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Anti-apartheid Qatar slams hero Nelson Mandela dies JOHANNESBURG: Nelson terror attack Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apart- heid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering politi- in Yemen cal figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Suicide bomber, gunmen kill 52 Mandela, who was elected South Africa’s first black presi- DOHA: Qatar strongly con- government’s security committee. dent after spending nearly three demned the explosion that Two German and two Vietnamese decades in prison, had been targeted the Yemeni defence doctors, and one Indian and two receiving treatment for a lung ministry in Sana’a and killed 52 Filipino nurses were among the infection at his Johannesburg people, including foreign medi- dead, it added. home since September, after cal staff, yesterday. No one immediately claimed three months in hospital in An official source at the Qatari responsibility, but a Yemeni a critical state. His condition Foreign Ministry told Qatar News expert on Islamist militant affairs deteriorated and he died fol- Agency that this criminal act was said it bore the hallmarks of Al The Minister of Environment H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Al Humaidi (third right) at the opening of Al Mazrouah lowing complications from the contrary to all human values. Qaeda. vegetable market in Umm Salal yesterday. ABDUL BASIT lung infection, with his family The source renewed Qatar’s Ministry staff were arriving for by his side. firm stance denouncing violence work when the bomber struck, The news was announced by in all its forms and manifesta- sources inside the ministry said. an emotional President Jacob tions, whatever its source. The massive blast shook the Zuma on television, who said In Riyadh, GCC Secretary- bustling Bab Al Yemen neigh- Al Mazrouah market opens Mandela had “departed” and General Abdullatif Al Zayani bourhood on the edge of capital was at peace. “Our nation has BY SANAULLAH described the terrorist attack as Sana’a’s old city. Medics and a pumpkin and spinach, among Al Mazrouah Yard also con- lost its greatest son. What made a horrible crime that aimed at defence ministry official said the other varieties, were also avail- tains a new section for selling cat- Nelson Mandela great is pre- destabilising Yemen’s security and gunmen pulled a Western doctor DOHA: Locally-bred, red-col- able. Farm-fresh vegetables were tle, sheep, goats, chicken, birds, cisely what made him human.” stability. He expressed confidence and a Filipino nurse into the hos- oured chickens, birds such as up for sale at prices that were at including ducks and pigeons, aside Mandela, once a boxer, had that the perpetrators of the crime pital’s courtyard and shot them pigeons and ducks, cattle and least 30 percent lower than those from some stalls selling fresh a long history of lung problems will be brought to justice. in front of local staff. They also sheep, Syrian lamb and goats, at the Central Market, vendors fish and eggs along with a special after contracting tuberculosis The GCC member countries killed one of Hadi’s relatives who fresh fish — all at relatively said. store for fodder sale. while in jail on Robben Island. are fully behind Yemeni President was visiting a patient, the minis- low prices — are new attrac- Hassad Food Company, like last Al Humaidi said the idea of His extraordinary life story, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and try said on its website. tions at the seasonal vegetable year when the market was opened opening the seasonal market quirky sense of humour and lack the government in their bid to Security forces retook the com- market for local produce that for the first time, has its stall for was to provide food security and of bitterness towards his former maintain stability and security pound after killing most of the was thrown open in Umm Salal imported fruits but at prices that help local farmers, animal breed- oppressors ensured global appeal in Yemen, Al Zayani added. attackers, the ministry added. yesterday. are at least 10 percent less than ers and fishermen increase their for the charismatic leader. Once A suicide bomber and gunmen The UN and German Foreign Al Mazrouah Yard will the market rates. The vegetables production. The ministry is ready considered a terrorist by the US wearing army uniforms attacked Minister Guido Westerwelle also remain open from 7am until are procured directly from local to help local farms wishing to and Britain for his support of the ministry, in the worst single condemned the attack. 