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PM visits Ras Laffan shipyard EU Parliament Campaign for resolution ‘premature’ kids to respect, DOHA: A source in the Foreign Ministry of Qatar has noted the mission statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants and the praise workers Amnesty International report on the construction sector in the country, along with the ‘Taqdeer’ to recognise contributions draft motion for a resolution which has been issued by the DOHA: A unique campaign is working in the Souq Waqif will European Parliament. being launched targeting groups also be honoured during the However, it believed that these of children who will be taught campaign. reports merely amplify allegations to respect and appreciate work- Children will hand over gifts to made previously in the press which ers who provide essential serv- select groups of people from these are already being addressed. ices to society like construction segments in recognition of their The government of Qatar has workers, janitors, and taxi driv- contribution to society, it was taken the allegations that have ers, among others. disclosed at a press conference been made concerning the con- The Childhood Cultural Center at Katara yesterday. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Minister struction sector extremely seri- at Katara will tomorrow launch Hind Abdul Rahman Al Muftah, of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada during a visit to the Erhama bin Jaber Al Jalahma ously and has already put an the innovative drive. The cam- director of the Center said “the Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City yesterday. Report on page 3 independent review into those paign will educate children how to campaign aims to honour groups of allegations in place, to be con- respect and appreciate the work workers in specific jobs who are not ducted as a matter of utmost of people who are providing essen- being given attention and appre- urgency by international law firm tial services to the community. ciation for their achievements and DLA Piper. Normally the contribution of contributions to the society and our This review will be compre- these segments of the popula- daily life.” A major objective of the Windy weather forecast; hensive and will be conducted as tion to society being crucial goes campaign is to teach children how swiftly as possible. However, the unrecognised. to respect others through practi- government will deal severely with During the campaign, that will cal programmes. any abuses on the part of compa- run from tomorrow until March “This is a good initiative. We more rains likely in north nies operating in its construction 26 next year, children associated will distribute 1,000 gifts to be sector, particularly relating to its with the Center will visit select handed over by students to peo- DOHA: Mesaieed in the south The weather bureau has fore- municipal teams have drained migrant labour force. places in Doha and its outskirts ple from the above segments as and Abu Samra on the Qatar- cast thundery rains in the north some three million gallons of The government recognises and honour people from the said a moral support to them,” said Saudi border received the today. Overall, the weather will be water from water-logged areas the interest of the European segments. The programme titled Ghanim Al Mohannadi of the Al maximum rainfall of 25.8 and windy in the entire country. in different parts of the country Parliament in these matters and Taqdeer (Appreciation) is being Khor Sports Club. 25.6 inches, respectively, on Despite the northwesterly (excluding Doha) after intermit- is happy to engage in dialogue launched in collaboration with the Hassa Al Attiyah, coordinator Wednesday. winds that carry some chill as tent rains on Wednesday. with members of parliament. cultural and social committee at of the campaign said the activi- Some places in the north —with they blow from the colder regions A large chunk (more than 2.6m However, it feels that while Al Khor Sports Club. ties will begin at the Childhood the entire area continuing to wit- of Europe, day temperatures could gallons) was drained in the north- DLA Piper’s investigation is ongo- Those who will receive acco- Cultural Center at Katara and ness heavy and intermittent rains, go up to 24 degrees Celsius in ern areas. ing, the resolution is premature. lades from children during the the children will then visit vari- received rainfall as the downpour many parts of the country, includ- Figures for Doha were not QNA campaign include public cleaning ous places, as per a plan, accom- continued throughout the day and ing Doha, Al Wakra, Messaieed immediately available. workers, taxi drivers, construc- panied by their trainers and event a good part of Wednesday night. and Al Khor. Water draining work was still tion workers, salesmen in malls coordinators. Al Ghuwairia received some Temperatures at night could continuing in some areas, includ- Al Jazeera and other commercial centres, Abdul Hamid Al Mulla, direc- 25.1 inches of rainfall, followed by drop to 17 degrees C in Messaieed ing Al Rayyan, where more than markets, hotels and petrol sta- tor of public relations and com- Al Shahaniya (22.5 inches) and Al and Al Wakra, while for Doha the 772,000 gallons were drained from contests Cairo tions, vendors selling fruits veg- munication at the Center said Khor (19 inches). forecast is 19 degrees C. different localities. etables at the central market and there is a plan to launch another In Dukhan, the rainfall was Winds could be stronger in the In Al Khor and Al Dhakhira, court verdict security personnel. campaign for children to teach 22.2 inches. In Doha, which also coastal areas and offshore with civic teams drained out some DOHA: Al Jazeera Channel Traffic police personnel, them how to choose a future witnessed light to heavy rains speed going up to 30 knots. 320,000 gallons of water. has challenged the decision of fire fighters, nurses, Imams career. The campaign titled “My intermittently on Wednesday, Inland, the wind speed forecast Teams are working round-the- Cairo’s urgent matters’ court (in mosques), teachers of the dream carrier” will target chil- the rainfall was 18.8 inches. In Al is between 10 and 18 knots and clock and municipal hotlines were that had rejected its claim Shafallah Center for Children dren aged six to 12 years. Wakra, on the other hand, the could at times soar to 25 knots. receiving calls for help. for compensation from the with Special Needs, and people THE PENINSULA rainfall recorded was 17.2 inches. Meanwhile, emergency THE PENINSULA Egyptian information ministry and Nilesat for allegedly jam- ming the signal of the channel’s Egyptian service, Al Jazeera Fath Al Khair to begin GCC journey Mubahser, last July. The channel’s lawyer said he Kuwait Airways resumes had moved a higher court against the urgent matters’ court’s deci- The traditional sion, reports Al Sharq. The min- dhow Fath Al flights to Najaf in Iraq istry was sued as representative Khair anchored of Nilesat, the daily said. at Katara Beach. BAGHDAD: A scheduled occurrence. As part of Katara Kuwait Airways flight landed Diplomatic relations between QNOC departments Cultural Village’s in Iraq late on Wednesday for Kuwait and Iraq improved last 3rd Traditional the first time since the 1990 year after a settlement over debts to be relocated Dhow Festival, Iraqi invasion, in the latest sign from the era of the 1991 Gulf War, of improved ties between the in which a US-led coalition forced DOHA: The departments the dhow leaves neighbours. Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. of Qatar’s National Olympic Qatar today for Kuwait’s national airline flew Ties have also been bolstered by Committee will be shifted to a GCC jour- 100 passengers to Najaf, 160km a series of bilateral visits involving the newly-created Ministry of ney, stopping in south of Baghdad, the director Kuwait’s ruler and Iraq’s prime Sports and Youth Affairs. Al Bahrain, Saudi of Najaf’s airport told state news minister. Iraq’s state airline Sharq reported yesterday that Arabia, Kuwait, agency Kuna, adding that most resumed flights between Baghdad sports federations at the com- Oman and the were visiting Shi’ite sites in the and Kuwait in February for the mittee will, however, remain UAE. It will return city. first time since the invasion. But under the panel after restruc- on December 18, Kuna said Kuwait Airways most major carriers that ply the turing. Youth Affairs currently coinciding with planned to fly twice a week to route still do so through other cit- under the Ministry of Arts, National Day Najaf, which is more secure ies such as Dubai, even though the Culture and Heritage will also celebrations. than the capital Baghdad, where Iraqi and Kuwaiti capitals lie just be shifted to the ministry. bombings are an almost daily 560km apart. REUTERS THE PENINSULA

Second Qatar expat dies of MERS Companies, port sought to destroy Syria poisons DOHA: The Supreme Council On Tuesday, SCH had announced of Health (SCH) yesterday the death of a 61-year-old expat THE HAGUE: The global chemical weap- host the destruction. OPCW is expected to volumes of toxic waste that must be disposed announced the death of a due to MERS. ons watchdog is seeking commercial firms ask companies formally today to bid for con- of. OPCW would need to find a port in the 48-year-old expatriate infected It had also said a 48-year-old to destroy toxins from Syria’s poison gas tracts to treat around 800 tonnes of industrial area where it can oversee the offshore work with MERS (Middle East expatriate suffering from MERS arsenal, and trying to find a Mediterranean chemicals that are safe to destroy in commer- and then ship out the waste products. Respiratory Syndrome) and had recovered after three weeks’ port where the chemicals can first be proc- cial incinerators, a document shows. The Hague-based OPCW, which won the suffering from several chronic treatment. essed off-shore. Another 500 tonnes of chemicals, including Nobel Peace Prize last month, has been given diseases. SCH said yesterday there was The Organisation for the Prohibition of actual nerve agents, are seen as too dangerous the task of destroying Syria’s chemical weap- This is the second MERS death no new confirmed MERS case in Chemical Weapons is racing to cobble together to import into a country or process commer- ons stocks under an agreement brokered by involving an expatriate in Qatar. the country. THE PENINSULA a ‘Plan B’ to eradicate the arsenal, after cially, and so would first be treated offshore the US and Russia which averted US missile Albania backed out of an offer last week to on a US ship. That process would yield large strikes. REUTERS FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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DOHA: Many children and their par- “The future health of our children is Chef Cooper explained that children have Tel ents gathered at the Diplomatic Club dependent on them eating healthy, at home to be encouraged from an early age to yesterday to learn how to make healthy and away, and parents really need to be eat healthy meals as otherwise they can Fax meals from an international chef. educated so they can pass on this knowl- become accustomed to foods laden with Chef Ann Cooper a specialised chef in edge to their children. If this doesn’t hap- sugar and fat. healthy meals for children demonstrated pen we are going to have a nation of sick “Food tastes can even be influenced in Tel healthy cooking at an event organised by kids who are insulin-dependent and who the womb,” she said explaining that babies Fax the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar are going to die at a younger age than we whose mothers eat fruit and vegetable are as part of Sahtak Awalan- Your Health are,” said Chef Cooper. more likely to enjoy the same food. First campaign. She is known in the US for promoting Sahtak Awalan- Your Health First During an interactive cookery demon- and creating nutritious meals including campaign is designed to educate people Tel stration Chef Cooper prepared four quick, salad bars to school cafeterias and has about how they can begin leading healthy Fax healthy, simple and delicious meals that helped transform school meals for more lifestyles. were them sampled by the audience. than a million children across the US. THE PENINSULA www.doha.hilton.com Tel +974 44233333 NHRC honours Fax +974 44233000 Seminar discusses effective Minister of water management strategy Transport DOHA: A seminar hosted by DOHA: The National Human Qatar Green Building Council Rights Committee (NHRC) (QGBC) called for strate- has honoured H E Jassim Seif gies to effectively manage Ahmed Al Sulaiti, Minister of Tel the diverse sources of water, Transport and Chairman of including rain water in Qatar. Mowasalat, in recognition of Fax The seminar, titled ‘Future his efforts in support of human planning of water strategy,’ was rights. co-organised by the Chartered Khalid Nasser Al Hail, Institute of Building (CIOB). Mowasalat CEO, received the Tel Experts from Qatar’s construc- recognition certificate awarded Fax tion and sustainability industry by NHRC, on behalf of the discussed the importance of cap- minister. turing, storing, managing and re- “The principles of human rights using diverse sources of water, in are not mere hollow slogans, but Tel order to achieve sustainable devel- rather a mainstay and a pillar Fax opment, as the country’s popula- asserting the Qatari people’s tion increases and demand for Experts attending the seminar hosted by Qatar Green Building Council nature, which is based on gener- water supply grows. osity and tolerant morals. I seize (QGBC). Dr Alex Amato, Head of this opportunity to extend thanks Sustainability at QGBC, said, and appreciation to NHRC, which Tel “The possibility of local treat- Business Development Manager population growth, a lack of has been, and will continue, to Fax ment for both black and grey of Polypipe, emphasised the natural resources, and a host fulfill its significant role in this water and the storage of rain- value of water management of other significant challenges. domain, with honesty, credibil- water recycled for irrigation and conservation in our built However, water can be man- ity and transparency,” said the leads us to consider if large- environment, and explained aged and treated differently Minister. Tel scale storm water and sewage how waste water can be utilised in our built environment. The Khalid Nasser Al Hail, said infrastructure is necessary. We effectively through innovative conventional approach to storm this recognition “demonstrated Fax need to explore whether this is systems and technologies. water management is treating the established guidelines that the time to consider the deploy- He said, “We face numer- rainfall as waste rather than as Mowasalat (Karwa) has set forth ment of new technologies for ous challenges in today’s a resource, but sustainable storm in promoting principles of human local water treatment that can urban environment, which water design treats rainfall run- rights as an integral part of the Tel substantially improve our built includes increased water con- off as a valuable resource.” organization’s culture.” Fax environment.” Stephen Herd, sumption, rapid urbanisation, THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA HMC, IADH explore quality healthcare infrastructure

DOHA: New insights into philosophy of healing environ- Tel designing healthcare facili- ments, and we and other health- Fax ties and urban infrastructure care and academic partners have were explored at the Design come together in an Academic and Health Middle East 2013 Health System initiative where International Symposium we work together on ensuring Tel and Exhibition hosted jointly that our patients have the best Fax in Doha by the International possible quality healthcare,” Dr Academy for Design and Health Hanan Al Kuwari, Managing (IADH) and Hamad Medical Director of HMC. www.renaissancedoha.com Corporation (HMC). John Lambert-Smith, “Qatar faces challenges that Executive Director of Health Tel +974 44195000 are similar to those of other Facility Planning and Design Fax +974 44195100 countries across the world: at HMC, said: “The conference ensuring equal access to care explores how the design of urban and satisfying the high expecta- and healthcare infrastructure can tions around quality of care. As support our health, well-being and the main provider of healthcare quality of life, and help prevent Dr Hanan Al Kuwari (right), Managing Director of HMC, speaking at in Qatar, HMC is investing heav- lifestyle diseases such as heart the Design and Health Middle East 2013 International Symposium ily in developing existing and disease, diabetes and obesity.” and Exhibition. new facilities according to our THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 PM tours shipyard in Ras Laffan Presentation on latest activities of Nakilat and its shipyard joint ventures held

DOHA: The Prime Minister QP and Nakilat. It was followed and Interior Minister H E by a presentation by Al Sulaiti Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin on latest activities of Nakilat and Khalifa Al Thani, accompanied its shipyard joint ventures, ship by several ministers, yesterday repairer Nakilat-Keppel Offshore visited the Erhama bin Jaber and Marine (N-KOM) and ship- Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras builder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Laffan Industrial City. Qatar (NDSQ). The delegation included Both presentations were fol- the Deputy Prime Minister lowed by question-and-answer H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al sessions. Mahmoud, the Minister of The Premier and his delega- Development Planning and tion toured facilities for more Statistics H E Saleh Mohammad than an hour and were briefed Al Nabit and senior officials. on technical aspects of facilities They attended a presentation and activities. by the Department of Industrial They also toured facilities for Development on the ministry’s small ship repair and mainte- activities and achievements. nance, the workshop for fabri- It also outlined major indica- cation and other jobs related to tors in the industry sector, mainly repair and maintenance of large facilities, volume of industrial and medium ships, Dry Yard 1, investments and contribution which has facilities for making of the industry sector to local high-value small ships, includ- production. ing Coast Guards boats, ships, The delegation was received military cruisers and tug boats, by the Minister of Energy and renovation and maintenance Industry H E Dr Mohammed facilities for luxury yachts, bin Saleh Al Sada, Abdullah N-KOM’s dry yard, which can Fadhalah Al Sulaiti, Managing accommodate the world’s larg- Director, Nakilat, Abdulaziz est LNG carrier, the Q-Max, Jassim Al Muftah, Director of and NDSQ’s high-tech climate- The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Deputy Prime Minister H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Qatar Petroleum’s Industrial controlled fit-out hall. Mahmoud and other dignitaries during their visit to the Erhama bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City. Cities and senior officials from THE PENINSULA

Over 15,000 Silatech dialogue promotes get treatment at paediatric entrepreneurship in Qatar

DOHA: Providing education emergency and training, talent pool, ven- ture financing and enabling last week business-friendly culture and regulatory environment to DOHA: The Paediatric emer- Qatari entrepreneurs are the gency units have reported a key areas that require particu- surge in the number of chil- lar attention to ensure a healthy dren seeking treatment for sea- and sustainable entrepreneur- sonal illnesses, due to unstable ship ecosystem in the country, weather conditions prevailing said experts at the ongoing over the country. Somali staff at the HMC getting ready to leave home. ‘Global Entrepreneurship Over 15,000 children sought Week-Qatar’, (GEW-Q). treatment at these facilities over As part of a busy schedule of the past one week, with an average events organised for the event, 2,000 visitors daily,a local Arabic HMC grants staff to visit Silatech hosted a panel discussion daily reported yesterday. Since on ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship last week, the country has been in Qatar: What’s Next?,” bring- experiencing a sudden change in families affected by floods ing together young entrepreneurs weather conditions, with inter- and leading experts to share their mittent rains, dust storms and a DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation has granted emergency experiences and in sights. gradual dip in temperature. leave to Somali and Filipino staff who need to check on their Silatech, a non-government The Pediatric Emergency at Al families back home affected by floods. organisation (NGO) in Qatar, FROM LEFT: Layla Al Dorani, CEO and founder at Raw Middle East; Khalid Sadd received about 9,500 visi- Also a fundraising initiative was launched in an event support- strives to find innovative solutions Aboujassoum, Executive Manager (Co-founder) at ibTECHar; Ahmed Laiali, tors over the past one week. The ing Qatar Solidarity Day with the People of Somalia and Philippine to challenging problems, working Incubation Centre Manager at ictQatar; and Ali Al Khulaifi, Executive Director satellite units in Al Rayyan and as part of the effort led by Qatar Red Crescent and major charity with a wide spectrum of NGOs, of Business Support Services at Enterprise Qatar. Airport area saw about 4,000 and organizations in Qatar to relieve the victims of the disasters in governments and private sector 2,200 visitors, respectively. both countries. to foster sustainable and positive Centre Manager at ictQatar. as well as to improve coordination Of these, 45 cases were trans- Dr Yusif Al Moslimani, Medical Director, Hamad General change for Arab youth. The panel was moderated by Dr among the various actors involved ferred to the Hamad General Hospital, said: “Qatar is mobilising efforts to support the people of Panelists included Layla Al Maher Hakim, entrepreneur and in the Qatari entrepreneurship Hospital (HGH) for further check Somalia and the Philippines in coordination with all local charities.” Dorani, the Qatari-American Visiting Associate Professor of ecosystem.” up and treatment, said the daily, “Members of the Somali and Filipino community are an integral entrepreneur and founder of Information Systems at Carnegie- Silatech convened the second quoting a source. part of HMC’s workforce. We stand together to get over this harsh Raw Middle East, Qatar’s first Mellon University-Qatar. workshop of an informal entre- Most cases were related to sea- period. Therefore, HMC decided to give them vacations to check on cold press juice and bever- Dr Nader Kabbani, Silatech preneurship policy working group. sonal influenza and respiratory their family members”, he added. age company; Enterprise Qatar Director of Research and Policy, Discussions focused on the policy problems, resulting from adverse QRC’s Public Affairs Advisor Adel Al Baker also expressed his Executive Director Ali Khalid Al said: “Events such as this, which implications emerging from the weather conditions. confidence in all supporters and charities that focus their work on Khulaifi; Khalid Aboujassoum, bring together entrepreneurs, activities of GEW 2013, and the Many children are accompa- the relief of vulnerable communities and humanitarian services. He 2012 “Star of Science” winner policy makers, and organisations group will follow up on a number nied with the entire family lead- highlighted the organizational side of relief campaigns and that the and co-founder of ibTECHar involved in supporting entre- of initiatives designed to improve ing to crowding in the facilities. five committees that have been formed are working in an orches- Technologies; and, Ahmed Laiali, preneurship, help to generate the climate for entrepreneurship The emergency units have intro- trated manner to facilitate communications with donors and offices entrepreneur and Incubation momentum for informed policies, in Qatar. THE PENINSULA duced a triaging system to handle abroad. THE PENINSULA the huge rush, which is expected to continue until the weather returns to normal. All visitors would undergo a preliminary check up to assess Discussion on National the seriousness of their condi- 17 percent increase tion. If they required immediate Service Bill resumes consultation and treatment, they will be transferred to a doctor. DOHA: The Advisory Council’s Otherwise they will be asked to in breast cancer cases Legal and Legislative Affairs wait in queue until their turn Panel has unanimously selected comes. Normally, during the rush DOHA: As part of its ‘Pink Murad, Health Manager at Qatar Yusuf Rashid Al Khater as its days, a non-emergency case may Ribbon Breast Cancer Foundation’s HSSE Directorate. acting rapporteur at the 42nd have to wait for 30 to 40 minutes, Awareness Campaign,’ to high- She emphasised the funda- regular session. The committee said the daily. light the critical importance mental role that early detection resumed studying the draft law of early detection and diag- plays in the effective treatment on National Service Bill. nosis, the Qatar Foundation’s of cancer and called on women Qatar participates at Health, Safety, Security and to take immediate action in order Environment Directorate to prevent future complications. Ooredoo hails Algeria’s Milipol Paris 2013 (HSSE) held an event recently. “In general, I would recom- A series of informative lec- mend that women in their twen- World Cup entry DOHA: The Qatari delegation tures and workshops to ensure ties schedule a regular medical DOHA: Nedjma Ooredoo joined headed by the Director General that women developed a crucial check-up annually. However, An expert addressing the breast cancer awareness workshop organised by millions of their countrymen of Public Security (DGPS) H E understanding of early detection these visits are absolutely essen- Qatar Foundation’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment Directorate. and women in celebrating the Staff Maj Gen Saad bin Jassim and self-examination methods tial for women over 40, including Algerian national team’s quali- Al Khulaifi participated in the were held during the event. In those who have been diagnosed ambitious annual plan devel- with the Primary Health Care fication for the 2014 World opening ceremony of Milipol addition, participants were given with cancer in the past, or who oped by Qatar Foundation’s Corporation, Qatar Cancer Cup, following their 1-0 victory Paris 2013. an opportunity to attend presen- have a family history of breast HSSE Directorate, which aims Society, and Al Amal Hospital. against Burkina Faso in their The French Interior Minister tations and learn about the inspi- cancer. In such cases, women to address vital health and safety It aims to provide women of all World Cup play-off second leg Manuel Valls inaugurated the rational journey of breast cancer should focus their efforts on issues that can be of benefit to the ages with comprehensive infor- this week. event which saw the large scale survivors. prevention and periodic test- greater community. mation about breast cancer risk As the official sponsor of the participation of global compa- Statistics from 2010 to 2011 ing, because early detection can The campaign, which started factors and symptoms, which national team, Nedjma Ooredoo nies working in the internal illustrate a 17 percent increase result in a survival rate of 90 in early November and will con- can lead to its early diagnosis has been closely engaged with the security field. in the incidence of breast cancer percent,” Murad said. tinue throughout the month, has and treatment. team’s efforts since 2010. THE PENINSULA in Qatar, says Dr Lamya Bani This campaign is part of an been organised in collaboration THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The Prophet’s care for children

