programme. “By 2015 in Kerala, terial candidate Narendra Modi the past nine years, the country this (wish) will be fulfilled. Kerala yesterday urged people to vote is passing through an “eclipse” will be the first state in the country for change to make India “shine”. on all fronts under the United to have achieved this,” she said. Addressing a packed function Progressive Alliance government Under the scheme, all the tar- of the Bharat Diamond Bourse at the centre. geted one lakh families in Kerala — the world’s largest diamond “The government has not been will own at least three cents (one exchange here, the Bharatiya able to keep the people with it... acre is 100 cents) of land by 2015. Janata Party leader and Gujarat the people of the country are not “A piece of land and a home, if chief minister said “it is a matter ready to walk with the govern- owned by all, will bring happiness of just eight months” for bringing ment,” Modi said, reiterating to the state and country,” Gandhi a change in the country. confidently that the BJP would Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, sits on a weighing scale balanced with silver during the said. She distributed title deeds to “After nine months, the coun- be voted to power. inauguration of the Mumbai Diamond Merchant Association’s Diamond Hall, in Mumbai yesterday. some of the beneficiaries. IANS try will emerge out of all the cur- Referring to his own status, rent challenges and difficulties Modi said that in the post-Inde- Modi said that the UPA gov- soon after his arrival, assured the Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar and march forward to a new era,” pendence era, no other politi- ernment lacks “vision” and has IT department that he would not Patel, Modi asserted that he hailed Compensation to Modi said, hinting that he expects cal leader has been criticised or been making promises after take it home. “Rest easy... All the from the same state (and mitti) of Lok Sabha polls on time. reviled or abused like him. promises but failed to fulfil them money from this silver would go Gujarat. For the memorial, Modi 929 Saradha Flanked by BJP deputy leader “Go to Google and take out for the past so many years. “The to make the world’s tallest statue said that from October 31, Sardar in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde a printout of all the things said government has lost control over of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It Patel’s 138th birth anniversary, he depositors given and ally Shiv Sena chief Uddhav against me... This auditorium the administration. It seems to will be called the ‘State of Unity’ would seek donations of a small Thackeray, Modi was given a will also fall short of space. But, control only the agencies like CBI, and will be double the height of piece of farm equipment from all KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief tumultuous reception at the despite this, the people have Income Tax Department to target Statue of Liberty outside New farmers in the country and build Minister Mamata Banerjee Mumbai airport and later at the always supported me,” Modi opposition leaders,” he declared. York harbour,” he said. the statue as a symbol of unity. yesterday distributed compen- BDB where he addressed the claimed amid huge applause. Modi, who was weighed in silver Drawing comparisons with IANS sation cheques to 929 inves- tors who have been duped after investing in the ponzi schemes of the Saradha Group. The beneficiaries had deposited BJP flayed for ‘making fun’ of PM up to Rs10,000 in the schemes, till Don’t arrest innocent Muslims: Shinde the company went bust. The ben- eficiaries were chosen as per rec- MANDYA (KARNATAKA): together”. She said the BJP tried ommendations of the Shyamal Sen NEW DELHI: Union Home have started feeling that they are priority to terror cases over other Congress president Sonia to scuttle the “historic” food secu- Commission. Minister Sushilkumar Shinde deliberately targeted and deprived pending cases. Gandhi yesterday lashed out rity bill in parliament by saying Justice (Retd) Sen hailed the yesterday asked all chief minis- their basis rights,” he wrote in Minority Affairs Minister K BJP for “making fun” of Prime it was against farmers. “We are decision as “historic”. He said ters to ensure that no innocent his letter that was made public. Rahman Khan is among the Minister Manmohan Singh and proud of our farmers and farmers 1,04,000 more depositors would Muslim is arrested in the name “Government has to ensure that Congress leaders who expressed asserted that the “whole party will always be the centre of our be indemnified before the Durga of fighting terror, as the BJP no innocent person is subjected to concern over wrongful arrests of stands behind him”. policies,” she added. Puja (beginning October 9). Two termed this against secularism undue harassment,” he said. Muslim youths in terror cases. “They make fun of our party, Terming the food security bill, lakh more investors would get and demanded he be “sacked”. The home minister said a per- But the Bharatiya Janata Party they make fun of our prime min- land acquisition bill, RTI and meas- their money back after Diwali In a letter to chief ministers, son wrongfully arrested should be (BJP) said the order should be ister,” she told a huge Congress ures to protect interests of women (November 2). The government the home minister said strict and released immediately and suitably “withdrawn” as it against secu- rally here. “The whole party as “historic”, Gandhi said “no other has set aside Rs50 crore for indem- prompt action should be taken compensated and rehabilitated to larism. BJP leader M Venkaiah stands behind the prime minis- government has achieved what the nifying the depositors up to Diwali. against erring police officers when join the mainstream. He called Naidu demanded that Shinde ter,” Gandhi declared at the rally. UPA (United Progressive Alliance Sen said 17.39 lakh depositors have malafide arrests are made of any upon the state governments to should immediately withdraw the Gandhi said the Bharatiya government) has been able to in applied to the commission, of which member of a minority community. constitute special courts for trial order and apologise to the nation. Janata Party “divides peo- the last ten years”. the panel had heard 8,000 so far. “Some of the minority youth of terror-related cases and give IANS ple” while “we bind the people IANS IANS TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME The Past is News in Numbers BUSINESS Iran’s official OptimismCHART: Index 1 38 Fajr (Dawn) 4:10 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:26 entry for Zuhr (Noon) 11:24 Asr (Afternoon) 2:48 the Oscars Maghrib (Sunset) 5:22 TEHRAN: Cannes prizewinner Isha (Night) 6:52 The Past (aka Le Passe), directed by A Separation’s Asghar Farhadi, has joined the race for the best foreign language Oscar WEATHER after being submitted as Iran’s official entry. Press TV, the state-backed English language Today Wednesday Weather Thursday Conditions: news channel, reported that Clear Clear Clear The Past had beaten off compe- Volume of Sales - Hydrocarbon Sector Slight dust tition from the likes of Parviz with some Shahbazi’s Trapped to get the nod from Iran’s Farabi Cinema High: 37° clouds. The BOI for the Volume of Sales parameter stands at 23 in Q2 2013, High: 37° High: 38° Foundation, which nominates Low: 27° Low: 27° Low: 27° the contender. 5 points lower from the previous quarter’s score of 28. 47pc of the The Past, which won the best actress award in Cannes for respondents in the sector anticipate no change in the sales volume Berenice Bejo, is a study of an level, 38pc foresee an increase while 15pc expect a decline in the DOHA - SUN & SEA Iranian man (played by Ali Mosaffa) who returns to Paris same. The BOI for Level of Selling Prices has declined by 2 points to SUN TIDE SEA to finalise his divorce from his SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND French wife (Bejo), who is in a 10 in the current quarter. A majority (70pc) of the respondents expect relationship with another man, 05:26 17:22 02:30 & 14:30 07:15 & 21:45 05-15/22 KT Samir (Tahar Rahim). Marion no change in the selling price level, 20pc anticipate an increase while Cotillard had been due to take THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW the lead role in the ¤11m drama, 10pc have said that selling prices will decrease in Q2 2013. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Farhadi’s first to be shot out- side Iran, but was forced to drop out due to scheduling con- Level of Selling Prices MUSCAT 34/28 Clear 34/27 Partly cloudy flicts. The Past was well-liked KUWAIT 37/27 Clear 37/28 Clear at Cannes, with the Guardian’s BOI Index BAHRAIN 33/27 Clear 34/29 Clear Peter Bradshaw calling it “an 100 90 SANAA 26/14 Partly cloudy 26/13 Clear absorbing, fascinating if slightly RIYADH 39/24 Clear 38/24 Clear contrived movie” in a four-star 80 DUBAI 37/28 Clear 37/28 Clear review; it emerged as a serious 64 63 63 BAGHDAD 36/20 Clear 37/21 Clear contender for the Palme d’Or 60 before losing out to Blue Is the THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Warmest Colour. 40 Farhadi now has the chance 30 26 25 HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER to add a second best foreign lan- 23 22 18 guage Oscar, after A Separation’s 20 10 12 ATHENS 28/19 Clear 22/17 Partly cloudy 10 10 victory in the category in 2011. WASHINGTON 26/18 Partly cloudy 29/18 Clear -7 -17 -8 -3 -10 The selection also comes at a piv- 0 SYDNEY 26/12 Partly cloudy 21/10 Partly cloudy otal moment for US-Iranian rela-

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Politeness on Tall claim! the run for Signs of mental Tokyo joggers illness need TOKYO: Japanese joggers are being warned to mind their manners when they run around the Imperial Palace in central prompt attention Tokyo, after a spate of rudeness. Officials say tourists and older visitors to the grounds have com- NEW YORK: When should advised his father to claim he plained of runners crashing into society intervene if a person was dangerous to get him admit- them from behind and then trot- shows signs of mental illness? ted. Three years later, the father ting off without saying sorry. As with the shooters at Virginia called the county’s Mobile Crisis “In some cases, the victims Tech University, in Tucson, Unit for help but was again told were jeered at or yelled at by Arizona and in Aurora, Colorado, that he had to wait until his son joggers,” said an official from there were ample warnings that became dangerous. When he did, Chiyoda-ku, the ward in Tokyo Aaron Alexis was experiencing that unit refused to come because that is home to the palace. mental distress before he killed the dispatcher decided, based on While the emperor’s official res- 12 people at Washington’s Navy the call, that the son was too dan- idence is strictly off-limits, large Yard. gerous. Instead, the police came parts of its sprawling grounds are Police in Newport, Rhode and shot the son twice with a stun open and provide a welcome green Island, did nothing to help Alexis gun. lung in densely-concreted Tokyo, when he complained about hear- The societal fear of involuntary attracting around 10,000 runners ing voices and being zapped by commitment is rooted in the One every day. Officials have erected skin-vibrating microwaves. Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest past, signs urging joggers to observe Master Nau, a 73-year-old Nepali, who claims to be the world’s shortest man in the Guinness World Records’ They were not legally obligated when innocents were warehoused the rules: yield to pedestrians, run immovable category, poses for a photo next to a camera in Kathmandu. Nau, who lives with his younger to. In 1975, the US Supreme Court in state asylums without legal counter-clockwise and be polite. brother’s family in Bhairahawa, 350 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu, is 16 inches tall while his rival, a ruled in O’Connor v Donaldson protections and with little hope AFP that the state “cannot constitu- of release. But times and circum- Taiwanese man, stands 27 inches. tionally confine . . . a non-dan- stances have changed. gerous individual who is capable Other nations have progressed of surviving safely in freedom by to a “need for treatment” stand- himself or with the help of willing ard, which considers the potential and responsible family members for danger but does not require it. or friends.” Under the 1983 Mental Health Director forced to scrap Hillary film plan That decision established the Act in England and Wales, indi- United States’ legal threshold of viduals can be forced into treat- NEW YORK: CNN has cancelled a doc- “prominent Democrats made it known both to posing a danger to one’s self or ment if they have a mental umentary on Hillary Rodham Clinton CNN and to me” that they weren’t happy with others. disorder. Patients are examined (pictured) after the director said pressure the project. Ferguson also cited pushback from The next year, a federal court by a licensed psychiatrist and a from the Clinton camp as well as Republican the Republican Party. In August, Republican ruled in Lessard v Schmidt that doctor, including one who has leaders made it too difficult to complete the leaders sent letters of protest to both CNN involuntary commitment is per- known the patient previously. If film. and NBC, complaining that their planned pro- missible only when “there is an they agree that the person should A CNN spokeswoman confirmed yesterday grammes amounted to political ads for Clinton, extreme likelihood that if the be detained in the interest of his that the programme would be cancelled, say- the wife of former President Bill Clinton. person is not confined he will do health, his safety or the protec- ing director “Charles Ferguson has informed The NBC television network is planning a immediate harm to himself or tion of others, an order is pre- us that he is not moving forward with his dramatic miniseries from its entertainment others.” The court required that sented to a social worker trained documentary about Hillary Clinton.” unit, which is separate from its news division. in civil commitment proceedings to determine whether commit- Political observers widely expect Clinton, NBC did not immediately return a request for people with mental illness receive ment is warranted. Patients are whose early polling numbers make her the comment yesterday. all the protections accorded to held for up to 28 days before their Democratic frontrunner in the presidential Republican leaders had resolved to boycott criminal suspects — including cases are reviewed by a mental race in 2016. Clinton, the former US Secretary any 2016 presidential debates sponsored by the right to counsel, the right to health tribunal composed of a of State, has said she is still considering CNN, which is owned by Time Warner Inc, and remain silent, exclusion of hear- doctor, lawyer and layman. her options. NBC, owned by Comcast Corp, if the networks say evidence and a standard of Adopting a “need for treat- In a blog post on the Huffington Post website, went ahead with the projects. proof beyond a reasonable doubt. ment” standard would enable Ferguson, who had been tapped by CNN to Ferguson said he was not pressured by CNN These decades-old rulings have relatives, police and mental health direct the film last year, said pressure from to cancel the project, and that the network’s had a chilling impact. professionals to intervene earlier. Clinton’s aides started as soon as he joined the certainly nobody who works with the Clintons, president, Jeff Zucker, had pledged his sup- In 2002, a Fairfax County, But until the US builds and funds project. He said he had found it difficult to get (who) wants access to the Clintons, or dreams port behind the film. “Neither political party emergency room turned away a community-based mental health anyone to cooperate and speak about Clinton. of a position in a Hillary Clinton administra- wanted the film made. After painful reflec- because a college student, who was system that provides user-friendly “When I approached people for interviews, tion,” Ferguson said in the blog post. tion, I decided that I couldn’t make a film of delusional and had been hospital- treatment oriented toward recov- I discovered that nobody, and I mean nobody, Clinton representatives could not be which I would be proud. And so I’m cancel- ised twice for treatment of bipolar ery, the threat of mass shootings was interested in helping me make this film. reached for comment. ling,” Ferguson said in the blog post. disorder, as he was deemed not will not be reduced. Not Democrats, not Republicans — and Ferguson said he was surprised that REUTERS sick enough to hospitalise. Police WP-BLOOMBERG Tuesday 1 October 2013 25 Dhul-qa’da 1434 Volume 18 Number 5839 Price: QR2

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Mashreq to be lead bank Airbus delivers first for Qatar Rail’s project A400M military plane