5pm on Thursdays, Fridays and farms. expand and improve the quality violence against the apartheid militant assault in Yemen in 18 Yemeni analyst Abdelrazzaq Al Saturdays. The market in Umm Salal, of their production. regime, at the time of his death months. Jamal, an expert in Islamist mili- Local chickens were for sale some 25km north of Doha, Some 55 types of vegetables he was an almost unimpeach- One attacker drove a car tant affairs, drew parallels with for around QR50, while a pair was opened by the Minister of and fruits were on sale in the able moral icon. The Nobel packed with explosives into the an attack claimed by Al Qaeda on of pigeons cost between QR50 Environment H E Ahmed Amer yard, including tomatoes, zuc- Peace Prize winner spent 27 gate of the ministry’s compound, a military base in eastern Yemen and QR100. Arabian goats and Mohamed Al Humaidi. chini, cucumber, leafy vegetables, years behind bars before being then gunmen in another vehicle in September. sheep were being sold for between He told reporters after the Efranji lettuce, Qatari melons, freed in 1990 to lead the African sped in and opened fire on soldiers “The operation carries the fin- QR1,400 and QR1,500. King fish opening ceremony that a similar strawberries, okra, green onions National Congress in negotia- and doctors and nurses working gerprints of Al Qaeda because of and Hamour were available for market will be opened in Al Khor and cherry tomatoes. Qatari ghee tions with the white minority at a hospital inside, witnesses the suicide nature of the attack,” QR25 and QR35 a kg, respectively. by this month-end and it will be and high-quality Al Sidr honey rulers which culminated in the said. The coordinated strikes he added. AGENCIES Local vegetables, including bigger and have more vending were also on sale. first multi-racial elections in wounded 167 people, said the Picture on page 8 cucumber, lettuce, eggplant, facilities. THE PENINSULA 1994. He served a single term as president. AGENCIES

Toll-free numbers Son meets Qatari detained in UAE German exhibition surprises DOHA: A son of a Qatari who remains detained in the UAE over for nationals charges of having links to a banned organisation in the country, has complained that he was allowed to meet his father in the prison travelling abroad briefly and under tight security. visitors with facts and fables “We were allowed only 30 minutes and talked on the phone across DOHA: The Foreign Ministry a glass wall in a room fitted with CCTVs all over,” Dr Mehmoud Al BY MUKESH SHARMA has set up toll-free telephone Jaidah’s son, Hassan, said. numbers for citizens travelling Al Jaidah was detained at Dubai airport while he was returning to DOHA: The luscious Black Forest cake you dig abroad to contact it in case of Doha from Bangkok late last February and charges were filed recently. your teeth into originated in the Black Forest an emergency. The UAE’s prosecution charged him with having close ties to a UAE- region, a thickly wooded area in southwestern Initially, the service is avail- based organisation banned for its alleged links to Muslim Brotherhood. Germany almost grazing the borders of northern able in 82 countries and will be Hassan said on his Twitter account that he and his family (wife and Switzerland and eastern France. Germans con- expanded to another 16 later, said children) were allowed to see his father after a thorough search on sume much more coffee than the beverage you Dr Saif Al Kuwari, Director of the Wednesday. He said security checks at Al Razeen Prison in Abu Dhabi think makes the country of Oktoberfest popular IT Department at the ministry. were a long and cumbersome procedure. “And when we finally met my in the world. He said the service has been father we were shocked to find that we had to converse on the phone The nation that produced words like Kindergarten launched in view of an increase through a glass wall.” There were four security personnel in the room and Blitzkrieg (from the Second World War) has a in the number of Qataris visit- and CCTVs were fitted everywhere, he said. “So we couldn’t talk any- swathe of land straddling hundreds of kilometres ing countries all over the world, thing private.” The court adjourned Al Jaidah’s trial to December 16. where many fairy tales— from Cinderella to Red especially during summer. Riding Hood to Snow White — are said to have origi- “We have reached deals with 82 No new MERS cases in camels, humans nated. Traditions and quirks abound in the country countries, in collaboration with of 82 million, helping define the German identity. Ooredoo, and are working to DOHA: The Minister of Environment H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Many Germans place wooden dolls in their gar- expand the service to another 16,” Al Humaidi yesterday reassured that no new MERS (Middle East dens you might be sometimes forgiven to believe, are Al Kuwari told a press conference. Respiratory Syndrome) cases had been detected in camels or Santa Claus-like figurines. They are the Gartenzwerg An office at the ministry will humans in Qatar, after the announcement of three cases in camels or garden gnomes, says Dalia Shalaby, Curriculum work 24/7 to receive calls from in a farm in Al Shahania. Director of the German Language Centre Doha, citizens. They will receive a text After the opening of Al Mazrouah yard yesterday, he told reporters Partner of the Goethe Institut, which has laid out message from the ministry, along