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At least 110 killed in Historic COP 18 meet opens today OPINION Outlets must Bangladesh blaze ASHULIA, BANGLADESH: Qatar’s efforts to At least 110 people died when fire swept through a factory address climate in the worst-ever blaze to hit concerns issue receipts Bangladesh’s garment industry, officials said yesterday, as wit- ith nesses told of desperate work- Wrapid ers jumping from upper floors. economic Firefighters battled for sev- growth and in Arabic eral hours to contain the blaze, increasing which broke out on the ground population, floor of the nine-storey Tazreen Qatar is fac- Consumer protection laws issued Fashion plant 30km north of the ing great capital Dhaka late on Saturday. challenges Khalid Al Sayed DOHA: The Minister of bye-laws say dealers must pro- Survivors told how panicked in protecting EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Business and Trade has issued vide free after-sales service for staff, most of them women, tried the environ- executive regulations to help not less than three years. to escape the burning factory, ment while sustaining its nat- implement the Consumer The duration of warranty is to which made clothes for inter- ural resources. In a few years, Protection Law of 2008, making be decided according to the item national brands including the Qatar’s economy boomed and it mandatory for all retail and being sold or service being offered European chain C&A and the the country made a presence wholesale outlets to issue sales and it must be written in the con- Hong Kong-based Li & Fung Qatar and UN flags at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on the global stage. This receipts in Arabic. tract. Traders can also announce company. in Doha yesterday. The United Nations’ two-week historic conference progress, however, signifies The rule will apply to restau- guarantee periods orally or in the Bangladesh is a global centre on Climate Change (COP18/CMP8) opens here today. The high-profile that Qatar has bigger respon- rants as well as to importers and media. Outlets are legally obliged for clothes manufacturing due to sibilities at home and abroad, summit is expected to draw over 17,000 visitors from 194 nations. exporters and all kinds of service to inform the Ministry by fill- its cheap labour. particularly in addressing (SALIM MATRAMKOT) providers. The regulations, also ing up a form about side-effects See also page 13 the alarming environmental called bye-laws, are to be effec- or harmful effects or damage an See also page 4 problem we are all experienc- tive after being published in the item can cause to consumers. ing, called climate change. official gazette. Sellers must mention on Qatar has stepped up its The rules give the Ministry receipts they give away if an environmental initiatives and the Consumer Protection item is an used one, along with Father of slain woman blasts US embassy and policies to fully achieve Department of the Ministry to fix its price. Buyers have the right to its long-term ambitions. the prices of goods and services get refund or exchange items in Like many other countries, they deem fit by issuing lists to case it is found damaged or unfit BY AZMAT HAROON a grieving Brown said. The family has so far heard it needed to deal with the the effect. for use. He said he had contacted sev- nothing from the authorities diminishing water resources, Sales receipts provided by the And, significantly, an outlet DOHA: The father of the slain eral (US) Congressmen, Senators here, including the US Embassy, the rise of energy consump- outlets to customers must men- is to be taken to task if it runs American woman has accused and even the White House for except the little information they tion, effects of air pollution tion the price or prices of items misleading advertisements to pro- the US Embassy here and help in getting the body of his are being “fed every now and then and environmental degra- being sold or services being mote their products or services. Qatari authorities of not being daughter home. “I have got some by the school” (where Jennifer dation, not to mention the offered and no extra charge must The executive regulations cooperative as, he says, he is people here, some Congressmen, taught). impact of global warming. be levied from a customer for issued on November 18 have still awaiting her body to be Senators working on the case, and “I have heard very, very, very Qatar is among the high- issuing such a receipt. taken four years as the Consumer flown home for burial. we even got people from the White little—in fact, I haven’t heard est in the GCC countries in In what is welcome news espe- Protection Law was put in force Richard Brown told The House, who are trying to get her from the authorities at all,” said terms of water demand. The cially for vehicle buyers, the in 2008. THE PENINSULA Peninsula over phone yesterday back here.” Brown, whose daughter taught rising temperature and popu- that more than 10 days after his It has been over 10 days since at Al Wakra Campus of English lation have contributed to the daughter Jennifer was brutally Jennifer Brown, a 40-year-old Modern School (EMS). need for desalinated water Air raids kill 10 village near Damascus killed killed here by a security guard, school teacher, was murdered by The murder had apparently which would force the coun- 10 children yesterday as they her body has not been released. a Kenyan security guard. taken place at the school accom- try to build new desalination children in Syria played outdoors, opposition “My girl is still over there. I He said he had only ‘heard’ that modation for teachers where plants in the coming years. AMMAN: A Syrian govern- activists said. got a phone call from the school a knife was used as the murder Jennifer stayed. ment air strike on a rebel-held See also page 10 this morning, saying it might weapon, but there has been no THE PENINSULA Continued on page 6 take another two to three days,” confirmation to that effect. Continued on page 6

MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QU reveals progress of aviation biofuels project University team unveils details of QR45.5m project which is in collaboration with Qatar Airways and QSTP

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) yesterday revealed the progress of its groundbreak- ing research on developing sus- tainable alternative biofuels for aviation, on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference COP-18, which opens here today. The QU research team and officials gave Roberto Gonzalez, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) a tour of the facilities. “We really welcome this project. It shows that differ- ent solutions are being applied to different areas around the globe – focusing on sustainabil- From left: Hareb Al Jabri, Manager of the Qatar University Biofuels Project, Dr Malcolm Potts, Director of the Roberto Gonzalez, President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation ity by using resources natural to Biofuels Project, Roberto Gonzalez, President of ICAO, and Jane Hupe, Chief Environment Branch, ICAO, at the (ICAO), and Jane Hupe, Chief Environment Branch, ICAO, with a Qatar the surroundings. What really press briefing yesterday. University Biofuels team scientist. stands out with the Qatar bio- fuels project is that it is state- backed. It is a good example in state-of-the-art facilities which ramifications - significantly The research group grew these being scaled up even further – to Vice President for Research the Arab region, showing a com- are the best in the GCC and com- reducing one of the airline cultures, eliminating weaker 25,000 litres, specially-designed Dr Hassan Al Derham, Head mitment to sustainability and the petitive internationally for this industry’s biggest fixed costs variations which do not respond outdoor research ponds currently of the Department of Biological environment,” said Gonzales, who type of research. and providing a sustainable, so well to the Qatari environ- being prepared by the team. Sciences Dr Samir Jaoua and was impressed by the project. The aim of the project is to environmentally-friendly fuel ment and scaled up growth from If successful, a pre-commer- members of the biofuels research This was the first time the find a way of producing afford- where carbon dioxide is recycled small test-tubes to water tanks cialisation pilot plant will be con- team. team publicly detailed the able, sustainable biofuels which rather than accumulated in the to monitor their growth. Then structed on a much larger scale “As Qatar’s national univer- progress of the state-backed do not rely on the use of valu- atmosphere. the lipids are extracted from – 1.5m litres. The aviation indus- sity, we are always mindful of our QR45.5m biofuel project - the able arable land and which can be The research team isolated the cultures to make fuel, while try has been keenly following the role in advancing technology for first time in the region. The produced efficiently in the harsh multiple forms of single-celled carbohydrate is used to make project throughout its stages. the greater good of society. This university’s project, in collabo- climate of Qatar. photosynthetic organisms bioethanol. Gonzalez and his delegation project plays a key role in Qatar’s ration with Qatar Airways and These fuels should provide (cyanobacteria and microalgae) The team then scaled up their visited the labs to see first-hand wider commitment to developing Qatar Science and Technology an alternative source of energy, unique to the country, abundant tests to tanks of 1,500 litres situ- how the project had developed. in an environmentally sustain- Park (QSTP) is now into its specifically for use by the airline in the waters of Qatar which ated outdoors, at QU’s research He was joined by QU President able way and, if successful, will third year. The research team industry. If successfully produced grow well in the extreme heat, farm in Al Khor. Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, have benefits across the world,” which is part of QU College of on a commercial scale, the dis- strong sunlight and highly saline Having grown them success- College of Arts and Sciences said Professor Al Misnad. Arts and Sciences has developed covery will have international waters of Qatar. fully, the experiment is now Dean Dr Eiman Mustafawi, THE PENINSULA MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Historic climate change summit opens today 17,000 visitors for COP18 conference

BY SATISH KANADY Key questions to be answered at the Doha meet are likely to include the “how” and DOHA: The United Nation’s two-week “what” issues of a second commitment historic conference on Climate Change period of emission slash (the first com- (COP18/CMP8) is set to open here mitment period of emission reduction today as the organisers keenly await ends in 2012), including its length and for the opening positions of key coun- the presentation of the quantified emis- tries and negotiating blocs. sion limitation and reduction objectives The high-profile summit, which is (QELROs) that the concerned parties expected to draw over 17,000 visitors will commit to. from 194 nations, is aimed at reaching The Kyoto Protocol is expected to a new agreement on combating climate remain a sticking point of negotiations change challenges by controlling green- in Doha as some countries have made house gases (GHGs) emissions; and other the decision not to sign on for the second key treaties. period of the Kyoto Protocol despite an The Doha Summit is meeting amid agreement made by negotiators to extend reports of widening gap in the GHGs. The it in Durban, South Africa, last year. Emissions Gap Report, coordinated by the A majority of the developed coun- UN Environment Programme (UNEP) tries and countries that are parties to and the European Climate Foundation, the Protocol like Japan and the Russian and released days before, shows that Federation, have expressed their inten- greenhouse gas emission levels are now tion not to participate in the second com- around 14 percent above where they need mitment period. to be in 2020, and they are still rising. Some countries are still undecided. Many developing countries feel that developed countries should show more commitment to the An Internal Security Force vehicle patrolling the perimeter of the Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT emission reduction. Key players like Brazil, South Africa, India and China, also agreed it is imperative to stay at least which they have agreed must reach a The Higher Organising Committee of known as BASIC countries, below a two degree average global tem- level of $100bn a year by 2020. COP18/CMP8, chaired by H E Abdullah have called on the developed perature rise to avoid the worst impacts The conference’s first week is to be bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Chairman and the economies to “scale up ambi- of climate change.” spent on debating a complex draft treaty, President-elect of the Summit, reviewed tions” to reduce GHG emission Another stumbling block ahead is the while environment ministers and heads the final preparations for the Doha meet to meet the 2-degree target. decision in the funding of Green Climate of state are scheduled to arrive in the on Saturday. Christiana Figueres, UN Fund (GCF) proposed to help developing second week to attend the high-level seg- Al Attiyah will take over the COP Framework Convention on nations adapt to climate change. ment of the summit. presidency — a year-long role — when Climate Change (UNFCC) Christiana said countries meeting in UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon the conference opens at the world-class Executive Secretary, said: “Doha Doha need to reach a better understand- is expected to attend the high-level seg- Qatar National Convention Centre is as important as any COP ing on how to mobilise long-term finance ment of the Summit which begins in the (QNCC) today. before it. Governments have to support action in developing nations, first week of December. THE PENINSULA Experts to share Arab wisdom on climate issues

DOHA: The United Nations Climate While climate change is a relatively today. But the knowledge accumu- have always managed resources dif- Cha nge Con ference that beg i ns at the modern phenomenon for much of the lated by these ancient societies has ferently because they are so scarce. Qatar National Convention Centre world, people in Arab regions have been largely absent from UN climate She added: “For example, in Oman (QNCC) today will have special ses- coped with similar conditions for change negotiations, and people often there is a water system called Aflaj sions that will bring to the focus the thousands of years. have the mistaken belief that “dry that for centuries has been used to knowledge of ancient Arabs on deal- During the Conference, this knowl- lands are wasteland” when it comes distribute water equally to different ing with adverse climatic conditions. edge will be passed on during “Hikma” to sustainability. communities.” hours. Hikma is the Hala Kilani, Outreach and Public Another example of historic Arab Arabic word for “wis- Engagement Director at COP18/ conservation are Himas. dom” and the 11 ses- CMP8, who jointly organised the ses- Kilani said: “These are specific to sions, which are open sions with the UN, said: “Many people the Arab world as a way to manage to all participants at think that people in the Arab world these areas and keep them green. the QNCC, will bring mostly live in desert environments Unlike in Western countries, they do the Arab world to the which are poor in water and forests, not need fences to keep people out forefront of climate hence people have the perception that as everyone knows they should not change discussions for dry lands are wastelands. approach them as they live in these the first time. “But dry lands have very important environments and have developed an Across North Africa assets like mangroves, for example, unconscious awareness.” and the Middle East, which are capable of storing far more Among the groups hosting Hikma populations have carbon than forests over the same hours will be the Qatar Sustainability thrived despite issues surface area. Network, The Royal Society for The such as desertification, “Desert lands have always had to Conservation of Nature from Jordan, drought and extreme cope with droughts and now with cli- the World Initiative for Sustainable weather events. Many mate change droughts are happen- Pastoralism and the Arab Group for of the techniques devel- ing in parts of the world that have the Protection of Nature. oped over the centuries never experienced them before. This More information on the topics could be adapted to knowledge can be used to help people under discussion and timings of the help other nations deal adapt.” event will be available at www.cop18. with climate change Kilani said that Arab societies qa. THE PENINSULA

Mercury to dip sharply tomorrow

DOHA: Strong north- westerly winds are expected to lash the coun- try beginning tomor- row, causing a major drop in temperature, the Meteorology Department said yesterday. There are also chances of scattered rains on Wednesday and Thursday, said the department. All parts of the country would be affected by strong winds that could bring down temperature to as low as 15 degrees Celsius at times. The minimum and maximum temperatures during the period would hover between 15-18 degrees Celsius and 23-26 degrees Celsius, said the department. Meanwhile the Department has forecast thunderstorms in some parts of the country today, especially the offshore areas. Temperature in Doha today is expected to hover between 23 degrees Celsius and 31 degrees Celsius. THE PENINSULA

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PM meets Chinese envoy Overwhelming Speculation rife response about identity of to Barwa Commercial erring audit firm Street: Official

DOHA: Barwa Commercial ‘Name can’t be revealed under law’ Street, the flagship project of Barwa Real Estate Company is DOHA: Media reports that remarks to this newspaper. expected to start its operations the Prosecution has launched “That’s why you always find from next month. Over 30 per- investigations into an audit media reports about crimes cent of the commercial spaces firm’s suspicious behaviour or court cases mentioning ‘an have already been rented out, have created ripples in the local Asian or a European or an Arab Khalid Al Mannai, Executive financial circles. national held or punished for a Director of Waseef, a com- Rumours were abound yes- certain crime’, and there is no pany that maintains the real terday with people trying to names dropping,” Al Nema said. estate properties of Barwa said guess the identity of the erring Yesterday’s news report said recently. audit firm and about the nature the erring audit firm was one of The project is said to have of irregularities it might have the biggest operating in the coun- received great response from cli- committed for which it is being try with people in the financial ents. Some of the tenants even faulted. sector taking it to suggest one constitute big multinational com- Asked what might have pre- of the eight international audit panies of which many of them are vented the Prosecution from companies that have a presence entering into the Qatari market revealing the identity of the audit here. for the first time. firm, a prominent lawyer said It was also a subject of hot “Shops rented out from the Qatari laws forbid using names debate in the financial circles as first phase of the project will open during investigations of a crime, to what type of company it could The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani with the Chinese their doors for the customers court case or even after a court be whose accounts might have Ambassador to Qatar Gao Yuchen in Doha yesterday. The Prime Minister wished the envoy success in his during the month of December. verdict has been issued. This been manipulated by the audit duties and in strengthening relations between the two countries. The project has received an over- applies to civil disputes as well. firm. whelming response. Many big “That’s why you see that in The involvement of govern- and multinational companies are reporting court cases or court ment funds in the alleged irreg- demanding for huge spaces. Take verdicts the media do not use ularities was ruled out because the example of a Chinese com- the names of suspects, accused or that would bring into picture the pany, Dargon Mast, which has even convicts,” said senior lawyer, State Audit Bureau and not a pri- QF unit holds workshop on alone acquired an area of about Jamal Al Nema. vate audit firm. 20,000 sq m on rent,” Al Mannai The objective of reporting That leaves private or share- was quoted as saying by Al Sharq crimes, civil or criminal cases by holding companies whose scope yesterday. the media is to make the public is quite wide as they can include the art of perfume making He added that there are many aware, and not to malign individ- closed as well as listed entities. multinational companies that uals, groups or entities, he said in THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Social Development have demanded for space are Center (SDC), member of Qatar entering into the Qatari market Foundation for Education, for the first time. Science, and Community Asked to comment about the Development (QF), ran an rental prices, whether it is com- engaging three-day course on petitive or expensive, he said: QScience.com gets new tool the art of perfume making for “For commercial spaces the rent trainees and home-based entre- ranges from QR125 to QR150, but preneurs enrolled in the Badr for shops it varies from QR60 to to track research articles (Wa Int Gadr) programme. QR80, which is very much com- Under the supervision of petitive and affordable.” DOHA: QScience.com has Our partnership with Altmetric. Professor Mahdi Al Ajmi, a vis- The project also constitutes acquired a valuable new tool com helps us to do that.” iting expert in perfumery and a large number of residential which will provide its users Citation data is pulled from fragrance composition, Badr units. But there is no encourag- with comprehensive informa- Web of Science, CrossRef and members learned the craft of per- ing news for private occupants tion related to research articles. Scopus and is updated daily. The fume making and created their aspiring to have an address in In partnership with Altmetric. counts for each article link out to own signature fragrances. the society. Because, as of now, com, the QScience.com platform a citation list. Readers can see the During the workshop, Al Ajmi, the company is not allocating will now offer useful indicators total views of an article, both in who is a certified instructor in any houses to private individu- that can measure and track HTML and in PDF formats, while Personal Development from the als who have applied for family the impact of research through tracking the cumulative count on State of Kuwait, addressed a accommodation. page views, news mentions, and any given day using an interactive variety of topics including the Big companies and government social shares from Facebook graph. News, blog posts, Google+, different sources and types of fra- A trainee receives a memento during the Badr programme. organisations are being given and Twitter. Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit grances, as well as the formulas first preference over individual Paul Coyne, Technical Systems bookmark data are provided by that lead to the perfect scent. suite of services with the aim of terms of what we offer is voca- applicants. Director at QScience, said: Altmetric and updated hourly According to Al Ajmi, the main supporting both families and indi- tional training. The perfume “We have received over 2,000 “The availability of altmet- using Altmetric’s application pro- reason behind the success of this viduals fulfil their projects, ensur- making workshop was extremely applications for family accom- rics for QScience.com articles gramming interface (API). course was the participants’ keen- ing that they become self-reliant well-received by Badr entrepre- modation from private individu- is an important step forward Altmetric is supported by ness and responsiveness to the through a variety of programmes, neurs and trainees, as it provided als but we are giving priority to for research publishing in the Digital Science, a Macmillan topics at hand. including financial support sys- them with a platform to learn a companies and government insti- region. The discovery and shar- company focused on technology “Based on my experience tems, training and rehabilita- new and unique skill, as well tutions, then private families will ing of research papers has moved to aid scientific research. Blog with the Badr entrepreneurs tion courses, marketing support, as gain hands-on experience,” be considered” he added. to the online environment and I and Google+ lists link out to the and trainees, I am eager to help management consultancy, and said Amal Al Mannai, Excutive “Over 10 percent of the units believe that we have a duty of care original posts, and news links out organise further workshops that incubation services, as well as Director, SDC. have been allocated so far and to our authors and their funders to the original article. In addition, target specific groups and com- motivational incentives such Members of the Badr pro- some residents have already to measure, as comprehensively as a world map shows the number of munities, since the level of inter- as nomination for the Reyada gramme must be of the minimum moved into their allocated flats possible, the impact of the papers tweets per country. est is evident,” he said. Awards for Qatari Entrepreneurs. legal working age (18 years). last month.” that we publish on their behalf. THE PENINSULA The Badr programme offers a “One of SDC’s key strengths in THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Qatar’s green efforts will soon make a difference Justice will be served to

Continued from page 1 liquefied natural gas. The use The Ministry of Environment The state backed the ini- Jennifer: School official Qatar also adopted better of biofuels for the aviation earlier this year said that they tiatives of the United Nations water management to reduce industry and solar panels as are looking for companies to set as well as different local and Continued from page 1 network leaks of desalinated an alternative source of energy up a new waste management international organizations by Attempts to reach the Kenyan water. In 2011, the country are included in the long list of facility. hosting several climate change Embassy here for comment failed “I heard they developed a programme to Qatar’s environmental initia- According to a Ministry offi- conferences that will boost pub- as its officials refused to speak up ensure that all water consump- tives aimed at reducing carbon cial, the new facility will process lic awareness and encourage on the issue. caught a tion is metered to monitor its emissions. some 20, 000 tonnes of con- new researches and innovations. Asked if he knew how Jennifer use. After being dubbed the high- struction and demolition waste The global environmental cri- was killed, and if they knew the guy, and he These water-saving efforts est carbon emitter globally, every day. sis has a domino effect -- when motive of the murder, Brown confessed to it. will sustain the country’s water many Qataris have joined In the National Development one falls, others will follow, and replied in the negative. resource which is also used for hands in a bid to improve the Strategy report, Qatar will all will meet the same fate. “I heard they caught a guy, and But it was not agricultural development. The air quality and launch various establish a waste management The same thing happens with he confessed to it. But it was not establishment of water treat- green initiatives to minimise the plan by 2016 aimed at reducing climate change; one activity, if any authority who told me that; any authority ment plants also will help max- impact of climate change. and recycling the generation of done without moderation, can it was the school,” he said, add- imise the use of recycled water, The country has conducted domestic waste. cause greater impact to society, ing that “so far, there has been who told me especially the wastewater of several studies to control air Qatar has suggested solutions to the country, to the region, no cooperation from your end” industrial users. pollution, and it launched a to address its local environmen- and to the world. (Doha). The US Embassy in that; it was the Due to fast-paced moderni- project to monitor air quality tal problems knowing that the Qatar’s environmental ini- Qatar, meanwhile, was not avail- sation, Qatar is facing a rise in using wireless sensor networks. worst is yet to come. tiatives will not work without able for comment. A spokesman school and energy consumption. Last year, Qatar created an The country is now balancing the support of its neighbouring for the mission told this newspa- Qatar’s need for electricity is air quality system that would its economic and social progress countries. Working together is per earlier, while confirming that added so far, the highest in Middle East. And, oversee the quality of air in a with environmental protection, the best possible solution to the “a US citizen was killed in Doha as the country expands its com- specific area, and the system is so as to sustain development looming challenges. last week” that he couldn’t give there has been mercial and residential projects, expected to cover the whole of for future generations. But the Qatar might have topped the further details about the incident no cooperation. it is exploring nuclear energy to Qatar soon. The country is also result of these efforts will not be global list of polluters, but its due to US privacy laws. meet its needs. developing an early warning tremendous considering a few continued efforts will soon make Brown feels that attempts are At the same time, Qatar is tool that would determine the factors. a difference. being made to cover up the mur- she was “impressed” by the work diversifying its energy sources sources of air pollution. Across the Middle East and As long as the country stands der case, and in fact, “they don’t of the police here and that the to limit greenhouse gas emis- Apart from pollution and other countries, there is severe united for one goal, everything want people to know about it”. school trusted that “justice will sions which is the main cause natural resources shortage, drought, virtually no rainfall, is possible. We might blame He also said that he wished the be served”. She said: “The news- of global warming. the huge amount of hazardous worsening of air quality, mas- the rapid modernisation for process would speed up so that papers have more information Qatar has an undeniably high waste that threatens health and sive flooding and sandstorms. climate change, but the fact is Jennifer (a reference to her body) than I do.” level of carbon emissions in the environment is another problem Qatar, which experiences the that we are living in a modern might return to her home in Jim Drotar said the school was world due to its soaring use of facing Qatar. same catastrophe, supports world with advanced technol- Thorpe, in Pennsylvania. “I wish heartbroken, and that they were energy. The expanding population the international community in ogy. Using it means nothing if you would do a story on Jennifer, mourning the loss of one of their The country, being the world’s and growing industrialization implementing policies that will we can save tomorrow by start- to let people know there.” own, but also felt that “something largest producer of LNG, uses meant that the country needed help nations severely affected ing today. The director of EMS, Judith private has been made very pub- a lot of energy when burning a proper waste management. by the wrath of climate change. THE PENINSULA Drotar, told this newspaper that lic.” THE PENINSULA MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Katara book sheds light on art of pearl diving DOHA: Katara, the Cultural it had on shaping the community’s and we are proud to be launch- and Arab writers. The second Village, officially launched its way of life as opposed to just being ing it today,” said Dr Khalid part begins with literature on first book entitled Pearl Diving a source of livelihood. It also out- bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General pearl diving by Qatari writers in Qatar yesterday. lines the direct impact pearl div- Manager of Katara. and poets followed by a chapter The book, written in Arabic ing had on the economic, social, The book consists of two main dedicated to the biographies of with plans to launch in other lan- political and cultural prosperity sections which include five chap- famous men that were involved guages, is a documentation of the of the country. ters each. in the pearl diving era. history of pearl diving in Qatar “Documenting our heritage The first section includes the The book subsequently moves and highlights the importance is a key objective at Katara to documentation of research and on to include interviews con- and relevance of pearl diving in ensure we preserve our culture studies conducted on pearl div- ducted in the past with pearl the history and economy of Qatar. and pass on the legacy to future ing in Qatar, and displays Qatari divers. It will be distributed to minis- generations. The pearl diving era scientific books in the field that It concludes with a list of tries and other government enti- without a doubt is a significant were previously issued. names of dhows and pearl divers ties across the country and will milestone in Qatar’s heritage In addition, there is a chapter and an appendix of the book also be available at Katara. which contributes greatly to the allocated to the features and stud- which includes historical letters The book reinforces how inte- current cultural development we ies written in Qatari publications written in the pearl diving era, gral pearling was to Qatar’s his- are undergoing. This production in the past, as well as anecdotes diving documents and plans. The General Manager of Katara, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. tory and culture and the impact took a lot of work and research and reports written by travellers THE PENINSULA Envoys of ALBA states express solidarity with Palestinians International community urged to take steps against Israeli aggression