DOHA: Mashreq is set to be has extensive experience in sup- SEVILLE: After years of the downsized schedule to avoid the lead bank in a consortium porting large state owned devel- delays and huge cost over-runs, penalties. providing finance to the joint opment projects, both in Qatar Airbus yesterday delivered its But France’s minister described venture which was awarded and across the region. We are first A400M military transport the change in plane orders as a the QR8.46bn Red Line North confident that this strong joint plane, handing over the huge minor correction with final objec- Underground contract by Qatar venture partnership will ensure turboprop to France. tives remaining the same. Railways Company. the success of the Red Line The pan-European aircraft Airbus parent Eads has The announcement was made North Underground project and maker hopes the official handover expressed concern that any deci- at a signing ceremony at Oryx is another step towards imple- ceremony at the Airbus Military sion by France to axe orders could Rotana Hotel with with Joint menting Qatar’s future plans.” plant in Seville, southern Spain, lead other nations such as Spain Mandated Lead Arrangers Barwa Flavio DiPietro, Area Financial will launch strong sales to air and Germany to do the same, Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank and Controller of Impregilo, said, “The forces worldwide following a dif- squeezing the entire programme. Union National Bank. The con- details of the financial transac- ficult birth. It took 10 years to bring the sortium will provide club financ- tion have been carried out with “It is an extremely high per- A400M to the skies in one of ing of QR2.11bn to the JV between the maximum professionalism formance aircraft and I am quite the European military industry’s Impregilo, SK Engineering & thanks to a tailored and dutiful- proud that France is number one most ambitious projects, backed Construction Co and Galfar ness work that has rendered a for delivery,” French Defence by seven partners: Nato members Al Misnad Engineering and financial instrument that today Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Contracting. we are here to represent as a said at a handover ceremony also Luxembourg Spain and Turkey. The Doha Metro is a key com- benchmark for the international attended by Spain’s Prince Felipe. The project was dogged by ponent of the country’s envisaged market and primarily for the Already, though, there are con- delays and broken budgets as integrated rail system, which State of Qatar.” cerns about orders for the plane. developers struggled with the upon completion would include Senior officials from consor- The French minister, who was complex engine and the divergent high-speed long distance rail tium member banks attended the returning to a military base in requirements of client nations. links, freight lines, Lusail Light event were Steven Troop, CEO Orleans aboard the plane after Finally, four years late and Rail Transit System and People of Barwa Bank, Bert De Ruiter, the ceremony, said France still ¤6.2bn ($8.3bn), or 30 percent, Mover Systems in West Bay and CEO Wholesale Banking of Qatar planned to take 50 of the A400M over budget, Tom Enders, chief Education City. Islamic Bank and Khaled Nabil aircraft, which has propellers executive of Airbus owner Eads, The Red Line North Khorshid, Head of Syndication of more than five metres long. officially handed over the revo- Underground package is a sig- Union National Bank. But the minister, who cele- lutionary aircraft to France, its nificant division of the project They expressed their satis- brated the A400M as a “techno- first client, though the plane was and will include construction of faction with the high quality of logical feat”, said France would actually ready August 1. two parallel 13km underground banking expertise available in take only 15 planes “right now” Designed at the request of tunnels. The package will also the consortium and reiterated in its 2014-2019 supply pro- European chiefs of staff after include construction of seven their commitment to support gramme currently being debated the first Gulf War of 1991, which underground stations between the growth of Qatar by actively in parliament. exposed the need for such a plane, Msheireb and Lusail Marina. participating in many more such French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (centre) speaking to the media Originally, France had agreed the A400M is a multi-task mili- Ross Officer, Country Head of projects in the future. during the handover ceremony for the first Airbus A400M military transport to take 35 planes up front, and tary air lifter. Mashreq in Qatar, said: “Mashreq THE PENINSULA plane, at the Airbus Military plant in Seville, southern Spain, yesterday. it will likely have to negotiate AFP TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Long-term BP, Rosneft crude deal likely Trading houses to lend $11.5bn

LONDON: BP is working on Rosneft currently sells its oil becoming the first oil major from major ports via two methods with a long-term deal to buy — long-term loan-for-oil schemes seaborne crude from Rosneft, with traders, and short-term, six- trade sources said, after a month tenders open to traders number of trading houses this and majors. year secured large volumes from Long-term deals with Rosneft the Kremlin energy champion. allowed trading houses such While trading houses Glencore, as Glencore and Vitol to build Vitol and Trafigura agreed to lend large positions in Urals, the Rosneft $11.5bn in exchange for most important crude grade for oil supplies over five years, oil European refiners. majors have largely stayed on But the deals also turned expen- the sidelines, preferring to buy sive as they are priced against Russian crude at spot tenders. Rosneft’s six-month tenders, in BP has already received some which majors and traders often volumes of Russian Urals crude bid up prices to win volumes. Consortium representatives during the announcement of Middle East-Europe Terrestrial System in Dubai. under the deal, which is still being The first signs that BP is work- finalized, three trading sources ing on a new deal emerged when told Reuters. BP and Rosneft the major offered to sell a cargo of Consortium to launch 1,400km GCC fibre network declined to comment. Urals in the Baltic Sea for early- “BP is exploring options that October delivery, traders said. are available to it as a major “BP was simply not supposed to DOHA: A GCC-wide telecoms Q.S.C. will be in Qatar, Zain Vodafone’s growing commitment to partners is a step towards realizing shareholder in Rosneft. The deal have this cargo as it didn’t win any consortium has been formed to in Saudi Arabia, and Zajil in the Middle East region. The UAE this need. We are proud to be part will be somewhat different from volumes from Rosneft in the latest build a high-bandwidth regional Bahrain and Kuwait. A state-of- is a natural hub for Vodafone oper- of this joint effort that will even- what Rosneft has with trading six-month tender. So everyone real- transmission cable system for the-art 100G optical transport ating companies in Asia, Africa tually benefit millions of Internet houses,” a source familiar with ized that something new is coming,” the region. The system, to be network (OTN) will be built on and Europe to exchange traffic users and telecom customers over details of the deal said. a trader at a rival company said. called the Middle East-Europe top of a 1,400km terrestrial fibre with each other and partners. a wide geography spanning the BP owns a fifth of Rosneft, Trading sources said BP would Terrestrial System (MEETS) – optic cable to sustain the growing We are also pleased to be able to Middle East and Europe.” which became the world’s larg- be allocated a total of two Urals was conceived and co-promoted bandwidth demand of the region. enhance Qatar’s global connectiv- Scott Gegenheimer, Group est listed oil firm by output after cargoes from Rosneft in the Baltic by Vodafone, du, Zain and Zajil. MEETS will cater to regional ity in this way, in support of the CEO, Zain Group, said: “Through acquiring BP’s venture in Russia, during October. Sources declined MEETS was announced at and international ICT companies, National Vision 2030. Moreover, to the creation of MEETS, we will TNK-BP, in a deal valued at more to give exact details on how the a press conference held yester- meeting their wholesale capacity have the opportunity to do so with bring a higher quality of data con- than $50bn. two cargoes would fit into the new day in Dubai on the sidelines needs, while providing a connection some of our strongest partners, nectivity and content to our cus- That left Rosneft, in which the term deal. “What it shows is that of the Telecoms World Middle to new areas and end customers. delivering new levels of customer tomers in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Kremlin owns a controlling stake, BP is not a dormant shareholder East event. Attendees included MEETS is designed to be an choice and satisfaction ahead of and Bahrain.” heavily indebted and looking for at Rosneft, but tries to explore its Osman Sultan, CEO, du; Niraj economically and technically widespread availability of 4G will Al Soulah said: “The Middle deals with the likes of Glencore to options,” a trader at another rival Singh, Business Services Director, competitive alternative for con- further drive bandwidth demand East is one of the fastest grow- lighten the burden on its balance said. Apart from their sharehold- Vodafone Qatar; Henri Kassab, nectivity within the Gulf; it will across the region. It is truly an ing regions in the world, which sheet by reducing debts to banks ing relationship, BP and Rosneft Group Director of International also enable a terrestrial route to exciting project for Vodafone Qatar creates an ever growing demand as the money is being borrowed also co-own German refinery ven- Wholesale and Roaming, Zain Europe for reduced latency and and the Vodafone Group.” for bandwidth. Regional telecoms by the traders. ture Ruhr Oel. Group and Head of Mada higher reliability. Carriers will be Osman Sultan, CEO, du, said: need more bandwidth to meet this Rosneft also hopes to obtain up The biggest buyers of Rosneft’s Bahrain; Khalifa Al Soulah, MD & able to access MEETS from the “Customers in the Middle East demand and sustain the growth, to $70bn from China in prepay- oil, alongside trading houses, are CEO, Zajil Telecom; and, Mahesh Fujairah Landing Station or at today have ever-increasing high as well as more options. MEETS ment for oil, in an attempt to cut majors such as Shell, Eni, Statoil Jaishankar, Vice-President, the carrier neutral hub datamena. speed data needs as it is becoming is one such option offered by its debt further. The company has and Total, which regularly win datamena. Kyle Whitehill, CEO, Vodafone an integral part of today’s lifestyle. strong and stable consortium of kept buying assets aggressively volumes in six-month tenders. du will be the landing party in Qatar, said: “This exciting new The announcement of MEETS Telecom partners.” even after the TNK-BP purchase. REUTERS the UAE while Vodafone Qatar development is a significant part of with like-minded visionary THE PENINSULA

Regulators may ease rules on securitised debts EADS pledges financial

LONDON: Regulators are set nearly 30 countries proposed Basel is unlikely to reach final Board (FSB), to which the Basel to ease capital requirements on tougher capital requirements on agreement until late in 2014 and Committee reports, the Bank of help to core buyers securitised debt within about securitised debt last December then its members would typi- England and others are debating two years to help wean banks but they have run into strong cally need another year to put how to kick-start the securitisa- SEVILLE: Europe’s Airbus Drian told reporters. off central bank money, a source opposition from the industry. the changes in place, the source tion market. pledged yesterday to help Airbus is worried that Europe’s with knowledge of the matter Banks have already had to added. Many lenders are using cheap address financial difficulties largest joint defence project could said yesterday. increase sharply the amount of The Financial Times reported money from central banks for faced by core European buyers be its last for years to come The Basel Committee on capital set aside against securi- on Sunday that Basel was look- funding and policymakers see of its A400M airlifter, as it tries because of spending cuts and Banking Supervision will publish tised debt under an accord known ing to row back on its securitisa- securitisation as a key tool for to prevent some of the coun- splits over foreign and security its revised proposals by year-end as Basel 2.5 and say topping up tion plans in an interview with them to switch to private sources tries poaching its own exports policy. or early in 2014 concerning how those levels, as proposed by Basel, the committee’s Chairman Stefan of funding. by reselling aircraft they can- It has also expressed con- much capital banks must set aside would make it impossible to revive Ingves. Basel has already allowed not afford. cerns about plans by some of the to cover bonds based on bundles the market. “We need to look at the appro- banks to hold securitised prod- The comments from the head plane’s European customers to of loans such as mortgages. The source said the committee priateness of various structures ucts in liquidity buffers they of Europe’s aerospace giant came sell on some of the A400Ms they The securitisation market was was now discussing how to “re- and pass judgment on them. This must have from 2015 to help as France predicted a buoy- have ordered to buyers outside shunned after products based on calibrate” the capital require- should happen next year,” Ingves bring the market back in from ant export market for the long- the region, frustrating Airbus’s US home loans became untradable ments but warned banks not to was quoted as saying. the cold. awaited troop and cargo carrier, hopes of producing extra planes in 2007 when borrowers defaulted expect a big reversal. Regulators say factors other Figures from Morgan Stanley which was formally inaugurated for export. on the underlying mortgages. This “To the extent that capital than capital may be holding back show that issuance of asset backed in a rain-soaked ceremony in Analysts say Germany, Spain sparked a credit crunch that led requirements would be moder- the market, such as distrust securities fell from nearly 500 bil- southern Spain yesterday. and most probably France want to a global financial crisis. ated, it’s not going all the way among investors after being lion euros in 2006 to well under “We are well aware that our to jump in front of Airbus and The Basel Committee of cen- back to pre-crisis levels,” the burned in the crisis. ¤100bn last year. customers face economic difficul- re-export some of their A400M tral bankers and regulators from source said. The global Financial Stability REUTERS ties and we are grateful for their allocations to boost state budgets. steadfast commitments to the That would delay the point at A400M,” said Tom Enders, head which Airbus could start build- of Airbus’s parent, EADS. ing more aircraft for export, but World’s carbon capital “We will continue to work with also defer the payment of export Oil falls on worry our customers to find solutions royalties to reimburse a ¤3.5bn that are mutually acceptable and bailout provided by buyers in 2010 over looming US ensure the future success of this as the plane went far over budget. great aircraft,” he said, without According to two people famil- shutdown going into detail. iar with the 2010 bailout plan, After a tortuous 30 years in the first 174 planes (including NEW YORK: Brent crude oil development, the first of 170 troop Malaysia’s four) are excluded fell yesterday, heading for its and cargo planes jointly ordered by from the royalty agreement. first monthly decline since May, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Enders said it was too early as a looming US government Belgium, Luxembourg and Turkey to say who the potential buyers shutdown clouded the outlook are a step towards self-sufficiency were. Airbus executives say they for demand while tensions over in military transport for Europe. have already visited over 20 coun- Iran continued to ease. France, Germany and Spain all tries, many of them in the Middle A last-minute deal between have major stakes in EADS. East, South America and Asia. Republicans and Democrats Watched by Spain’s Crown The A400M was conceived in to resolve a budget impasse in Prince Felipe and politicians and the 1980s to meet a looming short- Washington appeared less likely, military brass from purchasing fall in military transport capacity, increasing the chances of the US nations, the bulky turbo-prop was but the ¤20bn project went more government shutting down at paraded in a lavish ceremony at than ¤5bn over budget. midnight. its Seville assembly plant. Enders said Europe’s politi- US equities and the US dollar Airbus has launched a cam- cal and defence industry leaders also fell, with energy shares post- paign to export 300-400 A400Ms must be far more realistic with ing the steepest losses of the 10 over the next 30 years, in addition schedules and funding for future S&P 500 sectors. to the 170 it already has under military programs. Brent lost 44 cents to $108.19 order from Europe. Malaysia, The plane competes against a barrel by 11.19am EDT (1519 which has ordered four aircraft, Lockheed Martin’s C-130 GMT), set for a monthly drop of is its only export customer so far. Hercules turboprop and the more than five percent. Brent hit “I can’t give you any figures but larger Boeing C-17 cargo jet. an earlier low of $107.22. US crude Massive coal-fired power stations surround Yinchuan, the capital of China’s northwestern Ningxia Hui there is huge capacity for exports, Production of the latter aircraft lost $1.07 to $101.80 a barrel, paring Autonomous Region, yesterday. China is the world’s biggest carbon emitter ahead of the US. The growth the political and industrial winds was recently halted, lifting hopes losses from a session low of $101.05. of China’s emerging middle class is placing intense demands on China’s energy sector. are synchronized,” French for the A400M. REUTERS Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le REUTERS TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Almarai prices Qatari bourse corporate hybrid sukuk

