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Emir attends third Arab-African Summit Blasts hit Iranian Audits for all embassy; 23 killed BEIRUT: Two suicide bombings rocked Iran’s embassy compound in Lebanon yesterday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurl- state entities ing bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street. A Lebanon-based Al Qaeda-linked group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, claimed responsibility. and projects Qatar has strongly condemned the explosions, a source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. “The State of Qatar con- Bid to pre-empt irregularities demns such aggressive and crimi- nal act which contrasts with the DOHA: The government has making recommendations to the human and moral values,” the placed all institutions and QIA about the aspects of risks source said. See also page 7 projects that receive its financ- with regard to their investment.” ing and state investments made Similarly, all Qatari embassies Expatriate dies overseas via the sovereign and the medical offices therein wealth fund under its audit (that take care of ailing citizens’ of MERS virus agency, the State Audit Bureau treatment overseas) have been DOHA: A 61-year-old expa- (SAB). brought under the SAB purview. triate tested positive for the There are no holy cows any- “This reflects the strong desire Middle East Respiratory more and no institution, project of the government to pre-empt The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attending the third Arab-Afrcan Summit in Kuwait yesterday. Syndrome (MERS), has died, or investment where the state is any possibility of corruption in H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani accompanied the Emir. See also page 2 the Supreme Council of Health involved will any longer be exempt state expenditure and invest- (SCH) said yesterday. Three from state audit, the SAB chief ments,” said Al Sada. expatriates had been tested said. There were some institu- All development projects valued positive for MERS. This is the tions launching huge projects and at QR500,000 and above are also first death of an expatriate due were exempt from state audit ear- subject to strict audit. All projects Hospital sued for wrong diagnosis to MERS in the country. A lier because they were doing fast- need SAB’s approval before being 48-year-old expat was reported track projects. awarded to contractors. infected and treated for three However, the Bureau has On tip-offs, the SAB also con- DOHA: A woman who claims hospital, several tests were con- According to the woman, she weeks has been discharged. recently received directives from ducts surprise audits and expe- she almost lost her life due ducted and X-rays were taken. remained under treatment at the the government removing those rience suggests that at least 70 to wrong diagnosis by a hos- After seeing the reports, the hospital abroad for long and spent Saudi flash floods privileges, Ibrahim bin Hashim Al percent of complaints are genuine. pital here has filed a lawsuit doctor attending on her finally a lot of money and was cured. Sada, in-charge of the SAB has However, no action is taken against it demanding monetary said she was not suffering from The doctors there told her that claim four lives said. against those providing tip-offs compensation. any serious disease and that discharging her from the hospital RIYADH: Flash floods sparked He said even the high-profile or filing complaints found to be The woman told a lower crimi- she should have aspirin and go in Doha and prescribing just aspi- by torrential rain in Saudi Arabia Qatar Investment Authority false, said the official in an inter- nal court in her plea that she was home. rin was a blunder that could have have killed four people and left (QIA), the state sovereign fund, view published by Al Sharq today. taken to the hospital for severe He even wrote a prescription cost her life. 10 missing over the past two has been placed under the Bureau. He said the law that regulates chest pain. for aspirin. The woman, though, Upon returning here, the days, the civil defence authority All investments made and being SAB is being amended and the Her right hand, according to said her condition worsened woman moved the court demand- said yesterday. Two of the dead made by the QIA are under state Bureau is to be assigned a much the plea, was so much numb that when she reached home and it ing huge monetary compensation and seven of the missing were audit now. “I will soon be meeting larger role. “We will be addition- it seemed it was paralysed and was eventually decided to fly her for the heavy expenses on her in the capital Riyadh, with the the CEO of the QIA to discuss their ally entrusted with performance also had severe headache. overseas for treatment. treatment overseas and the agony rest coming in the city of Arar, investment plans,” Al Sada said. and administrative monitoring of She said she even lost con- There, the doctors diagnosed she suffered due to delayed treat- the authority said in a statement. “And when our audit team is state entities.” sciousness in between. However, her disease and said she needed ment. The case is still being heard. THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES through with its job, we will be THE PENINSULA after a thorough check-up at the catheterisation. THE PENINSULA See also page 10 WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir attends Arab-Africa Summit in Kuwait

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with leaders of Arab and African countries during a photo call at the 3rd Arab-Africa Summit at the Liberation Hall in the Bayan Palace in Kuwait yesterday.

KUWAIT: The Qatari Emir H keenness” to ensure economic all aspects of life multiplies. Israel’s “continuous intransigence On the sidelines of the summit, Emir’s Personal Representative H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad investment is key to genuine “Appalling statistics and and refusal to implement resolu- the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Al Thani and his delegation, partnership between the African reports from specialised agen- tions of international legitimacy, Hamad Al Thani held separate Thani and other officials attended along with leaders of Arab and and Arab regions. He said the cies confirm that casualties have and its insistence on expanding talks with H M King Abdullah bin the meetings. The Emir left Kuwait African countries, attended the proper utilisation of “our natu- exceeded 100,000 of our brothers settlements. “We call upon the Al Hussein of Jordan, President in the afternoon. The Emir sent a opening session of the 3rd Arab- ral resources” would contribute in Syria, and millions of people international community, in par- Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir of cable to Sheikh Sabah, expressing Africa Summit under the theme to sustainable development and have been displaced internally and ticular the Security Council and Sudan, President Dr Mohamed Al his gratitude for the warm wel- ‘Partners in Development and economic integration by mak- externally, placing huge burdens the Quartet, to put pressure on Mancef Al Marzouqi of Tunisia, come and hospitality accorded to Investment’ at the Liberation ing good use of skilled manpower on neighbouring countries and Israel to implement resolutions, President Abdu Rabbu Mansour him and his delegation. Hall in the Bayan Palace in to achieve food security despite agencies concerned.” and to establish an independ- Hadi of Yemen, Crown Prince The GCC Secretary-General, Dr Kuwait yesterday. unstable global economic. He called on the UN Security ent, viable Palestinian state in Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, In his opening speech at the He stressed that food security Council to live up to its respon- accordance with resolutions and the Deputy Supreme Commander said the summit gave a new two-day conference, the Emir of could be achieved through col- sibilities and end bloodshed in the Arab peace initiative,” he said. of Bahrain’s Defence Force and dimension to ties between both Kuwait, H H Sheikh Sabah Al laboration between the African Syria, appealing to all parties to The session was also attended First Deputy Prime Minister, regions to work towards a “more Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, also and Arab regions. Sheikh Sabah the Geneva II conference to work by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al and Assad bin Tariq bin Taymour hopeful and bright future,” adding President of the conference, said referred to the tragic situation “honestly and sincerely” to reach Thani, Personal Representative Al Said, representative of H M their cultural and social proximity Kuwait would extend $1bn in soft in Syria, “where the machine of a political solution. of the Emir of Kuwait, heads of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. constituted a cornerstone of solid loans to African countries over death is killing people, as casual- Sheikh Sabah said regional sta- African and Arab civil society Talks covered bilateral rela- partnership that benefited peoples the next five years, reflecting “our ties rise daily, and destruction of bility would not be achieved with organisations and top officials. tions and the summit agenda. The of both regions. QNA Upgraded weather forecasting facilities to be installed at HIA

DOHA: The multi-billion dollar Qatar Datamation Systems (QDS), the ICLAMS is expected to provide better are expected to benefit from accurate In an open tender, 10 consortia from Hamad International Airport (HIA) winner of the project, said in a statement predictions such as wind shear and fog weather and environmental predictions. Europe, the US and Korea participated will have upgraded weather forecast- yesterday. for the new airport. Ahmed Abdulla, the Director of QMD, and presented interesting solutions. ing capabilities. Information received from the new Wave and ocean forecasting systems said this weather forecasting system is The informatics company QDS, in col- The state-of-the-art facilities will facility will also be used by citizens and such as WAM and MICOM will provide the first step towards a bigger activity laboration with the Greek partnership of be installed under a major new project industries in Qatar, including QCAA. necessary marine predictions. related to marine and environmental Innovative Technology Center SA (ITC) to be executed by Qatar Civil Aviation Well-known forecasting tools like QCAA and Qatar Airways, along forecasting, monitoring of seismic activ- and University of Athens (UOA), were Authority (QCAA) in association with SKIRON/Dust and WRF will be installed. with Qatargas, Qatar Petroleum and ities and other major environmental declared the winner. Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD), The high-resolution system RAMS/ other major industries in the country, issues in the region. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 PM receives envoys Traditional Dhow Festival opens Five-day fest features regional bands, cruises, fireworks and contests BY RAYNALD C RIVERA

DOHA: A total of 105 Arabian dhows of different types are moored at the Katara Beach for the third edition of Katara’s annual Traditional Dhow Festival which opened yesterday. Compared with the previous editions, this year’s festival provides visitors with an idea about types of dhows still used in the region. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin “Last year we had 107 boats, 70 to 80 per- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met yesterday the French Ambassador, cent of which were of the same type — sambuk. Jean-Christophe Peaucelle, and discussed cooperation. He also held This year we have 105 boats of 22 types, mostly separate talks with the ambassadors of Djibouti, Kazakhstan and Chad jalboot, baggarah, bateel and shoi,” Katara and the Yemeni charge d’affaires. General Manager, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, told the media after the opening. While most dhows came from the Gulf; some are from Iran, Zanzibar and India, he said. Qatari cuisine takes “We are looking forward to having some boats from China next year,” he said, adding the Chinese ambassador, who was present at centre stage at Books the opening, was forging relations with Katara to participate in the festival next year. New at this year’s festival is the Fath Al Khair’s journey to the six GCC states. The for Cooks in London dhow, currently part of Qatar Museums Authority’s collection, would leave Katara DOHA: Qatari Chef Aisha Al Tamimi and a team from the Food shores on Friday and return on December 18. The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari checking a pearl Forum of Qatar National Museum will introduce London to culi- Al Sulaiti said the 27-day voyage is “just like at the opening of the festival yesterday and (below) some of the boats docked at the Katara Beach. nary traditions and influences of Qatari cuisine at Books for Cooks what our forefathers did in the past when they SHAIVAL DALAL which concludes today. left Qatar for a couple of months to dive for During demonstrations, Al Tamimi, a prominent culinary figure pearls. Through this, we would like to refresh and exhibits from museums across the Gulf. future for our country. It provides a platform in Qatar, will be joined by Anissa Helou, a London-based cookbook the minds of our new generation with the cul- There will also be maritime competitions, for cultural exchange, promoting Qatari his- author, teacher and chef, specialising in cuisines of the Mediterranean, ture and heritage of their forefathers.” including sailing, rowing and pearl-diving tory, and educating the youth.” the Middle East and North Africa. Inaugurated by the Minister of Culture, Arts in which the public is welcome to take part. The festival runs until Saturday. It is open They will create traditional Qatari dishes such as marguga, a and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Winners will be announced at a special award to the public today and on Saturday from 9am delightful Qatari ‘pasta’ dish with vegetables; and mashbuss, a tra- Kuwari, the five-day festival features herit- ceremony at the conclusion of the festival. to 10pm, tomorrow from 9am to 11pm and on ditional rice dish with chicken and spices. age lectures, performances by regional bands, Ahmed Al Hitmi, Dhow Festival Committee Friday from 3pm to 11pm. Public schools may The event forms part of the National Museum of Qatar’s Food boat-making demonstrations, dhow cruises, Manager, said: “The festival pays tribute to our visit from 9am to noon. THE PENINSULA Forum — the first official programme in the UK showcasing Qatari light and fireworks shows, children’s activities ancestors who worked effortlessly to build a cuisine and culinary heritage during Nour Festival in London, as part of the Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture. The forum aims at presenting Qatari culinary heritage and other traditional Arabic cuisines to a wide audience to activate interest in protecting traditional Qatari foods, as well as exploring how they are affected by outside influences and how this reflects cultural change. Co-ordinated by Qatar Museums Authority and the British Council, Qatar UK 2013 is a year-long cultural exchange programme between both countries to strengthen relations by creating lasting partner- ships between institutions and individuals. Mutual recognition, understanding and appreciation of Qatari and British cultures have been cultivated through over 80 entertaining and educational events throughout the year in both countries. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Sheikhahub holds fashion show, charity event

DOHA: Sheikhahub (SH), a marketing company in Qatar in partnership with Design Creationz, organised ‘Sheikhahub – Fashion’ with a Heart Fashion Show and char- ity event at the W Hotel. Sheikha Alanoud bint Abdulrahman Al Thani and the First Lady of Malaysia Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah joined guests at the event with Qatari, Saudi and Malaysian designers. SH’s founder, Datin Norzihan Latt, was welcomed to the stage and gave details about SH before introducing DCz’s guest hostess of the night, Mayssa Maghrebi, from Dubai. A mixture of Malaysian culture FROM LEFT: Philippine Ambassador Crescente R Relacion, Sheikh Aaish Al Kahtani from Dahwa, and Sultan Mohammed Al Kaabi and Naif Al Mannai from Community Police during Qatari was infused through the audience Solidarity Day with the people of Somalia and the Philippines and (RIGHT) Philippine School Doha students display paintings at Villaggio yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P when Fauziah, Malaysia’s Princess of Oud, played live and sang while guests watched Qatari, Bahraini and Saudi designers Debaj, Fufistylist, Dar Naseem. Solidarity with Somalia, Philippines Alandalos and Joli Designs amazed the audience with their works of art in the form of garments. National relief campaign launched; Philippine School students raise more than QR35,000 Guests described Debaj’s abayas as being true masterpieces and DOHA: Qatar yesterday Crescent, Sheikh Eid Charity, organisations and diplomatic to Qatar News Agency. lives of thousands. There are hun- the best brand in Qatar.’ launched a drive to raise aid Sheikh Jassim Charity, Sheikh missions. QNA quoted QRC Chairman dreds waiting for our support and for victims of Typhoon Haiyan Thani bin Abdullah Foundation Individuals and organisations and Head of the Solidarity Day, immediate action. Design ready for in the Philippines and people for Humanitarian Services (RAF) can hand over relief materials Dr Muhammad bin Ghanim Al “The people of Qatar have a affected by floods in Somalia, by and Al Asmakh Charity to raise to charities and deposit cash in Ali Al Maadid, as saying the cam- leading role in relief efforts as we QR100m labour observing Solidarity Day. cash and relief materials. assigned bank accounts, for which paign is a social initiative led by deem it a religious and humani- ‘Qatar’s Solidarity Day with A live programme was broad- details could be obtained form charity societies in Qatar that tarian obligation and it is one of complex in Al Khor People of the Philippines and cast from the Villaggio Shopping Qatar Red Crescent. play an active role in humanitar- Qatar’s basic principles. Somalia’ was held at malls, Mall on Al Rayaan TV, Qatar The Philippine School Doha ian services in co-operation with “Somali and Filipino communi- DOHA: The QDVC (Qatari schools, and government and pri- TV, Al Jazeera Mubasher, Qatar organised a fundraiser among its other local NGOs. ties in Qatar have a great share in Diar VINCI Construction) has vate organisation offices across Radio, Qatar Quran and Sout Al students and raised more than “Our objective is to help our our path of development, and we announced it had completed the the country. Khaleej Radio. QR35,000. brothers and sisters in Somalia should rush to help them at the design of a multimillion huge The month-long drive was People communicated with Al Asmakh Charity donated 42 and the Philippines face this time of distress,” said Al Maadid. complex to house 5,000 labour- launched by Qatar Charity, Red representatives of charity tonnes of relief goods, according disasters that have claimed the THE PENINSULA ers in Al Khor city. The project worth QR100m will be implemented at the beginning of next year. It is expected to be completed SDC programme to support entrepreneurs within eight months. The complex will meet all DOHA: The Social Development Center launched Entrepreneurial 260 child mortality cases in 2011 requirements of a labour camp for Project Profiles Programme, MOJAZ, during Global the comfort of workers, including Entrepreneurship Week 2013 at the Renaissance Doha City Center. DOHA: A total of 260 child with 20 percent of the cases. the 15-19 age group 7.7 percent. entertainment facilities. It offers project investment profiles for potential and existing entre- mortality cases were reported As much as 12 per cent cases There was a slight variation THE PENINSULA preneurs and supports viable initiatives, based on market needs. in Qatar in 2011, of which 39 of child mortality were caused by among both genders in terms of percent included Qatari chil- traffic accidents. enrolment in early education pro- dren and 41 percent expatriates. The report said the use of com- grammes, according to the report. The child mortality rate was puter and the Internet are most Statistics for 2012 also show very high among boys as the male widespread in the 10-14 age group. 65 percent of children in the 3-4 children mortality was 59 per- The rate of computer-use by age group are regularly enrolled cent while 41 percent cases were the 10-14 age group reached 93 in early education programmes recorded among female children, percent in 2012, whereas the same (kindergarten) of whom 67 per- the Ministry of Development age group, who used the Internet, cent were boys and 64 percent Planning and Statistics said in amounted to 85 percent. girls. a report yesterday, on the eve of In other words, seven among 10 The report said there were no Universal Children’s Day. children (under 18) use the com- differences among both genders The report included an over- puter, and almost eight among 10 in terms of primary enrolment. view of the latest data related to use the Internet. Enrolment in primary schools children’s education, culture and Children constitute almost amounted to 103 percent in 2012, demography. 40 percent of the population in with a gender equality index 1.00. The data is based on the multi- Qatar, while those under 18 years For high school (including sec- indicator cluster survey 2012, constituted almost 40 percent of ondary school), the enrolment labour force sample survey 2012 the population in 2012. rate was 98.6 percent. and education data 2012. Children under five years con- Boys and girls constituted Disorders related to premature stituted 10 percent of the popula- 95 percent and 102.7 percent, birth and low birth weight are the tion, the 5-9 age group 12 percent, respectively. major causes of child mortality, the 10-14 age group 11 percent and THE PENINSULA Global outlook highlighted

DOHA: Qatar National Library recently in a public lecture provided insights into economic and political situations and forecast for different regions. ‘Global Outlook: Focus on Middle East and Africa’ was delivered by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Director, Robert Ward. He also shed light on the business envi- ronment and opportuni- ties related to growth and investments in the Middle East and Africa. Ward leads the Country Analysis team at EIU, which boasts some 60 country and industry analysts. The lecture was well- received by participants who came from different backgrounds but all inter- ested in the global eco- nomic outlook. The lecture offered an in-depth analysis of cur- rent global economic situations and made fore- casts based on extensive research. It also high- lighted opportunities and challenges facing the global economy. The lecture was followed by a question- answer session between Ward and participants. THE PENINSULA

WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME More rains likely in northern areas: Met Al Ruwais, Al Ghuwariyya witness heavy downpour

DOHA: The northern part of Ashehaimiyah, 26.5mm in Al that might develop to thundery Qatar, especially Al Ruwais Ghuwariyya and 13.7mm in Al (cumulonimbus) clouds that cause and Al Ghuwariyya, witnessed Ruwais. rain with thunderstorms. heavy downpour yesterday The department warned motor- Weather today will be partly morning, leading to the closure ists to take caution while driving cloudy to cloudy with scattered to of several main roads. as some places in the country are thundery rains at places, accord- Water-logging on the roads expected to witness more rainfall ing to the department. blocked access to some houses in today and tomorrow. Visibility could be as low as the areas, reported Al Sharq. The department forecast “an 2km or less during thundery rain. Strong winds also uprooted increase in rain on Wednesday Minimum temperature fore- lampposts and fences, while floods and Thursday, specifically in the cast is 22 degrees Celsius, while made it difficult for people to northern and northwestern areas maximum could soar to 29. move from one place to another. of the country.” Doha and Al Khor will be rela- The rainfall registered by the Average rainfall during this tively hotter with minimum tem- automatic weather station at the period is forecast at 30mm. perature hovering over 25 degrees Qatar Meteorology Department The forecast shows a continu- Celsius. yesterday reached 50.7mm in ing trend of cloud formation THE PENINSULA

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and other officials visit one of the stalls during the summit. Minister attends Solar Qatar Summit

DOHA: The two-day Solar The Minister was briefed on stakeholders, professionals, del- Qatar Summit concluded yes- Kahramaa’s renewable energy egates and exhibitors at the event. terday at the Grand Hyatt projects and the recent trends The first day of the summit Doha. in solar energy sector across the featured Kahramaa’s presenta- The Minister of Energy and world. tion entitled ‘Kahramaa towards Industry H E Dr Mohammed Al Kuwari said, “Kahramaa’s Creative Methods to Exploit bin Saleh Al Sada, the President goal is to make renewable energy Renewable Energy Sources’ of Qatar General Electricity & competitive and profitable; there- by Saleh Al Marri, Head of Water Corporation (Kahramaa), fore, we are interested in the Renewable Energies Technologies. Engineer Essa bin Hilal Al deployment of renewable energy, He spoke in details about Kuwari, and senior officials energy efficiency and low-pollu- ongoing projects in Qatar and attended the second day of the tion technologies.” answered queries pertaining to summit. Al Sada and Al Kuwari He thanked the organisers Kahramaa’s solar energy initia- met exhibitors and organisers. of the summit and welcomed tives. THE PENINSULA One of the flooded streets after the rains yesterday.

Ministry to issue Top innovators hold session for students, entrepreneurs new specifications DOHA: In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Qatar for building materials Science and Technology Park (QSTP) DOHA: The Laboratory and brought together seven top technology Standardisation Department at the innovators from developing economies Ministry of Environment has said that it and emerging markets to Doha for will issue a new set of Qatar-specifications an exclusive session attended by stu- for construction materials by the begin- dents, entrepreneurs and businesses ning of 2014. The new specifications will in Qatar. be mandatory for all companies. This includes social entrepreneur Dr Mohammad bin Saif Al Kuwari, Evans Muchika Wadongo, founder Assistant Under Secretary at the Ministry and Executive Director of Sustainable and the Head of the Laboratories and Development For All – Africa, who Standardization Department, said that his turned a $50 business making simple department is monitoring companies to solar lamps into a $1 million business Officials at the event. ensure that they are following the specifi- without any external funding. cations set by the Ministry while preparing Among them is also the 23-year-old Health Technologies, urged technology- and move forward. “Knowledge is not to the growing base of technology- ready-mix, blocks and asphalt, among other Daniel Gomez, co-founder of SOLBEN, entrepreneurs in Qatar to engage their enough by itself. You need to get it into focused entrepreneurs here,” said QSTP items. a prominent Mexican biodiesel pro- communities and consumers to gain practice,” said Gomez. “Intellect is that Managing Director Hamad Al Kuwari. Currently the specifications of 2010 are ducer and MIT Technology Review’s insights into how technologies are used thing that helps you take a decision in “Though provision of the right facili- being implemented. Factories cannot import 2013 Innovator of the Year. Gomez was and understood by the end user. “We a wiser way and that’s the thing entre- ties, favourable regulations, sophisticated any construction material that is not certi- told that he would have to look out- went down to the communities and preneurs should be looking for.” training programs and ground-breaking fied by laboratories here. side Mexico when he insisted that the asked them what is going to work for Educating young Qataris about inno- forums like today’s Speakers Session, Samples are collected at random by the technology he needed could be devel- them,” said Wadongo. vation in science and technology features QSTP is committed to helping Qatar’s Ministry, which are then tested at the oped in his home country. Today more Speakers urged entrepreneurs to put prominently in Qatar’s planned transi- technology entrepreneurs turn their Laboratory. Al Kuwari noted that legal than 80 percent of biodiesel producers customer needs assessment into action tion to a knowledge-based economy. The visions into reality. action can be taken against companies that in Mexico use SOLBEN’s home-grown sooner rather than later. While acknowl- session was particularly timely as Qatar Today’s dialogue undoubtedly edu- are found violating the standards set by the technologies. edging the fundamental importance was recently upgraded to Emerging cated and inspired and we look forward Ministry. He, however, added that a majority Majority of the speakers, includ- of technology design in the classroom, Market status by the MSCI Index. to an ambitious pipeline of similar activi- of companies meet the specifications that ing Wadongo, Gomez and Ayesha most speakers encouraged attendees “The pace of economic growth and ties for Qatar’s innovators throughout have been enforced in Qatar. Chaudhary, co-founder of New Delhi- to start building prototypes, take what development in Qatar brings great the year.” THE PENINSULA based healthcare start-up Windmill knowledge and resources are available, opportunity and complex challenges THE PENINSULA

Chemmanur Jewellers opens outlet Pakistan Armed Forces Day marked

The Pakistani Embassy marked Pakistan Armed Forces Day at a function at the Diplomatic Club yesterday. The Assistant Chief of Operations of the Emiri Force and Chief Guest, General Hamad Al Hajri (second left); the Chief of Qatari Naval Forces, Staff Brigadier Mohammad Nasser Mubarak Al Mohannadi (left); the Pakistani The Indian Ambassador, Sanjiv Arora, inaugurated Chemmanur Jewellers in Safari Mall, in the presence of Chargé d’Affaires, Malik Mohammed Farook; and Defence Attaché, Masood Akram, cut a cake at the event. Anoop Chemmannur, Managing Director, Aboobacker Madapatt, Managing Director, Safari Group, Stejin P Members of the Pakistani community and senior officers of Qatar Armed Forces were also present. Thomas, Qatar Store Manager, and other officials. SALIM MATRAMKOT WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 23 dead in blast near Iran embassy in Beirut Al Qaeda-linked group claims twin suicide bombings; Tehran sees Israel’s hand

BEIRUT: Two suicide bomb- ings rocked Iran’s embassy compound in Lebanon yester- day, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street. A Lebanon-based Al Qaeda- linked group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, claimed responsibility and threatened further attacks unless Iran withdraw forces from Syria, where they have backed President Bashar Al Assad’s 2-1/2-year-old war against rebels. Security camera footage showed a man in an explosives belt rushing towards the outer wall of the embassy before blow- ing himself up, Lebanese officials said. They said a car bomb parked two buildings away from the com- pound had caused the second, deadlier explosion. The Lebanese army, however, said both blasts were suicide attacks. In a Twitter post, Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the religious guide of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, said the group had car- ried out the attack. “It was a dou- ble martyrdom operation by two Flames rise from the site of a blast in Bir Hassan neighbourhood in the southern Beirut, yesterday. RIGHT: Damaged vehicles in front of the embassy. of the Sunni heroes of Lebanon,” he wrote. Lebanon has suffered “At one entrance of the Iranian Israel was not involved in the embassy officials were among the the army, which has been backed borders,” he said. a series of sectarian clashes and embassy I counted six bodies past and was not involved here,” dead, but Lebanese TV stations by Hezbollah and Shia fight- The Abdullah Azzam Brigade, bomb attacks on Sunni and Shia outside,” Television cameraman he said in Jerusalem. quoted Iranian diplomatic sources ers from Iraq, to recapture the which claimed the attack, targets which have been linked Issam Abdullah said. “I saw body Iran’s ambassador Ghazanfar as saying none of their staff in the mountainous border region of has strong links in Lebanon’s to the Syrian conflict and which parts...thrown two streets away. Roknabadi identified one of the embassy was hurt. Qalamoun and further consoli- Palestinian refugee camps as had already killed scores of people There is huge damage.” dead as Ebrahim Ansari, a cul- Britain’s Foreign Secretary date Assad’s control of territory well as connections with the this year. The embassy’s sturdy metal tural attache who was on his way William Hague condemned what around Damascus and close to the Gulf — two of its senior military Yesterday’s bombing took gate was twisted by the blasts, to work at the diplomatic com- he described as a “shocking terror- Lebanese border. leaders are Saudi nationals, said place on the eve of more talks which Lebanon’s Health Minister pound when the bombs exploded. ist attack” and France expressed Ayham Kamel, Middle East Charles Lister, an analyst at IHS between world powers and Iran Ali Hassan Khalil said killed 23 Fires engulfed cars outside the “solidarity with the Lebanese and analyst with Eurasia Group, Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency over Tehran’s disputed nuclear people and wounded 146. embassy and the facades of some Iranian authorities”. said the embassy bombing was Centre. “This attack is a signifi- programme. They came close to An Iranian Foreign Ministry buildings were torn off. Shattered Politicians from across an attempt by supporters of the cant escalation. After months agreeing an interim deal during spokeswoman said the bombs glass covered the bloodied streets Lebanon’s Sunni, Shia and Sunni rebels to weaken Hezbollah and months of speculation, an negotiations earlier this month. were “an inhuman and vicious and some trees were uprooted, Christian communities also con- and Iran’s support for Assad, al Qaeda-linked group has now Shia Iran actively supports act perpetrated by Israel and its but the embassy’s well-fortified demned the attack. undermine the Qalamoun cam- underlined its involvement in the Assad against mostly Sunni rebels terror agents”, Irna news agency building itself suffered relatively In Syria, the government said paign and potentially pressure Syria-related Lebanese theatre,” — two of its Revolutionary Guard reported. minor damage. “Whoever carries its soldiers took full control of the Tehran before today’s nuclear he said. commanders have been killed in out such an attack in these sensi- town of Qara, which straddles a talks. “While sectarian ten- Footage from local news chan- Syria this year — and, along with ATTACHE KILLED tive circumstances, from which- highway from Damascus to gov- sions in Lebanon will increase, nels showed charred bodies on Hezbollah fighters, it has helped Israeli lawmaker Tzachi ever faction, knows directly or ernment strongholds on the coast Hezbollah’s retaliatory response the ground as flames rose from turn the tide in Assad’s favour at Hanegbi said his country had indirectly that he is serving the and is also used by Sunni rebels will be centred on Syria where stricken vehicles. Emergency the expense of rebels backed and played no role. “The bloodshed in interests of the Zionist entity to cross into Syria from Lebanon. (it) will further commit military workers and residents carried armed by Sunni powers Saudi Beirut is a result of Hezbollah’s (Israel),” Roknabadi said. The capture of Qara may mark forces to eliminate the Sunni rebel victims away in blankets. Arabia and Qatar. involvement in the Syria crisis. He did not say whether other the start of a wider offensive by threat along the Syrian-Lebanese REUTERS