BY FAZEENA SALEEM

DOHA: Embassies of the coun- tries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of the Americas (ALBA) here yesterday, joined their governments to express solidarity with the Palestinians. Diplomatic missions of Venezuela, Cuba and Ecuador here in a joint statement con- demned the escalation of violence and death in the hands of Israelis in the Gaza Strip, at an event held at the Cuban ambassador’s residence. The statement was presented by Ernesto D Plasencia Escalante, Ambassador of Cuba, Fernando Centeno, Second Secretary and Financial Affairs Officer, of Venezuela to Munir Ghannam, Ambassador for Palestine in Doha. “The brutal repression of the Palestinian population has taken the lives of many innocent civil- ians and brought about consider- From left: Ernesto D Plasencia Escalante, Ambassador of Cuba, Munir able material losses compounding Ghannam, Ambassador of Palestine, and Fernando Centeno, Second the hardships the people from Secretary and Financial Affairs Officer at the Embassy of Venezuela, during that small and besieged terri- a function held at the residence of the Palestinian envoy in Doha yesterday. tory already endure,” said the SALIM MATRAMKOT statement. “In light of this new aggression against the Palestinian people, Ghannam, Ambassador for a dozen injured in Israeli air the embassies of the countries Palestine appreciated the con- strikes. of the Bolivarian Alliance for the tinued strong support given by Meanwhile, Israel’s eight-day People of the Americas to Qatar, ALBA to his country saying bombardment of the Gaza Strip expressing the will of their gov- “Israel is killing the two state has caused more than $1.2bn in ernments and people, call on solution; they kill our people. direct and indirect damages, a the international community to Palatine should be the last occu- spokesman for the Hamas gov- take all necessary steps to pre- pied country.” Countries of the ernment said yesterday. vent these criminal acts against Bolivarian Alliance for the People “The total cost of damages the Palestinian people from of the Americas have already caused by the Israeli aggression ever occurring again,” it further expressed their solidarity to the is $1.245bn,” Taher Al Nunu told stated. people of Palestine. reporters in Gaza City. Escalante, the Cuban Chavez Frias, President of Nunu said the eight-day oper- Ambassador, said: “Palestine Venezuela, in a recent statement ation had completely destroyed should be the next new UN condemned Israel’s recent assault 200 homes and partially damaged member country. The embassies on the Gaza Strip as “savage” and another 8,000. of the countries of the Bolivarian called for an end to “aggression” Another 42 non-residential Alliance for the Peoples of the against the Palestinian people. buildings, including the Hamas Americas once again express In its most recent assault on government headquarters, were their support to the just cause the Gaza Strip, which Israel called also completely destroyed, he of the Palestinian people and Operation Pillar of Defence, 162 said. Three mosques and a health their inalienable rights, includ- Palestinians were killed and more centre were levelled, and hun- ing the creation of an independ- than 1,100 injured. dreds of official buildings were ent state with east Jerusalem as Three Palestinian journal- also partially razed, Nunu said. its capital.” ists were killed and more than THE PENINSULA MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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CHAIRMAN: SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: KHALID AL SAYED Conflict in Congo E-MAIL: [email protected] ACTING MANAGING EDITOR: HUSSAIN AHMAD E-MAIL: [email protected] As the world grapples with multiple EDITORIAL: TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 crises, the war in Congo is being ignored. FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR. E-MAIL: [email protected] S THE world grapples with multiple crises, the war in Congo have recruited and used child soldiers by the hundreds. What’s ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 is not getting the attention it deserves. The eastern region of happening in the country is the result of a vacuum created by the ACongo was the epicentre of two wars in the past 15 years that weakness of the state. The government in Kinshasa under President CLASSIFIED: 44557857 E-MAIL: [email protected] led to the loss of an estimated 5 million lives. Not all these lives were Joseph Kabila has been unable to impose the rule of law, leading SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY lost in wars. Many were caused by hunger and disease that followed armed rebels to fill the vacuum created by him. He also failed to the armed conflict. honour peace agreements signed earlier. International experts are TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 The conflict in the country continues to rage causing mayhem. On saying that the latest rebellion is the result of an abject failure to E-MAIL: [email protected] Tuesday, a rebel group, M23, seized the provincial capital of Goma as implement earlier accords, failure to implement reforms in the army Congolese army forces and the United Nations peacekeepers fell back and failure to start talks with the rivals. It is unfortunate that the SUBSCRIPTION RATES and watched. By taking Goma, the rebels have raised the prospect of presence of a 19,000-strong UN peacekeeping force has done noth- ANNUAL QR 675 a destabilizing return to a regional war. ing to stop the conflict. 6 MONTHS QR 340 Since the beginning of this year, more than 650,000 people have Rwanda and Uganda too must be stopped from interfering in been uprooted in the regions of North and South Kivu. A series of Congo. Rwanda has been supplying arms and support to the M23 peace agreements reached in recent years have proved fragile and rebels though it has denied the charges. But such denials will not are in tatters. The M23 was formed out of a rebellion in the Congolese help because a UN report just published has said that Rwanda has army in April by several hundred soldiers from a former rebel army provided “direct military support” to the rebels, including “arms, that had signed a peace deal with the government on March 23, 2009. ammunition, intelligence and political advice.” The international They are led by Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, a former senior army officer community needs to put pressure on Rwanda and Uganda to stop PUBLICATION who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on seven meddling in their neighbour’s affairs. The United Nations needs to counts of crimes against humanity. take more efforts to stop the bloodshed in Congo. And the sooner it What makes the Congo conflict worse is the fact that the rebels does so the better.

We ask for a just peace, which is agreed on by the The other side international community which will give us our Quote of state with east Jerusalem Israel running out of shots as its capital. the day Mahmoud Abbas he celebratory gunfire in Gaza that greeted the start of Palestinian President Wednesday’s truce, may have been in part to greet the end of Tthe slaughter of the Israeli onslaught. This has seen at least 162 Palestinians die, the majority of them civilians, and in excess of 1,200 people injured. Some of these will die later and many more will have to live with crippling disabilities for the rest of their lives. But the hail of bullets that was fired into the air also marked a victory. The Israelis had done their worst and had discovered that in return, Hamas rockets had been fired at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Once again, the Palestinians trapped in the Gaza ghetto had not been cowed and this time, the Israeli Army had hesitated to send in ground forces, because the Netanyahu government had a good idea of the fierce opposition they would meet. No one on either side has forgotten the humiliating defeat that Israel’s once seemingly invincible troops had met in 2006 in southern Lebanon, at the hands of the more lightly armed, but carefully organized Hezbollah militia. There was however more of a victory on Wednesday than most of the jubilant Hamas fighters realized. That victory is this: Whatever hap- pens now to the cease-fire, Israel has just experienced a psychological and strategic defeat, largely of its own making, which its leaders and generals would do well to recognize and analyze. The truth is, Israel’s strategic and military options are running out. The country now stands alone in the Middle East. Turkey was once a quiet but steadfast sup- porter. Last week its premier, Recep Tayyip Erdogan branded Israel a “terrorist state.” Senior Israeli officers are being tried in absentia for their part in the murderous attack of the Turkish Gaza aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, in which their troops shot down nine Turkish activists who had resisted the boarding of their ship with iron bars and fire extinguishers. Israel’s refusal to listen even to friends in top military echelons in Ankara, not only undermined Turkish generals but edged the mod- erate Islamist Erdogan government toward making this astonishing declaration, which will doubtless have made fellow NATO members, not least the United States, particularly uneasy. Egypt is also no longer a friendly neighbor, prepared to help Israel enforce its economic blockade of the Palestinians in Gaza. The Mursi administration is a long way from repudiating the 1979 Sadat-Begin peace accord between the two countries. However, public opinion on the streets, has swung decisively in favor of the people of Gaza. ARAB NEWS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to rebuild America

BY RAHM EMANUEL false assurances of underlying efficiencies and direct user fees, years’ worth of education. immigration reform to ensure United States energy-independ- demographic advantages, the as well as creating the nation’s In partnership with leading that, true to our history, we con- ent in the next four years, a goal OO much post-election Democratic Party must follow first city-level public-private private-sector companies, we tinue to be the party of opportu- that has eluded the past eight analysis has focused on through on our No. 1 priority, infrastructure bank. Democrats reengineered our six commu- nity and inclusion. Democrats in presidents. Tvoter demographics and which the president set when should champion these kinds of nity colleges to focus each on Congress should follow Chicago’s While reforming tax policy campaign mechanics, leaving he took office and reemphasized innovative financing tools at a skills training for jobs in one of lead and develop a national is not the panacea that some Democrats in danger of draw- throughout this campaign: It is national level. Chicago’s six key growth fields. “Citizenship Initiative” to pro- believe, the experience of our ing the wrong lessons from our time to come home and rebuild If we want to build a future Democrats can be the party that vide the 8.5 million people eligi- party shows that pro-growth, electoral success. America. in which the middle class can closes the nation’s skills gap by ble to become citizens with the pro-middle-class reforms can Demographics alone are not In Chicago, our initiative succeed, we must continue the making our community colleges information and resources they jump-start economic prosper- destiny. There is nothing in this of “Building a New Chicago” push for reform that the presi- a vital link between people look- need to achieve the American ity. When Democrats led on year’s election returns that guar- adopts a similar view, with dent began with Race to the ing for jobs and companies look- dream. these policies during President antees Democrats a permanent improvements to areas as var- Top, bringing responsibility and ing for skilled workers. Chicago’s initiatives come Bill Clinton’s first term, we majority in the years to come. ied as education and physical accountability to our teachers The strength of these invest- straight out of the playbook strengthened the earned- President Barack Obama and infrastructure. and principals. ments is proven in the number Barack Obama put forward in his income tax credit. We balanced the Democratic Party earned the While infrastructure improve- Chicago has adopted its own of people we’re putting back campaign four years ago and has the budget in the second term, support of key groups — young ments have been neglected on a Race to the Top for early child- to work: Chicago is first in the advocated since Day One of his cutting spending while lowering people, single women, Latinos, federal level for decades, Chicago hood education, allowing public nation in terms of increase in presidency. But there are some taxes for working families, to lay African Americans, auto work- is making one of the nation’s schools, Head Start, charters employed residents, and for issues that only Washington the groundwork for a decade of ers in the Rust Belt and millions largest coordinated invest- and parochial schools to com- several months we have led the can tackle. Democrats at the prosperity. In President Obama’s of other middle-class Americans ments, putting 30,000 residents pete for dollars by improving the nation in year-over-year employ- national level must execute on second term, we have an oppor- — because of our ideas. to work over the next three quality of their pre-kindergarten ment increases. We added 42,500 the president’s agenda on energy tunity to do the same and nar- But we cannot expect years improving our roads, rails programs. In addition, this year residents to the workforce in the and tax reform to ensure the row the nation’s income gap. Republicans to cede the eco- and runways; repairing our aged Chicago Public Schools put into past year alone — 8,000 more future of not only our party but If Democrats develop innova- nomic argument so readily, water system; and increasing effect a 30 percent increase in than the next highest U.S. city. also the middle class. tive policies that help Americans or to fall so far short on cam- access to gigabit-speed broad- class time, which means that While Republicans are likely By embracing the president’s compete in a global economy, we paign mechanics, the next time band. We are paying for these when today’s kindergartners to become less intransigent on “all of the above” strategy, will outperform Republicans on around. critical improvements through graduate high school, they will immigration, Democrats need Democrats can own the poli- Election Day. It’s that simple. So, instead of resting on a combination of reforms, have benefited from 2½ more to push for comprehensive cies that will begin to make the WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 US must help Syrian rebels Saudi dynasty faces The conflict in Syria is generational choice pushing Iraq and others BY ANGUS MCDOWALL to the breaking point. WO royal deaths and two cabinet reshuffles in just over a year have edged Saudi Arabia’s ruling family toward a At the same time, US tough decision: turning to a new generation after 60 years Tof rule by sons of the founding patriarch. The succession beyond the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, disengagement has King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz - the fifth of Ibn Saud’s sons to reign and who is, at 89, recovering from major surgery - is a sensitive subject among the Al Saud dynasty’s hundreds of princes; but it tempted Iraqi politicians will determine the path of the world’s top oil exporter and main Arab ally of the United States as it navigates domestic change and to move toward sectarian regional turmoil. “In the next 10 years, there will be great changes in terms of the allies for survival. royal family,” said Khaled Al Maeena, editor-in-chief of the local English-language newspaper the Saudi Gazette. BY CONDOLEEZZA RICE “The younger generation will play a role.” Abdullah, not seen in public since an 11-hour back operation HE civil war in Syria may well last Saturday, has pursued cautious economic and social reforms be the last act in the story of the aimed at reconciling an ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom with disintegration of the Middle East the demands of a modern economy and youthful population. as we know it. The opportunity to Doctors have said his surgery in Riyadh was successful. hold the region together and to The immediate line of succession is to the crown prince, Prince Trebuild it on a firmer foundation of tolerance, Salman, born in 1936 and another son of the kingdom’s founding freedom and, eventually, democratic stability monarch, King Abdulaziz, known as Ibn Saud, who died in 1953. is slipping from our grasp. But beyond Salman, there is much less clarity. Egypt and Iran have long, continuous his- In October last year, there had appeared still to be a formidable tories and strong national identities. Turkey A Syrian rebel mourns the death of a comrade in Maraat Al Numan, in the southern Idlib province. line-up of half-brothers standing beside King Abdullah as heirs does as well, except for the matter of the to the conservative Islamic state founded by their father in 1932 Kurds, who are still largely unassimilated, after decades of tribal warfare. mistrusted by Ankara and tempted by the Americans, he will take no risks with Tehran. But where is the United States? America hope of independent nationhood. The great mistake of the past year has been has spent months trying to get the Russians NO OBVIOUS HEIR-APPARENT Every other important state is a modern to define the conflict with Bashar Assad’s and the Chinese to agree to toothless UN construct, created by the British and the regime as a humanitarian one. The regime in resolutions to “end the bloodshed,” as though Yet 13 months later, the deaths of princes Sultan and Nayef, French, who drew borders like lines on the Damascus has been brutal, and many innocent Moscow will abandon Assad and Beijing really both of whom had been in turn the designated successor as crown back of an envelope, often without regard for people have been slaughtered. But this was no cares about chaos in the Middle East. prince, as well as the departures of princes Ahmed and Muqrin ethnic and sectarian differences. replay of Libya. Much more is at stake. Vladimir Putin is not a sentimental man. from senior posts, have left no obvious heir-apparent after Crown The results: A Bahrain that is 70 percent As Syria crumbles, Sunnis, Shias and Kurds But if he believes that Assad can survive, he Prince Salman, who was promoted after Nayef died in June. Shia, governed by a Sunni monarch. Saudi are being drawn into a regional web of sec- will do nothing to undermine him. There is debate as to whether Prince Ahmed might remain the Arabia was created with a 10 percent Shia tarian allegiances. Karl Marx once called on In recent days, France, Britain and Turkey principal contender, but some Saudi analysts and foreign diplomats population in its richest provinces to the east. workers of the world to unite across national have stepped into the diplomatic vacuum to now think it a possibility that after the death of Abdullah the next Iraq is 65 percent Shia, 20 percent Sunni Arab, boundaries. He told them that they had more recognise a newly formed opposition that is crown prince will be a grandson of Ibn Saud. and a mix of Kurds and others, all ruled until in common with each other than with the rul- broadly representative of all Syrians. “I think there is no other alternative to the next crown prince 2003 by an iron-fisted Sunni dictator. Jordan’s ing classes that oppressed them in the name The United States should follow their lead being a grandson of King Abdulaziz,” said Saudi political scientist population is almost 70 percent Palestinian. of nationalism. Marx exhorted workers to and then vet and arm the unified group with Khalid Al Dakhil. Lebanon is roughly divided among Sunnis, throw off the “false consciousness” of national defensive weapons on the condition that it In a system built on the idea that consensus ensures stability, Shias and Christians. And then there is Syria: identity. pursues an inclusive post-Assad framework. and which prizes both seniority and competence, the sprawling a conglomerate of Sunnis, Shas, Kurds and Today’s Karl Marx is Iran. It envisions the The United States and its allies should also Al Saud clan will have to weigh the balance between the family’s others, ruled by the Alawite minority. spread of its influence among Shias, uniting consider establishing a no-fly zone to protect many different branches. The fragile state structure of the Middle them under the theocratic flag of Tehran — the innocent. America’s weight and influence Saudi analysts see the al-Saud as adept at managing the succes- East has been held together for decades by destroying the integrity of Bahrain, Saudi are needed. Leaving this to regional powers, sion process, something a former Western ambassador to Riyadh monarchs and dictators. But as the desire for Arabia, Iraq and Lebanon. whose interests are not identical to ours, will said they would be especially anxious to do now at a time of demo- freedom has spread from Tunis to Cairo to Iran uses terrorist groups, Hezbollah and only exacerbate the deepening sectarianism. cratic ferment, which has felled republican Arab autocrats and Damascus, authoritarians have lost their grip. the Sha militias in southern Iraq to do its Certainly there are risks. After more than a pressured some neighbouring monarchs. The danger now is that the artificial states bidding. Syria is the linchpin, the bridge into year of brutal conflict, the most extreme ele- “You can bet with the Arab Spring in the background they’ll could fly apart. the Arab Middle East. Tehran no longer hides ments of the opposition — including Al Qaeda want to take a decision they can all live with and support,” he said, In Iraq, after overthrowing Saddam Hussein, the fact that its security forces are working — have been empowered. Civil wars tend to speaking on condition of anonymity. the United States hoped that a fledging multi- in Syria to prop up Assad. In this context, strengthen the worst forces. The overthrow However, the generational leap may prove fraught because Ibn ethnic, multi-confessional democracy could do Tehran’s sprint toward a nuclear weapon is of Assad could indeed bring these dangerous Saud’s grandsons - of whom there are hundreds - may fear that if what authoritarians could not: give all of these a problem not just for Israel but the region groups to power. they or their brothers are passed over in favour of cousins, the line groups a stake in a common future. as a whole. But the breakdown of the Middle East state of succession will set off down a different branch of the growing To an extent it has, with elections repeat- In response, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other system is a graver risk. Iran will win, our allies family tree, excluding them and their offspring forever. edly producing inclusive governments. But the neighbouring powers arm and support Sunni will lose, and for decades the region’s mis- “It’s very difficult to make the jump to the next generation,” institutions are young and fragile, and they factions. The Turks are being drawn into the ery and violence will make today’s chaos look said Madawi Al Rasheed, a London-based critic of the Al Saud are groaning under the weight of the region’s conflict, desperately fearful that the Kurds will tame. War is not receding in the Middle East. and author of “A History of Saudi Arabia”. broader sectarian explosion. The conflict in break away in Syria and push their brethren It is building to a crescendo. Our elections are “But if there are enough government positions to go around, Syria is pushing Iraq and others to the break- in Turkey to do the same. Missile and mortar over. Now, America must act. they can keep them all happy,” Rasheed added. ing point. At the same time, US disengage- strikes are increasingly common across the (The writer was US Secretary of State ment has tempted Iraqi politicians to move borders of Israel and Turkey. Ankara’s cries from 2005 to 2009.) POSTPONE THE GENERATIONAL SHIFT toward sectarian allies for survival. If Prime to Nato for help last month should have gotten Minister Nouri Al Maliki cannot count on the our attention. WP-BLOOMBERG The family might still choose to postpone the generational shift by elevating to the position of official successor Prince Ahmed, who resigned abruptly in November as Interior Minister after less than five months in the position. “It doesn’t rule Prince Ahmed out of the equation. He’s still there,” said a Saudi analyst who spoke anonymously. “He’s still a choice to become crown prince when Salman becomes king.” Netanyahu was right not to invade Gaza Another of Ibn Saud’s sons, Prince Muqrin, lost his job as intel- ligence chief in July and seems less favoured, as do other surviving sons of Ibn Saud’s several wives and concubines. Unlike typical European monarchies, there is no automatic suc- It remains to be seen whether the prime minister’s cession from father to eldest son. Instead the kingdom’s tribal traditions dictate that a new king and senior family members show of strength will prove an effective deterrent. select the heir they consider fittest to lead. For all the difficulties, little is likely to be heard in public. Any dissent among princes over the succession would only happen in BY GERSHON BASKIN bunkers. Deterrence was created and still private, said Saudi commentator Jamal Khashoggi. exists. There may be arguments behind closed doors. But, Khashoggi bad ceasefire is better than a good How much force is necessary, how many said: “Then it would be ‘Long live the King!’ and ‘Long live the war. The majority of Israelis feel people must be killed, how many leaders tar- Crown Prince!’.” differently. The eight-day Gaza geted, how much destruction must take place King Abdullah set up a family “Allegiance Commission” in 2006 Acampaign ‘Pillar of Defence’ was to create deterrence? No one really knows. which ensures representation for different branches of Ibn Saud’s launched to create deterrence against con- The Israeli triumvirate – prime minis- descendants and must approve or reject a new king’s choice of heir, tinued indiscriminate rocket fire from Gaza ter Binyamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister if necessary selecting its own candidate. on Israel’s civilian population. The situation Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor The commission only comes into effect after Abdullah’s death, was definitely intolerable. No government in Lieberman – claimed victory after eight days but analysts said it in some ways only formalised an existing proc- the world could accept having their civilians of air force bombardment of Gaza. ess of seeking consensus on naming a crown prince. targeted by rockets from a neighbouring ter- Israeli ground troops and tanks, which were Even if the Al Saud do elect to move down a generation at the ritory and action had to be taken to change parked outside Gaza, never entered one of the next opportunity there is no guarantee that if Salman’s heir were this horrible reality. most densely populated areas of the world. to be one of his nephews, he would be a much younger man. There were three opinions considered. One, The Israeli leaders declared that ‘Pillar of A Palestinian celebrates in the Gaza Strip after Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al Faisal, one of the leading supported by people like me, advocated that Defence’ has brought deterrence back and that the ceasefire was announced. candidates among the next-generation princes and viewed as a there was a growing trend of pragmatism (to the enemy in Gaza learned its lesson. comparative liberal, was born in 1941, making him older than either be differentiated from moderation) in Hamas Meanwhile on the streets of Gaza thousands And as another Israeli prime minister (Ariel of his uncles Prince Ahmed or Prince Muqrin. that was willing to enforce a ceasefire and were celebrating their victory. Even after Sharon) said: “What you see from here [the The grandson with the biggest job, however, is Prince Mohammed undertake preventive actions stopping attacks some 1,500 Israeli air force sorties and some prime minister’s seat] is not what you see from bin Nayef, who replaced Ahmed as Interior Minister this month. against Israel. 150 dead, Hamas and its allies in Gaza contin- there [the opposition]”. The post not only brings control of the kingdom’s formidable secu- The opinion on the opposite side argued ued to shoot rockets at Israel’s civilian popula- Netanyahu and his government made the rity apparatus but formal command over the regional governors, that Israel needed to conduct a forced regime tion until the very last moment, asserting that right decision not to launch the ground oper- who are all themselves royal princes. change in Gaza. If Israel did not do it now, it they shot the last round; making sure that it ation. But the Israeli public expected more, Prince Mohammed was Saudi security chief before becoming would have to do it in the future. was after the ceasefire had gone into effect. especially those in the south of the country minister and earned the plaudits of foreign diplomats and King The centrist opinion, the prevailing one that In Gaza, they claimed shooting down an who have suffered from 10 years of rocket fire Abdullah for crushing a domestic Al Qaeda wing in recent years. guided Israel’s current policy, stated that a F-16 aircraft, bombing the Israeli parliament from Gaza. The public believed that, when the He is seen by local analysts as an astute politician. ceasefire with Hamas would strengthen it, and in Jerusalem, shooting down an Israeli drone, operation began with the killing of Hamas At 59, he is roughly a contemporary of his cousins Prince that is against Israel’s interest. Instead Israel and even sinking an Israeli naval warship. The strongman Ahmed al-Jaabari, Netanyahu Mohammed bin Fahd, governor of Eastern Province, and Saudi must rebuild its deterrence so that in Gaza leaders of Hamas emerged from their bunkers would “finish the job” Israel didn’t do in Cast Arabian National Guard commander Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, they would think 100 times before shooting a amid a massive amount of destruction to their Lead in 2009. Now Netanyahu will be held to both also seen as possible future kings. rocket into Israel. infrastructure and claimed victory. his promise that deterrence has been created, Other prominent grandsons include Deputy Defence Minister Deterrence is a very amorphous concept. Gone from the Israeli leaders were the fiery and time will be its only test. Prince Khaled bin Sultan and Tourism Minister Prince Sultan You never know if you have it until after the inciting speeches they made just four years ago Gershon Baskin is the co-chairman of bin Salman, son of the crown prince and the first Arab in space. fact. The 2006 second war in Lebanon was when they sat in the opposition and criticised IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Centre for As the ruling dynasty prepares to enter uncharted territory in thought to be a huge failure inside Israel, but the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, for not Research and Information, a columnist for the years to come, Saudi Arabia’s 28 million people will be follow- Israel’s northern border has been quiet for destroying the Hamas regime and bringing it the Jerusalem Post and initiator and negotia- ing closely the health of their rulers and any further shuffling in six years and Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan to its knees. Now, Netanyahu and his associ- tor for the release of Gilad Shalit the responsibilities of Ibn Saud’s many heirs. REUTERS Nasrallah is still hiding in underground ates are the government, not the opposition. GUARDIAN NEWS MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