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian dairy index slumps producer Almarai has com- pleted the first hybrid bond offer by a corporation in the Gulf, selling a SR1.7bn ($453.2m) by 17.98 points Islamic bond (sukuk) yesterday, bankers said. The issue is a perpetual sukuk, meaning it has no maturity date Most regional markets retreat and in some ways resembles an equity instrument. The issuer can DOHA: Qatar Exchange index “There’s some pull-back, mainly choose to redeem the sukuk after lost 17.98 points, or 0.19 percent, on uncertainty about increasing five years. to 9,608.32 points from the pre- allocations with the fears affecting Since last year two banks in vious closing of 9,626.30 points. international markets,” Marwan the Gulf have issued hybrid sukuk The volume of the shares rose Shurrab, fund manager and head and one has issued a hybrid con- to 7,602,150 from 6,733,015 on of trading at Vision Investments, ventional bond; Almarai’s issue is Sunday and the value of shares said of Monday’s trade. the region’s first hybrid from an increased to QR283,435,018.69 A Reuters survey of fund man- issuer other than a bank. from QR278,500,585.62 on Sunday. agers published on Monday found Almarai’s deal was priced at Among the top losers were many wary of the size of Dubai’s 200 basis points over the three- Qatar National Bank whose gains, with a plurality saying they month London Interbank Offered share dropped 0.42 percent to expected to reduce allocations to Rate, in line with previously given QR166.80, Barwa Real Estate the emirate in the next three guidance. If the sukuk is not lost 0.79 percent to QR25.00, Al months. redeemed, the profit rate steps khalij Commercial Bank fell 0.33 But retail investor interest in A man asks for alms outside a branch of Spanish BBVA bank in Madrid yesterday. Spain’s debt will rise to almost up by 750 bps, according to a lead percent to QR18.30 and Qatar Dubai is so high that its momen- 100 percent of national output by the end of next year. banker. Navigation down by 0.86 percent tum may continue for a while. It Information on allocations to to QR80.30. again outperformed global mar- various investor types and the The Banking and Financial kets on Monday; MSCI’s emerg- reoffer price will be released sector index dropped 0.09 points ing market index was down 1.2 Spain debt nears 100pc of GDP later this week, in accordance while Consumer Goods and percent. with Saudi regulations. The cash Services sector index added 0.45 Despite the global jitters, “I MADRID: Spain’s public debt pressure from the European spending power for retired work- reoffer price is likely to be at par, points. The industrial sector was see the markets continuing their will soar to nearly 100 percent Union. It resisted pressure last ers. The government says tough the lead said. down 0.05 points while insurance major uptrend going into year- of output at the end of 2014, year to seek a full bailout from cuts are vital to drag Spain out of sector lost 0.43 points. end, supported by key factors like the government said yester- its neighbours. recession and fix its public finances. Apple unseats Meanwhile, most regional mar- Q3 earnings. Expect to see more day, despite massive spending The government announced Budget Minister Cristobal kets slipped yesterday as fears inflows with regards to MSCI cuts that have triggered angry in 2012 that it aimed for sav- Montoro reiterated that Spain, the Coca-Cola as of a US government shutdown emerging market positioning,” street protests. ings of ¤150bn ($200bn) by the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, spurred slight profit-taking, but Shurrab added. Spain’s ratio of debt to gross end of 2014, mainly in health and would likely return to growth dur- ‘best brand’ Dubai’s bourse booked its biggest In Saudi Arabia, the index domestic product (GDP) will hit education. ing the second half of this year. quarterly gain in nearly six years. ticked up 0.2 percent from a two- 99.8 percent at the end of next The measures have caused “The budget for 2014 is an eco- Dubai’s index shed 0.3 percent, week low, bucking a downbeat year after rising to 94.2 percent the popularity of Rajoy’s Popular nomic recovery budget. This budget PARIS: Coca-Cola has lost easing off Sunday’s near five-year regional trend. It climbed for a at the end of 2013, higher than Party to slump and they have will help us return to growth and its crown as the world’s best high. That trimmed its third- third consecutive quarter, gaining previously forecast, according to sparked regular street protests create jobs in our country,” he said brand, a closely watched survey quarter gain to 24.3 percent, its 6.2 percent in the three months - details of the government’s 2014 and strikes by teachers, doctors as he presented the details of the said yesterday, unseated by the best performance since late 2007. its strongest quarterly rise since budget presented in parliament. and other public workers. budget in parliament. iconic iPhone and iPad maker Trading volume in the quarter early 2012. The debt ratio has soared The draft budget for 2014 which The 2014 budget is based on a Apple. was the highest in four years. In Egypt, the benchmark from 40.2 percent of GDP in was approved Friday at a cabinet forecast that the Spanish econ- This marks the first time the Shares in Dubai were boosted index fell 0.8 percent to 5,621 2008, when the end of a decade- meeting includes further unpop- omy will grow by 0.7 percent next soft drink missed the top spot on during the quarter by heavy retail points, extending declines from long property boom triggered ular austerity measures for pen- year while the unemployment the “best global brand report”, a investor activity after index com- Thursday’s seven-month high. It an economic slump that caused sioners and public workers even rate will dip under 26 percent. line-up created in 2000 by mar- piler MSCI upgraded the United failed to confirm a break of chart unemployment to jump and tax as it slightly improved the outlook For 2013, the government fore- keting consultancy Interbrand, a Arab Emirates and Qatar to resistance at 5,682 points, the revenues to plunge. for jobs and economic growth. casts the economy will shrink by unit of the Omnicom advertising emerging market status, which is August peak. Prime Minister Mariano The budget will freeze pub- 1.3 percent while the jobless rate conglomerate. expected to bring in fresh funds “We saw some healthy profit- Rajoy’s conservative government lic workers salaries for a fourth will end the year at 26.6 percent. “Every so often, a company worth about $500m to each country. taking after the strong run we had forecast in its 2013 budget consecutive year. Pensions will The Spanish Treasury will need changes our lives — not just with A recovery in the local real had,” said Islam Batrawy, deputy that the debt-to-GDP ratio would rise by just 0.25 percent in 2014, to issue ¤243.9bn ($330bn) in debt its products, but with its ethos,” estate market, and expectations director of sales and trading at stand at 90.5 percent at the end the minimum allowed under a next year to cover maturing debts said Jez Frampton, Interbrand’s that Dubai will this November Egypt’s Naeem Brokerage. “People of this year. pension reform approved by the and new financing needs, up from chief executive. win the right to host the World are taking some cash off, plus we Spain has pushed through cabinet on Friday that will stop ¤207.2bn this year, according to “This is why, following Coca- Expo 2020, are also buoying the tracked the selling pressure from painful spending cuts to bring indexing payouts to inflation. the 2014 budget details presented Cola’s 13-year run at the top of market, which is up 70 percent global markets. down its soaring public deficit and Unions argue the pension reform to parliament. Best Global Brands, Apple now year-to-date. AGENCIES get its accounts in order under will mean an effective loss of AFP ranks #1,” he said. In fact, Coca-Cola dropped two places in 2013, also losing to Google, the search engine, which came in second place. Apple has always been on the list, beginning at #36 in 2000, but Investors fret over Italian political uncertainty has slowly climbed the ranks. But Interbrand warned Apple MILAN: Investors shunned beyond the country’s borders, par- and handle the crisis around banking stocks and broadcasting much improved since the coun- needed to keep a close eye on Italian government bonds and ticularly if new elections result. Italy’s corporates and banks group Mediaset , controlled by try’s borrowing costs became archrival Samsung (#9), espe- shares yesterday after Silvio It leaves some investors hoping remains in question.” Berlusconi, being particularly hit. close to unsustainable in late 2011. cially on the crucial smartphone Berlusconi pulled the rug from President Giorgio Napolitano’s The yields on Italy’s 10-year The new crisis come as next Fiscal austerity measures pushed market. “To maintain its number under Prime Minister Enrico determination to seek a new, bond, a good indicator of long- year’s budget law is currently through by the former govern- one position over the next year, Letta’s frail coalition govern- although scant, parliamentary term sentiment towards Italy, under negotiations. Italy is also in ment of Mario Monti are expected Apple will have to slow rival ment by ordering five centre- majority may avert elections in spiked to 4.73 percent at the the middle of corporate turmoil to curb any fiscal slippage. Also, Samsung’s momentum in the right ministers to quit. the short-term. opening. They later stood at 4.65 that has prompted management the Treasury has already met 80 mobile market and never lose Berlusconi’s decision, which “In our view, new elections percent, well below a 7.5 percent shake-ups at its biggest retail bank, percent of its debt funding needs sight of what it does best: ‘Think comes as the media tycoon is are still unlikely this year, with yield hit when Italy reached the Intesa Sanpaolo and telecoms com- for this year. different’,” the consultancy said. facing eviction from parliament the coalition government likely peak of its sovereign debt crisis pany, Telecom Italia. No.3 bank “The economic situation is so According to Interbrand, the after a tax fraud conviction, has to gain the confidence vote this in 2011. Monte dei Paschi di Siena is still much better now than it was Apple brand is worth $98.31 bil- left the euro zone’s third-largest week,” said Alberto Gallo, credit Shares in Milan’s blue-chip waiting for a EU green light to when Monti took over,” said lion, a 28 percent rise from the economy without a functioning analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland. FTSE MIB, which had plunged badly-needed state aid. Eric Nielsen, chief economist at previous year with the Google government. “However, the government’s 2.5 percent minutes after open- But there are positives. UniCredit. brand weighing in at $93.29bn. Italy’s political strife may ripple ability to pass structural reforms ing, were down 1.8 percent, with Economic conditions have REUTERS AGENCIES

LuLu bags best retail award UK agrees fee structure, capital relief for mortgage plans

MANCHESTER, England: of the property market by the make mortgages more expensive Britain has agreed the capital soaring size of deposits that are and obviously have a dampening relief and fee structure for its now required. effect. If they specifically thought mortgage guarantee scheme But some economists have said there was a problem in London which it plans to introduce the plan risks stoking a hous- and the southeast they could rec- in the week starting October ing bubble. The government has ommend we reduce the price cap 7, a government source said asked the Bank of England, via from 600,000 (pounds).” yesterday. its Financial Policy Committee Help to Buy was originally “We expect the majority (of (FPC), to make annual assess- launched to help buyers of new the) lenders will ultimately par- ments of the plan, starting next properties and the second phase, ticipate,” the source, who spoke on September. originally due to start in January, condition of anonymity, said. “We Asked whether Britain would was designed to assist buyers who expect other lenders to confirm tweak the scheme if there were might otherwise be unable to in the weeks and months ahead - signs of a bubble, the government afford a down payment on a home. between now and January — that source said: Properties worth up to 600,000 they will be participating — prob- “We have specifically said we pounds ($967,300)would be eligi- ably not all of them but the vast are going to give the FPC a role ble for the second phase. majority. every September in looking with The government source denied “House prices are basically flat us at how the scheme is work- any suggestion that the announce- in most of the country so this is a ing and then advising us whether ment on the acceleration of the broad recovery from an extremely the key parameters need to be second phase had been rushed to low base,” the source said. changed - that is the fees and the coincide with the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron price cap. Party’s annual conference which Ashraf Ali MA, Executive Director of LuLu Group, receiving the Best Retail CEO of the year award from has brought forward the launch “So the fees are the fees the is being held in Manchester, or Khurshid Vakil, CEO of Marina Group, during the Gulf Business Industry Award 2013 ceremony at Oberoi of the mortgage guarantee pro- lenders pay us for the guaran- in response to a proposal by the Hotel in Dubai. gramme which is designed to help tee. If the FPC were to say you Labour party to freeze energy bills. people who have been frozen out should raise the fees that would REUTERS TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Mideast funds bullish on Saudi: Survey Fund managers cautious on UAE