that there was full cooperation and coordination between the ministry a fare of things German as part of an exhibition with the toll free number, as soon and the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) as far as tests, necessary open until December 12. Germans – known for their as they land in those countries. surveys and precautionary measures were concerned. dexterity— believe that the humanoid creatures The ministry will pay for the serv- On November 29, authorities had revealed that MERS was detected would ‘do some house chores while they were out’. ice. Al Kuwari said the ministry in three camels in a farm with links to two human cases. World Health At the same time it is not hard to find a German had tried to get a single number Organisation (WHO) followed up with its own statement on November who would not relate positively to the dolls, says Dr for all 82 countries, but it didn’t 29, the Qatar News Agency reported yesterday. WHO said the infec- Anke Schmidt, General Manager of the Language work out due to practical difficul- tions were found during investigation of two human cases in Qatar in Centre. ties. However, it procured a single October. One involved a man, 61, who owns a farm and had significant The German shepherd dog, also known as Alsatian, Gartenzwerg or garden gnomes on display at the expo, number for 42 countries included contact with camels, sheep, and hens. The other case involved a man, is endemic to the land of knut, the Berlin zoo polar with a famous Bavarian castle in the backdrop. Tales of in the service (80008000100). 23, who worked in the other patient’s barn. Both had recovered, SCH bear that once became a phenomenon. the garden dolls abound with opinion divided over why It has issued a list of telephone had said. The ministry and SCH have started conducting tests among THE PENINSULA Germans place them in their yards. numbers, along with names of the camels and other livestock as well as people who come in contact with Continued on page 3 countries. THE PENINSULA animals to prevent the spread of the virus. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatari scribe to discuss bestselling novel at book fair tonight DOHA: Q at a r i w r it e r A b d u l a z i z period in history for the Arabian from Clarkson University in New of the cultural and educational 6 to 10 at 4pm and a screening of times which offer a variety of crea- Al Mahmoud will discuss his Peninsula and British Empire. York and an aviation and engi- events at the book fair in which the 1968 edition of the acclaimed tive activities such as puppet show, translated historical novel During the event, Al Mahmoud neering diploma from the UK. He UK is the guest of honour. It is British film Oliver at 6pm. book making and collaborative tonight as one of the highlights will discuss the historical context worked as editor-in-chief of Al also part of the year-round events An array of other important story making for children of dif- of the 24th Doha International of his translated work with GCC Sharq, The Peninsula newspaper organised under the umbrella of activities are scheduled in the next ferent age groups. The book fair is Book Fair being held at the expert Dr Abdullah Baabood. It and Al Jazeera’s Arabic website. Qatar UK Year of Culture. days such as innovative exchange open to the public until December Doha Exhibition Center (DEC). will be held at 6pm at the UK The Corsair was his first novel Among the other activities Walking Cities: Doha and Derry 14, from Saturday to Thursday Entitled The Corsair, Al Pavilion in DEC. and considered to be the bestsell- tonight are Maktaba Story Time, Londonderry on Sunday, a two- from 9am to 1pm and 4pm to 10pm Mahmoud’s novel is set against An engineer and journalist, Al ing Qatari novel of all time. which includes writing exercise day literary translation summit and on Fridays from 4pm to 10pm. the backdrop of an important Mahmoud has a BA in engineering The book discussion is one and group presentations for ages on December 11 and 12 and story THE PENINSULA

Top Bollywood actor falls in QU gets Mideast’s More pvt clinics first branch of top global legal body love with Doha on first visit DOHA: Qatar University’s BY MOBIN PANDIT to join insurance College of Law (LAWC) has established the Qatar Branch DOHA: A popular Bollywood of the International Law actor who is known for his Association (ILA), the prestig- scheme in 2014 trademark baritone and ious body with branches around several blockbusters, Raza the world and a membership of Murad, is here on a brief visit. academics and practicing pro- His latest top-grossing movie, fessionals of law. It is the first Second phase expected to start in April Ram Leela, is screened in thea- branch of the association in the tres all over, including here, but Gulf region. DOHA: The second phase of acting CEO of NHIC stressed that’s not what has brought him During the branch’s inaugural the national health insurance the importance of such forums to Doha. meeting, officers were elected scheme, which is