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hildren are a great blessing Utmost consideration for people with special needs from Allah. With their tender hearts, children can be molded Cinto righteous people only with t is narrated on the authority · Proper education and training looking after them. Doctors and serv- His Messenger Umar ibn a positive and tender approach. Islam of Anas (may Allah be pleased · Assigning some workers to take care ants, paid fixed stipends, were employed for doing this, considers children to be an amanah with him) that a woman, some- of them in this foundation. He granted a regu- saying what Abdul Aziz (trust) given to the family and says it is Iwhat mentally defected, said, “ O Following this merciful Prophetic lar allowance to persons with special means in the ordered fard (obligatory) for the family to raise Messenger of Allah! I have a need that course, `Umar ibn `Abdul-`Aziz (may needs, and told them, “Do not beg peo- Quran, a child in a righteous manner. I want you to meet. He responded, “O Allah be pleased with him) asked rul- ple.” Thereby, he made them sufficient He frowned that every One should not favour one child over mother of so and so, choose the way you ers of the provinces to send him the enough to not beg others. In addition, he and turned another. In Islam, both male and female like to walk in so that I may know your names of all those blind, crippled, or appointed employees to serve all those away, that the blind man children should be treated equally and need and meet it.” He walked with her with a chronic illness that prevented who were disabled, crippled, or blind. blind man came should should be loved and cherished. The in some route until she had her need them from establishing salah. So they (Ibn Kathir, Tabari). to him. And what children have certain rights over their fulfilled (Muslim). sent him their names. makes you realize have an parents; it is the family’s obligation to This is, of course, a proof of his for- He, in turn, ordered that every blind HONOURING THEM AND whether he would employee shelter, feed, clothe, educate, support, bearance, humility, and patience in man should have an employee to guide MEETING THEIR NEEDS possibly (try) to nurture, and love them. answering the needs of those with spe- and look after him, and that every two It happened in a well-known incident cleanse him- to guide In today’s world many parents are so cial needs. It, also, serves a legal proof chronically ill persons — those with that Prophet Muhammad frowned at self? Or that he immersed in worldly life that they forget that a ruler is obligated to care for peo- special needs — be attended by a serv- the face of a blind man, `Abdullah ibn would constantly and look to pay attention to their children. Many ple with special needs, socially, economi- ant to serve and care for them (Ibn Umm Maktoum (may Allah be pleased remember, and after him. parents think that providing financial cally, and psychologically, and that the Al Jawzi). with him) when he came to ask the the Reminding support for their child is enough. The ruler should fulfill their needs and grant The same course was taken by Prophet about a Shari `ah matter. would profit him? fact is, financial support alone doesn’t their requests. Umayyad caliph Al Waleed ibn `Abdul- The Prophet (peace and blessings be (Abasa 80:1-4). fulfill a parent’s duty towards their child. Umar ibn Abdul Aziz ordered that Malik (may Allah have mercy on him). upon him) was sitting at that time with Afterwards, the Prophet used to meet One can only win a child’s heart through every blind man should have an employee The idea of the establishment of insti- a group of noble and high-placed people that blind man with a welcoming and love and a gentle attitude. It is the child’s to guide and look after him. tutes or centers for the care of people attempting to win them over toward smiling face, saying to him, “Welcome right to be loved and cherished. The forms of such care include, but with special needs was his. In AH 88 Islam. Although the blind man did not to a man for whom my Lord has blamed I remember that, as a child, I yearned are not restricted to the following: (707 CE), he ordered the establish- see nor perceive his frowning face, yet me!” (Al Qurtubi). for the attention of my family, but being · Medication and regular check-up ment of a foundation specialised in Allah (the Mighty and Exalted) blamed in a joint family—my family and my uncle’s family lived together and a few other cousins stayed with us as their and merciful. Being fond of children, his son and kiss him, then come back. affection embraced all children, and he “The Messenger of Allah came parents were working abroad—did not Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) showed (Muslim) showed the same interest and gentleness towards us while carrying Umamah the give me the opportunity to experience great interest in playing with them. His The Prophet’s love for children was to his Companion’s children. The follow- daughter of Abi Al Aas (Prophet’s grand- the kind of attention I expected. My par- involvement in children’s games shows not restricted to his children and grand- ing hadith narrated by Usamah ibn Zaid daughter) over his shoulder. He prayed, ents felt that they should not express us the great importance in playing children. The scope of his mercy and (may Allah be pleased with him) shows and when he wanted to bow, he put her their love for their children in front of with our children. He would have fun this humane aspect of the Prophet’s down, and when he stood up he lifted her others, as people might think they were with the children who had come back personality: up.” (Al Bukhari) favoring us. As a child (and even now), from Abyssinia and tried to speak in Financial Allah’s Messenger used to put me on In a another hadith, narrated Umm I heard people saying “We need not to Abyssinian with them. It was his prac- (one of) his thighs and put Al-Hasan Khalid: I (the daughter of Khalid ibn express our love to prove that it is there, tice to give lifts on his camel to children ibn `Ali on his other thigh, and then Said) went to Allah’s Messenger with it is enough to have a loving heart.” when he returned from journeys. support alone embrace us and say, “O Allah! Please be my father and I was wearing a yellow But the fact is that only when one Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) never merciful to them, as I am merciful to shirt. Allah’s Messenger said, “Sanah, expresses love to a child will the child feel held back his love for the children and doesn’t fulfil a them.” (Al-Bukhari) Sanah!” (Abdullah, the narrator, more confident and stronger. Children always expressed his fondness to them. Some people who were not able to said that sanah meant “good” in the have the capacity to easily distinguish In one hadith Abu Hurairah (may Allah parent’s duty understand the power of expressing love Ethiopian language). when there is a difference in the attitude be pleased with him) narrated: to children wondered why the Prophet I then started playing with the seal of the adults. Whether an adult shows I went along with Allah’s Messenger towards their (peace and blessings be upon him) played of prophethood (between the Prophet’s or does not show love will have a signifi- (peace and blessings be upon him) at a with children and took such an interest shoulders) and my father rebuked me cant impact on a child. Hence, we adults time during the day but he did not talk in them. Narrated Abu Hurairah (may harshly for that. Allah’s Messenger said, have to be conscious with our behavior to me and I did not talk to him until he child. One can Allah be pleased with him), “Leave her.” The Prophet, then, invoked in the child’s presence and be constantly reached the market of Banu Qainuqa`. Allah’s Messenger kissed Al-Hasan Allah to grant her a long life thrice. aware of the emotions we project to our He came back to the tent of Fatimah only win a ibn `Ali while Al-Aqra` ibn Habis (Al Bukhari) children. and said, “Is the little chap (meaning At-Tamimi was sitting with him . In another narration we see the Nowadays, we see people have become Al-Hasan) there?” We were under the child’s heart Al-Aqra` said, “I have ten children and Prophet’s tolerance towards children. hardhearted so that their attitude impression that his mother had detained have never kissed one of them.” The Narrated A’ishah: towards children is unpleasant. There him in order to bathe him and dress him through love Prophet cast a look at him and said, The Prophet took a child in his lap … are some who show much partiality and garland him with sweet garland. “Whoever is not merciful to others will and then the child urinated on him, so he toward one gender, and there are some Not much time had passed that he (Al not be treated mercifully.” (Al Bukhari) asked for water and poured it over the who don’t treat others’ children with the Hasan) came running until both of them and a gentle The Prophet was always concerned place of the urine. (Al Bukhari) same kindness or affection which they embraced each other, thereupon Allah’s about everyone’s thought and feeling. Finally I would like to add another show to their own children. It is common Messenger (peace and blessings be upon attitude. It The following hadith narrated by Anas saying of the Prophet that proves that to see even people who claim that they him) said, “O Allah, I love him; love him ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with Muslims should be conscious to treat act on the Quran and Sunnah showing and love one who loves him.” (Muslim) is the child’s him) proves his thoughtful character: their sons and daughters justly: less interest in playing with their chil- Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased The Prophet said, “(It happens that) “Fear Allah and treat your children dren or giving them the due attention or with him), the servant of the Prophet, right to be I start the prayer intending to prolong (small or grown) fairly (with equal jus- expression of love. had another recollection: it, but on hearing the cries of a child, I tice).” (Al Bukhari and Muslim) “I never saw anyone who was more I never saw anyone who was more shorten the prayer because I know that From all the above hadith we see compassionate towards children than compassionate towards children than loved and the cries of the child will incite its moth- Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) atti- Allah’s Messenger.” (Anas ibn Malik) Allah’s Messenger (PBUH). His son er’s passions.” (Al-Bukhari) tude toward children is an example The Prophet (peace and blessings be Ibrahim was in the care of a wet nurse cherished. The Prophet was always patient and for the whole human race that shows upon him) is the model for the whole in the hills around Madinah. He would considerate with children and took great how to treat them and cherish them of humankind. His attitude towards go there, and we would go with him, pain not to hurt their tender feelings. at all times. children was always compassionate and he would enter the house, pick up Narrated Abu Qatadah: www.onislam.net

Al Noor Masjid, Sharjah Words of wisdom

“And when the foolish address them (with bad words) they reply back with ‘Salamaa’ (peaceful words of gentleness).” (Quran, 25:63)

“If they pass by some vain speech or play, they pass by it with dignity.” (Quran, 25:72)

“And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys… But of the people is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book.” (Quran, 31:19-20)

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “He who gave up disputing while he is right, a palace of high rank in Paradise will be built for him. He who gave up disputing while he is a fabricator, a palace in the center of Paradise will be built for him.” (Tirmidhi)

“There are no people who went astray after having been guided except for indulging in disputation.” (Tirmidhi)

The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) repeated three times, “Those who search deeply for confusing questions have perished.” (Muslim)

“Do not dispute with your brother, ridicule him, nor promise him and then break your promise.” (Tirmidhi)

Bilal ibn Sa’d radiAllahu anhu said, “If you see a disputing, arrogant, and bigoted person, bear in mind that they are utterly lost.”

Luqman alayhi assalam said to his son, “O son! Do not dispute with the knowledgeable lest they detest you.”

Umar (ra) said, “Do not learn knowledge for three things and do not leave it for three things. Do not learn it to dispute over Bordering the lagoon on Buhaira Corniche, the Al Noor Masjid is another example of Sharjah’s rich tradition of Islamic architecture. The it, to show off with it, or to boast about it. Do not leave seeking intricate formwork, sweeping curves and spires of such masjid projects require a thorough knowledge of Islamic design and a commitment it out of shyness, dislike for it, or contending with ignorance to the finest detail. in its stead.” FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Netanyahu’s Nuclear deal Moscow visit falls flat: Media

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime not yet in Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow to push Russia into taking a harder line on Iranian nuclear negotiations has fallen flat, Israel’s media said yesterday. sight: Iran Netanyahu flew to Moscow on Wednesday in what was seen as a last-minute bid to influence an emerging nuclear deal with Iran Talks focus on points of difference opposed by the Jewish state and being discussed by world powers GENEVA: Iran and world pow- Foreign Minister Mohammad and Iranian diplomats in Geneva. ers locked horns in intense Jarad Zarif and P5+1 head nego- Right-leaning Maariv news- nuclear talks yesterday, with tiator Catherine Ashton that a paper said Russian President Tehran saying a deal was not deal was not yet in view. Vladimir Putin’s comments after yet in sight in the third round But Abbas Araqchi added that meeting Netanyahu at best gave of negotiations since Hassan the talks had been “serious” and little away, and suggested the Rowhani’s election. had focused on remaining “points Israeli premier’s visit had left no Both sides, seeking to end the of difference.” lasting impression. stand-off over Iran’s nuclear pro- Ashton’s spokesman said that “When the two men gave gramme after a decade of rising the talks had been “useful”, with their joint press conference tensions, stressed, however, that “intensive work continuing”. Iran (Wednesday), it appeared Putin’s the talks were detailed, serious has also held bilateral meetings statement had been given to jour- Civilians search for casualties under rubble at a site hit by an air strike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar and constructive. with other delegations. nalists in advance, and he only Al Assad in Maaret Al Naaman town in Idlib. Rumours in Geneva suggested Similar talks two weeks ago changed certain passages after- US Secretary of State John Kerry came close to succeeding, prompt- wards to make them more palat- and other top diplomats were ing Kerry and other foreign min- able to Netanyahu,” it said. gearing up to fly to Switzerland isters to jet into Geneva ready to Speaking as the talks got under for the second time in two weeks sign a deal. way in Geneva between Iran and but this was not confirmed. Last time they failed to agree world powers, Putin only said he Fight for Aleppo base kills 15 Raising the pressure, US after France insisted that a pro- hoped that “in the nearest future Senate Majority Leader Harry posed deal did not go far enough a mutually acceptable solution is BEIRUT: Fighting for a key of Damascus and Aleppo. of shellfire in the central city, the Reid said in Washington lawmak- in securing guarantees on Iran’s found” to end the crisis. military base outside Syria’s North of the capital on Observatory said. ers would move to impose new uranium enrichment. Top-selling Yediot Aharonot said main northern city of Aleppo Wednesday, fighting raged in the The dead included two mem- sanctions on Iran in December if But French Foreign Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow was killed at least 15 pro-regime Qalamoun mountains near the bers of the mukhabarat, the there is no deal. Laurent Fabius said yesterday an unnecessary “put-down” to the militiamen yesterday, a moni- Lebanese border, where a flare- regime secret services, it said. The United States, China, that the text being debated with United States after tension with toring group said. up of violence has sparked a new The SANA state news agency Russia, Britain, France and the Iranians yesterday was “sup- Israel over a possible Iran deal. “Fifteen members of the exodus of refugees. reported that six people in Germany — the so-called P5+1 ported by all six” world powers. “Every reader knows Putin National Defence Forces were The mixed Christian-Sunni Damascus were wounded yester- — want Iran to freeze parts of “This deal will only be possible supports and will continue to killed in fighting against the Muslim area is strategic because day by shells fired by “terrorists”, its nuclear programme for six if it has a firm base,” Fabius told support the ayatollahs’ regime in Islamic State of Iraq and the it provides a key supply line for the regime term for the armed months in return for relief from France 2 television. Iran,” Yediot said. Levant, Al Nusra Front and rebels around both Damascus and opposition. painful sanctions. Western powers say that the “If there’s the slightest chance Islamist groups in the east of the third city of Homs to its north. According to an audio message This hoped-for “first phase” relief from painful sanctions that of persuading world powers to Aleppo province and near Base “The humanitarian situation is posted yesterday on the Internet, deal would build trust and ease Iran would get in a deal would take a harsher line on Iran, Israel 80,” the Syrian Observatory for very bad,” an opposition activist in an Al Qaeda front group fight- tensions while Iran and the be minor, and that the main oil should engage in discreet dialogue Human Rights said. the area said over the Internet. ing in Iraq and Syria has called six powers hammer out a final and banking sanctions would stay (with the US), instead of bicker- Both ISIL and Al Nusra are “Because of the density of the for jihadist groups to join forces accord that ends once and for during this period. ing publicly with Washington,” it loyal to Al Qaeda and have played population here, we fear a real under its banner. all fears that Tehran will get an US President Barack Obama’s said. a major role in operations on the catastrophe.” In remarks purportedly made atomic bomb. administration has leaned heavily And left-leaning daily Haaretz ground, to the concern of the A Syrian military source said by Abu Mohammed Al Adnani, The proposed accord includes on Congress to hold fire on new suggested Netanyahu’s visit was opposition’s Western supporters. there had been fighting in the the ISIL spokesman said militant suspending uranium enrichment sanctions legislation in order futile. The army recaptured Base 80, Qalamoun town of Deir Attiyeh groups should close ranks against to 20 percent purity — close to to give negotiations a chance to “Russia, which built Iran’s first which had provided the garrison with rebel fighters who had fled Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. weapons-grade — as well as meas- succeed. nuclear power plant and remains for Aleppo’s military and civilian the army’s recapture this week of “We call for all jihadist lead- ures reducing uranium stockpiles But Reid said on Monday that on better terms with Tehran than airports, at the weekend after nearby Qara. ers and soldiers and people to and tighter UN inspections. shortly after the Thanksgiving Western powers, has expressed months of fighting. Troops, meanwhile, pressed an accelerate in joining the project Iran’s delegation chief said recess next month he would act less suspicion than them about It was one of a series of set- offensive against the last rebel- of the Islamic State of Iraq and after meetings lasting a total of on a new bipartisan sanctions bill. Iran’s nuclear work,” it said. backs for the rebels in recent held districts of Homs. At least the Levant,” Adnani said. four and a half hours between AFP AFP weeks around Syria’s main cities 18 people were killed in exchanges AFP Sisi doesn’t rule out presidential bid Make or break for CAIRO: Egyptian army chief does this mean working to find administration installed by the Mabruk was part of an Interior Abdel Fattah Al Sisi did not solutions for Egypt’s problems? military after Mursi, Egypt’s first Ministry unit that closely tracks rule out running for the presi- In any case, let’s see what the civilian head of state, was ousted. the Muslim Brotherhood, which Mauritania Islamists dency in an interview published days bring.” Sisi also holds the post of defence has won every national vote since NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania’s fielding candidates in every con- yesterday, suggesting the gen- Though the election is minister. a popular uprising toppled auto- main Islamist party has emerged stituency, making it a strong eral who deposed Islamist pres- expected in around six months’ Elsewhere in Egypt, a police crat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. during an otherwise unre- favourite over Tewassoul, its ident Mohammed Mursi is at time, none of the politicians officer was shot dead in a Nile State-run newspaper Al Ahram markable election campaign closest rival, and the People’s least considering the job. defeated by Mursi in last year’s Delta town yesterday while try- quoted a forensics specialist as as an unknown quantity which Progressive Alliance of parliament Sisi, 59, deposed Mursi in July vote have declared their candi- ing to arrest suspects wanted in saying Samir had died from a bul- observers believe will be greatly leader Messaoud Ould Boulkheir. following mass protests against dacy this time around, as Sisi connection with the killing of let wound to his neck, and that he strengthened by tomorrow’s Tewassoul, associated with the his rule. He has since emerged as a keeps the country guessing about a security official, the Interior was shot at a range of no more polls — or killed off completely. Mauritanian branch of the Muslim popular figure to many Egyptians his intentions. Ministry said. than five metres. The former French colony’s Brotherhood, professes to hold and his supporters want him to It is widely assumed Sisi would Captain Ahmed Samir came A Sinai-based militant group, ruling Union for the Republic more moderate beliefs and goals run for president in an election win an election, meaning the under fire during an early Ansar Bayt Al Maqdis, has (UPR) is widely expected to retain than the country’s jihadist fringe. expected next year. presidency would once again be morning raid in the province of claimed responsibility for the power, but opinion is divided over A sophisticated political entity Asked by the Kuwaiti newspa- controlled by the military estab- Qulubiya, the ministry said in a killing of Mabruk, who security whether Islamist party Tewassoul, with a youth wing and a women’s per Al Seyassah whether he was lishment that dominated state statement. The militants were officials say had been due to tes- only legalised in 2007, will give the group, Tewassoul has a website, a candidate for the presidency, affairs for decades after the army suspected of involvement in the tify in one of several legal cases favourites a bloody nose. YouTube channel and Facebook Sisi said: “Would that satisfy all overthrew the monarchy in 1952. shooting in Cairo on Sunday of against Mursi, who is on trial for The mainly Muslim republic and Twitter accounts. the people? Would that satisfy Sisi holds the position of dep- Interior Ministry Lieutenant inciting violence. on the west side of the Sahara It draws support from female some of the foreign powers, and uty prime minister in the interim Colonel Mohamed Mabruk. REUTERS desert is seen by Western lead- voters and Mauritania’s young, ers as strategically important in urban middle-class, but remains the fight against Al Qaeda-linked a fringe party with modest elec- groups within its own borders, in toral traction. Egypt police given new neighbouring Mali and across Its main policies in recent years Africa’s Sahel region. have included anti-Israel activism Around a third of its 3.4 million and support for increasing the use powers as students clash people are eligible to vote in the of Arabic in higher education. first parliamentary and local polls Observers envisage two possible CAIRO: Egypt’s interim rulers The clashes were between since 2006, a test of strength for scenarios, in which the elections yesterday gave police the power supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Ould Abdel either give Tewassoul a major to enter university campuses to the military-installed authori- Aziz five years after he came to boost or stymie the nascent party. quell protests without seeking ties, security officials said, add- power in a coup and four years “Islamists face several chal- prior permission, state media ing that groups of students also after he won a widely contested lenges, including President Abdel reported, after a student was confronted each other at Cairo presidential vote. Aziz’s success in co-opting their killed in clashes. University on Thursday. Around 1,500 candidates from rhetoric, the pitfalls of preserving The military-installed cabinet Meanwhile, a court in the capi- 74 parties representing the Islamic principles while navigat- said police could now enter cam- tal sentenced 38 Al Azhar uni- administration and the so-called ing electoral politics, and the need puses in case of “threats and to versity students to 18 months in “moderate” opposition are regis- to respond to jihadism,” analyst confront protests that could harm prison for “participating in vio- tered to vie for 147 seats in par- Alex Thurston said in a report students”, state news agency lence” at the campus in October, liament and the leadership of 218 on Tewassoul for the Carnegie MENA quoted a cabinet state- MENA reported. local councils dotted across the Endowment think tank. ment as saying. Students who support the new shifting sands of the vast nation. The polls are also a test for the Police previously had to obtain authorities and those who oppose Female students of Al Azhar University, who are supporters of the Muslim But Tewassoul is the only mem- rest of the COD, which says elec- permission from the prosecutor it have clashed regularly in Cairo Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi, shout ber of the so-called “radical” oppo- tion day will “intensify the politi- general or university authorities and other universities since the slogans against the military and the interior ministry as they block a street sition, the 11-party Coordination cal crisis in the country”. before entering campuses or dor- army ousted Islamist president in front of the university campus in Cairo’s Nasr City district. of Democratic Opposition (COD), It says it is counting on a “rel- mitories to deal with demonstra- Mohammed Mursi on July 3. contesting the polls. atively large” proportion of the tors or clashes. The authorities are engaged in and military to help fight “terror- wounded 34, and another blast in It describes its participation electorate to heed its call for a Yesterday’s move came after a a crackdown on his Islamist sup- ism”, MENA said. Cairo wounded four policemen. as a form of struggle against the boycott. student was killed in clashes at porters in which more than 1,000 Islamist militants have stepped The Sinai attack was the “dictatorship” of Abdel Aziz. Ahmed Ould Daddah, one of an Al Azhar University dorm in people have been killed since the up attacks in the restive Sinai deadliest in the region bordering The rest of the COD coalition the main leaders of the “radical” Cairo’s Nasr City district over- middle of August and thousands since Mursi’s ouster and have also Gaza and Israel since an August said it would “boycott this elec- opposition, warned on Tuesday night, a security official and a more have been arrested. targeted security forces outside 19 ambush on a security convoy toral masquerade” after talks on that the UPR was “about to com- medic said. Among initiatives announced the peninsula. killed 25 police in the north Sinai how the vote should be run broke mit fraud as it did in the 2009 The student had been hit by by the cabinet yesterday was On Wednesday, a car bombing town of Rafah. down in early October. presidential election”. birdshot in the chest and neck. boosting the powers of the police in the Sinai killed 11 soldiers and AFP The UPR is the only party AFP FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 E-MAIL: [email protected] SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ANNUAL QR 675 6 MONTHS QR 340 Editorial Russia wins, Ukraine loses Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate S UKRAINE upset European Union’s plans to draw the former Soviet Republic closer, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt’s tweet summed it up: “Ukraine Agovernment suddenly bows deeply to the Kremlin. Politics of brutal pressure evidently works.” With Ukraine’s unexpected about face yesterday, the government of President John F Kennedy — memory Viktor Yanukovych has capitulated to the pressure of Russia and stifled the tug of the West. European diplomats and leaders have been working hard to stanch the pressure bearing on Ukraine from the Kremlin, and myth refuse to die which has been exasperated by the eastward expansion of the European bloc. The 28-member European Union was HESE days it is only the There was similar symbolism — the that quagmire. On civil rights, that building up gentle pressure on Kiev for signing a trade deal world’s grandparents who can passing of the torch — when in early other defining struggle of the 1960s, the in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on November 29. However, tell you where they were when 2008 Barack Obama won the endorse- argument is equally divided. Admirers Yanukovych was found waffling. In the push and pull of Tthey heard John F Kennedy ment of Kennedy’s brother, Teddy, and cite Kennedy’s televised address to international politics, the issue of jailed former prime minister was dead. For decades that was a sta- daughter, Caroline: once he had their the nation, referring to the battle over ple of the global collective memory, a blessing, Obama looked unbeatable. racial segregation as a moral crisis, and Yulia Tymoshenko was revived with European capitals not question that could be asked in Berlin What explains this enduring grip on his readiness to use the national guard mincing their words while talking about her incarceration. The or London as readily as New York or Los both the public and political imagina- to force the whites-only universities of firebrand leader was jailed by the Yanukovych government for Angeles. Today that memory becomes tion? The manner of Kennedy’s death the south to open up to black students. signing a gas deal with Russia on unfavourable terms. European exactly 50 years old. is central to any answer. The story of Those less enamoured say he was late leaders complained of selective justice to her and have since Despite its age it is going strong. the 1963 assassination is so compelling, to the issue and that he was unlikely to been pushing Yanukovych for her release so that she could be While some presidents, including those so full of human drama and pathos and, have been willing or able to ram through who occupied the White House for a to this day, mystery — even those who the landmark civil rights legislation sent to Germany for medical treatment for severe back pain. full eight years, have struggled to be accept that Lee Harvey Oswald was eventually passed by Johnson. The EU deal with Ukraine had also hinged on freedom for the remembered at all 50 years after their the sole killer cannot agree on his true “Kennedy had no great under- Orange Revolution leader. deaths, Kennedy continues to loom motive — that it refuses to rest. standing of the impatience of African With the deal terminated, the fate large. His 1,036 days as president have But the greater significance of that Americans or the intransigence of Ukraine’s choice of Tymoshenko, who complained of been the subject of an unending stream day in Dallas, beyond the arguments white southerners, while Johnson — of words — filling 40,000 books by one about the grassy knoll and the Zapruder from Texas — understood both,” says once being beaten by prison guards, not to pivot estimate, as well film, is the effect the killing had on Tony Badger, professor of American his- to the West is hangs in balance. Russian President as countless how the Kennedy presidency would be tory at Cambridge. JFK, says Badger, Vladimir Putin seems to have scored a documentaries, viewed thereafter. It would, forever, be a was more “scared of the south” than likely to saddle much-needed victory over his western TV dramas and story of what might have been, of poten- LBJ, adding the reminder that Jackie the country rivals. One can almost hear his aides Kennedy was cool- Hollywood mov- tial snuffed out before its time. Kennedy referred to Martin Luther celebrating. After seeing the West close ies. Like much As David Ormsby-Gore, then Britain’s King as that “terrible” man. There’s with Russia’s else of this vast ambassador to Washington, wrote to a similar debate over Johnson’s “war in on its former satellite states like headed, faced authoritative output the latest Jackie Kennedy: “He had great things on poverty”, with Kennedy advocates Georgia and Azerbaijan, Moscow has down Washington’s film, Parkland, to do and he would have done them.” insisting that everything LBJ did JFK stance. been able to fend off another strike in hawks and showed focuses on the Historians do something unu- would have done too, if he only had had its backyard. Russia shares historical very last of those sual when confronted with the 35th the chance. links with Ukraine. A large number of Ukrainians speak the great creativity, thousand-odd American president: they debate More clear-cut, and usually held up language in the country that houses the infamous Chernobyl and even empathy, days: November his actual record less than his as the unambiguously golden part of 22, 1963. potential record. Kennedy’s legacy, is his handling of the nuclear leak site. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the in his dealings with Interest in JFK Take the Vietnam war, the shadow Cuban missile crisis of 1962. As those country has been torn between its former overlord Russia and Nikita Khrushchev. peaks for an anni- that would hang over the 1960s, thwart- over 60 cannot forget, the world held the West. versary, especially ing its attempts to be the decade of its breath for those few days, genu- The failure of the deal has ended Yanukovych’s dilemma. In pulling back a big one. But the peace and love. US involvement in inely believing the stand-off between He may have reasons for succumbing to pressure from Russia, truth is, it hardly that war escalated on JFK’s watch; Washington and Moscow over the from the abyss JFK ever wanes. The by November 1963 the number of US Soviet deployment of nuclear weapons which has already arm-twisted Armenia and Kazakhstan into secured his place Kennedy aura troops in Vietnam had risen to 16,000. in Cuba could end in Armageddon. submission. Probably Yanukovych relented because the pressure remains a factor It was Kennedy, say his critics, who Kennedy was cool-headed, faced down from Russia was too much to bear. Moreover, signing on the in history. in US politics, set the course his successor, Lyndon Washington’s hawks and showed great dotted line drawn by the EU would make him accountable even when there Johnson, would follow by increasing the creativity, and even empathy, in his deal- to Brussels for civil rights, political reforms and justice, the is no Kennedy on US military presence to 480,000 during ings with Nikita Khrushchev. In pulling standards of which he would have found hard to come up to. the ballot paper. The standout moment the next four years. After all, Johnson back from the abyss JFK secured his of the 1988 campaign? When Lloyd was surrounded by Kennedy’s advisers place in history (and laid the ground Yanukovych is known to have told the EU commissioner in Bentsen squashed a callow Dan Quayle and insisted he was merely continuing for the nuclear test ban treaty signed charge of ties with Ukraine that agreeing to the deal would cost by telling him: “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy policy. weeks before his death). the country $500bn in trade with Russia in the future. Meeting Kennedy.” One of the lasting images of By contrast, JFK’s defenders insist Knowing his standing would never EU standards would cost another $104bn. Rejecting the EU the 1992 race? Archive footage of JFK the US president had been a scep- be higher, he turned to Jackie when deal is a historic but controversial step for Ukraine. In doing so, shaking the hand of a 16-year-old Bill tic about the use of ground troops in the crisis was finally resolved and said: Yanukovych has chosen the easier way out. But in the long run, Clinton at the White House, cher- Vietnam, that he distrusted gung-ho “Well, if anyone’s ever going to shoot me, ished as if Camelot had witnessed King voices in the military, and would have this would be the day they should do it.” Ukraine and its citizens will have to pay a heavy price for the Arthur anointing a new prince. found a way to wrench the US out of THE GUARDIAN decision • The other side Quote of Build strategic ties with ASEAN in security, economic fields the day