Haniyah’s grandchild back in Gaza after Libya unveils plan to remove militias Israel treatment TRIPOLI: Libya’s government those from Misurata, as well as the western announced yesterday plans to remove city of Zintan, control parts of Tripoli. GAZA CITY: A granddaugh- militias from the capital and eventu- The Misurata and Zintan militias are the ter of Hamas prime minister ally integrate them into the security most heavily armed groups to have emerged Ismail Haniyah has returned forces, after a weekend of deadly clashes from the uprising, having looted Gaddafi’s to Gaza after being hospital- between militiamen and residents. arsenal, seizing light and heavy weapons, ised in Israel in a critical con- As a first step, the authorities would try armed vehicles and even tanks. dition, Palestinian sources said to determine exactly how many militias The unrest, the deadliest in the capital yesterday. are operating in Tripoli, their sizes and the since the uprising, erupted on Friday when Medics in Gaza had on Monday weapons they hold, according to the plan demonstrators protesting against mili- reported that Amal Haniyah, aged communicated to the General National tias in Tripoli’s Gharghour neighbourhood one, was sent to Israel for treat- Congress. Once that is accomplished, the were fired upon from villas occupied by the ment for a serious infection of the militias would then be removed from the Misurata fighters, who killed several of them. digestive tract which has affected capital, disarmed and their men integrated Rival militiamen then swept in, sparking her nervous system. into the security forces, which has long clashes that continued until Saturday. Israeli daily Yediot Aharanot been sought by the government. As the Misurata militiamen began reported that the infant was The Misurata militia, which was at the withdrawing on Monday, soldiers aboard being treated in the Petah Tikva heart of the weekend violence in which 46 armoured vehicles made their way into paediatric hospital near Tel Aviv people died and some 500 were wounded, the city centre, making victory signs at but that doctors had decided it already started pulling out of the city on passing drivers who sounded their horns was impossible to save her. Monday at the behest of community leaders in approval. The premier’s son Abdessalam Protesters march during a demonstration calling on militiamen to leave, in Tripoli, yesterday. in their city, on the Mediterranean coast. Yesterday, dozens of police were deployed Haniyah late on Monday wrote Former rebels helped topple and kill vet- on the capital’s streets as residents con- that Amal had returned to the eran dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, tinued to demonstrate against the militias during the uprising against Gaddafi, when integrate into the armed forces, triggering Al Nasser paediatric hospital in but have since banded into militias carving on the third day of a general strike called their city was besieged by regime forces. the frustration of Libyans who once hailed Gaza, “still in a state of clinical their own fiefdoms, each with its own ideol- for by the city government. The Misurata But many such groups have rejected gov- them as heroes for toppling Gaddafi. death”. ogy and regional allegiance. Ex-rebels like brigade saw some of the heaviest fighting ernment calls to lay down their arms or AFP A medic explained that due to the child’s critical condition she had been transferred back to the Gaza hospital, where she would receive the same medical care as Iran, UK envoys speak by phone Syrian troops seize strategic village in Israel. TEHRAN: Britain’s envoy to Tehran has spoken with his Bahrain court Iranian counterpart about exchanging diplomatic delegations DAMASCUS: Syrian troops is a strategic prize because it will people killed overnight when a and upgrading ties, Isna news agency reported yesterday. yesterday captured the village open access to the Qalamoun missile fired by the army hit a hos- upholds jail terms The phone call between British charge d’affaires Ajay Sharma of Qara in the mountainous mountains while blocking rebel pital in Al Walid in Homs province. and Iran’s Hassan Habibollah-zadeh comes amid a thaw in relations Qalamoun region on a key sup- access to Lebanon. The Syrian Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for 17 Shia activists following the election this year of Iran’s President Hassan Rowhani, ply route between Damascus Observatory for Human Rights Hossein Amir Abdollahian said DUBAI: A Bahrain appeals a reputed moderate who has reached out to the West. and Homs, a military source said Al Nusra Front, a rebel group an international peace conference court has upheld jail terms of “Both sides discussed the first steps for activating bilateral rela- said. loyal to Al Qaeda, had announced on Syria can be held soon but that up to 15 years for 17 Shias con- tions,” Isna said, adding that they “agreed on exchanging delega- The reported capture came its withdrawal from Qara and Syrian opposition groups have yet victed over attacks on police in tions soon to examine the situation of each other’s possessions and after days of air strikes on the “promised to be back soon.” to commit fully to the meeting. the unrest-hit country, a judi- diplomatic buildings, as well as holding more talks.” region near the Lebanese border, The fighting in Qara sent at The United Nations hopes the cial source said yesterday. Britain ordered the closure of Iran’s embassy in London after which is also a key smuggling least 1,700 families streaming “Geneva 2” conference, which The Manama court, which shuttering its own in Tehran following the storming of the compound route for rebels battling to oust across the border into Lebanon, Moscow and Washington are delivered the verdicts on Monday, by hundreds of Islamist students in November 2011. President Bashar Al Assad. which is already hosting more trying to arrange, can convene also reduced by seven years sen- The students — protesting against Western sanctions over “After three days of fighting, than 800,000 Syrian refugees in mid-December to try to end tences for three other defendants Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme — ransacked the building as the Syrian army has taken full and has suffered from rising more than 2-1/2 years of civil war in the same case, the source said. well as the British ambassador’s residence in north Tehran. control of Qara,” some 100km unrest linked to the conflict in its in Syria. The proposed conference The group of Shias were tried The two countries named the non-resident charges d’affaires — a north of the capital, the Syrian larger neighbour. The UN refu- has been delayed for months by on charges of attempting to mur- diplomatic post that is one level below ambassador — earlier this military source said, adding that gee agency UNHCR estimates at dissension within opposition ranks, der police, carrying out arson month. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the decision a “large number of terrorists” least 6,000 people have fled to the disagreements over whether Assad attacks on their vehicles, causing to name envoys was made after he met his Iranian counterpart had been killed. The source said Lebanese town of Arsal, near the should play any future role and dis- public disturbance and possessing Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of Geneva talks. AFP the area, which had been held by border, since last Friday. putes over whether Iran should be Molotov cocktails. the rebels for more than a year, The Observatory reported eight invited. AGENCIES AFP WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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s hopes rise for a final peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), many skeletons tumble out of years of the so-called Apeople’s struggle. The talks, being hosted by Colombia’s northern neighbour Cuba, have reached a stage where an Why the United Nations agreement to end the five-decade old insurgency is within sniffing distance. However, outing of a plan to kill former president Alvaro Uribe who fought the blood-hungry rebels with should not go to war an iron hand, seems to have shaken, if not upset the applecart. In addition, accounts of former child soldiers recruited by the BY JONATHAN POWER guerrillas have gone against the outfit. A woman, who joined Thailand, Malaya, Vietnam and East the organisation when she was just 12, has given emotional Timor. interviews to journalists saying that the rebels made people dig HIS year the UN Security We can ponder what the world would their graves before executing them. Child soldiers were made Council authorised the deploy- have looked like if the the Cold War to watch the executions. Women rebels who became pregnant, Tment of troops to the eastern had not intervened and this forward After the success in the often in the hope that motherhood would help them leave the Congo, armed with tanks and helicop- thinking had not been rapidly shelved. ter gun ships to defeat the one remain- Would there have been a Suez Crisis? eastern Congo, Security group, were forced to undergo abortions — sometimes as far as ing dissident militia in the Congo. Two The Vietnam War? Numerous Middle Council members may eight months into it. weeks ago, UN officials declared that Eastern wars? The Falklands War? The The Leftist guerrillas, known for their brutality, have been war in the Congo, which on and off has Yugoslav wars? Genocide in Rwanda? well in the future be more talking to the Colombian government led by Jose Manuel consumed the nation for over 50 years, Civil wars in Nigeria, Central America, open to using military Santos. The Colombian president recently discounted reports of seemed to be over. The UN, instead Sudan and Syria? force under the the rebels planning to kill Uribe who with US support corralled of using its blue helmets to keep the The question now is will the UN peace, used its soldiers to blast the membership continue to support the flag of the UN. the militants to rural areas of the Latin American nation. enemy. use of force for the purpose of impos- The long-drawn peace talks that started in 2010 after Santos Rarely talked about is Article 42 of the ing peace in areas of conflict? It can took over from Uribe have been held without the government UN Charter which says,“The Security be American-led, as it was in Korea in sink if they descended from the high agreeing to a ceasefire offer. Colombian Council ….may take such action by air, 1950, Iraq in 1991, Somalia in 1992/93 or, ground of a non-violent international troops killed rebel leader Alfonso sea or land forces as may be necessary on a smaller scale, Australian-led as it peacekeeping force. The moment the Colombia to maintain or was in East Timor in 1998 or British- UN starts killing people it becomes Cano in November 2011; he was behind should exercise restore interna- led as it was in Sierra Leone in 2001 or part of the conflict it is supposed to be starting the negotiations. tional peace and Italian-led as in Lebanon in 2006/7 or controlling and therefore part of the cautious The Colombian rebels, like many security.” British and French-led in Libya in 2011. problem. It loses the one quality that other Left guerrilla groups across the In 1947, the In all these cases, the Security Council distinguishes it from and sets it above optimism before world, unleashed a reign of terror in We can ponder UN’s Military authorised a particular lead country. the people it is dealing with”. reaching a final the South American nation. Financed what the world Staff Committee But in the Congo, for the first time, it Bold words and with a sizeable ele- prepared a pro- authorised itself with its troops made ment of truth, as Bunche, Urquhart deal with Left by drug smuggling and other criminal would have looked posal, which the up of South Africans, Tanzanians and and their successors demonstrated in a activities, militants made it hard for like if the the Big Five powers Ugandans. large number of successful and largely rebels. common people to go along with their agreed to, on the A more robust UN has its dangers — forgotten peacekeeping interventions daily life. In 2002, they kidnapped Cold War had not strength and size it will inevitably devalue the old time — in the Lebanon, in Cyprus, in Sinai presidential hopeful Ingrid Betancourt while she campaigned for intervened and this of a UN force. peacekeeping, a tool fashioned out of and Namibia, in El Salvador, Iran/Iraq, the upcoming elections. The French-Colombian politician was in There was to be necessity when more ambitious plans in Cambodia and Macedonia and, more forward thinking an air force with were frozen by the imperatives of the recently, in Liberia and the Congo once Farc captivity for six years, before being released by the rebels. had not been 700 bombers and Cold War. Brian Urquhart, who for again (before the UN fighters arrived). Uribe, who is opposed to negotiations with Farc, has come out 500 fighters. A many years was head of UN peacekeep- After the success in the eastern strongly against Santos for trying to play down reports of the rapidly shelved. naval force with 3 ing and for a brief period ran the now Congo, Security Council members Farc plot to have him assassinated. Santos said that the reports Would there have battleships, 6 air- mythical campaign in the Congo in the may well in the future be more open are old and do not reflect the reality of the times. been a Suez craft carriers and early 1960s, wrote in his autobiography to using military force under the flag 14 submarines. of the many tensions implicit in that of the UN. But, as I argue in my new Given the stakes in the volatile Latin American region, Crisis? The army would quite terrifying peacekeeping opera- book, Conundrums of Humanity — The the talks with Farc have progressed quite smoothly. Any have 450,000 tion that left Urquhart himself beaten Big Foreign Policy Questions Of Our Day, negotiations with armed militant groups are hard and tread a men. unconscious and Secretary-General there are many alternatives before it fine line between capitulation and aggression. There has been The British delegation drew up a list Dag Hammarskjold killed in a still comes to that. We have to be cleverer talk of integrating the rebels within society by giving them a of possible areas for deployment that, unexplained air crash as they sought to in anticipating situations of violence stake in the political process. Colombia has learnt many lessons with the exception of Jordan and Saudi mediate. Many of the soldiers, Urquhart and abuse and move to head them Arabia, would not look out of place in recounts, from Swedes to Indians to off by a clever mixture of non-violent from terrorism. It is now that the exhaustive talks are closing the last 25 years: Ethiopians wanted to use force. intervention, astute diplomacy, political in on fruition and the government should move with cautious a) The Balkans: Yugoslavia and Urquhart and his boss, the American, and economic pressure and the deploy- optimism while gaining an upper hand on the rebels. Colombia Albania. Ralph Bunche, gradually persuaded ment of peacekeeping troops. The use — if successful in closing a deal — will act as a role model for b) The Middle East: Syria, them to the virtue of restraint. “They of force must be the last thing consid- countries who are fighting Leftist rebel movements and give Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi simply did not want to understand ered. Fingers on the trigger are not foresight to those who have squashed such uprisings • Arabia and Egypt. either the principle involved or the bot- needed in 98 percent of the situations. c) South-east Asia: Burma, tomless morass into which they would THE PENINSULA The other side Quote of Family planning flexibility the day

HE decision of the Third Plenum development on a balanced and long- in 2012 as strong evidence of the need would have on its economic and social of the 18th Central Committee term basis. for a much higher birth rate to avert development. of the Communist Party of an economic crisis caused by a lack What we need now are reasonable TChina to allow a married couple Such flexibility is necessary and of labor. expectations for the country’s demo- I am deeply to have two children if one of the couple should be lauded, given the fact that Sociologists consider the fertility graphic growth. It was expected that concerned that the is an only child is indeed welcome news China is the most populous nation in rate of 1.18 in 2012 as a sign of social under the previous family planning poli- to the many young couples who want the world and one of the major engines inertia, and warn the rapid increase of cies, the country’s population would scale of our action to have more than one child. for the global economy. senior citizens will stymie the dynamics grow to 1.5 billion and then gradually It is also a solace to those who People are now anticipating fur- of both economic and social progress. drop. If this is still the prospect we is still insufficient worry that our rapidly aging society and ther loosening as a higher birth rate is These concerns must have been hope to realize, further study is needed lack of working-age people will deal a needed to offset the too low birth rate of taken into consideration during the to figure out how we should adjust the to limit the global heavy blow to the country’s economic the past and the rapid aging of society, process of making the decision. policies so that the decline in popula- temperature rise to growth. What is even more meaning- which are putting pressure on economic However, as a country with a popula- tion will not be so sharp that it deals a ful is the statement in the decision that growth and social progress. tion of more than 1.3 billion, China can heavy blow to the overall development below two degrees the family planning policy will be gradu- Economists see the drop in the never brush aside concerns about the of the country. Celsius from ally adjusted to promote demographic working-age population by 3.45 million negative effects a population explosion China Daily Ban Ki-moon pre-industrial levels. UN chief WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 The Super Typhoon and the Asia pivot Humanitarian aid should not be used as a political tool, but that doesn’t deny the reputational advantages of doing good and the hits from sitting idle during a crisis.

BY PATRICK M CRONIN reputationally challenged, fiscally indebted and politically gridlocked — that yphoon Haiyan struck takes the leading role. the Philippines on The response to Haiyan could be a Novemberember 8, killing turning point for the United States in thousands, affecting mil- Asia: an opportunity to re-up the pivot, lions, and leaving hundreds and to pour cold water on the narrative Tof thousands of Filipinos desperate for of a dominant China. help. A natural disaster of that mag- That’s not to say China isn’t trying to nitude requires a massive relief effort, play a more assertive role in the region. and the United States took the lead: dis- Since taking office in Novemberember patching the aircraft carrier USS George 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has Washington, distributing food and water, focused on maintaining order and eco- and manoeuvring rescuers and supplies nomic growth at home while reducing to remote areas. The US Agency for external conflicts that could impede International Development (USAID) China’s rise. Xi and his colleagues envi- pledged more than $22m in assistance. sion their country eventually supplanting US allies soon followed. Japan offered the United States as the world’s largest $30m in emergency relief, along with economy and sharing — at a minimum — The US Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which is involved in aircraft-related typhoon relief operations, is seen in the waters roughly 1,000 soldiers to help deliver the responsibility for the Asia-Pacific region. off the coast of typhoon-damaged Samar Province in the Philippines yesterday. aid, on top of ongoing assistance pro- China is emphasising its periphery, grammes, such as $20m through the particularly mainland Southeast Asia; in Asian Development Bank. October, Xi announced plans to create interests. in the South China Sea — goes against humanitarian aid and disaster relief Australia pledged $10m, South Korea and fund an “Asian infrastructure bank.” And this is where the US rebalancing, international norms. If the United States exercise in Hawaii, the exact time the $5m, and when Britain’s carrier the HMS But China still fails at build- or “pivot” to Asia comes in. The region can protect universal rights such as free- Philippines needed urgent support. China Illustrious arrives on November 24, it will ing soft power in the region. In early has generally viewed the pivot in military dom of the seas and promote more effec- under Xi wants a “new type of great begin delivering some $30m in relief sup- Novemberember, Chinese scholars and terms, as a reassurance of US presence in tive regional security cooperation, it will power relationship” with the United plies. But China, the region’s rising power, even officials emphasised to my colleagues Asia, and as a counterweight to Chinese continue to be a great power that is wel- States — an invitation to further push is noteworthy for its stinginess. Beijing the tiered levels of Chinese friends and pressure and coercion. But as the distri- come throughout the region. China to cooperate on disaster relief. originally pledged $100,000, increasing partners. Countries that support China bution of world power continues to shift China appears eager to cooperate with This pays dividends for the United that to a still-paltry $1.6m on November diplomatically or bring wealth to China, from West to East, the United States can the United States on disaster relief. The States domestically, as well. US leader- 14. they said, are given preferential treat- also use the pivot to help build an inclu- two sides have shared detailed lessons ship in helping those in desperate need Since former Secretary of State Hillary ment — almost like international rela- sive, rules-based order in Asia. learned in responding to domestic dis- around the world is a forceful riposte to Clinton announced the rebalance to Asia tions as one big fundraising tribute. An open trading regime must be part asters, including Hurricane Katrina in declinists, who ignore America’s enduring in late 2011, many in the region have Because tensions are high with Japan of that. But to foster China’s potential as 2005 and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and exceptional global role. Bipartisan doubted America’s ability to sustain the over disputed islands in the East China a force for good, the United States and that killed roughly 87,000 people. support for US humanitarian efforts is a level of its operations in the Pacific. Sea, and with the Philippines over dis- its allies need to integrate China into this In June, the two countries cooperated hopeful instance of policymakers pulling In October, for example, President puted territory in the South China Sea, order. with an Asian-wide humanitarian assist- together to achieve greatness. Barack Obama’s absence from two Beijing withholds cooperation and sup- Instituting a common response to ance and military medicine exercise, Obama is seeking more than $4.1bn prominent Asian meetings due to the port from those two nations, instead dol- humanitarian disasters is a good place allowing China to showcase its photogenic for the fiscal year 2014 for humanitarian crisis in Washington over the govern- ing out rewards to those countries most for China and the United States to start. military hospital ship, dubbed the “The assistance. Humanitarian aid should not ment shutdown allowed Beijing to steal willing to work closely with China. Holding back assistance to neighbours Peace Ark.” be used as a political tool, but that doesn’t the spotlight. Although this approach sometimes because they defend their core national Unfortunately, that ship remains deny the reputational advantages of doing But when it comes to global crises, mutes regional criticism, it tends to interests against a more powerful neigh- docked in a Chinese port. Adding to good and the hits from sitting idle during including natural disasters, it is still fail at persuading neighbours that a bour who occupies a disputed area — as the irony, on November 12, Chinese a crisis. It’s a lesson China is learning the United States — even war wary, more potent China will look after their China does with the Scarborough Shoal and US troops participated in a joint right now. WP-BLOOMBERG

Chinatown: Next front in gentrification war Chile voted for a drastic

schools. And like the old Jewish and Puerto Protecting Chinatown Rican enclaves that flourished nearby, brought change of direction cultural richness to some of the poorest cor- isn’t just an exercise in ners of the city. BY OSCAR GUARDIOLA-RIVERA Much of this displacement is perfectly legal. Despite nominal protection from New York unday’s elections in Chile will prove significant, regionally and cultural preservation; City’s rent stabilisation laws, landlords can globally. The centre-left candidate, Michelle Bachelet won easily harass residents to give up their apart- nearly twice as many votes as her closest rival, Evelyn Matthei, it is a civil rights ments, or building owners may justify evictions Sof the governing rightwing Alliance for Chile. Bachelet, Chile’s by citing illegal subdivisions of shared apart- president from 2006 to 2010, will have to go through a second-round ments (which, housing advocates note, went runoff in December but is expected to win. Meanwhile, a new genera- struggle. conveniently unnoticed before property values tion of student leaders – most notably, 25-year-old Camila Vallejo, started soaring). So-called “inclusionary zon- who helped lead Chile’s student uprising in 2011 – has been elected to BY MICHELLE CHEN ing” plans, which apportion shares of low and Congress as part of Bachelet’s coalition. It is this younger generation high-end housing, often become a pretext for that is set to radically transform the direction of the country. In doing here will always be a little corner building luxury developments that ultimately so, they’re breaking apart the dominant myths concerning the relation of the American public imagination squeeze out low-rent residents. between politics and economics in the region – and in the world at large. reserved for Chinatown. Whether As longtime residents are pushed out to At the national level, the rightwing government of Sebastián Piñera Tthe word evokes for you the stere- more remote, often more economically and is struggling to understand how, after four years of high growth, fiscal otypical mystique of opium dens and gambling socially isolated parts of the city, the old neigh- discipline and low inflation – which many would argue are the very halls, or the gritty restaurants and garment bourhood’s spirit dissipates. measures of success – Chileans failed to award his party another term factories that fuelled generations of working- Of course, the old Chinatown had plenty of in office. Some commentators are already beating their chests at the class immigrant families, Chinatown, as a problems. I don’t necessarily miss the gang apparent scandal of “irresponsible” Chileans voting the wrong way. cultural idea, seems to endure through the warfare or the stench of rotting sewage, and Others argue that the conservatives “couldn’t transform a success- generations as a place of wonder, chaos, and tourism brings welcome traffic for local stores. ful government into political success”. The right’s resounding defeat, cultural hybridity. But the real, brick-and- But the material improvements are eclipsed however, isn’t simply a case of its inability to tap into middle-class mortar Chinatown is vanishing rapidly, as its by a deeper absence – the loss of a sense of frustration. For some time now, many Chileans have been rejecting the people, traditions and cultural life are swept collective ownership. very economic model that Piñera, Matthei and their supporters around away by what some call “development”. Before Chinatown was a hot real estate the world continue to praise: that there may be change – a transition Chinatown in San Francisco, California The Chinatown where I spent much of my prospect, locals claimed the beautiful and ugly to democracy, the implementation of human rights, and so on – but childhood, in Lower Manhattan, was a messy parts alike as, well, everybody’s mess. Though only insofar as the “model” stays as it was before. The “model” is what jumble of street hawkers, sludgy outdoor fish A recent study of three Chinatowns in most immigrants were too busy earning a liv- Chileans call both the economic and paternalistic establishment that markets and streaming New Year’s dragons; Boston, New York City and Philadelphia starkly ing to play politics, the community did seed emerged under Pinochet’s dictatorship and the myth that underpins it was crowded, smelly, hectic and, to a kid, maps out gentrification’s effects in crowding many community organisations and activ- it – that nothing can change. The myth is based on the terror and overwhelmingly vast. out once tight-knit ethnic communities. ist movements that advocated for affordable violence following the violent overthrow of Salvador Allende in 1973, Today, I see the Chinatown of my youth The census-data analysis, published by the housing, better social services, and fair labour and the attempt to erase history and hope from minds and hearts. dwindling fast. It seems, on the surface, to Asian American Legal Defence and Education conditions for exploited workers. Chileans, especially the young, have realised this. They have blown be happening for all the “right” reasons: the Fund, found that in all three Chinatowns, the That’s the Chinatown that I fear is vanish- apart the message of good cheer, that if the economy is well, all is well. neighbourhood is “cleaning up”, children of Asian share of the population dropped stead- ing: not the “exotic” caricature of Hollywood Their reasoning is clear: the economic model produces wealth for the immigrants assimilated and moved away, ily between 2000 and 2010, while the white studios – that will live on in the public mind. benefit of the few and widespread unhappiness. In Chile, the wealthi- there’s no longer a need for an old school percentage rose. And it’s not even the physical trappings them- est 5 percent earn 257 times more than the poorest 5 percent. Higher ethnic ghetto in the bowels of Manhattan. Meanwhile, family households have faded selves. It’s the sense of security and solidar- education is private and expensive. Parents are left with huge debts, and But when I peer behind the curtain of what away as richer singles have snatched up prop- ity that emerges when a group of people defy their children face impossible odds to start a family or envisage a hope- purports to be a vindication of the American erties: the proportion of family households in hardship to build power. ful future. The Chilean youth have an agenda: free higher education dream, I see real estate moguls and politicians Boston’s Chinatown, for instance, has tumbled All is not lost yet. Today, a new crop of and replacing the Pinochet-era constitution through a self-appointed slowly unravelling a community’s social fabric. from 73 percent to 47 percent. Median housing community activists are demanding more popular assembly. Some also want renationalisation. However, the While gentrification has invaded many low- values in the three Chinatowns now exceed inclusive, democratic urban planning policies rebellion that exploded in Santiago in 2011 is not simply against this income areas in New York, its impacts are those of their respective cities’ overall. In New that empower local residents and advocacy or that policy. This is a rebellion against historical compulsion – the perhaps most starkly apparent in this neigh- York, particularly, activists point out that the groups in land-use and business development idea that no matter what you do, nothing changes. bourhood, which began over a century ago as real estate boom has coincided with the shut- decisions. Vallejo has warned that this will not be a repeat of the same compro- a ghetto for mostly male migrant labourers, tering of small businesses, as old customer They’re advancing a new concept of com- mise-prone Concertación government, which won every election from and has over the past generation morphed into bases are displaced by affluent professionals munity development, based on local resilience, the end of military rule in 1990 until Piñera came to power in 2010. A one of the city’s hottest real estate markets. with (save for the enterprising foodie contin- working with traditional neighbourhood insti- considerable percentage of voters responded to the students’ call for a That transformation has come at the gent) decidedly less of a taste for homemade tutions like small family businesses and histor- constitutional assembly. As the new generation of politicians is swept expense of the people and institutions tofu and spicy pork jerky. ical family associations that have long served to power, the next step towards reform is given radical legitimacy. who have anchored generations of Chinese But all this development is revitalising as cultural pillars. For the region this means that just as the first wave of leftism may American heritage. As immigrant families are the neighbourhood, right? Actually, the new Protecting Chinatown isn’t just an exer- be reaching an impasse in Argentina and Venezuela, a second, more expelled through mass evictions and spiking capital comes at the expense of families who cise in “cultural preservation”; it’s a civil profound one is beginning in unexpected parts of Latin America: con- rents, in their wake comes an onslaught of have over the years contributed much more rights struggle. Demographic trend-lines may servative Chile, ultra-conservative Colombia and moderate Brazil. For white young professionals, forming a hyper- than cheap rents. They spent what little they change, but one thread of neighbourhood his- the world, this spells the end of the dogma that the economy determines commercialised cityscape that billionaire earned on their friends’ restaurants or nail tory remains unbroken: the value of holding people’s consent rather than the other way around. It is the time of Mayor Michael Bloomberg has championed. salons, or invested in their own. They donated on to your roots. the people once again. Big property values, little character. volunteer labour with their churches and THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Egypt’s interim leader won’t run Egyptians mark for presidency DUBAI: Egypt’s interim head anniversary of of state Adly Mansour will not run for president in elections slated for next year, a Kuwaiti newspaper yesterday quoted him as saying. Mansour was clashes in Cairo sworn in as interim president on July 4, a day after the Egyptian army ousted Islamist President Some fear return to Mubarak days Mohamed Mursi following mass protests against his rule. Mursi CAIRO: Hundreds of Egyptians they were unsuccessful and finally had appointed him as head of gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square melted away, apparently hoping the constitutional court, but yesterday to commemorate the to avoid clashes on a sensitive he was not sworn in as head of deaths of protesters killed two anniversary. the court until hours before he years ago and call for reforms, “I am not for the Brotherhood. took the oath as interim presi- with many voicing rare criticism But I sympathise with them dent. When asked by Kuwait’s of the powerful military. because of what happened at Al Seyassah newspaper whether Supporters of army chief Rabaa. It was a horrible massacre. he would run for president, General Abdel Fatah Al Sisi, who There was more freedom under Mansour said: “No... No, I will promised stability and free elec- Mursi,” said Salma, a high school return to my office and my work tions when he overthrew elected student who joined the demon- at the constitutional court.” Islamist President Mohamed strations. “The Interior Ministry Western allies have watched Mursi in July, also showed up at is stronger than it was before,” with dismay as the most popu- Tahrir but were chased away by she said, referring to the ministry lous Arab state stumbled on its activists. The army and the police which oversees the police. path to democracy after a popu- have been lionised in the press The overthrow of Mubarak lar uprising toppled autocrat and public since the fall of Mursi raised hopes among Egyptians Egyptian activists rally during the second anniversary of protests against military rule in which 47 people died, Hosni Mubarak in 2011. and his Muslim Brotherhood that they would enjoy more politi- at Tahrir Square in Cairo, yesterday. backers. Many Egyptians believe cal freedoms after three decades Sisi would become president if he of iron-fisted rule. about 1,000 demonstrators moving Asia and Europe. Billions of dol- 30. A banner featured people the Global news chiefs runs for office. But Egypt has stumbled through central Cairo towards the lars from Gulf Arab allies have protesters felt had “betrayed” the But the protesters who gath- through its transition. During Tahrir area, said: “We do not want kept the economy afloat but crit- revolution — Mubarak loyalists, the discuss changing ered in Tahrir said the goals of the his troubled year in office, Mursi Sisi as president. He is a strong ics say the government needs to military council which led Egypt popular uprising which toppled alienated many Egyptians who defence minister and he should come up with a long-term plan to for 16 months after his fall and the media industry autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011 accused him of trying to give remain in that position. We want improve finances. Muslim Brotherhood. had not been met and accused the himself sweeping powers and a civilian leader.” The protesters yesterday were Some activists wrote on social RIYADH: The heads of glo- security forces of acting mostly mismanaging the economy. At commemorating the events of media about their desire to over- bal news agencies gathered in with impunity in the interven- the same time, the army takeover BACK TO THE OLD DAYS? November 2011, when demonstra- throw what they call the new Riyadh yesterday to discuss ing two years. “Down with the has raised questions about Egypt’s Critics of the government tions against the military council “military junta”, a reference to the how to navigate a changing military regime,” the protesters commitment to democracy. say it is returning Egypt to the ruling the country at the time interim government installed by media landscape marked by fall- chanted. “We want to protect our Security forces have killed repression of the Mubarak era. turned into running street battles the army after Mursi’s removal. ing subscriptions and intense country from oppression.” hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood The uncertainty has hammered in which police used live ammu- On nearby Mohamed Mahmoud online competition. The fourth They criticised the bloody members since Mursi was top- investment and tourism in the nition, killing 42. “We are here to Street, the scene of the 2011 edition of The World Congress crushing of a pro-Mursi protest pled, drawing condemnation from country, an important US ally stress the goals of the revolution clashes, a wall that street art- of News Agencies was held in the camp at Rabaa Al Adawiya in human rights groups. Thousands which was the first Arab country and to say that the demands of the ists used to express revolution- Saudi capital under the theme: Cairo in August. At one point, have been arrested, including top to sign a peace treaty with Israel revolution — bread, social justice, ary ideas was covered in coats of “Reinventing the news agency in security forces fired tear gas to leaders. The group has been out- and has control of the Suez Canal, freedom — have not been realized,” paint resembling the pattern of the 21st century.” Previous meet- try to disperse the crowd, but lawed. Hadiga Al Hanawy, among the quickest sea route between said protester Mohamed Moustafa, military fatigues. REUTERS ings took place in Russia in 2004, Spain in 2007 and Argentina in 2010. Speakers emphasised how the proliferation of online news and mobile services has trans- formed a business once dominated Arab ministers blame Israel by newspapers tied to evening deadlines. As the competition has increased, the global economic for peace talks crisis crisis has caused subscription rates to plummet, with cash- KUWAIT CITY: An Arab ministerial committee charged with strapped users having instead monitoring the Middle East peace process blamed Israel for the turned to social networks, online impasse in negotiations with the Palestinians after a meeting in news aggregators and free news Kuwait. “Israel is responsible for the deep crisis in negotiations websites. AFP CEO Emmanuel because of its intensifying of settlements (construction), repeated Hoog, Associated Press CEO Gary attacks against the sacred Al Aqsa mosque (in Jerusalem), seizing Pruitt and Reuters global man- of Palestinian lands, and strengthening the blockade against Gaza,” aging director Steven Schwartz it said in a statement. participated. The committee, which is chaired by Qatar and includes 13 Arab countries, met in Kuwait on the sidelines of the Arab-African summit in the presence of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. Turkey to open The latest peace talks, launched at Washington’s urging in July, have shown little sign of progress, with the Palestinians objecting to high-speed railway repeated Israeli announcements of new settlement construction on occupied territory. in February A major spike in settlement announcements last week prompted the resignation of the entire Palestinian negotiating team. But on Sunday ISTANBUL: Turkey is aim- Abbas told AFP that peace talks with Israel would continue for the ing to finally open a high-speed full nine months agreed with Washington — “regardless of what hap- railway between Istanbul and pens on the ground.” Ankara in February after sev- eral delays, a transport ministry official said yesterday. The $4bn (¤3.0b) railway is the latest in A car drives through a flooded street after heavy rains in Riyadh, yesterday. Shabaab commandos kill a number of ambitious urban development projects by the government of Prime Minister 16 in police station attack Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “The line Floods kill four in Saudi, 10 missing MOGADISHU: At least 16 people were killed when Somalia’s is expected to open in February Shabaab insurgents attacked a police station yesterday, with a sui- but it might be delayed,” the offi- cide car bomber blasting open the compound before commandos cial said, without elaborating. RIYADH: Flash floods sparked agency. Since Monday, emer- special prayers for rain. entered spraying gunfire, an army officer said. The government had announced by torrential rain in largely gency teams have rescued 1,357 But in May last year, around Witnesses reported bodies strewn around the blast site, the lat- that the high-speed link between desert Saudi Arabia have people trapped by the floodwa- 20 people were killed in flooding est in a string of bombs and shootings in the central Somali town of Turkey’s capital and its biggest killed four people and left 10 ters, it added. sparked by the kingdom’s heaviest Beledweyne claimed by the Al Qaeda-linked Shabaab. city would be inaugurated in late missing over the past two days, It urged the more than five rainfall in 25 years. “We have confirmed 16 people dead including soldiers and civilians, October or early November, but the civil defence authority said million residents of the capital Floods in the western city of while others were injured, some seriously,” senior Somali army officer it was delayed for safety reasons, yesterday. to to stay away from rivers and Jeddah on the Red Sea coast Abdi Mohamed Ali said, adding that four Shabaab gunmen had also according to the official. Two of the dead and seven of flooded tunnels. Schools and uni- killed 10 people in 2011 and 123 been killed. Beledweyne’s police commissioner Issac Ali said those killed the missing were in the capital versities have been closed since people in 2009. were “mainly civilians”. Riyadh, with the rest coming in Sunday. Poor drainage and uncontrolled The Shabaab boasted of killing 20 soldiers, including Somali forces Yemen president the northeastern city of Arar, Saudi Arabia normally expe- construction were blamed for the and Djiboutian troops with the African Union (AU) force and Ethiopian the authority said in a statement riences such low rainfall that high death tolls in Jeddah. soldiers based at the police compound. likely to stay carried by the official SPA news religious leaders often organise AFP AFP beyond 2014 SANA’A: Yemen’s president will probably stay in office beyond a two-year interim period that expires in February because UAE, Kuwait jail two Twitter users for dissent, blasphemy reforms needed for a transition to democracy need more time, DUBAI/KUWAIT: A United alleged Emirati coup plotters and called for the release of Shehhi. prison on Monday after he was countries — which control state two senior Yemeni officials said Arab Emirates court has jailed to call for the release of detainees “The authorities are trying to convicted of insulting the Prophet media and restrict freedom of yesterday. The delay may raise a man for two years for tweeting he believed were held for back- make an example out of Shehhi in Mohammad (PBUH) on Twitter, speech — after the Arab revolts concern among Western pow- about a political trial and Kuwait ing democratic reforms, accord- order to dissuade Emirati citizens his lawyer, Khalil Ahmed said. of 2011. Users range from ruling ers anxious about instability in handed a five-year prison term ing to a local activist who asked from posting any information Ahmed said Shamsah had family members and ministers to Yemen, an impoverished Arab to a Kuwaiti Twitter user for not to be named. In July, a UAE about the latest trial that strays meant no offence against the government supporters and dis- state which borders oil exporter insulting Prophet Mohammad court jailed 61 Islamists among from the official line,” the group prophet. “The verdict is very sidents. The UAE and Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and which is strug- (peace be upon him), activists the 94 accused of conspiring to said in a statement. harsh and we will appeal,” he said. US allies and major oil export- gling against an insurgency by and a lawyer said yesterday. overthrow the government in a Last year the UAE tightened Earlier this year, Kuwait sen- ers, have weathered the popular one of Al Qaeda’s most active In the UAE, activists said Walid case that reflected the authorities’ the law on online dissent, stipu- tenced a man to five years in uprisings that ousted autocratic branches. President Abd-Rabbu Al Shehhi, who was arrested in deep mistrust of Islamist groups. lating jail terms for anyone who prison for insulting the emir on Arab rulers elsewhere, but show Mansour Hadi took over as head of May, was convicted of violating Thirty Emiratis and Egyptians derides or caricatures the coun- Twitter and a woman to 11 years little tolerance for any dissent. state in 2012 in a deal engineered the country’s Internet crime are now on trial in the UAE over try’s rulers or state institutions in jail for insulting the emir, incit- Bahrain and Saudi Arabia by Washington, its Gulf allies and law by a court in the capital charges of setting up an ille- on the Internet. Several people ing regime change and insulting a have also detained several activ- the UN to ease veteran leader Ali Abu Dhabi. He was also fined gal branch of Egypt’s Muslim were arrested after the law was religious sect via Twitter. ists on charges that have included Abdullah Saleh from power after Dh500,000 ($136,100). Brotherhood. amended. Social networking sites such as defaming ruling figures or spread- months of mass protests against Shehhi had used his Twitter Reporters Without Borders A Kuwaiti court sentenced Twitter and Facebook have enli- ing false news on Twitter. his rule. AGENCIES account to question the trial of 94 condemned Monday’s ruling and Mussab Shamsah to five years in vened public debate in the Gulf REUTERS WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Widow slept Emergency in with husband’s corpse for a year