expected to to introduce the new system to He was chief guest at in accordance with its stat- be launched by April next year, all stakeholders. Founder’s Day celebrations ute and the ILA Association. could see participation of more He said that the implementa- of India’s Aligarh Muslim Dr Talal Al Emadi will serve as private healthcare facilities tion of the national health insur- University (AMU) last night President, while branch founder including some polyclinics. ance system is seen as a model organised by AMU Alumni Dr Adamantia Rachovitsa and Dr The second phase of the scheme for major transformation in the Association. Jon Truby will serve as Honorary will cover all citizens and most country’s healthcare sector, add- The actor has more than 500 Secretary and Honorary specialities, while expatriates will ing that “healthcare providers are films behind him, many in lan- Treasurer respectively. be covered in the third phase, our partners in translating this guages other than Hindi, includ- Announcing the branch’s estab- scheduled to start in 2015. transform to success”. ing Russian. In all, he has acted lishment, Dr Al Emadi said: “Our The insurance scheme launched It is very essential to help in films in 18 languages. aim is to bring together academ- in July this year in the current healthcare providers understand His father, Murad, was a ics, practitioners, governmen- and first phase covers Qatari the mechanisms of that system famous actor, too, and is remem- tal agencies, the private sector females aged 12 and above for and the purpose of launching it bered by Indian movie buffs even and members of Qatari society. gynaecology, obstetrics, mater- as well as the suitability of that to this day for his shining snow- Focus will be on raising aware- nity and related women’s health system to align with Qatar long- white hair and his roles in most ness in Qatar of the relevance and issues. Seven hospitals, including term developmental goals, said old Hindi films as a judge in importance of international law in three private hospitals are par- Hussain. Director of Social Health court scenes. international society.” ticipating in the first phase, but Insurance Scheme, Hussein Reka Both father and son have over “Activities will include organis- none of the private clinics has explained the project structure 1,000 Indian films collectively to ing training courses and seminars, been involved until now. and achievements, the research their credit. and hosting international expert Al Ahli Hospital, Al Emadi and consultation studies con- Raza Murad seems a little Raza Murad speaks to The Peninsula yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL meetings to foster dialogue and Hospital and Doha Clinic (hospi- ducted and new opportunities of upset that the much-famed research on a national, regional tal) have already been included, healthcare providers in view of online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, and international level. The besides Women’s Hospital of the this system. gives incorrect basic information from another, faraway district, For the first time in Qatar, branch is an inclusive association.” Hamad Medical Corporation, “The launch of the first phase about him. Rampur. At 19, he entered the the actor said he simply fell in Dr Rachovitsa said: “The Qatar Wakra Hospital, Cuban Hospital of this system in July 2013 was a “They have made me four Film and TV Institute in Pune love with the place and hoped branch of the ILA is an exciting and Al Khor Hospital. result of four years of extended years older. I was born in 1950, and after passing out from to be here with his family soon. opportunity for Qatar and the The Supreme Council of Health work including intensified consul- not 1946, as mentioned in there two years later, joined the The shining blue Gulf waters region. We are looking forward (SCH) recently held a forum for tations with stakeholders, public Wikipedia,” the actor said, albeit film industry in 1971. “I haven’t and the West Bay towers mes- to engaging with legal experts private clinics and hospitals to bodies, healthcare providers and in a lighter vein. looked back ever since.” merised him. and professionals on the local introduce them to the health businessmen. Furthermore, accu- He said he was born in Raza Murad said he was on “It’s a highly tourist-friendly level and leading new initiatives insurance plan. rate researches and studies were Mumbai on November 23, and his own in the fiercely competi- country.” on the international level”. The forum, held in coopera- conducted on similar systems not on July 2 in Gorakhpur in tive celluloid world of India from Among the places he visited The branch plans to organ- tion with the National Health in Germany, Denmark, France, the northern Indian state of day one and sought no help from yesterday with his host, con- ise an international conference Insurance Company (NHIC) was South Korea. The aim of these Uttar Pradesh (UP), again, as his father. struction industry magnate on February 25 and 26 to invite