12 dead as 50 killed as Shebab attacks town on rebels battle Kenya border MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab fighters briefly took control of a small town on the border with Kenya for airport in a battle that left at least 12 people dead, military officials and witnesses said yesterday. Heavy fighting broke out late on Troops bomb Damascus outskirts Saturday afternoon in Bulohawo and lasted into the evening, resi- DAMASCUS: Syrian troops Russia and China blocking UN dents and military commanders bombarded the outskirts of Security Council efforts to ratchet said, with residents confirming Damascus, where monitors said up the pressure on Damascus. that the Shebab took full control almost 50 people died in a bat- In the face of the revolt, Assad’s of the town for a few hours before tle for a military airport, as regime has been reducing its ter- Somali troops were able to rein- the country’s 20-month conflict ritorial ambitions to focus on force their positions. homes in on the capital. Damascus, central Syria and “The violent elements attacked Russia and France, meanwhile, Alawite bastions, as it digs in for Bulohawo in late afternoon and prepared for talks tomorrow in a long war, according to analysts. after heavy fighting our forces Paris at which Russian Prime On the ground, rebels captured defeated them and inflicted heavy Minister Dmitry Medvedev and a “large part” of the military air- losses on them,” Diyad Abdi Kalil, France’s President Francois port of Marj Al Sultan, 15km east a Somali military commander in Hollande are expected to address of Damascus, and destroyed two the area, said by phone. differences over the Syria conflict. helicopters overnight, the Syrian Casualty estimates varied but “There is a major disagree- Observatory for Human Rights most sources agreed that at least ment,” Russia’s envoy to Paris, said yesterday. a dozen people, most of them Alexander Orlov said. “The West The Britain-based monitoring Members of the Free Syrian Army gather as fighting rages between them and the armed Kurds of the Kurdish fighters for the two sides, had says (a solution) must start with group, which relies on a network Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the northern Syrian town of Ras Al Ain, yesterday. been killed. the departure of (President) of activists, lawyers and medics “The Shebab attacked the Bashar Al Assad, and we say this for its information, said 31 rebels Damascus are as a much a matter connecting a wide expanse of ter- with Jordan overnight, but later town from three directions and is where it must end.” and 16 soldiers were killed in the of social class as of confession or ritory between the two provinces, vacated the area for fear of air penetrated the barracks of the Turkey and close Syria ally battle. ethnicity. Rebels have set up rear both of which border Turkey. strikes that regularly follow rebel Somali troops after heavy fight- Iran, whose positions on the Meanwhile, regime helicopter bases in orchards surrounding Insurgents also surrounded the gains, the Observatory said. ing. They briefly took control of crisis are also diametrically gunships pounded the north- the capital, where they had made military airport of Deir Ezzor city Meanwhile, it said, five peo- the town but were later forced opposed, held closed-door talks east and southwest outskirts of advances during the summer but in the east, where four rebels and ple died in a bus explosion in the back. Twelve people, most of on Saturday. Damascus as clashes also spilled have since been driven out. a civilian were killed in clashes, province. The watchdog said 55 them the fighters from the two No details were published after over into southern districts of the In northern Syria, rebels sniper fire and shelling. people were killed nationwide on sides, died,” said resident Sadik a two-hour meeting in Istanbul capital, the Observatory said, giv- pressed on with an offensive The army has already lost much Sunday, including 27 civilians. Mohamed. between Iran’s parliament ing a preliminary toll of 28 peo- against troops stationed at the of the eastern part of Deir Ezzor In other developments, the Another resident, Hussein speaker Ali Larijani and Turkish ple killed in Damascus province strategic Tishrin dam, which province, which borders Iraq. Just Observatory said rebels seized Mahat Abdulle, confirmed he Prime Minister Recep Tayyip yesterday. straddles the Euphrates River over a week ago, the rebels seized the training camp of a pro- had seen bodies in government Erdogan, whose country Tehran Although the conflict is often and connects the provinces of control of a military airbase in the regime Palestinian faction, the uniform as well as bodies of what accuses of arming the rebels. seen as one between an opposition Aleppo and Raqa. border town of Albu Kamal. Popular Front for the Liberation looked like Shebab fighters. World powers have made no led by the country’s Sunni Arab Rebels already control one of the In the southern province of of Palestine-General Command, Kalil said his men had killed progress on finding a politi- majority and the minority Alawite- main routes to Raqa, and the dam Daraa, insurgents took control of near Damascus. “nearly 20” Shebab, but a spokes- cal solution to the conflict, with dominated regime, the fault lines in would give them a second passage, a military outpost on the border AFP man for the Islamists dismissed that claim and said his men had killed 15 Somali government troops. “Today was a victorious day for the mujahedeen fighters who car- Kurdish teachers debate Syria war under Assad gaze ried out several military opera- tions, the main attack was against the apostate militants helping the DERIK, Syria: Residents and he’ll stay, but I don’t think so,” she “I don’t like Assad at all,” we don’t like terrorists either.” or that. I’ve been teaching here infidels at Bulohawo,” said Shebab militias in Derik have removed adds resignedly. counters Khaled, 34, who “We don’t want other people to for four years and never had any spokesman Sheik Abdiasis Abu almost all the ubiquitous presi- Before the revolt, “I could do teaches the Islamic religion. “I’m teach us freedom. We don’t want problem with Christians. She’s Mus’ab. dential portraits from official whatever I wanted, I could travel against killing and I support the anyone from the outside, we can not wearing the hijab and that’s “The Mujahedeen fighters buildings since the regime made wherever I wanted and now I Kurdish language, democracy and take our freedom ourselves,” she fine,” he says pointing towards a penetrated their defences and its exit from the Kurdish town can’t because of terrorists,” she freedom.” adds, as others nod in agreement. female colleague. took control of the city for many in northeast Syria. says, using the standard regime Syria’s Kurds, who number “I would like the government None of the female teachers hours. Around 15 of the apos- They have also taken down term for rebels fighting to unseat over two million and are concen- to change, but peacefully, without are. tate militia were killed,” he said, a statue in the town centre of Assad. trated in the north and north- killing.” Around 90 percent of the referring to the Somali govern- President Bashar Al Assad’s late The teachers have removed east, are fiercely nationalistic but Adnan takes a neutral stance. school’s students are Muslim ment troops fighting alongside father and predecessor Hafez over Assad’s portraits from classrooms their language has been officially “Both sides are killing people and Kurds, with Muslim and Christian regional armies to overcome the the past week. so as not to be seen as regime banned under Assad. so we are not safe with either,” Arabs making up the other 10 Shebab. But one place the two leaders collaborators, but have left up Celebrations of the regime’s the headmaster says of the regime percent, according to the staff. Bulohawo, which lies just across still look down from their official the ones in headmaster Adnan’s departure from Derik earlier and rebels in the conflict that The school began giving the border from the town of portraits is on the wall of the office, where they sit on couches this month included speeches in monitors say has so far killed Kurdish language lessons for the Mandera in the extreme north- headmaster’s office in the town’s at break time and chat. Kurdish and Kurdish music blar- more than 40,000 people since first time ever about a month ago, east of Kenya, has been calm so secondary school. They allow journalists in on ing out in the town centre. March 2011. as the regime started to loosen its far Sunday, residents said. “We don’t have any problem their discussions on the anti- Computer science teacher “I’m a Muslim but I’m moder- grip on the region. All students Officials said two civilians in with these pictures,” says English regime revolt but ask to be identi- Shahinaz, 43, says: “We are doing ate,” Khaled says. attend these classes, the teach- Mandera town had been hit by teacher Suzanne, 27. fied only by first name and refuse well without Assad here. We want “I like the hijab but Islam ers say. gunfire during the fighting. “Assad is our president. I hope to have their pictures taken. to learn our Kurdish language, but doesn’t say you have to do this AFP AFP

Bomb kills three Yemenis during Millions flood Iraq shrine city for Ashura rituals Ashura festival KARBALA: Millions of Shias that struck pilgrims in past attack since a car bomb against make cuts on their heads as a sign was down considerably from the flooded the Iraqi shrine city of years. pilgrims killed three people on of mourning for Imam Hussein, 650,000 who were said to have SANA’A: At least three Shias Karbala yesterday for the peak A bomb wounded 10 pilgrims November 17. who was killed in 680 AD by the attended last year. were killed in a bomb attack of Ashura rituals, which have in Diyala province, north of Throngs of pilgrims beat their armies of the caliph Yazid. Staff Lieutenant General targeting the first public com- been largely spared the attacks Baghdad, but it was the first such chests and some used swords to Tradition holds that the Othman Al Ghanimi, head of Al memoration of Ashura in the revered imam was decapitated Furat Al Awsat operations com- Yemeni capital in half a century. and his body mutilated. Hussein mand that covers Karbala, said No one claimed responsibility is buried in the holy city, 100km 30,000 security forces personnel for the attack, but Al Qaeda and south of Baghdad, and his death were deployed at the northern, its affiliates, comprising Sunni was a formative event in Shia southern and eastern entrances Muslim militants, have targeted Islam. of the city to protect the pilgrims. Shias in the past. Black-clad pilgrims, some of Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Medics and local officials said them in tears, listened over loud- Mohammed Al Hasnawi, the com- 13 other people were also wounded speakers to the story of the battle mand’s spokesman, said its forces in the attack on a hall where the in which Hussein was killed, and were also preparing to protect pil- Shias were leaving the ceremony later carried out a ritual run to grims on their way back to their in Sana’a after the Ashura rituals. the shrine, striking their heads homes. “Fourteen people were brought in mourning and shouting: “We There have not been any to hospital, and three of them sacrifice for you, O Hussein.” attacks on pilgrims in Karbala have died,” one medic at the Saudi The commemorations, which province so far, Hasnawi said. German Hospital said. also included a reenactment of the Pilgrims are most vulnerable A statement issued by the attack that killed Hussein, offi- when they are going to and from Houthis, a Shia armed group cially wrapped up by 3pm (1200 Karbala, when they are not pro- based in northern Yemen, said the GMT), according to a journalist. tected by the heavy security in the attackers also sprayed the crowd Mohammed Khaled, a 37-year- city itself. with gunfire and fled. old pilgrim dressed in a black Governor Har said 2,400 vehi- “We condemn this attack and robe who came to Karbala from cles from various ministries and consider the safety of Yemeni Baghdad, said Ashura is a chance from Karbala province would help citizens the responsibility of the for people to “express their love of transport pilgrims home. so-called national unity govern- and adherence to the principles of Ahmed Fadhel, a 30-year-old ment,” the statement said. Imam Hussein.” pilgrim from Najaf province, Yemeni Shias, who follow the “It also reminds us of the said both security and services Zaydi creed, have gained strength importance of adhering to (what in Karbala were good, but added: in Sanaa since President Ali is) right and rejecting falsehood,” “We are ready to participate in Abdullah Saleh was forced to step he said. this commemoration in spite of down following an uprising against Karbala provincial Governor any circumstances.” his 33 years in office earlier this Amal Al Din Al Har said that This is the third year since the year. Saleh kept the rebels in check about three million pilgrims, 2003 US-led invasion that Iraqi in northern Yemen, launching including 200,000 foreigners, trav- security forces have been in sole repeated campaigns against them. Local actors dressed as ancient warriors re-enact a scene from the 7th century battle of Karbala during the festival elled to Karbala for the rituals. charge of security during Ashura. REUTERS of Ashura in Sadr City yesterday. The number of foreign pilgrims AFP MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Jordan charges New powers three opposition activists with ‘incitement’ temporary, AMMAN: A Jordanian court yesterday charged three members of the main oppo- sition party — the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing — with incitement against the says Mursi government during recent pro- tests, a judicial source said. The Islamic Action Front in Brotherhood calls for demonstration response called for the immediate release of all prisoners detained CAIRO: Egyptian President transitional period.” in connection with the protests. Mohammed Mursi said yes- That was a reference to the The three suspects, charged by terday that the sweeping new regime of long-time president the kingdom’s state security court powers he assumed this week Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted with “incitement to oppose the are meant to be temporary, by a popular uprising early last regime,” will be kept in custody and called for dialogue to find year. Some 850 protesters were for 15 days pending three separate common political ground in the killed during the revolt, and hun- cases, the source said. country. dreds more since. There are now 107 people “The presidency reiterates the Mursi ordered the reopen- awaiting trial in connection with temporary nature of the said ing of investigations into those a spate of recent protests sparked measures, which are not meant deaths, and new prosecutor gen- by fuel price hikes, including one to concentrate power, but... to eral Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah said woman, according to the same devolve it to a democratically “revolutionary courts” would be source. elected parliament... as well as set up that could see Mubarak, his R iot policemen fire tear gas towards opponents of President Mohammed Mursi during clashes, in Tahrir Square, Senior party official Ali Abu Al preserving the impartiality of sons and his top security chiefs Cairo, yesterday. Sukar called for the “immediate the judiciary and to avoid politi- retried “should there be new release of all prisoners.” cising it,” a statement from his evidence.” ground and bridge the gap in Americans to avoid all places from disbanding the Islamist- “Arrests will not scare Islamist office said. Mubarak and his interior min- order to reach a national consen- where demonstrations were likely dominated panel drawing up a and popular movements,” which Under a constitutional decla- ister were sentenced to life over sus on the constitution, which will to be held as Western concern new constitution. will continue to demonstrate to ration on Thursday, Mursi can the killing of protesters in last be the cornerstone of Egyptian mounted over the potential of Adding to the crisis, the “reform the regime,” he said in a issue “any decision or measure to year’s popular uprising against modern institutions.” Morsi’s power grab to spark new Journalists Syndicate called for a statement. protect the revolution,” which are him, but six security chiefs were Meanwhile, Muslim violence in the Arab world’s most general strike to demand that any A government announcement final and not subject to appeal.” acquitted in the same case spark- Brotherhood were readying populous state. new constitution protect press last week that fuel prices, includ- That touched off a showdown ing nationwide outrage. nationwide demonstrations yes- A Brotherhood statement freedoms, but no date was set. ing household gas, were set to with judges over the path to a new The statement said “these terday in support of Mursi in his called on its well-organised sup- Tahrir Square, one of the capi- rise by up to 53 percent sparked constitution and sparked charges measures will preserve the rights showdown with judges. porters to hold demonstrations tal’s crossroads, remained closed a series of protests, some calling by the opposition that Morsi was of martyrs and victims, which A show of strength on the after sunset in all of Egypt’s main to traffic on Sunday as Morsi for King Abdullah II to step down. taking on dictatorial powers. is a fundamental issue for the streets, expected after sunset cities to “support the decisions of opponents pressed their sit-in. Calling for the king’s overthrow The statement said it had been Egyptian public opinion.” prayers, has the potential for trig- the president.” By afternoon, more tents were is punishable by imprisonment. “deemed necessary in order to Yesterday’s statement said gering clashes with opponents of The Brotherhood’s political erected in Tahrir, where protest- The demonstrations were a hold accountable those respon- the presidency “stresses its firm the sweeping new powers Mursi arm insists that Mursi’s decree, ers have been camping out since major departure for the kingdom, sible for the corruption as well commitment to engage all politi- and who remained camped out in which place his decisions beyond Friday to demand that Morsi which had previously been spared as the other crimes during the cal forces in the inclusive demo- Cairo’s Tahrir Square. judicial review, was a neces- rescind his decree. the kind of unrest in other coun- previous regime and during the cratic dialogue to reach a common The US embassy warned sary move to prevent the courts AGENCIES tries rocked by the Arab Spring. The initial protests against the announcement descended into violence, with one person killed, 71 injured, and 158 arrests made, police said. A judicial source Nasrallah says Hezbollah could hit all of Israel in future war said on Monday that the public prosecutor had “charged 101 sus- pects with incitement against the BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader “Israel, which was shaken by a war six years ago, says it has been “from Kiryat Shmona - and let In a move it said showed it government, rioting and illegal Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah handful of Fajr-5 rockets during re-arming since then and has a the Israelis listen carefully - from could penetrate deep inside Israeli gathering.” warned Israel yesterday that eight days — how would it cope far deadlier arsenal than Hamas. Kiryat Shmona to Eilat”, he said, defences, it flew a drone over Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur thousands of rockets would with thousands of rockets which Nasrallah has said Hezbollah could referring to Israeli’s northern- Israel last month. The drone was defended the price hike, saying rain down on Tel Aviv and cit- would fall on Tel Aviv and other kill tens of thousands of people and most town on the Lebanese bor- shot down after flying 25 miles the decision was “unavoidable” ies across the Jewish state if it (cities) ... if it attacked Lebanon?” strike anywhere inside Israel if der to the Red Sea port 290 miles into southern Israel. Israel says its given the country’s $5bn budget attacked Lebanon. Nasrallah said. hostilities break out again. further south. Iron Dome missile defence system deficit, and that the measures Speaking four days after the The Fajr-5s, with a range of “If the confrontation with the The movement has warned knocked out 90 percent of the rock- would save $42m by year end. ceasefire which ended a week 75km — able to strike Tel Aviv or Gaza Strip ... had a range of 40 that any Israeli attack against ets fired from Gaza which were on Jordan relies on imports for 95 of conflict between Israel and Jerusalem — and 175kg warheads, to 70 km, the battle with us will the nuclear facilities of its patron course to hit populated areas. percent of its energy needs and the Islamist Hamas rulers of are the most powerful and long- range over the whole of occupied Iran, which has armed and funded Nasrallah was speaking by has been struggling to find afford- Gaza, Nasrallah said Hezbollah’s range rockets to have been fired Palestine - from the Lebanese the Lebanese Shia Muslim mili- video-link to tens of thousands of able alternatives to Egyptian gas response to any attack would from Gaza. border to the Jordanian border, tant group, would inflame the Shi’ite faithful in southern Beirut supplies, which been repeatedly dwarf the rocket fire launched But Hezbollah, which fought to the Red Sea,” Nasrallah said. Middle East — though it has not commemorating Ashura. hit by sabotage. from Palestinian territories. Israel to a standstill in a 34-day Hezbollah could hit targets specified its own response. REUTERS AFP Mauritania leader Abbas confident on UN upgrade bid ‘incapable’, must quit: Opposition RAMALLAH: Palestinian President and by all the Palestinian political factions. Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said he was “fully “We are on our way to the United Nations NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania’s confident” ahead of a fresh attempt to seek and there are a lot of states supporting us, opposition said yesterday that upgraded Palestinian status at the United who support peace and justice. All of the President Mohamed Ould Abdel Nations on November 29. factions are with us in going to the United Aziz, shot in the intestines in “We are going to the UN fully confident in our Nations,” he said. what was described as an acci- steps. We will have our rights because you are Last week, Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement dent, is not capable of leading with us,” he told a crowd of around 1,000 people denied a report by the official Palestinian news the nation and must step down. demonstrating support for the bid to upgrade the agency WAFA that Hamas prime minister Ismail Abdel Aziz returned home on Palestinian rank from that of an observer entity Haniya had expressed support for the UN bid in Saturday after 40 days recuper- to an observer state. a phone call with Abbas. ating in France following the “We ask for a just peace, which is agreed on Abbas said the UN move would be followed by October 13 shooting, prompt- by the international community which will give steps to bridge the bitter political divide between ing opposition protests against a us our state with east Jerusalem as its capital. his Fatah movement and its Islamist rival Hamas. power vacuum in his absence. Without that, there is no hope at all,” he said. “Today, the UN. After that, reconciliation, and “We maintain that the head Abbas said the attempt to secure upgraded after that, our own state,” he said. of State is incompetent and his status was backed by many UN member states AFP regime must get out” said Saleh Ould Henenna of the coalition Coordination of Democratic Opposition (COD) at a press conference. “The coming days will prove Likud chooses list for January polls that Abdel Aziz is physically inca- pable just as he has always been politically, to lead the country and JERUSALEM: Members the possibility that the vote Speaking to reporters on that his return will only compli- of Israeli Prime Minister could be extended by another Sunday, Feiglin said that cate the chances for a solution to Benjamin Netanyahu’s rul- day. “The election process tak- although Likud supporters in the country’s crisis.” ing rightwing Likud were ing place now is a farce,” said the south, which bore the brunt The country’s opposition has slugging it out in a party pri- Education Minister Gideon of the Gaza rocket fire, were long demanded that Aziz step mary on Sunday to choose the Saar on his Facebook page. “It dissatisfied with what they saw down, and began regular protests frontrunners for a January 22 should be halted at once and as a premature ceasefire they against his regime since May. parliamentary race. held at another time soon.” would remain loyal and not The opposition accuses the The primary among the Netanyahu himself cast his defect to far-right parties. former general of having failed to Likud’s 123,000 registered ballot at the Givat Zeev settle- “Despite the justified hard respect commitments made in the members was to select a list ment just north of Jerusalem, feelings of the people in the Dakar accords that led to his elec- of parliamentary candidates urging members to come and south, they will come and vote tion in 2009, a year after he seized which will be put to voters in vote, a statement said. today and also on January 22,” power in a coup d’etat. The presi- the January general election. Analysts are keen to see if he said, adding that Likud also dent’s mandate expires in 2014. Netanyahu’s position as party the party tilts further to the needed to walk a clearer path. In an interview with French leader was already confirmed right in response to public “Likud needs to return to the International Radio (RFI) and by Likud’s governing central disaffection over a truce deal straight path, to end confusion Le Monde newspaper on Saturday committee in February. which on Wednesday ended about its values, to say: This is he said he still has a comfortable Polling stations opened at Israel’s eight-day Operation our land,” he said. Last week, the majority in parliament to govern. 9am and were to close 13 hours Pillar of Defence against Gaza settler lobby published a front- “The opposition must know later at 10pm with results due militants, halting plans for a page advert in the Jerusalem that to get to power, you have out by midnight (2200 GMT). major ground operation. Post ranking Likud candidates to go through the ballot box and But a series of technical The ballot will also be a test on the basis of their opposition to without the ballot box you can’t problems at many of the com- of the strength of the far-right a Palestinian state and how many demand anything.” puterised polling stations were Jewish settler lobby, led by settlements they had helped build. AFP causing serious delays, raising Moshe Feiglin, within the party. AFP MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Twin bombs Catalonia set to vote in separatists kill at least Citizens of economically vibrant province upbeat as Madrid looks on nervously 11 in Nigeria