DUBAI: Fund managers in the In addition to Saudi Arabia’s Middle East are set to pump economic growth, the country has more money into Saudi Arabia been preparing for years to open over coming months but may its stock market to direct invest- withdraw some funds from ment by foreigners. A date for the Dubai because of concern its reform has not been set but many red-hot market has risen too in the industry think it could hap- fast, a Reuters survey showed. pen by early next year, which would The survey of 16 leading Middle almost certainly boost stocks. East-based investment institu- By contrast, many institutions tions, the first of its kind in the expressed caution about stock mar- region, was conducted over the kets in the United Arab Emirates, past 10 days by Trading Middle where Dubai has rocketed 71 per- East, a Reuters forum for mar- cent this year on the back of a ket professionals. The survey was recovery in its real estate prices, launched in September and will and Abu Dhabi is up 46 percent. be published monthly. Much of Dubai’s most recent Half of the institutions said gains have been due to heavy they expected to increase their trading by local retail investors. overall equity allocations to the International index compiler Middle East over the next three MSCI has decided to upgrade the months, while only 13 percent UAE and Qatar to emerging mar- said they would decrease them. ket status next June, which should Fund managers cited strong attract fresh foreign money. economic growth in the Gulf, But Middle Eastern institutions, Cars to be exported are parked at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Japan’s industrial output slid 0.7 percent in August after a hefty gain in the which is being aided by high oil believing many Dubai stocks have previous month. prices and consumer spending become fully valued for now, are booms in many countries, as well less bullish about the short term; as young and growing populations Dubai is trading at about 16 times Japan reports weaker August factory data across the Middle East. For many last year’s corporate earnings, managers, these factors outweigh compared to about 13 times for the jitters over geopolitical threats MSCI Emerging Markets Index. TOKYO: Japan’s factory out- a widely watched indicator of con- picking up a moderate pace”— the 59-year-old as having much choice, such as the civil war in Syria. “To get a 60 percent increase put slipped more than expected fidence in the corporate sector. same language it used in July. given the size of the country’s “We are strong believers in in eight months — this scares me. in August but the government Analysts were mixed on the A corporate survey included national debt, proportionately the the region and are constructive Each time we get a big increase in put an upbeat gloss on the data fresh factory output figures, with in the data published Monday worst in the rich world at more on its capital markets,” said Ziad the market it is followed by a big yesterday, a day before Premier Junko Nishioka, chief economist showed Japanese manufacturers than twice the size of the economy. Chaaban, Managing Director for decrease,” Abdullah Al Durdunji, Shinzo Abe issues his long- at RBS Securities Japan, noting have a bright outlook with the The International Monetary Asset Management at Egyptian chief treasury officer at the Abu awaited decision on hiking sales that the country’s export picture sector expecting a 5.2 percent Fund, among others, have been investment bank EFG-Hermes. Dhabi Fund for Development, taxes. was lacklustre. “Exports aren’t expansion this month and 2.5 calling on Tokyo to fix its books, “We think favourable macr- said of Dubai’s volatile market. Tepid export and consumer growing strongly these days,” she percent in October. after debt agencies cut their rat- oeconomic and demographic driv- He said his personal view was demand at home weighed on told Dow Jones Newswires. Early signs suggest Abe’s blue- ings on Japan’s credit. ers will push the growth trajectory that it made sense to cut UAE equity industrial production last month, “The pace of production print for stoking growth — dubbed Some expect the BoJ’s closely higher and with it the size and exposure and increase holdings of with output falling by 0.7 percent improvement isn’t as fast as those “Abenomics” — is having a posi- watched Tankan survey to hit a liquidity of the capital markets.” fixed income instruments from high- from the previous month. seen in economic recoveries in the tive effect, with the world’s third- three-year high, possibly the tip- Saudi Arabia’s stock market, quality firms, while hedging the risk The drop — reversing a 3.4 past.” largest economy expanding again ping point that will give the premier where the main index has risen that US interest rates could rise and percent rise in July — is one of However, Credit Suisse said in the June quarter as cautious the green light to implement a tax 17 percent this year, lagging sev- pull up rates in the Gulf. the last pieces of economic data that “the fall in August seems a firms hiked their capital spending. rise that was passed by the admin- eral other Gulf bourses, looks set Thirty-eight percent of the that Tokyo will be able to study temporal adjustment, and man- But his decision on hiking the istration he booted out of office. to be the main beneficiary of this institutions said they expected before issuing a decision today on ufacturing activities is likely to tax levy to eight percent from the In a bid to soften the impact, optimism in coming months. to decrease their equity alloca- whether to raise the sales levy, a remain on a recovery trend”. current five percent, seen as cru- Abe is expected to unveil a one- Three-quarters of the 16 institu- tion to the UAE in the next three move some fear will derail Japan’s For its part, the trade ministry cial to chopping Japan’s massive time $50bn stimulus package with tions said they expected to increase months, while 31 percent intended fledgling economic recovery. painted the latest output figures national debt, threatens not only benefits for low-income earners their equity allocation to Saudi to increase it and the rest said they Also due today are household in an optimistic light, keeping to sink Abe’s growth plans; it could and corporate incentives to boost Arabia in the next three months, would keep their UAE exposure flat. spending data and the Bank of its previous verdict that indus- also dim his popularity with voters. investment. while none expected to reduce it. REUTERS Japan’s quarterly Tankan survey, trial production “shows signs of Few, however, see the AFP

QATARI MARKET Indonesia, EU Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.38 0.54 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.75 1.64 % Aa2 AA seal pact to Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.63 2.70 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.50 3.05 % Aa2 AA stop illegal Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 107.00 3.52 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 156.50 4.80 % Aa2 AA timber exports Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.50 5.24 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.75 5.16 % Aa2 AA BRUSSELS: Indonesia, Asia’s leading exporter of timber Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.25 1.12 % Aa2 AA to Europe, yesterday signed Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.25 3.31 % Aa2 AA a long-awaited pact with the Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.38 1.08 % A1 A- European Union to fight the Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.63 2.30 % A1 A- trade in illegal timber, a driver QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.71 % NR NR of environmentally damaging QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.75 1.33 % Aa3 A+ deforestation. QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.88 2.18 % Aa3 A+ The deal, negotiated over six years, aims to ensure that all Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.29 % A2 A- Indonesian timber entering the Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.25 1.93 % A2 A EU is produced legally, and makes Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 122.63 3.46 % A2 A Indonesia the first Asian nation to Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 105.38 3.90 % A2 A enter such an agreement. Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 101.50 4.83 % A2 A “This agreement is good for The guests and organisers during the dinner at St Regis Doha. Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.25 1.18 % Aa3 A the environment and good for Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 3.44 % Aa3 A responsible business,” said the Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 106.75 4.18 % Aa3 A EU’s Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik, who joined FBN-GCC holds first Doha meeting SOVEREIGNS Indonesia’s Minister for Forestry Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Hassan Zulkifli at the signing cer- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 102.75 0.14 % Aa2 AA emony in Brussels. DOHA: The Family Business experiences among owners of Omar Hussain Alfardan, Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.88 2.31 % Aa2 AA Illegally harvested wood rep- Network GCC (FBN-GCC) Qatari family businesses that have President and CEO of Alfardan resents about 50 percent of tim- headed by Chairman Abdulaziz Al had a clear imprint on national Group, welcomed FBN-GCC led Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 109.00 2.09 % NR NR ber exported from Indonesia and Ghurair recently organised a gala economic growth in the past dec- by Al Ghurair, a prominent leader Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.88 2.87 % NR NR 20 percent of timber products dinner for a group of Qatari fami- ades. It also facilitated discussions among the Gulf’s family busi- Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.25 4.52 % NR NR imported into the EU. lies. Various leaders and decision on ways to apply best international nesses. Alfardan hailed Al Ghurair Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 110.25 4.97 % NR NR Main destinations in Europe makers involved in local family practices while maintaining family as a model of excellence and busi- Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.13 0.81 % Aa2 AA are Germany, Britain, the businesses attended the event. values in business to ensure the ness leadership, adhering to the Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.00 3.89 % NR BBB Netherlands, Belgium, France, Organised at St Regis Doha, the success and continuity of the sec- values of trust and commitment, Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 100.75 5.36 % NR BBB Spain and Italy. event was the first initiative of tor for generations to come with making Al Ghurair Group one But an EU law introduced in its kind aimed at strengthening the help of the network’s continued of the most influential corporate Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 93.50 7.00 % Caa1 CCC+ March prohibits the sale of illegally communication channels among support for Gulf families via vari- entities in the UAE and the region. Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 100.75 4.37 % NR BBB- harvested timber, meaning busi- family business owners in Qatar ous strategic initiatives. Al Ghurair discussed the goals *Periodic Distribution Amount IMPORTANT NOTE: nesses must ask for evidence that and across the Gulf. The results of the discussions and initiatives of FBN-GCC, which Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which products comply with the rules. The meeting was hosted upon a will significantly contribute to the was founded in 2012 as a private is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services The deal has yet to be formally special arrangement of Alfardan development of future strategies non-profit organisation to repre- Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary ratified by both sides, but once it Group in support of the initiatives and plans of family businesses in sent the leading family businesses data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising is fully implemented, Indonesian of the Network. FBN-GCC has had Qatar and across the Gulf. This in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, 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 timber products will be system- great success in encouraging dialogue comes at a time when family busi- Saudi Arabia and UAE. He high- can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant atically checked for their trace- on joint mechanisms to foster the nesses are playing increasingly lighted the vision of the network liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not ability with the help of the EU. spirit of entrepreneurship, excellence, major roles as powerful economic towards encouraging and facilitat- a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and It will boost the EU’s Forest corporate governance, and transpar- agents within the GCC markets. ing knowledge transfer and the consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. Law Enforcement Governance ency among family businesses which The region currently hosts 5,000 dissemination of best practices and Trade plan, part of global have become mainstays for advancing family-owned companies with total that ensure continuity among efforts to stop the illegal logging economic and social development in revenues collectively worth $600bn family businesses and maintain practices that are destroying the Qatar and Arabian Gulf. according to figures released professional values and social world’s tropical forests. The event served as an ideal by the Institute for Corporate responsibility across generations. AFP interactive platform for exchanging Governance (Hawkamah). THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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Football: Bayern Broncos roll over Eagles brush off In-form quarterback Peyton Manning scores four touchdown strikes Ibrahimovic’s Guardiola slur LOS ANGELES: The Denver Broncos set a franchise record NFL Results BERLIN: Bayern Munich for points in a game by beat- Kansas City 31 NY Giants 7 president Uli Hoeness has ing Philadelphia 52-20 behind Seattle 23 Houston 20 branded Zlatan Ibrahimovic an red-hot quarterback Peyton Buffalo 23 Baltimore 20 “aggrieved prima donna” after Manning’s four touchdown the Sweden star’s latest verbal Arizona 13 Tampa Bay 10 strikes. attack on coach Pep Guardiola. Manning added to his record- Indianapolis 37 Jacksonville 3 Since Guardiola took charge setting touchdown total, racking Cleveland 17 Cincinnati 6 of Bayern in June, the European up 16 through the first four games Detroit 40 Chicago 32 champions have dropped just of the season to set a NFL mark. Minnesota 34 Pittsburgh 27 two league points, winning six of “We felt really motivated to Tennessee 38 NY Jets 13 their seven Bundesliga games so score points against these guys,” Washington 24 Oakland 14 far and are at Manchester City said Manning, who also registered in the Champions League on San Diego 30 Dallas 21 his league-record 24th career Wednesday. game on Sunday with at least four Denver 52 Philadelphia 20 Guardiola and Ibrahmiovic passing strikes. New England 30 Atlanta 23 were both at Barcelona for the “We were motivated to be on 2009/10 season, but their relation- top of our game offensively, to ship soured after Ibrahimovic lost score points, touchdowns not field his place in the starting side. goals, and I thought we did that In his autobiography, today.” LEFT: New England Patriots’ Ibrahimovic recalls shouting Manning was 28-of-34 for 327 cornerback Aqib Talib (right) “you haven’t got any *****!” at yards and no interceptions. He breaks up a touchdown pass Guardiola after making a brief tied Milt Plum’s mark for most attempt to Atlanta Falcons’ appearance off the Barcelona touchdown passes to start a sea- wide receiver Roddy White bench in one match after the son without an interception, set late in the fourth quarter of coach prefered to play Argentina’s in 1960 with the Browns. their NFL game at the Georgia Lionel Messi up front. Wes Welker and Demaryius Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, US, And in an interview with Thomas both caught two scores, German magazine Spiegel, yesterday. In the late game, and Knowshon Moreno ran for Ibrahimovic gave a fiery answer New England Patriots held on 78 yards and a touchdown on when asked what he has against 12 carries for the Broncos, who to beat Atlanta Falcons 30-23. Guardiola, 42, who he dubbed “the improved to 4-0. Philosopher” while at Barcelona. Denver have won 15 consecu- “Guardiola is a fantastic tive regular-season contests dat- trainer, but as a person? He is ing back to last season to set a a coward,” said the 31-year-old club record. Paris St Germain forward. Quarterback Michael Vick the second half with 31 consecu- the New York Giants thanks to a Smith threw for 288 yards on New York is now 0-4 for the “He isn’t a man. In the first threw for 248 yards on 14-of-27 tive points thanks to Manning’s stingy defence and a productive 24-of-41 passing, while Jamaal first time since the 1987 season. months at Barcelona things went passing for the Eagles, who fell to heroics. He engineered three special teams unit. Charles rushed for 127 yards and Steven Hauschka booted a well and I scored lots of goals. 1-3. Philadelphia lost their third- straight scoring drives, with each Alex Smith shook off a pair caught one of Smith’s touchdown 45-yard field goal with 3:19 left “Then he sacrificed me for straight game since opening the one ending in a touchdown pass to of interceptions to throw three passes at Arrowhead Stadium as in overtime to rally the unbeaten Lionel Messi, but didn’t have the season with a victory over the give Denver a commanding lead. touchdown passes for the Chiefs, Kansas City improved to 4-0. Seattle Seahawks to a 23-20 win guts to tell me. Guardiola has no Washington Redskins. Manning completed all five who are off to their best start to Dexter McCluster added a over the Texans in Houston. *****.” Vick didn’t last the game as he passes on a 65-yard, seven-play a season since 2003. thrilling 89-yard punt return for Seattle scored the final 20 Bayern boss Hoeness has said was replaced in the fourth quar- series that culminated with a “On all three sides of the ball, a touchdown, while a swarming points and are undefeated after the Bavarians are very happy with ter by Nick Foles who unlike Vick four-yard touchdown pass to we’re doing a good job of taking defence limited the last place four games for the first time in Guardiola’s work and dismissed was able to pass for a touchdown Welker to make it 42-13. care of the ball, scoring points, Giants to just 298 total yards. franchise history. Ibrahimovic’s latest comments. when he hit Jeff Maehl from six In Kansas City, the Chiefs taking the ball away, scoring on “Right now we’re 4-0 and the In the late game yesterday, New “We totally disagree with yards out. continued their surprising early- special teams,” said Chiefs wide target is on our back, and we have England held on to beat Atlanta Zlatan Ibrahimovic. We are Denver blew the game open in season success with a 31-7 rout of receiver Dwayne Bowe. to keep pushing,” said Bowe. 30-23. REUTERS completely satisfied with Pep Guardiola,” Hoeness told German daily Bild. “I think Ibrahimovic is an aggrieved prima donna who has Baseball Results not coped well with his departure Tampa Bay 7 Toronto 6 from Barcelona. Baseball: Marlins beat Tigers “No club has been happy with Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 2 him.” MIAMI: Miami’s Henderson out and Chris Coughlan walked NY Mets 3 Milwaukee 2 Hoeness added he has “no sym- Alvarez threw a no-hitter on to load the bases with two outs, Miami 1 Detroit 0 pathy” for Ibrahimovic. Sunday’s final day of the Major bringing pinch hitter Greg Dobbs Baltimore 7 Boston 6 “He just wants to distract from League Baseball season as the to the plate. Atlanta 12 Philadelphia 5 the fact that he has failed at many Marlins scored a run in the last But Putkonen threw another Kansas City 4 C W Sox 1 clubs. inning to edge Detroit 1-0. wild pitch, the ball rolling to the Cleveland 5 Minnesota 1 “He arrives as a saviour and The 23-year-old Venezuelan backstop as Stanton raced home leaves as a troublemaker.” NY Yankees 5 Houston 1 right-hander hurled 66 strikes from third base for the game’s Guardiola is not the only in 99 pitches over nine innings, only run to touch off a bench- St Louis 4 Chicago Cubs 0 Bayern coach to have come in for striking out four Tigers batters clearing celebration as Miami Texas 6 LA Angels 2 criticism from Ibrahimovic. while walking one, hitting another players mobbed Alvarez. San Francisco 7 San Diego 6 Dutchman Louis van Gaal, who and allowing a third base runner “I was hoping for a wild pitch,” Oakland 9 Seattle 0 won the league and cup double on a fielding error. Alvarez said. “When I saw the Colorado 2 LA Dodgers 1 with the Bavarians and steered But the Marlins batters could wild pitch I got really excited.” Arizona 3 Washington 2 Munich to the 2010 Champions not produce a run in the first It was the first walk-off no- League final, also fell offside with eight innings, leaving the game hitter in the major leagues since the Swede when the pair worked a scoreless deadlock entering the 1997. together at Ajax. bottom of the ninth to bring about “The no-hitter just makes me “He told me with a pencil a bizarre and dramatic finish to go into the off-season wanting to where I should run and I told Alvarez’s no-hit effort. work even harder,” Alvarez said. him: ‘look mister, you can’t tell me “I was so excited,” Alvarez said “It’s a way to motivate me and St Louis Cardinals’ starting anything - go into your office and through a translator. “I thought prepare me for next season.” pitcher Jake Westbrook write some letters’,” Ibrahimovic by the ninth inning that I just Rookie team-mate Jose delivers a pitch to the Chicago told Spiegel. “His manner really needed three outs for the no- Fernandez pulled off Alvarez’s Cubs in the first inning at Busch got on my nerves.” hitter. With my emotions and jersey and showed it to the spec- Stadium in St Louis yesterday. But current Chelsea boss nerves, I kind of lost track that tators as the crowd roared. The outing for one inning, will Jose Mourinho, who coached we hadn’t scored a run yet.” Alvarez had been in the on- probably be Westbrooks last Ibrahimovic at Inter Milan when Giancarlo Stanton hit a one- deck circle waiting for a time at appearance as a member of the the Italian giants won the 2010 out single to centerfield off Tigers bat that could not have come in Cardinals who won 4-0. Champions League title, received relief pitcher Luke Putkonen, took that inning and jumped for joy high praise. second base on a Logan Morrison when the victory was complete “I’d have died for him, he is single and both runners advanced and he became the fifth pitcher outstanding, highly intelligent on a wild pitch by Putkonen. in Marlins’ history to toss a no- and an incredible motivator,” said Adeiny Hechavarria grounded hitter. REUTERS Ibrahimovic. REUTERS Wins for CDC, M Pallonji