RIME Minister Shinzo Abe has proactive pacifism based on the princi- in road construction and maintenance Japan and the United States sup- stepped up efforts to reinforce ple of international cooperation. could contribute to deepening bilateral port efforts to compile this code, but ties with the Association of Leaders of Cambodia and Laos security cooperation. China has been lukewarm on the mat- PSoutheast Asian Nations. We hailed Japan’s postwar progress as a In a series of meetings, discussions ter. Beijing has been trying to curry favor applaud his efforts for serving as a pacifist nation and supported Abe’s dip- were held on the situation in the South with Cambodia, Laos and other pro- This is a check against China, which has been lomatic stance. They also agreed to pro- China Sea, where China is locked in China ASEAN countries, thereby induc- increasing its military and economic mote security dialogue between Japan territorial disputes with the Philippines, ing a split among the group’s members. disappointment presence, and for their strategic and their countries. Deepening mutual Vietnam and other Asian nations. Abe But now that Cambodia and Laos importance in ensuring regional stability. understanding through such endeavors and the Cambodian and Laotian lead- have shown a positive attitude toward not just for Abe visited Cambodia and Laos on has great significance. ers concurred on the need to finalize this code of conduct, Tokyo expects it Saturday and Sunday, completing visits It was also decided that Japan will as soon as possible the code of con- will have a favorable effect on ASEAN’s the EU but, to all 10 ASEAN member nations in less help train Cambodian personnel who duct that ASEAN and China have been unity. we believe, for than one year since he took office. will participate in UN peacekeeping discussing. The is not a matter of someone else’s During his latest swing through operations. Self-Defense Forces per- A code of conduct, which has legal business for Japan, given that this nation the people of the region, Abe explained his govern- sonnel were dispatched to Cambodia binding power, would aim to use inter- has been the target of China’s saber- Catherine Ashton ment’s diplomatic policies, saying Japan in 1992 in Japan’s first UN peacekeep- national rules to curb any Chinese use rattling over the Senkaku Islands. Ukraine. will contribute to world peace through ing mission. Sharing the SDF’s expertise of force to expand its maritime interests. The Washington Post EU foreign policy chief FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Iran bombing only fuels Hezbollah’s fire Hezbollah will use its forces and grip on Lebanon’s agencies to tighten security, but such attacks look likely to recur. BY SHASHANK JOSHI the reins of power in Damascus. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, named ike the wings of a theatre, after a highly influential jihadist who Lebanon is an inextricable mentored Osama bin Laden, are thought part of Syria’s civil war. It to have been formed around 2009. In 2010, serves as a staging area for they claimed responsibility for a major fighters, refuge for fleeing attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Lcivilians and both backdrop and spring- Strait of Hormuz. If they did indeed suc- board for regional powers and armed ceed in penetrating Hezbollah’s southern groups to play out their battles, often in Beirut stronghold and hitting a well- exceptionally bloody fashion. defended target, it will burnish their The attack on Iran’s embassy, in the jihadist credentials and further erode heart of its ally Hezbollah’s stronghold, the illusion of impregnability cultivated was the most dramatic spill-over from by Hezbollah. Syria since the war there began. It fur- But if their aim was to deter further ther erodes Lebanon’s political stability, Iranian and Hezbollah involvement in demonstrates jihadists’ growing capa- Syria, it may well have the opposite effect. bilities and could lead to an escalation of For Hezbollah and Iran, the Sunni- Iranian involvement just as its broader majority rebellion in Syria is framed relationship with the west looks set to in overlapping strategic and sectarian improve. terms. It is seen as a conduit for Saudi Iran helped to establish Hezbollah Arabian influence and a threat to Shi’ite 30 years ago. It has since buttressed interests more broadly. Hezbollah’s ascent to power and legiti- For Hezbollah, this has additional macy within Lebanon, Hezbollah in turn domestic resonance: Sunni Lebanese helping to extend Iranian influence. overwhelmingly dislike the Shi’ite In Syria, both have been crucial to the Hezbollah (94 percent un-favourability survival of Syrian president Bashar Al according to a June 2013 Pew survey) and Rescuers, police work at the scene of a double suicide bombing outside Iranian Embassy in the Bir Hassan neighbourhood in Beirut. Assad. Less than a week ago, Hezbollah Assad (92 percent), and some have either chief Hassan Nasrallah boasted that his joined the Syrian rebellion or provided in the same area. But this attack is a in 1998. Thirty years ago, huge attacks on battle in the Qalamoun region along the fighters were in Syria “to confront all the assistance to it. dramatic escalation, both because of its US and French barracks in Beirut, alleg- Syria-Lebanon border, which connects dangers of the international, regional and What is surprising is that the blow- target and the role of an international edly by Iran and Hezbollah, prompted Damascus to pro-regime areas on Syria’s takfiri attack on this country” — takfiri back on Iran and Hezbollah has been so group affiliated to Al Qaeda. President Reagan to pull forces out of coast. referring to Sunni extremists who have limited until now. Skirmishing between What will the response be? Hezbollah Lebanon. But today, Tehran has invested With Assad beginning a series of increasingly come to dominate the Syrian pro- and anti-Assad factions has been will use its own forces and its grip on too much in Syria to give up now, and military offensives before an anticipated rebellion. ongoing in Lebanese cities for years, but Lebanon’s security agencies to tighten this attack will give ammunition to those peace conference in Geneva, the fight- That it was one such group, the the first serious attack in Hezbollah’s security, but such attacks look likely to within the regime — particularly in the ing is likely to escalate — and, in turn, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, that claimed stronghold came six months ago when recur. For Iran, this will be a psychologi- Revolutionary Guard Corps — advocating Syrians’ hostility to the foreign forces responsibility for the embassy bombing rockets fired from Christian and Druze cal shock. It is the most serious attack on an uncompromising stance. who have inserted themselves in to the will only reinforce the resolve of Hezbollah areas struck southern Beirut. one of its missions since the Taliban mas- Finally, the timing is also important. civil war. and Iran to prevent such groups seizing In August, a car bomb killed 27 people sacred Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan Hezbollah is preparing for a crucial THE GUARDIAN Is John Kerry in over his head? Australia, Indonesia

is dealing with either highly constrained must repair ties The Middle East is in partners like Syria’s fractious opposition and Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas, or politi- BY BILL SHORTEN flux; and that’s where cians like Benjamin Netanyahu and Hassan Rowhani, who are either unable or unwill- ing to risk much. Moreover, Kerry has a few he current impasse between the Australian government and Kerry is spending silent partners who aren’t at the table. Iran’s Indonesia is cause for great concern. No one should underesti- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and mate what is at stake in maintaining this critical relationship most of his time. But Syria’s Bashar Assad are critically important Ton the best possible terms. Cooperation between our countries to his diplomatic efforts, but he has no con- is fundamental to our national interest — working together on people tact with them and thus not much influence. smuggling, terrorism, trade and building confidence and security in the a lot of motion doesn’t Successful secretaries of state who achieve broader region has never been more vital. This is not to say that there consequential things aren’t about one hand will not be differences of opinion or approach from time to time, but necessarily mean clapping. They need partners. managing these within a framework of proactive dialogue and positive The question is whether or not those he’s engagement can ensure these are easily managed. dealing with are able to make deals, let alone I firmly believe the relationship between Indonesia and Australia movement that can grand bargains. So far the picture is quite can be repaired and recover. It will continue to thrive and prosper. It mixed. At best, it seems, Kerry has partners requires Australia to recognise that our Indonesian friends have been be channelled into who are prepared for only limited transactions. offended. And these will be hard enough to sustain. Our two nations have many common interests and shared perspec- agreements. In Kerry’s case, this is a fascinating ques- tives forged over many decades. No one side of Australian politics tion. So far, Obama — the most controlling owns the Australia-Indonesia relationship; this is about Australia’s foreign policy president since Richard Nixon national interest and is above party politics. Labour is proud that as BY AARON DAVID MILLER US Secretary of State John Kerry — has allowed Kerry to get into the middle of far back as the 1940s, the Chifley Labour government supported the the mix in a way he wouldn’t do for Clinton. aspirations of young Indonesian nationalists and sponsored their case ’ve met John Kerry only once. Earlier this Up until now, he has dominated; not delegated. in the United Nations. year, I was invited to a dinner at the State Kerry is spending most of his time. But a lot But now the president has no choice. The We acknowledge the importance of John Howard’s gift on behalf of Department with the secretary and a few of motion doesn’t necessarily mean movement clock’s ticking down on his second term. all Australians of $1bn to help Indonesia to recover from tsunami dev- Iothers to talk about US options on Syria. that can be channelled into agreements. There are just too many potential headaches astation. The Hawke Keating governments effectively worked towards The secretary asked more questions than he Still, Kerry has the kind of running room out there that need attention. And he needs mutual understanding in maritime issues, resolving competing claims answered and didn’t reveal much about the spe- both abroad and at home that his predecessor a manager. The question is whether he’s pre- of long standing. In 1992, we concluded an agreement on co-operation cifics of where he stood. But it was stunningly never did. Hillary Clinton was constrained pared to take risks on the big issues that to prevent tax evasion between the two countries. Prime minister clear from the direction of the conversation that by President Barack Obama’s controlling resonate politically, or more to the point, to Paul Keating visited Indonesia many times in the 1990s. During a he believed Washington needed to find a way nature, her own risk aversion and a lack of allow Kerry to do so. Obama has his own fair visit in 1994, he said: No country is more important to Australia than to do more — much more. I didn’t. And Kerry real opportunities. I think Kerry gets this, share of domestic problems of late and has Indonesia. If we fail to get this relationship right, and nurture and for sure wasn’t convinced by my Dr No point though it’s hardly surprising that he aspires been pretty quiet when it comes to big foreign develop it, the whole web of our foreign relations is incomplete. of view. I give him credit for including me. But to much more. That’s fine so long as he doesn’t policy questions and the Middle East. Keating went on to institute the first Indonesia-Australia ministe- rarely have I encountered anyone — let alone get carried away and allow rhetoric to outstrip When it’s all over, the question on which rial forum in 1994, to be held biennially, bringing together our foreign a secretary of state — who seemed more self- action or to obscure a realistic assessment of John Kerry’s legacy as secretary of state will affairs, trade, immigration and environment ministers. In December confident about his own point of view and not what can actually be accomplished. These are rest is whether he’s done something extraor- 1995 the Keating government and Indonesia signed a security agree- all that interested in somebody else’s. traps that Kerry needs to be careful to avoid. dinary. That’s not to say he couldn’t be judged ment, committing both parties to consult on matters affecting our This sense of self-confidence is the hallmark His supreme confidence in public leads him as a fine secretary of state without some common security, promote cooperative activities, and jointly respond to of the Kerry style of diplomacy. No problem too frequently to overdramatise. extraordinary accomplishment. But to be a mutual threats and an extradition treaty was signed in 1995, providing is too big that it can’t be made better. Trying The Hippocratic Oath also apples to diplo- truly consequential one, he’d have to take on for a range of extradition crimes. and failing isn’t ideal; but it’s better than not macy: above all, do no harm. But while pru- a problem that normal human beings saw as We are proud of the work of Keating in strengthening relationships trying at all. And if given enough time and dence is critically important in diplomacy, really tough (and truly important) and make a with Indonesia during the Soeharto government. We believe the most focus — will and skill, too — there’s always a giving yourself a chance to succeed is too. And major contribution toward resolving it. Kerry recent Labour government lifted the level of consultation, rapport way forward. Only someone with this kind of you can’t do that by just sitting on the side- has the stamina, will and smarts. And while and cooperation to new levels, symbolised by the visit and address to can-do attitude would venture into Israeli- lines. I hate turning US foreign policy into a his extreme confidence and fiery rhetoric wor- parliament by president Yudhoyono in 2010, and we are proud of that. Palestinian diplomacy against such extremely breakfast analogy, but it’s true that omelettes ries me at times, I suspect if given the oppor- Indeed, Vice President Boediono had a warm and constructive dialogue long odds; keep pushing for a Geneva confer- can’t be made without breaking eggs. tunity he’d do well. with the deputy leader of the opposition and myself last week. ence to end Syria’s civil war with the faintest The evidence to date that Kerry wants to But that’s really the point, isn’t it? The What we must now do, government and opposition, Liberal and of hopes of success; and (not or) be bullish on cook is pretty clear: negotiating a US-Afghan basic problem may not be Kerry at all. The Labour, is commit ourselves to repairing this vital relationship with a deal with Iran that has alienated key US security agreement; putting together a mix of factors conspires against him: a risk- Southeast Asia’s largest country. This is the goal we must all unite allies and much of Congress, too. US-Russian framework agreement to destroy averse and weakened White House focused behind. This parliament respects Indonesia as a successful democracy. I don’t care how smart, brilliant or pas- Assad’s chemical weapons; working toward more on a domestic agenda; the absence of The role of this relationship is significant. A timely resolution is sionate a secretary of state may be, unless a political solution to the Syrian civil war; strong, trusted partners abroad with which to called for. Other nations, such as the US and Germany, have found a the world cooperates, significant success — let gunning for an interim deal with Iran on cooperate; and the cruel reality that each of way through similar situations by ensuring direct and timely dealings alone real breakthroughs — aren’t possible. the nuclear issue; and relaunching Israeli- the major problems he seeks to solve is inter- between leaders. It’s the interaction between human agency Palestinian negotiations. Granted there’s a lot related is galactically complex ways. The days ahead are of the utmost importance. Disagreement should and circumstance that usually defines what more process still in these enterprises than Maybe the era of heroic US diplomacy, not be allowed to fester. The government needs to quickly and effec- happens and doesn’t in international politics. real sustainable accomplishment, but Kerry’s where secretaries of state could tackle huge tively remediate the situation. The notion that secretaries of state — or in the game. problems solo, is over. Maybe the era of I can assure the Australian people that the opposition will fully presidents, for that matter — make their You tell me. Carter and Kissinger had Hollywood-like diplomatic endings is through. cooperate in the task before Australia. We are willing to join the Abbott own breaks and luck is true enough, provided Anwar Sadat. Nixon and Kissinger had Zhou And yet, John Kerry is still trying to play the government in any effort, briefings or discussions in pursuit of the there’s enough raw material out of which to Enlai and Leonid Brezhnev; Reagan, Shultz, leading man. I guess we’re still only through task of rebuilding trust within this key relationship. Labour wants the fashion success. So are there real chances Bush 41, and Baker had Helmut Kohl and the first act: there’s still plenty of time left Australian government to be successful in restoring our vital relation- for transformative change in Kerry world? Mikhail Gorbachev. Today, with the excep- on his clock for success... and for failure, too. ship with Indonesia. That is what all sides need and want in Australia’s The Middle East is in flux; and that’s where tion of Putin (who’s strong but ornery), Kerry WP-BLOOMBERG national interest — a recovery of trust. THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Saudis urged Iraq attacks to quit Lebanon over ‘danger’ kill 48; year’s BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Beirut has called on citizens to leave Lebanon because of the dangerous situ- ation, its ambassador said yes- toll tops 5,800 terday, after some media linked the kingdom to deadly blasts. “The Saudi embassy sent a text message to (Saudi) citizens Bodies of 12 abducted people found in Lebanon advising them to leave, considering the danger of BAQUBA: A market bombing the bodies of a dozen residents the situation and out of concern north of Baghdad was the dead- snatched by kidnappers purport- for their safety,” the ambassador, liest in violence that killed 48 ing to be in the security forces. Awad Assiri, said. people yesterday, as the year’s The 12 were executed and their The warning comes two days death toll topped 5,800 amid a bodies thrown into a river, remi- after a twin suicide bombings surge in unrest. niscent of targeted killings that killed 24 people near the Beirut Yesterday’s attacks came a day were rampant during the worst embassy of Saudi’s regional rival after a spate of violence, mostly of Iraq’s sectarian bloodshed in Iran, which is located in the car bombs targeting Shia districts 2006 and 2007. stronghold of powerful Tehran of Baghdad, killed 59 people and No group has claimed respon- ally Hezbollah. wounded more than 100 in the sibility for the violence, but Sunni The text messages sent highest death toll of the month. militants linked to Al Qaeda often Members and vehicles of the Al Qaaqa brigade from Zintan get ready to vacate their Tripoli premises yesterday to Saudis in Lebanon read: Shootings and bombings struck carry out such attacks, ostensibly as part of a government decision to remove militias from the capital and integrate them into the security forces. “Considering the security situ- in and around Baghdad and in to undermine confidence in the ation at the moment and the north Iraq yesterday. Shiite-led government and secu- media campaign, the embassy In the deadliest incident, a rity forces. advises citizens to return home, car bomb exploded at around “Their capability to conduct and advises caution.” noon (0900 GMT) in a fruit and attacks has increased,” Deputy Libyan militias leave Tripoli Tuesday’s attack outside the vegetable market in the town of National Security Adviser Safa Iranian embassy were followed by Saadiyah, part of the restive eth- Hussein said in a recent inter- TRIPOLI: Libyan militias It said it was leaving the already started pulling out of a stinging campaign in some pro- nically mixed province of Diyala view, referring to the Islamic including two groups from the premises of a dhafi-founded Tripoli on Monday at the behest Hezbollah media outlets against which has seen some of the worst State of Iraq and the Levant, an western city of Zintan have organisation that it had occu- of community leaders in their Saudi Arabia, accusing the Gulf bloodshed. Al Qaeda front group. withdrawn from the capital pied since rebels advanced into coastal city. monarchy of being behind the At least 32 people were killed “By now they understand they in response to public pressure the capital in August 2011. Former rebels helped top- blasts. and 40 wounded in the blast, offi- can’t realise their ambition in nearly a week after deadly vio- On Tuesday, the government ple and kill Kadhafi in 2011, but “Saudi Arabia: losses in Syria cials said. establishing a state. Nor can they lence, they said yesterday. announced plans to remove mili- have since banded into militias and suicide in Lebanon,” read a Saadiyah is populated mostly defeat the government. The Al Qaaqa Brigade said it tias from Tripoli and eventually carving their own fiefdoms, each headline on Wednesday in pro- by Faylis, or Shia Kurds, and is in “But they can work towards had handed back to the authorities integrate them into the security with its own ideology and regional Hezbollah daily Al Akhbar. territory Kurdish leaders want to their goal in establishing indirect a site it had occupied and pulled forces, after a weekend of deadly allegiance. Yesterday, Al Akhbar said incorporate in their autonomous control in some of the areas, and out of the city with its weapons clashes between militiamen and The unrest, the deadliest in Lebanon had “entered into the region in the north over the objec- making the state a failed state, and vehicles, including tanks. residents. Tripoli since the uprising, erupted era of suicide bombings,” adding tions of the central government. which is a very good environment Brigade commander Othman Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Friday when demonstrators that the attackers had “resorted Militants frequently exploit for them to flourish.” Mligta, a civilian, told AFP mem- attended yesterday’s pullout by protesting against militias in the to the takfiri (extremist Sunni) poor communication between Investigators searching for the bers of the group include military- the Sawaek Brigade, and thanked Gharghour neighbourhood were heritage sponsored by the Saudi Kurdish and central government gunmen behind the assassination registered border guards. the groups for complying with the fired upon from villas occupied by kingdom with millions of dollars”. security forces to launch their of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s “They are leaving from here government announcement. the Misrata fighters, who killed Twenty-five people were killed attacks. chief bodyguard, meanwhile, got and will head for their posts on “The decision to evacuate several of them. and nearly 150 people wounded in Shootings and bombings else- into a firefight with one of the the southern frontier,” he said. armed groups from the capital Rival militiamen then swept in, Tuesday’s attack on the embassy where in Diyala, as well as in and suspected killers in the Kurdish Another Zintan-based group, will apply to all factions without sparking clashes that continued of Iran, which supports Hezbollah around Baghdad and the main city of Sulaimaniyah. the Sawaek Brigade, which is one exception,” he said. until Saturday. and backs Syria’s President northern city of Mosul, left 14 The suspect and a policeman of the most heavily armed units The Misrata militia, which The Misrata brigade saw some Bashar Al Assad. others dead while security forces were both killed in the exchange, that battled dictator Muammar was at the heart of the weekend of the heaviest fighting during the Saudi Arabia supports the killed two militants. security officials said. Gaddafi, also said it was pulling violence in which 46 people died uprising against Gaddafi. rebels fighting to topple Assad. Authorities in Diyala also found AFP out. and some 500 were wounded, had AFP AFP