attended by more than 150 rep- studies was to measure and eval- recorded by Wikipedia. “Real success came 14 years M S Bukhari, was the Katara international legal experts to dis- resentatives of major clinics and uate the best practices of these “I have never even been later with the legendary film- Cultural Village which he said cuss the applicability of interna- hospitals in the country. countries,” said Reka. to Gorakhpur,” said the vet- maker and actor Raj Kapoor’s he found impressive. tional law in the Syrian crisis. The participants were briefed The mandatory health insur- eran actor, who, though origi- film Ram Teri Ganga Maili in Full interview to appear in Plus later THE PENINSULA on the requirements to join the ance scheme is a social and eco- nally does hail from UP — but 1985.” THE PENINSULA scheme and the procedures for nomical initiative ensuring that implementing the second phase, all citizens, residents and visitors which entails providing more have the access to quality-based services. healthcare through the choice of Dr Faleh Mohamed Hussain public or private healthcare pro- QF unit unveils results of QNRF-funded research Ali, assistant secretary general viders, the forum was told. for policy affairs at the SCH and THE PENINSULA DOHA: Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D) on Wednesday unveiled some research findings funded Qatari, British women talk about by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). role of science in their careers Outcome of four research projects in the field of energy and DOHA: Leading Qatari and confidence through teaching, environment were announced at British female scientists and learning and assessment. an inaugural seminar designed to science policymakers have British Council Qatar Director disseminate the findings of funded highlighted the importance Martin Hope said: “We are very research. of science in their lives at the excited to have introduced the This seminar series, titled the ‘Women in Science Day’. Women in Science Day, celebrat- Research Outcome Seminars The event was organised as ing the achievements of female (ROS), is administered by QNRF, part of Qatar UK 2013 Year of scientists in both countries. a constituent of QF R&D and pre- Culture by the British Council, Science and research are hugely sented to academics and repre- and hosted by Qatar University important to Qatar, and there sentatives from the industry. (QU). The panel included QU are already a number of flour- “This is the first time we are ABOVE: Participants at the QF R&D Research Outcome Seminar at Tornado professor of Physics Prof Ilham ishing research partnerships announcing about research out- Tower in Doha on Wednesday. LEFT: The Deputy Executive Director of Al Qaradawi, QU Head Health between the UK and Qatar. As come of studies funded by the QNRF, Dr Abdulnasser Al Ansari, at the seminar. KAMMUTTY VP Sciences Department Dr Asma the Year of Culture is nearing Qatar National research Fund in Al Thani, Shell Vice President an end, it is important to ensure public,” Dr Abdulnasser Al Ansari, Gas Development, Technical, Dr that our two nations continue Deputy Executive Director, “At the end of the day we make computing and information tech- Clare Harris and British Council to strengthen our already solid QNRF told The Peninsula on side- a link between the researcher nology, health, and social sciences Science and Innovation Advisor, relations through scientific and lines of the seminar. and the community, we cre- and arts and humanities. the Gulf, Qatar, Dr Yasemin Koc. cultural exchanges.” Development of novel gas to ate awareness on the output of The Executive Director of The discussions explored QU President Prof Sheikha liquid technology in near critical research that could be used,” he QNRF, Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie, how science careers can enable Abdulla Al Misnad said: “By and supercritical phase media added. said the seminars represent a women to contribute to solving providing high quality interna- by Dr Nimir Elbashir, associate Dr Al Ansari also explained commitment to share the find- some of the world’s most urgent tionally-accredited undergrad- professor, Texas A&M University that it’s not practical to imple- ings of advanced research con- challenges, offered motivat- uate education in science and –Qatar, measurement of densi- ment all research findings. ducted in Qatar with both the ing examples from the speak- engineering, an array of gradu- ties and phase envelops for Qatari “We invest money in research public and the international sci- ers’ careers and celebrated the ate programmes, and investing type natural gas mixtures and not necessarily to be imple- entific community. achievements of women scien- in research centres of excellence, development of a rational equa- mented. Of course we will be “Our goal is to deliver new tists around the world. QU seeks to build a competent tion of state to describe Doha happy if every research is applied technologies that will support The panellists