DOHA: Experienced CDC Pallonji defeated Serandeep-A Thomas 30.) Man-of-the-match: and M Pallonji registered their by 5 wickets. Brief scores: Mahesh of CDC. first wins in opening round Serandeep 154 all out in 20 overs Brunel 253 for 9 in 20 overs of matches in the 25th CDC ( Shanaka 32. Raviraj 3 for 25, (Dhammika 70, Faws 51, Ravi 22, Cricket Tournament 2013. Shailesh 2 for 28, Melroy 2 for 15 Charles 25. Kiran 2 for 10, Manish CDC defeated MIC by 4 wickets ) Lost to M Pallonji 159 for 6 in 2 for 22) beat Vijay Arabia 99 in a last-ball thriller. 17 overs ( Raviraj 31, Shailesh 31. all out in 15.1 overs (Fousy 2 for MIC won the toss and elected Tarindu 2 for 11 ) Man-of-the- 7, Saddam 2 for 11, Rila 2 for 9) to bat first. match: Raviraj of M Pallonji. Man-of-the-match: Dhammika of They managed a defendable Qalco 224 for 8 in 20 overs Brunel. total of 185 runs for seven wickets (Talha 75 in 27 balls with 9 6’s, Readymix 124 all out in 20 in the allotted 20 overs. Inthiqab 50 in 18 balls with 6 6’s, overs ( Rafaqat 33. Manhara 2 Istiaq (38), Prasanna (35) and Ashraf 2 for 11) Beat Tulukutta for 6 ) beat Serandeep-B 66 all Baqer (30) were top scorers. 116 all out in 16.5 overs (Shafiq 3 out in 14.5 overs ( Zahid 2 for 0, For CDC, Srinivas took three for 20, Buddika 2 for 3, Shahid 2 Arshad 2 for 5 ). Man-of-the- wickets. for 10 ). Man-of-the-match: Talha match: Manhara of Serandeep-B. In reply, CDC relied on a strong of Qalco. ACC 41 all out in 6.2 overs start and subsequent support MIC 185 for 7 in 20 overs ( (Sajjad 3 for 13, Shakeel 2 for 3) from the middle order for the Istiaq 38, Baqer 30, Prasanna 35. lost to Hanan XII 42 for 3 in 5.1 Sanjiv Jain, Business Development Manager of Construction Development Co (CDC), is seen inaugurating the last-ball victory in the end. Srinivas 3 for 20 ) lost to CDC overs . Man-of-the-match: Sajjad 25th CDC Cricket Tournament 2013 in the presence of teams and officials. In the Division I match, M 186 for 7 in 20 overs ( Mahesh 35, of Hanan XII. THE PENINULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

Chinese teenager to Scott says global golfers take on Woods, McIlroy

BEIJING: Chinese prodigy Guan Tianlang, 14, will take on need Presidents Cup win world number one Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in a “skills challenge” before an 18-hole showdown between the two I think it’s crucial. We have to win this year, says the Australian pros, organisers said yesterday. In April Guan became the COLUMBUS: Masters cham- singles matches on Sunday. US youngest to compete at the pion Adam Scott says the golfers won 19-15 in 2011 at Royal Masters, and despite being penal- Internationals must beat the Melbourne -- the site of the lone ised a stroke for slow play, still Americans to win the Presidents Internationals victory back in managed to finish the leading Cup golf matches for the first 1998 -- for their fourth triumph in amateur. time in 15 years or lose any com- a row since a 17-17 draw at South “The Match” between Woods petitive credibility. Africa in 2003. and McIlroy will be held over the The 10th edition of the biennial Scott, who last April became Blackstone Course at Mission showdown between United States the first Aussie to win a green Hills Haikou, on the Chinese and non-European squads begins jacket at Augusta National, was island of Hainan, on October 28. Thursday at Jack Nicklaus- on all five of those Internationals As part of the showpiece, the designed Muirfield Village with squads that walked away winless. “skills challenge” features the the Americans owning a 7-1-1 “I think it’s crucial. We have to three players hitting shots at edge in the all-time rivalry. win this year,” Scott said. “The three targets at a distance of 50, “The Internationals need to Cup loses any credibility whatso- 100 and 125 yards. step up and win the thing and ever if (the Internationals) don’t In a press release, Woods said make it a real competition,” start winning soon.” of the talented Guan: “I’m really Australia’s Scott said. “I’m getting The Americans, not surpris- excited about his future and what tired of getting killed out there. ingly, do not share Scott’s concern. he’s doing for the profile of golf in This is a big year for us. It’s our “We like the way it has gone China, so it’s great he’ll be a part time.” and we would like to keep it going of The Match at Mission Hills.” Zimbabwe’s Nick Price will that way,” said world number one Guan added: “It will be nice to guide the global stars against an Tiger Woods. see Tiger again because he has American lineup featuring Fred “I think we have done really been very supportive, such as Couples as captain in the Ryder well in the Presidents Cup when we practised together at Cup-styled event, which features because generally we have a very this year’s Masters. 11 foursomes (alternate shot) and deep team. You are playing four AFP 11 four-ball (better ball) matches matches guaranteed and that has over three days and 12 concluding always suited us.” The Internationals pitched a World Rankings reduction in the number of pairs Golf world rankings yesterday Presidents Cup matches that would sit out more (US unless stated, last week’s players but the idea was vetoed positions in brackets): Past Winners by US PGA Tour commissioner Tiger Woods of the US and Adam Scott of Australia prepare to play from the 10th tee during the first round of the 1. (1) Tiger Woods 13.03 Tim Finchem. COLUMBUS: Past winners Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts in this file picture of August 31, 2013. 2. (2) Adam Scott (Australia) 9.38 “There are a few occasions we of the Presidents Cup golf 3. (3) Phil Mickelson 8.60 did really well, but the US team I thought whether or team is “I definitely would like to be Argentina’s Angel Cabrera also on matches (United States leads 4. (4) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 8.19 is a lot stronger,” Price said. “The going to win or lose or whether on the other end of that and to the team. Woods and Mickelson Internationals in all-time commissioner didn’t want to do that would be good or bad for the contribute to a good win for the lead a US lineup that also includes 5. (5) Justin Rose (England) 7.66 rivalry 7-1-1): anything about the changes for Presidents Cup.” Internationals,” said Aussie Marc PGA Championship winner Jason 6. (6) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 7.33 1994 United States 20, Internationals 12 this year. We’re going to do the US left-hander Phil Mickelson, Leishman, a captain’s choice along Dufner, Matt Kuchar, Keegan 7. (7) Steve Stricker 6.80 United States 16 1/2, Internationals 1996 best we can with the given points the reigning British Open cham- with Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Steve 8. (8) Matt Kuchar 6.67 15 1/2 structure. pion who will be the only man to Jonge. Stricker, Bill Haas, Hunter 9. (9) Brandt Snedeker 6.30 Internationals 20 1/2, United States “It’s going to be a tough job play in all 10 Presidents Cups, says Four-time major champion Mahan, Zach Johnson and cap- 1998 10. (10) Jason Dufner 6.00 11 1/2 for us to win the Cup but I think the all-time results are secondary. Ernie Els, making his eighth tain’s choices Webb Simpson and 11. (12) Zach Johnson 5.46 United States 21 1/2, Internationals we have got a really strong team “The tournament is about pro- Presidents Cup start, leads a Jordan Spieth. 2000 12. (11) Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) 10 1/2 right now.” moting the game of golf on an record five South Africans on Woods has won the Memorial, 5.43 Internationals 17, United States 17 Couples sees the Americans’ international level,” Mickelson the Internationals, joining com- the PGA event played at Muirfield 2003 13. (13) Jim Furyk 5.15 (Cup shared) Ryder Cup rivalry with Europe as said. “Who loses and by how much patriots Branden Grace, Richard Village, five times while Els, 14. (15) Luke Donald (England) 5.09 United States 18 1/2, Internationals an edge against the Internationals isn’t as important as having the Sterne, Charl Schwartzel and Stricker and Kuchar have each 2005 15 1/2 because it gives US players an guys get together in a competi- Louis Oosthuizen, who had been won it once. 15. (14) Keegan Bradley 5.04 annual test their rivals lack, tive, friendly environment, put on out since July with neck and back The Internationals have seven United States 19 1/2, Internationals 16. (16) Jason Day (Australia) 4.95 2007 although Europe has won five of a good show and have some fun issues until last week. Cup newcomers and Day and 14 1/2 17. (17) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.57 the the past six Ryder Cups. doing it.” Scott and Leishman are joined Schwartzel with only one prior United States 19 1/2, Internationals 18. (18) Lee Westwood (England) 4.53 2009 “We have an advantage because The Internationals, however, by fellow Aussie Jason Day with start. US rookies are Spieth, 14 1/2 we play in the Ryder Cup,” are clearly in it to win it after Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, Dufner, Bradley and Snedeker. 19. (19) Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 4.50 2011 United States 19, Internationals 15 Couples said. “At no time have years of frustration. Canada’s Graham DeLaet and AFP 20. (20) Ian Poulter (England) 4.40 Badminton club house an urgent need: Al Gosaibi

DOHA: Qatar Badminton A Association’s (QBA) top most B priority is to have a badminton club house of its own to tide over the difficulty in getting venues to stage major tourna- ments, said President Hisham Al Gosaibi. Speaking on the side lines of the Shuttle Time Qatar, a grass- roots badminton programme, conducted by Badminton World Federation (BWF), Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) and QBA at Qatar Volleyball Association Hall at Al Arabi Stadium, Al Gosaibi said: “We are having a tough time to get venues to stage badminton tournaments in Doha. We have informed the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) about our difficulties and the need to have an badminton club house. We are confident that the QOC’s decision to allot a club house exclusively for badminton will support from school and educa- come soon.” tional institutes through out Asia. “It (badminton club house) Over twenty schools from C will serve our badminton com- Qatar represented by 24 teach- A: Hisham Al Gosaibi (right) and President of the Qatar munity. The number of players ers are attending the programme. Badminton Association (QBA), and Abdulrahman Al Muftah playing and undergoing coaching Muhammad Andy Ardiansyah (third right), Executive Director at Qatar School Sports is increasing. Besides badminton from Indonesia, a development Federation’s (QSSA) pose for a picture with other officials is an Olympic sport,” he added. officer with BAC is conducting during the Shuttle Time Qatar, a grassroots badminton pro- The QBA official disclosed that the programme. gramme, conducted by Badminton World Federation (BWF), the nine-day programme, Shuttle “Shuttle Time acts as the self- Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) and Qatar Badminton Time Qatar, will go a long way study boot camp for teachers and Association at Qatar Volleyball Association Hall at Al Arabi in nurturing new talent in the coaches helping them hone their Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Others seen (from left) are country. skills and expertise in making Mohammed Sabri, Public Relations Officer at QSSA, Mohamed “The motto of the programme badminton a fun and safe sport Nagaty, Administrative Secretary at QSSA, Girish Kurup, is ‘because we want every child to to play for children and youth,” Technical Expert at QBA, Salman Abu Jahl, Supervisor at have a chance to play badminton’. informed Ardiansyah, who has QSSA, Gamal Rasmi, Board Member, QBA and Muhammad We have tied up with QOC and been a instructor with BAC from Andy Ardiansyah (second right), Development Officer at BAC. Qatar School Sports Association 2011. B: Ardiansyah, the Development Officer at WBA, giving coach- (QSSA) for the September 26 to Ardiansyah said simliar pro- ing tips to teachers attending the Shuttle Time Qatar coaching October 4 programme,” informed grammes were held in Bahrain programme. C: Teachers attending the Shuttle Time Qatar. Al Gosaibi. and Lebanon. Under the pro- Shuttle Time is a grassroot gramme each school in Qatar PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY VP programme of BWF and BAC. has been provided with racquets, Under the programme BWF badminton nets and shuttles to and BAC want to popularise bad- make the sport popular in Qatar. minton at the grassroot level with THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT AlBalooshi of Al-Anabi Racing team qualifies