Pope: No Middle Turkish official stirs up furore over co-ed schools East without ISTANBUL: A senior member Erdogan earlier this month concerns that Turkey is sliding of Turkey’s ruling party stirred Security scare near Erdogan’s office said the government would act toward conservative Islam. Christians up a new furore yesterday over to stop male and female students Turkish police and protesters VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis the imposition of Islamic values ANKARA: Turkish police arrested a “mentally unstable” man living together in university clashed yesterday at the opening yesterday said the Catholic in the country, saying it was a carrying a fake bomb outside the office of Prime Minister Recep dorms, ordering governors of the of the trial of two people charged Church will not accept a Middle “big mistake” to allow boys and Tayyip Erdogan yesterday, officials said, causing a security scare country’s 81 provinces to monitor with the death of a young man East without Christians, who girls to study together. in the capital. student residences and speak out during anti-government street often find themselves forced to The comments by deputy par- Local television stations had initially reported that police had shot against immoral behaviour. demonstrations this year. flee areas of conflict and unrest liament speaker Sadik Yakut and wounded the suspect but officials and witnesses later said they Yakut, a founding member of The trouble occurred as a crowd in the region. followed a storm of controversy wrestled him to the ground and only fired shots in the air. the AKP, responded to the out- of about 500 people gathered to “We will not resign ourselves to over a push by Prime Minister “This individual was carrying a device resembling a bomb but in cry by saying it was his personal seek justice for the 19-year-old imagining a Middle East without Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this fact it was not one,” Interior Minister Muammer Guler told report- opinion. victim tried to storm the court- Christians,” he said after meeting month to do away with mixed-sex ers, describing him as “mentally unstable”. The AKP distanced itself house in Istanbul. with patriarchs from Syria, Iran dorms at universities. Erdogan was at the headquarters of his ruling Justice and from his comments. “Abolishing No-one was injured. and Iraq, before calling for “the Erdogan’s Islamist-leaning gov- Development Party (AKP) at the time and not in his office. mixed-sex education is not on our Mehmet Ayvalitas, 19, was universal right to lead a dignified ernment has increasingly come “The man, who is being interrogated by police, himself warned us agenda,” AKP parliamentary chief killed in Istanbul in June by a life and freely practise one’s own under fire over what critics see as about his arrival five minutes beforehand and our men were ready Mustafa Elitas told reporters. taxi which rammed into a group faith to be respected.” attempts to enforce Islamic norms to seize him,” Guler added. “It’s nothing serious.” But the row refused to die of people demonstrating against Political upheaval in the Arab in the predominantly Muslim but AFP down. Erdogan. world over the past three years staunchly secular country. “Are we going to have separate The taxi driver and the owner has led to a rise of radical Islam, “Having girls and boys edu- Justice and Development Party him of being backward minded. Twitter and Facebook for girls of the vehicle are charged with leaving minority Christians feeling cated at the same schools in the (AKP), said the situation would “It is complete nonsense to talk and boys as well? What about manslaughter and face three to 15 threatened and sometimes forcing name of a pro-West approach is be “corrected” soon, without about these things in the 21st cen- Halal Twitter?” demanded one years in prison if convicted. them to emigrate. unfortunately a mistake that has elaborating. tury,” CHP deputy head Perihan Twitter user, signed Can Yel. “This is not a criminal case, Francis said he had spoken to been made from the past up until His comments drew criticism Sari said in parliament. Critics say Erdogan’s 11-year nor a traffic accident but clearly the patriarchs about “those who now,” Yakut told a parliamentary from the main opposition secular Another CHP lawmaker, Aylin rule has left Turkish society more a political act,” said Kurdish law- live in the Middle East, often in gathering. Republican People’s Party (CHP), Nazliaka, asked: “When will you polarised than ever, with oppo- maker Sebahat Tuncel. small flocks, in environments Yakut, a member of Erdogan’s with women lawmakers accusing make women sit behind curtains?” nents of the government voicing AFP marked by hostility and conflicts” and “the size of the diaspora, which is notably growing.” He said he was concerned by Migrants “the situation of Christians, who suffer in a particularly severe way Two Yemeni soldiers killed the consequences of tensions and conflicts in many parts of the SANAA: Two Yemeni sol- central government for nearly a Middle East.” diers were killed yesterday as decade in remote Saada province, “Syria, Iraq, Egypt and other they deployed to police a truce but the latest fighting between areas of the Holy Land sometimes between Shia rebels and hard- the rebels and the Salafists has overflow with tears,” he said. line Sunnis in the north, a mili- given an added sectarian dimen- Amid reports Christians are tary official said. sion to the clashes. being ‘punished’ for the actions of “A mine exploded as a military As part of the truce — the third Western powers, some experts say vehicle passed by, killing one since the fighting erupted — sup- Christianity is in danger of becom- soldier instantly and grievously plies would be sent to the sur- ing extinct in its own cradle. wounding another who died later,” rounded Salafists, one mediator Francis said he “will not rest the source said. said. while there are still men and The explosion came as the In Shahr, in the extremist women, of any religion, whose dig- soldiers were moving in to place stronghold of Hadramawt prov- nity is affronted, who are stripped themselves between Zaidi Shia ince, authorities arrested four of the basics necessary for sur- rebels and Salafist fighters in the female Al Qaeda suspects as they vival, whose future is stolen, who town of Dammaj, the official said. attempted to flee the scene of are forced to become refugees or The deployment was taking deadly clashes between police and displaced people.” place under a ceasefire obtained jihadists. Eastern Christians make up by the presidency and parliament The women, three of them 36 percent of the population in to separate the two groups that Saudis, were arrested on Lebanon, 10 percent in Egypt, 5.5 have battled sporadically since the Wednesday as they tried to flee a percent in Jordan, 5.0 percent in end of last month. house the source said. Syria, up to 2.0 percent in Iraq, Fighting has centred on a Al Qaeda suspects hiding in two 2.0 percent in Israel and 1.2 per- Salafist mosque and Koranic houses had opened fire at police cent of Palestinians, according school in Dammaj that has been searching the area, and three to the Oeuvre d’Orient Catholic Pelicans at a water reservoir in the Emek Hefer valley north of Tel Aviv, Israel, yesterday. Scores of different besieged by the rebels, known as people from each side were killed, association. species of birds pass through the Jordan Valley to Africa then go back to Europe during their migration. Huthis after their leading family. police said on Wednesday. AFP Huthis have been battling the AFP FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Ukraine scraps Social action initiative plan to sign deal with EU Putin hails announcement

KIEV: Ukraine yesterday make a decision which path she ordered the halt of preparations wants to follow.” to sign a trade and political Moscow was quick to wel- agreement with the European come the announcement. Putin’s Union this month, effectively spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ending the chance of clinching Russia “welcomed a desire to the landmark deal in the near improve and develop” bilateral future. cooperation. The suspension of the talks, Putin, whose government piled announced in a government huge pressure on Ukraine in the decree, came after lawmakers run-up to the summit, said ear- again failed to agree legislation lier Thursday that Moscow was that would free jailed former not against Ukraine signing the premier Yulia Tymoshenko — a Association Agreement. key condition set by EU leaders “We are not against Ukraine’s for the signing of the Association sovereign choice whatever it may Agreement. be,” he said, reiterating however Inking the deal with the EU the threat of protective measures at a Vilnius summit next week should Ukraine join forces with would have marked Kiev’s break Europe. He also noted Russia was Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (front left), Prime Minister David Cameron (front fourth left), Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, (front from historic master Moscow, open to proposed trilateral trade third right) and leader of the opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband (front right) with invitees during the launch of a new initiative aimed at promoting who had warned of trade retalia- talks with Europe. “We are in favour social action entitled “Step Up To Serve” at Buckingham Palace in London yesterday. tion if it was signed. but only until the decision is made The decree issued by Prime (on Ukraine’s EU integration).” Minister Mykola Azarov’s govern- Ukrainian opposition leader ment ordered the “halt of the proc- Arseniy Yatsenyuk said President ess of preparing the Association Viktor Yanukovych should step Agreement between Ukraine and down for failing to clinch the deal. US ‘can access’ the European Union.” “If Yanukovych is refusing to sign UK police rescue 3 women The document said the decision the agreement, then it is not only personal data was made to “ensure the national state treason but also grounds for security of Ukraine” after taking the impeachment of the president of Britons under into account the effects on trade and the dismissal of the govern- held captive for 30 years with Russia. It spoke of the need ment,” he said in parliament. to “restore lost trade volumes The government’s dramatic LONDON: British police yester- work. Aneeta Prem, the Freedom street that wouldn’t raise any con- secret deal with the Russian Federation”. volte-face came after parliament day rescued three women from Charity’s founder, said their treat- cerns with any neighbours or any- The Association Agreement voted earlier yesterday against a house in London where they ment was “barbaric” and their lib- one else. I just can’t believe that LONDON: The US National is seen as a first step to even- legislation that would allow are believed to have been held as eration an “amazing story”. human beings can treat each other Security Agency has stored tual EU membership. EU envoy Tymoshenko to leave Ukraine for slaves for at least 30 years. “You’re basically looking at that way. It’s something that’s so the personal electronic data of Aleksander Kwasniewski con- medical treatment in Germany. Scotland Yard police head- domestic slavery, and you wouldn’t barbaric and so out of everyone’s British citizens under a secret firmed that the deal would not This prompted European quarters said the victims were a expect that to be happening in imagination that anybody could deal with London, according to be signed next week. “The accord Enlargement Commissioner 69-year-old Malaysian, a 57-year- the UK, in London, in 2013,” she treat anybody in such a way that files leaked by Edward Snowden will not be signed in Vilnius,” Stefan Fuele — who had just old Irish woman and a 30-year- told Sky News television. Prem people feel that they are slaves.” and published Wednesday by Poland’s former president told his returned from a three-day mis- old Briton. The women were said she thought the women had She said the women had been British media. country’s PAP news agency. sion to Ukraine — to announce described as “highly traumatised”. suffered physical abuse but that taken together to a place of safety, British officials agreed in 2007 “Our mission is over,” said his return to the country later. Detectives arrested a 67-year- they had not reported any sexual were happy and were doing well that Britons’ phone, internet and Kwasniewski, who along with fel- But after Ukraine announced old man and a 67-year-old woman abuse. There was not thought to considering their ordeal. email records swept up by the low envoy Pat Cox has over the its pullout from the process, Fuele at their home in south London. be anyone else in the house except The women will be afforded help NSA could be retained and ana- past months shuttled between scrapped his latest travel plans. Police swooped after being con- the women and the couple. and support. “They’re going to lysed, instead of being off limits Europe and Ukraine in a bid to Yanukovych, who was on a visit tacted last month by the Freedom She said the two people arrested hopefully have happy, fulfilled lives as was previously the case, The broker the deal. to Austria, said his country would Charity, which received a call were the “heads of the family” in once they get over this horrendous Guardian newspaper and Channel Tough-talking Swedish Foreign “work further on this path, this from a woman stating she had which the three women were kept. trauma, if they ever will get over 4 television reported. Minister Carl Bildt slammed path to EU integration.” been held against her will in a “The ladies were absolutely terri- the trauma that they’ve been in,” The revelations are the lat- Ukraine’s decision. “Ukraine gov- EU leaders have repeatedly house in London for more than fied of these people,” she said. “They said Prem. Detective Inspector est about apparent spying by US ernment suddenly bows deeply to warned that Ukraine may not 30 years, Scotland Yard said. did have rooms that they could use Kevin Hyland, from Scotland intelligence agencies on “friendly” the Kremlin,” he said on Twitter. have another chance of signing Police said the woman had con- but they were very restricted on Yard’s Human Trafficking Unit, countries to emerge from files “Politics of brutal pressure evi- the agreement for several years, tacted the charity — which helps everything they could do. said police inquiries established leaked to the media by former dently works.” with the EU Commission due to young people to understand forced “I don’t believe the neighbours the location of the house and with NSA contractor Snowden. The German Foreign Minister change in 2014 and Ukraine set marriage and honour-based vio- knew anything about it at all. I the help of “sensitive negotiations” Guardian and Channel 4 cited an Guido Westerwelle said it was for presidential elections in 2015. lence — after seeing a television think you would describe it as just conducted by the charity, the three NSA memo from May 2007 set- Ukraine’s “sovereign right to AFP documentary featuring the group’s an ordinary house in an ordinary women were rescued. AFP ting out the change of policy that allows the keeping of British citi- zens’ electronic records. The memo states: “Sigint (sig- US military’s camouflage fashion show nals intelligence) policy... and the UK Liaison Office here at NSAW (NSA Washington) worked Russia frees more together to come up with a new policy that expands the use of inci- dentally collected unminimised UK data in Sigint analysis.” It adds: Greenpeace crew “Now SID (the NSA’s Signals Intelligence Directorate) analysts SAINT PETERSBURG: reducing their charge from piracy can unminimise all incidentally Russia yesterday released 10 to hooliganism and now sanction- collected UK contact identifiers, Greenpeace activists on bail, ing their release. including IP (Internet protocol) bringing to 11 the number freed Yesterday, courts granted and email addresses, fax and cell from jail as President Vladimir bail to six more activists: Jon phone numbers, for use in analysis.” Putin said the group had noble Beauchamp of New Zealand, The deal comes despite the so- motives for their Arctic protest. British crewmembers Frank called “Five Eyes” accord between The activists who walked free Hewetson and Iain Rogers, the English-speaking nations of the from prison included Russian Ukrainian cook Ruslan Yakushev, United States, Britain, Australia, freelance photographer Denis Canadian bosun Alexandre Paul Canada and New Zealand, under Sinyakov, Greenpeace press sec- and Turkish activist Gizem which the citizens of each country retary Andrei Allakhverdov and Akhan, Greenpeace said. were supposedly protected from Finnish activist Sini Saarela, who Fifteen activists were now surveillance by the others. was one of those to scale a state- awaiting release on bail, while There was no immediate reac- This combination of images obtained yesterday from the US Department of Defence shows the combat owned oil platform. one Australian activist had bail tion from US or British authori- uniforms of the various US military services — from left: US Air Force, US Army, US Marines, US Navy and Their release came after refused. The last three activists ties to the latest report. AFP the US Coast Guard. Camouflage may be designed to blend in, but for the US military, a plethora of combat Greenpeace paid bail of 2m rubles are scheduled to attend court ($60,750) each. The first activist hearings today. But the activists uniforms offers a way for each branch of the armed forces to distinguish itself. Suspect named in to be freed was Brazil’s Ana Paul still face a possible jail sentence Maciel on Wednesday. Putin said of up to seven years. Paris shootings he believed the Greenpeace activ- Sinyakov’s detention over the ists were acting with good inten- September protest at a state- PARIS: France said yesterday tions, but that they were wrong to owned oil rig was particularly that the suspect arrested over climb up the oil platform and ram controversial because he is a well- this week’s shootings in Paris is a Green groups quit climate talks the boats of coastguards. known press photographer who man previously jailed for his role “Are they doing something was working for Greenpeace as a in a “Bonnie-and-Clyde” style WARSAW: Six green groups walked out of UN pre-industrial revolution levels. But deep faultlines noble? Yes, they are. Did they act freelancer. The photographer, who multiple murder that gripped the climate negotiations yesterday, declaring that have emerged between rich and poor nations. rightly when they climbed the has grown a beard in prison, raised country 20 years ago. the ailing talks were “on track to deliver virtu- The negotiations, which opened on November 11, platform? No, it was not right,” a fist in triumph after stepping out Abdelhakim Dekhar was ally nothing”. “Organisations and movements rep- entered their penultimate day yesterday with the two he said in televised comments at of the notorious Kresty prison. arrested on Wednesday after a resenting people from every corner of the Earth sides still squabbling over funding for poor nations to a meeting with writers. “An act of protest is not hoo- major manhunt following a shoot- have decided that the best use of our time is to deal with climate change, and apportioning curbs in “Some climbed onto the plat- liganism,” Sinyakov told TV ing at the left-wing newspaper voluntarily withdraw from the Warsaw climate climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions. form, while others attacked our Rain. “My main task is to prove Liberation that left an assistant talks,” they said in a statement. Green groups attend the talks as observers and coastguards, practically storming my innocence. I will be trying to photographer seriously hurt and “The Warsaw climate conference, which should advisors, and do not take part in decision-making, them with their boats,” Putin said. achieve that.” another at the headquarters of have been an important step in the just transition to which is reserved for UN member states. Greenpeace Putin quoted a catch phrase He said that the conditions in the Societe Generale bank. a sustainable future, is on track to deliver virtually spokesman Gregor Kessler said the groups were from a 1960s-era Soviet comedy the Murmansk prison where he His DNA matched samples nothing.” The signatories were Greenpeace, WWF, “leaving this year’s conference for good today”. film referring to physical pun- was held until this month were from the scenes of the attacks, Oxfam, ActionAid, the International Trade Union He said the delegations, or at least that of ishment: “Fedya, that’s not our much worse than those in Saint officials said. “All the evidence Confederation and Friends of the Earth. Greenpeace, would not leave Warsaw altogether, and method.” After treating the 30 Petersburg, but “they were bear- today points to his involvement The annual round of talks are meant to pave the would “follow the discussions from the outside”. “We crew members harshly on their able”. “The psychological situation in the events that he has been way to a climate deal by 2015 that will peg global will not be part of the internal discussions.” arrest, the Russian authorities itself is harder,” he said. charged with,” Interior Minister warming to a maximum 2.0 degrees Celsius over AFP have gradually climbed down, AFP Manuel Valls said. AFP FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Sri Lanka slaps Indonesia halts Australia drills property tax Angry protesters call for ‘war’ on foreigners COLOMBO: Sri Lanka slapped JAKARTA: Indonesia’s mili- end on Sunday, was being halted a new property tax on foreign- tary halted training with and six F-16 fighter jets involved ers and increased telephone Australia as a decision to sus- in it would return to Indonesia. charges in a new budget yester- pend cooperation due to spy- A joint training exercise with the day that also included another ing claims took effect, while Indonesian army’s special forces rise in defence spending four angry demonstrators in Jakarta known as Kopassus, in Lembang years after the civil war ended. declared yesterday that they in West Java province, was also President Mahinda Rajapaksa, were “ready for war” with being suspended, he said. who is also the finance and Canberra. The anger over the alleged spy- defence minister, told parliament In the Australian capital, the ing spilled over to the public in he was raising telecom tax from scandal took an embarrassing Jakarta, where demonstrators 20 to 25 percent to rake in more twist for Prime Minister Tony wearing military-style uniforms revenue from the rapidly growing Abbott when one of his party’s protested outside the Australian industry. Rajapaksa introduced a strategists described someone embassy, pumping their fists in 15 percent tax on land leased to reported to be the Indonesian the air and waving the Indonesian foreign nationals, slapped a two foreign minister as resembling flag. The protesters, led by a percent tax on banks and raised “a 1970s Filipino porn star”. nationalist group called “The duties on the import and export The crisis — triggered by Red and White Front”, burned of several commodities. reports that Australian spies a poster depicting the Australian “We will not allow any land to tried to tap the phones of the and US flags — Washington has be sold outright to foreigners,” Indonesian president, his wife also been accused of spying from Rajapaksa told parliament. “We and ministers — has pushed ties its Jakarta embassy. will charge 15 percent up front between Jakarta and Canberra to “We’re ready for war with on the value of lease agreements their lowest level since Australia Australia,” read one of the ban- with foreigners. They can lease, sent troops to restore order in ners waved by the crowd of about but not buy land in Sri Lanka.” East Timor in 1999. 100 demonstrators, who used red- A treasury source said foreign- Jakarta has recalled its spray paint to daub graffiti on the ers who already own land will not ambassador from Canberra Australian mission. It followed a be affected, but they will not be and President Susilo Bambang protest in the city of Yogyakarta Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in front of the Australian embassy in Jakarta yesterday. allowed to transfer ownership to Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered late on Wednesday at which a non-nationals. cooperation suspended in several group of university students burnt people-smuggling is especially star and has ethics to match,” Corporation and in The Guardian The government had earlier this areas, including on people-smug- an Australian flag. difficult for Abbott, as he desper- said the tweet from Mark Textor, newspaper. year announced a complete ban on gling, military exercises and shar- Indonesian hackers also vented ately needs Jakarta’s help to stop which has since been deleted. Abbott told parliament he had the sale of real estate to foreign- ing intelligence. their anger, claiming responsibility the influx of asylum-seekers who Reports said he was refer- received the letter yesterday morn- ers. In recent years, foreigners had Speaking just hours after for a cyber attack on the websites head to Australia via Indonesia. ring to Natalegawa, who has ing and pledged the government snapped up prime locations along Yudhoyono made his announce- of the Australian Federal Police And there was more embar- demanded Canberra apolo- would respond “swiftly, fully and the island’s southern coast. ment, military chief Moeldoko and the Reserve Bank of Australia. rassment for Abbott, when a gise over the scandal. However, courteously”. The leaked docu- The government allocated a said two current exercises with The growing row, sparked strategist from his Liberal party although Textor apologised, he ments from Snowden showed that record Rs253bn ($1.95bn) for the Australia were being halted. by reports in Australian media was forced to apologise over a said he was not referring to “any- Australia’s electronic intelligence defence ministry, despite interna- “What’s the point of joint training based on documents leaked by tweet about someone reported to one in particular”. agency tracked Yudhoyono’s activ- tional pressure to scale down the when they don’t trust us?” said US intelligence fugitive Edward be Indonesian Foreign Minister Yudhoyono on Wednesday sent ity on his mobile phone for 15 days military after the war. Rajapaksa the head of the armed forces. Snowden, has dealt a heavy Marty Natalegawa. a letter to Abbott demanding a in August 2009, when Labour’s told parliament that he expected He said a joint exercise in blow to the government of the “Apology demanded from clear explanation over the spy- Kevin Rudd was prime minister. the economy to grow 7.5 to 8.0 the northern Australian city of new Australian leader. The Australia by a bloke who looks ing allegations, first reported At least one phone call was report- percent in calendar 2014. Darwin, which had been due to decision to stop cooperation on like a 1970’s Pilipino (sic) porn by the Australian Broadcasting edly intercepted. AFP AFP