BRUSSELS: A Brussels widow Sardinia as 18 slept next to her mummified husband’s corpse for a year, her landlord said after mak- ing the macabre discovery dur- ing an eviction, a Belgian daily killed in floods reported yesterday. The newspaper, La Derniere Heure (The Final Hour), pub- Cleopatra forces 2,700 to leave homes lished striking pictures of a shawl- wrapped, emaciated body with a OLBIA, Italy: Italian emer- being sent in from other parts of long white moustache, sunken eye gency workers searched Sardinia and mainland Italy. sockets and protruding rib-cage, house by house on the island Thousands were displaced by covered in a film of dried skin. of Sardinia yesterday after a the flooding, said Environment The newspaper said the images Mediterranean cyclone trig- Minister Andrea Orlando. were of a man who had died at the gered flash floods, leaving 18 “Around 2,700 people had to age of 73 after living in the down- people dead and forcing thou- leave their homes and are stay- at-heel Anderlecht district of the sands to seek emergency shelter. ing in community shelters or Belgian capital for a dozen years The government declared a with their families,” said Orlando, or so with his wife. According to state of emergency after Cyclone speaking in front of Italy’s initial medical tests, he died of Cleopatra dropped 450mm of rain parliament. natural causes a year ago. in an hour and a half overnight, The minister announced that The gruesome find emerged causing rivers to burst their an earlier death toll of 17 had because the rent on their apart- banks, sweeping away cars and risen to 18. Members of the emergency service in Sardinia bring residents to safety in dinghies in the town of Olbia during ment had not been paid since flooding homes across the island. A government meeting yester- rescue operations yesterday. November 2012 and the landlord “This is a national tragedy,” day declared a state of emergency launched eviction proceedings. Prime Minister Enrico Letta said. for the island and allocated ¤20m operations: saving human lives, anger saying they had not been hospitalised suffering from “I have seen dead people before... Rivers broke their banks at the ($27m) for emergency assistance, assisting displaced people and warned sufficiently about the hypothermia. but never in this condition,” the height of the storm on Monday, while the regional government clearing road access,” Letta told impending storm but the civil The heavy rain and high winds landlord was quoted as saying by sweeping away bridges, bring- provided five million euros. a press conference after an emer- protection agency rejected the meanwhile shifted to the regions the newspaper, which is known ing down power lines and flood- A few people — estimated at gency cabinet meeting. criticism, saying the area had of Calabria and Campania in for its coverage of the weird and ing hundreds of homes — some between two and four by differ- “This was an absolutely been placed on red alert. southern Italy and officials said wonderful. The lady slept next to of them in low-lying rural areas ent officials — were still reported extraordinary event,” Letta said, The victims included four chil- they were monitoring the level of her husband’s body,” he said. that have yet to be reached. missing. with one expert telling that a dren and an entire Brazilian fam- the River Tiber in Rome. Neighbours told the newspaper “We are looking inside homes, Rescuers said that more vic- storm of such intensity and with ily of four living in a basement. The holiday village of Sellia a pungent odour had drawn their inside basements, particularly tims could be found in flooded such high rainfall had not been Three people from another Marina in Calabria had to be evac- attention to the address, and that in outlying areas,” Gianfranco homes or cars and that around seen on the picturesque holiday family were also killed when a uated, ferry services from Naples the 69-year-old widow had not Galaffu, local director of the civil 20,000 people had been affected. island “for centuries”. road bridge collapsed onto their to the islands of Capri, Ischia taken out the garbage recently. protection agency for the worst Soldiers and navy personnel The port city of Olbia, a popu- van near Olbia, while a mother and Procida were disrupted and They said the widow had told affected northern part of the were deployed in the region, as lar destination in the summer and daughter were found dead in St Mark’s Square in Venice was locals her husband was away island, said. local rescue services said their months, was swept by floodwa- a car that was swept away in the under water. Silvio Saffioti, head “receiving treatment.” “There is a lot to do. The activ- efforts were being hampered by ters which receded yesterday, and city by surging waters. of the fire brigade for Sardinia, ity is frenetic. For now we are the damage to roads. Rescue hotels, sports halls and private A 64-year-old woman died said that “many pump trucks” to Charges against taking care of the most acute dogs were also being used, offi- homes were being used to shelter in her flooded home in Uras in remove floodwaters were them- emergencies,” he said, adding that cials said. displaced people. the southwestern part of the selves stuck in flooded areas. grandson of personnel and equipment were “We are focusing on essential Many local residents voiced island, while her husband was AGENCIES Mandela dropped

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s state prosecutor said yesterday that charges of grave Russia frees seven more Greenpeace activists on bail tampering and bigamy have been dropped against Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla, SAINT PETERSBURG: They still face trial on charges former imperial capital said bail “We still have no idea what con- The ruling means he may who had been embroiled in a Russian courts yesterday that risk several years in jail. would be granted to three Russian ditions our friends will endure when remain in jail through the Winter bitter family feud. granted bail to seven foreign Ana Paula Maciel of Brazil, activists but ordered Australian they are released from jail, whether Olympics that Russia is hosting in In July, Mandla Mandela was Greenpeace activists detained New Zealander David John activist Colin Russell to remain in they will be held under house arrest Sochi on February 7-23 next year. charged with tampering with for an oil drilling protest, bring- Haussmann and Argentina’s pre-trial detention until February or even allowed outside.” A picture released by the envi- the graves of some of his famous ing to 10 the number released Miguel Hernan Perez Orsi will be 24. The group’s Russian branch ronmental group showed Maciel grandfather’s children, after over the last days and raising freed pending payment of a two- Freelance photographer Denis said Greenpeace International breaking into a smile as she heard exhuming their bodies without hopes of a solution to a case million-ruble ($61,400) bail each, Sinyakov, spokesman Andrei had collected enough money to the ruling from her metal defend- consent. “We have decided to drop which has raised global concern. Greenpeace said. Allakhverdov and Greenpeace ask the courts to release all 30 ant’s cage. the charges of grave violation Russia had held 30 crew- Also granted bail yester- ship doctor Yekaterina Zaspa activists on bail of two million Appearing in court on Monday, because of insufficient evidence,” members of Greenpeace’s Arctic day were Paul Ruzycki from were released on Monday, also on rubles each. On Monday, pre- the 31-year-old campaigner held a said Luxolo Tyali, the spokesman Sunrise ship for over two months Canada, Tomasz Dziemianczuk bail of two million rubles. trial detention was extended number of posters reading: “I love for the National Prosecuting after activists in September scaled from Poland, Italy’s Cristian “In the space of two morn- until February 24 for Russell, a Russia but let me go home” and Authority. an oil rig in the Barents Sea D’Alessandro and Camila Speziale, ings we have had good news and 59-year-old Australian. “Save the Arctic”. Mandela’s eldest grandson had owned by energy giant Gazprom. who holds dual Italian-Argentine bad, and the good news comes Naidoo said the group remained Hearings on whether to detain also faced a long standing charge Those released by courts in citizenship. with a warning,” Greenpeace “baffled and heartbroken that our the others for a further three of bigamy, after his unceremoni- Saint Petersburg, in a move that They were the first foreigners International executive director colleague Colin was refused bail months of pre-trial detention ous separation from his first wife, surprised some, are unlikely to to be granted bail by the courts. Kumi Naidoo said in a statement and sent back to prison for three were set to continue this week. Thando Mabunu, in 2008. immediately be able to go home. On Monday, two courts in the earlier on Monday. months”. AFP AGENCIES

Hunt on for Paris shooter, victim Divided climate talks critical but ‘better’ head into final stretch PARIS: A massive manhunt was under way yesterday in WARSAW: Environment are hesitant to put any figures on Paris, a day after a gunman ministers started arriving in the table for the 2020 target or for shot and critically wounded a Warsaw yesterday, hoping to shorter-term funding. photographer at the offices of a add momentum to troubled UN They are also leery about a pro- major newspaper before open- talks targeting a global pact on posed “loss and damage” mecha- ing fire outside a bank head- climate change in 2015. nism they fear will make them quarters and hijacking a car. With just four days left in the liable for limitless compensation Investigators have so far been notoriously fractious annual nego- for climate change. unable to identify the gunman tiations, delegates and observers “Developing countries need to — described as white and aged said scant progress had been feel confident that the commit- between 35 and 45 — and branded made, particularly on the ques- ment to that 100bn is still on the a “real danger” by Interior tion of money. table despite current financial Minister Manuel Valls. “The finance issue is creating a circumstances,” UNFCCC chief A police source said yesterday lot of anger here,” Alden Meyer of Christiana Figueres told journal- that about 400 calls had come in US environmental group Union of ists on Monday. “There needs to following an appeal for informa- Concerned Scientists said. be more clarity on how that fund- tion from the public. “Of these 120 “Hopefully the ministers can ing is going to be mobilised.” have been taken seriously and are come in now and start working Humanitarian group Oxfam being followed up,” the source said. on some of the political elements... warned against putting things on Investigators issued a new pho- Opposition lawmakers wear t-shirts with a portrait of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on it as they and finally come up with com- hold for another year. tograph of the suspect taken by a attend a session of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, yesterday. promises and defuse some of the “Kicking this issue down the close-circuit camera on Monday tensions.” road again could spell disaster in Paris’s central Concorde metro The ministers will discuss fund- for poor communities who need station, near the Avenue des Ukraine fails to break Tymoshenko deadlock ing issues on Wednesday, the start help to adapt to a changing cli- Champs Elysees. It shows a man of a three-day high-level segment mate and lead to a breakdown with a round face, wearing a red rounding off the UN Framework in trust that will bury hopes for jacket and a beige cap, and car- KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament a historic westwards shift by sticking point for the Vilnius Convention on Climate Change agreement,” it said. rying a black shoulder bag. The failed to break a deadlock yes- Ukraine away from Russia. summit. (UNFCCC) parley. Developing Figueres pleaded with coun- attacker, wearing a cap and wield- terday over freeing jailed oppo- Time is running out for the Yanukovich has refused to par- countries are challenging rich tries to set down a roadmap to the ing a 12-gauge shotgun, opened sition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, planned November 29 signing at don Tymoshenko, internationally nations to honour a 2009 promise 2015 UN conference in Paris and fire at the offices of left-wing with deputies openly recognis- a summit in the Lithuanian capi- renowned as the braided-haired to muster up to $100bn a year in a deal that must bind the world’s newspaper Liberation at about ing that a landmark trade deal tal Vilnius, and the parliamentary co-leader of Ukraine’s Orange climate aid by 2020. nations to curbs on greenhouse 10.15am (0915 GMT) Monday. with the European Union may session was called to try to pass a Revolution protests against elec- The UN Environment Programme gas emissions to meet the warm- A photographer arriving for not be signed as scheduled next law freeing Tymoshenko for med- toral fraud nine years ago and (UNEP) yesterday said Africa alone ing target. his first day of freelance work week. ical treatment in Germany in line whom he only narrowly beat for will need at least $200bn a year by “It would be our expectation at the paper suffered buckshot With the EU demanding with calls from the EU. the presidency in February 2010. 2070 to shore up its defences, pro- that governments would be able to wounds to the chest and stomach. Tymoshenko’s release as a con- However, emotions ran high at He has, however, said he will vided that the UN warming target of adopt a decision that very clearly Liberation’s publisher Nicolas dition, deputies from the ruling the two-hour session and debate sign into law any proposal by two degrees Celsius is met. The bill puts forward the steps, the struc- Demorand said yesterday the party and opposition accused each on the law was delayed until parliament to allow her to go to rises to $350bn annually on warming ture and the logic of the agree- man was “still critical,” although other of undermining prospects Thursday. Germany for hospital treatment of 3.5-4.0 C. ment, here by the end of Warsaw,” he was “in a slightly better state.” for the trade and cooperation The fate of former prime min- for a spinal condition. Still struggling with an eco- said Figueres. AFP agreement, which would mark ister Tymoshenko is the main REUTERS nomic crisis, wealthy economies AFP WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

UK summons Chile election run-up Spain envoy over Gibraltar Row over Spain ship in British waters

LONDON: London hauled in Gibraltar dropped 70 con- Madrid’s ambassador yesterday crete blocks into the sea in July over a “provocative” day-long in what its government said was stand-off in which a Spanish an attempt to create an artifi- state research vessel defied cial reef — but it had the effect British navy orders to leave of also blocking Spanish fishing Gibraltar’s territorial waters. boats from operating close to the The Ramon Margalef, an ocea- airport runway. nographic survey ship, entered Spain then introduced strin- the waters off the tiny peninsula gent border checks in August, on Monday. It ignored repeated leading to lengthy delays for requests to withdraw over a motorists trying to enter the period of more than 20 hours, peninsula. Britain’s Foreign Office said. The European Commission said The Gibraltar government said last week that it had found Spain the ship came within 250 metres had broken no EU rules by step- of the entrance to the harbour of ping up its border controls. the British overseas territory. Spain ceded Gibraltar to A picture released by the Britain in perpetuity in 1713 but British naval base in Gibraltar has long argued that it should be showed an inflatable Royal Navy returned to Spanish sovereignty. fast patrol boat right up against London says it will never the side of the Ramon Margalef. do so against the wishes of “I strongly condemn this pro- Gibraltarians, who are staunchly Michelle Bachelet (right), former Chilean president and current presidential candidate for opposition electoral coalition Nueva Mayoria (New vocative incursion and urge the pro-British. Majority), during a rally next to her newly- elected deputies Karol Cariola (left), Maya Fernandez (second left) and Camila Vallejo (second right) Spanish government to ensure It is the third time that Britain in the Independence comuna in Santiago de Chile, yesterday. Bachelet and Evelyn Matthei will face off in a second round vote on December 15. that it is not repeated,” Britain’s has publicly summoned Spain’s Europe Minister David Lidington ambassador over Gibraltar since said. “We stand ready to do Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy whatever is required to protect took office in December 2011. Gibraltar’s sovereignty, economy Lidington said the Ramon and security.” Margalef had undertaken “signifi- Maduro to be armed with decree powers The minister said that over cant surveying activity in British the past two years, the level of Gibraltar territorial waters on CARACAS: Venezuela’s par- Though winning the powers as his predecessor. Maduro, 50, demonstrators was arrested on unlawful incursions by Spanish November 18 and 19 for over 20 liament looked set yesterday to would hand him a political vic- who is staking his rule on pre- Monday after chaining them- state vessels had surged from five hours”. grant President Nicolas Maduro tory in the run-up to December 8 serving the late Hugo Chavez’s selves to the gates of the legisla- a month to around 40. “When challenged by radio, year-long decree powers he says municipal elections, he still faces socialist legacy, says he has ture to protest the Enabling Law. The Gibraltar government said the vessel responded that it was are needed to regulate the econ- a severely distorted economy with already planned the first two Government supporters were the lengthy duration of the stand- conducting survey work with the omy and stamp out corruption embarrassing product shortages laws he would decree — maybe planning to rally outside Congress off was “something new” and permission of the Spanish author- but adversaries view as a thinly and inflation surging to nearly 55 as soon today. One is intended during yesterday ’s debate. “represents yet another escala- ities and in the interests of the veiled power grab. percent. to limit businesses’ profit mar- Maduro’s original justifica- tion of Spain’s campaign against European Community. The National Assembly was “Down with prices, down with gins to 15-30 percent as part tion for the decree powers was to Gibraltar on land and at sea”. The minister said: “We believe expected to give final approval to speculators, down with con- of a state “economic offensive” widen a crackdown on corruption, Diplomatic tensions over that it is in the interests of Spain, the controversial Enabling Law spiracies!” Maduro told cheer- against price-gouging. Another drawing scepticism from crit- Gibraltar have increased rapidly Gibraltar and Britain to avoid at its afternoon session after ing supporters in a speech late would create a new state body to ics who say he zealously targets this year, with this latest incur- incidents such as this that dam- Maduro garnered the two-thirds, on Monday, explaining his plans oversee dollar sales by Venezuela’s opposition officials while turning sion ratcheting up matters once age the prospects for establishing or 99 votes, needed during a pre- to confound the “bourgeoisie” in currency-control regime. a blind eye to the worst of state- again. dialogue and cooperation.” AFP liminary debate last week. the same anti-capitalist rhetoric A small group of opposition linked graft. REUTERS

Step-in-step Madonna top Toronto’s tainted mayor US court rules paid musician, against paying says he’s not perfect into N-waste fund says Forbes WASHINGTON: An appeals TORONTO, CANADA: court ruled yesterday that the NEW YORK: The “Material Toronto’s disgraced mayor, US government can no longer Girl” still has it. who has admitted to smoking require nuclear power plant Madonna easily surpassed crack and binge drinking, said operators to pay fees into a singer Lady Gaga and veteran he’s “not perfect” and takes full nuclear waste fund, a victory rockers Bon Jovi as the highest- responsibility for the embar- for the utilities that challenged paid musician in 2013, Forbes said rassment he’s caused. the fees. yesterday. But, in interviews with US The court in Washington said Madonna earned $125m, most broadcasters aired yesterday, a the fees could not currently be of which was from her hugely defiant Rob Ford (pictured) — justified because the govern- successful MDNA tour, which who on Monday was stripped ment’s long-stalled plan to build grossed $305m, as well as mer- of most of his remaining pow- a national waste facility at Yucca chandise sold at concerts and a ers — disputed he has an alcohol biggest city and economic hub, Mountain in Nevada had not clothing line and fragrance. problem. Ford on Monday was largely come to fruition. The fund is “Madonna is living up to her “I’ve embarrassed not just reduced to a figurehead by the city intended to cover the cost of stor- nickname: the Material Girl tops myself, my family, my friends, my council — but he again refused to ing the waste. our list of the top-earning musi- supporters, the whole city,” Ford step down. President Barack Obama’s cians by a wide margin,” Forbes told NBC’s Today show. Ford has spoken of taking court administration has said it does said. Second-place Lady Gaga, 27, “I take full responsibility for action and said the only judge- not intend to pursue the decades- earned $80m and Bon Jovi, came that. We’ve all made mistakes ... ment he should face is that of old proposal to build the facility. in third with $79m. I’m not perfect.” voters at the ballot box next year. The court noted that there was Like Madonna, 55, they all had However, when asked if he “This is going to be outright “no viable alternative” to the pro- hefty earnings from tours. Lady was in an alcohol treatment pro- war,” said the mayor, who has posed site. Gaga’s latest tour brought in gramme, the mayor said: “No, I faced a swell of outrage over a As a result of the ruling, the US $168m before it was cut short due have a weight issue. Have been litany of misdeeds, both admitted Energy Department must now to her hip injury that required training every day.” and alleged, since police revealed either ask Congress to reduce surgery. Bon Jovi’s concerts gross In remarks to ABC’s Good they had video footage of him the fees to zero, or produce a new more than $3m per city. Morning America show, also aired smoking crack. legal assessment of why they are Forbes compiled the list of the yesterday, he pledged to reform Ford admitted he had justified. 25 highest-paid musicians by esti- his behaviour but noted that “talk smoked the drug and apolo- An Energy Department spokes- mating income for the 12 months is cheap.” gised for his antics, including man referred calls to the Justice between June 2012 and June 2013 “Come back in five months. If what he described as his many Department, which declined to using data from the trade pub- you don’t see a difference, you can “drunken stupors.” New allega- comment. lication Pollstar, trade organisa- say, Rob, I don’t believe you,” he tions of misconduct and his lewd Charles Gray, executive direc- tion RIAA, and information and said. “Go take a drug test or urine remarks in denying harassment tor of the National Association of sales tracking system Nielsen test or alcohol test. No problem.” claims deepened the scandal, Regulatory Utility Commissioners, SoundScan. The magazine also Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, The Duchess In the latest chapter of an ugly, prompting widespread calls for said the ruling was ultimately a consulted with industry law- of Cambridge visit the “Only Connect Projects” in King’s Cross in embarrassing saga in Canada’s his resignation. AFP win for consumers. REUTERS yers, managers and some of the London yesterday. musicians. Ticket sales, royalties, mer- chandise sales and business ventures were included in the estimated pre-tax income before deductions for agents, managers Term for self-portrait, selfie, is word of the year and lawyers. Lady Gaga’s latest album, LONDON: Selfie is the 2013 styled as the definitive record of shorthand for a self-portrait in 2013, and this helped to cement online forum post in September “ARTPOP,” was not taken into word of the year, Oxford the English language. photo. its selection as word of the year,” 2002. The ABC Online post- account because it was released Dictionaries announced yester- Selfie is defined as “a pho- Judy Pearsall, editorial director she said. ing said: “Um, at a mates 21st, after June 2013. day, edging out some stiff com- tograph that one has taken for Oxford Dictionaries, said their The research found that the I tripped ofer [sic] and landed Country music star Toby petition from twerk. of oneself, typically one taken language research programme frequency of the word selfie in lip first (with front teeth com- Keith was No 4 on the list with Usage of the word has increased with a smartphone or webcam collects around 150 million words the English language increased ing a very close second) on a set $65m, and British rock group 17,000 percent over the past 12 and uploaded to a social media of current English in use each by 17,000 percent since this time of steps. I had a hole about 1cm Coldplay slipped into the top five months, said Oxford Dictionaries, website”. month. last year. long right through my bottom lip. with $64m. which publishes the mammoth In 2013 it evolved from a social “We can see a phenomenal The earliest known usage of the And sorry about the focus, it was REUTERS Oxford English Dictionary (OED), media buzzword to mainstream upward trend in the use of selfie word was traced to an Australian a selfie.” AFP WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Philippines needs $5.8bn for rebuilding 103 convicts on the loose after escaping fromTacloban jail

MANILA: The cost of rebuild- of the warden’s second floor office, penalise prisoners who returned ing houses, schools, roads and others followed the water out the of their own accord. bridges in typhoon-devastated front door. He said many inmates had fled central Philippines could reach “They swam through,” the jail’s to help their families survive the P250bn ($5.8bn), making it warden, Joseph Nunez, said as he storm. likely that the government will pointed to the palm of his hand Joey Gerona Taborada was one seek cheap loans from develop- onto which he had jotted down inmate who turned himself in yes- ment agencies, a senior official his challenge: 676 inmates before terday, returning to Cell 8 which said yesterday. the typhoon hit, 559 at present he shared with 20 other prisoners. If the government is success- and 117 at large. The 35-year-old said he decided ful in deploying resources for “We are still missing 117.” to go back after ensuring the post-typhoon reconstruction, the That number had come down safety of his family and repairing economy may even grow faster, to 103 by late yesterday as some his house. said Arsenio Balisacan, economic inmates turned themselves in He said he never once thought planning secretary, adding the and a team of correction officers, of running, even though he had country’s strong economic fun- armed with M16 rifles and 9mm been held for eight years on a damentals remained intact. handguns, hunted down a handful drug charge without conviction. “I would not be surprised if of others on the streets. In a related matter, the body it can go as high as P250bn,” The prison houses inmates of a six-year-old British boy was Balisacan said, commenting on charged with offences from bur- among around 1,000 corpses at a the likely cost of reconstruction. glary and drug dealing to violent mass grave in the typhoon-rav- Meanwhile, more than 103 crimes such as rape and murder. aged Philippines, his mother said prisoners are on the loose after Nunez acknowledged that yesterday. escaping from Tacloban City Jail some of the fugitives could be Nurse Mary Joy Escalante when a super typhoon devastated dangerous; adding to the sense Ducusin, who also lost her hus- the central Philippines, flooded of unease faced by Tacloban resi- band in the disaster, sobbed bit- the prison and smashed open the dents, although overall security terly as she discovered the bag main gate. has improved over the past few bearing his tiny corpse waiting The prisoners had been freed days as food and other aid has to be put into the pit in a cem- from their cells so that they could flowed in. etery above the badly-hit city of Volunteers of the Metro Manila council rescue and development agency remove debris from what used to be a seek higher ground, but while Nunez said he had issued no Tacloban. fruit and fish market at the eastern Samar town of Guiuan yesterday. some rode the water to the safety shoot-to-kill orders and would not AGENCIES Interpol team in Manila to help Compensation given to DSWD denies repacking foreign aid identify victims HK bus hostage victim MANILA: The Department of Soliman’s statement comes “We were just asked to put it LYON: Interpol said yester- Social Welfare and Development after a relief volunteer alleged in a sack. If they would have us day it had sent experts to the MANILA: President Benigno Chief Executive’s Office director (DSWD) denied yesterday that that the staff of the DSWD sat- check the expiration date, then Philippines to help identify Aquino III asked Cabinet Edward Yau were designated rep- it is repacking donated goods ellite repacking centre at the they should have let us check it victims of the deadly typhoon Secretary Jose Rene Almendras resentatives to address the ten- from other countries in bags Mactan Airbase in Cebu rela- right then and there. I couldn’t that killed thousands and left to return to Hong Kong to hand sion involving the two countries bearing the agency’s name. belled relief goods donated by understand why they were say- up to four million displaced. over the Philippines’ “additional in connection with the demands Reiterating some of her state- Indonesia. ing different reasons when their The experts are drawn from token of solidarity” to one of of the four living victims and their ments in an earlier radio inter- The volunteer named Cherrey instructions proved otherwise,” Canada, South Africa and the the victims of the 2010 hostage families. The undisclosed amount view, DSWD secretary Dinky Bartolata complained that this she said. The relief volunteer said International Commission on crisis. was donated by Filipino business- Soliman said they only unpack slowed down the distribution of she is not the only one who has Missing Persons, and include Yik Siu Ling, one of those men “as a manifestation of the certain goods such as those sent the donated goods to the victims pointed out the alleged repacking DNA and computer special- trapped in a bus with a disgrun- Filipinos’ humane consideration in bulk and breakables like bot- of Super Typhoon “Yolanda.” of international relief goods. ists, the Lyon-based organisa- tled former police officer Rolando of the plight of victims and their tled items. She said the former In another Facebook post, “I have found people in the net tion said in a statement. Mendoza in the 2010 tragedy in families,” the statement adds. are separately bagged for easier Bartolata hit back at Soliman and who shared the same sentiment,” “Clearly, one of the main Manila’s Rizal Park, was given The businessmen also hoped distribution while the latter belied the official’s claims. she said. “I have tried gathering priorities for the Philippine the amount needed for an urgent that the donation would not com- are placed in another container “She doesn’t really know what’s them already to attest that we are authorities is to find and rescue surgery. promise the ongoing ministerial labelled “fragile.” happening there. She had been telling the truth.” as many living victims as pos- “President Aquino ... instructed level discussions on the demands. “We do not repack, much more told a different story by the people The Philippine Disaster Risk sible and for the humanitarian Secretary Almendras to turn “Both sides are confident that relabel, the individually packed in charge there. She knows but Reduction and Management relief operations to continue,” over to (Hong Kong Special through continuous efforts, the international donations that are she’s denying it,” Bartolata said. Act of 2010 prohibits anyone to said Interpol’s Director of Administrative Region) gov- discussions will achieve the objec- sent to us,” Soliman said in a offi- “Just because they explained misrepresent the source of relief Operational Support Michael ernment an additional token tive set out by President Aquino cial statement. Soliman said the what had been done, they can make goods, equipment or other aid by O’Connell, who is leading the of solidarity to defray the cost and Chief Executive CY Leung,” agency has to ensure that all relief people believe that’s actually what repacking the donated goods or team. of imminent surgeries,” a joint the statement concludes. goods, particularly the food items, happened?” she also said. by covering, replacing, or defac- “But what is also important statement of the Department of The Cabinet official last made are fit for human consumption. Bartolata added that during ing the labels of the containers is the swift and accurate identi- Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Hong a diplomatic visit to the territory “That is why we inspect the their volunteer work, they were to make it appear that they were fication of thousands of victims, Kong yesterday said. last October 21. contents of the bags, especially not instructed to check the expi- from other agencies or donours. which is where international Alemendras and Hong Kong THE PHILIPPINE STAR their expiration dates,” she said. ration dates of the donated goods. THE PHILIPPINE STAR support and coordination is essential and where Interpol can unite the global community in World Toilet Day such efforts,” he said. The team will assess chal- lenges including the “possible need for temporary mortuary sites equipped with refriger- ated containers and mobile forensic laboratories or work facilities,” the organisation said. Thousands of people died when Haiyan smashed into the Philippines on November 8, generating tsunami-like waves that flattened entire communi- ties and left up to four million people displaced. The country, which is hit by an average of 22 typhoons per year, has been described as one of the nations most vulnerable to extreme weather. AFP