BARCELONA, SPAIN: persuading investors of Spain’s church Spain’s Catalans, angry over ris- fiscal and political stability. ing unemployment and persist- The recession and a high public KADUNA, NIGERIA: Two ent recession, were expected to deficit have pushed Spain to the suicide bombs killed at least 11 deliver their separatist leader a heart of the euro zone debt crisis, people yesterday at a church in mandate in yesterday’s regional and Rajoy is weighing asking for a barracks in northern Nigeria, vote to press for secession. an international bail-out. where the Islamist sect Boko Opinion polls show two-thirds Wary that separatism could Haram is waging a campaign of of voters will vote for parties that spread to the Basque Country violence, the military said. want Catalan independence, and and beyond, Rajoy said this Army spokesman Bola Koleoso the election may therefore pro- week that the Catalan election said a bus drove into the side of the voke a constitutional crisis over is more important than general St Andrew Military Protestant the legality of a referendum on elections. Church at the Jaji barracks in independence. Alicia Sanchez-Camacho, the Kaduna state and exploded at Pro-independence flags, a star candidate for Rajoy’s People’s around 1105 GMT, five minutes against red and yellow stripes, Party (PP) in Catalonia, warns after a service had started. hung over balconies all over of economic disaster if Catalonia Explosives inside a Toyota Barcelona, its capital city. Shop tries to leave Spain. The PP Camry were detonated outside owner Margarita Bascompte said looked set to be the second big- the church ten minutes later, he “in two weeks we sold more than gest party in Parlament with polls said. The military said at least 30 we have in the last eight years”. forecasting it will win 17 seats. were injured. Many Catalans believe they “Don’t stay at home (on elec- A military source who wit- are taxed unfairly, crimping local tion day) if you don’t want them nessed the attack said the sec- spending on infrastructure and to kick us out of Spain and out of ond bomb was the most deadly, job creation. An estimated ¤16bn Europe,” she said at a campaign killing people who went to help ($21bn) in taxes paid in Catalonia, rally this week. the injured from the first blast. about 8 percent of its economic Some 5.2 million Catalans are Witnesses said the barracks was output, is not returned to eligible to vote in the polls. cordoned off and ambulances car- the region. Enthusiasm for independ- ried the wounded to hospital. “Those who support (President ence could ebb if voters think There was no claim of respon- Artur) Mas feel mistreated by the price is having to leave the sibility but Islamist sect Boko Spain for a long time and we are European Union, leaving Mas Haram has frequently attacked fed up. The economic crisis has high and dry. the security forces and churches made the difference,” said Rosabel “I have no interest in independ- in its fight to create an Islamic Casajoana, 64, a teacher, emerg- ence. It’s totally irresponsible,” state in Nigeria, where the 160 ing from a polling station having said 45-year-old Luis, a Peruvian million population is evenly split voted for CiU. Current President of Catalonia and leader of the CiU (Catalan Convergence and Unity) party Artur Mas (centre) immigrant and salesman who between Christians and Muslims. Mas’s conservative Convergence casts his ballot for regional elections in Barcelona yesterday. voted for the PP. A suicide bomber killed eight and Union party, or CiU, is seen “It means exiting the EU and a people and injured more than 100 winning the most seats in the a referendum. A recent convert to the cause focused on the region’s gripes drop in Gross National Product... last month at a church in another 135-seat regional assembly, or Home to car factories and of independence after a mas- with Madrid. He told supporters Mas is an economist. He knows part of Kaduna state, which has a Parlament. banks that generate one fifth sive street demonstration in he wanted to be the last president this but he isn’t saying it. Why?” mixed Muslim and Christian pop- But the projected 62 to 64 CiU of Spain’s economic wealth, and September, Mas campaigned on of Catalonia within Spain. said Luis, who declined to give his ulation and often suffers from sec- deputies is short of an absolute birthplace of surrealist painter a promise to hold a referendum Voters said they felt this was last name. After the vote Mas will tarian tensions. A bomb attack in majority, so Mas — newly con- Salvador Dali and architect on secession. the most important election since struggle to push conflicting agen- a church in Kaduna state in June verted to separatism — will have Antoni Gaudi, the region also has Catalonia’s treasury is broke Spain returned to democracy in das: his promised referendum on triggered a week of tit-for-tat vio- to team up with smaller pro- one of the world’s most successful and the region’s debt has been the 1970s after the Francisco independence and his drive to cut lence that killed at least 90 people. independence groups such as the football clubs, FC Barcelona. downgraded to junk. Blocked from Franco dictatorship. Catalonia’s high deficit. Gunmen killed six people in a Republican Left, or ERC, to push With more people than the bond markets, Mas has had The Catalan independence While the Republican Left village in northern Kaduna state ahead with a plebiscite. Denmark and an economy almost to seek billions of euros in rescue movement, which made a surpris- may ally with him to push a ref- earlier this month. The area was That will put him on a colli- as big as Portugal’s, Catalonia has funds from the central govern- ing comeback this year after dec- erendum, it may pressure him at the heart of post-election vio- sion course with Madrid, where its own language. Like Basques, ment, itself fighting to prevent ades of dormancy, has threatened to give up some spending cuts in lence in April last year that left Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Catalans see themselves as dis- financial meltdown. Rajoy’s mission to bring down exchange. hundreds dead and thousands will use the constitution to block tinct from the rest of Spain. But, on the campaign trail, Mas painfully high borrowing costs by REUTERS displaced. REUTERS Mali regime Italy’s centre-left postpones votes to choose Quit Goma to talk, Congo tells rebels transition talks candidate for PM GOMA, DEMOCRATIC position?” Kabasha said in Goma, BAMAKO: Mali’s interim REPUBLIC OF CONGO: which sits on the north shore of regime yesterday postponed Congo said yesterday it would Lake Kivu at Congo’s eastern bor- three days of national talks ROME: Italy’s centre-left voted not negotiate with M23 rebels der with Rwanda. aimed at planning a transition yesterday to choose the can- in the east until they pulled out Vianney Kazarama, the rebels’ back to democracy and tack- didate who will be the leading of the city of Goma, but a rebel military spokesman, said gov- ling the security crisis in the contender to succeed Mario spokesman said Kinshasa was ernment forces that had been Islamist-occupied north. Monti as prime minister after in no position to set conditions reinforcing along the shores of “The days of national consul- an election in March and take on peace talks. the lake were now deploying in tations have been postponed to charge of steering the country Congolese President Joseph hills around the rebel held town December 10, 11 and 12,” an offi- through a deep recession. Kabila met with M23 for the of Sake and government-held cial statement said. The national Opinion surveys show first time on Saturday after an Minova, both Goma’s west. meeting was due to start on Democratic Party leader Pier urgent summit in Uganda where A UN source in Minova said Monday in Bamako. Luigi Bersani is the frontrun- regional leaders gave M23 two government soldiers had gone on a Several political parties and ner among five candidates, fol- days to leave Goma, which the looting spree for a second straight associations had planned to boy- lowed by Florence mayor Matteo rebels seized six days ago after night there. The town was calm cott the meeting, which is being Renzi, who has vowed to shake up UN-backed government troops yesterday but gunshots rang out encouraged by Mali’s foreign Italy’s political establishment if he melted away. overnight, the source said. partners. is chosen. The rebels have so far shown no “What is real is that the morale “I am satisfied with the post- The vote will eliminate a major sign of quitting the lakeside city of the troops is very low. They’ve ponement,” said Moussa Diarra, element of uncertainty before the of one million people. lost hope in the commanders,” the a member of one of Mali’s main election to choose a successor to The rebels say they plan to UN source said. political coalitions, the Front for Monti’s technocrat government. march on other cities in the east, The Congolese army has vowed Democracy and the Republic The centre-left alliance is well and then strike out across the to launch counter-offensives and (FDR). “Before the conference ahead in opinion polls for the par- country to the capital Kinshasa, win back lost territory. The rebels we need clear terms of reference liamentary election and the winner across 1,600km of dense jun- have warned the government and to avoid the political hijacking of the primary vote is in pole posi- gle with few roads, a daunting against embarking on a “new of the event.” Once one of west tion to take over Monti’s efforts feat achieved 15 years ago by military adventure”. Africa’s more stable democra- to control strained public finances Kabila’s father. So far, the unruly and poorly- cies, Mali rapidly imploded after and tackle a year-long recession. Amani Kabasha, a spokesman led army has been little match a coup in March ousted president Support for Prime Minister Silvio for M23’s political arm, welcomed for the rebels, despite assistance Amadou Toumani Toure’s regime. Berlusconi’s deeply divided centre- the meeting with Kabila but ques- from a UN peacekeeping mission Angry soldiers seized power right People of Freedom party tioned the government’s resolve to that deployed attack helicopters after being overwhelmed by a (PDL) has crumbled to less than end a crisis that risks engulfing to support the government before Tuareg separatist rebellion in the half than it recorded in the last the region. Goma fell. north. However, the coup did not election in 2008. REUTERS “Why put conditions on talks? Rebel leaders share ethnic Democratic Republic of Congo government soldiers ride a truck in Minova, stop the rapid occupation of the You pose conditions when you ties with the Tutsi leadership of north, a desert area larger than 70 kilometres south of Goma, yesterday. are in a position of strength. Is Rwanda. France, by the Tuareg and their Heavy rain hits UK, the government really in such a REUTERS Islamist allies. AFP more to come

LONDON: Hundreds of homes across Britain were flooded yes- terday as heavy rain and strong McCain climbs down on opposition to Rice’s elevation winds continued to batter the country and environmental offi- cials warned of more storms WASHINGTON: Senator John opposition. “I’d be glad to have rather than a premeditated forward to having the chance to Republican, Lindsey Graham, to come. In a Twitter message, McCain, a vocal opponent of the opportunity to discuss these strike. discuss the Benghazi situation said yesterday that Rice would Prime Minister David Cameron Susan Rice’s possible nomina- issues with her,” he said. During the US presiden- with him. The UN ambassador face “a lot of questions” during described scenes of flood in the tion as Secretary of State, said In what could become the tial campaign, supporters of has objected to contentions that any Senate confirmation hearing. rural southwestern region of yesterday that the UN ambas- first ugly nomination fight Republican candidate Mitt she deliberately misled the pub- “I don’t believe the video is the Cornwall as “shocking”, and sador could change his mind of Democratic President Romney seized on the issue to lic in the wake of the Benghazi reason for this. I don’t believe it promised that his government after she explained her state- Barack Obama’s second term, attack Obama. attack. was ever the reason for this. That “will help ensure everything is ments on the attack on the US Republicans have criticised Rice McCain had vowed to oppose McCain was asked whether was a political story, not an intel being done to help”. Two peo- mission in Benghazi. for appearing on Sunday morn- any attempt by Obama to put Rice Rice could get his vote to be story, and we’re going to hold peo- ple have died since heavy rains “Sure. She can — I’d give every- ing news shows shortly after the into a position that would require Secretary of State, and responded: ple accountable,” Graham said on began on Wednesday, includ- one the benefit of explaining their September 11 attack in Benghazi Senate confirmation, as the presi- “I think she deserves the ability ABC’s “This Week” show. ing a woman killed by a falling position and the actions that they that killed four Americans and dent prepares to fill anticipated and the opportunity to explain Many Republicans in the House tree in the southwestern city of took,” McCain said on the “Fox saying early information sug- vacancies in his Cabinet. herself and her position, just as of Representatives have also Exeter. News Sunday” programme when gested it was the result of pro- Rice had said earlier this week she said.” blasted Rice over Benghazi. AFP asked if Rice could reverse his tests over an anti-Muslim film she respected McCain and looked Another senior Senate REUTERS MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Garment factory blaze kills 109 in Bangladesh Many jump to death from nine-storey building; factory makes clothes for international brands

ASHULIA, Bangladesh: and died of suffocation. Rescue workers in Bangladesh Mahbub said the blaze origi- recovered 109 bodies yester- nated from the ground-floor day after a fire tore through a warehouse and spread through garment factory, forcing many the building, trapping workers workers to jump from high win- who were working on the night dows to escape the smoke and shift. flames. “Those who could not jump died Firefighters battled for several due to suffocation. The factory hours to control the blaze, which had three exits but since the fire broke out on the ground floor of was on the ground floor, workers the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion could not come downstairs,” he plant, 30km north of the capital said. Dhaka on Saturday evening. The owner of the Tazreen fac- Survivors told how panicked tory, Delwar Hossain, said by tel- staff, mostly women, desper- ephone that the cause of the fire ately tried to escape the fac- was not yet known but he denied tory, which the owner said his premises were unsafe. made clothes for international “It is a huge loss for my staff brands including Dutch chain and my factory. This is the first C&A and the Hong Kong-based time we have ever had a fire at Li & Fung company. one of my seven factories,” he “There were more than 1,000 said, confirming that the premises workers trapped in the factory,” made clothes for C&A and Li & one worker who gave her name Fung. only as Romesa, 42, told local Relatives of the workers made media from her hospital bed. phone calls to those inside the “I jumped from a window on the factory as it burned, locals said, fourth floor and found myself on and one witness said firefighters the third-storey roof of another were helpless as the blaze took building. Several people fell out hold. of the window and died.” “I came to the factory premises Bangladesh is a global centre and found workers crying for for clothes manufacturing due to help,” Mohammad Ratan said. cheap labour, with many popu- “As the fire spread to the upper lar brands using huge factories floors, I saw many jumping from to produce items for export to windows.” Western markets, but work con- The cause was not immediately ditions are often basic and safety known but fires as a result of standards low. short circuits and shoddy electri- Dhaka District Commissioner cal wiring are common in South Yusuf Harun said that the death Asian factories. toll was 109, including several A blaze in a Pakistan garment workers who died while jumping factory fire in September killed from the building’s upper floors. 289 workers and injured 110 more. “We laid the bodies out in the Two of the factory owners are Firefighters extinguish a blaze in the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion plant in Savar, about 30km north of Dhaka, yesterday. grounds of a nearby school and facing murder charges. have now started handing them “Global buyers who buy cheap Garments and Industrial Workers garment workers have died in $19bn last year, or 80 percent Also in Bangladesh, at least 13 over to relatives,” Harun said. apparel from Bangladesh do Federation. factory fires. of national exports. people were killed after a flyover The director of the fire bri- audit safety issues in factories. According to the Clean Clothes Bangladesh has recently The sector is the mainstay of under construction collapsed on gade, Major Mahbub, who uses But these audits are often not Campaign, a Amsterdam-based emerged as the world’s second- the poverty-stricken country’s Saturday in the southeastern port one name, said that most victims actual inspections,” said Babul textile rights group, since largest clothes exporter with economy, employing 40 percent city of Chittagong. were found on the second floor Akhter, head of the Bangladesh 2006 at least 500 Bangladeshi overseas garment sales topping of its industrial workforce. AFP

Chittagong Senate president seeks competent person for Milf talks flyover MANILA: In order to ensure that the forging of the framework the peace negotiations with the personally dealt with and handled agreement with the Milf but all continuity and successful con- agreement between the Philippine Milf. The framework agreement the Mindanao problem for many failed, including the previous collapses clusion of the peace negotia- government and the Milf was just that was recently concluded has years, I can tell you that it takes no administration. tions with the Moro Islamic a first step towards attaining last- raised much hope for the nation less than a firm and comprehensive Substantial progress was Liberation Front (Milf), Senate ing peace in Mindanao. for a durable and lasting peaceful grasp of the origins and intricacies reported in the peace negotiations killing 13 President Juan Ponce Enrile He said that the peace process solution to the Mindanao problem,” of the conflict in Mindanao and the during the previous administra- said President Benigno Aquino is a work in progress and should said Enrile, who was a member of intellectual acumen in searching tion, highlighted by the signing of CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: must designate an equal of have been continued by Leonen the University’s Law Class of 1953. for a peaceful solution within the a memorandum of agreement on At least 13 people were killed newly appointed Supreme Court as the head of the government Enrile, who once served as strictures of our Constitution to be ancestral domain between the two and dozens are feared miss- Justice Marvic Leonen in terms peace panel, but the President Minister of Defence under the able to move forward and bring the sides. The agreement was seen at ing after a flyover under of competence to head the gov- had greater things in store for the Marcos administration, noted parties together on the negotiat- the time as the most significant construction collapsed in ernment panel. former dean of the UP College of that someone with an intimate ing table without surrendering our step towards the forging of a final Bangladesh’s southeastern port Speaking at the alumni home- Law. understanding of the problem and sovereignty and the principles that peace agreement but this was city of Chittagong, police said coming event of the University “Justice Marvic VF Leonen the Constitution should handle the Republic stands for,” he said. immediately challenged before yesterday. of the Philippines College of Law made us all proud as he led the the conflict in Mindanao. Several attempts have been the Supreme Court. “So far 13 dead bodies have last Friday, Enrile emphasised Philippine government panel in “Being one who had made in the past to forge a peace THE PHILIPPINE STAR been recovered,” sub-inspector Mohammad Alauddin said, add- ing that military rescue teams had been called in to help with Cycling for a cause the search for victims. The number of missing could Sri Lanka judge slams not immediately be confirmed but police constable Shakakhawat Hossain said from the scene that dozens could be trapped under the impeachment move debris. Witnesses said more than 50 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s chief backed by 117 ruling party MPs. construction workers and vegeta- justice has said it is illegal for Bandaranayake has been ble hawkers had gathered near a lawmakers to investigate her accused of failing to declare pond under the bridge at the end and vowed she will defend around $250,000 in foreign cur- of work when three concrete gird- herself against impeachment rency, among other alleged ers of the under-construction fly- charges of professional and misdemeanours. over crashed on Saturday evening. financial misconduct. She said the money belonged “Instantly the whole area was Shirani Bandaranayake, whose to her sister, an engineer working covered by smoke and dust,” case has raised fears that the gov- in Australia who was buying an Syed Mainuddin, a witness, told ernment is trying to control the apartment in Colombo, and she reporters. courts, told a parliamentary select also dismissed allegations that she Police and local people rescued committee there was not an “iota” had hidden wealth in undisclosed at least 15 people from the spot of truth in allegations against her. bank accounts. and rushed them to hospital, Bandaranayake, 54, the coun- The government and the police said. try’s first female chief justice, said Supreme Court have clashed over Chittagong fire brigade chief the committee had no authority the case, which rights groups say Abdul Mannan said each of the Cyclists from the Armed Forces of the Philippines hold a symbolic advocacy ride to end violence against to pursue the impeachment pro- is the latest sign of efforts by girders are about 100 feet long women, along a main road of Quezon City, east of Manila, yesterday. ceedings and called for an inde- President Mahinda Rajapakse to and about seven feet wide. pendent non-political panel to tighten his grip on power after “We are trying to cut the gird- take over. crushing Tamil rebels in 2009. ers into pieces to see if anyone “The select committee has no The Supreme Court irked was trapped underneath. We tried jurisdiction to exercise judicial Rajapakse last month with a deci- to pull the girders up with cranes Hundreds of policemen cheated in exams powers,” Bandaranayake said in sion that effectively scuppered a but they are too heavy,” he said. a leaked letter to the committee. bill giving more powers to the eco- Divers from the navy, mean- MANILA: Thirteen Philippine by would-be officers applying to board found them guilty of... dis- “I request that an inquiry be nomic development minister, who while, scoured the pond but until policemen have been sacked and enter the force as well as serving honesty,” Estilles said. held by lawfully appointed body is the president’s younger brother the girders were removed chances more than 350 others placed officers seeking promotion. The controversy highlighted consisting of eminent and inde- Basil. The United Nations Special of finding more dead bodies were under investigation for alleg- The cheating was only uncov- the problems of corruption facing pendent persons not politically Rapporteur on the independence remote, he added. edly cheating in written exams, ered recently, and those taking the country’s police, who are often affiliated.” She described herself of judges, Gabriela Knaul, has Armed with sticks and stones, the police governing body said entrance exams had already been derided in the local press as incom- as a “fearless judge” and vowed urged Colombo to reconsider the angry crowds attacked the site yesterday. commissioned into the force. petent. In 2010, a frustrated officer to refute the 14 charges set out impeachment. offices of the construction com- The National Police Commission Thirteen officers had since been who was sacked from his job over in the impeachment case. Bandaranayake faced the first pany after the flyover collapsed, said it had invalidated the results sacked and the rest were under allegations of corruption hijacked a A lawyer for Bandaranayake, day of the closed-door hear- forcing police to fire tear gas of the exams taken last year by investigation and could also be dis- bus carrying Hong Kong tourists. who declined to be identified, ing by the Parliamentary Select and use batons to disperse them, 386 people in the southern city of missed, said regional police chief A bungled police rescue led to confirmed the letter was authen- Committee on Friday. The next Hossain said. The mob torched at Zamboanga as so many had put Superintendent Napoleon Estilles. the deaths of eight hostages, as tic and said the chief justice was hearing has been scheduled for least half a dozen vehicles and set exactly the same wrong answers. He did not say how the cheating well as the gunman. determined to clear her name December 4. construction material on fire. The exams were being taken came to light. “The termination AFP following the impeachment case AFP AFP MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

Afghan varsities Five killed in shut down after sectarian clash

KABUL: Afghanistan has attack on Shia closed down three major pub- lic universities in the capital Kabul for more than a week after sectarian clashes left one student dead and nearly 30 oth- gathering ers wounded, an official said yesterday. The clashes erupted on Saturday after a ritual mark- Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility ing the Shiite Muslim festival of Ashura was interrupted by Sunni DERA ISMAIL KHAN, activities and this is a failure of students. Pakistan: A bomb killed at security forces, police and army One student was killed and 28 least five people and wounded that we have made successful others were wounded as students 90 near a Shia procession in attacks in Dera Ismail Khan.” attacked each other with sticks Pakistan yesterday, police said, Past attacks during the reli- and rocks, according to inte- as the government struggles to gious event have killed large num- rior ministry spokesman Sediq stop a wave of attacks by sec- bers of Shi’ites. Sediqqi. tarian Sunni militant groups Yesterday’s bomb, planted in a The violence primarily hit determined to wipe out the shop near a street market, also the university’s hostel which minority sect and seize power. wounded five security officials, houses students from the prov- Sunni hardliners threatened said senior police official Malik inces, with witnesses saying one to strike hard this weekend, an Mushtaq. student was killed as he was important one in the Shia reli- Doctors at a hospital in Dera pushed off a window from the gious calendar, prompting author- Ismail Khan said five people third floor. ities to halt cellphone coverage in were killed and 90 wounded. To avoid further violence, several areas to prevent bombings “There is a lack of ambulances Afghanistan’s higher education triggered by remote control. and not enough hospital beds,” ministry closed down three major Authorities have also restricted said one. “People brought many public universities for 10 days. motorcycle travel, hoping to of the injured to the hospital on “It’s a precautionary measure,” deprive suicide bombers of one rickshaws.” Sediqqi said. mode of transportation. Hardline Sunni groups, which Police officials inspect the site of a bomb explosion in the city of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sectarian violence is rare in The wounded were carried are becoming increasingly dan- province yesterday. Afghanistan, which is gripped by away in the northwestern city of gerous, have vowed to carry out a deadly Islamic insurgency led by Dera Ismail Khan, where a bomb more attacks as the Shia mourn- as well as urban areas such as go to the procession. We are wor- forces in Afghanistan. the Taliban militants. targeting Shias killed at least ing month of Muharram came to Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city. ried.” Others say the pressure has Pakistan, meanwhile, faces Political leaders includ- seven people, including four chil- a climax yesterday. Shias account for up to 20 per- made Shi’ites stand up to Sunni major domestic security chal- ing representatives from the dren, on Saturday. Security officials say organisa- cent of this nation of 180 million. hardliners. lenges from a wide range of Shiite minorities have called for Pakistan’s Taliban, who are tions such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi The growing death toll has dis- “There is fear, but there is groups, including the Taliban, restraint. focused on battling the state but (LeJ) are stepping up attacks on couraged some Shias from tak- also anger and defiance among who capitalise on issues such Afghanistan’s Shia minorities are also allied with Sunni sectar- Shias, who they regard as non- ing part in processions this year Shias,” said one, who asked not as unemployment, official cor- have gained significant freedom ian groups, claimed responsibility believers, in a bid to destabilise during one of their most sacred to be named. ruption and poverty to boost since the hardline Taliban were for both attacks. nuclear-armed, US ally Pakistan rituals, when people flagellate “Shias never felt like a minor- recruitment. removed from power in a 2001 “For Interior Minister of and establish a Sunni theocracy. themselves with chains and other ity in Pakistan but now they are A series of army offensives has US-led invasion. Pakistan Rehman Malik, who Al Qaeda, which is close to LeJ, items to commemorate the mar- slowly being turned into a real failed to break the back of mili- The Ashura ceremony, in which blocked mobile phones across pushed Iraq to the brink of a sec- tyrdom of the grandson of the minority. And Shias will not let tant groups based along the bor- men beat their chests and self- the country and banned motor- tarian civil war several years ago Prophet (PBUH), who was killed this happen.” der with Afghanistan. flagellate their backs with sharp bikes, you can’t stop our activities with large-scale suicide bombings during the battle of Karbala. Washington, a critical source “Our children are being killed blades, has long been a magnet for against the Shia community and of Shias. “If I were to compare with of financial aid for cash-strapped but the government is powerless,” sectarian attacks. security forces,” Taliban spokes- More than 300 Shias have been last year, the fear has definitely Pakistan, has been pressur- complained Shia Amina Bokhari. Last year more than 80 peo- man Ehsanullah Ehasan said by killed in Pakistan so far this year increased,” said Sadia Fatema, ing the South Asian nation to “What is the purpose of this secu- ple were killed when a suicide telephone from an undisclosed in sectarian conflict, according to 28. “Just last night me and my crack down on militants based rity they claim to give us?” bomber blew himself up in location. human rights groups. The cam- mother were asking my father in tribal areas who cross the REUTERS Kabul. “We will keep continuing our paign is gathering pace in rural and brother if they really had to border to attack American-led AFP