Protest over Japan secrecy law Tiny Japan islet China hospital ship heads to Philippines created in ZHOUSHAN: A Chinese our utmost to make contributions One sailor’s wife clutched a hospital ship set sail for the to the Philippine side.” Chinese flag and said: “I’m proud volcano eruption typhoon-ravaged Philippines The deployment of the ship, of my husband. It’s OK for the ship yesterday, with foreign media which was featured on the front to go to the Philippines despite the TOKYO: A dramatic volcanic given unprecedented access to page of China’s state-run Global state of relations.” The Peace Ark eruption in the Pacific Ocean a navy base as Beijing seeks to Times newspaper yesterday, comes will initially be stationed in Samar has created a tiny new islet in promote its aid effort nearly as the world’s second-largest econ- province, but how long it remains Japan’s territorial waters, offi- two weeks after the disaster. omy seeks to counter international in the Philippines will depend on cials said yesterday, the first The Peace Ark, a 300-bed criticism of its relief effort. the situation, officials said. time in decades the nation has floating navy medical facility, After an initial outlay of only Sun Tao, head of the ship’s hos- seen the phenomenon. sounded its horn as it set off $100,000, the Chinese government pital, said it had more than 100 The navy spotted smoke about from a People’s Liberation Army has gradually upped its aid over doctors and nurses on board, and 1,000km south of Tokyo on base on Zhoushan island, off the the past two weeks, contribut- can handle eight surgeries simul- Wednesday and Japan’s coast- eastern province of Zhejiang. It ing $1.6m worth of tents, blan- taneously. Doctors expect to handle guard later verified the birth of the is expected to take three or four kets and other supplies. Other disease caused by insanitary condi- islet around the Ogasawara island days to reach the Philippines, Chinese organisations are also tions and paediatric cases. Another chain. Video footage showed plumes which is embroiled in a territo- contributing, and a first crew of batch of emergency medical rescu- of smoke and ash billowing from rial row with China. relief workers left on Wednesday, ers left for the Philippines. They the 200-metre island, and Japan’s “With our efforts, we will make China’s foreign ministry said. will establish a field hospital to coastguard said it was warning ves- great contributions to the rela- By contrast, Japan has con- offer medical services for typhoon sels to use caution in the area until tionship between the Chinese tributed $30m to the Philippines, survivors and work on disease pre- the eruption cools off. people and the Philippine people,” and the US has donated $20m. vention and control. “Smoke is still rising from the Shen Hao, deputy chief of staff Even the Swedish furniture group Around 5,500 people are dead volcanic island, and we issued a of the East China Sea Fleet and Ikea’s charitable foundation sur- or missing after the storm, which navigation warning to say that this commander of the mission, told passed China’s initial outlay with affected more than 13 million peo- island has emerged with ash fall- reporters allowed on board the a $2.7m contribution to the UN ple, of whom 4.4 million are now ing in the area,” said a spokesman vessel before it left. “We will do children’s agency Unicef. homeless. AFP for the maritime agency. He added that the islet may not last long due to erosion, but if enough volcanic lava surfaces and solidifies it could mark a new entry on the map. Myanmar rejects Similar eruptions in the early Bangladesh, retailers agree to 1970s and mid-80s created tiny UN Rohingya islets in Japan’s territory that safety standards for factories have since been partially or com- Protesters hold placards with a photo of Japan’s Prime Minister citizenship plea pletely eaten up by the ocean. Shinzo Abe, during a rally against the government’s planned DHAKA: In September, Pakistan also secrecy law, in Tokyo yesterday. Abe’s government is planning Bangladesh and from the ILO which helped bro- witnessed the birth of a new YANGON: Myanmar said yes- top Western retailers agreed ker the deal. a state secrets act that critics say could curtail public access to island — a mound of mud and rock terday that it will not grant cit- safety standards covering some US and European retailers information on a wide range of issues, including tensions with 70 feet high and 90 metres wide izenship to Muslims identifying 3,500 factories yesterday, pav- signed up to two separate safety created by a huge earthquake that China and the Fukushima crisis. The new law would dramatically themselves as Rohingya, despite ing the way for more thorough pacts after coming under intense hit the country’s southwest. expand the definition of official secrets and journalists convicted renewed pressure by the United inspections. pressure in the wake of the April AFP under it could be jailed for up to five years. The placards read Nations which describes the Retailers, government and disaster. The two groups will “No Secrecy Act”. stateless minority as among the union representatives agreed the carry out inspections of their world’s most persecuted. minimum fire and safety stand- 2,000-odd factories using the new Hundreds of thousands of ards for factories where some four standards, while the government Rohingya are estimated to live million workers stitch clothes will check about 1,500 factories in Myanmar, mostly in western for outlets such as Walmart and not covered by the pacts, starting Rakhine state, which has been H&M, officials said. from today, Reddy said. Maoists reject Nepal poll results rocked by several bouts of deadly “This is a very significant devel- The Alliance for Bangladesh sectarian violence. opment. These common safety Worker Safety, which represents KATHMANDU: Nepal’s As protesters gathered outside US president Carter, who is in Myanmar views the Rohingya standards will now pave the way the US retailers, announced on Maoist leader, who swapped the party’s headquarters chanting Kathmandu to monitor the polls, in Rakhine as illegal Bangladeshi for the start of factory inspections Wednesday that it had agreed to arms for politics when his “peo- “We are ready to fight again!”, the told a press conference Thursday immigrants and denies them from Friday,” International Labour the new standards. Bangladesh’s ple’s war” ended in 2006, threw former guerilla said ballot boxes that he was “very disappointed” citizenship. Organisation (ILO) official Srinivas top labour official Mikail Shipar the country’s elections into were tampered with while being over the Maoist rejection of the A resolution on Tuesday at Reddy said. The standards are said all the factories would be doubt yesterday by claiming transported from polling stations electoral process. Preliminary the United Nations called on aimed at simplifying inspections forced to adopt the standards. the poll was rigged following big to counting centres. results are likely to emerge today, Myanmar’s government to give and avoiding duplication following Failure to meet them could lead losses for his party. Prachanda finished a distant with full results expected by the the Rohingya full access to citi- the Rana Plaza disaster in April to a shutdown. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better third in his Kathmandu constit- end of the month. zenship and to end violence that killed 1,135 people and shone Bangladesh’s $22 billion gar- known as Prachanda, demanded uency, well behind the winning More than 100 parties, includ- against them. But a presidential a global spotlight on shoddy condi- ment industry is the world’s a halt to vote-counting after los- Nepali Congress party candidate, ing three major ones — the spokesman said Myanmar would tions at factories. second largest after China’s and ing his own seat in Tuesday’s Rajan K C, according to the elec- Unified Marxist-Leninist, the not be pressured into changing its “Once a factory is inspected in employs four million workers, elections aimed at installing a tion commission. Tentative results Nepali Congress and the Maoists stance over the citizenship issue. line with the common standards, most of them women. But the constituent assembly and ending showed the Maoists leading in just — fielded candidates for the “We cannot give citizenship there will be no need for another sector has been hit by a string of years of political instability. “We 11 percent of the 187 constituen- assembly. In addition to the 240 rights to those who are not in initiative to inspect it again,” deadly disasters. Thousands of urge the election commission to cies where vote-counting has been directly-elected seats, an addi- accord with the law, whatever the Reddy, the ILO’s Bangladesh chief, workers have also staged street stop the counting,” Prachanda completed or is well under way. tional 335 seats will be awarded pressure. That is our sovereign said. Retailers and engineering protests in recent days against a told a press conference. “We Chief Election Commissioner via a proportional representation right,” Ye Htut said in a post on experts from a top Bangladesh new minimum wage which they accept (the) people’s verdict but Neel Kantha Uprety said count- system and a further 26 will be his Facebook page, which he often university have developed the say is too low, forcing the closure cannot accept conspiracy and ing would continue despite chosen by a council of ministers. uses to issue official remarks. guidelines which were formally of several hundred factories. poll-rigging.” Prachanda’s demand. Former AFP AFP endorsed yesterday, said Reddy AFP FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Kabul needs US deal but little trust: Karzai 2,500 delegates of Loya Jirga to begin debate on pact

KABUL: Afghan President promised funds. After more than spent much of the past year Hamid Karzai told a meeting of 12 years of war, Afghanistan wrangling over the agreement, tribal elders and political lead- remains largely dependent on aid. but ultimately Washington won ers yesterday that they should While the pact is widely concessions on several areas of support a security pact with expected to pass, several thorny contention. the US, but acknowledged there issues, including a US request for Along with immunity from was little trust between both jurisdiction over its troops, could Afghan law for its troops, these countries. hold up a decision. included a request to allow US A Loya Jirga, or grand council, Karzai made no reference to forces searching for militants involving about 2,500 delegates the question of jurisdiction over into Afghan homes, which out- convened a day after Karzai and US troops, which two years ago, rages Afghans and which Karzai Washington reached agreement prompted Washington to pull has long opposed because of the on a pact defining the shape of most forces out of Iraq. anger it causes. the US military presence after a Instead, he focused on a letter “American forces for military 2014 drawdown of a multinational sent by President Barack Obama operations will enter Afghan Nato force. promising the pact would in homes only in exceptional and “My trust with America is not Afghanistan’s best interest. extraordinary cases... only in good. I don’t trust them and they “We want this pact to move out circumstances where there is a don’t trust me,” Karzai said. of this unsteady situation. If the serious threat against American Members of the Loya Jirga talk to each other outside their tent in Kabul yesterday. “During the past 10 years I have foreigners leave unhappy, it will troops,” Karzai said. fought with them and they have be very dangerous for us,” Karzai Afghanistan has a long tradi- amounted to selling the country Washington have been conducted. The Taliban, who harboured made propaganda against me.” said. tion of Loya Jirgas, grand meet- out. The Taliban, fighting to expel The draft was agreed at the Al Qaeda leaders who plotted Delegates at the five-day Loya He told delegates that if they ings of elders and other notables foreign forces and impose their last minute on the eve of the those attacks, were driven into Jirga, many of them women, approved the deal and it was from around the country that are vision of Islamist rule, have con- Loya Jirga after Karzai tried to mountains on the border with will debate the draft and decide passed by parliament, it would convened whenever crisis threat- demned the Loya Jirga as a farce. persuade the US to wait until a Pakistan and began organising whether to accept it — whether only be signed “when our elections ens, or important affairs of state Insurgents fired two rockets at new president was elected to sign their insurgency. they want US troops to stay, or are conducted, correctly and with are to be discussed. the tent where the previous Loya the deal, an option opposed by The presence of the US-led leave Afghan forces to fight the dignity”. “They (the US) should Karzai called the assembly Jirga was held in 2011, but there Washington. force has generated deep enmity Taliban insurgency alone. cooperate with us in this,” he said, to muster support for a pact was no violence as Karzai opened In April next year, millions of among some Afghans who resent The pact also has to be referring to efforts to ensure a regarded by many Afghans with proceedings. Afghans will vote in what is seen what they see as US violations of approved by parliament. clean, fair election. contempt. The elders and leaders, who as the most important presiden- their sovereignty. If the US pulls out, others are Up to 15,000 foreign troops As Karzai spoke about US have travelled from all over the tial election in Afghanistan since They have also been angered by expected to follow suit and a could remain in Afghanistan after assurances, a female senator leapt country to attend, have voiced US-led forces ousted the Taliban civilian casualties suffered during thinner international presence 2014 if the pact is signed. up to interrupt him, shouting that frustration over the way nego- in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks US military operations. could deter donors from releasing The US and Afghanistan have any deal with the Americans tiations between Kabul and on the US. AGENCIES

Drone kills senior Haqqani leader in Pakistan seminary Sharif holds talks with PESHAWAR: A suspected US Haqqani network, was in the North Waziristan region. the group. Nasiruddin’s father remaining seven rooms remained drone strike on an Islamic sem- madrassa when at least three But it has been under consid- was once an ally of the United intact,” a local resident said. inary in Pakistan killed a senior rockets hit his room in the Hangu erable strain this month since States during the rebellion in Most drone strikes occur in the Afghan peace member of the Taliban-linked district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa its chief financier, Nasiruddin Afghanistan against the Soviets. lawless North Waziristan region Haqqani network early yes- just before sunrise. Haqqani, was shot dead in Pakistan publicly opposes US where Taliban insurgents are terday, Pakistani and Afghan “Yes it’s true, we lost another Islamabad on Nov 11. No one drone strikes, saying they kill holed up, and are rare in densely delegation sources said. valuable figure this morning,” a claimed responsibility for that too many civilians and violate its populated places such as Khyber ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s It was the first drone strike in senior Haqqani official said. shooting. sovereignty, although in private Pakhtunkhwa. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif the nuclear-armed South Asian A Pakistani intelligence source A source with Afghanistan’s officials admit the government The attack took place a day yesterday met a high-rank- nation since Pakistani Taliban said that Sirajuddin Haqqani him- National Directorate of Security broadly supports them. after Pakistan’s foreign policy ing delegation from Kabul chief Hakimullah Mehsud was self was spotted at the same semi- intelligence agency confirmed Yesterday’s missiles hit only chief Sartaj Aziz was quoted as tasked with pushing forward killed on November 1 in an attack nary just two days earlier. Jan’s death. At least four other two of the nine rooms in the semi- saying the United States had Afghanistan’s peace process, that sparked a fierce power The group is one of the main people also died in the attack but nary where Jan was staying with promised not to conduct drone according to a statement from struggle within the fragmented enemies of US -led forces in dozens of students sleeping in several other militants. strikes while the government his office. insurgency. neighbouring Afghanistan, fre- other rooms were unhurt, police “Only the two rooms where tries to engage the Taliban in The three-member group rep- Maulvi Ahmad Jan, an adviser quently launching attacks on and militant sources said. Maulvi Ahmad Jan and other peace talks. resenting the High Peace Council to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the foreign troops from mountain- Washington has long urged Afghan Taliban leaders were stay- The US has not commented on (HPC) arrived in Pakistan a feared head of the Taliban-linked ous hideouts in Pakistan’s lawless Islamabad to crack down on ing were hit by the drone. The Aziz’s remarks. REUTERS day earlier on a mission that, according to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was meant to include a meeting with Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s Three killed, 25 former deputy freed from jail in PPP awaits decision on joining provincial govt September. Sharif told the group: “Pakistan injured as bomb has always supported a peaceful, ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan the provincial government,” said saying these were published with- 23 to discuss reorganisation of the stable and united Afghanistan hits check-post People’s Party (PPP) has not Mohammad Ali Shah Bacha, PPP out verifying facts. party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as and... Pakistan is playing a con- yet decided to join the Pakistan parliamentary leader in the pro- Being elected members, he well as joining the PTI-led gov- structive and positive role to Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led pro- vincial assembly. added, they had to meet the chief ernment in the province. facilitate an Afghan-led and in Quetta vincial government in Khyber He said the PTI had offered minister and ministers for the But Mohammad Ali Bacha Afghan-owned reconciliation QUETTA: A bomb targeting Pakhtunkhwa and the party’s them to join the government as solution to the problems being expressed ignorance about it, say- process,” according to a statement security forces yesterday killed legislators say they are waiting party, not as individuals, and faced by the electorate, but it ing he would definitely attend the by his office. three people and wounded 25 for the final approval of the cen- they could not and would not join didn’t mean they were going to meeting if invited. The statement said the visit- in Pakistan’s restive southwest, tral leadership. the government without getting join the government. He said he had not received ing delegation thanked him for officials said. “We cannot take any deci- approval from party leadership. PPP workers observed that any invitation for the Karachi his efforts. The remote-controlled bomb sion. The central leadership will Mohammad Ali Bacha party leaders had convened a meeting. A member of the group earlier was planted on a bicycle near direct us whether or not to join expressed concern over reports, meeting in Karachi on November INTERNEWS said the visit and meetings had a check-post run by police and been agreed during last month’s the paramilitary Frontier Corps summit between Afghanistan, in the Satellite town area of Protest over mosque attack Pakistan and Britain in London. Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan The group was headed by province. Salahuddin Rabbani, son of slain “At least three people, including US, Pakistan to discuss former president Burhanuddin two policemen, were killed and 25 Rabbani, and comprised its sec- others wounded in the blast,” sen- retary general Masoom Stanekzai ior local police official Samiullah and Asadullah Wafa. Soomro said. long-term defence ties A statement from Karzai’s He said eight of the wounded, office at the end of October said: including six policemen and two ISLAMABAD: Senior defence meeting will focus on the military “It was agreed on that a HPC FC officials, were in a critical officials from Pakistan and hardware Pakistan may need to delegation will visit Pakistan and condition. the US met in the US capital further enhance its capabilities meet Mullah Baradar in the near Senior local administration offi- recently for talks on a long- after the US withdrawal, the future.” cial Zahid bin Maqsood confirmed term defence partnership, offi- sources said. Baradar was arrested in 2010 the incident and casualties. cial sources said. This will be the 22nd DCG but freed as part of efforts to There were no immediate “The United States may offer meeting and takes place in the boost Afghanistan’s peace process. claims of responsibility. to increase security assistance to context of the revived strategic Since his “release” it appears he Baluchistan has been badly hit Pakistan to strengthen its counter- dialogue designed to build conver- has been kept under house arrest by a decade-long Baluch sepa- insurgency and counter-terrorism gences on regional cooperation. by Pakistani authorities. ratist insurgency and sectar- capabilities,” said a senior official While seeking to forge a Baradar has been touted by ian violence mainly targeting who did not want to be identified. stronger relationship with some as an influential Taliban Shiites from the Hazara ethnic The US cooperation is part of a Pakistan, US policy makers also voice who could persuade the community. long-term defence partnership stress the need for a regional militants to end the bloody insur- Elsewhere, in the northwest- developed jointly by the two coun- strategy for fighting terrorism gency they have waged since being ern bordering town of Torkhum, tries to combat terrorists. in South Asia and want to help ousted from power in 2001. a suicide bomber blew himself up The US, which plans to with- improve Islamabad’s ties with The HPC is the Afghan body in the halls of customs offices, draw its combat troops, appears New Delhi and Kabul. charged with opening negotiations wounding 17 people, officials said. eager to forge a stronger relation- “Now the visit of a high-pow- with Taliban insurgents as US-led Local senior administration ship with both civilian and mili- ered defence delegation from Nato forces prepare to withdraw official in Landi Kotal, Tayyab tary leaderships in Pakistan. Islamabad underlines a mutual by the end of next year. Abdullah, said authorities took The two-day US-Pakistan realisation in both Islamabad Support from Pakistan, which possession of the body parts of Defence Consultative Group and Washington that they must backed Afghanistan’s 1996-2001 bomber after the attack. Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a religious and political party, chant meeting, is expected to consider continue to work with each other Taliban regime, is seen as crucial He said the impact of the explo- slogans during a protest in Karachi yesterday. They demonstrated against various proposals for the proposed even after the US withdrawal to peace after Nato troops depart, sion led the roof of the hall to long-term partnership, outlined from Afghanistan,” a senior dip- but relations between the neigh- an attack on a mosque last week in Rawalpindi after sectarian clashes collapse. during initial meetings held since lomatic source said. bours remain uneasy. during a Muharram procession. AFP late last year. The Washington INTERNEWS AFP FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