ST LOUIS, Missouri: In a chief are working on the car. We stunning seven-day reversal, had a very good race this week- Dubai driver Khalid alBalooshi end, and I know our team will went from failing to qualify for have another good race next week last week’s race in Dallas to nar- in Reading.” rowly missing his third-career On the silver side of the victory for the Qatar Al-Anabi Al-Anabi pit area, Shawn Racing Top Fuel Team, the Langdon earned his second- two-time World Championship consecutive No.1 qualifier, his team owned by Sheikh Khalid sixth of the season and the 12th bin Hamad Al Thani at the of his career. In eliminations, he just-completed AAA Insurance defeated Troy Buff before losing Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis competing in the 5th Annual Bright House Clearwater Super Boat National Championships, round eight of Super NHRA Midwest Nationals, the to David Grubnic in the quarterfi- Boat International (SBI), in their boat Al A daa’am 96 at Clearwater in Florida yesterday. third of six races that com- nals when the silver Al-Anabi car prise the Countdown to the smoked the tires during the run. Championship NHRA Playoffs Still, Langdon leaves St. Louis and the 21st of 24 races that atop the NHRA Mello Yello Top make up America’s 2013 NHRA Fuel point standings; he leads Mello Yello Drag Racing season. second-place Doug Kalitta by 33 AlBalooshi made four excellent points, and that margin is greater Spirit of Qatar 96 cruise runs during qualifying and was than he had when he began the the No. 4 qualifier. In Sunday’s Countdown do the Championship eliminations, he defeated Bob NHRA play-offs as the top seed Vandergriff, Brittany Force and three races ago. David Grubnic before losing to “The Al-Anabi team did a great Antron Brown in the final round. job this weekend,” Langdon said. to victory in Florida It was alBalooshi’s third final “We qualified well and got the No. round of the season, and with 1 qualifying spot. We made great the runner-up finish, alBalooshi runs in three of the four qualify- moved up to eighth place in the ing sessions. We were very, very Al Neama and Spirit of Qatar 20 finish third in Superboat NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point strong in the first round of elimi- standings. He trails seventh-place nations with a 3.76 (3.76-second CLEARWATER USA: Sheikh Clay Millican by six points and run) that shows the potential of Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani leads ninth-place Bob Vandergriff the direction the Al-Anabi team and Steve Curtis cruised to by 58 points, but he is just 53 is going. In the second round, the a stunning victory at yester- points out of fifth place. track warmed up a little bit, and day’s 5th Annual Bright House “It was a good day for our we were a little bit too aggres- Clearwater Super Boat National Al-Anabi team especially the sive with our tune-up and smoked Championships, round eight of final round when the car made the tires. That’s the bad side of Super Boat International (SBI), another very good run,” alBalo- things. The good side of things in Florida. A triumphant Steve oshi said. “We broke the engine in is that the Al-Anabi team leaves The Al A daa’am 96 (Spirit of Curtis (left) and Sheikh the semifinals, and the Al-Anabi St. Louis with the points lead so Qatar 96) crew became embroiled Hassan bin Jabor Al team changed everything in the with three races to go, we are in in a frantic tussle over the early Thani. The Al A daa’am car for the final round. My crew control of our own destiny.” laps with Marc Granet and Scott 96 (Spirit of Qatar 96) chief (Jason McCulloch) changed The Al-Anabi Racing team Begovich in Miss Geico until the duo cruised to a stun- everything in the tune-up. He will be back in action on October American duo spun their boat out changed a lot of things, and it 4 to 6 at the Auto-Plus NHRA ning victory. of second position and retired. was a very different car from the Nationals in Reading, Pa., the From then on, the Qatar Team one that won in the semifinals. fourth race of six races that crew provided a racing master We made a very good run, and I comprise the Countdown to the class to crush the opposition and am so happy with Jason; I am very Championship NHRA Playoffs. take a second successive SBI win, happy with what our Al-Anabi For additional information, lapping the leading Superboat team is doing. I am very happy please visit www.nhra.com. entrants in the process. with how my crew and my crew THE PENINSULA Qatar’s Ali Al Neama and American throttleman Billy Moore continued their impres- sive form in the second boat entered by the Qatar Marine the finish line.” The main talking Sheikh Hassan and Steve dramatically spun out of second Sports Federation (QMSF) and point in the build up to the start Curtis made a superb start and place on the far side of the course finished third in the Superboat was the news that Granet and reached the first turn well clear and this left Sheikh Hassan to class behind Team Stihl and Begovich had decided to run Miss of Miss Geico, although they ran head off into the distance, as he WHM Motorsports at the helm Geico in the turbine class and set slightly wider and lost a little of and Curtis had the boat dialled in of Spirit of Qatar 20. Victory for up a fascinating duel with Sheikh their lead coming out of the cor- perfectly. Team Stihl continued Team Stihl earned them the unof- Hassan’s Al Adaa’am 96 for the ner before powering off down the to lead from WHM Motorsports ficial Superboat title from their first time, even if the two boats back straight. But Miss Geico and Spirit of Qatar 20 in the WHM rivals. were running different engine hit back and managed to pass Al Superboat class. “The race was very close for applications. Adaa’am 96 on the far side of the Al Adaa’am 96 lapped Team the first lap,” reflected Sheikh Boats lined up at the start on course, only to be overtaken again Stihl soon afterwards and con- Hassan. the shortened 4.4-mile course on the next lap. tinued to charge towards the “They (Miss Geico) ran into with the backdrop of Clearwater Team Stihl snatched the lead in chequered flag, although Team the right side of the boat and we Beach. the Superboat class from WHM Stihl stayed clear of WHM lost a couple of seconds due to the Smaller class boats raced Motorsports, Spirit of Qatar 20, Motorsports and Spirit of Qatar incident. But we pushed hard for at noon and the Qatar boats JD Byrider and Warpaint. 20 in the quest for the Superboat two laps and overtook them on lap joined the fray at 2pm with Sheikh Hassan managed to title, as the three held station Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Team driver Khalid alBalooshi, near three and didn’t look back after rival Turbine boat Miss Geico hold a quicker line through the to the chequered flag in the last lane, begins his final-round race against 2012 NHRA World Champion that. We continued to push until and four Superboat entrants for tighter corners in the 50’ Mystic race Stateside before the Key Antron Brown on Sunday in St Louis. AlBalooshi’s runner-up finish the crew contacted us and told us their 18-lap race. Five Superboat and stayed clear of Miss Geico as West World Championships in moved him to eighth place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point that Miss Geico had spun out. We Extreme runners lined up for a the laps progressed. November. standings. PHOTO COURTESY: GARY NASTASE slowed down then and cruised to 14-lap contest. But their American rivals THE PENINSULA

Sailing: Qatar One Family clinch PIBAQ championship International

DOHA: Sajid Padilla’s never- intensity in the game since they say-die jumper from the rain- were hungrier to even the series Regatta begins bow territory with six seconds at 1-1 but the momentum to left made a comeback champi- recapture the crown was reality today in Doha onship crown victory for One closer to One Family who haven’t Family/Office System, 80-78, been in the finals over the last DOHA: Qatar International over fighting Batang Sanna in several seasons. Sailing Regatta organised by the best-of-three championship Oliver Roxas spelled the last Qatar Sailing and Rowing series of Power Horse Energy difference for Batang Sanna when Federation (QSRF) will begin Drink Cup of Pinoy Basketball he converted a bonus free throw from today from Doha Sailing of Qatar (PIBAQ) at Al Gharafa from his basket with a foul from Club. Training gym over the weekend. Hussien Gandarosa giving the Sail Qatar and Qatar Match The championship presented by team a one point edge 78-77 with Racing Cup will form part of McDonald’s Qatar and powered 19 seconds left. the five-day Regatta, the QSRF by Travelex Worldwide Money One Family was comfortable informed here yesterday. and co-sponsored by Vistaland leading by six points with 2:50 Sailors from 14 countries will International Marketing and the left, 75-69,after Richard Raagas be taking part in the Sail Qatar, Boracay Filipino Restaurant. converted a three-pointer but while five countries will be repre- Padilla, the Finals Most Batang Sanna continued to inch sented at the Qatar Match Racing Valuable Player, bravely took the closer and closer with their own Cup. miracle last shot as if there’s no barrage of baskets to keep them Besides hosts Qatar the other more tomorrow as the capacity alive and stay in contention in the countries taking part are Brazil, crowd lay motionless when he series. Czech Republic, Germany, unleashed the ball towards the The champions displayed its India, Italy, Jordan Kuwait, New basket that sank in making the deadly form early in the first half Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, fans and supporters going wild in with a five-point edge in the first Thailand, UAE and United loud cheers. quarter, 18-13, and even widened Kingdom. Batang Sanna’s Christian the gap with a 10-point advan- One Family/Office System team, winners of the Power Horse Energy Drink Cup of Pinoy Basketball of Qatar In Qatar Match Racing the Candido tried to beat the buzzer tage, 41-31, in the second quarter. (PIBAQ), pose for a picture along with officials and fans at Al Gharafa Training gym, in Doha on Friday. One following countries will be seen with his own version of rainbow Batang Sanna however bounced Family overcame a fighting Batang Sanna in the best-of-three championship series to win the title. in action: Bahrain (two teams), shot but tough luck for him as the back and took a one-point lead in Russia, Singapore, Qatar (two ball missed the basket until the the third quarter,57-56. teams) and Tunis bell rang. The mythical five team and Raphael Vallado (Batang for the Best Coach of the season. Officer. Exequiel Tunay, Manager The Sail Qatar competition will The game was very tight espe- were named including: Guard Sanna team) and for Center The following were present for of the Vistaland Marketing be held in the following classes: cially in the last three minutes of Position, Ronnie Cajayon (TCC Position, Mark Anthony Isip the awards ceremony held after International, Ronald Arugay, Optimist, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, play as both teams traded baskets Stars-Botak team) and Michael (One Family team) The Most the game: Ghassan Al Raahi, the Assistant Marketing Manager of Laser Standard, 470 and Hobie 16 as if it was really nobody’s ball Olino (One Family team), while Valuable Player for the season Manager of Power Horse Energy the McDonald’s Qatar and Wilson The Qatar Match Racing Cup game in the lead changes. in Forward Position, Kemuel was Michael Olino and coach Noli Drink (Arizona Trading W.L.L.) of Boracay Filipino Restaurant. will be in Beneteau 7.5. Batang Sanna showed more Proceso (TCC Stars-Botak team) Raagas from One Family team and Willy Vitingco, Marketing THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Champions League Fixtures Champions League group stage fixtures (1845 GMT unless stated). Dortmund’s players warm Playing Today up during a training ses- Group E sion at the Stadium in Dortmund, western Basel vs Schalke 04 Germany yesterday, on Steaua Bucharest vs Chelsea the eve of their UEFA Group F Champions League Group F match against Borussia Dortmund vs Olympique Marseille Olympique Marseille today. Arsenal vs Napoli In the other group match. Group G Arsenal are at home to Italian side Napoli. Zenit St Petersburg vs Austria Vienna (1600) Porto vs Atletico Madrid Group H Ajax Amsterdam vs AC Milan Celtic vs Barcelona Playing Tomorrow Group A Shakhtar Donetsk vs Manchester United Bayer Leverkusen vs Real Sociedad Finals a distant memory Group B Juventus vs Galatasaray Real Madrid vs FC Copenhagen Group C Paris St Germain vs Benfica as Ajax face AC Milan Anderlecht vs Olympiakos Piraeus Group D Manchester City vs Bayern Munich Manchester City host champions Bayern Munich; Barcelona visit Celtic CSKA Moscow vs Viktoria Plzen (1600)