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Millions of Pakistanis went abroad illegally since 2009 ISLAMABAD: During the An officer of the Federal Russia. People manage to reach We were arrested and then demanded another Rs260,000.” Khan turns 60 last about three years, over 17 Investigation Agency (FIA) Kazakhstan and then enter deported to Pakistan,” he said. He said Rafaqat’s poor fam- million Pakistanis went abroad requesting not to be identified Bulgaria and central Europe, said Mohammad Usman, a resi- ily had sold their cattle to send LAHORE: International crick- illegally in search of employ- said that human trafficking was the FIA officer. dent of Mandi Bahauddin, said him abroad but they could not eting-legend-turned-politician ment, it was learnt yesterday. the biggest illegal business all over He said there were different in October 2011 he crossed the arrange the additional amount. Imran Khan could be prime According to documents, in the world. “Smuggling of drugs mafias and groups who dealt in Iranian border but was caught So the agent got him implicated minister of Pakistan in his 60th 2009 as many as 4.3 million people and weapons is on the second and human trafficking and had con- and later along with 25 other in the kidnapping case in Uganda, year. His Pakistan Union for left the country illegally. In 2010, third number,” he maintained. tacts with each other. After cross- people handed over to Pakistani he alleged. Justice Party (PTI) is draw- the number reached 4.5 million He said there were three routes ing a border, one group hands forces. “My uncle got me released Anwar Virk, the director gen- ing big crowds, and he and the touching the five million mark in used for human smuggling. The over the people to the other group and brought me back,” he said. eral of the FIA, in his statement party are up in the polls. 2011. 905-km-long Pakistan-Iran bor- for transportation to another According to the documents, to the Senate standing commit- The ex-cricketer’s vehement And during the first eight der is the most frequented for country. Mohammad Rafaqat was sent tee on interior said they had been complaints about the country’s month of 2012, about 3.4 mil- human trafficking. After crossing Farooq Ahmed, a tailor in to Uganda by an agent in April using all resources to stop human economic and political malaise lion Pakistanis had migrated to into Iran, these people move on to Rawalpindi, said, “In 2003, I paid 2012. On September 25, 2012, he trafficking. and about United States drone other countries without legal Turkey and then enter Europe, Rs800,000 to an agent for German was arrested by the Uganda police “Unfortunately, people who are attacks have tapped into the documents. he said. via. It was decided that as soon as under the charge of kidnapping caught in different countries and public mood. He plans to seize the It may be noted that after 9/11, The second route is through I will reach there, my family will a woman. deported back do not give infor- moment: the country’s embattled the criteria for issuing visa to the Middle East. Many people go pay the agent another Rs500,000.” Qaiser Masood of Sumandri mation about the agents. government is expected to call Pakistanis were made stricter by to the Middle East on fake docu- He added: “After about two tehsil in the district of Faisalabad This is because the agents elections before 2013. the western countries. ments. From there, they travel to months when we reached the said that Rafaqat was a resident promise them that they will try Elections are due the February On the other hand, unemploy- Europe on fake documents and German border, our container of his village. thrice to send them abroad with- date in 2013 when parliament ment and financial crises have apply for asylum. was caught as some of the people “He paid Rs240,000 to the out charging an extra amount, he completes its 5-year term. forced many people to go abroad The third route used for inside got suffocated and started agent to get the Ugandan visa. added. In a recent interview with in search of greener pastures. human trafficking is through banging the wall of the container. When he reached there, the agent INTERNEWS Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Khan revealed few specifics on how he would run the country, but riding a wave of public disaf- Playful nomads fection, he is not being challenged for specifics. Efforts to make Karachi The country is described as chronically unstable and suffering continuing extremist violence and terrible economic problems. The region crime free US drone attacks to hit Islamist targets at the frontier anger KARACHI: Dr Ishrat ul Ebad “I assure you [the business him. He wants to end the war on Khan, Governor of southern community], the government will terrorism.” Pakistani province of Sindh, financially support you if emer- We need to be a friend of has asked law enforcers to draw gency rooms are set up in differ- America, but not a hired gun,” up a plan of action to purge the ent industrial areas,” he said. he said. city’s industrial areas of crime CPLC chief Ahmed Chinoy, He is said to be close to both the within 90 days. who attended the meeting, told Pakistan military and extremist The orders came after the the media that 500 community groups that want to sever rela- Governor met prominent mem- police personnel are working tions with the United States, and bers of the business community with the business community also is said to be close to politi- at Governor House today. to control extortion in old city cal groups close to the Afghan He told them that apart from areas. He said that police have Taliban. an extensive intelligence network, set up barriers and enhanced He was born on November law enforcers should make use of snap checking in sensitive places 25, 1952 into a wealthy family in new technology to apprehend to protect traders. “We will move Lahore, educated at Pakistan’s criminals and thwart them. He to other areas if this plan proves top schools, and later attended lauded the community police’s to be effective.” Oxford University. efforts to curb extortion in old Representatives of SITE He became a top cricketer. He city areas and said a similar Association of Industry, led by is regarded as one of the best all- security plan would be followed Siraj Qasim Teli, told the gov- rounders in cricketing history for other sensitive spots, including ernor that the area lacked basic and his crowning moment was bazaars and markets. amenities: roads are dilapidated Pakistan’s World Cup of Cricket Dr Ebad also urged the busi- and water as well as sanitation win in 1992 when he was captain ness community to set up con- schemes have been abandoned. of the team. trol rooms in industrial areas Dr Ebad formed a committee, He founded the PTI, described which could coordinate with headed by Karachi’s commis- as a centrist party, in 1996. His the Citizens-Police Liaison sioner, Hashim Raza Zaidi, to visit party was slow to gain ground. Nomad children play outside their tent on the outskirts of Jalalabad province, Afghanistan, yesterday. Committee (CPLC) and Governor the area and work out a solution. INTERNEWS House during emergencies. INTERNEWS MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Haryana town Ashura procession under curfew after clashes Paramilitary forces deployed in Sirsa

SIRSA, Haryana: Paramilitary various hospitals. forces were deployed in Sirsa A Sikh leader, Gurmeet yesterday to help Haryana Singh Trilokiwala, was also Police maintain law and order seriously injured and referred in this Haryana town after vio- to Post Graduate Institute of lent clashes between followers Medical Education and Research of Dera Sacha Sauda sect and (PGIMER) in Chandigarh for the Sikh community. treatment. The entire Sirsa town, around A Dera Sacha Sauda spokes- 300 km from state capital man said the sect had demanded Chandigarh, has been sealed and the arrest of Sikh leaders involved no outside vehicles were being in the violence. allowed in, district officials said. The deputy commissioner Services of state road transport said Inspector General (Law buses to and from Sirsa have also and Order) Mohammad Akil, been suspended. Inspector General (Hisar) Curfew in the entire town con- Arshinder Chawla, other police tinued for the second day Sunday. officials and officers of district The curfew was imposed administration were patrolling Saturday evening after violent the town. clashes between followers of the In Chandigarh, Haryana Chief controversial sect and members Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Sikh community. appealed to people to maintain Seven companies of para- peace. military, including the Central Ganesan too appealed to peo- People try to touch the face of a horse, symbolising the horse of Imam Hussein, during an Ashura procession in Srinagar yesterday. Reserve Police Force and the ple not to step out of their homes Rapid Action Force, were during the curfew. deployed in the town. They also He said police officials have took out a flag march with police been directed to remain in touch and district officials. with police stations to keep an Security has been tightened in eye on the situation and “take BJP suspends Ram Jethmalani the entire Sirsa district. quick action against anti-social Deputy Commissioner J elements” if they try to vandalise NEW DELHI: The BJP has a Rajya Sabha member, said no Jethmalani had ruffled many Manmohan Singh saying the deci- Ganesan yesterday said all educa- public property. suspended from the party its one had the guts to suspend him. feathers in the party by demanding sion on appointing Sinha as the tional institutes, including schools The headquarters of the Dera leader Ram Jethmalani, who “If action is taken against me, the removal of Gadkari from the next CBI chief should be kept and colleges, would remain closed Sacha Sauda sect is located on the earlier demanded party chief I would welcome it. But I don’t post of party chief after corrup- on hold till the collegium system till November 28. outskirts of Sirsa town. The sect Nitin Gadkari’s removal and think anyone has the guts to tion allegations surfaced against became a law, as recommended by Although no violence has been has several million followers in spoke against the party’s line on suspend me,” Jethmalani told him and a company he is linked to. the Rajya Sabha select commit- reported Sunday, tension con- Haryana, Punjab and other states. the appointment of a new CBI reporters. He embarrassed the BJP tee on Lokpal. The prime minister tinued to brew between the two Officials said tension had been chief, sources said Sunday. Party sources said rule 25 of the Saturday by contradicting the had rejected their plea and justi- sides, police said. brewing between the two sides “The party chief has suspended BJP’s constitution empowered the party’s stand on the issue of fied the appointment. Nearly 2,000 Dera Sacha Sauda over the past few days follow- Ram Jethmalani with immediate party president to suspend from appointment of Ranjit Sinha BJP MPs Yashwant Sinha and followers have been booked for ing some remarks made recently effect. The process of his sus- the organisation any member as the new Central Bureau of Shatrughan Sinha have also justi- Saturday’s violence, which left at against the sect’s head, Gurmeet pension has been referred to the with immediate effect. Investigation (CBI) director. fied Ranjit Sinha’s appointment, least 12 people injured. Six vehi- Ram Rahim Singh. party’s parliamentary board,” But since Jethmalani is an MP, Leaders of the Opposition in embarrassing the party further. cles were also set on fire. The The sect’s followers and the Sikh BJP spokesman Syed Shahnawaz the matter has been referred to Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Recently, Yashwant Sinha had clash took place at Valmiki Chowk community have had violent clashes Hussain told reporters. BJP’s parliamentary board which her Rajya Sabha counterpart also sought removal of Gadkari in Sirsa town. in Punjab in the last four years. Hours before the announce- is expected to meet Monday Arun Jaitley had Nov 23 written from the post of party chief. The injured were admitted to IANS ment, a belligerent Jethmalani, 89, evening, said the sources. a joint letter to Prime Minister IANS Hyderabad Metro to open next year Bihar rapped for dragging HYDERABAD: The completion of two years in office, the launch of the project. The works entered a crucial teachers to courts Hyderabad Metro Rail project he said the prestigious Metro Though the works started a phase Sunday with the launch- will be dedicated to the nation system on three high density few months ago and pillars on a ing works on girders. in December next year, Andhra corridors would carry 1.5 million stretch of five km were already NVS Reddy, managing director NEW DELHI: The Supreme reopening of the issue, which Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran people every day. erected, no formal stone-laying of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, Court has expressed “strong had been decided twice by the Kumar Reddy said yesterday. He said the government was function was organised. said the box type iron launching displeasure” over the manner apex court, in earlier rounds of Inaugurating the work to set up making all efforts to complete the It is described as the world’s girder of about 34 metres and in which the Bihar government litigation. launching girders on to the Metro project on schedule. “Even if there largest metro project under the weighing 300 tonnes will be lifted was treating schoolteachers, “The manner in which the rail pillars, the chief minister said is a delay of one day on the part of public-private partnership. using two hydraulic cranes of up dragging them to courts for 35 learned Single Judge pro- the trials of the first phase of the the government, we will have to Vivek B Gadgil, chief execu- to 150 tonnes each and erected on years instead of treating them ceeded with... to reopen the Rs.16,375 crore project would pay a penalty of Rs3.2m and if the tive and managing director of top of the two pillars. The works honourably and giving them an entire controversy, and also the begin in June 2014. L&T delays commissioning of the L&T Metro Rail, said earlier this will be undertaken during night. appropriate salary. Division Bench... in approving The chief minister formally project by one day, they will have month that the entire project He said the entire stretch “The state government must that approach is also far from started the hydraulic cranes for to pay Rs6.4m,” he said. with 66 elevated Metro stations of metro rail viaduct would be realise that in a country where satisfactory,” the apex court launching girders on the Metro Kiran Kumar Reddy said the will be operational by July 2017. implemented in precast segmen- there is so much illiteracy, and observed. pillars for the 72km elevated rail Metro project was a part of his He said the trials would begin by tal construction method to mini- where there are such a large Holding that the single judge project. government’s efforts to make the end of 2014 with the commis- mise the inconvenience to road number of first-generation stu- of the high court had no busi- Later, addressing a public Hyderabad a world-class city. He sioning of the first stage of the users. dents, the role of the primary and ness to re-open the entire con- meeting at Uppal to mark the also unveiled a plaque, signalling project expected in 2015. IANS secondary teachers is very impor- troversy with Bihar Education tant,” said the apex court bench of Service Association challenging Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and the merger, the apex court said: Justice H L Gokhale in a recent “The law of finality of decisions judgement. which is enshrined in the princi- Pronouncing the judgment, ple of res judicata (matter already Probe ordered Justice Nijjar said: “They have to judged) or principles analogous be treated honourably and given thereto, does not permit any such into Kolkata appropriate pay and chances of re-examination, and the learned promotion. It is certainly not Judge clearly failed to recognise hospital fire expected of the state government the same.” to drag them to the court in liti- “If the orders passed by this KOLKATA: A day after fire gation for years together.” court were not clear to the state broke out near the paediatric The court said: “We do record government or any party, it could ward of West Bengal’s larg- our strong displeasure for the have certainly approached this est state-run hospital SSKM manner in which the state of Court for clarification thereof. here, the government yester- Bihar kept on changing its But it could not have set up a day ordered an administrative stand from time to time. This contrary plea in a collateral pro- probe. is not expected from the state ceeding,” the judgment said, add- Health Secretary Satish Tiwari, government.” ing: “We do not expect such an who visited the hospital and met The court said this while allow- approach from the state govern- superintendent Tanal Kanti Gosh, ing two petitions by the Bihar ment, and least from the High said the probe would start soon. State Government Secondary Court.” “We have sought a report,” he School Teachers Association The Bihar government had set said. which had challenged the high up a three-member committee Terming the fire fighting set-up court orders of October 31, 2007, in March 1976 to recommend as in the hospital as “rudimentary”, and May 21, 2010, quashing the to how the stagnation in govern- Tiwari said: “A lot of money will July 7, 2006, order of the gover- ment services could be removed be needed to upgrade it.” nor merging the teachers of the and promotional opportunities Around 80 children admitted Subordinate Education Service enlarged. in the Allex ward of the hospital (Teaching Branch) male and The committee in its report were evacuated through the back female cadre into Bihar Education said that its recommendations door after fire was noticed around Service Class II. should come into effect from 10pm. Smoke was billowing from The merger was challenged January 1977. the seminar room on the main by the Bihar Education Service Accepting the recommenda- building’s fourth floor. Association, giving rise to a third tions of the committee, the Bihar Fire Services Minister Javed round of litigation. government issued a notification Khan said the fire was caused by a The apex court also took excep- on April 11, 1977, and it was gazet- short circuit in an air-conditioner. Patients are being evacuated after a fire broke out at night in the children’s ward of state-run SSKM Hospital in tion to the manner in which the ted April 27, 1977. IANS Kolkata. Bihar High court allowed the IANS MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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Qatari bourse Cairo bourse index plunges by 9.6pc index rises by Saudi market falls to 10-month low; property stocks help lift Dubai index 0.46 percent DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s shares confident in recent months that heavyweight sectors - petrochem- Emaar Properties climbed 2.2 sukuks to replace the existing slumped yesterday, dragging a legitimately elected government icals and banking - were the main percent, Drake & Scull added 0.6 one, two sources said. DOHA: Qatar Exchange pur- the market down to a 10-month would help Egypt put its economic drag. Saudi Basic Industries Corp percent and builder Arabtec rose In Kuwait, the index slipped 0.2 sued its upswing trend adding low as political turmoil in Egypt and political problems behind it. (Sabic), the world’s largest chemi- 1.3 percent. The emirate’s ruler percent from Thursday’s five-week 38.50 points (or 0.46 percent) sparked by the President’s new The stock market’s main index cals producer fell 2.3 percent. Al on Saturday unveiled a master high as retail investors booked to advance to 8,448.35 points powers spooked regional inves- had risen 35 percent since Mursi’s Rajhi Bank dropped 1.2 percent development that appeared to recent gains. “It was a seller’s mar- yesterday from 8,409.85 on tors, while other Gulf markets victory. It closed on Sunday at its and Samba Financial Group shed include re-starting projects that ket with retail investors making Thursday. closed mixed. lowest level since July 31. 2.2 percent. were halted following a property a quick buck - people were buy- Among the top gainers were Egypt President Mohammed Political turmoil also raised the The kingdom’s index dropped price crash. ing again into small and big-cap Industries Qatar which was up Mursi’s decree issued on Thursday cost of government borrowing 2.1 percent to its lowest close “Real estate stocks are back stocks which is a good sign,” said 0.86 percent to QR151.80, Qatar that defends his decisions from at a treasury bill auction yester- since January 25 and marked its on the move with Dubai’s plans,” Fouad Darwish, head of brokerage Telecom rose 0.57 percent to judicial review, set off street vio- day. “Investors know that Mursi’s biggest one-day loss since early said a Dubai-based analyst. “This at Global Investment House. QR105, Al Khalij Commercial lence and unravelled efforts to decisions will not be accepted and June. “The index broke the key not only gives the market a sig- The market has gained around 4 Bank gained 1.80 percent to QR17 restore stability after last year’s that there will be clashes on the support of 6,550 sharply to the nal that strong demand is back percent since slumping to an eight- and Qatar Mazaya Real Estate revolution. Cairo’s index plunged street,” said Osama Mourad of down side,” said Mohabeldeen on track but also a positive push year low hit on November 4, in part Company was up by 1.81 percent 9.6 percent. Investors are con- Arab Financial Brokerage. Just Agena, head of technical analy- to market sentiment and appetite due to state-linked funds buying to QR10.70 cerned Egypt’s political unrest last week, investor confidence was sis at Cairo’s Beltone Financial. for these highly liquid stocks.” bluechip stocks to stabilise the The banking and financial could have widespread implica- helped by a preliminary agreement “We are expecting the bears to Abu Dhabi’s Dana Gas climbed market. Dawish said this buying sector index was up 2.53 points, tions for the Middle East. with the IMF over a $4.8bn loan continue pushing it downward 5.1 percent, the most active stock was muted as the market held its the consumer goods and services The stock market fall - halted needed to shore up state finances. towards 6,300 levels. on the index. The natural gas pro- ground. Kuwait’s Emir H H Sheikh sector index lost 11.21 points, the only by automatic curbs - was the “The market was already under In Dubai, property stocks helped ducer, in talks to restructure a Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, said industrial sector gained 12.84 worst since the uprising that top- pressure from the violence in Gaza lift the index, which gained 0.3 per- $920m Islamic bond, is offering earlier this month that he would points while the insurance sec- pled Hosni Mubarak in February, and now it’s Egypt’s protest,” said cent, after plans announced for a bondholders cash and an aver- deal with political problems and tor dropped 13.88 points. 2011. Investors had grown more a Riyadh-based trader. Saudi’s new mega project in the emirate. age 8 percent coupon on two new revive the economy. REUTERS QNA MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Broker learns to cope with Iraq-style risk Rabee Securities handles 80pc of all share dealings by foreigners on ISX

ISTANBUL: It was exception- his iPhone case emblazoned with Iraq, gross domestic product has Taha says he’s been able to ally cold in Sulaymaniyah, a a morale-boosting exhortation soared. It grew about 10 per- see beyond the image of a blood- city in northern Iraq’s Kurdish made famous by a World War cent, to $108.4bn, last year and ied and bombed Iraq. The care- region, on the morning of II-era poster in Britain: “Keep is expected to expand even faster free Baghdad of his childhood as December 22. Shwan Taha (pic- calm and carry on.” in the three years through 2014, the son of a prominent doctor tured) was sitting in the airport That’s what Taha has had to according to data compiled by the bears little resemblance to the lounge with a bag of gifts, wait- do for years as chairman and sole IMF and the Washington- based shellshocked capital of today. ing to get back to his wife and owner of the biggest stock broker- Brookings Institution. Skyrocketing oil prices in the children at home in Istanbul. age tailored to foreign investors in One reason for optimism is the 1970s made many Iraqis rich, and Just before boarding, he got postwar Iraq. Born in Baghdad to relative decline in sectarian vio- he didn’t feel the sting of war a call on his mobile phone from Kurdish parents and raised in the lence, which fell to four civilian until the mid-1980s, when he was Rabee Securities, the Baghdad- city, he bought Rabee for a small, deaths a day last year compared a teenager and the conflict with based brokerage he owns. The undisclosed sum in 1998 to handle with 95 a day in 2006, according Iran was escalating. manager was on the line to report his personal trades in Iraqi stocks. to the Brookings Institution. After high school, Taha went to that a car bomb had exploded It now handles about 80 percent Oil production, Iraq’s main Case Western Reserve University next door at the government anti- of all share transactions by foreign- industry, reached 2.6 million bar- in Cleveland in 1986 to study bio- corruption agency. ers on the Iraq Stock Exchange rels a day in 2011, making Iraq the medical engineering. Taha hung up. Fortunately, the (ISX), says Taha. “It was not easy world’s ninth-largest producer, As graduation approached in last trading day of the year had to start with,” Taha says. “People according to the International 1990, he was getting ready to been two days earlier, so none of got scared just hearing the word Energy Agency. In 2003, it had col- go home when Saddam Hussein Rabee’s 16 employees were in the Iraq. Now, we see more and more lapsed to 1.3 million barrels a day, invaded Kuwait. Taha got a call office. He tapped out an email to smart money coming.” less than half of its peak produc- from his father telling him to stay Rabee’s clients that said in part: From 1997 to 2008, Taha tion of 2.9 million barrels per day in in the US. It wasn’t easy. To earn “All client information is safe worked as a money manager in 1989, according to the US Energy a living, he worked as a waiter at in multiple locations inside and the Middle East, first for Mark Information Administration. La Dolce Vita Bistro in Cleveland. outside Iraq. Praying for a peace- Mobius’s Templeton Emerging While Taha’s small corner of Gradually, Taha’s fortunes took ful New Year.” Markets Group and then for the economy has also grown — a turn for the better in the early an apartment above a children’s a personal investment vehicle into Recalling his firm’s brush with George Soros’ Quantum hedge trading by foreign investors in 1990s. With money borrowed store called Mummy & Me. what it is today. Someday, Taha danger six months later, Taha fund. He says he was particularly Iraqi equities tripled to $147 mil- from family friends, he enrolled “Some brokers, after seeing my says, he may move his Turkish says such incidents are a hazard struck by Iraq’s economic poten- lion in 2011 from a year earlier, in a master’s program in busi- address, called up Templeton to wife, IpekCemTaha, a business- of doing business — and making tial just ahead of the global credit according to the ISX — many big ness administration at George see if I was for real,” he says. In woman and former TV journalist; money — in one of the world’s crunch in 2008, when he noticed investors remain wary. Washington University. 2006, he went to work for Soros, their two daughters, 9 and 10; and most dangerous frontier markets. that Iraqi shares were mostly Iraq sits in the middle of a He also turned to the Internet, co-managing a hedge fund out of a 4-year-old son back to the city “I’ve always told people the major trading at about half their book region wracked by instability. which many people hadn’t even Istanbul. While he was on vaca- of his childhood. Not now. risk of running Rabee is, one day value while stock markets across To the east, Iran is pursuing a heard of then. He created pmena. tion the following year, a small “It’s not because of the bombs it may blow up, not Lehman style the region were booming. nuclear development program com, a now-defunct website that jet he was traveling in made an that I wouldn’t want my kids but physically,” Taha says, spread- Taha figured Iraq had nowhere that Israel, among other coun- gathered information about pri- emergency landing and had to be to live there; it’s the mentality,” ing both arms to suggest an explo- to go but up after the devastation tries, says could lead to outside vatization in the Middle East and rescued by the Greek coast guard. he says. “There’s one thing that sion. “What can you do?” wrought over two decades by the intervention, if not war. To the North Africa. “I felt my life could go away any takes a long time and real effort Taha, who’s 6 foot 2 inches tall Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and west, a civil war flares in Syria, The potential he saw led him minute,” Taha says. “If I want to to repair: the hate brought by the and has dark curly hair, is sitting the Iraq war. He timed his entry home to more than 750,000 Iraqi into finance. His own career do something,” he remembers war.” In the meantime, he will do in his office in Istanbul, where he well. Since hitting bottom at refugees, according to the United began with a distinct lack of pre- thinking, “I better start now.” what he’s always done: Keep calm spends a third of his time. The $13.6bn in 2003, the year US and Nations High Commissioner for tense. The office he opened for He resigned and returned to and carry on. 43-year-old smiles and points to British coalition forces invaded Refugees. 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Ferrari car Bullish bankers struggle to adjust to bonus cuts