Inflation may average 3.2pc

MANILA: Disruption in the supply of food and other com- Personnel of Unilever demonstrate how to properly clean a toilet bowl during the World Toilet Day cel- modities caused by typhoon ebration at Manila City Hall yesterday. Haiyan could push inflation to an average of 3.2 percent this year, higher than 2.8 percent in January to October period, the Philippine central bank said Justice done in Marcos crony’s conviction yesterday. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas MANILA: The Philippines Commission on Good publicly known to be missing (BSP) deputy governor Diwa C said yesterday that justice Government (PCGG) said, as since 1986 and claimed by the Gunigundo said the price of con- was done in the conviction of it hailed the US prosecutors for as ill-gotten gains,” the com- sumer goods and other commodi- a confidante of former first recovering paintings that had mission said in a statement. ties could increase by 4.5 percent lady Imelda Marcos in New been missing since the Marcos The New York authorities later in 2014, higher than the previous York for plotting to sell valu- family fell from power in 1986. seized a work by Monet and two forecast of 4 percent. able looted artworks. The PCGG said it had pro- other “internationally signifi- “We will continue to monitor The special anti-corruption vided key testimony and evi- cant” paintings as well as “tens prices until the last Monetary agency tasked with tracing the dence that led to the conviction of millions of dollars represent- Board meeting on monetary wealth stolen by the Marcos of Bautista for conspiring to sell ing the proceeds of the consum- policy in December,” Gunigundo family said it would now seek to three valuable artworks includ- mated sale,” the PCGG added. said. recover the money and artworks ing a piece by French impres- All the artworks are on the The projected inflation for 2013 confiscated from Vilma Bautista, sionist Claude Monet. PCGG’s “missing paintings and 2014, however, is still within a former New York-based social They contacted the PCGG list” of masterpieces lost after the Philippine central bank’s tar- secretary of Imelda Marcos. “as there appeared to have been Marcos fell, the commission get of 3 to 5 percent. “New York has seen justice other attempts by the defend- said in a statement. THE PHILIPPINE STAR done today,” the Presidential ants... to sell other paintings AFP WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA Kachin activists call Old wounds for end to clashes Hundreds trapped in remote areas of Myanmar

YANGON: Several Kachin compound but an appeal by the of military rule. President Thein campaign groups called on Catholic Church led to their Sein’s reformist government has Monday for an immediate end release,” later that evening, the reached tentative peace deals to clashes between Myanmar statement said. with most major ethnic minor- troops and ethnic rebels, which “The latest battle has also ity rebel groups in the country, have trapped hundreds of peo- affected internally displaced per- which has been racked by civil ple including schoolchildren sons (IDPs) located around the wars since independence from with limited food and shelter in area... these IDPs have been dis- Britain in 1948. a remote area of the state. placed by earlier skirmishes,” it Despite talks, peace in Kachin Skirmishes have affected at said, calling for an “immediate has so far remained elusive, least 2,300 people in the Bhamo- cessation of hostilities” to allow thwarting government efforts to Mansi area, among them many humanitarian access. cement a nationwide ceasefire who had already been displaced by A spokesman for the UN’s which would burnish its reform previous fighting, the non-govern- Office for the Coordination of credentials. ment groups said in a statement Humanitarian Affairs in Yangon Speaking in Yangon, the Kachin distributed by the UN in Yangon yesterday said they released the Independence Army’s second in on Monday. The groups expressed statement by mistake, but the command confirmed the clashes particular concern for some 700 agency “echoes the concern the around the school in Nam Lim Pa pupils after their boarding school NGOs put forth.” village near the Chinese border. was surrounded Saturday by The Kachin conflict -- along General Gum Maw said Myanmar troops. with religious unrest elsewhere in Myanmar troops entered the area “These students and their the country -- has overshadowed with a relief convoy and “fighting teachers... were surrounded widely praised political changes as broke out.” and blockaded inside the school Myanmar emerges from decades AFP Park Kyong-rok (centre), president of the National Archives of Korea (NAK), and staffers at the archives reveal to the press registers of Koreans who were killed by Japan-mobilised officials during an independent movement in South Korea in 1919 and the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan in 1923 at the NAK office in Seoul yesterday. Work conditions must improve Huge turnout in Nepal polls Spying: Jakarta for Bangladesh’s progress: UN KATHMANDU: A crude bomb said the threats had not deterred administration headed by the reviews ties exploded early on election day in millions from turning up to vote. chief justice of the Supreme Court GENEVA: Bangladesh must pressure from Western nations Nepal yesterday, injuring three “So far, around 50 percent of and want polls to be postponed with Australia improve conditions in its garment on factory conditions. children as millions turned out registered voters have voted,” until a cross-party government JAKARTA: Indonesia industry, in which hundreds In April this year, a fire at for a poll seen as crucial in sta- Election Commission spokesman is put in place. warned yesterday it is have died in factory fires, if it is one garment complex employ- bilising the Himalayan country Bir Bahadur Rai said by midafter- “Had the anti-poll groups reviewing cooperation to maintain economic growth, a ing mainly women just outside after a civil war. noon. “The elderly as well as people organised peaceful protests, they with Canberra over claims UN report said on Monday. Dhaka killed 1,129 people. Just The explosive planted in a mid- living in remote parts of the coun- could have questioned the legiti- President Susilo Bambang The International Labour months before in 2012 a total of dle-class residential neighbour- try have voted. The overall mood is macy of the elections,” Akhilesh Yudhoyono’s phone was Organisation (ILO) said it must 117 workers died in another fac- hood in the capital Kathmandu buoyant,” he said. Upadhyay, editor in chief of The tapped, demanding that also improve education and create tory blaze partly attributed to went off three hours after polling The Maoist party, led by Pushpa Kathmandu Post, said. “How can Australia do more to make more full-time jobs for young peo- shoddy building. stations opened, with another five Kamal Dahal, known better by they gain political traction while amends after its leader ple to stop them from emigrating Presenting the report at a hoax bombs recovered by police. his nom-de-guerre Prachanda, even children have been brutally refused to apologise. and draining the labour pool. Geneva news conference, ILO “I was passing by when I saw swept the first constituent assem- attacked?” One person has been In a series of angry tweets, “Unless a comprehensive set officials said that it was not origi- three children lying on the ground, bly polls in 2008, two years after killed and more than 360 arrested Yudhoyono said ties with of labour market and social poli- nally linked to these disasters as crying for help,” 28-year-old eye- signing a peace deal. Since then, over the last week, police say. Canberra had been dam- cies are introduced, (the country) it had been started back in 2011. witness Saroj Maharjan said, where five prime ministers have served Security has been tightened aged and “deplored” what he will be unable to maintain its eco- But they said it reflected a situa- voters said they were now terrified. brief terms, the country had no across the country as a result, described as a lack of remorse nomic momentum and improve tion that led to the incidents. “One of the children, whose face leader for long periods, and the with the government deploying on the part of the Australian living standards in a sustainable The report said the rise of was covered in blood, fainted in my 601-member assembly collapsed 50,000 soldiers and 140,000 police prime minister. way,” the report said. Bangladesh’s ready-made gar- arms as I carried him to a nearby in May 2012 after failing to agree to guard polling stations. His outrage over reports Important steps had been made ments industry over the past two hospital,” he added. on a new constitution. Measures include a ban on all that his phone and those of his towards an open economy, the decades had brought it to account A splinter faction of the Maoist Hopes of political recon- public and most private transport, wife and ministers were tar- ILO said. The report, two years for 4.8 percent of global apparel party has vowed to disrupt the ciliation were dashed when a meaning that nearly all voters geted by Australian spies came in the making, was issued as exports from 0.6 percent in 1990. poll which many hope will jump- 33-party alliance, led by the splin- had to walk to polling stations to a day after Indonesia recalled Bangladesh suffers major labour “But unregulated industry start the peace process and ter Communist Party of Nepal- cast their ballot. its ambassador from Canberra unrest in the garment industry growth has contributed to poor push lawmakers to write a long- Maoist (CPN-M), announced that Centenarian Lal Bahadur Rai in protest. - a major source of clothing for working conditions in the sector, awaited constitution. Anti-poll it would boycott the polls and was the first person to vote at a Indonesia is “reviewing the European and North American which have acted as an obstacle protestors have torched vehicles intimidate voters. polling station in northeastern bilateral cooperation because markets and the mainstay of its to sustainable development,” the and hurled explosives at traffic in The alliance says the vote can- Sankhuwasabha District. of Australia’s hurtful action,” export-led growth - and faces ILO said. REUTERS recent days, but election officials not be held under the interim AFP Yudhoyono said in a tweet, referring to the accounts of spying in documents leaked by Edward Snowden to Australian media. Gayoom’s Thai red shirts Singapore holds daughter is first Toilet Day Maldives FM SINGAPORE: Singapore called yesterday for greater MALE: The new leader efforts to improve sanita- of the Maldives has tion in developing countries appointed the daugh- as it celebrated the inaugu- ter of former strongman ral UN World Toilet Day, an Maumoon Abdul Gayoom initiative by the cleanliness- as foreign minister, an obsessed island republic. official said yesterday, Grace Fu, second minister underscoring the family’s for the environment and water renewed influence in the resources, told a conference on country. the subject that 80 percent of President Abdulla an estimated 2.5 billion people Yameen, half-brother of without access to basic sanita- Gayoom who ruled for tion worldwide live in Asia. 30 years till 2008, named The United Nations esti- Dhunya Maumoon, 43, mates that 1.1 billion people to the post in his first Thai Red Shirts supporters wave placards and national flags during a rally around the world defecate in appointments Sunday at a stadium in Bangkok yesterday. Around 20,000 Red Shirts rallied to the open, and almost 2,000 chil- before forming a full cabi- show their unwavering support to PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s party. dren die every day from pre- net later, the official said. ventable diarrhoeal diseases. “The foreign ministry Poor sanitation and water is crucial for the Maldives supply also result in economic given the country needs to Wife of jailed Chinese Nobel losses estimated at $260bn rebuild its international annually in developing coun- image after nearly two tries, according to the UN. years of political unrest,” Laureate appeals for retrial said the senior administra- Rare tea may tion official, asking not to BEIJING: The wife of jailed petition urging the overthrow of be named. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu one-party rule. He was the organ- fetch HK$1m The election of Yameen, Xiaobo has filed an extraordi- iser of “Charter 08,” a manifesto 54, in Saturday’s run-off nary appeal for his retrial, his for political reform. HONG KONG: Rare teas election ended nearly two lawyer said yesterday, in a move His wife Liu Xia, who has been more than half a century years of turmoil in the hon- that could renew the focus on under effective house arrest since old will take centre stage at eymoon islands. The official China’s human rights record. he won the Nobel Prize in 2010, Hong Kong’s first tea auc- said the new president was The news comes two weeks met Liu in October in prison tion, with a prized narcis- considering requests from ahead of a visit to China by US in northeastern Liaoning prov- sus oolong variety expected his coalition partners to fill Vice President Joe Biden, during ince and got his approval for the to fetch HK$1m ($129,000), more cabinet positions. which human rights will likely be appeal, prominent human rights organisers said yesterday. Minister Maumoon was raised amid a broader crackdown lawyer Mo Shaoping said. More than 40 lots of vintage deputy FM in the govern- on dissent and freedom of speech “Whether Liu Xiaobo’s view- tea leaves from private collec- ment of Mohamed Waheed, and assembly. points in his articles are correct tors in mainland China, Hong who took power after his Liu, a veteran dissident or wrong, whether he drafted Kong and Taiwan will feature predecessor Mohamed involved in the 1989 Tiananmen “Charter 08” and whether those in the sale on Saturday, with Nasheed was toppled in Square pro-democracy protests views are wrong or right, this the oldest dating back to the what he called a coup in crushed by the Chinese army, was is a citizen’s right to freedom of 1950s. AGENCIES February 2012. jailed in 2009 for 11 years, on sub- speech and expression,” Mo said. AFP version charges for organising a REUTERS WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Afghan poll watchdog finalises list Afghanistan to have first-ever democratic power transfer after President Hamid Karzai finishes two terms

KABUL: Afghanistan’s election council nominees’ list,” Independent were allegedly involved in crimes such the US-led invasion of 2001 -- must step Islamist warlord who had close ties to Al watchdog has finalised a line-up of 11 Electoral Complaints Commission chair- as murder, embezzlement or war crimes down after serving two terms. Qaeda, is also on the list, along with Karzai candidates for next year’s presidential man Abdul Sattar Saadat told a news have been referred to prosecutors for Karzai has called for just two or three loyalist Zalmai Rassoul, who recently poll after reinstating one disqualified conference. investigation. candidates to run, to avoid the confusion resigned as foreign minister to run. candidate, an official said yesterday. He did not name the candidate, say- The bulk of Nato’s 75,000 remaining of 2009 when 40 names appeared on the Also on the list is former Kandahar Election authorities last month cut ing that was the responsibility of the troops are due to pull out of Afghanistan ballot paper. warlord Gul Agha Sherzai, nicknamed down the initial list of 26 candidates for Independent Election Commission. by the end of 2014 and a credible elec- Among the leading presidential can- the “bulldozer.” the April 5 vote to 10, marking a chaotic Saadat said it took his body more than tion -- rather than a repeat of the fraud- didates are former foreign minister Some unexpected pairings have also opening stage in the country’s first demo- three weeks of thorough investigations plagued vote of 2009 -- is seen as vital to Abdullah Abdullah, who ran against emerged, for example Ghani. The inter- cratic transfer of power. into candidates’ backgrounds to finalise stability. Karzai in 2009, the president’s low-profile nationally-renowned academic chose “One candidate has been reinstated in the list. It will be Afghanistan’s first-ever dem- elder brother Qayum Karzai and former Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as the presidential nominees’ list and 116 Some candidates both in the presiden- ocratic power transfer since President finance minister Ashraf Ghani. his first running mate. changes have been made to the provincial tial and provincial council elections who Hamid Karzai -- appointed following Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf, a former AFP Suicide attack kills seven Afghans protest key security deal with Washington MIRANSHAH: A sui- cide bomber rammed his JALALABAD: Hundreds of traitors if they approve the BSA. explosive-laden car into a Afghan students demonstrated “The people of Afghanistan vehicle carrying Taliban mil- yesterday against a possible should not sign this agreement,” itants in Pakistan’s troubled security pact with the United Shafiullah, a student who uses northwest yesterday, kill- States, chanting anti-US slo- only one name said as demonstra- ing at least seven insurgents gans in the first major public tors chanted “Death to the US.” including a local commander, protest over the deal. Another student, Habib-Ul officials said. The demonstration in the Rahman Arab, accused the del- The attack took place in the eastern city of Jalalabad comes egates, most of them hand-picked Mir Ali area, some 35 kilome- as thousands of tribal chieftains by President Hamid Karzai’s tres east of Miranshah, the and politicians are set to gather administration, of being govern- main town of North Waziristan this week in the Afghan capital to ment supporters. tribal district, a hub of Taliban discuss the pact which will shape “They are not our representa- and Al Qaeda linked militants. Washington’s future military pres- tives. They are not representa- There was no immediate ence in the war-scarred nation. tives of (the) Afghan people,” he claim of responsibility and the The bilateral security agree- said. motive of the attack was not ment (BSA) will determine The crowd, which according to clear but militant groups in the how many US soldiers stay in a reporter on the scene numbered past have carried out suicide Afghanistan when most of Nato’s around 1,000, blocked a key road attacks against each other in troops deployed in the country between Kabul and Jalalabad. the tribal belt. since 2001 -- currently numbering The four-day “Loya Jirga” -- Qari Saifuddin, a local 75,000 -- leave at the end of 2014. Pashto for grand assembly -- is Pakistani Taliban commander, Prior to the demonstration by set to start on Thursday. was travelling in a pick-up Jalalabad University students in the Afghanistan has been gripped truck along with his associ- eastern province of Nangarhar, lit- by an insurgency since 2001 and ates when a suicide bomber tle public opposition was reported tens of thousands of US and smashed his explosive filled car over the BSA deal. Nato troops have been deployed into their vehicle. Taliban militants have how- since then. The bulk of the US “Taliban commander Qari ever branded the tribal meeting and Nato troops are set to leave Saifuddin and his six associates a US-designed plot, vowing to Afghanistan at the end of 2014. Afghan policemen keep watch at the area where the Loya Jirga will take place later this week, in Kabul, yesterday. were killed on the spot,” a local pursue and punish its delegates as AFP security official said. Landmine blast kills 7 children Ex-envoy says US wrong Khan’s party faces corruption probe KABUL: About seven chil- dren were killed and five oth- ers wounded in a landmine to boost Islamabad army PESHAWAR: Imran Khan’s compromise on corruption. A high- Imran Khan would spare mem- blast yesterday in southeast- Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf has level committee working directly bers of own party. ern Afghanistan’s Paktika ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s because the military has contin- begun investigation against some under Chairman Imran Khan is “Anyone involved in corruption province , officials said. former ambassador to the ued to become stronger. It has ministers and advisers in its looking into corruption charges will have to face the music. There The blast Monday in the United States called Monday helped build Pakistan’s national Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govern- against party’s ministers and other are also complaints against some Malizi area of the province’s for his country to focus less on narrative. Pakistanis never paused ment for their alleged corruption. position-holders in the government ministers about transfers and Khairkot district occurred defence and said decades of mis- to think what is our resource base According to sources in the rul- and will expel those found guilty of appointments of senior positions when one of the children guided American aid have only capable of supporting,” Haqqani ing party here yesterday, those misappropriation of public money in volition of laid down criteria. stepped on the explosive device, enabled the powerful military. said at the Hudson Institute, a found to be corrupt will be sacked. or offices,” he said. These ministers are also facing Mukhlis Afghan, a spokesman Husain Haqqani, an outspoken think tank where he is a senior. “At least three provincial The source said in the province, probe,” he said. for the governor, told Pajhwok academic turned diplomat who “A nation with nuclear weapons ministers and advisers elected only the chief minister knew about The minister said the ideologi- Afghan News. was forced to resign in 2011 over should not behave like a guy who on PTI ticket face investigation the corruption charges against the cal PTI activists, who had been Those injured were taken charges that he sought US help keeps buying guns because he says over corrupt practices. There is people facing probe. Other sources associated with Imran Khan and to a hospital, where some to curb Pakistan’s army, argues he needs to defend his family and a greater likelihood that they will in PTI said the party leadership the party since long, knew that remained in critical condition. in a new book, “Magnificent then stays up all night because be expelled soon,” a source said. was unhappy at the alleged involve- the party had come of age after Earlier Monday, two civilians Delusions,” that the two nations he’s afraid somebody will come He said corruption was on top ment of own ministers in corrupt 17 years of its foundation and were killed and a third injured have always failed to understand. and steal his guns -- and then of PTI election agenda, which practices though they were voted was supposed to deliver and end yesterday in a bomb blast in At a book launch in Washington, further down has a heart attack helped the party candidates to power by the people to work corruption. the state of Kandahar in south- Haqqani said Pakistan’s military because of high blood pressure emerge winners in the May 11 against corruption. They said the “Even those supporting Imran ern Afghanistan. was disproportionately large fol- that he suffered from staying up,” electoral exercise. The source ministers and advisers facing inves- Khan’s campaign against occupa- A spokesman for the pro- lowing the Indian subcontinent’s he said. said after expelling two coalition tigation were allegedly involved in tion could face action,” he said. vincial governor Jawed Faisal partition in 1947 and that the But Haqqani called for Pakistan ally Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) misusing their official positions for He said the PTI chief had already said a man and his son were army has since prioritised US to refocus on fighting widespread ministers from the provincial making “purchases and securing indicated that there would be killed and another was injured assistance in its goal of reaching poverty and illiteracy and to com- cabinet, top PTI leadership was contracts.” no warning to those involved in by the explosion of a roadside parity with New Delhi. bat a creeping “ideological nation- under criticism for sparing own A PTI minister wishing not to unlawful activities and that they explosive device in the state of “That is what has caused the alism, that being Pakistani equals ministers. be named said there should be would be shown the door at once. Arghistan which targeted their internal dysfunction in Pakistan being ‘Islamic.’” AFP “Our leadership will make no no doubt in anyone’s mind that INTERNEWS truck. 18pc surge in A golden harvest medicine prices New power plant Gunmen kill Shia director ISLAMABAD: The phar- maceutical industry in in Karachi Pakistan plans to increase of Pakistani university the prices of all registered ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan drugs by up to 18 percent. government has started work on ISLAMABAD: Unidentified A colleague said Shah had pre- In the absence of a national a 660 megawatt coal-fired power gunmen riding a motorcy- viously received threats. Pakistan drug pricing policy, the man- project at Port Qasim near the cle yesterday killed a senior is facing rising sectarian violence, ufacturers claim the increase country’s largest city Karachi Shia university director along with Sunni militant groups linked has been allowed by the fed- after unexpected delays in its with his driver in an appar- to Al Qaeda and the Taliban often eral government. flagship 6,600MW Gadani coal ent sectarian attack in central attacking gatherings of Shias, “We have asked our members energy corridor project. Pakistan, officials said. who make up some 20 percent to prepare a list of drugs with Informed sources said yesterday The attack comes after several of the country’s overwhelmingly increase for submission to the that the government had launched deadly clashes between Sunni and Muslim population. Officials Drug Regulatory Authority,” the new initiative after former Shia Muslim groups near the cap- suspect the latest attack was in Pakistan Pharmaceutical water and power minister Haleem ital Islamabad and in the north- retaliation for violence in the gar- Manufacturers’ Association Siddiqui pointed out that a power west since Friday. rison city of Rawalpindi on Friday Secretary General Javed Akbar plant could be immediately set up Syed Shabir Hussain Shah, in which a mainly Sunni mosque said yesterday. He said the list at Port Qasim where transmission director of student affairs at was burnt and 10 people, mostly would be submitted to the gov- lines already existed. He offered Gujrat University in Punjab prov- Sunnis, were killed. ernment and the new prices to make space for imported coal ince, was killed while on his way The Pakistani Taliban, a Sunni would later be printed on the available at his jetty. The sources to the campus. militant group blamed for several products. said Secretary of Water and Power “Gunmen riding a motorbike sectarian attacks against Shia in Akbar termed the 18 per Saifullah Chattha, who is also the sprayed bullets on his vehicle the past, threatened yesterday to cent increase ‘meagre’ in com- managing director of the Private when he was about to reach avenge the Rawalpindi clashes. parison with the calculation Power and Infrastructure Board the university in (the) morning. The city remained under curfew made by the Drug Regulatory (PPIB), and the senior executive His driver was also killed in the for a second consecutive day yes- Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). director of the PPIB, N A Zuberi, attack,” district police chief Ali terday, officials said. He said the formula for price also acting as the managing director Nasir Rizvi said. Separately, in the city of increase had been approved of Gadani Power Park Management “At the moment, we don’t know Peshawar, two unidentified gun- by the Economic Coordination Company (GPPMC), had visited Farmers thresh amber rice during a harvest at a field on the outskirts of about the numbers of the attack- men riding a motorcycle yester- Committee of the cabinet. Port Qasim to assess availability of Lahore yesterday. ers, but the incident looks like a day killed a policeman guarding AGENCIES Siddiqui’s jetty. INTERNEWS targeted killing,” he said. a church. AFP WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA 10 million vote; Mizoram election polls end in Chhattisgarh One killed after trooper opens fire

RAIPUR: More than 10 mil- One person was killed and lion votes were cast yesterday another injured yesterday at a in the second and final phase polling booth in Saja constituency of elections for the 90-mem- when a Central Reserve Police ber Chhattisgarh assembly, in Force (CRPF) trooper opened a peaceful exercise that was fire at a group of people following marred only by the death of one an argument. man in gunfire. Director General of Police Voting was held yesterday in Ramniwas said two-three peo- the second and final phase for 72 ple, who were reportedly drunk, constituencies. The first phase came to a polling booth at vil- on November 11 saw voting for lage Bhindarwani and had some 18 seats, the majority located in heated arguments with policemen Maoists’ strongholds. deployed there for ensuring free Barring the death of a per- and fair voting. son in gunfire at a polling booth, “One person was killed on the balloting was largely peaceful in spot while another was injured Chhattisgarh, which has been when a CRPF jawan opened governed by the Bharatiya Janata fire at locals who, as per initial Party for a decade. reports, wanted to disrupt the Chief Electoral Officer Sunil polling,” Ramniwas told report- Kujur said the tentative voter ers in state capital Raipur. A Bru tribal woman in traditional attire shows her ID card after voting at the Naisingpara Bru refugee relief camp in Tripura, about 750km from Guwahati turnout was 74.70 percent. He added that a magisterial yesterday. Votes gathered at the camp are sent to a main counting office. The Bru voters — who live in relief camps following ethnic conflict in North The principal battle in the min- inquiry had been ordered. Tripura — are voting in the Mizoram state assembly elections. eral-rich state is between the rul- The second phase of polling for ing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 72 seats, of which 17 were reserved which has governed the state since for the Scheduled Tribes and nine 2003, and the Congress, which for the Scheduled Castes, was ruled it the first three years since spread out in 19 districts. the state was carved out from Voting was held up at Congress all about one family: Modi Madhya Pradesh in 2000. Bhindarwani booth for about 20 In the keenly contested elec- minutes after the CRPF trooper’s SAWAI MADHOPUR: The ‘chor’ (thief)... Is it a democratic he said rhetorically, referring to accounts held abroad by Indians. tions this year, the Congress firing but later resumed. Saja has BJP’s prime ministerial candi- language? Do you speak this the Planning Commission’s defi- Questions should be asked from could stage a comeback or the been a known Congress bastion date, Narendra Modi, launched a language? nition of poverty. “You can’t even all Indians who hold foreign bank BJP could score a hat-trick, poll for about two decades. The Leader scathing attack on the Congress “Lata Mangeshkar said ‘I want get 300 gm of onion for 26 rupees.” accounts as to where they got watchers say. of Opposition in the Chhattisgarh and its leadership yesterday, say- Modi to become prime minister Modi also pulled up the their money and how, he said. Turnout was brisk since morn- assembly, Ravindra Choubey, is ing it only cared about a family. and soon’. There was strong oppo- Congress-led UPA government for Modi’s ire was mainly directed ing and by noon about 30 percent contesting from there. Accusing the Congress of divid- sition to that from Congress lead- failing to curb terrorism. at Rajasthan Chief Minister voting was recorded. Voters queued up at pollling ing the people, Modi told an elec- ers, they started to shout from all “Our soldiers’ heads were Ashok Gehlot. Over 13.9 million voters, includ- booths in urban as well as rural tion rally here: “Divide and rule is directions and even asked the gov- beheaded and some of them were Modi accused the Rajasthan ing 6.83 million women, were eli- areas much before the start of in their DNA.” ernment to take her Bharat Ratna killed in their bunkers,” he said, government of sleeping “for almost gible to exercise their franchise voting. Modi spoke at Sawai Madhopur back. Do you speak this kind of referring to the killings of Indian 55 months” and waking up just at 18,015 polling stations to decide About 3,000 CCTV cameras after addressing a rally in Alwar, language?” soldiers along the Jammu and before the elections. the fate of 843 candidates, 75 were installed at booths to ensure canvassing votes for the Bharatiya Modi said the BJP stood for Kashmir border by Pakistani “The state needs a government women included. free and fair polling. Janata Party (BJP) for the assem- development. troops. that works for all the 60 months.” There was heavy polling in The Saraipali seat in bly elections in Rajasthan on “Look at Madhya Pradesh. “But we offered chicken biry- He said the Congress govern- a few assembly constituenices, Mahasamund district saw just December 1. Under Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s ani to the Pakistani president in ment in the state was to blame for including Marwahi. Congress five contestants — the lowest The Gujarat chief minister said leadership, MP is not a BIMARU Rajasthan in the name of protocol.” the large number of atrocities on leader Ajit Jogi’s son Amit Jogi is figure among the 72 seats that the Congress attempted to divide state now... Earlier, speaking in Alwar, tribals and women. contesting from Marwahi, which went to polls yesterday. The max- the society in order to seek votes. “Do you want to bring Rajasthan Modi said that India needed a Modi wondered why Gehlot recorded in excess of 40 percent imum number of 38 candidates In the process, he alleged, develop- out of the BIMARU category? In law to bring back black money kept comparing Rajasthan with voting by noon. were in fray in Raipur South in ment took a back seat. that case, vote for BJP.” stashed abroad. Gujarat. The state saw minor clashes Raipur district, from where BJP The Congress, Modi thundered, Rebutting Rahul Gandhi’s Saying the corrupt were “We (Gujarat) have been between ruling Bharatiya Janata heavyweight and PWD Minister had to go. charges, Modi said it was the depositing their ill-gotten wealth praised by all and we do not need Party cadres and the Congress Brijmohan Agrawal sought his Taking a dig at Congress vice Congress which made fun of the in foreign banks, Modi told an a certificate from Rajasthan’s chief workers in Durg City as well as sixth consecutive victory. president Rahul Gandhi, Modi poor. election rally that India must minister,” he said. in Bilaspur constituencies. IANS said: “Shezada says the BJP is “They say Rs.26 a day is enough,” get to know details of bank IANS