AAP candidate Alert as storm hurtles caught in sting towards Andhra operation NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was yester- Authorities start evacuation from low-lying areas day jolted by a sting operation that showed some of its can- HYDERABAD: Andhra Rainfall at most places with The chief minister also directed didates including Shazia Ilmi Pradesh is bracing for cyclone isolated heavy to very heavy officials to take all precautionary accepting funds without proper Helen which is set to hit the falls would occur over remain- measures to evacuate people and verification, just days before the state’s coast today. ing districts of south coastal animals from low-lying areas. December 4 assembly elections People are being evacuated Andhra Pradesh Rayalseema A control room to monitor the in Delhi. from low-lying areas while and Telangana today and situation has been opened at the The sting carried out by “media authorities are taking other pre- tomorrow. state secretariat in Hyderabad. sarkar” shows Ilmi, the AAP cautionary measures to minimise Squally wind speeds reaching The control room numbers are candidate from south Delhi’s the damage from the cyclone in 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph 040-23456005, 23451043. R K Puram, willing to accept the Bay of Bengal. would prevail along and off south Nellore District Collector donations in cash without According to the Indian Andhra coast. The wind speed N Srikant held a meeting with receipt and offering to “adjust” Meteorological Department would gradually increase upto officials to review the situa- the amount as “salary for party (IMD), the severe cyclonic gale wind speed of 100-110 kmph, tion. He said 69 habitations in 11 volunteers”. storm will cross the coast near gusting to 120 kmph at the time ‘mandals’ were identified as low- Taking note of the video, AAP Machillipatnam around after- of landfall. lying and the people were being chief Arvind Kejriwal said the noon/evening today. The IMD has warned that evacuated. Two teams of National guilty would not be spared and The IMD has issued cyclone storm surge of about 1 to 1.5m Disaster response Force (NDRF) that there will be “no compromise warning to the Andhra Pradesh height would inundate the low were positioned in the district. against corruption”. coast. A bulletin by the IMD lying areas of west and east NDRF personnel have also “Some sting operations done last night said Helen, over west Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and reached Prakasam district. The on our candidates. Our team is central Bay of Bengal, moved adjoining areas of Prakasham dis- authorities had taken up evacua- looking into it. We will not spare slightly west-northwestwards trict at the time of landfall. tion of people from 28 villages to if anyone is guilty,” Kejriwal and lay centred at about 180km Sea conditions will be rough to relief camps. tweeted. east-southeast of Machillipatnam, very rough along and off south Heavy rains were lashing “We will walk the talk. There 300km east-northeast of Ongole Andhra coast. Extensive damage Rajahmundry and other parts would be absolutely no compro- and 180km south-southwest of to thatched roofs and huts and of East Godavari district since mise against corruption,” he Vishakhapatnam. minor damage to power and com- yesterday morning. Tidal waves added. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya It would move west by north- munication lines was expected washed away a part of sea wall Janata Party (BJP) took potshots westwards slowly for some due to uprooting of trees. at Uppada, flooding the beach at AAP and said the party’s greed time, then westward and cross Fishermen have been advised road and affecting the vehicular has been exposed. Andhra Pradesh coast near not to venture into the sea. The traffic. “Exposure of AAP party... Machillipatnam. authorities have hoisted warning Helen is threatening Andhra avarice is the root of all evils,” Under its influence, rainfall at signals at all ports along Andhra coast even as the state is yet to tweeted BJP spokesperson most places with heavy to very coast. recover from the massive dam- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. heavy showers at a few places Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar ages caused by ‘Phailin’ and heavy The video comes as a set- would occur over north coastal Reddy reviewed the situation in rains last month. back for AAP which is already Andhra Pradesh and adjoining coastal districts with top officials Andhra Pradesh has a nearly embroiled in a controversy over Guntur, Krishna, West Godavari at a meeting in Hyderabad. He 1,000km long coastline and the allegations of illegal foreign districts of south coastal Andhra directed the chief secretary to nine districts face cyclone threats funding and a tussle with Anna Pradesh during the next 48 hours. closely monitor the situation with every year, especially between Nasa satellite image shows Tropical Cyclone Helen approaching the Hazare over funds collected dur- Isolated extremely heavy rainfall all collectors of coastal districts to September and November. southeastern coast yesterday. ing the India Against Corruption (25cm or more) is also likely. face any emergency. IANS (IAC) movement. IANS Bid to end Modi accuses Congress of divisive politics stapled visa AGRA: BJP’s prime ministerial candi- The “Vijay Shankhnad” (victory Samaj Party are result of the Congress’ “India is not a poor nation. In fact, our date Narendra Modi yesterday accused announcement) rally at Kothi Meena Bazar sins. This nation is not poor, you need to country is the youngest with almost 65 per- the Congress of playing divisive politics ground here, was aimed at raising the pitch throw Congress, SP and BSP out,” Modi cent population being youth, but the unem- dispute and blamed it for India’s partition. for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the said. In his 40-minute speech, Modi also ployment problem still wants an answer,” “Congress has always played divisive poli- 2014 Lok Sabha polls. touched upon local issues like demand for he said. with China tics. At the time of independence, it divided At the rally, the BJP also honoured its an airport in Agra and problems of drinking “The poor do not have power but special the country,” the Gujarat chief minister Uttar Pradesh legislators Sangeet Som and water, power supply and unemployment. people have power supply 24x7. Due to coal NEW DELHI: India and China said at a rally here, attended by around Suresh Rana, accused of inciting violence Tourism in the Taj city had great poten- scam and corruption, power units have shut are trying to find a solution to one lakh people. during the Muzaffarnagar riots. tial and the industry could bring in at least down,” he said. the issue of China’s policy of “They (Congress) are not interested in Modi also hit out at both the state and $3bn in a couple of years, he said. BJP president Rajnath Singh, who issuing stapled visas to people development. They are habituated to play- central governments for lopsided develop- “Agra, which has the Yamuna river, suf- arrived towards the end of the rally, also from Arunachal Pradesh, a sen- ing vote bank politics... Appease 25 percent mental priorities and increasing corruption fers from shortage of drinking water, while criticised the ruling Samajwadi Party. ior official said here yesterday. of the population and ignore the rest 75 at all levels. perpetual power crisis affects industrial Modi aide Amit Shah was also present Taking part in an interac- percent,” he said. “The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan growth,” Modi said. on the dais. IANS tion on “Prime Minister’s visit to China” at Observer Research Foundation, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the ministry of external Slum fire affairs, Gautam Bambawale, who had accompanied Prime Minister ‘Terror group getting Manmohan Singh’s team to Beijing, said the issue was taken up by the prime minister with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang outside support’ during their talks, said a release. He said the prime ministers have tasked their officials to work NEW DELHI: Indian the serial blasts in Bodhgaya and out a solution. Mujahideen (IM) draws Patna, while the blast in Banglore “We are already on it. Let us its “motivation and suste- earlier this year was handiwork see,” he added. nance from inimical forces” of some misguided fundamen- Bambawale said there is a in Pakistan, Home Minister talist youth and remnants of need to find a practical solution Sushilkumar Shinde said Al Ummah. to the problem soon as many yesterday, holding the outfit He noted that all cases have sportspersons from Arunachal responsible for three major ter- been successfully worked out. Pradesh were not able to partici- ror attacks in the country this Intelligence Bureau chief Asif pate in sports events in China, year. Ibrahim, who spoke before Shinde, which increasingly organises such Addressing the annual said social media was being mis- events. He said to find a solution Directors General of Police used to foment trouble and cited both countries need to sort out Conference here, Shinde said the Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar the basic issue — that is, China India faces multifarious chal- Pradesh as an example. claims Arunachal to be a part of lenges to its internal security in Noting the Indian Mujahideen it and India considers the north- the form of militancy in Jammu was trying to forge a nexus with east state as an integral part and Kashmir, insurgency in the other terror groups, he said of the country. Bambawale said northeast, and the threat of Left- that the arrest of the outfit’s co- Manmohan Singh during his ten- wing extremism and terrorism in founder Yasin Bhatkal had led to ure of nearly 10 years had worked the hinterland. identification of perpetrators and hard with the Chinese leadership He also noted that some leaders unravelling of terror plots. to keep the relationship “stable of the United Liberation Front Shinde said six states had IANS and predictable”. A fire broke out at the Ambedkar Nagar slum in Mumbai yesterday. Several huts were gutted and many of Assam (ULFA) faction oppos- witnessed a rising trend in the families rendered homeless in the blaze near the World Trade Centre building. ing peace talks had taken refuge number of communal incidents in neighbouring countries, par- this year, of which the most dis- ticularly Myanmar, and effective turbing communal clashes took management was needed to pre- place in Muzaffarnagar and its vent trans-border movement of adjoining areas. Case over election posters in Delhi High Court such outfits. “In most of these states, the Shinde also warned that triggering factors for communal attempts were made to vitiate incidents were trivial in nature NEW DELHI: The city govern- posters” without regard to any Municipal Corporation of Delhi be of the pedestrian.” “The desire of communal harmony, especially in and could have been nipped in ment yesterday told the Delhi aesthetic sense or safety. restrained from removing posters the political parties to promote the states of Tamil Nadu, Bihar, the bud by effective, prompt and High Court that the desire of Lakshmi Krishanan, dep- from houses under the garb of the themselves can not supersede Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat unbiased administrative action,” the political parties to promote uty secretary in Delhi’s urban Delhi Prevention of Defacement the larger public interest in the and Uttar Pradesh. he said. themselves “cannot supersede development department, filed of Property (DPDP) Act, 2007. need for orderly display of adver- “Indian Mujahideen, which He called on district officials the larger public interest” as far a response on a PIL by Aam Asking the court to dismiss the tisement materials,” the affidavit draws its motivation and suste- to put in place an early warning as the need for orderly display Aadmi Party (AAP) challenging plea, the Delhi government said: added. nance from inimical forces oper- system for immediate detection of of advertisements is concerned. the move to remove its posters “No city whether it be the capital Advocate Prashant Bhushan, ating from across the western communal issues and constantly Submitting an affidavit from the houses of people willing of the country or a small town can appearing for the party, had said border, has been responsible for engage with communities, partic- before a division bench of Chief to put them up. be allowed to become a jungle of that this move is denial of the three out of four major terror ularly in disturbance-prone areas. Justice N V Ramana and Justice AAP and two residents, posters/banners/hoarding/adver- right to freedom of speech of the attacks in our hinterland this He also referred to the misuse of Manmohan, the Delhi govern- willing to put up posters out- tisements without regard to any citizen and the restriction should year,” he said. social media in fanning trouble in ment stated that no city can be side their homes, had asked aesthetic sense of safety of the be set aside immediately as cam- He blamed the IM for the Muzaffarnagar. allowed to “become a jungle of the court that police and the drivers of vehicles or convenience paigning is going on. IANS Hyderabad twin blasts as well as IANS FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Polish delegate visits QC IMF: GCC needs reforms to curb unemployment Joblessness in Qatar, Kuwait low

DOHA: The six Gulf be generated for nationals by Cooperation Council states may 2018. see unemployment among their Though GCC countries have citizens rise in coming years increased efforts to give jobs to unless more nationals find their nationals by cracking down jobs in the private sector, the on illegal hiring of foreign work- International Monetary Fund ers and through quotas, it has said on Wednesday. yielded mixed results so far, the However, unemployment in IMF said. Qatar and Kuwait has remained The IMF said the Gulf states low on account of a relatively should improve restrictive labour small national population that rules such as sponsorship systems is largely employed in the public which make it hard for foreign sector. workers to change jobs and nego- Over the past few decades, GCC tiate wages. Fees imposed for the economies have relied on imports employment of foreign workers of cheap foreign labour to achieve could also help to narrow the The Vice Chairman of Qatar Chamber (QC), Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari (third right), addressing a meeting with a Polish trade mission development goals, while nation- wage differential with local citi- at QC headquarters in Doha, yesterday. Present are Bozena Czaja, Member of the Board of Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PIFIA), als find cushy jobs in the public zens, the IMF said. Dr Arkadiusz Tarnowski, Deputy Director of Regional Development PIFIA, and other officials. Qatar and Poland have signed several agreements to sector. But this model is unlikely Financial services and manu- strengthen bilateral trade, and Poland is set to import one million tonnes of LNG annually for 20 years from next year. ABDUL BASIT to be sustainable. facturing (mainly petrochemi- “With a rapidly growing young cals) have also contributed to population, private sector job growth, but with a modest impact creation for GCC nationals has on the employment of high-skilled become a challenge and unem- workers in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, ployment could rise in the com- and Saudi Arabia. Capital invest- QE index gains 70.60 points this week ing years unless more nationals ment and labour force growth find jobs in the private sector,” have been the main drivers of DOHA: Qatar Exchange index Industries accounted for 24.05 car bombing killed at least 10 sol- The Egyptian index also faced IMF said in its report on GCC growth in the non-oil sector of gained 70.60 points (0.69 per- percent. Banks and financial serv- diers in the Sinai Peninsula and resistance after closing near the economies. GCC countries over the past two cent) this week when the bourse ices accounted for 23.61 percent four policemen were wounded by psychologically important level of Between 2000 and 2010, about decades, while total factor pro- closed at 10,283.00 points here and consumer goods and services a hand grenade at a checkpoint 6,500 points in the previous ses- 7 million jobs were created in ductivity (TFP) — a measure of last afternoon. accounted for 12.01 percent. near Cairo. sion, Mourad added. the GCC (excluding the UAE, how efficiently capital and labour The trading value of Real estate led the traded vol- Egyptian stocks have been on Dubai’s main index briefly rose for which data are unavailable). inputs are being used in the pro- QR2,596,305,635.52 this week is ume this week with 38.22% of the rise since the ouster of former yesterday above 2,900 points, an About 5.4 million of these jobs duction process — has generally an increase by 37.45 percent com- the total traded volume. Banks president Mohammed Mursi in area of major technical resistance were in the private sector, while declined. pared to QR1,888,872,301.67 reg- and financial services sector July, driven largely by local retail established in late October and only 1.6 million jobs were in the The negative TFP growth may istered last week. accounted for 17.27 percent. investors who support the new early November, but then came public sector. Of the 5.4 mil- reflect constraints on absorption The trading volume of Telecoms accounted for 14.59 per- army-backed government - but off its highs to close at 2,891 lion private-sector jobs created, capacity and potential weaknesses 82,015,809 shares was an increase cent, and industries accounted for are wary of any escalation of points, up just 0.1 percent. nearly 88 percent were filled by in the quality of public spending by 47.43 percent compared to 14.44 percent. violence. Many of the stocks that had foreign workers. In the public that limit the growth impact of 55,631,366 shares last week, while Elsewhere in the region, “Yesterday was a dramatic day lifted the index 1.1 percent on sector, nearly 70 percent of the investment. the number of 35,140 transactions Bahrain’s index climbed 0.7 per- and the country has entered a Wednesday closed in the red. 1.6 million new jobs were filled by In Qatar, while the growth is was an increase 31.66 percent cent yesterday as Ahli United period of mourning,” said Cairo- Developer Emaar was down 0.3 nationals. about 14.5 percent between 200- compared to 26,689 transactions. Bank recovered, after dropping based independent financial ana- percent, telecommunications The GCC labour force could 2012, the TFP is just 0.2 percent. The market capitalization of 2.2 percent in the previous ses- lyst Osama Mourad. operator du dropped 1.3 percent grow 3 percent to 4 percent each The capital investment for the QR553,188,359,998.46 was an sion following announcements of Before the attacks, the index and Mahsreq bank lost 7.8 per- year, so an additional 1.2 million period was 6 percent and labour increase by 0.62 percent com- share sales by “key persons” - a was rallying on hopes for fresh cent. In the short term, further to 1.6 million GCC citizens could force growth was 8.6 percent. pared to QR549,780,114,049.06 at legal term for board members and financial aid from the Gulf states gains in Dubai may well depend enter the labour market by 2018, Labour productivity, estimated the end of the previous week. top executives. and against a backdrop of increas- on whether the emirate is suc- it estimated. If the current share as non-oil output per worker, has Real estate led the traded Egypt’s main stock index ing stability and security — a cessful in its bid to host the Expo of nationals in the private sec- also declined in many GCC coun- value this week with 28.16 per- ended a week-long rally yesterday, perception which, at least tempo- 2020 world fair. tor is merely to stay flat, about tries including Qatar. cent of the total traded value. falling 0.6 percent after a suicide rarily, was dented on Wednesday. QNA/REUTERS 600,000 private-sector jobs must THE PENINSULA

In search of oil and gas Qatar Airways Dubai seeks global help to reform awqaf shifts to Amadeus DUBAI: Dubai is in talks with property or bank deposits that South Africa and New Zealand Islamic endowments in coun- earn miniscule or even zero to discuss how to modernise the Altéa departure tries as far afield as South returns, imposing economic costs industry. Africa and New Zealand to pro- on local economies. Dubai plans to establish an control system mote its drive for the industry Dubai, which is seeking to international body in the emirate DOHA/DUBAI: Amadeus, to become more efficient and expand in many areas of Islamic during the first half of next year a leading technology partner profit-oriented, a government business, wants to become a cen- that would handle such coopera- for the global travel industry, official said. tre for modernising awqaf and tion. It would be managed jointly and Qatar Airways yester- Islamic endowments, or awqaf, coordinating their activities in by members and include non- day announced the airline’s receive donations from Muslims order to make them more finan- awqaf charities that operated in successful migration to Altéa around the world to operate social cially successful. similar ways, Al Rayes said. Departure Control – Flight projects such as mosques, schools “There is a lot of waste,” Tayeb “It’s an authority to look into Management and Customer and welfare schemes. Abdel Rahman Al Rayes, secre- best practices for all member Management. They have amassed huge hold- tary-general of Dubai’s Awqaf countries,” he said in an interview Amadeus said in a release the ings of real estate, commercial and Minors Affairs Foundation at his offices. move will enhance the airline’s enterprises, cash, equities and (AMAF), said of the global awqaf “We want to create an estab- efficiency in flight operations and other assets, which according to a sector. Assets are “not utilised lishment that will bring all awqaf customer service, while reducing Dubai government estimate total properly”. together but won’t exclude any costs. “The successful migration $1 trillion globally. Al Rayes said AMAF was in other organisation. The members of Qatar Airways to Amadeus But the management of these touch with awqaf in the neigh- will run this entity — we are only Altéa Departure Control – assets remains primitive in many bouring emirate of Sharjah and there to set it up.” Customer Management and cases; money is often tied up in countries including Bahrain, REUTERS Flight Management is a strategic step towards the transformation of our IT system,” said CIO of Qatar Airways, Srinivasan A T. “Today’s advanced technology helps us to provide airlines with Oil prices rise amid Iran talks, Fed outlook the right solutions to enhance customer experience as well as LONDON: Oil prices rose yes- said yesterday that “serious minutes of the last Federal increase the carriers’ efficiency terday as markets reacted to issues” continue to divide Tehran Reserve meeting, which showed and reduce costs,” said Amadeus developments over Iran, the and world powers in talks over the US central bank has consid- SVP and Chief Technology outlook for Federal Reserve the country’s nuclear drive after ered the possibility of tapering its Adviser to the CEO in the Middle stimulus and Chinese manufac- a “very useful” session in Geneva. huge stimulus programme in the East and Asia, François Weissert. turing data. The EU said they had been coming months. “This is a significant mile- New York’s main contract, “very substantial and detailed”. The minutes were published stone not only for Amadeus and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) The talks, the third since on Wednesday and after the Qatar but for the airline indus- for delivery in January, climbed 32 President Hassan Rouhani took Department of Energy said US try in the region as a whole. A rig contracted by Apache Corp drills a horizontal well in search of oil cents to $94.17 a barrel. office, are aimed at getting major commercial crude inventories had Altéa Departure Control is the and natural gas in the Wolfcamp shale in the Permian Basin in West Brent North Sea crude for crude exporter Iran to scale back risen 400,000 barrels last week — industry’s leading solution trans- Texas. At a dusty oilfield, Apache Corp has eliminated its reliance on January edged up 17 cents to some of its nuclear programme lower than market expectations of forming how airlines manage pas- what arguably could be the biggest long-term constraint for fracking stand at $108.23 a barrel in in exchange for minor sanctions a gain of 700,000 barrels. sengers,” he added. wells in the arid western US: scarce freshwater. London midday deals. relief. The US is the world’s biggest THE PENINSULA A senior Iranian negotiator Oil traders reacted also to consumer of crude. AFP FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Moderate growth for Hong Kong Yellen likely Merkel gives to be first in to minimum US woman to chair Fed wage demand WASHINGTON: The US Senate Banking Committee yesterday approved Janet Yellen’s nomination to become Coalition insists €8.50 hourly pay the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, sending it to BERLIN: Germany is set to Merkel’s party favours sepa- the full Senate for a final vote. introduce a national minimum rate pay deals by industrial sec- If she is confirmed, as is widely wage, conservative Chancellor tor and region, arguing that a expected, the current No. 2 at the Angela Merkel said yesterday, national minimum wage would US central bank will replace its giving in to a key demand by harm many small and medium- chairman, Ben Bernanke, when her likely centre-left governing sized businesses and could force his term expires on January 31, partners. them to lay off workers. making her the most powerful “The Social Democrats will not A patchwork of existing pay woman in world finance. conclude negotiations without a deals has set minimum wages for The vote was 14 in favor and 8 universal legal minimum wage,” a dozen industrial and service sec- against. Three Republicans voted she said about ongoing talks to tors, including cleaners, electri- in favour of her nomination and form a ‘grand coalition’ govern- cians and security guards. Commuters travel on the Star Ferry in Victoria Harbour from Kowloon to Hong Kong island (background) one Democrat voted against. ment since a September election. Minimum wage levels are often yesterday. Hong Kong’s economy grew moderately year-on-year in the third quarter as domestic demand Nominated by President She stressed that her Christian higher in western states than in and resilient growth in the mainland Chinese market offset a weaker environment in the West, officials said. Barack Obama, Yellen is viewed Democratic Union (CDU) party the economically weaker states as a monetary policy dove who does not agree with the step and of the former communist East puts more weight on driving added that she and her party Germany. Caregivers, for exam- down high unemployment than would “try everything to pre- ple, earn ¤9 an hour in the west on the risk this will ignite future vent the loss of jobs through this but only ¤8 in the east. inflation. measure”. Both Germany’s major parties Russian tycoon joins race to She will preside over a central Merkel won September 22 aim to end their talks, which have bank that has taken dramatic and elections but fell narrowly short been split into separate working unconventional steps to spur US of a governing majority, forcing groups, next week, with the aim growth and hiring, measures that her CDU and its Bavarian part- of forming a government before buy German oil and gas unit have stirred fierce complaints ners the CSU to enter into tough the end of the year. among critics fearful of future coalition talks with the Social Merkel, meanwhile, insisted on FRANKFURT/DUBAI: March it planned to sell DEA to arm of Kuwait Petroleum Corp to inflation and the potential for Democratic Party (SPD). her own party’s red-line issue of Russian billionaire Mikhail save billions of euros it would oth- jointly bid for DEA, which could asset price bubbles. In the talks, SPD chief Sigmar not raising taxes and stressed she Fridman has teamed up with erwise have to invest in explora- reap a valuation of up to ¤5bn, The Fed has held benchmark Gabriel, Merkel’s likely future wanted a halt to new debt by 2015. other investors to bid for tion and production. sources familiar with the matter US interest rates near zero since vice chancellor, has insisted on She argued that balanced budg- German utility RWE’s oil and Fridman, flush with cash after said earlier this month. late 2008 and has quadrupled the the party’s core demand of a ets help maintain investor confi- gas unit DEA, three people the sale of Anglo-Russian oil ven- BASF’s Wintershall has said in size of its balance sheet to $3.9 nationwide minimum wage of at dence and global competitiveness familiar with the deal said. ture TNK-BP to state-controlled the past that it is interested in trillion through three massive least ¤8.50 ($11.40) per hour to and added that “Europe’s prob- “A Fridman-led consortium Rosneft, has set up a new invest- the asset. It will not tie up with its bond purchase campaigns aimed help Germany’s growing army of lem is that we’ve promised almost is preparing to hand in a bid for ment vehicle that plans to pump Russian partner Gazprom in the at lowering the cost of long-term working poor. everything so far and have kept DEA by the Christmas deadline”, as much as $20bn into energy bidding, two people familiar with borrowing. The SPD has promised to put very little of it”. one of the people said. investments over the next three the company’s plans said. This has made the Fed a target any coalition deal up for a vote to Addressing a Berlin business Fridman is acting through his to five years. Separately, investors such for Republican lawmakers wor- its sceptical party base of almost forum organised by Munich news- investment vehicle L1 Energy, The energy fund, called L1 as Blackstone and utilities like ried that these ultra-easy policies half a million members, many of paper publisher Sueddeutsche another of the sources said. Energy and run by Fridman’s Britain’s Centrica are seen as have enabled big spending by the whom do not want their blue- Zeitung, she said a grand coali- RWE, suffering from loss- partner German Khan, is still potential bidders. Obama administration. collar party to govern in Merkel’s tion was “not the heart’s desire of making power plants, a boom in in its early stages and has yet to By contrast, Qatar Petroleum “The long-term costs of these shadow, but whose consent would politicians” but had resulted from renewable power and ¤30.8bn make any investments. International’s (QPI) interest policies are unclear and frankly be needed. the election outcome. AFP ($41.5bn) in net debt, said in DEA could make a good stra- in DEA has cooled as Qatar had worrisome,” Republican Senator tegic fit for L1 Energy as it would backed overthrown Egyptian Michael Crapo told the committee enable large-scale diversification President Mursi. Many of DEA’s before voting ‘no’. away from Russia. Fridman has assets are in Egypt. Despite those concerns, she is a track record of buying assets RWE declined to comment, as expected to handily win confir- cheaply and seeking to add value. did Stan Polovets, lead director mation when the full Senate con- US private equity firm KKR has of L1 Energy and CEO of AAR. siders her nomination, likely in teamed up with the international REUTERS December. REUTERS