LONDON/NEW YORK: Self- showed in October. Its survey confidence and betting on long for Wall Street yielded similar odds are part of their DNA and results. Goldman Sachs hasn’t so, while expecting the financial helped to curb expectations by industry to slash bonuses this setting aside 10 percent more year, many bankers think it will money for compensation in the not happen to them. nine months to September than They’re in for a shock. After in a very strained 2011. a year of scandals, job cuts and “Bonuses are going to be worse shaky markets, senior manag- than people assume,” said the head ers and consultants contacted by of a financial practice at a top US Reuters warn bonus pools at top headhunter. The total amount put banks could shrink by up to 30 aside for pay and bonuses so far percent from last year. this year by eight top interna- And that’s not to mention the tional investment banks, including pressure from regulators for pay JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, is restraint and, in Europe at least, already down 7 percent on average the risk of a backlash from politi- from 2011 levels and has fallen fur- cians and the public if an indus- ther than revenues, third quarter try which many blame for a new results showed. era of austerity were to reward A new group of chief executives itself generously. The result will is also likely to lead from the front. be more zero bonuses, dubbed Barclays’ boss Antony Jenkins, who “doughnuts”, than ever before as has called for a change in culture banks become more selective at at banks, will be keen to avoid the A Ferrari car on display at the 10th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, east China’s Guangdong province. Growth separating revenue-makers from headlines attracted by his pred- in China’s auto market, the world’s largest, is forecast to slow to an average eight percent annually from now until 2020 as consumers’ tastes change, the merely mediocre. ecessor Bob Diamond’s £17m pay consultancy McKinsey said. Yet, while luxury goods compa- package last year. Deutsche Bank nies and high-end clubs and res- co-CEO Anshu Jain, who earned taurants are bracing for a drop in almost $13m in total pay in 2011 big spenders, the bonus culture is when he was the investment bank so ingrained in the glass towers of boss, is also likely to take home global finance that many bankers less as he spearheads a move to Luxury industry takes its time to embrace Africa are still pinning their hopes on a cut pay across the firm. big payout. “It’s going to be a rub- In an industry which has JOHANNESBURG: Africa Johannesburg and Cape Town, but “Somebody has to start,” said countries like Ghana, Tanzania bish year. But everyone secretly unveiled plans for close to 160,000 has more millionaires than Francesco Trapani, chief execu- Franca Sozzani, editor of Vogue and Mozambique fuel economic does hope - or think - they might layoffs since last year, just holding Russia, but for many wealthy tive of the jewellery and watches Italia, which dedicated its May growth. Claudia D’Arpizio, head be OK,” said one London invest- down a job is an achievement. But Africans shopping for designer division at LVMH , said Africa 2012 men’s issue to Africa. “Zegna of Bain’s luxury goods and fashion ment banker, speaking on condi- for those bankers still in work, handbags or luxury watches was “still a very, very small mar- started in China 20 years ago and practice, said the construction of tion of anonymity. the years since the 2008 finan- still means travelling to New ket for us.” everybody thought they were more malls could spur the entry More than 80 percent of work- cial market crisis have not been York or Europe. Development of the luxury mar- crazy.” The 102-year-old fashion of multiple brands. ers in the City of London finance all bad. Base pay has doubled for Even as luxury goods compa- ket there is unlikely to take off with house, whose made-to-measure “There is big potential already district expect a bonus for 2012, some compared to pre-2008 lev- nies have ventured into uncon- the speed seen in the Middle East suits have been worn by actors such in Africa,” she said. “For sure, this with almost half saying it will els, to make up for a drop in the ventional markets such as even though the total investable as Tom Cruise and Robert de Niro, will be a big engine for growth for likely be higher than last year, cash bankers get in their bonuses. Mongolia, A frica has been seen wealth of high net worth individu- opened its first store in China in luxury goods players in the future.” a survey by eFinancialCareers REUTERS as a source of inspiration for their als in Africa totalled $1.1 trillion 1991 and has been an early entrant A conference organised by designs rather than of big-spend- by 2011, according to Cap Gemini’s to other emerging markets. Menkes in Rome last week high- ing customers. 2012 World Wealth Report. That After Nigeria, Zegna plans lighting Africa’s potential as a “Luxury goods companies have compares with $1.7 trillion for to open a boutique in Luanda, luxury goods market drew some been extremely slow to invest in high-net worth consumers in the Angola in 2013 and is looking at of the biggest names in the indus- Africa compared to the mighty Middle East. Kenya and other markets. Italian try, including LVMH, PPR and rush into China and the rest of “In general, the luxury indus- fashion house Gucci, owned by Hermes and designers Vivienne • Bullion - Mumbai the Far East,” said Suzy Menkes, try (is) quite ignorant about the French group PPR , is also look- Westwood, Jean-Paul Gaultier Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 31695.00 renowned fashion editor of the real dynamics of doing business ing at entering Nigeria as well and Manolo Blahnik. Silver (1 kg) Rs. 61760.00 International Herald Tribune. in Africa,” said Uche Okonkwo, as Angola, a spokesman said, Sozzani of Vogue Italia said “The investments are mostly in executive director of the consul- markets that are cash rich from Zegna’s foray into the continent • Indian Rupees QR1 = 14.95 the north and south of the conti- tancy Luxe Corp, which works oil. German fashion house Hugo could encourage its peers to fol- • Sensex nent. The rest is mostly one large, with brands such as Chanel, Boss and jewellers Cartier, owned low, although many brands are BSE 18329.92 blank consumer space.” which is privately owned, and by Swiss group Richemont, are doubtful about the maturity of NSE 5571.55 Africa’s rapid growth, booming Dior, part of the LVMH group. already active on the continent. the market, particularly those at • LIC (International) launches New Gold Investment Plan ‘GOLD PLUS’ – cities and an aspirational middle “People just don’t understand Africa has more than 120,000 the very high end. which provides an opportunity to invest in GOLD ETF & GOLD SPOT, PAN class, however, are prompting Africa. It’s just too complex. They dollar millionaires, compared to Guillaume de Seynes, manag- Card/Demat Account not required. luxury brands to look at enter- think it’s a country.” One company around 95,000 in Russia, accord- ing director of French luxury • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent return ing untapped markets across the that is making inroads is Italian ing to the consultancy Bain & group Hermes International and continent, although the com- menswear brand Ermenegildo Company, and the number of a sixth generation member of the p.a. (in dollar) plexity of doing business and the Zegna. It plans to open a store in African millionaires rose 3.9 per- Hermes family, told the Rome • Housing loan from HDFC LTD difficulty of finding suitable sites Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capi- cent last year, faster growth than conference that Africa might be • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, for luxury stores means progress tal, adding to its outlets in Egypt any region except Latin America. “a new frontier” for the seventh Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. could be slow. and Morocco, although a spokes- The pool of wealthy consum- generation, suggesting the brand Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] Louis Vuitton, the world’s big- woman said it has yet to set a date ers should continue to increase is in no hurry to establish a pres- gest luxury group, has stores in for the Lagos opening. as oil and gas discoveries in ence there. REUTERS MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Regulator bans KPMG anniversary reception Mobily from SIM cards sale Suspension astonishing, says firm

DUBAI: Etihad Etisalat Co with the order because not all (Mobily), Saudi Arabia’s sec- customers have updated their ond-biggest telecoms operator, details, he said. has asked to meet the indus- Mobily said the financial impact try regulator after it was sus- of the CITC’s decision would be pended from selling pre-paid “insignificant”, claiming data, SIM cards, a company spokes- corporate and “post-paid” con- man said, describing the ban as tract revenues would be its main “astonishing”. growth drivers. Mobily’s sales of pre-paid, or “This could have a significant pay-as-you-go SIM cards will impact on Mobily’s Q4 earnings remain halted until the company - it depends on how quickly the “fully meets the pre-paid service company resolves this,” said Asim provisioning requirements,” the Bukhtiar, Riyad Capital’s head of firm said in a statement. research. “We’re not sure when we can “Newcomers and visitors buy KPMG in Qatar Management team with KPMG Global Chairman Michael Andrew and KPMG Qatar’s Managing Partner Jamal Fakhro at KPMG’s resume selling pre-paid SIM new SIM cards and if Mobily 35th anniversary reception recently. cards,” said a company spokes- can’t target this market it will man. We’ve requested a meeting affect the business.” The new SIM with the CITC governor today to registration requirements are a find out what’s going on,” he added, security measure. GIH gets approval to Eurozone ministers in reference to the regulator. “From a CITC perspective In an earlier order the it gives them better informa- restructure bonds Barclays ends floor planning ‘haircut’ Communication and Information tion on who is using pre-paid Technology Commission said that cards - there were a lot of SIM KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Global for Greece in 2015 from September 28 all pre-paid cards floating around that were Investment House said yesterday trading on LME SIM users must enter a personal not registered to anyone,” added that it had secured the approval BERLIN: Eurozone finance identification number when Bukhtiar. of creditors to restructure two ministers are considering a recharging their accounts and Pre-paid mobile subscriptions bonds worth 95m dinars ($337m) LONDON: Barclays withdrew ($51.5m) for its stake, data com- possible “haircut” for Greece this number must be the same are typically more popular among as part of the company’s second from floor trading on the London piled by Bloomberg show. in 2015, a German newspaper as the one registered with their middle and lower income groups, debt overhaul in three years. Metal Exchange, the world’s big- The bourse’s trading volume reported yesterday, in a bid to mobile operator when the SIM with telecom operators pushing Bond holders have approved the gest metals bourse, as the bank will rise to a record for a second reduce the debt mountain of the card was bought. customers to shift to monthly restructuring of a 50m dinar reviews its businesses to cut costs. consecutive year in 2012, Abbott recession-wracked country. This applies not only to Mobily contracts that include a data bond maturing in 2013 and of The London-based bank said on October 15. The exchange Other eurozone countries and but also to rival operators Saudi allowance. a 45m dinar bond maturing in became a Category 2 member handled 146.6 million contracts institutions like the European Telecom Co and Zain Saudi. Shares in Mobily, which 2012, according to filings on the of the exchange with immediate valued at $15.4 trillion in cop- Central Bank could be ready to “This isn’t just about Mobily - reported an estimate-beating 23 Kuwait stock exchange. effect, meaning it will continue per and other industrial metals discuss writing down a part of their other operators also haven’t com- percent rise in third-quarter prof- Global lost 14.9m dinars to trade electronically and by tel- last year. Its Category 1 mem- Greek debt holdings to put Greece’s plied and so we’re astonished we’ve its in October, were down 2.1 per- ($52.8m) in the three months ephone, the LME said in a notice bers include JPMorgan Chase & debt on a more sustainable footing, been singled out,” said Mobily’s cent at 1202 GMT on the Saudi to September 30 versus a 15.5m to members recently. Barclays Co, Marex Spectron Group and said the Welt am Sonntag. spokesman. “We’ve done a huge bourse. No one at STC or Zain dinars loss for the same period remains “deeply committed” to Sucden Financial Ltd. The issue was discussed at a campaign to inform customers Saudi was immediately available of 2011. REUTERS the metals market, it said. “The ring is still an important secret meeting of ministers and about the ID requirement.” for comment. Barclays’ withdrawal leaves issue,” said William Adams, an officials in Paris on Monday, said The company has yet to comply REUTERS 11 companies still in the LME’s analyst at Fastmarkets.com in the paper, without citing sources. 6-metre-wide ring, London’s last London. “The more people there Such a haircut might be used as venue for open-outcry trading. you have the more liquidity you an added incentive for Greece to Natixis SA also stopped floor trad- have. If a large player drops out carry out the reforms required in Protest in Dublin ing in July to become a Category 2 then that has an impact.” its second aid package, which runs member, and Jefferies Group joined There are now 28 Category out in 2014, according to the Welt in September, hiring traders from 2 members, including Goldman am Sonntag. the French bank. Barclays Chief Sachs Group, UBS AG, Standard Germany has been firmly Executive Officer Antony Jenkins Chartered Bank, Standard Bank opposed to taking a loss on its is reviewing which parts of the and ICAP. “We recognise that holdings of Greek debt, unwilling bank will be sold or shrunk as it business models change and we to ask German taxpayers to foot seeks to bolster returns. are pleased that Barclays Bank the bill for keeping Athens in the “They’ve probably decided this remains deeply committed to the eurozone. function isn’t critical,” said Ian LME and the base metals mar- The ECB has also ruled out Gordon, a London-based analyst kets,” Abbott said. such a move, saying it is tan- at Investec Plc who recommends Cengiz Belentepe manages the tamount to financing Greece buying shares of Barclays. “Is it a Barclays’ industrial and precious- directly, strictly forbidden by its continuation of the cost cutting metals trading. Barclays offers founding treaties. But the Spiegel programme? Yes, probably.” commodity futures and over-the- newsweekly reported that the The 135-year-old LME han- counter precious metals trading ECB, as well as the International dles more than 80 percent of via its BARX FX platform. The Monetary Fund, now considered world trade in industrial-met- bank opened its first precious- a haircut unavoidable. als futures. Its shareholders, metals vault this year and moved By writing off half of their including Barclays, approved a into warehousing in 2011. Barclays’ Greek debt holdings, eurozone $2.2bn takeover by Hong Kong investment banking chief, Rich governments and institutions Exchanges & Clearing in July. The Ricci, said last month he will com- could drive down Greece’s debt transaction is expected to close bine part of the fixed income and to 70 percent of output in 2020, by the end of the year, LME CEO equities operations, his first change compared to 144 percent, wrote Martin Abbott said earlier this since taking sole control in June. Spiegel. Protesters display placards and banners as they march against government austerity measures in Dublin, month. Barclays will get £32.3m WP-BLOOMBERG AFP Ireland, yesterday. Investors become landlords as London rents hit record LONDON: Vivek Jeswani became a in the rest of the country increased 7 of £475 per week in the city’s Chelsea demand above benchmarks to hold the debt with securities trading hubs in London, landlord by accident when Deutsche percent between 2009 and 2012, said neighbourhood and £550 in nearby fell to 1.55 percentage points this month, are cutting positions amid volatile mar- Bank transferred him to New York Homelet, Britain’s largest referencing Knightsbridge, according to the Mayor half the spread in July and down from 11 kets and increased regulation in the two weeks after he moved into a new and rentals insurance company. of London’s website. percentage points in June 2009, according U.K. UBS AG plans to cut 10,000 jobs as home in central London. Now back in The jump in London mirrors that Demand for rental properties is grow- to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Paragon Group Switzerland’s largest lender shrinks its Britain, Jeswani views the apartment seen in Manhattan, where the average ing because first-time buyers in the city of Companies, which lends mainly to land- investment bank. in Baker Street, the fictional home of apartment rent was $3,195 in September, typically need down payments of about lords with more than 10 properties, sold The decline in City jobs reflects a 20 Sherlock Holmes, as one of his best 10 percent more than a year earlier. In 25 percent, according to the Greater £175m of bonds last month. percent fall in equity trading this year assets and is about to buy another Berlin, the average monthly rent was London Authority. The average deposit Buy-to-let investors are likely to bene- compared with a year earlier and a 50 home to expand his rental business. ¤524 ($670) in the first half, 13 percent is £57,175, more than double the national fit from the Financial Service Authority’s percent fall in international orders for “There are no other investments as more than a year ago, according to data figure, said Halifax, the mortgage unit of mortgage market reform. From April equity trading. UK mergers have dropped attractive and you’ve got some security if compiled by Jones Lang LaSalle. Lloyds Banking. 2014, lenders will need to be stricter on by a third, while international deal-mak- you’ve got an asset you can use yourself,” “Improving economic performance cre- The restrictions on lending are verifying incomes and must assess bor- ing has declined more steeply, the Center the risk officer at China Construction ates demand and migration regionally reflected by a slump in the number of rowers’ ability to handle higher interest for Economics and Business Research Bank Corp’s British unit said. “There’s and nationally,” said Yolande Barnes, a mortgages that have been granted in the rates. “They don’t regulate the buy-to- said this month. a good yield over 5 percent and being director of Savills Plc’s research team. past five years. Gross mortgage lending let market,” Neil Chegwidden, director The British economy’s weakness is in central London, you’ve got demand “The economy of those cities is strong amounted to about £141bn in 2011, down of residential research at Jones Lang crimping the government’s tax revenue domestically and internationally.” because they are world cities,” while ask- from £363bn pounds in 2007, according to LaSalle, said by phone. from company profits and contributing London rents have risen more than ing prices are particularly high, she said. the Council of Mortgage Lenders. London rents are expected to rise to an increase in spending. As a result, 6 percent in the past year to a record, In Britain, rising rents are encourag- In August 2007, before the Northern 3 percent this year and 4 percent the Britain’s budget deficit widened unex- even as job cuts by banks reduce employ- ing investors to take out loans for buy-to- Rock bank collapse sparked Britain’s following year, according to Savills. pectedly last month. ment in the financial-services industry let transactions, a type of mortgage that financial crisis, there were 829 mort- That’s also being fuelled by the lowest This type of migration has helped to a 20-year low. Technology and media helped fuel speculation during the housing gages available for those with a 10 per- number of home completions in London drive the type of tenants Jeswani companies are drawing workers to the boom. Loans of this kind totaled £4.2bn in cent down payment. Today, about a third for 18 months in the quarter through rents to, which have included people city, while lenders restrict mortgages to the three months through September, the of that number are offered at that loan- September, according to the Department from India, Lebanon, Morocco and all but the most creditworthy customers. most since the third quarter of 2008, when to-value, according to personal finance for Communities and Local Government. Switzerland. Soon, he will add a French That’s encouraged individual investors the housing market was crashing. website moneyfacts.co.uk In comparison, Rents in London will grow 26.4 per- couple to that list, though he’s unlikely and companies including KKR & Co to Jeswani bought his first apartment in there are 101 buy-to-let products avail- cent in the five years through 2017, Savills to increase his rent. enter the rental market as central banks 1999 on Baker Street for £100,000 and able with a loan-to-value of 70 percent at said. That compares with 24 percent in “Given that there’s a huge demand, I’ve push down yields on debt to record lows. said he plans to spend £1.35m on the the moment, compared with 47 in August London’s best neighbourhoods, such as used that to filter out the type of tenant,” The average rent in greater London latest property, which he will move into, 2007, moneyfacts.co.uk said. Knightsbridge and Belgravia, and 18.2 he said. “So if I don’t want students I can climbed to £1,240 ($1,974) last month, and then rent out the place where he’s percent nationally. That’s ideal for those be fussy. I can avoid void periods and if according to an index compiled by currently living. He’s renting out the BOND INVESTORS seeking a place to put their money as someone wanted to share, I don’t want to HomeLet. That was up 32 percent from one-bedroom Baker Street property in a At the same time, bond investors are potential returns diminish in London’s get wear and tear, so I look for a single pro- October 2009, when rents averaged £940 mansion block by Regent’s Park for £395 more willing to buy securities tied to buy- financial-services industry. fessional. I became an accidental landlord.” per month. The cost of renting a property a week. That compares with an average to-let mortgages. The extra yield they European and Japanese financial firms, WP-BLOOMBERG

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QE Indices Summary QE Index 8,448.35 38.50 WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 11,433.67 52.11 QE All Share Index 2,036.33 7.20 RATE INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 1,997.58 2.53 GOLD Buying Selling QE All Share Industrials 2,607.14 12.84 All Ordinaries 4432.42 41.697 0.95 4602.5 4033.4 QR203.0914 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 QE All Share Transportation 1,373 33.11 Cac 40 Index/D 3489.06 11.7 0.34 3600.48 2922.26 QE All Share Real Estate 1,607.89 5.64 SILVER UK ...... QR 5.8041 QR 5.8744 QE All Share Insurance 1,884.95 13.88 Dj Indu Average 12836.89 48.38 0.38 13661.87 11231.56 QR 3.9152 Euro ...... QR 4.6827 QR 4.7704 QE All Share Telecoms 1,079.59 4.65 CA$ ...... QR 3.6331 QR 3.7030 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 4,770.47 11.21 Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 Services Swiss Fr ...... QR 3.8828 QR 3.9575 Hang Seng Inde/D 21743.2 218.84 1.02 22149.7 18056.4 Yen ...... QR 0.0437 QR 0.0445 QE Market Summary Comparison Aus$ ...... QR 3.7652 QR 3.8607 Iseq Overall/D 3252.68 9.68 0.3 3382.77 2882.71 CRUDE OIL Today Previous day Ind Re ...... QR 0.0646 QR 0.0661 25-11-2012 22-11-2012 Karachi 100 In/D 16251 -5.97 -0.04 16339.16 10771.13 Index 8,448.35 8,409.85 BRENT Pak Re ...... QR 0.0376 QR 0.0382 Change 38.50 2.32 Nikkei 225 Index 9366.8 144.28 1.56 10255.15 8238.96 Peso ...... QR 0.0872 QR 0.0899 % 0.46 0.03 $ 110.26 SL Re ...... QR 0.0277 QR 0.0283 YTD% 3 . 7 7 4 . 2 1 S&P 500 Index/D 1391.03 3.22 0.23 1474.51 1158.66 DUBAI Taka ...... QR 0.0445 QR 0.0454 Volume 2,550,539 2,202,155 Straits Times/D 2986.63 26.33 0.89 3110.86 2657.77 Nep Re ...... QR 0.0412 QR 0.0420 Value (QAR) 146,016,925.53 104,705,566.79 $ 108.12 Trades 1,858 1,557 SA Rand ...... QR 0.4054 QR 0.4135 Straits Times/D 2989.31 24.69 0.83 3035.78 2657.77 Up 20 | Down 15| Unchanged 03

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Commodity prices supported by rising stocks, weak dollar

TRONG gains were Gold upstaged by palladium: oil despite the economic slow- highs following a recent USDA seen across glo- While gold continue to consoli- Weekly Commodity Update down were driven by the need to report which lifted the outlook for bal stock markets date in a relatively confined range build strategic reserves in order 2012/13 inventories as the harvest this week which between $1,705 and $1,740/oz, other to build a supply buffer against was not as badly hit as previously further helped to metals have done better, especially BY OLE HANSEN future supply disruptions. The expected. Soybeans have underper- improve investors’ palladium. Although still the worst (Head of Commodity Strategy, IEA estimates that China diverted formed the other crops with the Sattitude towards riskier assets performer of the four metals dur- Saxo Bank) 106 million barrels into its SPR price ratio to corn sliding to levels such as commodities. The dollar ing 2012 it has been doing a lot of during the first seven months of last seen in early August and this fell against an index of curren- catching up over the last month, the year which is equivalent to could potentially now begin to pro- cies despite making good gains especially following a report last reached and breached the record crude oil moved back above $110/ 500k barrels per day. In a world vide some support. against the Japanese yen, while week from Johnson Matthey, a of 18,350 tonnes. This was amount barrel earlier in the week follow- where the price of oil is deter- The CBOT soybean future for bond yields in Southern Europe leading specialist on Platinum of silver invested in ETFs was last ing the escalating tensions between mined by the marginal barrel of March delivery spent the week fell as investors continue to chase Group Metals (PGM). This report seen during the frantic rally to $50/ Israel and Gaza but once again oil and by oil producers’ available consolidating and this effort was yields in a world of diminishing forecast a deficit of palladium in oz in April 2011. technical resistance around $112 spare capacity, such an extra further assisted by renewed wor- returns and low volatility. 2012 due to diminishing supplies With silver often pointing the a barrel proved difficult to break draw helps to explain some of the ries about the state of the South Both of the major indices as from Russia and South Africa. way we believe that the direc- as investors holding long positions price strength witnessed during American crop. Too much rain in seen below recorded strong gains From being in a surplus in 2011, tion has been set and that gold were happy to reduce exposure the first quarter of 2012 especially. parts of Argentina and too little in during the week ending November the reversal to deficit in 2012 is will follow soon as the funda- having survived a few downside The second phase of China’s effort Brazil has the potential of causing 21 (due to the US Thanksgiving also expected to continue in 2013 mental drivers behind precious attempts at $105 during the previ- to build SPR is estimated to con- an upset to production from this holiday), especially the energy leaving the price well supported metals have not gone away com- ous couple of weeks. The failure to tinue in early 2014 as some extra region when the harvest is carried heavy S&P GSCI which notched on both a relative and an absolute bined with the overall investment move higher despite tailwind from 200 million barrels of capacity will out during the first half of 2013. up a two percent return due to basis. Palladium’s biggest problem friendly environment often seen stronger equities and a weaker be ready to receive deliveries. A Paris wheat: The biggest win- strong gains across the energy is that the market is very small this time of year. The technical dollar could indicate that the glo- third phase will follow which in ner in terms of price movement complex, especially natural gas and many investors tend to shy level on gold to look out for is bal supply situation continues to 2020 could bring Chinas SPR to has undoubtedly been Paris mill- which continues to be bought away from it due to low liquidity $1,740, a break of which should improve and therefore does not 500 million barrels and become ing wheat. While Chicago wheat as winter demand increases. and occasional high volatility. open up for a renewed attempt warrant higher prices at this stage. the world’s second largest reserve has succumbed to selling pressure Agriculture was the second best Silver, meanwhile, has not been on the important $1,800 level. A report in the Financial Times behind the US. amid ample supplies stateside, the performing sector with strong bound by the same technical shack- Silver meanwhile will have to on Friday under the headline Soybeans stabilising: The grain opposite can be said about Europe. gains seen in sugar and live cattle. les as gold and has moved higher navigate through resistance at “China stops filling strategic oil markets have witnessed very dif- Since August the price of Paris Precious metals also notched up and reached its highest level since $33.60 before potentially moving reserve” is very interesting. The ferent fortunes during November compared with CBOT has moved some gains led by palladium and October 15 despite a small pull back back into the higher range seen market and traders have been with the biggest casualty being soy- from an 80 cents/bushel discount silver while gold continue to con- by ETF investor after the total during September and October. fully aware that parts of China’s beans which at one stage dropped to an 80 cents/bushel premium. solidate within a confined range. holdings, according to Bloomberg, Crude oil struggling: Brent continued strong demand for by 23 percent from the August THE PENINSULA