Mumbai attacks meant to provoke India-Pakistan war: Expert Phase one WASHINGTON: The Mumbai then President-elect Barack Intelligence Directorate or ISI, others since — for example, just his guilty confession, Headley, of restoring terrorist attacks of 2008 were Obama and his transition team and Al Qaeda.” weeks ago in Nairobi.” Riedel noted, acknowledged “the intended to change dramati- at the time in several briefings. “Each had its own agenda But “perhaps the most shock- raid also was planned with active cally the future of South Asia, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taeba for the operation. But the tar- ing element of the Mumbai attack ISI involvement at every stage. At Kedarnath ends perhaps even by provoking a group (LeT) had carefully cho- gets were the same — Indians, was the role played by David each of his meetings in Pakistan, war between rising nuclear sen the targets and meticulously Americans, and Jews — the tar- Coleman Headley, an American he said he met with ISI officers NEW DELHI: The powers India and Pakistan, researched them over several gets of the global jihad started by citizen of Pakistani descent, in the as well as the LeT terror leaders.” Archaeological Survey of India according to a top counterter- years, he wrote in The Daily Al Qaeda in the late 1990s,” Riedel intelligence collection that pre- “Sometimes the ISI gave him (ASI) yesterday said it had rorism expert. Beast, an American news report- wrote. ceded the attack,” Riedel wrote. particular assignments separate completed the first phase of res- Bruce Riedel, a former Central ing and opinion website Describing the November Born Daood Sayed Gilani in from what the LeT asked; for toration work on the Kedarnath Intelligence Agency (CIA) ana- “They received considerable 2008 attack as “the most impor- Washington, DC, in 1960, Headley example, tasking him with taking temple in Uttarakhand, which lyst, who has advised four US assistance in doing so from two tant terror attack since 9/11” he changed his name at the behest of photos of an Indian nuclear facil- was damaged in floods and presidents on South Asian issues, sources-the Pakistani intelligence pointed out that the “10 terror- LeT to hide his Pakistani iden- ity near Mumbai,” Riedel said. landslides in June. says he had pointed this out to service, called the Inter-Services ists’ tactics have been copied by tity when travelling abroad. In IANS Conservation work for struc- tural as well as chemical preser- vation at the 11th century temple was taken up by the ASI in the World Toilet Day second week of October. During the first phase, 489 First private international cubic metres of debris was removed from the plinth and a 635-square-metre area of the airport gets nod in Kerala plinth has been cleared, an official statement said yesterday. THIRUVANANTHA- the airport would start shortly “The necessary stone pack- PURAM: India’s first private and it was expected to be ready ing to the damaged portions of international airport to be for operations by November 2015. the temple walls has been done. built in Aranmula in Kerala’s “Contrary to media reports The replacement of the dam- Pathanamthitta district has that the height of the flag post of aged wooden door on the west- been given all clearances, the Aranmula temple and a few hills ern side of the temple has been final from the ministry of envi- in the vicinity would have to be completed,” it said. ronment and forests, an official reduced, nothing of that sort is Cleaning of the “garbha griha” said yesterday. needed,” said George. (sanctum sanctorum) walls has The proposed Rs.2,000 crore After the Oommen Chandy gov- been done to about nine feet in KGS Aranmula International ernment assumed office, it decided height, and some of the debris Airport complex will be con- to increase the sweat equity deposited on the southern, west- structed over 700 acres, of which from the earlier three percent ern and eastern sides has been KGS has already acquired 500 decided by the Achuthanandan removed, it added. acres. government. The Geological Survey of India The site is located about The Left opposition in the state, team has also done the necessary 110km from the state capi- however, has repeatedly asked the ground-penetrating radar sur- tal, and around 30km from the Chandy government to not pro- vey of the site to study anomalies Sabarimala temple. ceed with the proposed airport beneath the ground. With this, Kerala would have five project. The second phase of conserva- airports, including three in oper- Also joining the protest against tion work will include filling up of ation at Thiruvananthapuram, the airport, state Bharatiya Janata missing stones on the facade and Kochi and Kozhikode, and one at Party president V Muraleedharan removing marble flooring and Schoolchildren applaud near a 250-kg toilet-shaped cake during a function to mark World Toilet Day in New Kannur. told reporters his party would not providing deodar wooden floor- Delhi yesterday. The event was organised by Sulabh International, a non-government organisation, to educate Addressing reporters here, the allow the construction of the air- ing inside the garbha griha and people about the health and social aspects of sanitation. managing director of the proposed port at any cost. Antrala. airport, Gigi George, said work on IANS IANS WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Scandal-hit First state-owned bank for women opens MUMBAI: The prime minis- ter yesterday inaugurated the country’s first state-owned bank for women, aimed at chopper deal strengthening their financial security and empowering them after a string of sex crimes highlighted gender inequality. Premier Manmohan Singh to be scrapped opened the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (Indian Women’s Bank) in south Mumbai, home to one Govt prejudges outcome of meeting of seven branches that are now operational. NEW DELHI: India has decided after the then-chief executive of The bank was announced in to cancel a scandal-tainted Finmeccanica was arrested by February, when India was still chopper deal with Anglo-Italian Italian police for allegedly paying reeling from the fatal gang rape firm AgustaWestland, prejudg- bribes to secure the deal, prompt- of a student in the capital. ing the outcome of a meeting ing India to freeze payments to It focuses on lending to women today between company execu- the company. and aims to employ mostly tives and Defence Ministry offi- AgustaWestland said last women, although men will also cials to discuss the contract, month that suspension of pay- be able to open accounts. three sources said. ment was not provided for under Currently, only 26 percent The decision draws a line under the terms of the contract and of women in India have formal a dispute that has embarrassed that Indian authorities had not bank accounts. a government heading into elec- responded to its requests for “The sad reality is that women tions under a cloud of corruption bilateral discussions since April. in India face discrimination and All-female bank staff are pictured at their terminals during the inauguration of the first branch of the Bharatiya scandals, and could re-open the Italy and India are separately hardship at home, at school, at contract to rivals. investigating the allegations. their place of work and in pub- Mahila Bank, India’s first state-owned women’s bank, in Mumbai yesterday. Scrapping the €560m AgustaWestland denies any lic places. Their social, economic ($757.40m) deal to buy 12 heli- wrongdoing. and political empowerment According to its website, the up of eight women, said Finance Monday at the swanky Delhi copters for top politicians will India’s federal auditor said in remains a distant goal,” said Mann Deshi bank was set up in Minister P Chidambaram, who office, on the ninth floor of a sky- not necessarily lead to New Delhi August the Defence Ministry Singh at the launch. 1997 and is now the state’s larg- set aside Rs10bn ($161m) to blue glass high-rise in the city’s blacklisting the firm, sources have had initially stipulated that the “The setting up of the est microfinance bank with over capitalise the new bank in his commercial centre. said, a move some officials fear helicopters should be able to fly to Bharatiya Mahila Bank is a 185,000 clients. 2013/14 budget. “This bank was planned for a would set back efforts to modern- an altitude of 6,000 metres, which small step towards the economic The new Bharatiya Mahila “It will create more job oppor- good cause and because of that ise India’s military. meant that AgustaWestland could empowerment of women,” he Bank, headquartered in New tunities for women and it will we saw scores of eager appli- However, it closes a chapter of not compete since the AW101 added. Delhi, is due to have 25 branches pay special attention to the cants willing to work here,” the struggle by AgustaWestland, was certified to fly only to 4,572 While this is the first such by next March and is chaired by weaker and more neglected sec- said the official on condition of a division of Italian defence group metres. state initiative, there are exist- Usha Ananthasubramanian, a tions of women,” he told report- anonymity. Finmeccanica, to keep the con- Later, the minimum altitude ing co-operative banks run for former executive director of the ers at the new Mumbai branch. The Delhi bank branch and tract alive. requirement was lowered to 4,500 and by women, such as the Punjab National Bank. The bank presently has 86 corporate office are expected A senior Defence Ministry offi- metres, even though the helicop- Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Over a seven-year period, it employees across the country to open after state elections in cial said there was no hope that ters were expected to be used Bank in the western state of plans to open 771 branches. and more than 55 percent are December. AgustaWestland officials could in mountainous northern and Maharashtra. The board of directors is made women, a senior official said on AFP salvage the deal in the meeting northeastern parts of the country scheduled for today. where altitudes are higher, it said. “This is just a face-saving India took delivery of three hel- exercise by Agusta. But the gov- icopters before the deal stalled. ernment has already decided to Three more have been ready for Hazare, Kejriwal in war of words over money cancel the deal because they have delivery to India since April, three violated the integrity pact,” said are close to completion and work RALEGAN SIDDHI/NEW counter-charges by both sides. filed a petition in a court related New Delhi assembly constituency. one of two sources in the ministry has begun on the final three at DELHI: Gandhian Anna “I had some doubts, so I wrote to the SIM cards. The AAP leader spoke after who declined to identified. the company’s plant in Britain, Hazare and AAP leader Arvind to him. The letter was a personal In New Delhi, Kejriwal insisted Hazare raised doubts about the A spokesman for Finmeccanica the company said. Kejriwal, partners till recently, communication and it was he that funds collected during the money collected from the sale of declined to comment. An industry source said on were yesterday locked in a (Kejriwal) who made it public. We IAC movement against corruption SIM cards. Under India’s defence procure- Tuesday that the decision to scrap war of words over money col- are not enemies... I did not know were not used for AAP’s election Hazare also said late in the ment rules, the integrity pact pro- the deal came as no surprise after lected during the India Against he wanted to talk to me. I am campaign, and he had repeatedly evening that he would not cam- hibits paying or accepting bribes. India last month issued a final Corruption (IAC) movement ready to talk to Arvind Kejriwal,” stated this to Hazare. paign for any party and ques- The government can cancel a con- “show cause” notice to the firm against corruption. he said. “Audit has been conducted on tioned Kejriwal’s assertion that tract if the pact is violated, and the seeking to end it. Hazare raised questions about “I was told that SIM cards were the funds received during the the Jan Lokpal Bill will be passed seller has to forfeit any security “It does look like the ministry of the funds but made it clear that he issued in my name during the IAC IAC movement several times. I at Ramlila Maidan Dec 29 if AAP money it deposited as a bidder. defence is just going through the didn’t doubt Kejriwal’s integrity. movement, the sale of which led am open to any investigation or won the Delhi election. Last month, AgustaWestland motions, that the result is pre- The activist-turned-AAP to collection of funds,” he said, scrutiny, but this should now hap- Hazare pointed out that such called for arbitration in the judged,” said the industry source, founder-leader retorted that he referring to 2011, when Hazare pen in front of the public,” said bills can be passed only in parlia- dispute, but Defence Ministry who declined to be identified. would not contest elections if fasted for 12 days at Ramlila the Aam Admi Party founder. ment. “Here again they are using sources say there is no case for An AgustaWestland spokesman it was proved that he had used Maidan in Delhi, triggering mass “Anna was aware of the way in my name.” this because the firm breached in New Delhi said the Defence money given by people during the protests in solidarity. which the funds were used. We Hazare said he was ready to the integrity pact. Ministry had demanded confiden- IAC campaign for his party. “Since I felt my name was have told him many times. talk to Kejriwal. However, under the rules, it tiality in the show-cause notice, “I have never said that Arvind being misused, so I wrote the let- “If I am found guilty of misus- Kejriwal said he had tried could still take the case to an and so he was unable to comment is corrupt or collecting money in ter seeking a clarification. I have ing the (IAC) funds, then I won’t to speak to Hazare several Indian court. beyond saying that there was no my name,” Hazare told the media no interest in the money, just my contest elections,” added Kejriwal, times but was not allowed to by The deal for the AW101 heli- evidence of wrongdoing. in his village Ralegan Siddhi in name should not be misused.” who is pitted against Delhi Chief “intermediaries”. copters went off track in February REUTERS Maharashtra amid charges and The activist said someone had Minister Sheila Dikshit in the IANS

Indian-American actor on Obama’s arts panel Pune-born activist is WASHINGTON: US President and Sarah Jessica Parker. Born in New Jersey as Kalpen director in the White House Barack Obama has nominated “These fine public servants Suresh Modi, is recognised for Office of Public Engagement from popular Indian-American actor bring both a depth of experi- his performance in Indian film 2009 to 2010. He worked in that first socialist elected Kal Penn of The Namesake fame ence and tremendous dedication director Mira Nair’s critically role on and off while taking up to his Committee on the Arts to their new roles,” Obama said acclaimed film, The Namesake. He acting gigs. and Humanities. while announcing Penn’s appoint- is also known for starring in the The president’s committee also Kal Penn joins other well- ment with six others. popular Harold and Kumar film includes government officials such to US public office known members such as Secretary “Our nation will be well-served series as well as the hit TV show as Education Secretary Arne of State John Kerry’s wife Teresa by these men and women, and I House. Duncan, Interior Secretary Sally WASHINGTON: Kshama Heinz; cellist Yo-Yo Ma; Vogue look forward to working with This would be his second stint Jewell, Treasury Secretary Jack Sawant (pictured), a Pune- Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour; them in the months and years to working for the Obama adminis- Lew and Kerry. born young Indian-American and actresses Kerry Washington come,” he said. tration. Penn served as associate IANS activist-academic, has become the first socialist to be elected to a public office in the US, with a narrow victory in the Seattle Trade fair city council election over the 16-year Democratic incumbent. UP bans strikes Sawant, an economics professor who studied software engineer- for six months ing in Mumbai and economics in the US, was declared elected after LUCKNOW: The Uttar her opponent Richard Conlin Pradesh government Tuesday conceded. University, and was a visiting invoked the Essential Services Conlin was backed by the assistant professor at Washington Maintenance Act (ESMA) in city’s political establishment, but and Lee University. the state, an official spokesman Sawant’s campaign for taxing She earlier ran unsuccessfully said. the wealthy to fund city needs for the Washington State House By invoking the act, the state and a $15 minimum wage reso- of Representatives. government has also banned nated with the 400,000 electorate Born to Vasundhara and H T strikes by government employees in Seattle, the largest city in the Ramanujam in Pune in 1973 in a for the next six months. Pacific Northwest region of US in middle-class family, Sawant grew The decision was taken in the Washington state. up in Mumbai, where she studied wake of the statewide agitation On the November 5 election computer science and graduated by state government employees, night, Sawant was trailing by with a BSc from the University of officials said. four percentage points, but ballots Mumbai in 1994. The state government, the counted after election day turned Following her marriage to spokesman said, was invoking the the tide in her favour. Vivek, an engineer at Microsoft, ESMA through the powers vested At a victory rally on Sunday, Sawant moved to the US. in it by a 1966 law. Sawant called her win a “politi- She then decided to abandon Over 1.6 million employees in cal earthquake” according to the computer engineering field. the state have been on strike since SeattlePi, a local news site. Her PhD dissertation at North November 12 to press for their “We’ve shown that it’s possible Carolina State University was demands, which include benefits to succeed in a grassroots cam- titled “Elderly Labour Supply in a at par with central government paign with an openly socialist Rural, Less Developed Economy”. employees. The employees have campaign not taking money from Sawant moved to Seattle in also begun stalling facilities in the Visitors look at decorative lights at a Turkish stall during the 33rd India International Trade Fair in New Delhi big business,” she said. 2006 and became a US citizen in state-run hospitals and medical yesterday. Forty-four countries and 27 Indian states are participating in the 14-day multi-product show focusing Sawant held part-time teach- 2010. She and her husband are facilities since Monday. on the themes of tourism, industry and promoting exports of small and medium-sized companies. ing positions at Seattle Central now separated. IANS Community College and Seattle IANS

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Non-hydrocarbon Glitch halts growth boosts Qatar’s rating, trading at says Moody’s SINGAPORE/DOHA: Qatar’s Aa2 government bond rating and stable outlook reflected the country’s exceptional eco- nomic and government finan- Qatar bourse cial strength, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report yesterday. It also said non-hydrocarbon Technicians trying to get system up investments will help sustain high growth rates of 5 percent to DOHA: A technical glitch dis- 6 percent in 2013 and 2014. rupted trading on the Qatar The surge in hydrocar- bourse yesterday, prompting bon receipts in recent years its administration to cancel all has strengthened government transactions executed during finances and bolstered the large the day. current account surpluses, while The snag seems to have been domestic politics remain stable. major as technicians were busy The rating agency’s report is until at least 9 last night to fix an annual update to the markets the problem. and does not constitute a rating No one would, however, say action. what exactly the glitch, in its trad- Moody’s said Qatar’s fis- ing platform, was, and whether it The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada at the 2nd QP Occupational Health expo. cal breakeven oil price remains would be fixed in time for trading among the lowest in the Gulf to resume this morning. Cooperation Council (GCC) “It is still uncertain if trad- despite a large step-up in spend- ing would resume at the Qatar 2nd edition of Qatar Petroleum ing that has been driven in part Exchange (QE) today,” stock ana- by capital spending on infrastruc- lyst, Basheer Al Kahlout, said in ture development. remarks to this newspaper. Credit support also comes Contacted at 9pm, sources at Occupational Health meet opens from the government’s offshore the exchange said it was a techni- financial assets, which provide a DOHA: cal failure and technicians were The Qatar Exchange headquarters The Minister of first. “Good health does not just Manager of Qatar Shell. Senior considerable cushion to absorb oil still trying to figure out the cause. Energy and Industry H E Dr mean the absence of disease or officials of QP and many guests price risks. at Al Dana Tower, in West Bay. “They are busy working,” a source Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada infirmity, but also a state of com- were also present at the opening It also said that the govern- said. The QE, meanwhile, said in yesterday called on the par- plete physical, mental and social ceremony of the event. ment’s liquidity and external a statement the snag occurred This one, though, seems to be ticipants of the 2nd Qatar well-being,” he said. Over 250 delegates, consisting risks remained very low given during trading session and con- a major fault as technical teams Petroleum Occupational Health He said that QP’s higher stand- mainly of medical officers, occu- QIA’s large and presumably liq- sequently required the exchange have been busy the whole day and (QPOH) conference to help ards and routine checkups have pational health nurses, industrial uid assets. to cease trading until the problem until at least 9 last night to fix adopt the highest standards to resulted in raising the level of ‘fit- hygienists, health, safety and Qatar’s population is among was fixed. it with little success. Al Kahlout elevate health awareness, and ness to work’ in industrial opera- environment (HSE) personnel the fastest-growing in the world. “Trading then resumed until said those investors trading on the to promote health and wellness tions to 100 percent. and other industry profession- Major infrastructure projects are noon when the QE team discov- bourse yesterday who had booked as well as an improved working “As a world class oil and gas als, are taking part in the event. in the pipeline, including a new ered that the technical issue had huge profits in the initial phase of environment. corporation, QP has one of the The second edition of the airport, metro network, port and not been resolved, prompting a trading were disappointed when The Minister formally inau- lowest sick leave absence levels QPOH Conference will feature rail freight lines. halt.” After consultations with the all transactions were cancelled. gurated the three-day event among international oil and gas technical presentations, parallel Moody’s warned about some bourse regulator, Qatar Financial Asked to hazard a guess about being held here on the theme companies, with an average of 1.4 sessions, poster presentations as challenges facing the country that Markets Authority (QFMA), it the cause of technical snag, Al ‘Innovations for a Healthy percent of total work days com- well as workshops on the last day include the public sector’s gross was decided to cancel all trans- Kahlout said it was difficult to Workplace’ organised by QP in pared to a range of between one of the event. debt burden which has climbed actions for the day, the QE said. say. There could be several pos- partnership with the Supreme and four percent,” he noted. The presentations will cover an sharply in recent years, especially The decision was taken because sibilities, he said. Council of Health (SCH). Dr Al Sada also visited a new extensive range of topics, includ- when taking into account the debt the glitch had affected the flow of “Sometimes when trading vol- The QPOH event features the diabetes screening bus launched ing the emerging health issues in of state-owned enterprises. information and brokers’ ability umes are huge errors can occur,” participation of international by Action on Diabetes as part of the oil and gas industry, the best Moody’s also said the smooth to execute their clients’ orders in he said. “Or, maybe the snag is speakers, renowned experts and a major workplace campaign to practices for creating healthy transition of power conducted in a sound and correct manner. to do with overseas online trad- many professionals in the field of raise awareness of the condition workplaces, cost-effective health June 2013, which saw the Father “The exchange would like to ing system. Sometimes transac- occupational health, thus giving and boost the number of people surveillance, handling disabil- Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin stress that the incident did not tions can be so huge and amounts them an opportunity to discuss tested in Qatar. ity issues in the workplace, and Khalifa Al Thani, transfer power affect shareholders’ registers,” the involved can be so big that they a wide range of topics related to Conference Chairman and effective case management for to H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad QE statement added. trigger suspicion,” he said, adding occupational health management. Acting Manager for Medical occupational health nurses. Al Thani reduced uncertainty The QE installed a new system that it was all guesswork and the In his keynote address Dr Al Services at QP, Dr Ahmed Al The event is supported by related to succession risk and of trading known as UTP (univer- actual cause of the glitch could Sada stressed the importance of Badran, delivered the introduc- Qatar Shell, Oryx GTL, Qatargas largely assured policy continu- sal trading platform) in late 2010, only be explained by the exchange safety, health and wellness at the tory remarks followed by a speech and Qatar Fuel Additives ity, especially with regard to eco- and this isn’t the first time that a administration. workplace as the cornerstones of from Sheikh Thani bin Thamer Company Ltd (Qafac). nomic and fiscal management. snag has developed. THE PENINSULA efforts to put the human element Al Thani, Deputy General THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Barwa Bank names new Head of Qatar calls to make mobile broadband more accessible DOHA/BANGKOK: The the ITU. We’re supporting this Capital Financing Chairman of Ooredoo Sheikh growth across our footprint, and DOHA: Barwa Bank, Qatar's Abdullah bin Mohammed bin see strong opportunity in Asia, fastest growing Shariah- Saud Al Thani has called on the where a large proportion of the compliant banking service global communications industry population will first access the provider, has announced the to seize the challenge of provid- Internet through mobile devices. appointment of Arsalaan Ahmed ing more people with broadband There is a need for new networks, as its Head of Capital Financing. Internet access. increased availability of low-cost Ahmed will be focused on man- During the opening cer- devices, and better government aging the growth of the bank’s emony of the International understanding on issues around sukuk, syndicated finance, project Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulation and licensing,” said Dr finance and structured finance Telecom World conference yes- Nasser. product offering. Ahmed is an terday Sheikh Abdullah urged Ooredoo has launched a range ex-HSBC Group International operators to work together to of services to enrich people’s lives, Executive specialising in Islamic lower mobile broadband costs and including Mobile Money services, finance and has held multiple roles improve network access during mobile health initiatives and tar- for the Group across Europe, Asia his keynote speech. geted services for women and and the Middle East. “Our industry has two major young people. The 2013 annual “We are very pleased to have challenges in the upcoming Ooredoo Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani and other delegates at ITU 2013. edition of ITU Telecom World, Arsalaan join us at Barwa Bank to period. We need to make sure which started yesterday, is a spearhead a strategically impor- that the benefits of mobile broad- three-day event taking place in tant part of our business. Being band technology are available to “At the same time, we need to the industry was echoed on and Group Captain Anudith Bangkok. The topic for discus- able to provide a range of Capital as many people as possible. We to do a better job of shaping the the same day by Ooredoo Group Nakornthap, Minister of sions this year is “Embracing Financing solutions to custom- need to work together with gov- future, rather than responding CEO Dr Nasser Marafih, who Information and Communication Change in a Digital World,” ers locally and internationally ernment, operators and device to it. We need to be active inves- spoke on a panel with leading Technology of Thailand. bringing together influential glo- is important to us,” said Khalid manufacturers to boost afford- tors in new ideas, new thinking experts including Dr Hamadoun “Mobile broadband is the fast- bal leaders in ICT from the pub- Al Ahbabi, General Manager, ability, improve network access and new approaches that will Touré, Secretary-General, ITU; est-growing technology in history, lic and private sectors to discuss Wholesale Banking at Barwa and improve the customer expe- help our customers in their daily Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President with global subscriptions growing solutions and new ideas. Bank. THE PENINSULA rience,” Sheikh Abdullah said. lives,” he added. His challenge and Group CEO, Telenor Group; 30 percent a year, according to THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Minister, Congo president at RLIC New appointments Entrepreneurs pitch at Qatar Airways’ corporate jet unit DOHA: Qatar Airways has ideas at Doha contest appointed David Edwards as Executive Vice President to lead the growing business of its corporate jet arm, Qatar Silatech, IE Business School boost Arab startups Executive. Announcing the appointment DOHA: Eighteen startup entre- Crowd Analyser from the UAE Venture Day, Silatech is working during the Dubai Air Show, Qatar preneurs from the Arab world and the Kuwaiti startup Kout to provide startup businesses with Airways Chief gathered in Doha’s Renaissance Way placing second and third. access to the finance and knowl- Executive Hotel on Monday to pitch their Doha Venture Day was edge they need to succeed.” Officer Akbar businesses to an audience of launched in partnership with the The finalists selected to take Al Baker said: investors, mentors and entre- IE Business School as part of their part in Doha Venture Day “David brings preneurship experts at the first IE Venture Days series. In addi- included startup businesses to Qatar Doha Venture Day. tion to Doha Venture Day, other from Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, Executive Silatech sponsored the event, IE Venture Days in 2013 have cov- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab a wealth of which was organised jointly ered cities including Mexico City, Emirates, Tunisia, and Lebanon. experience with the renowned IE Business Shanghai, Madrid, Lisbon, Bogota, Jury members included in the busi- David Edwards School. Over 60 early stage star- Sao Paulo, Mumbai, and Tokyo. Ahmed Laiali (Incubation ness avia- tups applied to the competition, The objective of the programme Centre Manager at ictQa- tion industry and 14 finalists were selected to is to provide startup entrepre- tar), Salem Al Kuwari (Senior and will be compete in Doha before a jury of neurs with the opportunity to Manager, Ooredoo), Nizar instrumental entrepreneurs and experts for pitch their businesses to poten- Jalbout (CEO, NLJ Associates), in steering its prizes totalling $25,000. tial investors, and to learn from Michael Portz (Founder and operations to Four runners-up were also others in the process, with the CEO, The Shisha Company), a new level”. given the opportunity to present potential of winning cash invest- Jeffrey Char (President and CEO, Edwards their business ideas to the audi- ments in their businesses. J-Seed Ventures), Mohammed will be ence as well. Based in Doha, According to Silatech CEO Dr Jaidah (Owner, Firefly responsible Silatech is a regional social ini- Tarik M Yousef: “Events such as Communications), Abdulsalam for guiding Roberto Hlaca tiative focused on improving this provide excellent opportuni- Abu Issa (co-owner and COO, all strategic, the climate for employment and ties for young entrepreneurs to Firefly Communications), commercial entrepreneurship for young peo- connect with potential investors Martin Roeske (Chief Programs The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al and opera- ple throughout the Arab world. and mentors from throughout Officer, Silatech), and Yousef Sada and President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso visiting the Ras tional aspects Zoomal from Lebanon was cho- the region. By partnering with Hammadadin (CEO, Oasis 500). Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) on Monday, as part of his official visit to of the air- sen as the winning startup, with the IE Business School for Doha THE PENINSULA Qatar. Director of Industrial Cities at Qatar Petroleum (QP), Abdulaziz line’s private J Al Muftah, led the senior RLIC officials in welcoming the delegates. jet division. Launched in 2009, today Qatar Executive Peter Resting operates a RasGas welcomes new Technical school gets double fleet of seven wholly-owned Bombardier air- craft of which a brand-new market developments Global 5000 Vision was delivered sponsorship from Oxy Qatar as recently as October. PARIS: The development of Qatar Executive has been new technologies for the extrac- DOHA: Occidental Petroleum further boosted by the appoint- tion of natural gas along with of Qatar Ltd (Oxy Qatar) ment of Roberto Hlaca as Vice government policies favouring signed a sponsorship agree- President, Sales, Marketing gas are positive steps towards ment with Qatar Independent & Strategy and Captain Peter recognising natural gas as a Technical School (QITS) Resting as Vice President, Flight cleaner energy source in the for the modernisation of the Operations. Both come to their global market, said RasGas Mechanical Department and new positions with a proven and Company Limited’s (RasGas) for sponsoring the school’s very successful track record. Chief Marketing and Shipping annual skill competition. Prior to his new role at Qatar Officer, Khalid Sultan R Al Oxy’s donation will be used to Executive, Hlaca was Vice Kuwari, at the CWC World purchase the latest workshop President, On Demand Sales at LNG Summit, currently being machinery, including Computer Vistajet and responsible for spear- held in Paris, France. Numerical Controlled equip- heading the company’s commer- In his opening keynote address ment. The new machinery will cial growth. titled ‘Key Drivers of the Global be used to train students on the Earlier tenures in his inter- LNG Business Today’, on the first RasGas Chief Marketing and latest technologies. national career included senior day of the four-day summit, Al Shipping Officer, Khalid Sultan R Oxy has also agreed to spon- corporate travel and marketing- Kuwari emphasised natural gas’ sor QITS’ annual skill compe- related positions at American Al Kuwari, at the CWC World LNG inherent reliability, storability tition for students and staff. Express, BTI UK and entertain- Summit, in Paris. and environmental benefits when The company’s sponsorship will ment giant Sony. compared to other primary energy support the event for the next In his new role, Hlaca will re- sources. These are all factors that continues to mature and evolve three years. The competition is shape Qatar Executive’s sales and will drive the growth in demand and the ‘Shale Gale’ could turn designed to highlight the best marketing strategies by launch- of pipeline sales gas and liquefied out to be a breeze relative to the technical talents and create Oxy Qatar’s President and General Manager, Stephen Kelly (right), and ing new business initiatives and natural gas (LNG) going forward. ‘Hydrate Hurricane’ if commercial positive attitude among QITS principal of QITS, Abdulla Shams, exchanging the agreement. developing new growth markets Al Kuwari cited governments’ exploitation techniques are devel- students. to meet the company’s set targets. regulatory policies that encourage oped. As a global energy supplier, Committed to supporting edu- “Oxy Qatar is proud to work of the Qatari workforce, pre- Resting’s background includes the integration of sophisticated RasGas remains focused on pro- cation and high-quality techni- with QITS, which plays a crucial pare workers for technical jobs Director of Flight Operations for gas infrastructure in Europe. viding a secure, safe and reliable cal training for Qatari nationals, role in the development of Qatari in our industry, and further Execujet Europe, where under Addressing other key mar- supply of LNG to meet changing Oxy views its contributions as an technical expertise,” Kelly said. Qatarisation. We are delighted his leadership the fleet grew kets, he noted that while the gas demands,” said Al Kuwari. effective way to promote techni- “Education is one of the core to assist in creating a path to from three to twelve aircraft industry has harnessed the latest The CWC World LNG Summit cal education and to encourage areas of our Social Responsibility future success for these talented under Execujet’s Scandinavian technologies for shale fracking in brings together over 500 indus- young Qataris in invention and program. With this sponsorship students,” he said. Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC). the USA, it may witness another try professionals from all over innovation agreement, we are engaging in Abdulla Shams said: “Support In his new role Resting’s pri- shift with the growing possibility the world. This is RasGas’ ninth Oxy Qatar’s President and a partnership with a key edu- such as this makes the school mary responsibility is to ensure of gas production from methane consecutive participation in the General Manager, Stephen Kelly, cational institution in Qatar. more effective in our contribu- the safe operation of Qatar hydrates. annual event for which it is also a and principal of QITS, Abdulla This partnership has the poten- tion to the National Vision 2030.” Executive’s aircraft. “The need for clean gas gold sponsor. THE PENINSULA Shams, signed the agreement. tial to enhance the skill base THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Qafac to sponsor Aspire4Sports

DOHA: Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited (Qafac) will sponsor Aspire4Sports event as part of its commitment to the Qatari community through a programme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and to encourage sports activities among locals of all ages. “At Qatar Fuel Additives Company, we encourage social and sports activities in Qatar through our support for the Qatari Youth and associations. Qafac con- tributes to snooker, billiards, cricket, basketball, badminton and football,” said Nasser Jeham Al Kuwari General Manager of Qafac. “We also participate in local and international rally racing using our own rally car driven by Qafac officials and its rally car at the Aspire4Sports exhibition. Abdullah Al Kuwari, who is sup- ported by our company. Abdullah Al Kuwari has achieved a series presence of its driver Abdullah Al Qatari joint stock company to of victories in previous rally races Kuwari. build, own and operate facilities at and he aspires to achieve more. Abdullah Al Kuwari first par- Mesaieed industrial city in Qatar We are delighted to encourage ticipated in the Qatar rally in for the production of Methanol this ambition as part of our con- 2000 and took his passion for and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether tinued commitment to sports and driving from his father who was (MTBE) for sale to customers athletes in the state of Qatar,” Al the first Qatari rally driver in worldwide. QAFAC plant pro- Kuwari said. 1974, and the first Qatari to win duces 983,330 TPA of Methanol Qafac rally car was displayed in the National Rally in 1974. and 610,000 TPA of MTBE. Aspire4Sports exhibition with the Qafac was established as a THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Demand for concrete expected to spiral Usage to reach 100m cubic metres in next eight years