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Rashed Al Qemzi (UAE) Team UAE 15 pts the pair had unfortunately been Nations Cup drawn together. 7. Saud Hamad (KSA) Team Saudi Arabia 14 pts on Corniche in But Al Kuwari was in inspired 8. Naeem Al Kedawi (KSA) Team Saudi Arabia 12 pts Doha, yesterday. form and he disposed of Team 8. Mohammed Al Obaidly (QAT) Team Qatar 12 pts Khalid finished UAE’s Rashed Al Qemzi in his 10. Stian Slattendalen (NOR) Team Norway 0 pts first followed by quarterfinal and then beat the 10. Christian Carlsen (NOR) Team Norway 0 pts Abdrei, while second Emirati, Mohammed 2013 F-4S Eurofin Trophy – current positions Lebos Chaguri Al-Mehairbi, in a tense semi- 1. Mike Szymura (DEU) Atlantic Team/Interpass/GC 92 pts final to set up a final clash with came third. Race 2. Niklas Friberg (SWE) Team Azerbaijan 58 pts Panyushkin in fading light on action begins 3. Bincheng Wu (CHN) CTIC China Team 50 pts Doha Bay. today at 8.45am. Team Russia will now take a 4. 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Team UAE 31 pts chequered flag for the 20-minute Sports Federation (QMSF), and Team UAE’s Mohammed Al Mehairbi to set up the final show- 10.00 – 11.00 F1 free practice 4. Team Saudi Arabia 26 pts race in a similar position. which runs under the presidency Mehairbi claimed the quickest down and Panyushkin pipped his 13.10 – 13.30 Nations Cup sprint race Sixteen-year-old Italian rookie of Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al time from Team Norway’s Stian team mate to reach the final. 14.00 – 15.00 F1 qualifying sessions 4. Team Lebanon 20 pts Alberto Comparato reached the Thani. Slattendalen. THE PENINSULA 15.10 – 15.30 Nations Cup sprint race 5. Team Norway 0 pts

GCC Volleyball Championship begins tomorrow in Doha Steady Indiana edge New York in overtime

NEW YORK: The Indiana Pacers came out ice cold against a revenge-minded New York Knicks team yesterday but showed their class and put the NBA on notice with a hot finish that produced another notch in the win column. Indiana missed their first seven shots and fell 13-0 behind a Knicks team eliminated from last year’s playoffs by the Pacers, and which had lost their last four home games in struggling to a dis- appointing 3-7 start this season. The Pacers refused to fold and worked their way back to force overtime at Madison Square Garden and win going away, 103- 96, behind a spectacular finish by Walid Abdulla Aman (left), Secretary General of the 9th GCC Volleyball Champions speaking during a press conference in Doha, forward Paul George. yesterday. The tournament kicks off tomorrow, while the final will be held on November 30. Besides hosts Qatar, the championship Indiana, who last year battled will feature Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. Also seen are Khalid Ali Al Mulawi (second left), Chairman of the Organising champions Miami Heat to seven games in the Eastern Conference Committee, Mohammed Ali Al Muhannadi (second right), Director of the tournament and Abdulaziz Ahmed Marafi, Chairman of finals, improved to a joint NBA- the Media Committee. PICTURE BY: SHAIVAL DALAL best 10-1 record as they bounced back from their first loss of the season on Saturday to the Chicago Bulls. Penguins shut QAF and Aspire Academy ink MoU “Heck of a win for our guys,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel told out Capitals reporters. “Grind it out kind of game. The WASHINGTON: Even Sidney offense wasn’t really flowing, but Crosby acknowledged his goal our defense buckled down. I’m - and the lickety-split series of proud to get a ‘W’ (win). passes that led up to it - was “Paul George was sensational, “fun” and “one of the nicer ones.” not only carrying the offensive Crosby delivered that high- load the way he did, but covering light-reel goal and an assist as Carmelo Anthony for basically 48 Pittsburgh Penguins ended a minutes. I don’t know where he three-game road losing streak by finds the energy but it’s special.” beating the Washington Capitals AFP 4-0 yesterday. Crosby’s one-timer from a tough angle while leaning on his NBA Results left knee capped quite a sequence Charlotte 95 Brooklyn 91 of touches. When the puck flew Washington 98 Cleveland 91 past goalie Braden Holtby with Indiana 103 NY Knicks 96 29 seconds left in the third period Miami 120 Orlando 92 to make it 3-0, Crosby raised his Toronto 108 Philadelphia 98 fists, threw his head back and let Atlanta 93 Detroit 85 out a yell. “It’s tough to get those,” Crosby said. AGENCIES Portland 91 Milwaukee 82 LA Clippers 102 Minnesota 98 NHL Results New Orleans 105 Utah 98 Minnesota 4 Ottawa 3 Dahlan Al Hamad (right), President of Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) and Chris Earle, San Antonio 104 Boston 93 Pittsburgh 4 Washington 0 Director of Sports at Aspire Academy during the MoU signing ceremony at Aspire Academy Sacramento 113 Phoenix 106 Columbus 2 Calgary 1 in Doha yesterday. PICTURE BY: SHAIVAL DALAL Dallas 123 Houston 120 New Jersey 4 Anaheim 3 Memphis 88 Golden State 81 FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Football Fixtures (All times GMT) Uruguay qualify for English Premier League Tomorrow Everton vs Liverpool (1245) Arsenal vs Southampton (1500) Fulham vs Swansea City (1500) 2014 World Cup Hull City vs Crystal Palace (1500) Newcastle United vs Norwich City (1500) Stoke City vs Sunderland (1500) Last of 32 teams to secure Brazil berth West Ham United vs Chelsea (1730) Sunday Manchester City vs MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay “(Jordan) got what they Tottenham Hotspur (1330) sealed their spot at the 2014 Teams qualified for wanted, a dignified role and a Cardiff City vs Manchester United (1600) World Cup finals after a goal- result that I suppose for them less draw at home to Jordan in the 2014 World Cup is very important,” coach Oscar November 25 the second leg of their intercon- PARIS: The 32 teams who will play at the Tabarez told the post-match news West Bromwich Albion vs Aston Villa (2000) 2014 World Cup after Uruguay filled the final tinental play-off on Wednesday conference. Scottish Premiership night saw them advance 5-0 on qualifying berth on Tuesday. Draw for the “We must accept ... that the Tomorrow aggregate. tournament is on December 6: main reason why we couldn’t win Uruguay, the last of the 32 EUROPE: Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, was our rivals’ good tactics.” St. Mirren vs Hibernian (1245) teams to book their place at the Germany, Switzerland, Spain, England, Jordan’s Egyptian coach Celtic vs Aberdeen (1500) finals in Brazil, had all but secured Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Hossam Hassan was pleased with Dundee United vs Partick Thistle (1500) Greece, Portugal, France their berth with a crushing 5-0 his team’s reaction to their pun- Hearts vs Ross County (1500) victory in the first leg in Amman ASIA: Japan, Australia, Iran, South Korea ishing defeat at home. Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs St. last week. SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil (hosts), Argentina, “We played very well, we met a Johnstone (1500) “We’re all happy because the Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay very good team, very strong, with Kilmarnock vs Motherwell (1500) truth is it’s been a hard road,” CONCACAF: United States, Costa Rica, players from different parts of the Diego Godin (left) and Luis Suarez of Uruguay celebrate at the end striker Edinson Cavani told Honduras, Mexico world,” Hassan said. of their 2014 World Cup qualifying play-off second leg match against La Liga reporters after Uruguay’s 18th “I want Uruguay to have a good AFRICA: Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Jordan in Montevideo on Wednesday night. Today match of the qualifying campaign. World Cup in Brazil.” Ghana, Algeria “We have to enjoy it.” Before kickoff, the crowd at Real Valladolid vs Osasuna (2000) OCEANIA: No qualifiers Left back Martin Caceres sug- the Centenario were treated to a these people here and it’s very first half and were more daring Tomorrow gested that winning the first leg video of Alcides Ghiggia’s winning emotional for me.” after the break. It was the fourth Barcelona vs Granada CF (1500) by such a big margin had made overturning the deficit, Jordan goal when Uruguay upset Brazil Jordan’s packed defence gave World Cup qualifying campaign in Real Sociedad vs Celta Vigo (1700) it harder to concentrate in the defended deep and in numbers 2-1 at the Maracana to win their 2010 semi-finalists Uruguay few a row in which Uruguay went into Almeria vs Real Madrid (1900) second. on Wednesday, denying the South second World Cup in 1950, the last openings. a playoff, having finished fifth in “After winning 5-0 it was going Americans scoring chances and time their northern neighbours Cavani, who scored a sublime the South American group behind Atletico Madrid vs Getafe (2100) to get complicated, we knew we making sure there would be no hosted the finals. free kick in the first leg, had two Argentina, Colombia, Chile and On Sunday had to take the match seriously,” repeat of the 5-0 mauling. The 86-year-old, the sole sur- efforts that went over the bar Ecuador. Levante vs Villarreal (1100) he added. The closest the home side came vivor of that “Maracanazo” team, while Luis Suarez worked tire- Uruguay reached the 2002 Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol (1600) “We’d have liked to give the to scoring was when centre back also spoke to the crowd ahead of lessly to find openings but often finals by beating Australia, but Elche vs Valencia (1800) crowd a triumph and at least one Diego Godin headed against the the game. found himself forced out wide. lost to the same opponents in goal to shout about but it wasn’t bar just before halftime, but the “At the Maracana (final) there Uruguay captain Diego Lugano the campaign for Germany 2006. Sevilla vs Real Betis (2000) to be, that’s football.” lack of goals failed to dampen cel- were 30 Uruguayans,” he said in headed a corner wide of the far They went to the 2010 finals in November 25 Despite needing to score at ebrations on the pitch or among the centre circle. “Today I have post just past the hour and Jordan South Africa after overcoming Malaga vs Athletic Club (2100) least five to have any hope of the crowd of 60,000 in the stands. the luck to celebrate with all took heart from the scoreless Costa Rica. AFP Ligue 1 Today Ajaccio vs Olympique Marseille (1930) Tomorrow Stade de Reims vs Paris St Germain (1600) Evian Thonon Gaillard FC vs FC Lorient Delaveau shines at Al Shaqab Arena (1900) Sochaux vs Bastia (1900) DOHA: Patrice Delaveau of Montpellier HSC vs En Avant Guingamp France and Carinjo HDC yes- (1900) terday produced a superb show Olympique Lyon vs Valenciennes (1900) of grit and control to grab Stade Rennes vs Girondins Bordeaux (1900) the limelight at yesterday’s star-studded Longines Global November 24 Champions Tour 5* 1.55m Lille vs Toulouse (1300) International Class. Nice vs St Etienne (1600) With every rider in the Nantes vs Monaco (2000) 14-strong jump-off setting an increasingly fast time, Delaveau, Bundesliga who was last to jump in the sec- Today ond round, had to push hard and VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia go for very tight lines in order to Moenchengladbach (1930) win. Tomorrow In second place, Harrie Nuremberg vs VfL Wolfsburg (1430) Smolders and the feisty mare Regina Z and third-placed Eintracht Braunschweig vs Freiburg (1430) Edwina Tops Alexander with Eintracht Frankfurt vs Schalke 04 (1430) Erenice Horta did their best but FC Augsburg vs Hoffenheim (1430) were pipped at the post by the Hertha Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen (1430) super fast Frenchman. With a tricky and technical Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich first round course to contend (1730) with from world-renowned course November 24 builder Uliano Vezzani, poles Hamburg SV vs Hanover 96 (1430) were lowered throughout with Werder Bremen vs Mainz (1630) no ‘bogey fence’ presenting itself. Serie A The jump-off course was a Action from the first day of the Longines Global Champions Tour final leg at Al Shaqab Arena in Doha yesterday. Today’s action begins at 2.00pm. Tomorrow mixture of long gallops and tight The Longines Global Champions Tour overall champion will be crowned on Saturday. turns which saw 10 combinations Verona vs Chievo Verona (1700) complete a double clear. AC Milan v Genoa (1945) Strong combinations such Smolders took another second Roger Yves Bost and Castle Forbes Attiyah (Ultimo) and Faleh But Sheikh Ali spoke of his Napoli vs Parma (1945) as Daniel Deusser and Cornet off Van Paesschen’s time with his Cosma was just 0.4s behind in Suwead Al Ajami (Come Soon) pride at the Longines Global d’Amour as well as Michael second round and looked like he second with Germany’s Johannes as they finished in 4th and 6th Champions Tour staging its final November 24 Whitaker and Amai stretched would be very tough to beat. Ehning (Cayenne) in third place. positions respectively. leg of 2013 at Al Shaqab. Livorno vs Juventus (1400) their legs, demonstrating all But leaving the best for last, All the three top riders exhib- Al Attiyah and Al Ajami later “It means a lot for Qatar Sampdoria vs Lazio (1400) the skill necessary to dominate Delaveau took 0.3 seconds off ited flawless routines at Al joined the top riders at the prize because we always want to Sassuolo vs Atalanta Bergamo (1400) tomorrow night’s Grand Prix. Smolder’s time. The intensity Shaqab that was drenched by the giving ceremony. improve the sport. This is a big Torino vs Catania (1400) In the jump-off, Luciana Diniz, of the class grew with each new downpour on Wednesday but the Qatar’s leading rider Sheikh name to have the GCT for Qatar who finished 5th, set the pace round. groundstaff readied the facility Ali bin Khaled Al Thani and his and it is good for the Global Tour Udinese vs Fiorentina (1400) from second to go until Constant Earlier, Juan Carlos Garcia of for action yesterday. the eye-catching mount Sieshof’s to come here” Sheikh Ali said, Bologna vs Inter Milan (1945) van Paesschen shaved a second Italy and his impressive mount There was early success in the Abraksas picked up an unfortu- during the prize distribution November 25 off her time from the middle of Paulin took the opening 5* class. event on home soil for local Qatari nate time fault in the first round ceremony. AS Roma vs Cagliari (1945) the draw. Current European champion riders Hamad Ali Mohamed Al of this evening’s class. THE PENINSULA Dutch championship Tomorrow PSV Eindhoven vs Heerenveen (1745) AZ Alkmaar vs Roda JC Kerkrade (1845) SC Cambuur vs NEC Nijmegen (1845) Ajax Amsterdam vs Heracles Almelo (1945) November 24 Utrecht vs ADO Den Haag (1130) RKC Waalwijk vs Feyenoord (1130) Groningen vs PEC Zwolle (1330) Go Ahead Eagles Deventer vs Vitesse Arnhem (1330) Twente Enschede vs NAC Breda (1530) Belgian championship Tomorrow Charleroi vs Anderlecht (1700) Ghent vs Waasland-Beveren (1900) Cercle Bruges vs Lierse (1900) OH Leuven vs Kortrijk (1900) Action from the Al Wakra Cup trophy at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC), in Doha yesterday. Jockey David Bouland guided Fouladh to Al Wakra Oostende vs Racing Genk (1900) Cup win ahead of Laheeb - ridden by Darren Williams - and Thawi - who was Zulte Waregem vs Mechelen (1900) piloted by Gerald Avranche at QREC. Bouland won the top prize worth QR 57,000 November 24 for his effort. A total of nine races were held in what was the sixth race meeting Lokeren vs Club Bruges (1700) at QREC. RIGHT: Bouland celebrates his win. Standard Liege vs Mons-Bergen (1930) FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Brilliant Broad silences Brisbane Australia 273 for 8 as all-rounder rips through top order; Haddin leads fightback