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Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship awards ceremony at Losail Circuit

Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah (third left), President of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), Stephen Carapiet (second left), President, FIM Asia, Mishaal Al Sudairy (fourth left), Vice President of FIM Asia, Sultan Al Muraikhi (left), Board Member, QMMF, Ron Hogg (third right), Promotions Director of TWMR, and other racing officials are seen at the awards ceremony held at the conclusion of the 2012 Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC), at Losail International Circuit. The sixth and final round of ARRC was held under lights at Losail Circuit. PICTURES: FEISAL AHMED

LEFT: The top three riders on the SuperSport 600cc points table Ryuichi Kiyonari (centre) of Japan, compatriot Katsuaki Fujiwara (second left) and Malaysia’s Mohammed Zamri Baba (second right), are seen with Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, President of QMMF, Los Angeles Lakers’ forward Pau Gasol shoots over Dallas Mavericks’ at Losail International Circuit. centre Bernard James during the second half of their NBA game in Dallas, BELOW: Kiyonari of Japan Texas, yesterday. The Lakers won 115-89. places his trophy on a table at the awards ceremony following the last round of ARRC at Losail Circuit. Kiyonari finished the season Lakers thrash with 231 points from six races while Fujiwara ended the season with 226 points. Zamri was the third best rider of the season with a tally of 197 Mavericks for points. first road win Ryuichi Kiyonari is all smiles after DALLAS, TEXAS: The Los NBA Results winning race 2 of Angeles Lakers earned their Oklahoma City 116 Philadelphia 109 the sixth and final first road victory of the NBA Charlotte 108 Washington 106 round of ARRC season in emphatic style yes- at Losail Circuit. terday, routing the Dallas Atlanta 104 LA Clippers 93 The win helped Mavericks 115-89. Miami 110 Cleveland 108 Kiyonari to seal Antawn Jamison was among LA Lakers 115 Dallas 89 six Lakers players scoring in the championship Chicago 93 Milwaukee 86 double figures and also grabbed 15 under lights. Title Sacramento 108 Utah 97 rebounds as Los Angeles delivered favourite Katsuaki their best performance since the Goldne State 96 Minnesota 85 Fujiwara failed to arrival of new head coach Mike make the podium D’Antoni. scoring run -- capped by a dunk in both the races Kobe Bryant and Metta World from Dominique Jones -- to trim and missed out Peace contributed 19 points apiece the margin to 10 in the final on winning the and Dwight Howard added 15 minute of the first, but they would championship points with five steals. get no closer the rest of the night. title. The Lakers, 0-4 on the road Bryant made a three-pointer coming into the contest, out- with just over a second left in the rebounded the Mavericks 61-39. first half and the Lakers took a They held the Mavs -- one of 65-38 lead into halftime. the highest scoring teams in the The third quarter brought more league with an average of 101.8 of the same, with reserve guard Hikari Okubo points per game coming in -- to Chris Duhon’s three-pointer giv- (centre) 37 percent shooting and led by as ing the Lakers an 85-48 lead. of Japan, many as 37 points. From there the Mavericks compatriot “It started on the defensive didn’t get closer than 22 points. Hiroki Ono end,” said Dallas head coach Rick Meanwhile, t he NBA champion (left) and Carlisle. “They had a lot of blow- Miami Heat staged a thrilling Australia’s by’s at the beginning of the game. fightback to keep their unblem- Joshua Hook They played a great game and we ished home record alive, beating show off their were really poor. I credit them, we the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-108 spoils after all own this one...they are physi- yesterday. finishing the cally stronger than us.” The Heat, down by 11 at halft- Asia Dream Vince Carter scored 16 points ime and by seven with just under Cup in the top and Jae Crowder posted a career- two minutes remaining, stormed three places high 15 in the defeat, which was home thanks mainly to Ray Allen respectively. the Mavericks’ sixth in nine who scored the last seven points games after their 4-1 start to the to push the Heat to 10-3 on the season. The Lakers took charge season and 6-0 in Miami. early, using an 11-2 run to take Allen coaxed in a lay up and an 18-8 lead midway through the drew a foul with 1:32 remaining first quarter. for a three-point play and then “We came out with a lot of gave the Heat the lead with 18 energy tonight on both ends,” said seconds left with a three-pointer. Howard. “Everybody was active Cavaliers guard Jeremy Pargo and we really ran the floor well had a chance to send the game tonight. We played great defence to overtime but Dwyane Wade and were able to score.” blocked his late shot. Dallas put together an 8-2 AGENCIES

Badminton: Lee loses in Hong Kong, China clean sweep

HONG KONG: China’s Chen Long put on a display of explosive ath- leticism to beat Malaysian world number one Lee Chong Wei in the final of the Hong Kong Open yesterday, as Chinese players stormed ABOVE: Ron Hogg Promotions Director of to a clean sweep. TWMR, presents a memento to Nasser bin With thousands of spectators cheering him on, second-seeded Chen Khalifa Al Attiyah, President of QMMF, at Losail won 21-19, 21-17 against the Olympic silver medallist, who was the tour- Circuit. RIGHT: Sultan Al Muraikhi, Board nament’s top seed but ended the men’s singles final looking exhausted. Member, QMMF, after presenting mementoes In the women’s doubles, controversial Chinese pair Yu Yang and to the top three riders in the Underbone 115cc Wang Xiaoli lost to compatriots Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei, 22-20, class. Hadi Wijaya (centre) finished the season 14-21, 21-17, in a spirited contest which lasted for one hour and 13 at the top with 222 points from six rounds while minutes. Malaysia’s Mohamed Amirul Ariff Musa (second Yu and Wang were among eight players disqualified from the London Olympics for attempting to drop round-robin games in a bid to secure left) ended the championship with 165 points. a favourable quarter-final draw. Rey Ratukore (second right) of Indonesia was In the women’s singles finals, Li Xuerui of China beat fellow coun- the third best rider of the season with 161 trywoman and world number one Wang Yihan 21-12, 11-3. Wang left points. Roshaniza Ilmi M Ali, Manager, Petronas the game early due to an injury. Motorsports, is also seen. In the mixed doubles, China’s Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei beat compatriots Xu Chen and Ma Jin 21-17, 21-17. REUTERS MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 European McIlroy’s late birdie blitz Tour gets season-end overhaul seals DP World Tour win PARIS: The European Tour’s international schedule for 2013 will open in South Africa next The 23-year-old holds off Rose’s record charge, gets richer by $2.33m month and take in 45 tourna- ments across the world culmi- nating in a new-style “Final DUBAI: Rory McIlroy won the two and England’s Luke Donald Series” of four big-money DP World Tour Championship last year). tournaments. in magnificent fashion in Dubai An elated McIlroy said: “I just Total prize money of almost yesterday when he birdied the wanted to finish the season the 23.5m euros will be on offer last five holes to beat Justin way I thought it deserved to be at the BMW Masters and the Rose by two shots. finished. WGC-HSBC Champions, both in In the season-ending champi- “I’ve played so well through- Shanghai, followed by the newly- onship of the European Tour at out the year, and I didn’t want to installed Turkish Open and end- the Earth course of Jumeirah Golf just let it tail off sort of timidly. ing with the DP World Tour Estates, world No.1 McIlroy had I wanted to come here and finish Championship in Dubai. fallen two shots behind the fast- in style. I was able to do it. Players will only be eligible for charging Rose after a bogey on “Obviously going out today, Dubai if they compete in two of the 13th hole. myself and Luke were tied for the the first three of these tourna- World No.7 Rose, who set a new lead, and we both didn’t get off to ments and if they are at all three course record with a bogey-free the greatest of starts. And then then their points on the ‘Race to round of 10-under par 62, had set Justin had that incredible back Dubai’ money list will receive a 20 the clubhouse target of 21-under nine, shot 62, and I knew midway per cent bonus. par 267. through the back nine I needed to Tour chief executive George But McIlroy easily moved do something special. O’Grady said: “The introduction ahead with a brilliant display of “Somehow summoned up the of ‘The Final Series’ and the asso- golf down the stretch, and after energy from somewhere to make ciated changes to the structure playing the final par-5 hole con- five birdies in the last five holes. are being made to bring even servatively - he laid up with his Just a great way to end this tour- more drama and excitement to second shot - he made his birdie nament, a great way to end the the conclusion of our season and putt from 12 feet to close with a season, and I am already excited to further enhance the ‘Race to round of six-under par 66. about 2013. Dubai.” AFP McIlroy’s 23-under-par 265 “It means a lot to me to win in total matched the lowest four- this fashion, as well. I guess in a Dubai Scores round aggregate in the four-year way, Justin gave me the oppor- DUBAI: Leading final-round scores in the history of the tournament - set tunity to do what I did. I guess $8m DP World Tour Championship yesterday by Lee Westwood in 2009 - and seeing a target there and shooting at the par-72 Earth Course of Jumeirah Golf he also matched the Englishman’s at something, it definitely makes Estates: effort that year of winning both you more focused.” 265 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 66-67-66-66 the Race to Dubai European Rose, who went ahead with a 267 Justin Rose (ENG) 68-68-69-62, Money List and the DP World birdie-eagle-birdie stretch from Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (right) poses with his girlfriend, Denmark’s tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki, after winning the DP World Tour golf Championship in Dubai, yesterday. McIlroy responded in magnificent fashion 270 Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 68-67-67-68, Tour Championship in the same the 13th hole onwards, almost Luke Donald (ENG) 65-68-66-71 season. made a magical eagle putt from to Justin Rose’s course record round of 10-under par 62 by making five birdies in his last five holes to win the 271 Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 67-67-68-69 It was the fifth win of the 70 feet, only to miss it by inches. Championship. 273 Branden Grace (RSA) 69-65-70-68, season for the reigning USPGA In hindsight, it would not Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 68-69-68-68, champion. have mattered, but it would have started going in, which is a nice “But you know what Rory is third round, made two yesterday Henrik Stenson (SWE) 68-68-69-68, McIlroy, picked up $2.33m certainly put more pressure on feeling. Just started to get refo- capable of. Fair play to him for - the streak ended on the third 274 Sergio Garcia (ESP) 73-64-73-64, worth of desert treasure. McIlroy. cussed, but obviously I knew I was making all those birdies down the hole - and could not get going. Fredrik Andersson-Hed (SWE) 67-69-72- His earnings of 5,519,117 euros On his round of 62, Rose said: playing my way into the lead. stretch.” He finished with a one-under 66, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 67-71-68- also beat the single year earn- “That was a lot of fun. The front “It was just important for me Englishman, Donald, who had par 71 to be tied third with 68, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) ings record on the European Tour nine was just as good as the back to keep positive, as well, to keep not made a bogey for 100 holes at 2011 Masters champion Charl 66-72-68-68, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) (5,323,400 euros by world number nine, and the back nine putts aggressive. the Earth course till the end of Schwartzel, yesterday. AFP 68-68-69-69,

PIBAQ League Corporate League Qatar Golf Tournament attracts huge Doha all set to host crowds in Doha World Hockey League

DOHA: The popular profes- DOHA: International teams Tariq Usman who starred for sional teams of Pinoy Basketball have started to arrive in Doha Champions Sher-e-Punjab in Qatar (PIBAQ) has attracted for the first round of the World last year’s edition of World Series hundreds of Filipino fans at the Hockey League tournament Hockey in India. Al Gharafa Indoor Arena dur- that will start tomorrow. They can also count on vet- ing their matches on Friday The hosts, Qatar will begin their erans and Olympians Muhamed afternoons. campaign against Azerbaijan, Shahbir and Ali Gaznafer are In the Division 1 games on who arrived in Doha yesterday household names in Pakistan. Friday, the veteran moves of morning. Goalkeeper Muhamed Kamran former MVP Radel Mallari lifted Qatar will be keen to make a at one period of time was the Batang Isarog to another excit- mark in the competition, having number one goalkeeper in ing victory, 95-89, against another beaten Turkey in two friendlies Pakistan. newcomer Jewel Advertising, who recently. Muhamed Toufeeq and Vaqas remain winless this season. The team comprises of several Butt are both veterans of Mallari, a former stand-out members of the Shabab Qatar Pakistan. of the Philippine Basketball players from last season. Elsewhere, top seeded Oman, Association, contributed with 43 Coached by former Malaysian who will arrive in Doha today, will points. Olympian Shaiful Azli, the team be fighting fit after taking part The reliable combination consists of youth and experience. in the prestigious Sultan Qaboos of Bryan Tolentino with 26 Qatar can count on the experi- Trophy tournament that con- points, Nino Minaz and Poldong The participants of the Corporate League Qatar Golf Tournament pose for a picture. The two-day tournament ence of Rohit Charles and Savio cluded yesterday. Rodriguez who both contributed was organised by the Qatar Golf Association and held at Doha Golf Club. Nayak who play for Wanderers Oman, who are one of the two 22 points each along with the suc- Club. GCC countries to take part, along cessive three-point plays of Willy In April, Qatar created history with Qatar in the tournament, Layag was not good enough to by winning their first ever inter- open their campaign against drive Jewel Advertising to taste Tennis: Tegan Scrogie wins Under-14s title national fixture when they edged Qatar on Wednesday. victory. the visiting Brazilian team 3-2 Meanwhile, Turkey play their In Division 2, Dukhan Ballers in the first Test of a five-match first match against Sri Lanka at led by CJ Casas who also cur- series at Al Rayyan Stadium. 4:00pm tomorrow. Their squad rently plays for Gharafa team Captain Yusef Sulaiti is consists of players in the German in Qatar Basketball Federation’s expected to be fit for the second division. (QBF) under-16 basketball league, Azerbaijan clash that starts at Their opponents, Sri Lanka, beat QP Dukhan, 68-52, to lead 6:00pm at Al Rayyan Hockey who also arrived yesterday, come the league with a clean four wins Stadium. into the tournament with full of and no losses. Qatar’s opponents Azerbaijan experience. In other games, QDVC LRT is captained by Saleh Balamiyev. They will be backed by a escaped a narrow victory over The strong and formidable side strong local community and will KBAS Contracting winning 75-74, have some very experienced play- be cheered on by the popular Sri after the buzzer beating conver- ers including former Pakistani Lankan band ‘Blackcats’ who will sion by Archie Palconit with three Olympians and internationals be performing live at the Stadium seconds left. and are strong contenders for the from Friday. Matches will be Team Gilas 3, suffered a heart- competition. played Al Rayyan Stadium. breaking loss in the hands of Azerbaijan have roped in THE PENINSULA Karwa Mowasalat who won the game 93-79. Men’s World Hockey League – Round 1 Other game winners were KIA Match Schedule Motors winning against IMCO 27 November Engineering, 76-71; Consultants- Sri Lanka vs Turkey, 4:00pm; Azerbaijan vs Qatar, 6.00pm Ralos winning against Qatar 28 November Knights, 66-58 and Natsco Garage Azerbaijan vs Turkey, 4.00pm; Oman vs Qatar, 6.00pm claiming victory over Smeet 29 November Rest Day Precast, 80-43. LEFT: Tegan Scrogie (right) poses for a picture with coach Rawad 30 November Also Familia Bisdak claimed Sakra in Doha. Sri Lanka vs Oman, 4.00pm; Turkey vs Qatar, 6.00pm victory against Al Dar Exchange, Scrogie is seen with Elite Tennis Academy pupils on a tennis 1 December 2012 71-64. court. Scrogie won an Under-14s title in a tennis competition. Azerbaijan vs Oman, 4.00pm; Qatar vs Sri Lanka, 6.00pm One PIBAQ match is played 2 December in between the Qatar Basketball Oman vs Turkey, 4.00pm; Sri Lanka vs Azerbaijan, 6.00pm League matches on Fridays. Venue: Al Rayyan Stadium THE PENINSULA MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Australia on brink of victory South Africa in trouble at 77 for 4; off-spinner Nathan Lyon takes two wickets

ADELAIDE: A fired-up Australia attack skittled South Africa’s top order late on the Pressure builds on fourth day to march to the brink of victory in the second Test yesterday. Set a mammoth target of 430 out-of-form Ponting for victory, the tourists’ chase began disastrously, captain ADELAIDE, Australia: 4 and 16 in the ongoing series Graeme Smith out for a duck Struggling Ricky Ponting (pic- against South Africa, said he with the sixth ball of the innings tured) yesterday ruled out had not spoken to the selectors and three more wickets tumbling his chances of playing in next about his place in the Australia quickly in the afternoon heat at year’s Ashes in England unless side, but expected a “conversa- Adelaide Oval. he breaks his dismal run of tion” with them shortly. Wicketkeeper batsman AB de form in the series against “I haven’t spoken to the selec- Villiers and Faf du Plessis dug for South Africa. The former tors about my immediate future more than an hour and a half, but Australia skipper, who turns 38 and they haven’t spoken to me South Africa staggered to 77-4 at next month, has failed in three about it either,” Ponting said. the close, trailing their target by innings against the Proteas, “I’m sure that conversation is 353 runs. chopping a Dale Steyn delivery going to come probably in the De Villiers was on 12 and Du onto his stumps to fall for 16 near future, but nothing’s hap- Plessis on 19, with injured Jacques in another cheap dismissal on pened just yet.” Kallis the last recognised batsman Saturday. Ponting, who in the Proteas’ dressing room. Pressure is ranks second South Africa’s hopes may again building on the behind only India’s rest on all-rounder Kallis, who 167-Test veteran maestro Sachin battled a hamstring strain to ahead of Friday’s Tendulkar for score a half-century in the first third and final most runs scored innings and help the tourists Test against South in Tests, said he avoid the follow-on. Team-mates congratulate Australia’s Nathan Lyon (second left) after he took the wicket of South Africa’s Hashim Africa in Perth. was looking to be With Smith and number three Amla during the fourth day’s play of their second Test match at the Adelaide Cricket Ground, yesterday. Ponting said he more assertive Hashim Amla out before tea, was a realist and if given further Jacques Rudolph and opener Lyon, who two years ago Rudolph’s dismissal was his fourth a rib injury and Australia’s bowl- knew that if he opportunities to Alviro Petersen resumed at 40-2 worked as a groundsman at at the hands of the 25-year-old ers forced to shoulder a greater did not start scor- play for Australia. but their partnership lasted only Adelaide Oval, had Rudolph poke offspinner from four innings in workload. ing runs then he “Form-wise, I’ve five more runs before spinner the ball to Ed Cowan, who lunged the series. The news marred a dominant “definitely” would been a bit tenta- Nathan Lyon claimed his second low and to his left to take a sharp Petersen’s celebrations for his day for the hosts, who resumed not be in England tive, certainly in wicket of the innings. catch at short leg. Out for three, 32nd birthday were tempered an on 111-5 and declared after lunch for the Ashes in the first innings in over later, when he was out for 24, at 267-8 following a feisty ninth- July and August. Brisbane it was a Scoreboard dragging a Peter Siddle delivery wicket stand of 47 from Pattinson “I am a realist. I tentative shot,” he onto his stumps to leave his team and Ben Hilfenhaus. live in the real world and I know said. Australia (I innings): ...... 550 Bowling: Steyn 17-5-50-2 (1nb); Morkel 19- reeling at 45-4. Smith, who anchored the tour- that if I am not getting runs “Yesterday afternoon South Africa (I innings): ...... 388 4-50-3 (1nb); Tahir 14-1-80-0 (2nb); Kleinveldt Charged with steering South ists’ first innings with a defiant then there’s no chance at all of (Saturday) was a tentative shot Australia (II innings): 19-2-65-3 (5nb); Du Plessis 1-0-8-0. Africa to safety, De Villiers and century, was out for a second- even playing the summer out, so and that’s not the normal way E Cowan b Kleinveldt...... 29 South Africa (II innings): Du Plessis slowed their scoring ball duck when sent a thick edge I definitely won’t be in England,” that I play. D Warner c du Plessis b Kleinveldt ...... 41 A Petersen b Siddle ...... 24 to a crawl, with any thoughts of Ricky Ponting at second slip. Ponting told the Nine Network. “I have no illusions or disillu- R Quiney c de Villiers b Kleinveldt ...... 0 G Smith c Ponting b Hilfenhaus ...... 0 victory apparently banished. Amla and Petersen added “But we’ll wait and see what sions about where my cricket is R Ponting b Steyn ...... 16 H Amla c Clarke b Lyon ...... 17 The pair added only 10 runs in 33 runs for the second wicket happens at the end of this game. at, it’s just a matter of working M Clarke lbw Steyn ...... 38 J Rudolph c Cowan b Lyon ...... 3 little more than an hour after the before Lyon struck to remove I am looking forward to getting hard. Then hopefully when I get P Siddle c de Villiers b Morkel ...... 1 AB de Villiers (batting)...... 12 drinks break of the last session, Amla for 17 off 36 balls, caught a good win here and then we’ll a chance to bat in the middle I’m M Hussey c Steyn b Morkel ...... 54 F du Plessis (batting) ...... 19 looking determined not to play behind by Australia captain see how we go for Perth.” a bit more assertive than I have M Wade c De Villiers b Morkel ...... 18 Extras (B-1, NB-1) ...... 2 any offensive stroke if it could be Michael Clarke at slip. Ponting has spoken in the past been in the last couple of games.” J Pattinson (not out) ...... 29 Total (for 4 wkts) ...... 77 helped. South Africa had torn about his burning motivation to Ponting may be helped by B Hilfenhaus (not out) ...... 18 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-36, 3-45, 4-45. Any wafer-thin South through Australia’s batsmen keep on playing after leading poor form among the Australian Extras (B-4, LB-10, NB-9) ...... 23 Bowling: Hilfenhaus 12-6-23-1; Siddle 11-5- African hopes may lie with the with five wickets after tea on Australia to back-to-back Ashes top order, with newcomer Rob Total (for 8 wkts decl) ...... 267 23-1 (1nb); Clarke 5-2-4-0; Lyon 15-7-15-2; Australians running out of steam the day three, but their faint series defeats before Michael Quiney unlikely to play in Perth Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-77, 3-91, 4-98, Warner 3-0-10-0; Quiney 3-2-1-0; Ponting on the final day, with paceman hopes dimmed when Clarke and Clarke took over the captaincy. after a pair of ducks in the sec- 5-103, 6-173, 7-206, 8-220. 1-1-0-0. James Pattinson ruled out for Hussey dug in for 62 runs in the Ponting, who has scores of 0, ond Test. AFP the remainder of the series with morning. REUTERS Injury rules out Best sparks 10-wicket Pattinson for next four Tests victory for West Indies ADELAIDE, Australia: Young paceman James Pattinson will KHULNA, Bangladesh: Tino miss Australia’s remaining four Best took a career best 6-40 in Scoreboard Tests this season with a side an innings to set up a crush- strain, Cricket Australia said ing 10-wicket victory for West Bangladesh (I innings): ...... 387 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-49, 3-51, 4-62, 5-82, yesterday. Indies in the second Test against West Indies (I innings): ...... 648-9 decl 6-226, 7-228, 8-254, 9-269. Pattinson failed to complete an Bangladesh in Khulna yesterday. Bangladesh (II innings): Bowling: Edwards 17-0-95-1 (1nb); Narine over and left the field for scans Best helped West Indies skittle Tamim Iqbal b Best ...... 28 9-0-48-0; Permaul 20-2-67-3; Best 12.1-1- on a side strain during Saturday’s Bangladesh for 287 runs in their Nazimuddin lbw Edwards ...... 0 40-6 (1w); Gayle 4-0-15-0; Sammy 8-3-19-0. third day’s play of the second second innings on the fifth day, Shahriar Nafees c Sammy b Best ...... 21 West Indies (II innings): Adelaide Test against South setting up a target of 28 runs to Naeem Islam b Best ...... 2 C Gayle (not out) ...... 20 New Zealand’s captain Ross Taylor celebrates after scoring a century during Africa. win for the tourists, who won the Shakib Al Hasan c Best b Permaul ...... 97 K Powel (not out)...... 9 the first day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, The news was not good yes- first Test by 77 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim b Permaul ...... 10 Extras (W-1) ...... 1 yesterday. terday for the 22-year-old fast The West Indies reached 30-0 Nasir Hossain b Best ...... 94 Total (for no loss) ...... 30 bowler, playing in his seventh in just 4.4 over complete a 2-0 Mahmudullah c Ramdin b Permaul ...... 2 Bowling: Sohag Gazi 1-0-8-0, Rubel Hossain Test. He will take no further sweep in the series. Sohag Gazi b Best ...... 7 2-0-14-0 (1w), Naeem Islam 1.4-1-8-0 part in Australia’s remaining Test “It’s a good feeling when you Abul Hasan (not out) ...... 7 Result: West Indies won by 10 wickets. against South Africa in Perth Rubel Hossain c Bravo b Best ...... 14 Series: West Indies won the series 2-0. Taylor leads from the are winning, good to see when later this week and the three-Test you plan, go out and execute, your Extras (LB-3, W-1, NB-1) ...... 5 Man of the Match: Marlon Samuels. home series against Sri Lanka. teammates go out and perform Total (all out) ...... 287 Man of the series: Shivnarine Chanderpaul. “James Pattinson sustained a consistently,” said West Indies front for New Zealand left lower rib injury, similar to a captain Darren Sammy. 226-6 and lost a wicket on the of the day, bowling Sohag Gazi side strain, on day three of the “The slow steps that we have fourth ball of the morning when for seven before the paceman COLOMBO: Ross Taylor hit a Test, which will effectively rule taken are bettering ourselves and Mahmudullah was caught by uprooted the leg stump of Nasir solid century as New Zealand Scoreboard him out of contention for the moving us up in Test cricket.” Denesh Ramdin off Veerasammy Hossain with the batsman on 94. recovered from early blows remaining Tests this summer,” New Zealand (I innings): Kieran Powell smashed Naeem Permaul for two. Nasir, who began the day on to post a healthy 223-2 on the Australian team physiothera- M Guptill c Mathews b Kulasekara ...... 4 Islam for two successive fours Best added three wickets in the 64, has now missed his maiden opening day of the second and pist Alex Kountouris said in a B McCullum lbw Eranga ...... 4 to bring up the win while Chris morning to his three overnight, century in second successive Test final Test against Sri Lanka statement. K Williamson ((batting) ...... 95 Gayle was unbeaten on 20 at the giving him a five-wicket haul in after he was out for 96 in the first yesterday. “Whilst side strains are not R Taylor (batting) ...... 119 other end. successive Tests. innings of first Test in Dhaka. The tourists were struggling uncommon in bowlers, James’s Extras (NB-1) ...... 1 Bangladesh resumed play at He struck with his first ball “In this Test, there were a at 14-2 in the fourth over before injury involves some damage to Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 223 couple of guys who put up their skipper Taylor (119 not out) and the end of the rib and will need To bat: K van Wyk, T Astle, D Flynn, J Patel, T hand and did a good job,” said Kane Williamson (95 not out) further investigation at the com- Southee, D Bracewell, T Boult Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur propped up the innings with an pletion of this Test to determine Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-14. Rahim. unfinished 209-run stand for the the best course of management Bowling: Kulasekara 13.5-2-42-1 (1nb); Best removed the final wicket third wicket at the P Sara Oval. and the time frame to return to Eranga 14-0-70-1,Mathews 5-1-14-0; Her- of Rubel Hossain for 14 a ball Taylor completed his eighth bowling.” ath 21-2-45-0; Randiv 23-3-47-0; Dilshan after the batsman was dropped Test hundred, and his first against Despite his injury Pattinson 4-0-5-0. by Fidel Edwards off Permaul. Sri Lanka, in the last session was able to bat for Australia on Sri Lanka: NT Paranavitana, TM Dilshan, KC Marlon Samuels was named when he flicked seamer Shaminda the fourth day, striking the ball Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Sama- man of the match for his 260 runs Eranga to deep square-leg for two. sweetly in an unbeaten 29. raweera, AD Mathews, HAPW Jayawardene, in the first innings. Shivnarine Williamson provided valu- It is the second consecu- KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, S Randiv, Chanderpaul, who scored a dou- able support and looked set to tive home summer season that RMS Eranga. ble century and a century in two complete his third Test century Pattinson has missed through Tests, was named man of the when play was called off due to injury, after a foot complaint last series. rain, with more than nine overs The tourists made the most of January sidelined him during the Meanwhile, the West Indies remaining in the day. winning the toss on a good batting series against India. have called up uncapped New Zealand, shot out for 221 pitch. The New Zealand captain, Pattinson’s latest setback Barbados pace bowler Jason and 118 during their 10-wicket who gave a difficult chance on 14 opens the way for left-arm pace- West Indies’ captain Darren Sammy (centre) holds the Test series trophy Holder to replace Best in the defeat in the opening Test in when his edge off Eranga went man Mitchell Starc or possibly with team-mates Shivnarine Chanderpaul (left) and Tino Best after the five-match one-day series against Galle, staged a more determined past Angelo Mathews in the slips, Mitchell Johnson to play in the second Test match against Bangladesh at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium Bangladesh, team officials said performance this time and Taylor has so far hit 10 fours in his 241- final Test starting in Perth on in Khulna, yesterday. yesterday. AGENCIES led from the front. ball knock. AFP Friday. AFP MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Chelsea hold Man City; Spurs sink West Ham Rafael Benitez jeered by home fans at Stamford Bridge