DOHA: As a result of several industry players to comply with A number of infrastructure mega infrastructure projects the required Qatari building contracts have been awarded in Qatar Petroleum officials who took part in the 33rd biannual Drilling Operations Incident Review Committee meeting. and other construction activi- standards and specifications.” recent months in Qatar resulting ties, demand for concrete mate- Undersecretary and Chairman in higher construction activity. rials in Qatar is expected to of Qatar Standards, Ministry of Business Monitor International reach at least 100 million cubic Environment, Dr Mohamed Saif (BMI) revealed its latest report metres (mcm) over the next Al Kuwari, delivered the keynote predicting that 2013-2022 aver- QP hosts incident review committee meeting eight years, said a statement speech where he talked about age real GDP growth for Qatar yesterday issued by Advanced sustainability in the construc- is at eight percent a year. The DOHA: Qatar Petroleum Operations Manager - Drilling participants have a duty to share Construction and Technology tion sector and its important role report added that the country’s (QP) recently hosted the 33rd of QP, Talib Abdulla Al Mehana the knowledge gained in their Services (ACTS), a consulting towards achieving Qatar Vision spending on infrastructure is biannual Drilling Operations Al Murri. Major operators and organizations’ operations to help firm. 2030. expected to reach around $150bn Incident Review Committee contractors in Qatar’s oil and provide a safe and secure work This came from the fourth This annual event, regarded over the next decade, owing to (DOIRC) meeting, which was gas industry participated in the environment for everyone. edition of the international ‘The as the centrepiece capability- the massive preparations for the held to review and discuss the meeting. He also highlighted the Future Concrete 2013’ conference building activity for the industry World Cup hosting and in line health, safety and environ- The DOIRC meeting focused on efforts initiated by QP’s Drilling organised by ACTS, a leading players, is designed to provide with Qatar Vision 2030. mental (HSE) issues related to sharing the lessons learned from Department to promote an HSE organisation in the field of con- the latest technical expertise to Other speakers at the confer- drilling operations. recent incidents as part of efforts culture within the corporation’s struction materials and geotech- address the construction con- ence included Nadim Wehbe, The meeting, which was held to continuously enhance HSE ini- employees and its contractors’ nical engineering, which opened cerns and challenges of the future. Professor at South Dakota on November 13 at the Doha tiatives within the sector. staff. here yesterday. The conference tackled key State University, USA; Dr Jerzy Marriott Hotel, was chaired by Al Murri emphasised that the THE PENINSULA Khaled Awad, Chairman of issues on industry developments Zemajtis, Senior Engineer at the ACTS, said: “Expected demand across key regional markets, with American Concrete Institute on concrete in Qatar alone is at focus on Qatar infrastructure. ACI, USA; Dr Khaled Hassan, least 100mcm in the next eight While the region continues to Regional Manager at Transport Qatargas delivers QATARI MARKET years. This is a very important experience growth in the con- Research Laboratory (TRL) Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P indicator about the growth of struction industry, Qatar has Qatar; Dr Alaa Hassanein, Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 101.88 0.22 % Aa2 AA large scale construction projects been leading the way, exhibiting a Technical Manager at cargo to China’s Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.13 1.46 % Aa2 AA undergoing in Qatar, which also bullish outlook given its phenom- CH2MHILL company, USA and represents a major challenge for enal activity in the sector. others. THE PENINSULA new LNG terminal Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.13 2.53 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 113.00 2.93 % Aa2 AA DUBAI: Qatargas deliv- Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 107.25 3.47 % Aa2 AA ered the first commission- Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 155.00 4.87 % Aa2 AA No property bubble in Dubai ing cargo of liquefied natural Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.25 5.25 % Aa2 AA gas (LNG) to China's new Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 107.75 5.22 % Aa2 AA Tangshan LNG terminal on Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.25 0.93 % Aa2 AA November 15, the company said yesterday. Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.63 3.22 % Aa2 AA China faces possible sup- Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 103.88 1.05 % A1 A- ply shortages as the cold- Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.75 2.22 % A1 A- est months of December and QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.38 1.49 % NR NR January draw near, according QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.27 % Aa3 A+ to its top planning agency, the QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.88 2.14 % Aa3 A+ National Development and Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.24 % A2 A- Reform Commission. Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.38 1.47 % A2 A It usually takes more than one cargo to commission an Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.50 3.05 % A2 A LNG terminal, but the delivery Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 106.50 3.72 % A2 A of the first suggests it should be Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 101.88 4.79 % A2 A ready to boost China's gas sup- Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 103.88 0.95 % Aa3 A ply security this winter. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.00 3.25 % Aa3 A "The commissioning of Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.25 3.91 % Aa3 A PetroChina's Tangshan Caofeidian LNG terminal SOVEREIGNS will help meet the growing Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P demand," Khalid Bin Khalifa Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 101.88 0.52 % Aa2 AA Al-Thani, the Qatargas Chief Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 123.38 2.13 % Aa2 AA Executive, said in a statement. Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.75 1.92 % NR NR Qatargas also delivered the first commissioning cargo to Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.88 2.80 % NR NR China's new Zhuhai LNG ter- Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.63 4.41 % NR NR An advertising sign for a real estate company reading “Keep Calm There’s no Bubble” is seen on a building minal on October 24. Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 110.63 4.90 % NR NR in the Marina district of Dubai yesterday. REUTERS Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.63 0.87 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 112.75 3.48 % NR BBB Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 102.88 4.97 % NR BBB Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 92.25 7.28 % Caa1 B- Abu Dhabi’s Aldar picks Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 102.38 4.10 % NR BBB- Libya resumes oil exports *Periodic Distribution Amount IMPORTANT NOTE: Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which banks for sukuk sale is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services as Mellitah protests end Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary ABU DHABI: Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi’s largest data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising LONDON/TRIPOLI: out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not Oil exports capacity because exports were blocked. property developer, has hired five banks to arrange take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds from Libya’s western Mellitah port The field has a capacity of 130,000 bpd the sale of a benchmark-sized Islamic bond, or sukuk, can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant have resumed after protests ended, but has not been producing at its full to refinance debt, three banking sources aware of the liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not allowing a large oilfield to ramp up capacity since before the latest outage. matter said. a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and production and providing some res- Harari was not able to say whether The proposed bond sale would be Aldar’s first since it consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. pite from a crisis that has crippled its a lasting agreement had been reached completed its Abu Dhabi government-backed merger with economy. with the protesters at Mellitah. NOC is Sorouh Real Estate in June to create the second-largest Most of Libya’s oil facilities have been not leading the negotiations to end the listed property firm in the UAE and one of the biggest in closed since the end of July as disparate various blockades. the Middle East, with assets of $13bn. REUTERS groups demanding political rights and The Amazigh are demanding that benefits have put pressure on the gov- their language rights be guaranteed by ernment, helping support the price of the constitution. crude oil on global markets. Disruptions to oil exports have dealt a In the latest bout of unrest, members heavy blow to the Libyan economy. The of the Amazigh minority, also known as International Monetary Fund has esti- Berbers, seized the Mellitah complex, mated the economy would shrink by 5.1 operated by Italy’s Eni and state-owned percent in 2013. National Oil Corp. (NOC), and halted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who is fac- gas and oil exports. ing blockades at oil facilities around the A spokesman for NOC said yesterday country and opposition from Islamists in the protesters had left Mellitah three parliament, has warned that the govern- days ago and that loadings had resumed ment will struggle to cover its budget but that there was no breakthrough at unless the oil industry is allowed to other facilities. operate. “The situation there (Mellitah) is now The southern El Sharara field, which normal, and we are operating as normal,” supplies crude for export at Zawiya ter- spokesman Mohammed Al Harari said. minal and for the 120,000 bpd Zawiya “There have been no protesters in the refinery, remained blocked on Tuesday, port since Saturday, but I cannot guar- Harari said. antee that they will not return. As long There were no crude oil tankers left as there are no protesters in the complex waiting at Zawiya, although some oil and we can operate safely, we will.” product tankers remained, AIS Live Shipping sources and ship tracking tracking showed. data showed that the LR2 Poseidon had The Zawiya protesters are former loaded crude from Mellitah on Monday. rebels who helped topple Muammar Another tanker, the Stealth Haralambos, Gaddafi two years ago and now demand was loading at the terminal yesterday, better benefits and medical treatment, trading sources and tracking showed. oil officials have said. If that tanker loads successfully, then The government’s efforts to resolve El Feel, the second-largest oilfield in the the oil blockades are complicated by the west of Libya, will resume producing the fact that the protesters at different ports volumes it was pumping before the latest and fields have a range of demands. stoppage, Harari said. Libya said last month it planned to “Starting tomorrow, we expect it to be increase oil workers’ pay by 67 percent getting back over 80,000 barrels per day and build two oil refineries in the east (bpd),” he said. and the south to address grievances, Libya cut output at El Feel last week which have shut much of its 1.25m bpd as storage tanks at Mellitah reached exports for several months. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Nokia shareholders say ‘yes’ to Microsoft deal End of the road for iconic mobile handset brand

HELSINKI: Nokia sharehold- at the brokers Sanford Bernstein too small to relaunch,” said Eric ers voted yesterday overwhelm- said. Beaudet, an analyst at Natixis ingly in favour of selling the The sale of the assets, which bank. company’s mobile business to include the Lumia smartphone “Nokia has good products but US software giant Microsoft trademark and technology, must that’s not enough. Their problem in an attempt to reinvent the take place in early 2014. Once the is their fixed costs are too high, once-proud Finnish telecoms world leader in mobile phones, which means they need 10 percent titan. Nokia lost its top place to South of the world smartphone market According to Nokia — which Korea’s Samsung in 2012. to be profitable. At the moment will now become a telecom equip- Although still number two in they have less than half that.” ment and services company — the the overall mobile phone market The company’s acting chief deal was almost unanimously with a 13.8 percent market share executive Risto Siilasmaa, said approved (99.7 percent) by a in the third quarter of the year — the decision was an emotional one majority of shareholders voting ahead of US giant Apple (6.7 per- but unavoidable. ahead of an extraordinary meet- cent) — Nokia is still far behind “We are anyway convinced ing in Helsinki. Samsung (25.7 percent) and that having continued with the The “yes” vote was expected ranks eighth in the fast growing old strategy would in all likeli- Participants of the Nokia Extraordinary General meeting in Helsinki, Finland, yesterday. and analysts have judged the smartphone (Internet enabled) hood have led to big difficulties deal as positive for the ailing market, according to technology for Nokia, its shareholders and Finnish firm. Nokia’s share price consultancy Gartner. employees,” he said. positioned well on the smartphone embracing its Windows operat- fast-changing technology sector has doubled since the plan was The deal spells the end of the Yesterday was also an oppor- market at the time of the technol- ing system. following a series of losses: ¤1.2bn announced in early September once iconic Nokia branded mobile tunity for shareholders to discuss ogy’s infancy in 2004 and 2005, The move did not pay off. in 2011, ¤3.1bn in 2012 and ¤590m with Microsoft agreeing to pay handsets, which have experienced the string of failures that brought but when it took off in 2007-2008, Nokia’s profits fell precipitously in the first nine months of 2013. ¤5.44bn ($7.35bn) for the loss- a spectacular fall in sales since the Finnish group to its knees. the company’s products were not under Elop, who resigned on the Microsoft will be left with the making company’s mobile phone the arrival of Apple’s touchscreen It’s a long story, as detailed in up to par. same day in September that the challenge of making the Lumia division. “It’s an excellent deal. It’s iPhone in 2007. former CEO Jorma Ollila’s auto- In 2011, a general manager sale to Microsoft was announced. smartphone profitable but with hard to imagine a better price for “For Nokia shareholders it’s a biography, which was published headhunted from Microsoft, Nokia shareholders who voted $80bn (¤59bn) in reserves to a division experiencing structural good price because this business in October. Stephen Elop, chose to part- for the sale hope for a return to fall back on it has some scope to losses,” Pierre Ferragu, an analyst is loss making and Nokia was According to Olilla, Nokia was ner with the American group, profits and a new start in the invest. AFP French PM promises to overhaul tax as anger mounts European PARIS: French Prime Minister The move was welcomed by become very complex, almost details, but said the reform would percent for the standard rate and car market Jean-Marc Ayrault, facing a unions but business groups were unreadable, and the French too not lead to further tax increases. from seven to 10 percent for the growing tide of anger over tax wary and the centre-right opposi- often are not convinced that what He suggested that one of the lev- reduced rate — has drawn criti- rises, vowed yesterday to over- tion called the plan “surreal”. they are paying is fair,” Ayrault ies used to fund social and wel- cism from small businesses who shows signs haul the fiscal system. It was unclear how far the gov- told business newspaper Les Echos fare spending, the CSG, could be fear it will cut consumption. Ayrault, who heads a left-wing ernment would be willing to go, in an interview. combined with general income The government has come of recovery government under strong pres- after President Francois Hollande “The time has come for an taxes, and said the government under concerted fire for plans sure on several fronts, prom- earlier this month vowed to stick overhaul, in all transparency,” he would not back away from an for wide-ranging tax rises that ised widespread consultations by his economic policies following said, promising a “profound dia- increase in value added tax due along with major spending cuts PARIS: The European Union on how the tax regime should be a credit downgrade. logue” with trade unions and busi- to take effect on January 1. That are aimed at reducing France’s car market showed signs of reformed. “The French tax system has ness groups. Ayrault provided few increase — from 19.6 percent to 20 budget deficit. AFP recovery for the second month running in October when sales rose by 4.7 percent, trade data showed yesterday. This was the biggest increase since September 2011 and meant that in the month slightly more than a million new vehicles were registered in the 27 coun- tries of the European Union, excluding Malta. The data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association showed a second monthly increase after a rise of 5.4 per- cent in September, on a 12-month comparison. Most of the big car makers active in Europe benefited from the rise of sales in October. However, the data showed that in the first 10 months of the year, sales of new cars in the European Union fell by 3.1 percent by com- parison with sales in the same period of last year. A total of slightly fewer than 10 million cars A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York. were registered. Sales over 10 months were driven mainly by a 10.2-percent rise in Britain, where the Bank of US reaches $13bn mortgage England said last week that eco- nomic recovery was now firmly in place, and with help from a settlement with JPMorgan 1.1-percent rise in Spain. But sales fell by 5.2 percent in NEW YORK CITY: US regu- settlement comes on the heels of Germany, by 7.4 percent in France lators have reached a $13bn set- earlier settlements totalling into and by 8.0 percent in Italy. tlement with JPMorgan Chase the billions in other mortgage Recent growth data for the to resolve numerous suits alleg- violations, manipulation of the eurozone shows that recovery in ing poor mortgage practices, a electricity market and poor gov- the zone, which recently emerged person familiar with the matter ernance and investor disclosures from recession, is still unsteady. said yesterday. related to the large “London Sales by the biggest European The settlement, the latest in whale” trading loss. auto maker, Volkswagen of a string of agreements over alle- JPMorgan’s negotiations with Germany, rose by 5.8 percent in gations the largest US bank by the Justice Department began October. assets misled investors on mort- in earnest last spring, after But French group PSA Peugeot gages, includes $4bn in relief for Justice Department lawyers in Citroen, the second-biggest consumers and $2bn in penalties California reached a prelimi- European auto maker which is related to mortgage practices in nary conclusion that the bank restructuring to recover from California, the person said. had violated US civil laws. The deep financial problems, suffered The deal also includes a previ- Justice Department had looked another setback with sales falling ously announced JPMorgan set- into mortgage bonds the bank 0.9 percent in the month. tlement with the Federal Housing sold from 2005 through 2007, the Sales by French group Renault Finance Agency to settle claims company disclosed in August. increased by 14.8 percent with JPMorgan misled investors on the Government lawyers had pre- sales under the Renault brand quality of mortgage-backed secu- pared to file a lawsuit against rising 14.1 percent and under its rities sold to Freddie Mac and JPMorgan in September, and low-cost Dacia brand 16.8 percent. Fannie Mae. JPMorgan agreed to scheduled a news conference to Sales by the Italian car maker pay $4bn to settle claims related announce it. Fiat fell by 7.3 percent. to mortgage-backed securities But they cancelled it at the last The US group General Motors, and $1.1bn on claims about single- minute as JPMorgan reached out which has an alliance with family mortgages. to government officials to discuss Peugeot, raised sales by 6.5 per- The settlement is also expected a settlement. cent and Ford increased its sales to resolve separate suits against The settlement is the most by 0.8 percent. JPMorgan by California, New significant action to come out of In Spain where the government York and other states. a task force the Obama admin- is renewing a bonus scheme for the JPMorgan in October reported istration created in January scrapping of old cars, they jumped a rare quarterly loss after tak- 2012, years after the height of by 34.4 percent, in Germany by ing a $9.2bn charge for increased the financial crisis, to probe the 2.3 percent, in France 2.6 percent legal expenses. packaging and sale of shoddy and in Britain by 4.0 percent. The Justice Department home loans. AFP/REUTERS AFP WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

US regulations hinder Patent trolls spell trouble Bitcoin’s growth for America’s economy BY JERRY BRITO BY CURT BRAMBLE across the country, including two nonprofit, Technology Research Institute (ITRI) cur- f the United States does not foster a reasonable regulatory telling them that they violated a patent if rently owns over 18,000 US patents. While environment for Bitcoin, the country might soon lose its head ur nation’s founders incorpo- they used a type of scanner typically found some GSPTs eschew protectionist impulses, start in what could be the next great technological revolu- rated the concept of individ- on office copiers. Providing no specific others take a more nationalist approach. Ition. That’s the message policymakers should hear today ual property rights into the evidence of patent infringement, MPHJ The French patent troll France Brevets has and tomorrow when the US Senate holds hearings on the virtual Constitution because they knew demanded $900 to $1,200 per employee for a stated plans to “defend the rights of their currency. that these rights spur innova- license to use the patent. Patent trolls have patents” and invest in intellectual property While Bitcoin is an international phenomenon, the United Otion and help promote economic growth. such troubling implications for America’s to help French companies monetise their States has been central to its growth to date. Bitcoin’s lead However, patent assertion entities (PAEs), economy that they have caught the atten- technology, favouring its nation’s companies developer, Gavin Andresen, is an American based in the United otherwise known as “patent trolls,” inhibit tion of the White House, which in June over foreign competitors. States, as is the Bitcoin Foundation that employs him. The most the innovation and economic growth that published a report detailing the impact. But even those patent trolls that do not innovative startups building out Bitcoin’s infrastructure are also patents typically foster. Even more alarming, According to the report, in 2011 alleged embrace protectionism are extensions of US-based. These include the merchant services provider Bitpay with the creation of government-sponsored infringers paid patent trolls $29bn for an their respective governments, and can take in Atlanta, backed by PayPal founder and early Facebook investor patent trolls (GSPTs) patent trolls have estimated loss of wealth of $300bn over the advantage of that government’s regulatory Peter Thiel, and the consumer-friendly wallet service Coinbase gone global. previous four years. preferences and financial resources. There in Silicon Valley, backed by early Twitter funders Union Square Patent trolls, which can either be compa- In response to these losses, on Oct 23, are a number of trade remedies the US Ventures. nies or government-sponsored organisations, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob could employ to discourage international But Bitcoin’s centre of gravity is beginning to shift. Earlier are entities that buy large patent portfo- Goodlatte (R-Va) introduced the Innovation patent trolls and defend our economic inter- this year, China became the first country to overtake the United lios. These tactics are aggressive and often Act, a bill that would update the American ests. The US government could resurrect States in downloads of the Bitcoin client software, and since unethical, and the suits rarely have the evi- Invents Act to better protect legal patent a previously-tabled proposal to enhance China’s dominant search engine, Baidu, began accepting Bitcoins dence needed to win at trial. Defendants holders. The bill would allow the manufac- transparency requirements for state-owned for services, demand has skyrocketed. prevail in 92 percent of adjudicated patent turer or supplier of a product to intervene enterprises at the next round of Trans- BTC China, the main exchange there, recently became the troll-initiated lawsuits. Unfortunately, 86 on behalf of customers who find themselves Pacific Partnership negotiations. It could largest in the world, accounting for 35 percent of all Bitcoin percent of these suits settle out of court targeted by a patent troll. It would also insist on similar transparency requirements trades. Even more important than losing market share, the United because patent trolls tend to target smaller deter frivolous lawsuits by requiring the los- with the European Union. These require- States may also be losing mindshare. The Bitcoin Foundation is companies and end users, which can rarely ing party to pay the other party’s legal fees. ments would allow US businesses to dis- reportedly considering moving its headquarters overseas, and afford the lengthy litigation associated with The bill has bipartisan support, with spon- tinguish state-owned enterprises (SOEs), citing regulatory concerns, startups are beginning to avoid the these types of suits. sors and cosponsors ranging from Virginia’s including state-owned patent trolls, from United States. For example, Innovatio IP, a notorious Goodlatte and Utah’s Jason Chaffetz to their private counterparts. Once identified For example, Coinfloor, a newly launched Bitcoin exchange in patent troll in Illinois, claimed its portfolio Peter DeFazio of Oregon. as state-owned, the patent trolls would be London has gone so far as to bar American customers. More vis- included patents covering Wi-Fi implemen- Government-Sponsored Patent Trolls, subject to more restrictions than a private ibly, the world’s first Bitcoin ATM went into service last month tation. It started filing lawsuits against large in countries such as France, South Korea company like Google or Apple. to much media fanfare but in Vancouver, British Columbia. As franchises such as Cosi, Caribou and Panera, and Taiwan, also collect patent portfo- With high US unemployment and the glo- Jordan Kelley, CEO of the company that manufactured the ATM, and then sued small mom-and-pop coffee lios while creating nothing. What distin- bal economy growing at an anaemic rate, explained to Wired, “The regulations right now in the United shops throughout Illinois. guishes them from domestic patent trolls using trade remedies to counter domestic States are a pretty decent barrier to entry for any operator.” In another case, the patent troll MPHJ is the financial backing of a national gov- and international patent trolls is a way to The regulations in question include federal anti-money laun- Technology Investments sent letters to hun- ernment and the potential for protection- strengthen innovation and create jobs. dering and terrorist financing rules, as well as the cumbersome dreds of small and medium-sized businesses ism. One Taiwanese GSPT called Industrial REUTERS state-by-state licensing of money transmitters. Federal rules require that money transmitters register with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen), implement anti-money-laundering programmes, keep records of their customers, and report suspicious transactions and other data. In March, Fincen issued guidance that these rules apply to virtual currency businesses. State regulations are more onerous since virtual currency startups may have to complete a laborious licensing process in each of 48 states and the District of Columbia before they can even open for business. Indeed, it’s not just Bitcoin businesses, but all money trans- mitters that are being hampered by stricter regulation. Shares of Western Union, the largest money transmitter in the United States, plummeted 12 percent last month after it reported in its third-quarter earnings call that it expects higher compliance- related expenses in 2014, because it is “subject to increasingly strict legal and regulatory requirements”. In contrast to the US’s regulate-first-and-ask-questions-later approach toward Bitcoin, other countries are taking a more delib- erate wait-and-see path. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority told Coinfloor that it has no plans to regulate Bitcoin exchanges, allowing it to launch unencumbered. And Fincen’s Canadian coun- terpart, Fintrac, has similarly assured various Bitcoin businesses that they are not subject to money transmitter regulations. Going a step further, the Canada Revenue Agency, earlier this month issued a statement clarifying the tax treatment of Bitcoin. Law enforcement and regulators in the United States certainly have an interest in ensuring that criminals don’t take advantage of the latest technology, but it is foolhardy to meet that goal by hampering all uses of the technology, including legitimate ones. Pursuing an aggressive regulatory path on Bitcoin could mean ceding the US’s head start in what could be a disruptive industry to countries like China, Canada and the UK, all of which seem to be taking a more laissez faire approach. Not only could regulators forfeit Bitcoin’s potential economic benefits, but if Bitcoin startups begin to make their home overseas, law enforcement might lose the visibility into transactions they seek. That’s why the path best forward, which confronts risks while ensuring that the United States can reap Bitcoin’s potential, is to allow the Bitcoin network and its surrounding infrastructure develop in the United States by ensuring that entrepreneurs can easily comply with existing regulation. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Yellens: It is imperative to promote a strong recovery ast week, markets trans- its 6-week low of 1.5904, and Speaking about the ongoing QE UK unemployment rate fell to JPY400.0bn. The surplus jumped lated Vice Chairman closing for the week near 1.6140. programme, Yellen said the Fed’s 7.6 percent in the three months 14.3 percent on year. Exports Yellen’s testimony before The strength in the Pound was current USD85bn per month to September, bringing it closer jumped 12.0 percent to JPY5.717tr Lthe Senate Banking attributed to the Bank of England asset purchasing programme to the 7 percent level at which following the 14.1 percent increase Committee as broadly dovish. Governor Mark Carney upbeat could not continue forever and the Bank of England will con- in the previous month. Imports Yellen avoided providing any assessment of the UK economy, Weekly Money Market Review that the Federal Reserve was sider raising interest rates. The spiked an annual 18.2 percent to specific guidance as to when the leaving open the possibility of an monitoring and assessing risks Sterling Pound was well bid after JPY6.592tr after climbing 16.4 Federal Open Market Committee interest rate hike earlier than carefully, adding that the commit- the Bank of England updated its percent a month prior. Moreover, would start the tapering proc- previously thought, due to a faster than expected in September tee is looking for signs of growth growth, inflation, and unemploy- the Bank of Japan said that total ess. However, several elements improvement in the labour and reaching a four month high, as to promote robust recovery. ment forecasts, stating that they bank lending, excluding trusts, of her testimony stood out, she housing markets. The US Dollar imports rose to their highest level The Eurozone economy slowed now estimate unemployment was up 2.3 percent on year in noted that it was important not rose to a two-month highs against in almost a year and exports fell sharply in the third quarter, the has a better than even chance of October, standing at JPY407.75tr. to remove policy accommoda- the Japanese Yen to 100.43 after for a third consecutive month, Gross Domestic Product of the reaching the 7 percent threshold. That was in line with forecasts tion while the economy is still in Japanese Finance Minister Taro suggesting lower growth in the seventeen-country group grew by British house prices rose at and up from the 2.2 percent gain a fragile state and she observed told a parliamentary committee, third quarter. The trade gap just 0.1 percent in the third quar- their fastest rate in 11 years in in September. that the Fed is closely monitoring that Japan no longer faces criti- rose 8.0 percent to USD41.8bn, ter of 2013, marking a slowdown September and sales hit a four- Last week, China’s leaders asset prices for signs of bubbles. cism from other major economies, the largest since May. The data from an expansion of 0.3 percent year high, pointing to a sustained unveiled a series of reforms aimed The Euro currency fell against and that its “Abenomics” stimulus came well above market expecta- in the second quarter. The latest recovery in the housing market at overhauling its economy over its US dollar counterpart after policies are aimed at intentionally tion of a 39bn US Dollar deficit. data signals that the Eurozone sector. The house price index the next decade. In a statement the ECB governor Peter Praet weakening the Yen. The United States Jobless claims could be sliding back towards jumped to 54, its highest level issued after a closed-door summit, stated that, “if our mandate is at Last week the European fell slightly last week, suggesting recession after it had pulled out since 2002 and well above the they promised the free market risk we are going to take all the Government Bonds Rallied, and that the labour market recovery of an eighteenth-month stretch of reading of 45 predicted by ana- would play a bigger role. The Third measures that we think we should the difference between the US remained sluggish. Initial Jobless negative growth. The ECB cut its lysts. Prime Minister Cameron Plenum talks began in Beijing on take to fulfil that mandate”. This Treasuries 5-year and 10-year claims for state unemployment benchmarked rate to a record low said yesterday, that more than Friday, and ended early today with raised the prospect of the ECB notes yields widened to the most benefits fell by 2,000 applicants of 0.25 percent this month to fight 2,000 homebuyers obtained mort- a brief statement outlining areas adopting negative interest rates in more than 2-years as Federal to a seasonally adjusted 339,000. low inflation and create growth. gages through the mortgage to that had been agreed on. or buying assets from banks. The Reserve Chairman nominee Janet The Federal Reserve Chairman Last week, the UK inflation lending scheme in the first month It is widely expected that the Euro regained after Yellen’s com- Yellen told congress she will nominee, Janet Yellen testified at unexpectedly fell to its lowest rate since the government guarantee reforms could carry enormous ments, to touch a high of 1.3505. prompt the Feds unprecedented a confirmation hearing before for more than a year in October, was introduced, with most of importance. A more complete The single currency then closed stimulus programme until eco- the Senate Banking Committee reassuring the Bank of England those as first-time buyers. list of changes to the economy the week at 1.3496. nomic growth is stronger. last week. Yellen stated that that it has plenty of time to allow Japans current account surplus and the social sector is expected The Pound was well bid against The trade deficit in the it is “imperative” to promote the economy to strengthen before came at JPY587.3bn in September, to be released in the coming days. the US Dollar, recovering from United States widened more a strong economic recovery. it starts raises interest rates. beating market expectation of THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Investor caution ends global share rally Dollar holds steady; gold and oil edge lower

LONDON: World shares fell S&P 500 retreated from record index of Asia-Pacific shares out- yesterday as concern that levels near the close of trading. side Japan by 0.1 percent to add to the recent stock rally has Stock index futures pointed to a Monday’s 1.4 percent rally. been overdone grew after the mixed session later. The dollar held steady yester- OECD cut its global economic MSCI’s world equity index, day caught between talk the US forecasts, while doubt over tracking shares in 45 countries, central bank could keep its easy when the Federal Reserve may followed the tone set by Wall policy stance until March next trim its stimulus supported the Street and edged down 0.2 per- year, and some optimistic com- dollar. cent, backing away from Monday’s ments on the economy by two top In its latest snapshot of eco- 6-year peak. Fed officials that may mean an nomic activity, the Paris-based In Europe, the worries about earlier move. Organisation for Economic high share values amid a gen- William Dudley, president Cooperation and Development erally weak quarterly earnings of the Federal Reserve Bank (OECD) cut its 2014 forecast for season and signs of a fragile eco- of New York and one of the global economic growth to 3.6 nomic recovery left the broad staunchest supporters of the percent from the 4.0 percent it FTSEurofirst 300 index was 0.6 Fed’s easy-money policies, cited saw in May. percent lower by late morning, off labour market improvements and Equity investors are concerned from a 5-year peak. stronger-than-expected growth in that the recent rally, driven by “Pan-European multiples are the third quarter as positive signs the loose policies of major cen- close to multi-year highs. That for the US economic recovery. tral banks, has far outpaced the means markets are no longer The mere hint that a December underlying economic improve- cheap and we need to see some tapering is still possible was ment, leaving share prices ripe earnings improvement to war- enough to keep the dollar index for a sharp fall. rant higher equity prices,” said steady against six other major “From our perspective we’re Gerhard Schwarz, head of equity currencies at 80.83, though still getting close to selling into strategy at Baader Bank. not far from Monday’s low of this strength,” said Wouter A strong reading on German 80.565. Against the yen, the dol- A screen shows a chart of the Spanish IBEX 35 at the Madrid Stock Exchange, yesterday. Sturkenboom, investment strat- analyst and investor sentiment lar had fallen just 0.1 percent to egist at fund managers Russel from the ZEW think tank had lit- 99.87 yen. Investments. “I think you’d be tle impact as the positive outlook While the euro eased slightly to this month. Eurozone govern- renewed concerns over when the 1.2 percent on Monday, though hard pressed real money being was offset by a fall in the survey’s be at 1.3490, having hit a 12-day ment bonds moved within nar- US Federal Reserve could begin to silver had edged to a fresh three- willing to go overweight and be current conditions index to a level high of $1.3542 on Monday, row ranges with 10-year German taper its monetary stimulus kept month low of $20.29 an ounce. very confident about it, and that’s below forecasts. extending its recovery after a yields slightly firmer at 1.7 per- prices under pressure, with cop- Brent oil had slipped to near the problem.” Earlier, optimism sparked by sharp drop to two-month low cent, while lower-rated Spanish per trading near a three-month $108 a barrel amid the Fed wor- The sustainability of the cur- China’s bold economic reform of $1.3295 on November 7 in the and Italian yields were little at $6,964 a tonne. ries but it was gaining support rent rally was called into question plans had continued to bolster wake of the European Central changed. Gold inched lower to reach from continuing oil supply dis- on Monday when the Dow and the Asian markets, lifting MSCI’s Bank’s surprise rate cut earlier In commodity markets, the $1,270.55 an ounce after dropping ruption in Libya. REUTERS EasyJet reports sharp rise in profits Monetary policy not