BERNE: Ajax Amsterdam and three appearances, suffering 4-1 AC Milan, who have twice met home defeats by Real Madrid and Mancini signs in the final of Europe’s top club Borussia Dortmund last season, competition and won the title and have not reached the round 11 times between them, clash of 16 since 2005-06. three-year again today in a Champions AC Milan, who won the last of League match which is far from their seven European Cup and deal with the heady days of their past. Champions League titles in 2007, Manchester City’s attempt to have been struggling to rebuild progress beyond the group stage since offloading a number of top Galatasaray for the first time continues when players one year ago. they host champions Bayern They have had a terrible start PARIS: Former Manchester Munich while Russian pair CSKA to this season, picking up only City manager Roberto Mancini Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg two Serie A wins in six games (pictured) has signed a three- will both attempt to collect their and scraped past Celtic 2-0 in year deal with Galatasaray to first point. their opening Champions League replace Fatih Terim who was Swiss champions FC Basel, who match. New signings Riccardo sacked as coach last week, the provided the only shock of the Saponara and Kaka have both Turkish club said opening matches by winning at suffered injuries. yesterday. Chelsea, could also upset Schalke Milan and Barcelona are Galatasaray 04 if they can make the most expected to progress from the added that the of the Bundesliga team’s leaky group, although the Catalans will Italian would be defence and Celtic will attempt not be looking forward to visit- paid 3.5m euros to repeat last year’s upset home ing Celtic where they lost 2-1 last ($4.74m) for the win over Barcelona. year. rest of the sea- Possibly the week’s most Group D looks straightfor- son and 4.5m for intriguing game is in highly com- ward with Manchester City and each of the follow- petitive Group F where Arsenal Bayern Munich, who both won Ajax Amsterdam’s players head the ball during a training session in Amsterdam, yesterday, on the eve of their ing two seasons, host Rafael Benitez’s Napoli, who their opening games 3-0 against Group H Champions League match against AC Milan today. Celtic face Barcelona at home in the other group excluding bonuses. began with a 2-1 home win over CSKA Moscow and Viktoria match. Mancini, 48, last season’s runners-up Borussia Plzen respectively, clear favour- was dismissed as City manager Dortmund and are still unbeaten ites to progress regardless of the in May after a 3-1/2 reign at the in all competitions under the outcome of tomorrow’s match. by City. We cannot afford a poor two seasons ago, are at home to they visit Shakhtar Donetsk in Etihad Stadium which included a Spaniard’s leadership. Big-spending City’s first two pass in midfield that allows the Schalke, who have conceded 16 Ukraine. Premier League title in 2012 and Four-times champions Ajax, Champions League appearances opposition a chance to go three goals in seven Bundesliga games Brazilian-inspired Shakhtar, an FA Cup success a year earlier. thumped 4-0 by Barcelona in their ended in group stage elimination on two, or three on one, on the and squandered a 3-1 lead in a 3-3 who still appear to be a force to Terim, who is also the Turkey opening Group H match, used to but their convincing win in Plzen counterattack,” added coach Pavel draw at Hoffenheim on Saturday. be reckoned with despite having manager, was voted out of the be one of Europe’s top clubs but and the vast European experience Vrba Crestfallen Chelsea, meanwhile, to rebuild their team over the last Galatasaray job at a meeting of can no longer compete with the of coach Miguel Pellegrini suggest CSKA’s compatriots Zenit host travel to Romanian champions few months, began well with a 2-0 the club’s board of directors after financial clout of teams from the they will do better this time. group stage debutants Austria Steaua Bucharest, where they win at Real Socieded. rejecting a contract extension. big five European leagues. CSKA host Plzen in the other Vienna in Group G, where both lost 1-0 in the Europa League last Juventus, at home to Galatasaray, who in January The Dutch champions, whose game and the Czech champions, teams are aiming to get off the season and where another defeat Galatasaray, and Real Madrid, spent heavily on Didier Drogba coach Frank de Boer played in making their second appearance, mark after opening day defeats, could point them towards the exit who host FC Copenhagen, and Wesley Sneijder, have made their 1-0 win over AC Milan in have already learned some pain- while Porto host Diego Simeone’s door. should sail through their games a disappointing start to the sea- the 1995 final, have been reduced ful lessons. Atletico Madrid in a battle for the Manchester United, who in Group B while big-spending son, and are 10th in the Turkish to a club that develops young tal- “We were chasing them on group leadership. began with a 4-2 win over French club Paris St Germain, League. ented players and sells them on. scooters, while they were driving Anything could happen in Bayer Leverkusen in Group A, owned by Qatar, host twice The club have taken seven They have been knocked out Ferraris,” said defender David Group B where Basel, who face arguably their most dif- former champions Benfica in points from five league games this in the group stage on their last Limbersky after the home defeat eliminated Manchester United ficult match of the group when Group C. REUTERS season. REUTERS Singapore gang rigged more Venezuela’s Coach Gilli set Your TV guide for to rejoin QSL than 100 games: Source Miku signs for Al Gharafa live matches today side Umm Salal SINGAPORE: A notorious They are being held under a Event Competition Time Channel Singaporean match-fixing gang section of the criminal code usu- DOHA: Qatar Stars League rigged more than 100 football ally employed against criminal DOHA: Venezuelan striker Zenit vs Austria Wien UEFA Champions League 19:00 .TV (QSL) side Umm Salal will games worldwide in a scam gangs which allows for up to a Miku has signed a three-year Al Kuwait - Ku vs East Bengal - In AFC Cup 19:00 +2 unveil their new coach worth millions of dollars, before year’s detention without trial. with Qatar Stars League (QSL) Celtic vs Barcelona UEFA Champions League 21:00 HD6 Gerrard Gilli who is set to it was busted this month, a Experts say gangs in Singapore giants Al Gharafa yesterday. replace Alain Perrin, it was source said yesterday. have cultivated links with foreign Miku, whose real name is Arsenal vs Napoli UEFA Champions League 21:45 .TV announced yesterday. The source, who has direct criminals to fix games in differ- Nicolas Ladislao Fedor Flores, Dortmund vs Marseille UEFA Champions League 21:45 .TV Perrin, 57, was fired after knowledge of the case, added ent countries, for the purpose of spent most of his career in Spain, Al Wakra beat Umm Salal in there were signs that the syndi- illegal gambling. having played for a host of clubs, Basel vs Schalke UEFA Champions League 21:45 .TV a QSL tie last week. cate, allegedly led by Singaporean Interpol chief Ronald Noble has starting with Valencia. Ajax vs Milan UEFA Champions League 21:45 .TV It was the second succes- businessman Dan Tan, was said the industry has revenues of The 28-year-old said he was Porto vs Atletico UEFA Champions League 21:45 .TV sive loss for Umm Salal in involved in violent activity. billions of dollars a year. excited to team up with retired just three rounds of the new However, the source played After the arrests in Singapore, Brazilian star Zico who is coach- Steaua vs Chelsea UEFA Champions League 21:45 +3 season. down suggestions that the gang Noble said the gang was the ing Al Gharafa. The outgoing Frenchman was responsible for a greater world’s “largest and most aggres- “I know that Al Gharafa is a big became the first casualty of share of the 680 suspicious games sive match-fixing syndicate, club with a great history,” Miku the new football season in reported by European investiga- with tentacles reaching every said at his unveiling ceremony at Qatar. tors earlier this year. continent”. Al Gharafa. New coach Gilli is expected And the source added that Noble, who had previously “A great name coaches this side to reveal plans that would there was no evidence that the called for Dan Tan’s arrest, and I am delighted to be part of a help the 61-year-old to turn gang linked to Dan Tan, full name added that “the mastermind squad where Zico is the coach. I things around for Umm Salal. Tan Seet Eng, was involved in a was someone many believed was will do my best to serve this club Gilli, a former French fixing ring uncovered this month untouchable”. with distinction,” he added. player like Perrin, has twice in Australia. European police agency “Hopefully we can be the cham- coached Umm Salal in the The details have emerged two Europol reported in February pionship title-winning side at the last five years. weeks after Singaporean authori- that hundreds of games world- end of this season,” Miku said at Umm Salal will have have ties rounded up 14 people in the wide, including World Cup qualifi- the press conference. their task cut out as the QSL wealthy Asian city-state’s biggest ers and UEFA Champions League Miku will team up with fellow minnows take on Doha giants operation yet against interna- matches, had been targeted by imports Brazilian striker Nene, Al Sadd in the fourth round tional match-fixing. fixers. Australian midfielder Mark New Al Gharafa signing Miku (right) holds the club jersey with an official this Friday. The five alleged members still Tan has been assisting inves- Bresciano and Argentine striker THE PENINSULA in custody include Dan Tan, tigators in Singapore since Lisandro Lopez during a press conference in Doha. according to the source. February of this year. AFP THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT A ussie Rugby: Selectors pick Yuvraj ‘backlash’ Battling talk doesn’t Australia ‘out The 2011 World Cup star set to play against the Aussies bother of excuses’, CHENNAI: Rewarded for his hundred and a fifty at an average recent good form, all-rounder of 74.66. Gatting says Cooper Yuvraj Singh was yesterday He also scored a half-century recalled in the Indian team for India Blue in the Challenger LONDON: Former England CAPE TOWN: Struggling for the first three One-day Trophy, a domestic 50-overs captain Mike Gatting (pic- Australia have ‘run out of Internationals of a seven-match tournament. tured)has laughed off sugges- excuses’ and will have to work series and a one-off Twenty20 A fit Yuvraj is seen as a bigger tions Alastair Cook’s men could hard to win back disaffected against the touring Australia. asset than Karthik. Karthik had face an Australia ‘backlash’ fans in the wake of another The selection committee of a decent run in England and in when they demoralising loss to South the Board of Control for Cricket Zimbabwe, but he failed to reach defend Africa, according to Wallabies in India (BCCI) announced the 50 in the tri-series in the West the Ashes flyhalf Quade Cooper. 15-man squad for the series here Indies. ‘Down Australia’s 28-8 capitulation yesterday, making four changes In effect, Karthik has lost out Under. to the Springboks in Cape Town in the squad that won the to Rayudu, who scored 101 runs Despite on Saturday was their fourth loss Champions Trophy in June. off 163 balls at an average of 50.5 losing the from five matches in the Rugby Yuvraj, Ambati Rayudu, against Zimbabwe recent Championship. Mohammed Shami and Jaydev Fast bowlers Shami and Ashes series A loss to Argentina in Rosario Unadkat have been picked in place Unadkat have been rewarded for in England this weekend in the final round of Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, their impressive show in the five- by a con- would likely see the Wallabies Irfan Pathan and Umesh Yadav. Yuvraj Singh ... in good form. Ambati Rayudu ... part of the plans. match series in Zimbabwe. vincing 3-0 finish bottom of the southern Other seniors like Virender The axe for speedster Yadav margin, the hemisphere competition, and Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and is surprising though he proved Australia heap further pressure on new Harbhajan Singh will have to wait Indian squad for first three ODIs against Australia: expensive in the Challenger camp have coach Ewen McKenzie. McKenzie, for their return to the national MS Dhoni (captain & wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Trophy. been in who replaced the deposed Robbie fold. Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Wicket-keeper Karthik was bullish Deans after the lost British and Yuvraj comes to the side after R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit overlooked against Rayudu, who mood ahead of the return cam- Irish Lions series, has been criti- scoring heavily in the series Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat averaged more than 50 runs in paign which starts with the first cised for tweaking his selections against West Indies A and Out from Champions Trophy: Umesh Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, M Zimbabwe. Opener Vijay could Test in Brisbane in November. throughout the tournament with Challenger Trophy. Vijay, Irfan Pathan not retain his place while Irfan But Gatting, who led England little success, but Cooper said the Yuvraj’s last ODI was against In after missing Champions Trophy: Yuvraj Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Pathan is injured. to Ashes glory in Australia in fault lay with the players. England in Dharamsala in Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami Off-spinner Ravichandran 1986/87, told BBC Sport yesterday: “There’s a way that Ewen is January 2013. Ashwin replaces Parvez “What are they (Australia) going coaching the team, everybody’s He was dropped from the squad Rasool, who misses out after to backlash us (England) with?” got to buy into that and adapt to for the Champions Trophy and the Zimbabwe stint alongside “Have they found another it as well,” Cooper told Australian did not feature in the Zimbabwe The itinerary – India vs Australia Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohit Kumar Shane Warne or a Glenn media in Cape Town. series either, when India had and Ajinkya Rahane. McGrath?” added former bats- “We can’t keep using excuses, October 10: Only T20I - India vs Australia at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot rested several first-choice players. India will play a T20 and seven man Gatting, famously dismissed we’ve run out of excuses as a However, following a fitness October 13: 1st ODI at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune ODIs against Australia but selec- by leg-spin great Warne’s ‘ball of team in terms of how we go about programme in France, he has October 16: 2nd ODI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur tors decided to pick the squad the century’ at Old Trafford in each week. We’ve just got to put shown a return to top form in only for the initial three games. 1993. it down to hard work, sticking October 19: 3rd ODI at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh List A cricket. The T20 will be played in “Yes, the Aussies did improve together as a team, backing our He was the leading run-getter October 23: 4th ODI at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Rajkot, October 10. over the course of the series but coach, backing our players, and for India A in the limited-overs October 26: 5th ODI at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack The first three ODIs will be you would expect them to improve we’ve got to strive for more suc- series against the touring West October 30: 6th ODI at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur hosted in Pune (October 13), because Australians are proud cess. We’re not going to shy away Indies A, with 224 runs from Jaipur (October 16), and Mohali cricketers. from the hard work that’s in and three matches, including one November 2: 7th ODI at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (October 19). AGENCIES “They had a good bowling amongst us.” attack but sadly their batsmen Australia’s run of abysmal form let them down. has sparked derision on social Court stalls “We had the quality to win the media and put the country’s scep- important moments, with the ball tical rugby media up in arms. Srinivasan Afghanistan or with the bat,” Gatting said of Local pundit Greg Growden an England side that has now won described them as “one of the return as BCCI three successive Ashes series. worst Wallabies teams in 30 years” “We were quite consistent, but in his column on ESPNscrum. the Australians had inconsisten- com. president eye Cup berth cies throughout. “If the two teams are pretty NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme DUBAI: Afghanistan can reach League will receive a second much the same, I wouldn’t expect Franco Court yesterday delayed N the World Cup for the first time chance to advance at next year’s the result to be any different,” he Srinivasan’s (pictured right) if they clinch back-to-back wins qualifier in New Zealand, when said. replaces Flip return as the country’s cricket over Kenya in Sharjah tomor- they will lock horns with Hong Gatting has spent much of his chief, saying there was ‘some- row and on Friday. Kong, Nepal, Papua New Guinea career at Lord’s, first as a player for Springboks thing seriously wrong’ with the With 15 points from 12 matches, and Uganda for the final two with Middlesex and then England body that controls the sport in Afghanistan are currently in spots in the flagship 50-over before coaching Middlesex and the cricket-crazy nation. fourth place in the eight-team tournament. becoming an England selector. in decider The 68-year-old cement tycoon, World Cricket League. On Sunday, the UAE’s Shaiman Most recently, he has worked CAPE TOWN: South Africa widely regarded as the most pow- Leaders Ireland, with 24 points, Anwar again led with the bat, at the ground as an administra- have recalled uncapped lock erful man in world cricket, had have already made sure of their with a knock of 57 making him tor with the England and Wales Franco van der Merwe to been elected unopposed as the criminal conspiracy, although place in the 2015 World Cup leav- the highest run-getter of the Cricket Board (ECB). the squad for the Rugby head of the Board of Control for the BCCI chief himself has not ing the United Arab Emirates (18 tournament (625 runs from 14 But today will see the 56-year- Championship decider against Cricket in India (BCCI) for a been accused of any wrongdoing. points) and Afghanistan as the innings) and helping his side to old Gatting extend his relation- New Zealand at Ellis Park in third year on Sunday. Srinivasan temporarily stepped only two teams left in contention a total of 215 all out. ship with the ‘home of cricket’ Johannesburg on Saturday. But the court barred Srinivasan aside as president in June when to grab the second and final auto- Twenty-four year old Rohan still further when he becomes The Golden Lions forward from taking charge until it had Meiyaappan was named in the matic qualifying spot. Mustafa contributed 39. President of Marylebone Cricket replaces namesake Flip van der ruled on a petition against him scandal, and handed interim The UAE on Sunday defeated In response, Namibia lost some Club (MCC), which owns Lord’s Merwe, who is suspended after over a spot-fixing scandal in the control to Jagmohan Dalmiya, a Namibia by 135 runs at the early wickets and never recov- and still retains global responsi- being found guilty of striking Indian Premier League (IPL), a former head of the International Sharjah Cricket Stadium in their ered, with Mustafa following up bility for the sport’s Laws or rules. Australia winger Joe Tomane with popular Twenty20 tournament Cricket Council. last group game to move into sec- his performance with the bat to Gatting will become MCC’s his forearm in the Springboks’ run by the board. Srinivasan has publicly dis- ond spot in the table and elimi- claim three wickets for eight runs 179th President during a momen- 28-8 victory in Cape Town on “The fact that so many things tanced himself from his son-in- nate third-placed Netherlands which helped dismiss Namibia for tous year for both Lord’s Ground Saturday. are coming out of the IPL and law, who was the team principal of (also 18 points) from the direct just 80. and Middlesex. The lock swap is the only change BCCI, something is seriously the Chennai Super Kings, the IPL qualification race by virtue of hav- “Winning and moving to second MCC will celebrate the bicen- to the squad that was named wrong with the apex body con- franchise owned by India Cements ing won more matches. place was what we always wanted tenary of the present ground in against the Wallabies as coach trolling cricket,” the court said and captained by national skipper Afghanistan now must beat before the Namibia matches,” said 2014, and Middlesex CCC the Heyneke Meyer kept faith with during yesterday’s hearing. Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Kenya in their remaining one-day UAE coach and former Pakistan 150th anniversary of its formation. the players that have won four of “Why has the BCCI lost its The Bihar association had internationals on October 2 and 4 fast bowler Aqib Javed. “Now we “It is an amazing honour to their five Rugby Championship credibility? The only thing to argued in court that an internal to pick up maximum points and have to see what happens when have been asked to serve as presi- matches this season. be seen is how Srinivasan being BCCI probe panel had absolved seize second spot from the UAE. Afghanistan play Kenya.” dent at the best cricket club in The 30-year-old Van der Merwe the president will affect the IPL Srinivasan, Meiyappan, India While the top two sides qualify Despite the importance of those the world,” said Gatting, who cap- has been named on a number of probe.” Cements and other IPL officials automatically for the 2015 World clashes, Aqib doesn’t think he’ll be tained MCC against the Rest of South Africa squads since his first The court also fixed October 7 of wrongdoing even before police Cup, being played in Australia at the Sharjah stadium to watch. the World at Lord’s during the call-up in June 2012 but has yet as the next date of the hearing. had filed charges in court. and New Zealand, the bottom “I’m not a good spectator,” he club’s bicentenary in 1987. to be given a cap. His familiarity A cricket body in the eastern The BCCI has not said who will six teams in the World Cricket said. REUTERS Gatting said he was looking with the Springboks environment state of Bihar which is not affili- head it until the Supreme Court forward to strengthening Lord’s appears to have earned him the ated to the BCCI had asked the delivers its verdict, or whether work with those who live near the nod for the tournament decider. court to prevent Srinivasan’s fresh elections will be held if England’s ODI wicketkeeper ground, situated in north-west “Losing any player, for what- return on moral grounds because Srinivasan is subsequently barred London. ever reasons, is never ideal but his son-in-law had been charged from holding office. Srinivasan’s Buttler to join Lancashire “I grew up not far from Lord’s Franco knows our structures and in the scandal. hold on world cricket stems from in Willesden. plans very well, having been part The son-in-law, Gurunath India’s vast television audience, LONDON: England one-day international wicketkeeper Jos Buttler “One of my big things will be of the squad since June last year,” Meiyappan, is among several which enables the country to gen- has joined Lancashire, the county side announced yesterday. to get the MCC to really reach Meyer said. South Africa must officials, players and bookmak- erate almost 70 percent of the The 23-year-old Buttler, who has played 19 one-day international out into the local community,” he beat New Zealand by more than ers charged with cheating and game’s revenues. AFP but has yet to make his Test debut, joins from his native Somerset. explained. seven points and score four tries His bid for more time behind the stumps at county level at Somerset “We have been to communities in the process to claim the title was blocked by fellow England international Craig Kieswetter and all round the world, helping out from the All Blacks. Buttler was not selected in England’s squad for the Ashes your of with Afghanistan and Sri Lanka Squad: Forwards: Lourens Sunil Narine Australia, with Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairstow the back-up gloveman to -- and doing huge amounts to Adriaanse, Willem Alberts, celebrates Matt Prior. boost the game in other people’s Marcell Coetzee, Bismarck du a wicket However, Buttler is expected to be the first-choice keeper at back yards. Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Pieter- during a T20 Lancashire, who will play in the First Division of the County “Sadly we’ve never really Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Champions Championship next season after winning the Second Division title, looked at our back yard and Kolisi, Juandré Kruger, Francois League after the Manchester-based club released Gareth Cross. seen how we can help people in Louw, Tendai Mtawarira, Coenie match “I am delighted to be joining Lancashire County Cricket Club. They places like Kilburn, Willesden, Oosthuizen, Chiliboy Ralepelle, against have a strong squad and are very ambitious to build on this season’s Islington, Camden, Paddington Gurthro Steenkamp, Adriaan Ahmedabad, achievement,” Buttler said in a Lancashire statement. and Wembley. Strauss, Franco van der Merwe, “The club has an exceptional coaching staff which will help me to “So we’ve appointed a commu- Duane Vermeulen. Backs: Bjorn yesterday. continue to develop as a keeper-batsman. nity officer to try to make those Basson, Juan de Jongh, Jean de Trinidad & “Lancashire have a talented group of players who will be looking to links with the local area much Villiers (captain), Fourie du Tobago won challenge for all three competitions. stronger. Preez, JJ Engelbrecht, Bryan by 6 runs “They have been there or thereabouts in recent seasons in the T20 “We need to show we are Habana, Zane Kirchner, Patrick (D/L method) competition and I know for certain that Lancashire Lightning will want interested in them and care Lambie, Willie le Roux, Ruan to make a mark in the NatWest T20 next year,” he added. about them,” Gatting added. Pienaar, Jan Serfontein, Morné REUTERS REUTERS Steyn, Jano Vermaak. REUTERS TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