BRISBANE: England paceman the guys.” Opener Warner had Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, Scoreboard looked dangerous in building a chants and catcalls of a hostile score of 49 with some choice shots Gabba crowd to take five wick- Australia (I innings): Extras (LB11, W1, NB1) ...... 13 but he threw it all away when he ets and leave Australia cling- Chris Rogers c Bell b Broad ...... 1 Total (8 wkts; 90 overs) ...... 273 swatted a Broad delivery straight ing on at 273 for eight on the David Warner c Pietersen b Broad ...... 49 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-71, 3-73, 4-83, to Kevin Pietersen in the covers. first day of the first Ashes Test Shane Watson c Swann b Broad ...... 22 5-100, 6-132, 7-246, 8-265 James Anderson then pitched in yesterday. Michael Clarke c Bell b Broad ...... 1 Bowling: Anderson 22-5-61-2, Broad 20-3- to remove debutant George Bailey Cast as a villain in Australia Steve Smith c Cook b Tremlett ...... 31 65-5 (1nb, 1w), Tremlett 19-3-51-1, Swann for three before Chris Tremlett, after his failure to walk at Trent George Bailey c Cook b Anderson ...... 3 26-4-80-0, Root 3-1-5-0 the third England quick, curtailed Bridge earlier this year, Broad Brad Haddin (batting) ...... 78 To bat: Nathan Lyon. a promising innings from Steve skittled Australia’s top order with Mitchell Johnson b Broad ...... 64 England: AN Cook, MA Carberry, IJL Trott, KP Smith for 31. his first four wickets and returned Peter Siddle c Cook b Anderson ...... 7 Pietersen, IR Bell, JE Root, MJ Prior, SCJ Broad, Haddin, whose half century was with the second new ball to end a Ryan Harris (batting) ...... 4 GP Swann, JM Anderson, CT Tremlett his 13th in Tests, was forced to Brad Haddin-inspired rearguard. combine with Johnson, recalled “After losing the toss on what definitely par for today. We want Watson, whose preparations for his pace bowling rather than looked like a fantastic batting to get 300-plus and we think that for the series were disrupted by his batting prowess, to stem the wicket and to get eight wickets definitely is a good score to have.” a hamstring injury, looked like flow of wickets. in that day, the guys are tired Australia won the toss and reaching lunch with his wicket Johnson hit six fours and two in there but they are absolutely decided to bat on a bright, sunny intact until Broad intervened. huge sixes for his eighth Test 50 delighted,” Broad told reporters. morning at the Gabba and the The all-rounder pushed at a before Broad shattered his wick- “We probably weren’t at our booing of Broad, branded a “smug ball he could have left and edged ets to complete his 11th Test five- best but if you’d given us 260 for Pommy cheat” on the front page it to Graeme Swann at second wicket haul. eight at the start of the day we’d of the local Courier-Mail news- slip, swatting his bat in disgust Despite something of a disap- have snapped your hand off.” paper, contributed to a festive at the manner and timing of his pointing day, Australia can look Australia came into the match atmosphere. dismissal for 22. to the corresponding Gabba Test boasting of a renewed confidence “Good fun,” grinned Broad, who Australia captain Clarke faced in the 2010-11 series for some but a batting collapse from 71 for brought the paper into the news seven balls after lunch before he comfort. the loss of a single wicket to 132-6 conference with him. was making his way back to the England were bowled out for looked like very much like their “It’s all good banter, at the end pavilion with one run to his name 260 on the opening day three performances in the 3-0 defeat in of the day fans come, they like to after he popped a catch to Ian Bell years ago but battled back for a England earlier this year. have a beer with their mates and at short leg off the first short ball draw, carrying the momentum Haddin bucked that trend, sing along but they want to see Broad fired at him. from that recovery to clinch the however, sharing a 114-run sev- good cricket and I think they’ve “We know what a world class series 3-1. enth wicket stand with Mitchell seen really good cricket.” player he is, and to get him “I think we’re in a great posi- Johnson (64) and was unbeaten Opener Chris Rogers was the cheaply in the first innings of tion,” Johnson added. on 78 when stumps were drawn. first victim of the bounce Broad the first Test means a lot to the “We have two wickets in hand He will resume on day two with managed to generate from the team,” said Broad, who has dis- and we can put some more runs Ryan Harris, who had scored four. Gabba track but it was the dis- missed Clarke six times in his last on the board. “We fought back very hard,” missals of Shane Watson, Michael eight innings. “The wicket has definitely Johnson said. “That was quite Clarke and David Warner around “When it hit him and went to quickened up and there’s some England’s paceman Stuart Broad shows the ball to the spectators after important, had to really dig in. lunch that shifted the momentum Belly, you saw the reaction of the swing out there.” taking the fifth wicket during day one of the first Ashes Test match against “The position we’re in is firmly in England’s favour. team and how much it meant to AFP Australia at the Gabba Cricket Ground in Brisbane, yesterday. Perera, Dilshan fire Sri Lanka India register six-wicket Sri Lanka’s captain to T20 win Dinesh Chandimal poses with the PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: win against West Indies trophy after vic- Kusal Perera and Tillakaratne tory in the sec- Dilshan hit aggressive half- ond Twenty20 KOCHI: After outclassing the at an average of 122.75, smashed centuries as hosts Sri Lanka match against West Indies 2-0 in the Test eight fours and a six in his 81-ball romped to an emphatic eight- New Zealand series, India yesterday contin- innings. The 26-year-old contin- wicket win over New Zealand in at the Pallekele ued its domination over the ued to dominate the West Indies the second Twenty20 interna- Caribbean team in the first ODI bowling, having scored 111 not out International tional in Pallekele yesterday. of the three-match series with and 177 in the two-match Test Cricket Stadium Perera smashed 57 off 37 balls a comprehensive six-wicket vic- series. and Dilshan remained unbeaten in Pallekele, tory at the Nehru Stadium here. Kohli, who had a poor outing on 59 off 49 balls as Sri Lanka, the yesterday. Rohit Sharma (72) and Virat in the Tests, was in great touch top-ranked Twenty20 side in the Kohli (86) added 133 runs for the and looked completely at ease. world, surpassed New Zealand’s second wicket as India scored He hit nine fours and two sixes 142-7 with 13 balls to spare. 212 for four in just 35.2 overs in in the 84 balls he faced. He joined The pair put on 96 for the sec- response to the West Indies’ 211 Viv Richards as the fastest bats- ond wicket after veteran Mahela all out in 48.5 overs. man to reach 5,000 runs, with Jayawardene fell LBW to Mitchell Rohit, who had scored 491 runs both players taking 114 innings McClenaghan for three in the sec- boundaries. The defeat ended New The first Twenty20 match at in his previous six ODI matches to reach the milestone. IANS ond over. Zealand’s short limited-overs tour the same venue on Tuesday was Perera hit six fours and two of Sri Lanka, which was marred washed out. sixes, while Dilshan struck eight by bad weather. The preceding one-day series Scoreboard was drawn 1-1 with one game WEST INDIES 6-0-28-1, Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-37-3, Suresh Scoreboard rained off. Chris Gayle run out (Kumar) ...... 0 Raina 10-1-34-3, Ravichandran Ashwin 9.5-0- New Zealand’s innings, after Johnson Charles c&b Jadeja ...... 42 42-2, Rohit Sharma 2-0-4-0 NEW ZEALAND: 31-1, Mathews 2-0-17-1, Rambukwella 4-0- they were sent in to bat by Marlon Samuels b Raina ...... 24 INDIA: H Rutherford c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 3 19-1, Mendis 3-0-20-1, Dilshan 1-0-7-0, Per- Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Darren Bravo b Shami ...... 59 Rohit Sharma c Simmons b Rampaul ...72 A Devcich c Kulasekara b Mendis ...... 30 era 2-0-13-1 Chandimal, revolved around a Lendl Simmons lbw Raina ...... 29 Shikhar Dhawan c Charles b Holder ...... 5 N Broom c Mendis b Mathews ...... 6 SRI LANKA: fighting 34 off 25 balls by Luke Narsingh Deonarine b Raina ...... 4 Virat Kohli c Narine b Holder ...... 86 T Latham c Dilshan b Rambukwella ...... 20 M Jayawardene lbw b McClenaghan ...... 3 Ronchi. Dwayne Bravo st Dhoni b Jadeja ...... 24 Yuvraj Singh (not out) ...... 16 C Munro c Kulasekara b Perera ...... 17 T Dilshan (not out) ...... 59 The Black Caps were Darren Sammy c Kumar b Jadeja ...... 5 Suresh Raina c Holder b Narine ...... 0 L Ronchi not out ...... 34 K Perera c and b Nicol ...... 57 reduced to 62-4 in the 11th Jason Holder (not out) ...... 16 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (not out) ...... 13 N McCullum run out ...... 26 K Sangakkara (not out) ...... 20 over before Ronchi led a res- Sunil Narine c & b Ashwin ...... 0 Extras (B 5, W 15) ...... 20 R Nicol lbw b Malinga ...... 2 Extras (LB3, W1) ...... 4 cue act, adding 31 for the fifth Ravi Rampaul c Dhawan b Ashwin ...... 1 Total (for four wkts in 35.2 overs) ..212 A Ellis (not out) ...... 2 Total (for two wickets, 17.5 overs) 143 wicket with Colin Munro (17) Extras (LB 1, W 6) ...... 7 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-150, 3-192, 4-194 Extras: (LB2) ...... 2 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-104 and 45 for the sixth with Total (all out in 48.5 overs) ...... 211 Bowling: Ravi Rampaul 8-0-39-1, Jason Indian batsman Virat Kohli raises Total (for 7 wkts, 20 overs) ...... 142 Bowling: Mills 3-0-26-0 (w1), McClenaghan Nathan McCullum. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-65, 3-77, 4-142, Holder 8-0-48-2, Darren Sammy 2-0-14-0, the bat after reaching his fifty Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-14, 3-49, 4-62, 5-93, 4-0-34-1, N McCullum 3.5-0-34-0, Ellis 2-0- McCullum smashed 26 off 5-152, 6-183, 7-187, 8-204, 9-206 Sunil Narine 10-1-57-1, Narsingh Deonarine against West Indies in the first 6-138, 7-140. 15-0, Devcich 3-0-13-0, Nicol 2-0-18-1 16 balls with three boundaries, Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5-0-26-0, 2-0-15-0, Lendl Simmons 3-0-14-0, Dwayne One-day International in Kochi, Bowling: Malinga 4-0-33-1, Kulasekara 4-0- Result: Sri Lanka won by eight wickets while Ronchi hit three fours and Jaydev Unadkat 6-0-39-0, Mohammed Shami Bravo 2.2-0-20-0 a six. AFP yesterday. Qatar Open ticket sale to IOC chief Bach vows toughest commence on Sunday

DOHA: Tickets for the Qatar on the ATP World Tour include: ExxonMobil Open 2014 – cel- World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, defend- anti-doping programme ever ebrating 22 years of professional ing champion Richard Gasquet, men’s tennis in Doha – will be on World No. 3 David Ferrer, World SEOUL: Anti-doping measures year, and a German state televi- “This is the best evidence you more tests for pre-competition, sale online beginning on Sunday, No. 4 Andy Murray, World No. 7 for the 2014 Sochi Olympics will sion report about two doping labs can give for the commitment, where most of the anti-doping Qatar Tennis Federation Tomas Berdych, and 2012 finalist be the toughest of any Winter finding hundreds of positive tests because on the one hand, you have rule violations are happening. announced here yesterday. Gael Monfils. Games, International Olympic using new methods. to express a zero tolerance policy “This will be the toughest anti- Spectators interested in buy- “The Qatar ExxonMobil Open Committee (IOC) president “The anti-doping test program but on the other, you also have to doping program we have ever ing tickets are requested to go to is a cornerstone in the Qatar Thomas Bach said yesterday. for Sochi will be the toughest ever show this by facts. had.” www.qatartennis.org for all infor- sports calendar. This is the Bach, speaking to reporters in applied in a Winter Games,” said “This is what we are doing, to The IOC is eager to root out mation regarding purchasing of 22nd year the event has been Seoul on a visit to check prepara- the German, who was elected increase testing programs not only cheats long after Olympic Games tickets online. held and the stars that have tions for the 2018 Pyeongchang the IOC’s ninth president in by quantity but also by quality.” have finished by using new meth- The event, played from played here include legends of Games, said the IOC would con- September. Bach added that the IOC would ods of tracing banned substances December 30 to January 4, 2014 the game. This year promises to duct more in- and out-of-compe- “We have decided for the Sochi move to strengthen testing proce- or identifying substances that will bring the biggest names be an exciting event with crowd tition tests for the Sochi Olympics Games that we will increase the dures when athletes are training, were not known at the time. in men’s tennis to the Khalifa favorites like Rafael Nadal and than Vancouver 2010. testing by 57 percent compared to as this was where the major dop- Bach said the IOC would deal International Tennis and Squash Andy Murray along with David Bach’s comments come days the Vancouver Games.” ing problem lay. appropriately with any posi- Complex. Ferrer and Richard Gasquet,” after the IOC said it was re-test- Bach said that the “rapid “The tests will be even more tives from its re-tests of Torino Some of the top players who said Tournament director, ing samples from 2006 Torino increase” in the number of tests target-oriented and there will be samples. will be in action in Doha and Karim Alami. Games, with an eight-year statute underlined the IOC’s commitment more according to individual pro- “Since the testing is on the way, will kick off their 2014 season THE PENINSULA of limitations running out next to stamping out doping. files,” he said. “And there will be we will see the results. RESULTS

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Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.15pm FASHION 6:00 – Fashion, a LIVE 1-hour weekly show League 18:00 Science With 7:00 PM hosted and produced by Laura Finnerty. Football Today Brain Café 3 The show brings together the latest 20:30 Fifa World Cup 18:30 Bh Se Bhade Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 7.00pm fashion trends along with exciting interviews with local and international Magazine 19:30 Jodha Akbar The Pact (2D/Horror) – 9.00 & 11.15pm designers. 21:00 Uefa Champions 20:00 Pavitra Rishta REPEAT SHOW/S League 20:30 Sapne Suhane Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 2.30pm Magazine Ladakpan Ke INNOVATIONS 12:00 – A weekly show hosted and produced by 1:00 PM Scott Boyes. The show talks about all the 22:00 Football 22:30 BIG BANG Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 5.30pm newest and exciting advancements in the Friendly: MOVIE (Kai Po world of science and technology. England V Chile Che) 1 Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 8.30pm LEGENDARY 7:00 – The show tells the story of a celebrity ARTISTS 8:00 PM artist that has reached unprecedented fame. Throughout the episode the artists’ The Pact (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm memorable performances/songs will be played to put listeners in the mood. Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 3.00pm MUSIC & Listen in the whole day as we offer a wide INFORMATION array of music from Pop, to Classical, 11:30 Santa Paws 2: 13:00 A.N.T. Farm Reggae, Jazz, Funk, World/Ethnic and The Santa Pups 14:10 Good Luck The Hunger Games (2D/Action) more! Also loads of information through 2 QF Radio’s Factoid Series aside from our 13:00 Jumanji Charlie LANDMARK – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm daily program offerings. 14:45 Madagascar 3: 15:00 That’s So Raven Europe’s Most 17:00 Disney Mickey The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 2.30pm Wanted Mouse Shorts 16:15 Elf 18:30 Good Luck Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.15pm 18:00 The Legend Of Charlie Sarila 20:05 Jessie Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 7.00pm 20:00 Diary Of A 20:30 My Babysitter’s 3 08:30 Inter Channel 08:00 News Wimpy Kid: A Vampire The Pact (2D/Horror) – 9.00pm 09:30 Omni Sport 09:00 Al Jazeera World Dog Days 21:15 Gravity Falls 10:00 Volleyball; Fivb 10:30 Inside Story 22:00 Madagascar 3: 21:40 Shake It Up Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 11.00pm World Grand 11:00 News Europe’s Most 22:00 Austin And Ally Sing Saab The Great (2D/Hindi) Champions Cup, Iri 11:30 The Stream Wanted 22:50 Good Luck – 2.30pm V Russia 12:00 News Charlie Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 5.15pm 12:00 Juventus Channel 12:30 101 East 13:00 Volleyball; Fivb 13:00 NEWSHOUR 1 Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 8.15pm World Grand 14:00 News Champions Cup, 14:30 Inside Story Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 11.15pm Japan V Brasil 15:00 Al Jazeera 15:00 Omni Sport Correspondent 12:00 Wayne’s World 13:20 Call Of The The Pact (2D/Horror) – 3.00pm 15:30 Nba Basketball; 16:00 NEWSHOUR 14:00 Police Academy Wildman ROYAL La Clippers @ 17:00 News 7: Mission To 15:40 Cheetah The Hunger Games (2D/Action) Oklahoma 17:30 The Stream Moscow Kingdom 2 17:30 Transworld Sport 18:00 NEWSHOUR 16:00 Snowmen 16:30 My Cat From PLAZA – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm 18:30 Tennis, Atp 19:00 News 17:45 Wayne’s World 2 Hell Magazine 19:30 Earthrise 19:30 Last Weekend 19:20 Dogs/Cats/Pets The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 2.30pm 19:00 Moto Gp, Spain 20:00 News 22:30 Jackass: The 101 20:30 Rugby, Anglo Welsh 20:30 Inside Story Movie 20:15 Swimming With Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.15pm Cup, Bath V Exeter 21:00 NEWSHOUR 00:15 Jackass: Monsters: Steve 22:15 Football Asia 22:00 News Number Two Backshall 3 The Pact (2D/Horror) – 7.00pm 22:45 English 22:30 South2North 01:45 Last Weekend 21:10 Gator Boys Championsip; 23:00 Afghanistan: The 22:05 Cheetah Killer Joe (2D/Crime)– 9.00 & 11.30pm Doncaster V Yeovil Price of Revenge Kingdom

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER A statue is seen under a solar halo in front of Senador Nilo Coelho Airport in Petrolina, in the State of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, yesterday. MUSCAT 28/22 Thunderstorm 26/21 Partly cloudy According to meteorologists, the weather phenomenon creates rainbows around the sun and is formed by the reflection of ice crystals. KUWAIT 23/15 Partly cloudy 23/15 Partly cloudy BAHRAIN 23/19 Chance of rain 24/20 Clear SANAA 23/11 Rain 23/10 Chance of rain RIYADH 21/10 Partly cloudy 23/10 Partly cloudy DUBAI 26/22 Thunderstorm 24/21 Chance of storm BAGHDAD 26/22 Thunderstorm 24/21 Chance of rain ARTPOP tops US Billboard 200 album chart

THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW LOS ANGELES: Lady Gaga’s It is the 27-year-old pop singer’s in March. Rapper Eminem’s The sales. Other new albums in the HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER third studio album ARTPOP, second No. 1 album on the weekly Marshall Mathers LP 2, last week’s top 10 this week were the Beatles’ debuted at No. 1 on the US US chart. Born This Way debuted top album, was No. 2 with 210,000 On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2 ATHENS 18/13 Rain 20/14 Partly cloudy Billboard 200 album chart after in the top spot in 2011, selling 1.1 copies in sales. at No. 7 with 37,000 in sales and WASHINGTON 16/09 Chance of showers 10/-1 Chance of showers three months of steady promo- million copies in its opening week, Pop hits compilation Now 48 R&B singer-songwriter Jhene SYDNEY 26/15 Chance of storm 26/15 Clear tion behind singles Applause helped by a 99-cent promotion on entered the chart at No. 3 with Aiko’s debut, Sail Out, sold 34,000 and Do What U Want. online retailer Amazon. 114,000 in sales, while Duck the copies, good enough for eighth. LONDON 09/04 Partly cloudy 09/05 Mostly cloudy The album sold 258,000 copies Lady Gaga, one of the world’s Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, Eminem’s song The Monster, PARIS 06/05 Chance of rain 06/02 Mostly cloudy in its first week of release, accord- most recognisable singers, was a holiday album by the cast of real- which features R&B singer ISTANBUL 17/11 Chance of rain 17/12 Fog ing to figures compiled by Nielsen unable to match this year’s top- ity TV series Duck Dynasty dropped Rihanna, was the top song on the MANILA 31/25 Partly cloudy 31/24 Partly cloudy SoundScan. Fifty-seven percent selling debut, Justin Timberlake’s a spot to No. 4 with 66,000. digital songs chart with 243,000 DHAKA 27/17 Clear 26/17 Clear of those sales were digital down- The 20/20 Experience, which sold Pop singer Katy Perry’s PRISM downloads in the past week. DELHI 26/12 Clear 27/12 Clear loads, Billboard said. 968,000 copies in its opening week fell a spot to No. 5 with 46,000 in REUTERS ISLAMABAD 24/09 Partly cloudy 26/10 Mostly cloudy

Canine salute James McBride, ‘Dead’ baby wakes up at George Packer China funeral parlour win US National BEIJING: A Chinese baby boy who had been declared dead was saved from being cremated alive when he started crying at a Book Awards funeral parlour. The parents of the critically-ill boy, who was less than one month old, had agreed to end his medical treatment at NEW YORK: Writers James Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital in eastern China, hospital McBride and George Packer sources told Xinhua state news agency. won National Book Awards, A death certificate was issued before the baby was sent to an under- among the most prestigious lit- takers in Hefei, the provincial capital—only for staff there to be alerted erary prizes in US publishing, by crying on Wednesday. It was unclear how long he had been at the at a gala dinner here that also funeral parlour, or when his cremation had been due. The baby was honoured authors E L Doctorow immediately sent back to the hospital, several news outlets including and Maya Angelou. the Beijing News reported yesterday. The baby was born with a “con- McBride took home the 2014 genital respiratory system malformation”, a hospital staff said. National Book Foundation fiction A doctor had been suspended, a nursing worker laid off and an prize for The Good Lord Bird, an investigation launched into the incident, Xinhua cited the hospital as exploration of identity and survival saying. Users of weibo microblogging services were outraged, blaming during slavery. It was chosen from both the boy’s parents and the doctors involved. “Please sentence the a short list of books by authors parents to five years in jail for abandonment,” said one poster. Another including Rachel Kushner, previ- wrote: “Doctors with white coats are really irresponsible, simply treat- ous National Book Award winner ing patients’ lives with utter disregard.” AFP Thomas Pynchon, Jhumpa Lahiri and George Saunders. Packer won the non-fiction prize for The Unwinding: An The Art of Brick Inner History of the New America, a story about the United States A Colombian policeman performs with his dog during the opening of the IV Meeting of Ministers of Public that runs from 1978 to 2012 told Security of the Americas in Medellin, Colombia, yesterday. through the lives of Americans from varying walks of life. It com- peted in a category dominated by historical works by Wendy Lower, Jill Lepore, Alan Taylor and Lawrence Wright. Scientists find way to make rain “This is an incredible honour,” Packer said after receiving the prize at the 64th annual National Book Awards. “I feel very lucky to drops bounce faster off surfaces be given this award.” Mary Szybist won the poetry PARIS: Scientists on Wedn- hydrophobic, chemicals that make and the scientists hope to boost prize for Incarnadine and Cynthia esday said they had found a way surfaces less adhesive for water. this to as much as 80 percent. Kadohata took home the young to make raindrops bounce faster But the new study takes a According to the authors, the people’s literature award for The off surfaces, opening the way to physical approach. Tiny ridges texture could be replicated in Thing About Luck. new water-resistant materials added to the surface break up the other materials too — a milling In addition to the bronze statue, from clothing to aircraft wings. chubby symmetry of a droplet as tool could do the same on steel or winners will also receive $10,000. Reporting in the journal Nature, it hits. The droplet splits apart, aluminium, and a drop-splitting Ragtime author Doctorow, a team at Boston University and forming smaller, highly irregular surface could be made for fabrics. 82, received the 2013 Medal for the Massachusetts Institute of shapes that recoil faster com- One early area of use could be Distinguished Contribution to Technology said they had slashed pared with a simple fat blob. in aeroplane wings. Exposure to American Letters for his body the amount of time a water drop “The upshot is that the surface water droplets at high altitudes of work spanning five decades. stays in contact with a surface. stays drier longer if this contact boosts the risk of dangerous ice Doctorow was also a finalist in the High-speed photography shows time is reduced, which has the buildup. Butterfly wings and same category four other times. that a droplet first spreads out potential to be useful for a variety the leaves of some plants, such Maya Angelou, whose ground- like a tiny pancake on the surface, of applications,” said James Bird, as nasturtiums, have minuscule breaking autobiography I Know pulls back due to its surface ten- an assistant professor of mechan- veins on their surface that have Why the Caged Bird Sings is an sion and then bounces off. ical engineering at Boston. the same drop-busting effect, the American classic, was awarded When it comes to wetness, The material used, in lab condi- researchers found. the 2013 Literarian Award for US artist Nathan Sawaya poses next to the sculpture entitled ‘Yellow’, what counts is the duration of tions, was a silicon wafer coated Tests showed that drops Outstanding Service to the made out of Lego bricks, on display during the exhibition ‘The Art of this contact, a calculation based with a hydrophobic chemical bounced off butterfly wings and American Literary Community. Brick’ held at the Stock Exchange of Brussels, Belgium, yesterday. on oscillations in the drop. called fluorosilane, etched with nasturtiums faster than off lotus The finalists in the four categories The exhibition, featuring more than 70 artworks in a new genre, runs To minimise that time, mate- microscopic ridges. Contact times leaves, the fuzzy leaves considered were whittled down from 1,432 until April 21, 2014. rials scientists have been focuss- with it were 40 percent shorter the “gold standard” of non-wet- books submitted for the awards. ing their efforts on repellant, or than for a non-treated surface, ting surfaces in nature. AFP REUTERS