LONDON: British budget scheduled departure time and airline easyJet reported a sharp allocated seating in an attempt source of growth, says rise in annual profit and said to steal corporate customers. it would pay a £175m ($282m) Typically budget airlines have special dividend to shareholders, not given customers a numbered ECB’s chief economist underlining its advantage over seat, resulting in a rush to board larger Irish rival Ryanair. planes. FRANKFURT: Monetary by surprise and Praet revealed EasyJet’s pretax profit rose EasyJet, which recently took policy is not the source of that there had been much dis- 51 percent in the financial year over Flybe’s slots at London’s economic growth, which lies cussion between the council ended September, helped by the Gatwick airport, said it carried in the hands of politicians and members. introduction of allocated seat- 11 million business passengers governments, the European “There was a lot of discussion ing across its routes and strong during the 2012/13 financial year, Central Bank’s chief economist about timing, but not many dif- revenues in many of its European 1 million more than the previous Peter Praet said yesterday. ferences about the analysis,” Praet markets. year. “I will be clear on the limits to said. The move was triggered by Chief Executive Carolyn McCall “We are flattered by what our monetary policy actions,” Praet the ECB’s assessment that infla- said yesterday that the airline, customers say about us and the told a financial congress. tion in the euro area — which hit which carried 61 million passen- An easyJet aircraft prepares to land at Manchester Airport in northern results show the hard yards we “The ultimate source of growth a low of 0.7 percent in October — gers, offered “friendly service so England yesterday. have put in are paying off,” CEO and employment is not monetary would remain very subdued for that we can continue to win in a McCall said. accommodation. It is a competi- some time, Praet said. But it was more competitive market.” However, she warned that tive environment, a highly skilled not based merely on the infla- EasyJet’s upbeat assessment including Spanair and Hungary’s percent higher at 1150 GMT yes- easyJet faces a challenge this workforce and a sound financial tion data for a single month. “We was in contrast to that given by Malev out of business in the last terday, valuing the airline at more winter as rivals add capacity. She system,” Praet said, warning decided that we had sufficient Ryanair, Europe’s biggest budget two years leaving gaps for low- than 5 billion pounds. Ryanair expects European capacity to rise governments not to shirk their information to announce what we airline by passengers, which ear- cost airlines to exploit. was up 1.6 percent. 2 percent in the first half, com- responsibility for solving the euro- did. We didn’t decide on the basis lier this month cut its annual Older traditional airlines Over the last three years Luton, pared with a 4 percent fall last zone’s economic problems. of just one figure,” he insisted. profit target for the second time such as IAG, Air France-KLM southern England-based easyJet year. Earlier this month, the ECB The Organisation for Economic in two months and admitted and Lufthansa, are cutting jobs, has added flights on routes where “EasyJet is setting expectation cut its key interest rate by a quar- Cooperation and Development it needed to improve customer renegotiating staff contracts and rivals have cut back, and intro- for a tougher 2014,” said Jefferies ter of a percentage point to a new said in its latest economic out- service. dropping uncompetitive routes to duced more flights between top analyst Mark Irvine-Fortescue, all-time low of 0.25 percent. look yesterday that the ECB Europe’s airlines are grappling get costs down to similar levels as business destinations. citing increased competition from The move, which was not an should consider extra action to with high fuel costs and weak budget carriers. It has also added flexible ticket- new low-cost carriers looking to unanimous one within the ECB’s ease monetary conditions in the consumer confidence, which Shares in easyJet, which have ing to allow passengers to change expand, such as Norwegian Air decision-making governing coun- eurozone if deflationary pressures have sent some smaller carriers doubled over the last year, were 7 their flight up to two hours before Shuttle and Vueling. REUTERS cil, caught the financial markets increased. AFP

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NHL Results Boston 4 Carolina 1 Aldridge powers Pittsburgh 3 Anaheim 1 Calgary 5 Winnipeg 4 The UAE take on Qatar at the last Nations Cup in Bruins tame Khor Fakkan in Portland to win this file picture of the Hurricanes 2012. The inaugu- NEW YORK CITY: LaMarcus Meanwhile, the Los Angeles ral Qatar Nations Aldridge had 27 points and eight Lakers who have made a better RALEIGH: Reilly Smith and Cup will take place rebounds and the Portland Trail start to this season than many Carl Soderberg had a goal and from today at the Blazers shook off early struggles had expected in the absence of an assist each in the first period, Corniche. Monday to beat the Brooklyn Kobe Bryant, there is no question and the Boston Bruins beat Nets 108-98 and win their sev- that their 15-time All-Star shoot- the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 enth consecutive NBA game. ing guard has been sorely missed. yesterday. Wesley Matthews added 24 The Lakers have lurched Johnny Boychuk scored mid- points for Portland while Damian between a few surprising wins, way through the third period, Lillard contributed 19 points and most notably against the Los and Milan Lucic added an empty- nine assists and Mo Williams Angeles Clippers and Houston net goal for Boston, which has 11 added 12 points off the bench for Rockets, and several disappoint- points in its last seven games the Trail Blazers, who improved ing losses, where they suffered (5-1-1). Tuomo Ruutu scored his to 9-2. due to the lack of a dominating first goal of the season with 4.8 The Nets scored on 19 of their presence in the final quarter. seconds left in the opening period. Qatar Nations Cup first 20 possessions on the way Bryant is widely regarded as Boston killed four Carolina to a 40-31 lead after the first one of the greatest closers in power plays, including 63 seconds quarter, but Portland’s defend- the game and his teammates are when the Bruins were down two ers clamped down after that and eagerly awaiting the return of skaters. They haven’t allowed Brooklyn shot only 22 percent the ‘Black Mamba,’ who has been a power-play goal in 32 short- (9-of-41) from the floor in the sidelined since mid-April with a handed situations since giving up kicks off today second half. torn left Achilles’ tendon. goals on five consecutive power Shaun Livingston, who started “He’s so intelligent that he plays in October. Carolina has his second straight game for helps guys get in the right spots scored only one goal in its last Seven countries vie for top honours in Doha injured Deron Williams, led and makes the game a lot easier 21 power plays. The Hurricanes Brooklyn with 23 points. not only for myself but for the played their first game since Kevin Garnett, in his 19th whole team,” backup shooting October 24 with Cam Ward in DOHA: The Qatar Marine head of formula racing at the NBA campaign, made his first six guard Jodie Meeks told reporters. net. Ward, who missed 10 games Sports Federation (QMSF) 2013 Grand Prix of Qatar Marine Sports Federation shots but finished 8-for-19 from “He’s been in the league for because of a leg injury, made 27 plays host to a double-header of Qatar (QMSF), which runs under the the field, finishing 16 points and almost 20 years, he knows it all saves. He rebounded from a rough thrilling marine sports activity presidency of Sheikh Hassan bin eight rebounds for the Nets, who inside and out. He’s the alpha dog. start in which he gave up two Today’s Schedule this weekend, when it hosts the Jabor Al Thani. “Our policy at the fell to 3-7. He tells everybody where to go, goals on Boston’s first four shots. fourth round of the 2013 UIM 10.00 – 10.45 Nations Cup drivers’ QMSF is to encourage local tal- gets everyone in the right spots Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots F1 H20 World Championship briefing ent and get as many local drivers NBA Results and gives everyone confidence.” for Boston. Smith gave Boston an and the inaugural Qatar Nations 11.00 – 12.00 Nations Cup free into the sport as possible. I am Portland 108 Brooklyn 98 Bryant was given full medical early lead with a power-play goal Cup on Doha Bay. practice sure that Khalid and Mohammed Chicago 86 Charlotte 81 clearance to resume all basketball 2:31 into the game. Loui Eriksson While attention will focus on 14.00 – 15.00 Nations Cup free will perform well and use this Oklahoma City 115 Denver 113 activities over the weekend and passed to Soderberg, who found the F1 H20 racing on Friday and practice opportunity to achieve success Dallas 97 Philadelphia 94 the 35-year-old certainly gave his Smith in front for a one-timer that Saturday and the battle between for Qatar.” teammates a welcome boost when got past Ward for his third goal. Venue: Corniche Golden State 98 Utah 87 Qatar’s table-topping drivers, Alex Brazil, Brunei, Finland, he joined them on Saturday for Soderberg redirected a shot by Carella and Shaun Torrente - and by Mercury and we are ready to Hungary, Malaysia, Qatar, Memphis 106 LA Clippers 102 several practice drills.AGENCIES defenseman Dennis Seidenberg the likes of Sami Selio, Philippe go. Logistically we could not run a Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South to put Boston ahead 2-0 midway Chiappe and Thani Al Qamzi - Nations Cup at every race venue, Africa and the UAE have reg- through the first period. the first ever Qatar Nations Cup but we are delighted to be here in istered teams in the past and Since the 2010-11 season, the will take centre stage today and Doha for the first Qatar Nations the UAE won the previous Memphis Bruins are 100-6-6 in games in tomorrow. Cup.” two Nations Cups, courtesy of Grizzlies’ which they have a two-goal lead. The Nations Cup format was Italy, Lebanon, Qatar, UAE, Ahmed Al-Hameli and Majed Al point guard The Hurricanes netted their the brainchild of H2O Racing and Norway, Russia and Saudi Arabia Mansoori in Singapore and Al Mike Conley only goal when a pass from has already worked successfully will be represented at the inaugu- Mansoori and Rashed Al Tayer (right) drives Eric Staal went off the skate of in Singapore in 2011 and Khor ral Qatar Nations Cup this week. in Khor Fakkan. to the bas- Boston’s Patrice Bergeron and Fakkan in 2012. Up to four drivers are selected The emphasis in Nations Cups ket past caromed to Ruutu, who nudged “The Qatar Team was very to represent their country and is on racing for a country and not Los Angeles the puck past Rask. Meanwhile, competitive at the last two they take part in free practice ses- individual glory. Match races take Clippers’ Pittsburgh Penguins edged past Nations Cups and the QMSF sions, timed trials and a series of on a knockout format with points point guard Anaheim Ducks 3-1 yesterday. was keen to have a Nations Cup match races on Thursday, before awarded for each race and the Darren Penguins coach Dan Bylsma race in Doha,” enthused Nations further practice and sprint races winners eventually progressing shuffled the lines in search of a Collison dur- Cup promoter Casimiro Di San on Friday. to the final. There is also a pair spark for his slumping offense, ing the first Germano. Regular F-4S driver Khalid of 20-minute sprint races. putting Evgeni Malkin and rookie “The boats and all the equip- Abdullah Al Kuwari and Nations Cup teams attended a half action Brian Gibbons on the ice together ment have been stored in Abu Mohammed Al Obaidly will rep- briefing yesterday. After a second at Staples wasn’t what he had in mind. Still, Dhabi and we have fitted new resent the State of Qatar at the briefing today morning, entrants Center, he’ll take it. Gibbons converted a steering wheels, seats and the Nations Cup meeting under the will take to the water for two yesterday. slick backhand pass from Malkin latest safety equipment. management of practice sessions during the day. for his first NHL goal at 3:56 of “Engines have been overhauled Khalid bin Arhama AL Kuwari, THE PENINSULA the third period. AGENCIES Newton’s three TD passes power Panthers to victory over Patriots

CHARLOTTE: Cam Newton chance to make a play and he the under-thrown ball even if he field goals to leave the Panthers threw three touchdown passes, made it happen,” Newton said. had not been fouled, thus there ahead 10-7 at half-time. including the game winner “It was a great atmosphere out was no foul and no last chance for Brady and Gronkowski con- to Ted Ginn with 59 seconds here.” the Patriots. nected on a 9-yard touchdown remaining, as the Carolina New England’s Tom Brady, who “There was no explanation pass 4:29 into the third quar- The French national swimming team, which recently completed an Panthers beat New England has made 32 career game-winning given to me,” Patriots coach Bill ter but Newton answered with intensive training camp at Aspire Zone in Doha. The team consisted of 24-20 for their sixth NFL win drives in the fourth quarter or Belichick said. “They ran off the a 15-yard touchdown pass to 42 swimmers led by Olympic gold medallist Florent Manaudou. in a row. over-time, made a clutch 23-yard field. I didn’t see it. Greg Olsen 8:21 later to give the The victory, which came only completion to Rob Gronkowski on “I don’t know what happened. Panthers a 17-10 lead. after controversy on the final play, fourth down to keep a last drive There was a flag thrown. Then New England equalized on lifted Carolina to 7-3, one game alive. the game was over.” Stevan Ridley’s 1-yard touch- Swimming: French team behind NFC South division leader That set up the Patriots at the Instead of one final play at the down run in the fourth quarter New Orleans. Carolina 25-yard line with six sec- Panthers’ 1-yard line, the Patriots and the Patriots went ahead 20-17 The Patriots fell to 7-3, still two onds to play and they used half only had a dejected walk back to on Stephen Gostkowski’s 26-yard games ahead of Miami and the of that on a 7-yard pass to set up the locker room. field goal with 6:32 remaining in trains at Aspire Zone New York Jets in the AFC East. the final play, on which Brady was “I don’t think I’ve got any more the fourth quarter, setting up A pressured Newton found intercepted to end the game. nails. I was biting them all night,” Carolina’s march for the game- DOHA: The French national praised the comprehensive Ginn near the left sideline just A penalty flag was thrown in Newton said. “The defense stood winning touchdown. swimming team, consisting of 42 facilities. inside the 20-yard line. the end zone but the referee over- up at the end. We answered the “We came up short. It wasn’t swimmers led by Olympic gold “We specifically chose Aspire Ginn cut to the middle of the ruled the back judge on the play, call all night on offense and took good enough,” said Belichick. “We medallist Florent Manaudou, Zone in a bid to improve our field to evade one tackler and saying that no foul had been com- advantage of our opportunities just didn’t make enough plays.” recently completed an intensive swimmers’ results, and with the outraced two more to the cor- mitted and the game was over. and got the job down.” The Panthers are 3-3 all-time training camp at Aspire Zone. overall aim of winning medals at ner of the end zone for the win- The ruling was that New Newton connected with against the Patriots, although The team adopted a “live the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. We ning points, capping an 83-yard England’s Gronkowski, who had Brandon LaFell on a 9-yard touch- New England won the biggest of high-train low” training regime, wanted to test a hypoxic environ- Carolina drive. been clearly held on the play, down pass in the first quarter and the matchups by beating Carolina using Aspetar’s state-of-the-art ment, and Aspetar allowed us to “I just wanted to give Ted a would have had no chance to catch the teams traded second-quarter 32-29 in Super Bowl 38. AFP altitude-inducing normobaric do just that,” he said. hypoxic rooms to rest after train- The purpose-built normobaric ing at Hamad Aquatic Centre and hypoxic dormitory features 25 Aspire Dome. rooms and a large communal liv- The French delegation spent five ing area. It utiliises a complex Carolina Panthers’ days at Aspire Zone and were given filtration system which reduces wide receiver access to the world-class sports the concentration of oxygen in medicine and laboratory services the air and replicates altitude Brandon LaFell (11) at Aspetar to assist in their physi- levels ranging from 100 to 4,000 catches a pass for a ological evaluations and comple- metres. The swimmers spent up touchdown as New ment their overall training camp to 10 hours a day in the normo- England Patriots’ experience. baric chambers, allowing them defensive back Commenting on the visit Dr to rest or sleep in a high alti- Duron Harmon (30) Khalifa Al Kuwari, General tude environment while training defends in the first Director of Aspetar, said, “We at sea level. The process, which quarter at Bank of provide a range of high-quality traditionally required athletes to America Stadium, services to visitors, and are proud spend time at high elevations to yesterday. to have hosted the French swim- obtain the benefits, is designed to ming team.” improve the endurance, speed and Lionel Horter, the French strength of athletes. National Technical Director, THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Haddin says former coach Hosts Aussies take aim at Arthur was ‘insecure’

BRISBANE: Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin yesterday took a England’s bid for history swipe at Mickey Arthur, criti- cising the former Test coach as insecure and saying he set back Cricket arch-rivals are ready for Ashes opener in Brisbane tomorrow the Australian team. Haddin said Arthur’s suc- cessor Darren Lehmann has BRISBANE: Australia hope turned Australia’s dressing room their impregnable record at the and demeanour around ahead Gabba will help them seize early of tomorrow’s first Ashes Test momentum as they bid to stop against England at the Gabba. England completing their best As England shoot for a fourth Ashes run in 123 years from straight Ashes triumph, Haddin tomorrow. England players said Arthur, the South African Michael Clarke’s team went Matt Prior (right), who was Lehmann’s predecessor, down 3-0 just three months ago Alastair Cook has a lot to answer for. in England, leaving them in dan- (second right), “(Mickey) was very, very inse- ger of losing four Ashes series in Jonathan Bairstow cure and that came across in a lot a row -- a fate they have not suf- (second left) and of our selections and our plays, fered since 1890. Kevin Pietersen I think, to be perfectly honest,” However, Australia now appear (left) speak Haddin told reporters. more settled and they will also “I think (the brand of cricket during a cricket take heart from their perform- we want to play) got lost in the practice session ances at Brisbane’s Gabba ground, period that Mickey had a hold of where they are unbeaten in a in Brisbane us. quarter of a century. yesterday. “I don’t think he understood Australia have not lost on the and was secure enough in him- famously fast, bouncy pitch since self to get us to where we needed 1988, against a Viv Richards- to go. led West Indies, and England’s “Under Darren we’ve got a last win there was under Mike clear message of where we want Gatting in 1986. to go and how we’re going to get While history favours the hosts, there. He’s able to help guys on a Brisbane victory by Alastair All-rounder Shane Watson, Don’t let them off by batting badly Opener Joe Root has been ‘Barmy Army’ travelling support the way to get to that point.” Cook’s England would deal psy- who must overcome a hamstring and getting a rest.” bumped down the order to six in 2010/2011. In a shambolic Test tour of India chological damage to a team try- injury to play in the first Test, England are yet to decide on to accommodate Hampshire’s But Australian leg-spin great earlier this year that Australia ing to rebuild after a long slump. believes Australia need to test the their third seamer to supple- Michael Carberry, after his strong Shane Warne believes Johnson is lost 4-0, Shane Watson, James However Australia, strength- endurance of England’s four-man ment James Anderson and Stuart start to the tour with half-centu- now a changed bowler. Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson and ening under coach Darren bowling attack. Broad, but Chris Tremlett, a suc- ries in his three warm-up games. “He’s forced his way in through Usman Khawaja were all dis- Lehmann, believe they may now “That is the way we are going cess on the last Ashes tour here, Meanwhile Australia have cho- bowling some serious pace. He’s ciplined by Arthur after failing be ready to end England’s run of to win the Ashes,” Watson said. looks likely to play along with sen one-day skipper George Bailey going to shake the English side to submit feedback requested by wins in 2009, 2010-2011 and ear- “As a batting unit we are going penetrating off-spinner Graeme to make his Test debut aged 31 in up,” Warne said. team management. lier this year. to bat for a long period of time, Swann. The tourists also have the problematic number six bat- The teams are playing twice in They were axed, with Watson England’s 3-1 victory in 2010- especially in the first couple of injury concerns, with first-choice ting position. the same year, rather than once controversially sent home. 2011 was their first in Australia Tests. wicketkeeper Matt Prior nursing And the enigmatic Mitchell every other year as is traditional, Haddin went to India as a for 24 years, pointing to a much “We will see where they are at a calf strain and star batsman Johnson is poised to share the to avoid having an Ashes series replacement for injured wicket- tighter contest than the July- physically and mentally. That is Kevin Pietersen needing a corti- new ball amid an injury list directly before the 2015 World keeper Matt Wade and described August Tests. one of our biggest goals. sone injection for a troublesome that includes pacemen James Cup. the mood within the Australia England did not reach 400 in “We have no doubt they will knee ahead of his 100th Test. Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Australia must win the five- team as uncomfortable and the last series, yet mastered the keep coming but at what level? England have also moved to Jackson Bird. Test series to regain the Ashes, paranoid. Australians with inspired spells in We haven’t been able to challenge address a weakness from the Johnson has been plagued by while England will keep the tiny “That wasn’t the Australian the key moments at Trent Bridge, that level. Keep them coming last series, when they were three erratic line and length at Test urn -- said to contain the burnt cricket team that I knew when I Lord’s, Chester-Le-Street and back, get them fatigued and try wickets down for less than 65 on level, and was the target of a remains of a bail -- if it ends in a flew into Mohali,” he said. The Oval. to keep them that way as well. five occasions. merciless campaign by England’s draw. REUTERS “That was a unique situation which in all seriousness I can’t BELOW: England paceman really explain. It was uncomfort- Stuart Broad runs in to bowl able, walking into it. during a cricket practice “Guys jumping at shadows and I’m not arrogant, just confident, the insecurity around everything session in Brisbane yesterday. England are aiming for their 4th that was being done. successive Ashes series win over “It’s just refreshing to get back their arch-rivals who have been here now and enjoy the game for what it is -- a great game that’s battling each other for more than says England star Pietersen been great for all of us.” 100 years. REUTERS BRISBANE: England’s Kevin Pietersen might retire after this Ashes series, but he England team after sending disparaging texts insisted yesterday he is not arrogant, just made it clear he has unfinished business ahead. about team-mates, including then-captain confident, as he prepares to pad up for his Pietersen wants to retire with 10,000 Test Andrew Strauss, to South African rivals. 100th Test in this week’s Ashes opener runs (he currently has 7,887), he wants to However, he said England’s team culture against Australia. win the 2015 World Cup with England and he was strong again and revealed he had dined The South African-born star batsman was wants to score a Test century in his country with Strauss this week in Brisbane. splashed on the front page of the local news- of birth, South Africa. Pietersen, who has scored four centu- paper in Brisbane this week under the head- “Fortunately with this side we’ve won every- ries against Australia, was reflective as he line: “He’s so arrogant not even his own team thing. We’ve won a T20 World Cup, we’ve won approached his 100th Test milestone. likes him.” Ashes home and away, we’ve won in India,” he “There has been some real good stuff and But Pietersen, 33, tagged “Mr Ego” by the said. “The World Cup 2015 is something I’d I’ve really enjoyed the journey. Where my Brisbane Courier-Mail, responded to the claims love to have a go at with England. I’ve (also) career is at now, I don’t think I can be any at a media conference before tomorrow’s first got home and away hundreds against each happier,” he said. “Clearly there’s been some Test at the Gabba. country apart from South Africa. Our tour bad stuff, which has been well documented. As “I’ve got to be confident in my ability,” he to South Africa is 2015-16. If the old man can a person you grow when you make mistakes. said. “Clearly, as a South African coming into survive until then, I’d like to get there.” That’s where you learn the most. If I hadn’t England, I had to really fight some tough bat- Pietersen said there was no issue between have learnt, I wouldn’t be sitting here on the tles and had to be single-minded in achieving him and his English team-mates heading into eve of my 100th Test match. what I’ve had to try and achieve. I can’t help the new Ashes series, adding he had learnt “The team we’ve got now, the players, the people thinking that I’m arrogant. I think a from his mistakes. experience we’ve got in the dressing room, lot of great sportsmen out there have that lit- “We’re getting on really well, all winning the knowledge knowing that we didn’t play as tle bit of something to them that makes them together,” he said. “We’ve all played a lot of well as we could have and we still won in the try and be the best and want to be the best. cricket together ... these things happen. You summer. Also knowing that we can improve “I call it confidence. You guys (media) call have ups and downs. We all make mistakes,” a hell of a lot, and that we’ve beaten Australia it arrogance, it makes for better headlines.” he said. here before, gives us a lot of confidence going There has been speculation that Pietersen Last year Pietersen was cut adrift from the into the series.” REUTERS Cudlin, Al Malki to resume rivalry at Losail Circuit

DOHA: The second round the Valencia round at the 2013 be held on Friday at 6:20pm and of Qatar Superbike will take Spanish Championship. at 8:50pm respectively. place on November 21 and Alex Cudin’s team-mate Nina During the race weekend, 22 under floodlights at Losail Prinz, is in third place with 29 Losail Circuit will also stage the A file photo International Circuit. points. sixth and last round of Petronas of Australian Defending champion Alex In the first round, the German Asia Road Racing Championship. rider Alex Cudlin and runners-up from female rider suffered a crashed in “This will be the fourth year Cudlin in last season Nasser Al Malki will the practice sessions and had to that the Petronas Asia Road be looking for points as both ride her old Suzuki bike. Racing Championship has had action in the riders have confirmed their Despite the crash, Prinz the privilege of holding the cur- first round participation. achieved an excellent fourth and tain closing round at the Losail of Qatar The two riders shared wins in third place in the two races. International Circuit. Over the Superbike the first round held at the same For this coming round, Nina past four years, we have witnessed Championship venue in October. will be seeking to compete with a lot of growth for motorcycle held at Losail Though Australian rider Cudlin Cudlin and Al Malki for points. racing in Qatar. These develop- International is still finding his way with the Qatar’s Mishal Al Naimi also ments are anchored by the Qatar Circuit in set up of his QMMF Kawasaki has 29 points in the standings Motor and Motorcycle Federation October. The ZX-10R, Al Malki of Qatar will and shares the third position with (QMMF) at the world class Losail second round be looking to recapture dominat- Prinz. International Circuit,” Ron Hogg, will be held ing form he exhibited in the first Free practice and qualifying Director of Two Wheels Motor this week. round following his trip to Europe practices will be held tomor- Racing, the race promoters of the for the Spanish Championship row (8:10pm and 10:55pm Petronas FIM Asia Road Racing Al Malki just returned from respectively). Championship, said. Spain where he took part in The two races of this round will THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

TCC Stars edge Extra edge for Irish LBC Kentz 77-60 in Pinoy Basketball clash, says McCaw DOHA: TCC Stars-Gerry’s Grill pulled away with a dou- ble-digit edge over LBC Kentz All Blacks aim to end year on perfect note in the third quarter and never looked back to capture another convincing 77-60 win at the DUBLIN: New Zealand captain in Dublin after handing back the year. They could have won the Travelex Cup 2013, Season 14 of Richie McCaw has said there World Cup trophy he captained first Test in New Zealand in Pinoy Basketball of Qatar at Al will be an extra edge surround- the All Blacks to win in New Christchurch, but we edged it Gharafa Training Gym over the ing the world champions’ final Zealand in 2011. 22-19, and then the next weekend weekend. Test of 2013, against Ireland in “There is extra excitement and in Hamilton we won 60-0. TCC Stars’ triggerman Dan Dublin on Sunday, as the All edge to the match because of that “If the Irish team turn up and Constantino waxed hot with Blacks look to make history. but we know we have to play well play then we have a real battle on series of three-point baskets They will attempt to become as it is a Test match. our hands.” which was a big factor why they the first major international side “These are games you have to McCaw, who unlike several maintained the double-digit lead of rugby union’s professional perform in and you have to get it of his former team-mates never in the last quarter. era to win all their matches in right,” he added as he prepares thought of going abroad to play in As they took advantage of LBC a calendar year, although the to win his 124th cap in Sunday’s Europe, admitted that the defeat Kentz’s several turn-overs. 32-year-old flanker knows that game. last year to England had taught Holden Caballero and Ronnie the thought of winning 14 Tests McCaw, who said the team them an invaluable lesson. Cajayon sparked the big rally out of 14 cannot override their had enough strength in depth “One learns from those per- early in the third quarter as both performance on the pitch. to cope with the absence of formances. We were probably off TCC Stars reliables traded rain- No international team in the injured first-choice fly-half Dan the pace,” he said. bow and perimeter conversions professional era has enjoyed a Carter, believes Ireland’s his- “We perhaps went into that without let up. perfect calendar year, with the All tory dictated that they would week having dropped off a bit.” Cajayon, a former UAAP NU Blacks side led by Wayne Shelford not be lambs to the slaughter McCaw, three times the Bulldog frontliner, and another - that won all seven of their Tests on Sunday despite their hum- International Rugby Board (IRB) former collegiate star Francis in 1989 - the last major nation to bling 32-15 loss to Australia at world player of the year, was dip- Mercado played 40 minutes each achieve the feat when rugby union the weekend. lomatic when asked whether he tough play amid the tight and was still an amateur sport. “Look a team can change thought Irish great, centre Brian highly physical game. However, New Zealand them- things round from a defeat like O’Driscoll, should perhaps call it TCC Stars was leading by selves came close to perfection Saturday’s,” said McCaw, who a day after a disappointing per- seven points in the first quarter again when they won 11 games claims to have a special feeling for formance against the Wallabies and the LBC Kentz squad grown and drew one under John Hart Lansdowne Road having made his prompted some pundits to call on sour after SBP national referee in 1997. Test debut there in 2001. him to retire. New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup 2011 winning captain Richie McCaw Hernando Flores slapped rookie “We have got to be careful as “You can get a huge swing in “I have got a huge amount of speaks during the IRB Awards and Hall of Fame induction at Aviva Kim Calo with a technical foul everyone knows what is at stake,” performance in a week. We saw respect for him. He is hugely com- Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, yesterday. for continuing to complain the said McCaw, who was speaking that from them in reverse last petitive,” said McCaw. AFP call. Calo however paid back with a buzzer beating three point shot to equalize the low scoring first Six Nations yet to decide on concussion test: IRB half at 34-all. But TCC Stars started to DUBLIN: The International England, Scotland, Ireland, officer Dr Martin Raftery, along- “The Six Nations have not Ireland international Dr Barry pull away in the third quarter Rugby Board admitted yester- Wales, France and Italy -- had side Gosper on Monday, stressed signed on to it yet and we are O’Driscoll, the uncle of Irish through the heroics of Cajayon day some countries within the still to be convinced. First tri- the PSCA was designed to be a certainly putting pressure on great Brian. and Caballero to reclaim an Six Nations were “wary” of alled last year, the PSCA allows step-by-step or ‘multi-modal’ them to adopt it,” said Gosper. O’Driscoll resigned from the 11-point advantage, 57-46, in the adopting the global governing players to return to match action tool to help assess cases in which “It is possibly because they IRB’s medical board 18 months third quarter. body’s controversial pitch-side five minutes after a head injury concussion was not immediately have problems with PSCA but we ago, claiming the issue of concus- In the second game, Mindoro concussion assessment (PSCA). as long as they have been cleared apparent. will put pressure on those unions sion was being “trivialised”. Spartans eked out a hard- IRB chief executive Brett of concussion by medics. To do Raftery re-iterated that if who are wary of it that these are However, Raftery insisted earned victory against Ertibat- Gosper would like the PSCA in so, they must answer a number of a player was clearly displaying the best protocols.” Monday the PSCA was leading CEG International, 92-87, to use throughout the next edition questions - without getting any signs of concussion, he shouldn’t However, Gosper added: “We to a reduction in the number of regain its standing into the of the Six Nations, Europe’s lead- wrong - and pass a balance test, play on in that same match. believe so much in it and while concussed players remaining on win column after being nailed ing international rugby union otherwise they cannot return The ‘multi-modal’ approach yes we can put pressure on the the field. in the fifth place and improved tournament, which starts in to the fray. Previously, players has been trialled in lead- Unions who are not believers, “Before with the single modal its chances of making it in the February. had had to take three weeks off ing tournaments as England’s at the end of the day it is their assessment it was based only on next round. However, the Australian - a period later reduced to one Premiership and France’s Top competition.” memory and that picked up just Mindoro Spartan’s star Michael said some countries within the week - if they suffered suspected 14 but has met resistance from The PSCA’s most promi- 32 percent of concussed players,” Paderes played like a raging bull Six Nations, which comprises concussion. IRB chief medical the Celtic League. nent critic has been former he said. AFP with his 28 points, six rebounds and five assists to lift his team to the much needed victory. Pocholo Santos and Bryan Tolentino also contributed 19-points each for their team New ball movement rule would have spared Woods’ blushes win. PCSI Specialist-Dukhan Ballers also continued to dominate in the LONDON: Eighty seven changes have tried to remove a twig from behind his ball. position and come to rest in another loca- and others about whether a breach of the standings with a lopsided victory been made to the 2013-14 edition of the The American 14-times major winner tion, the ball will not be deemed to have Rules has occurred, sometimes resulting in over Power Horse Energy Drink, “Decisions on the Rules of Golf” manual insisted his ball had merely “oscillated” moved if that movement was not reason- breaches of the Rules being identified (and 70-58, in the first game. but one in particular will be of interest to although detailed video footage of the inci- ably discernible to the naked eye at the penalties being applied) after the incident Mindoro Spartan will face world number one Tiger Woods. dent suggested the ball had rolled slightly time,” the new rule states. itself has occurred. Power Horse while LBC Kentz New Decision 18/4, agreed by the Royal away from its original resting place. A joint statement from the R&A and “Occasionally, the identification of the will square off with CEG in the and Ancient and the United States Golf However, under new guidelines USGA explained the decision, saying it was breach has been after the player has do-or-die quarter-final match ups Association (USGA), aims to clarify when announced on Tuesday, Woods would prob- made to counter the increased level of scru- returned his or her scorecard, which has on Friday. a ball has been inadvertently moved by a ably have escaped punishment. tiny players are under at elite tournaments therefore resulted in disqualification under The winners will advance to player - a scenario that left Woods fuming “New Decision 18/4 provides that, where owing to the rapid developments in video Rule 6-6d. These developments have gen- the semi-finals with early quali- at the BMW Championship in September. enhanced technological evidence (e.g. technology. erated considerable discussion concerning fiers TCC Stars and Dukhan Woods suffered a two-stroke penalty at HDTV, digital recording or online visual “This has led to an increasing number of whether, how and when such video evi- Ballers. the first hole in his second round after he media, etc.) shows that a ball has left its inquiries to officials from television viewers dence should be used.” REUTERS THE PENINSULA