LONDON: Rafael Benitez was given a toxic welcome by Chelsea supporters as his first match as manager ended in a 0-0 draw at home to Premier League champions Manchester Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (right) and Real Madrid’s Jose Maria City yesterday. Callejon (centre) challenge defender Antonio Amaya (down) during the La The Spaniard became a hate Liga match against Real Betis at the Benito Villamarin Stadium in Sevilla figure at Stamford Bridge in the late on Saturday. Betis won 1-0. previous decade when he was in charge of Liverpool, where he made a number of comments about Chelsea that were deemed Away-day blues unforgivable by a section of the Blues support. Yet just how strongly the major- ity of those present for this match continue for Real felt about him was a surprise, as Benitez’s name was loudly booed by thousands of supporters as MADRID: Real Madrid suf- number of occasions this season. soon as it was mentioned by the fered a major setback to their Luka Modric and Kaka on-pitch announcer. Spanish title hopes when they replaced Khedira and Mesut Ozil It only stopped when news that slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Real as the Portuguese coach searched former Chelsea manager Dave Betis late on Saturday, handing for more urgency going forward. Sexton had died was conveyed. Barcelona the opportunity to They started brightly with There was a minute’s applause open an 11-point gap. more purpose and Ronaldo and in Sexton’s memory but after- Real suffered their third away Kaka forced good saves from wards the home fans sang in defeat this season. Adrian in the Betis goal. praise of Roberto Di Matteo, Jose Mourinho’s side remain At the other end Juan Carlos the man sacked to make way for eight points behind leaders hit a venomous free-kick just over Benitez, who was soon also told Barcelona and five off city rivals the bar. that he was “not wanted here”. Tottenham Hotspur’s midfielder Gareth Bale (right) celebrates with team-mate Clint Dempsey after scoring a goal Atletico who they host in the Then Mourinho made an early Placards with the words ‘Rafa against West Ham United during their English Premier League match at White Hart Lane in London, yesterday. Madrid derby next Saturday. last throw of the dice, replacing out’ were also held up for the ben- Betis midfielder Benat Di Maria with Jose Callejon on efit of the television cameras. Etxebarria’s third goal of the sea- 62 minutes. The opening minutes saw with David Silva heading just over Man City should have been son decided the game on Saturday. Madrid pressed in search of neither side fashion a clear-cut after Pablo Zabaleta had picked ahead in the 42nd minute when Ben Yeddar All of his goals an equaliser chance, and the 16th minute saw him out in the box with a cross Edin Dzeko’s knock-down fell have been hit leaving spaces Chelsea fans burst into sustained from the right. perfectly for Aguero, but the scores twice in from outside Spanish League that Betis were applause to hail Di Matteo, who Sergio Aguero was next to Argentina international inexpli- the area, and he clever enough had worn the number 16 shirt as have a go as the Premier League cably headed straight into Cech’s Toulouse’s win proved once again Results to expose and a player at Stamford Bridge. champions began to get a grip on arms. why Vicente del Salva Sevilla Yesterday The first chance went to City, the game, but Cesar Azpilicueta Chelsea looked more lively Bosque has been and Ruben threw himself in the way to make in the second half, which saw PARIS: Wissam Ben Yedder including him Espanyol 0 Getafe 2 Castro went a block. Ramires fire a long-range effort ended Toulouse’s three-match in recent Spain Athletic Bilbao 1 D La Coruna 1 close for the English Premier Chelsea threats were more spo- over and at last a chance came losing run when he inspired a squads. Played on Saturday home side. radic, although City goalkeeper Torres’ way after Eden Hazard 3-0 home win over Olympique For Betis the Rayo Vallecano 2 Real Mallorca 0 Adrian stood League Results Joe Hart did have to punch away had flicked the ball into his path, Lyon, denying the seven-times result comes on Valladolid 1 Granada 0 firm again to tip Swansea 0 Liverpool 0 under pressure, but it was not but though his shot was powerful French champions top spot in the back of a dis- Malaga 4 Valencia 0 over a whipped long before Zabaleta was again enough to beat Hart, it was also Ligue 1 yesterday. appointing 5-1 free-kick from Southampton 2 Newcastle 0 Real Betis 1 Real Madrid 0 posing problems at the other end too high. The home side dominated defeat to their Ronaldo as Chelsea 0 Man City 0 and Petr Cech had to beat away There was a chance for City throughout and were rewarded local rivals Sevilla Played on Friday Madrid’s chal- Tottenham 3 West Ham 1 a low drive. in stoppage-time but Cech was for their efforts five minutes into last Sunday and Real Sociedad 0 Osasuna 0 lenge unchar- able to save Aleksandar Kolarov’s the second half when Ben Yedder puts them four acteristically header from a corner and the final headed home at the far post from points behind Madrid in fifth. fizzled out on a night to forget for whistle marked 90 minutes that Franck Tabanou’s cross. Cristiano Ronaldo fired in two Mourinho’s side. had failed to live up to the hype. Ben Yedder put the result shots in the opening exchanges. Malaga thrashed rivals Valencia Meanwhile, Jermain Defoe’s beyond doubt near the end with However, neither side had 4-0 to move behind Madrid into double, including a superb first- a sharp counter attack. taken charge of the game when fourth level on 22 points with half strike, and midfielder Gareth Etienne Capoue rounded of Benat hit what was to be the win- Betis. Bale’s goal just before the hour things off in added time to seal ner on 17 minutes. Francisco Portillo fired the jolted Tottenham Hotspur out of the win. AFP Betis had played the ball into Costa del Sol side into an early the doldrums with a 3-1 London the corner only for Angel Di lead on eight minutes and Javier derby victory over visitors West French League Maria to badly hook a clearance Saviola should have doubled the Ham United at White Hart Lane. that the little midfielder control- lead before half-time when put Promoted side Southampton led before evading the challenge of through on goal only to slice his moved out of the bottom three Results Sami Khedira to fire a drive past shot wide. with a 2-0 home victory over Yesterday Iker Casillas. The Argentine made up for Newcastle United, ensuring an Montpellier 1 Bordeaux 0 Madrid continued to enjoy that miss by doubling the lead on unhappy return to the south coast Toulouse 3 Lyon 0 more of the possession and Di 75 minutes. club for former Saints manager Played on Saturday Maria twice went close to mak- Roque Santa Cruz hit a third Alan Pardew. Paris SG 4 Troyes 0 ing amends for his mistake. ten minutes from time before Isco Elsewhere yesterday, Liverpool When Ronaldo crossed from rounded off a brilliant Malaga Nancy 1 Ajaccio 1 manager Brendan Rodgers was the left the Argentinian was performance with a crisply struck also unable to get one over former Reims 0 Brest 0 inches from levelling the game shot. A Chelsea supporter holds a sign against interim manager Rafael Benitez, club Swansea City on his return Sochaux 0 Nice 1 and moments later a Chechu Also on Saturday there were who was appointed as Roberto Di Matteo’s successor, during the English to Wales as the Anfield side con- Bastia 2 Lorient 1 Dorado block looped his goal home wins for Rayo Vallecano Premier League match between Chelsea and Man City at Stamford Bridge tinued their mediocre Premier Rennes 0 Evian 1 bound shot over the bar. and Valladolid over Mallorca and in London, yesterday. League start with a 0-0 draw at Montpellier 1 Bordeaux 0 Mourinho made two changes Granada respectively. the Liberty Stadium. AGENCIES at half-time, as he has done on a REUTERS Qatar SC edge Al Shamal; Al Sadd maintain perfect start

BY DANOTZKI SANTOS managed to cut the deficit at the QBL Standings close of the third at 52-36. DOHA: Qatar SC collected Team Win Loss However, Al Sadd turned the Al Shamal’s seven straight points and heat on in the last 10 minutes and Al Rayyan 6 0 Yombo Matenio blanked Al Shamal in the end- soared to their biggest lead at the (32) tries to block game to register a 79-73 victory, Al Sadd 6 0 buzzer. Seck Oumar’s in the Qatar Basketball League Michael Benjamin Southall of Qatar SC (5) (QBL) at the Al Gharafa Sports Al Arabi 5 2 dominated the game and lorded attempts to score Stadium yesterday. El Jaish 5 2 the shaded lane collecting 22 of during their side’s Qatar SC squandered a 13-point his total 25 points from inside. lead established early in the final Al Gharafa 3 3 QBL games continue tomor- Qatar Basketball quarter of the match. Qatar SC 1 4 row with another double-header. League (QBL) They fell behind at 72-73 as the Defending champions and match at Al game entered its last two minutes Al Shamal 1 4 current joint league-leaders Al Gharafa Sports of the match. Al Ahli 0 6 Rayyan will face Heir Apparent Stadium yester- But Qatar SC got their bear- titlists Al Arabi in the the first day. RIGHT: Al ings together just in time to sal- Al Wakrah 0 6 match at 5:00pm. Ahli’s Gesar Ibon vage the win. In the other QBL match, Emir (16) gets his hand Leslie La Mont was steady their sixth straight win via 79-44 Cup winners Al Sadd will try to to the ball in trying on all fronts during this team’s rout of a struggling Al Ahli Club. stretch their winning streak to to block Al Sadd’s match. The win takes Al Sadd to the seven matches as they face Al Southal Michael’s La Mont led the winners tally top of the standings, with whom Gharafa in the late match. attempts to score with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 they share with Al Rayyan. On Wednesday, Al Ahli face Al at the same venue. assists. A blow-out from the start, the Shamal at 5:00pm, and Qatar SC Mezie Nwigwe had a dou- defending Emir Cup champions clash against Al Warah at 7:00pm. PICTURES BY: ABDUL ble-double of 34 points and 11 erected a 20-9 early lead before Both of tomorrow’s and BASIT rebounds. going 38-18, at half-time. Wednesday’s matches will take In the other QBL match to take Al Ahli put up a token stand place at Al Gharafa Sports place yesterday, Al Sadd raced to in the third quarter as they Stadium. THE PENINSULA Monday 26 November 2012 12 Muharram 1434 Volume 17 Number 5530 Sport Price: QR2

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SAO PAULO: Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple List of Formula One Brazilian Grand Report champion in Formula One his- tory on Sunday when he fin- World Champions Prix Results ished sixth behind the victorious List of Formula One champions RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Jenson Button in a tumultuous SAO PAULO, Brazil: Results Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola after German Sebastian Vettel from Brazilian Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix. clinched the 2012 title at the would leap at the chance to Grand Prix yesterday: The 25-year-old German, Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday: coach Brazil, who sacked Mano 1. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren Mercedes) who was involved in an opening Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Menezes this week, Lance sports 2012 1hr 45min 22.656sec lap collision, made light of the Bull daily reported yesterday. damage to his Red Bull car as 2011 Vettel, Red Bull 2. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Scuderia Ferrari) “The Brazilian national side is he fought through the field in a at 2.754 the only team he would be ready 2010 Vettel, Red Bull dramatic race run in treacher- 3. Felipe Massa (BRA/Scuderia Ferrari) at to coach tomorrow” if given the 2009 Jenson Button (Britain) Brawn ous rain-swept conditions at the 3.615 chance, an unnamed Guardiola 2008 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren Interlagos circuit. 4. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull Racing) at confidant told Lance group 2007 Vettel’s only title rival, Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 4.936 founder and chairman Walter de two-time champion Spaniard 2006 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault Mattos jr, who penned the arti- 5. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India) at Fernando Alonso, finished a fine cle linking the former Barca boss 2005 Alonso, Renault 5.708 second after a courageous drive with the post. 2004 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 6. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull Racing) at for Ferrari, but it was not enough Guardiola insists he will see out 2003 Schumacher, Ferrari 9.453 to overhaul a pre-race 13-point his sabbatical in the United States 2002 Schumacher, Ferrari deficit as his German rival won 7. Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes after leaving the Nou Camp last 2001 Schumacher, Ferrari the crown by just three points. AMG) at 11.907 summer. The race was littered with acci- 2000 Schumacher, Ferrari 8. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Scuderia Toro But the source said he would dents and incidents and ended Multiple champions Rosso) at 28.653 do a good job with the five-time behind a Safety Car with Vettel 7 Schumacher 9. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber) at 31.250 world champions, who are now bringing his car home in the rain 5 Fangio 10. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus) at 1 lap on the lookout for a successor to German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel (left) of Red Bull Racing in tears, unable to respond to the 4 Prost Menezes, fired on Friday barely 18 celebrates with his compatriot Michael Schumacher of Mercedes AMG Overall final standings screamed congratulations from Brabham, Stewart, Lauda, Piquet, months away from Brazil’s host- 3 after winning his third consecutive Formula One World Championship title Drivers Red Bull team chief Christian Senna, Vettel ing of the next World Cup. after the Formula One Grand Prix of Brazil at the Autodromo Jose Carlos 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 281.0pts, 2. Horner. Ascari, Graham Hill, Clark, “If he coaches the Selecao, they 2 Pace in Sao Paulo, Brazil, yesterday. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 278.0, 3. Kimi Vettel became only the third Fittipaldi, Hakkinen, Alonso will win the World Cup - you driver in history to win three suc- Raikkonen (FIN) 207.0, 4. Lewis Hamilton tell that to the chairman of the cessive titles, equalling the feats of (GBR) 190.0, 5. Jenson Button (GBR) 188.0, Brazilian Football Confederation the great Argentine Juan Manuel the first lap spin I thought that a triumphant conclusion to his Alonso paid tribute to his 6. Mark Webber (AUS) 179.0, 7. Felipe Massa (CBF),” the insider said. Fangio and his own childhood was it because we knew Fernando career with the British team just Ferrari team. “First of all I’m very (BRA) 122.0, 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) The CBF says it will unveil a idol Michael Schumacher, who would be on the podium. But he when he looked sure of winning. proud of the team. We lost the 96.0, 9. Nico Rosberg (GER) 93.0, 10. Sergio successor to Menezes, who failed finished seventh for Mercedes in got back to the top six, the rain Vettel was sixth, Schumacher championship before today, not Perez (MEX) 66.0, 11. Nico Hülkenberg (GER) to deliver the Olympic title at the his final race before retiring. came, we went to inter (tyres) seventh and Frenchman Jean- in Brazil, this is a sport after all,” 63.0, 12. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) 60.0, 13. London Games last summer when Alonso’s Ferrari team-mate, and then slicks. Eric Vergne eighth for Toro said the Spaniard. Michael Schumacher (GER) 49.0, 14. Paul Brazil fell to Mexico in the final. local hero Brazilian Felipe “It was maximum stress Rosso ahead of Japanese Kamui “When you do something with di Resta (GBR) 46.0, 15. Pastor Maldonado Guardiola’s agent Josep Maria Massa, drove brilliantly to finish throughout the race, but Seb Kobayashi of Sauber and Finn your heart and do it 100 percent (VEN) 45.0, 16. Bruno Senna (BRA) 31.0, Orobitg told Lance there had been third ahead of Australian Mark stayed cool. Fernando did a Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus. you have to be proud of yourself 17. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) 16.0, 18. Daniel no contact between the Brazilians Webber in the second Red Bull great job but he knew he was up Vettel, whose Red Bull team and your team and we’ll try again Ricciardo (AUS) 10.0 and his client. and German Nico Hulkenberg of against one of the best. What Seb took a third constructors’ cham- next year.” Constructors “I have had no call for con- Force India. achieved was incredible.” pionship in succession last week- Button added: “First of all I 1. Red Bull Racing 460.0pts, 2. Scuderia tact whatsoever from the CBF. I “We lost communication at the Hulkenberg played a prominent end in Texas, finished with 281 want to congratulate the whole Ferrari 400.0, 3. McLaren Mercedes 378.0, speak regularly to Pep and he has start but Sebastian stuck at it. He role in the race, not only lead- points and Alonso with 278. It team. This is the perfect way to 4. Lotus 303.0, 5. Mercedes AMG 142.0, not given me any instructions to drove with determination,” said ing for a spell but also crashing was Briton Button’s first win in end the season. We have had ups 6. Sauber 126.0, 7. Force India 109.0, 8. negotiate with anyone for a pos- Horner. into Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren Brazil, his third of the season and and downs and to end on a high Williams 76.0, 9. Scuderia Toro Rosso 26.0 sible contract,” Orobitg said. “He just never gives up. After to wreck the Briton’s hopes of the 15th of his career. bodes well for 2013.” AFP AFP Panesar leaves India reeling at 117 for 7 in Mumbai Scoreboard MUMBAI: Monty Panesar’s second career 10-wicket haul India (I innings): ...... 327 had India reeling at 117/7 at the England (I innings): close of play on the third day of A Cook c Dhoni b Ashwin ...... 122 the second cricket Test against N Compton c Sehwag b Ojha ...... 29 England at the Wankhede I Trott lbw Ojha ...... 0 Stadium here yesterday. K Pietersen c Dhoni b Ojha ...... 186 At the close of play, Gautam J Bairstow c Gambhir b Ojha ...... 9 Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh S Patel c Kohli b Ojha ...... 26 were batting on 53 and 1, M Prior (run out-Dhoni/Kohli) ...... 21 respectively. S Broad c Pujara b Harbhajan Singh ...... 6 After bowling out England G Swann (not out) ...... 1 for 413, who resumed the day at J Anderson lbw Harbhajan Singh ...... 2 178/2, India lost seven wickets in M Panesar c Khan b Ashwin ...... 4 the last session of the day, finish- Extras (B-4, LB-2, W-1) ...... 7 ing with a lead of 31 runs with Total (all out) ...... 413 three wickets in hand and two Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-68, 3-274, 4-298, days of play left. 5-357, 6-382, 7-406, 8-406, 9-408, 10- Earlier in the day, skipper 413. Alistair Cook and comeback Bowling: R Ashwin 42.3-6-145-2; P P Ojha man Kevin Pietersen struck their 40-6-143-5; Z Khan 15-4-37-0 (1w); Har- respective 22nd hundreds to get bhajan Singh 21-1-74-2; Yuvraj Singh 3-0-8- England past India’s first innings 0. score of 327. India (II innings): Cook struck 13 boundaries and G Gambhir (batting) ...... 53 a six to make a solid 122 while V Sehwag c Swann b Panesar...... 9 Pietersen batted with his usual C Pujara c Bairstow b Swann ...... 6 fluidity to score a splendid 186 at S Tendulkar lbw Panesar ...... 8 a strike rate of 79.82. Pietersen’s innings included 17 India’s batsman Sachin Tendulkar walks back to the pavillon after being trapped Leg Before Wicket (LBW) by England left arm spinner Monty Panesar on V Kohli c (sub-J E Root) b Swann...... 7 the third day of the second Test against England at the Wankhede Stadium, yesterday. RIGHT: Panesar celebrates after capturing the wicket of India’s Yuvraj Singh c Bairstow b Panesar ...... 8 boundaries and one six. Virender Sehwag. M S Dhoni c Trott b Panesar ...... 6 At 382/5, England looked to R Ashwin c Patel b Panesar ...... 11 extend the lead. However, the Harbhajan Singh (batting) ...... 1 Indian spinners struck when Extras (B-6, LB-2) ...... 8 needed and the visitors lost the one wickets. Ojha took his fifth off the challenge of the English kept losing wickets with none of as the Indian batting order col- Total (for 7 wkts) ...... 117 last five wickets in a span of 31 five-wicket haul of his career as spinners on a turning track. the batsmen, apart from Gambhir lapsed. Gambhir tried to play the Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-37, 3-52, 4-65, runs. he ended with figures of 5/143. But Panesar struck for England and Ashwin, reaching double anchor’s innings scoring his first 5-78, 6-92, 7-110. The England lower order Ashwin and Harbhajan ran as he picked up opener Virender figures. Test half-century since January. Bowling: J M Anderson 4-1-9-0; M S Pan- could not hold out against the through the tail-enders taking Sehwag for 9, who is playing his Cheteshwar Pujara (6), Sachin Panesar ended the day with 5 esar 16-2-61-5; G P Swann 13-4-39-2. Indian spin trio of Pragyan two wickets each. 100th Test, with the score reading Tendulkar (8), Virat Kohli (7), for 61, to add to his first innings Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin and Coming out to bat in their sec- 30 for no loss. Yuvraj (8), Dhoni (6) all per- tally of 5 for 129, while Swann had Harbhajan Singh, who took all but ond innings, India looked to stave Thereon, India consistently ished without making an impact figures of 2 for 39. IANS