British coach laments team Australia’s Bernard Tomic serves to China’s Zhang Ze during their China Open match in Beijing, yesterday. performance Tomic won 7-6, 6-4. His compatriot Lleyton FLORENCE, Italy: All eight than anything else. It meant that Hewitt beat Germany’s British riders in the world I had to fight for my position on Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3. championship road race aban- my own and there was a long way doned on Sunday, capitulating to go,” he said. meekly midway through the Geraint Thomas was the last battle and prompting coach Rod British rider to pull out when he Ellingworth (pictured) to hit climbed off his bike towards the out at their attitude. end of the fifth lap. Tour de France cham- Only 61 riders from pion Chris Froome the 208 on the start list pulled out with six 16.6- made it to the finish of km laps remaining, fol- the 272.3-km, rain-hit lowing Bradley Wiggins race, but Britain were and Mark Cavendish on the only major nation the way to the team bus. with no representative “Tough race out there, at the finish. Defending champion really dangerous once we “All of them sat on reached the circuit, the the bus with 100km to rain has been relentless,” go is very disappointing. said Froome. Luke (Rowe) and Cav Ellingworth was criti- (Mark Cavendish) were cal of his team. average, the other guys “We should be very were well below aver- Azarenka crashes out disappointed,” he said. age,” said Ellingworth. “The lads’ attitude wasn’t “I’m sure Brad will be disap- where it needs to be, to be hon- pointed with his performance. Serbia’s Jankovic, Ivanovic win; Tomic beats China’s Ze est. I’m not sure they really took It is not as if he didn’t have the this on thinking it was going to be form. He had the same problem as hard as it actually was. as he had in the Giro: he couldn’t BEIJING: Reigning China “Chris said he struggled with get down the hill, went out the Open champion Victoria the cold and the rain, but it is the back and was gone.” Azarenka lamented her lack of same for everybody. That’s what Former world champion Cadel preparation after crashing out makes the worlds what it is.” Evans of Australia crashed out in Beijing at the first stage yes- Froome, who did not seem to be and was sent to hospital for terday - her second early exit at his best going into the race, was checks. from a tournament in a week. not ready to continue the effort The American team also suf- The world number two also almost alone after being isolated fered with Taylor Phinney, Chris blamed her mental fragility for in the peloton. Horner and Tejay van Garderen the 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Andrea “(It was hard) mentally more pulling out. REUTERS Petkovic, a match in which she was often seen cursing to herself as she committed a staggering 15 double faults. The second seed had earlier in September lost the US Open 2012 Games athletes final to world number one Serena Williams before losing to her sis- ter Venus in the second round of had bad teeth: Study the Pan Pacific Open last week, a match in which she claimed to PARIS: Many elite athletes who competed at the 2012 Olympic have felt ill. Games had levels of oral health similar to those of poverty- The Belarusian said her defeats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus reacts after losing a point against Andrea Petkovic of Germany at the China Open stricken communities, a study said yesterday. in Tokyo and Beijing could be in Beijing, yesterday. RIGHT: Petkovic hits a return to Azarenka. Researchers at University College London examined the teeth attributed to her tough schedule and gums of 302 athletes who visited a dental clinic at the London as the season draws to a close. 2012 Olympic Village. “I probably should have taken to questions about her talking to third set when a double fault from Eighth seed Jelana Jankovic The athletes took part in 25 different sports. About a third of a longer break and just prepare herself. And with the serve, you Azarenka left her serving for the needed three sets to over- them competed in track and field, 14 percent in boxing; 11 percent myself,” the 24-year-old told know, trying new things, working match. come Russian Anastasia in hockey and eight percent in swimming. reporters after her defeat. it during the tournament....it was China’s Zhang Shuai continued Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 6-4, 6-0. Most of the athletes were from Africa, the Americas and Europe. “I don’t feel like I was ready to just off rhythm.” her sizzling form, defeating com- Compatriot Ana Ivanovic claimed The researchers found that more than half of the athletes had play,” she said, adding that “the Azarenka rarely showed patriot Peng Shuai 6-3, 6-3 to set victory over Italian Flavia tooth decay. In 41 percent of cases, the decay was irreversible. preparation wasn’t there enough, glimpses of the form which helped up a second-round match against Pennetta 7-6 (11/9), 6-1. More than three-quarters of the studied athletes had early-stage so I cannot deny that.” her claim the title last year, at tenth seed Roberta Vinci. The men’s tournament also got gum disease, and 15 percent showed signs of periodontitis -- an “It’s just my mistakes for not times appearing sluggish against Wildcard Zhang won her first underway, but it was heartbreak irreversible infection of the soft tissue around the teeth. paying much attention after the the German, who is ranked 43rd WTA title in Guangzhou earlier for the home crowd after China’s Nearly half said they had not been to a dentist or dental hygienist US Open, how I managed my time in the world. this month. top-ranked player fell at the first in the previous year. One in 12 said they had never been to a dentist. and how I managed my health.” Petkovic took the first set after The 24-year-old recruited hurdle. “Oral health is important for wellbeing and successful elite sport- Azarenka also said that she felt breaking serve with the score at her own coach in July, following Zhang Ze was knocked out by ing performance,” said Ian Needleman, a professor at the UCL frustrated in the game against the 3-3, but Azarenka appeared to Chinese star Li Na’s example Australian number one Bernard Eastman Dental Institute. 2011 finalist, which was held at be on the ascendency during the in leaving the tightly control- Tomic 7-6 (7/4), 6-4. “It is amazing that many professional athletes -- people who Beijing’s National Tennis Centre. second set, taking seven games led state sports system, raising Today, Spain’s Rafael Nadal and dedicate a huge amount of time and energy to honing their physi- “In terms of emotions, yeah in a row. hopes that she can emulate the newly crowned US Open cham- cal abilities -- do not have sufficient support for their oral health there was a lot of emotions and Petkovic needed medical success of the 2011 French Open pion begins as second seed against needs, even though this negatively impacts on their training and frustration that I let myself get attention after appearing to be winner. Colombian Santiago Giraldo while performance.” into because I wasn’t doing the dizzy during the second set, but It was a successful day for three Serbia’s Novak Djokovic faces Previous studies have suggested poor oral health in athletes may right thing,” she said, responding regained her composure in the Serbian players. Lukas Rosol. AGENCIES be caused by high intake of energy-giving carbohydrates and reduced immune function through intensive training. Serena The investigation is published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. AFP Williams (right) talks with her sister Venus during their Munich to bid for doubles match against 2022 Winter Olympics Chan Hao- Ching of BERLIN: Bavarian capital Winter Games 2022,” it said in a Tiawan and Munich, which hosted the 1972 statement. Liezel Huber Summer Olympics, will make a “The next step is a referendum of the US. bid to stage the Winter Games in the communities of Munich Hao-China half a century later in 2022, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Liezel the German Olympic Sports as well as in the counties of Huber won Confederation (DOSB) said Berchtesgadener Land and 6-7, 6-4, yesterday. Traunstein on November 10, Munich, which failed to land the four days before the bid has to be 11-9. RIGHT: China Open Results 2018 Olympics after being com- announced to the IOC.” Jo-Wilfried BEIJING: Results from the China Open in Beijing yesterday (x denotes seeding): fortably beaten by South Korea’s The previous Munich bid had Tsonga (left) Pyeongchang, will have to wait for faced several obstacles from Men’s Singles First Round: Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Zhang Ze (CHN) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Fabio Fognini of France a November 10 referendum before Garmisch residents as well as (ITA) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-4, signs formally announcing a candidacy German environmental groups 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4); Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt autographs with the International Olympic and the Greens political party Tommy Haas (GER x7) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3, 7-6, (10-8) after his Committee by the November 14 over the impact to the Alpine victory Women’s Singles First Round: Ana Ivanovic (SRB x14) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 7-6 (11/9), 6-1; deadline. community. against his Jelana Jankovic (SRB x8) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) Should Munich be elected in Apart from Kazakhstan’s bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-3, 6-2; Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-4, 6-1; compatriot 2015 it would be the first city to Almaty, there have not been Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-4, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Hsieh Gael Monfils have been awarded Summer and any other official candidacies Su-Wei (TPE) 6-1, 6-1; Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 6-3; Andrea Petkovic (GER) Winter Olympics. yet but more are expected with during their bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-1, 6-4. first round “The DOSB is moving ahead Poland, Ukraine, Spain, China and Second Round: Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Kaia match. with its plans for a bid for Norway among those considering Kanepi (EST) 6-3, 6-3. the Olympic and Paralympic a bid. 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