Qatargas Badminton Championship: Yahya crowned men’s singles champion

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A: The podium winners at the Qatargas Badminton Championship organised by Qatar Badminton Association (QBA) pose for a picture along with Mansour Rashid Al Naimi, Public Relations Manager at Qatargas, Hisham Al Gosaibi, President of QBA and Talal Al Mawlawi, Board Member of QBA in Doha on Monday night. Around 420 players participated in 25 events in the U-10, U-13, U-16 and U-19 boys and girls categories in singles and doubles, in 16 junior events. The seniors competed in 10 events: Men’s Singles, Level A & B, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Masters over 35, Masters Doubles, Women’s Doubles over 45. B: Abdul Qader Ahmed Yahya, men’s singles champion. C: A winner in the girls category poses along with Mansour Rashid Al Naimi, Public Relations Manager at Qatargas. WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Ghana qualify for World Cup The Black Stars lose second leg 2-1 to Egypt but advance on 7-3 aggregate

CAIRO: Ghana yesterday quali- fied for a third successive World World Cup African Mexico not Cup, securing their ticket to zone result Brazil with a 7-3 aggregate win ABUJA: World Cup African zone play-offs, sitting on over Egypt. second leg result yesterday: The Black Stars, who have fea- At Cairo laurels as Cup tured at the 2006 and 2010 World Egypt 2 (Zaki 25, Gedo 84) Ghana 1 Cup finals, lost the African zone (Boateng 89) play-off return leg in Cairo 2-1 Ghana qualify 7-3 on aggregate slot beckons but had already done enough in last month’s first leg in Kumasi, corners but never really threat- WELLINGTON: Mexico coach routing Egypt 6-1. ened their opponents’ goal. Miguel Herrera has kept faith Africa’s fifth and final berth Zaki shot at goal inside the first with the team that hammered for the World Cup will come from minute, but goalkeeper Dauda New Zealand in the first leg of the play-off between Algeria and held it firmly. their 2014 World Cup qualifier Burkina Faso, with Burkina pre- In the sixth minute, Spartak last week for the second match vailing 3-2 in the first leg. Moscow striker Majid Waris at Wellington Regional Stadium Egypt took the lead in the 25th threatened the Egyptian goal today. minute through Amr Zaki, who after he was set up by Sulley El Tri beat the All Whites 5-1 crashed his body against a free Muntari, but his low shot was at the Azteca last week and the kick by Mohamed Aboutrika and wide of the post. home side have to win the return Ghana goalkeeper Fatau Dauda It was Ghana’s best chance of leg by at least 4-0 to qualify for misjudged the flight of the ball. the first period as the home side their second successive finals. Substitute Mohamed Gedo dou- continued to pile on the pressure Herrera, who selected only bled the hosts’ advantage when he for a first goal. locally-based players for the tucked home from inside the box The Pharaohs were rewarded intercontinental playoff, told in the 83rd minute. for their endeavour after 25 min- reporters in Wellington he would Kevin-Prince Boateng pulled a utes after a piece of poor defend- stick with the same team but was goal back for Ghana in the 88th ing by Ghana. not prepared to allow his side to minute, when he connected home But it was not until the 35th sit back and defend. a low cross from the right deliv- minute that Egypt again threat- “We want to win the game, not ered by skipper Asamoah Gyan. ened when Zaki’s dipping shot Hossam Ghali (centre) of Egypt fights for the ball with Sulley Muntari (right) and Andre Ayew of Ghana during just qualify for the World Cup,” For Egypt, it was too little, too from outside the box was tipped their 2014 World Cup qualifying second leg play-off match at Air Defence ‘30 June’ Stadium in Cairo, yesterday. Herrera said through an inter- late as the damage had been done over the bar by goalkeeper Dauda preter yesterday. in Ghana last month. for a corner. “We know that New Zealand This was the last chance for A penalty appeal in the 41st taken from inside the box after he but it narrowly missed the target. In the 75th minute, Gedo was need to come and attack us but Egypt’s ‘Golden Generation’ of minute for Egypt was overlooked was released by Salah. Muntari’s free-kick in the denied and moments later, Jerry we will play exactly the same way Aboutrika, Wael Gomaa and by the Ivorian referee when it In the second half, Ghana tried 61st minute from outside the Akaminko had to clear the ball we did in Mexico. Said Moawad to appear at the looked like Mohamed Salah had to attack after they were pegged Egypt box was low and hard but off his line as Egypt continued to “We want to win this game.” World Cup after the Pharaohs’ been brought down inside the box back in their own half in the first it lacked accuracy. Ghana goal- chase the game. Herrera, who was appointed last featured in the tournament by Rashid Soumaila. 45 minutes. keeper Fatau had to come off his In stoppage time, Mahmoud to the role after the Mexican in 1990. In first half stoppage time, In the 57th minute, Aboutrika, lines in the 68th minute to thwart Shikabala missed a sitter after Federation changed three Egypt stayed in the attack for Hazem Emam tested the Black with his back to goal, hooked a Basel forward Salah, who tried to he was set up by Salah to sum up coaches in just six weeks as the most of the first half, winning Stars’ goalkeeper with a low shot good chance from inside the box, use his pace to outrun his marker. the night for Egypt. AFP CONCACAF heavyweights lurched through qualifying, said he was keen to stay in the role should they advance to the Brazil finals today. Your TV guide for “You can ask the guys in the Postecoglou in winning back who are the Mexico fed- live matches today eration,” he said while laughing before adding “of course I want Event Competition Time Channel it,” when pressed on whether he start as Australia boss personally wanted to stay on. New Zealand vs Mexico World Cup Qualifier 09:00 .TV Herrera acknowledged that Gateshead vs Oxford United English FA Cup 22:45 HD6 Mexican fans may have decided SYDNEY: Ange Postecoglou they had already qualified for the enjoyed a winning start to his Uruguay vs Jordan World Cup Qualifier 01:00 HD4 finals courtesy of their hefty goal tenure as Australia head coach Sao Paulo vs Ponte Preta Copa Sudamericana 02:50 .TV advantage, though he and the with Tim Cahill’s second half team were having none of it. Atletico vs Flamengo Copa do Brasil 02:50 .TV header enough to see off Costa “I was not very happy with Rica 1-0 in a friendly between the goal we conceded,” he said of World Cup finalists yesterday. Chris James’ late consolation goal The New York Red Bulls substi- Uruguay vow no let-up for the All Whites. tute rose highest to meet Tommy “We have been watching vid- Oar’s 69th minute corner from eos of the team and hopefully we the left to leave the 20,165 fans don’t concede any more goals. at Allianz Stadium happy after against Jordan today “We have 90 minutes to play, a promising first display by the tomorrow we need to win and hosts under the new manager. MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay will with the South Americans, who are then Mexico will be happy.” “Tonight was a good starting show no mercy to Jordan as spearheaded by Liverpool striker New Zealand fans in contrast point,” Postecoglou told reporters. they prepare to seal their World Luis Suarez and Paris St Germain’s have all but written off their side’s “We didn’t obviously get the flu- Cup qualifying berth here today Edinson Cavani. hopes though All Whites coach ency tonight because we changed after a first-leg thrashing of the Tabarez said securing qualifica- Ricki Herbert was keen to put the system, and the manner in Asian minnows which left them tion in front of home fans would the visitors under pressure they which we play but the intent was virtually assured of their ticket be a fitting finale to a gruelling had yet to experience in Herrera’s always there and the players tried Australia’s Tim Cahill celebrates scoring a goal during the international to Brazil. qualification campaign which at stewardship. to play football. friendly match against Costa Rica in Sydney, yesterday. The two-time world champions one stage looked as if it may end “They have had four coaches,” “We didn’t take a backwards effectively need only to turn up for in disaster for the 2010 World Cup Herbert said in relation to Herrera step tonight against a very good today’s game at the Centenario semi-finalists. becoming the fourth head coach of team. That was because our pres- Vidmar last month, bringing over from close range. A raft of after dispatching the Jordanians “It’s very special and you hope the side within six weeks. sure, our commitment and our in Matthew Leckie and Robbie second half substitutions opened with a 5-0 masterclass in last to be able to celebrate after quali- “They have had a lot of per- discipline was fantastic.” Kruse in attack, Matthew Ryan the game up, with a mazy drib- week’s away game in Amman. fying,” said Tabarez. “But there sonnel changes too. They played Postecoglou took the reigns in goal and Ivan Franjic at right ble by Tom Rogic almost provid- Although it would take a result is one more match to go and we against Finland in a non-challeng- after German Holger Osieck was back. ing an opening after Costa Rica’s of miraculous proportions for need to be sure we do things ing environment (in a friendly) ... dismissed last month following Franjic saved Ryan’s blushes Kenny Cunningham missed a Jordan to overturn the first leg right,” he added. and then came up against a New the back-to-back 6-0 maulings with an alert clearance after good chance for the visitors. scoreline, Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez stopped short of naming Zealand side that never threat- by Brazil and France. a mix up over a header in the But Cahill was on hand to split Tabarez is leaving nothing to his side but confirmed it would be ened them. It’s important for us He made four changes to the fifth minute, before Kruse set the deadlock with a trademark chance and plans to pick a full- based on the team which began the to change that challenge ...and put Socceroos starting line-up that up Leckie for their best chance header that struck the knee of the strength side. first leg in Amman, saying he was pressure back on the Mexican defeated Canada 3-0 in London of the half, but the burly striker Costa Rican defender to leave the That means Jordan’s defence can reluctant to pick players who had side to see how good they are.” under caretaker boss Aurelio side-footed his 42nd minute shot hosts celebrating. REUTERS expect another torrid encounter not had much game time. AFP AFP Italy, Nigeria share spoils in friendly; Argentina win

LONDON: Italy and Nigeria two in waiting and they provided goals in four minutes. American- an 85th-minute free-kick from signed off for the year 2013 with an illustration of their potential born Dike claimed the equaliser, Alessandro Diamanti that rattled a breathlessly entertaining 2-2 as strike partners by combining climbing above Manuel Pasqual the crossbar. draw in a friendly international for the opening goal in the 12th to nod home Ameobi’s inviting Meanwhile, Manchester City at Fulham’s Craven Cottage minute. centre, and Ameobi got on the striker Sergio Aguero scored stadium in London on Monday Balotelli brilliantly turned scoresheet himself moments later twice as Argentina secured a night. Azubuike Egwuekwe and fed the when he brilliantly converted 2-0 victory over Bosnia and The match came just two days onrushing Rossi, who sharply Francis Benjamin’s cross with a Herzegovina in football friendly after Nigeria secured qualification readjusted his feet before lifting near-post volley. on Tuesday night. for the World Cup, but Stephen a right-foot shot past goalkeeper Ejide thwarted a pair of half- Playing without superstar Keshi’s much-changed side Austine Ejide. volleys from Balotelli either side striker Lionel Messi, Argentina showed great heart to hit back It was Rossi’s first Italy goal of half-time, but he was beaten dominated the tempo most of the through Bright Dike and Shola since June 2011, after he spent 17 in the 47th minute when Antonio match against the Bosnians, who Ameobi after Giuseppe Rossi had months on the sidelines due to a Candreva squared for Giaccherini like the Albiceleste, have already marked his international return succession of knee injuries. to sweep home an equaliser from booked their place at next year’s by breaking the deadlock. In response, Ogenyi Onazi 12 yards. World Cup in Brazil. Italy equalised shortly after tested Salvatore Sirigu’s reflexes Alessio Cerci curled nar- In-form Aguero opened the half-time through Emanuele with a 25-yard snapshot, but Italy rowly wide, as did Balotelli, but scoring on 40 minutes after Stoke Giaccherini, but despite the continued to press, with Riccardo Nigeria’s substitutes also proved City goalkeeper Asmir Begovic Azzurri twice hitting the frame Montolivo going close and Ejide influential, with John Ogu draw- was unable to snuff out the dan- of the goal in an occasionally fre- spreading himself well to block ing a fine save from Sirigu and ger which ensued after a cross netic second period, they were from Balotelli. Emmanuel Emenike hitting the from Napoli’s Federico Fernandez. unable to avoid succumbing to a Nigeria were struggling to side-netting. Aguero doubled his tally on 66 Italy’s goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu (right) vies with Nigeria’s striker Bright fourth consecutive draw. assert themselves as an attacking Italy finished the game on top, minutes, rifling a left-footed shot Dike (left) during the International friendly match at Craven Cottage in Rossi and Mario Balotelli are presence, but from nowhere they but the closest they came to a past Begovic following a swift London on Monday night. The match ended 2-2. seen as Italy’s first-choice front turned the game around with two winner in a frantic finale was break in the area. AGENCIES WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31

Four-time NBA cham- AZF launches pion Shaquille O’Neal (in black top) holds the son of Qatar new phase Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary in health General and Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) President programme Sheikh Saoud bin DOHA: Abdulrahman Al Thani A s p i r e Z o n e F o u n d a t i o n (AZF) is celebrating the first (also seen) during a anniversary of its hugely suc- basketball clinic at cessful ‘step into health’ pro- Aspire Academy yes- gramme by launching a range terday. RIGHT: O’Neal of complimentary initiatives signs a shirt. Sheikh that will see three new services Saoud (second left) is added to the nationwide fitness also seen. drive. The new phase of the initiative further illustrates Aspire Zone’s mission to raise awareness of the importance of sports in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Al Kuwari backs off-road Over the past year, over 19,000 people across Qatar have adopted a more active lifestyle by participating in the step into health campaign, collectively tak- ing more than 4.5 billion steps, amounting to an incredible three racing safety measures million kilometers. The new initiatives includes the launch of a smartphone applica- Ex-driver Al Hajri proud to have represented Qatar during his career tion, which acts as a pedometer and counts the number of steps a participant is making. BY DENZIL PINTO at all times and prepare to travel Designated ‘step into health’ to the country early or undertake parks have also been introduced, DOHA: Qatari driver Abdulaziz training in another country, to get featuring tracks with the number Al Kuwari insists that although used to the conditions.” of steps marked out, as a useful rally racing is dangerous, he He added: “The Mexican rally guide for walkers who do not have has full confidence in the safety is the hardest race to compete in. pedometers. measures implemented for driv- It is about 2,000 miles above sea. A campus initiative has also ers in the sport. A team would ensure the driver been added with a specifically The 34-year-old, who made his is fully prepared for the event and designed plan for students and professional debut in the World that means everything to travel- staff. Rally Championship (WRC) in ling and time difference.” “One of Aspire Zone 2012, said during the ‘Stars Chat’ The 34-year-old, who played Foundation’s priorities is to session yesterday: “Racing has a football before racing and now promote a healthy lifestyle for high safety level in our sport. Not backed by Seashore Group, all members of society, and the many accidents have taken place. believes a good car, driver and new initiatives will certainly We (drivers) have first aid boxes sponsor is needed to have success entice more people to join the in our cars and there is medical in the sport. step into health programme,” treatment if things go wrong. “You need to have a good team said Mohamad Gaith Al Kuwari, Rallying is dangerous but driv- and car with good mechanics and Director of the Healthy lifestyles ers are skilled and experienced structure in place. The driver Program at Aspetar, member of enough to deal with things.” must be good as well as the back- Aspire Zone Foundation. Al Kuwari’s opinion was ech- ing of a good sponsor who will He added: “The statistics col- oed by former rally racing driver be there to support you,” said Al lected prove the popularity of the Saeed Al Hajri. Kuwari. initiative and the positive reaction “It is a dangerous sport. It For 53-year-old Al Hajri, the amongst local people up to now, requires a lot of bravery and Qatari driver enjoyed success on with the participation of 11,000 determination to achieve results. a number of occasions through- Qataris, including 7,000 women. If the driver doesn’t have the out his career, winning 18 inter- As for age categories, the 30 to spirit, you have to stop. But motor national races. 45 year age bracket was the most racing is now safer than when I Having loved cars when he was Former rally racing driver Qatar’s Saeed Al Hajri (left) and his compatriot World Rally Championship 2 driver involved.” was competing,” said the Qatari young, his passion and determina- Abdulaziz Al Kuwari look on during the ‘Stars Chat’ session at Aspire4Sport in Doha yesterday. Abdullah Saeed Al Mohannadi, two-time Middle East Rally tion to succeed helped him secure PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY VP a health promotion researcher at Championship (MERC) winner. sponsorship and later became a Aspetar, said: “The new initiatives Al Kuwari, winner of the professional. this season will focus on one goal, Mexico, Argentina and Australia “Every man has an ambition. me sponsorship, even though this increase in the Middle East athletes in a wide range of sports, namely to encourage people to races in WRC2 this year, insists He wants to achieve great results. is an expensive sport. I was on a region. can focus on racing. walk 10,000 steps or more daily. drivers need to remain fit despite I had an ambition. I had a good mission to raise the Qatari flag on “Twenty-five years ago, rac- Al Kuwari said Aspire facilities We have launched the step into sitting behind a wheel for a long discipline in Qatar and I took part an international platform, and I’m ing was big in the Gulf countries. has helped him enormously. health application for smart- period of time. in races around the world. All the proud to have achieved it.” Now we have Formula One races “I owe my personal fitness, my phones, in Arabic, to count steps Al Kuwari, who regularly visits sponsorship support I had helped Asked of whether technology in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain as well healthy diet programme, and the and provide weekly health advice, Aspetar hospital in Doha ahead of me succeed,” said Al Hajri. is now an important part in rac- as the MotoGP in Qatar. Racing world-class medical attention in addition to calculating calories his races, said: “Fitness levels are Al Hajri said he was happy rep- ing than when he competed, he is now getting very strong in the from Aspetar all to the Aspire burned. The registration of mem- very important to a driver. For resenting Qatar on the interna- replied: “Yes. Technology helps Gulf. I appeal for more support Zone, who have made all their bers through www.stepintohealth. example, some of these races are tional scene. the car and team. It is part of for this sport because it really facilities available to me. They qa makes it easy to join the pro- held in a very high sea level, mean- He said: “I participated in local, everything now.” needs it,” said Al Hajri. have contributed greatly to creat- gramme and then download the ing drivers will have less oxygen. regional and international cham- Al Hajri is happy to see the Al Hajri also hopes Aspire ing the champion that I am right application in any smartphone Drivers have to remain focused pionships, which eventually got number of motor racing events Academy, which trains young now,” he said. THE PENINSULA store.” As for step into health’s new parks initiative, Al Mohannadi said: “We provided coloured tracks with the number of steps Qatar women’s coach Staab marked out at Aspire Park, and the visitors can use these track Retired boxer to train. We did the same in the and most recent Barzan Olympic Park, in coop- undisputed world nominated for top German award eration with the Qatar Olympic heavyweight Committee, where colored tracks DOHA: Qatar’s women’s champion Lennox are also available with distances national team coach Monika Lewis (left) is marked out, in addition to the Staab, has been nominated shown around step into health signs.” for the 2014 German Football Aspetar Hospital Salam Nasser Al Sulaiti Ambassador award, it was in Doha, yester- explained how her walking stam- announced yesterday. day. The Briton ina has improved over the last ten The nomination certificate was lost only 2 fights months through a combination given at the Aspire4Sport on the during his 44 of regular exercise and a healthy final day of the four-day event bouts. diet. by Mansoor Al Ansari, Director “My fitness levels have of National Teams Committee increased drastically since joining and Hani Balan, Qatar Football the ‘step into health’ programme Association (QFA) Executive in December 2012,” she revealed. Committee Member. She added: “When I started The other nominees announced I could walk for 15 minutes a are Winfried Schäfer (national day, but after a few weeks this trainer of Jamaica) and Klaus increased to 45 minutes, and Stärk (technical director of then to one hour. I now walk for Namibia). at least two hours a day.” Staab, along with the other FROM LEFT: Ronald Bischof, Founder of German football ambassadors Retired NBA Another participant, Nabila two nominees were awarded prize programme, Monika Staab, Qatar’s women’s coach, Hani Balan, Qatar star Shaquille Mohammed Abdulah Maarafi, money to support social football Football Association (QFA) Executive Committee Member and Mansoor O’Neal (second also praised the programme for projects. the impact it has had on her well- Al Ansari, Director of National Teams Committee pose for a picture at right) holds a The Qatar coach chose to sup- being. “Since joining in April 2013, Aspire4Sport in Doha, yesterday. young child as port the UN (United Nations) he shoots a I have noticed a big improvement recognised Layan campaign with basket in my health, especially in low- her prize money. The coach donated the prize nomination, because it stresses during a ering my blood pressure levels,” Layan Campaign was set up money to Lekhwiya player Adel the important aspects of my work. she said. basketball by a group of great youths from Lamy who is of the organisers I am also delighted that Qatar She added: “My results inspired coaching clinic, the Gulf in order to provide help that contributes greatly to the enthusiastically wants to promote my friends to begin walking, and and assistance to Syrian refugees Layan Campaign. women’s sport.” yesterday. we have started a mini-competi- in north Lebanon. The campaign Staab, who has already taught The winner of the award will tion between us to see who can was named after a Syrian girl football in more than 60 countries be announced by jury members walk the furthest.” ‘Layan’, a baby who did not exceed and supports mainly women’s and including Rainer Holzschuh, Uwe To help motivate members, free seven months old and was suffer- youth football, was delighted with Seeler, Lutz Pfannenstiel and pedometers are given and are ing from heart disease leading to the nomination. The German Doris Fitschen on May 5, 2014. advised to upload their results on the deterioration of her health. said: ‘‘I am happy to receive the THE PENINSULA the website. THE PENINSULA Wednesday 20 November 2013 16 Moharram 1435 Volume 18 Number 5889 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Algeria secure Africa’s last Qatar edge past Malaysia, World Cup ticket BLIDA, ALGERIA: Algeria sealed the fifth and final African seal 2015 Asian Cup berth zone World Cup qualifying berth yesterday, edging their play-off with Burkina Faso on Super-sub Al Ali the hero as coach Fahad Thani’s team beats Malaysia away goals. Last month, Algeria lost the first leg play-off 3-2 in Ougadougou and therefore SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA: needed just a goal to qualify for Abdulkareem Al Ali came off Qatar players their fourth World Cup finals the bench to net the only goal as celebrate their having featured at the 1982, 1986 Qatar booked their place in the goal over hosts and 2010 competitions. 2015 AFC Asian Cup with a 1-0 Malaysia in With Algeria’s qualification, it win over Malaysia at the Shah their 2015 Asian is the same line-up of teams who Alam Stadium yesterday. represented Africa at 2010 in Cup match The Qataris only needed a draw South Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, played at Shah to qualify for Australia but Al Ali Ivory Coast and Ghana. turned in Khalfan Ibrahim’s cross Alam Stadium Algeria got the goal they needed in the 65th minute to ensure that yesterday. Qatar in the 49th minute through skip- Fahad Thani’s side confirmed won the Group per Madjid Bougherra off a goal their progress from Group D with D match 1-0 and mouth scramble caused by a something to spare. qualified for the free-kick. The result also dented 2015 Asian Cup. The Stallions of Burkina Faso, Malaysia’s hopes of progressing BELOW: Qatar beaten finalists at this year’s to the finals as the best third- striker Khalfan Africa Cup of Nations, were thus placed team as they remained on Ibrahim (right) denied the chance to reach a first- four points, two behind Iraq from gets into an ever World Cup. Group C. argument with Around 40 Algerian football Needing a win to remain in Malaysia’s Shafiq fans were injured before kick-off the hunt for second place in bin Rahim during at the game which had attracted the group, Malaysia threatened the same match. a packed house of 40,000 at the after 10 minutes when Safee Sali PICTURES: stadium 50 kilometres south of brought the ball down in the box FADI EL ASSAD Algiers, the APS news agency but the striker was quickly closed said, citing police reports. down by the Qatari defence before The stadium was packed to he could shoot. capacity as early as six hours Qatar responded five minutes before the match was due to later when Abdel Karim Hassan kickoff despite the cold and rainy sent a cross into the Malaysian conditions. box which was meant for incom- It was an even exchange ing Hasan Al Haydos only for between the two teams at the goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che We are moving in right start of this match staged inside Mat to punch clear. a packed Mustapha Tchaker Malaysia came closest to find- Stadium in Blida. The home team ing the net in the first half when direction: QFA President were first to settle down and they Safee just failed to connect with continued to attack Burkina Faso, Norshahrul’s delivery into the DOHA: Qatar football is mov- “The coaches and the players whose solid and packed defence box in the 36th minute while ing in the right direction, the have put in a great deal of hard kept them out. Mahalli Jasuli failed to turn Amri game’s ruling body said yes- work over so many months,” Yahyah’s cornet onto the target terday after the national team Sheikh Hamad noted. just before half-time. qualified for 2015 Asian Cup fol- “The backroom staff with the Al Ali came on at the break lowing a hard-fought campaign. squad and the QFA officials also Doping: IOC to for Ali Afif and Qatar offered the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin deserve credit for playing their greater threat in the second half Ahmed Al Thani, President of respective roles in getting our retest frozen before the substitute made his Qatar Football Association (QFA), team moving forward. We are mark with 25 minutes left. He was congratulated coach Fahad Thani moving in the right direction,” samples left unattended as Ibrahim drew and the players after Qatar beat he said. the attention of the Malaysian Malaysia 1-0 in their qualifying “Yes, things look good but ZURICH: The International defence towards him on the right match yesterday. remember we still have a lot of Olympic Committee (IOC) will flank before lobbing the ball into “I congratulate our loyal fans, hard work ahead as we prepare retest frozen samples from pre- the box for Al Ali to score. the team and the coach on this for the 2015 Asian Cup,” he said. vious Games after an improved The final whistle signalled fine performance,” Sheikh Hamad Qatar last Friday hammered testing method led to hundreds Qatar’s progression to the Asian said yesterday. Yemen 4-1 in their other Asian of positive cases that went unde- Cup finals for the ninth time in “We offer sincere thanks to Cup qualifying match. tected, according to a German 10 attempts. AGENCIES God for this honour,” he added. THE PENINSULA television channel. Laboratories in Cologne and Moscow have found traces of anabolic steroids in hundreds of urine samples using the new test- Iran, Oman and Kuwait win Cup tickets ing method, German broadcaster ARD said in a statement. 2015 Asian Cup qualifying results SINGAPORE: Three-time Saudi backline in Xi’an. China Sadeghi headed home a corner The revelation has surprised champions Iran cruised into have eight points from five from the left just before halftime, the chairman of the IOC’s medi- SINGAPORE: Results from qualifying matches for the 2015 Asian Cup yesterday: the 2015 Asian Cup finals after games in the group, two ahead of with Ashkan Dejagah drilling in a cal commission Arne Ljungqvist, Group A thrashing Lebanon 4-1 yes- Iraq, who kept their finals hopes second in the 51st minute. who will recommend retesting of At Tehran terday, but China missed the alive by easing to a 2-0 win in Captain Javad Nekounam frozen urine samples from previ- Syria 0 Oman 1 (Eid Al Farsi 90+1) chance to join them and face Indonesia. slotted a penalty before Reza ous Olympic Games. Group B a nerve-jangling final qualifier “We need to learn how to con- Ghoochannejhad continued his “This case is a good example At Kuwait City after being held to a goalless vert dominance into a winning strong scoring form to make it of the necessity of performing draw by Saudi Arabia. situation. I hope we can make it in 4-0 in a match that was played retests on Olympic doping sam- Kuwait 3 (Yousef Naser 19, 71, Fahad Awad 56) Thailand 1 (Mongkol 68) World Cup-bound Iran were the last game,” China’s caretaker without fans following a dou- ples. I would certainly conduct At Beirut one of five teams to qualify for coach, Fu Bo, told reporters. ble suicide bombing near the retests here. We have the man- Lebanon 1 (Mohamad Haider 79) Iran 4 (Amirhossein Sadeghi 39, Ashkan Dejagah 51, Javad the finals from the nine matches Hammadi Ahmed scored with Iranian embassy in Beirut earlier date for that, after all,” he was Nekonam 55, Reza Ghoochannejhad Nournia 65) played in the penultimate round a powerful downward header and yesterday. quoted as saying in the statement Group C yesterday, with fellow west Asian Kerrar Jassim coolly converted a The result in the Lebanese from the broadcaster. At Xian sides Qatar, Oman and Kuwait penalty as the visitors were able capital helped Kuwait seal a place The World Anti-Doping China 0 Saudi Arabia 0 also securing berths, as well as to turn their attentions to a home in Australia after they beat bot- Agency (WADA) has also asked At Jakarta Uzbekistan. match against China. tom side Thailand 3-1 at home to the IOC to act while recommend- Twelve teams have now booked “The result of China’s game move on to nine points from five ing retests. Indonesia 0 Iraq 2 (Ahmed Hammadi 26, Kerrar Jasim 31-pen) a place at the 16-team finals in means a lot for us,” Iraq coach matches, four behind Iran and “We can only recommend the Group D Australia, with few big-name Hakeem Shakir told reporters. four clear of Lebanon. retests, but we don’t lecture. But At Shah Alam casualties apart from in Group The best third-place side across Oman struck a 91st-minute we believe that information of this Malaysia 0 Qatar 1 (Abdulkarim Salem 65) C, where 2007 winners Iraq or the five qualifying groups will also winner to beat ‘home side’ Syria kind should be passed on to the At Manama China will battle it out in March secure a berth, meaning all might 1-0 in a poor quality Group A IOC,” David Howman, director Bahrain 2 (Mohamed Salmeen 2, Faouzi Aaish 88) Yemen 0 to decide who joins Saudi Arabia not be lost for the loser, with Iraq clash in Tehran. The UAE made general of WADA, was quoted as in escaping the group. currently holding that position. it five wins from five in Group E saying. Group E China will feel they should They are just ahead of Lebanon, with a 5-0 thrashing of 10-man “If we make a sensible recom- At Hong Kong already be planning an 11th con- whose automatic chances were Vietnam, while Bahrain eased mendation based on sensible facts Hong Kong 0 Uzbekistan (Vokhid Shodiev 84, Odil Ahmedov 89) secutive appearance in the Asian crushed in a 4-1 loss at home to to a 2-0 success over Yemen in I think that others will implement At Abu Dhabi showpiece event, but they could Iran in Group B. Group D to remain a point clear it.” UAE 5 (Walid Abbas 19, Ismail Matar 25, Ali Mabkhout 31, 37, Ahmed Khalil 90+2) Vietnam 0 not find a way past a stubborn Central defender Amir Hossein of Qatar. REUTERS AGENCIES