later joined cadre of future scientists and by Dr Mert Atilhan, associate “Now we have a good number and be useful, but let’s be realistic Qatar National Vision 2030 and the audience to take part in a researchers. professor, Qatar University, avia- of completed projects that we — research can be basic where help create a sustainable post- workshop led by Head Science, She said the worrying fact was tion studies with cobalt catalysts started funding three to four you exploit theory,” he said. hydrocarbon society,” he added. Technology, Engineering that not enough young men and for gas to liquid conversion by years ago. We go through our The series of seminars will The seminars are designed and Mathematics of Higher women choose to pursue careers Dr Dragomir Bukur, Professor, database of completed projects; feature quarterly presentations specifically for the public to Education Academy (HEA) in science, so it falls to us as Texas A &M University-Qatar we have some criteria like its by scientists from QF R&D’s share questions and ideas with Dr Janet DeWilde and HEA educators from all backgrounds and phase transfer activation of benefits, the output for Qatar, the research institutes as well as the researchers. Discipline Lead for Engineering to have a serious conversation catalysts for Olefin metathesis merit in the output, and we select external research funded by In addition to the direct ben- and Materials Dr Gill Cooke. The about the state of science edu- and polymerisation by Dr Robert the best three or four and contact QNRF. efit of the research to Qatar, one workshop considered how aca- cation and the ecosystem for Tuba, Assistant Research sci- the research and call researches The seminar topics will focus criteria for presentations at the demics can enable science and science-based professions in the entist, Texas A & M University for the seminar. We also call on the four pillars of the Qatar seminars (ROS) is the project’s engineering students to develop country. THE PENINSULA Qatar were presented at the stakeholders from the same field,” National Research Strategy potential for commercialisation. seminar. said Dr Al Ansari. — energy and environment, THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Top paediatrics institute Qatar, Croatia agree to share energy expertise to open Mideast wing Over 1,500 experts attend region’s first EiP symposium

DOHA: Excellence in tools, the mission is the same as the medical conference to share Paediatrics Institute (EiP), an the larger one and the emphasis expertise, learn the latest tech- association that aims at improve is going to be on the region,” said niques to collectively improve the child health is planning to start Dr Christakis. quality of paediatric care globally. a wing in the Middle East soon. “Some of the needs are exactly “The common thread for us all The Middle East chapter of EIP the same. We have diseases which is to achieve greatness by nurtur- will focus on specific health prob- are more common in the Middle ing the potential of the individual. lems of children in the region, East. Diseases that are generic And building potential begins according to the Chairman of basis are common due to the with creating and maintaining Excellence in Paediatrics (EiP), closer relationships here which health among our children and Dr Dimitri Christakis. results in incidences like 10 or 15 for our children yet to be born. He was addressing the opening times more than other regions In Qatar, childhood immunization session of fifth edition of EiP at and there is lot that can be done coverage rates for polio, diphthe- the Qatar National Convention about it,” he added. ria, pertussis, tetanus, and mea- Centre yesterday. Sidra has partnered with the sles are over 90 percent, and have “It (Middle East chapter of EiP to bring their flagship con- been so for the past 15 years,” said EiP) will be similar the global ference to the Middle East for Dr William Owen, Sidra’s Chief body but with a focus on the the first time. Over 1,500 pae- Executive Officer. region. We are actually looking at diatric professionals from more Dr Thomas Cherian, the the infrastructure on educational than 90 countries are attending Coordinator for Programme and Impact Monitoring in the The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and the Croatian Minister of Department of Immunization, Economy Ivan Vrdoljk exchange a Memorandum of Understanding on technical cooperation and sharing of Vaccines and Biologicals at the expertise in the field of energy during the Minister’s visit to the European state yesterday. Croatian Prime World Health Organisation Minister Zoran Milanovic was also present. (WHO), delivered the keynote address at EiP, predicting that 26 million deaths could be averted in the next decade through vaccina- tion, but only if national govern- Over 2,900 GCC kids attend Qatar govt schools ments act now. During the Sidra-hosted EiP DOHA: As many as 2,923 stu- The number of GCC students 6,204 GCC students were study- event, attendees will learn tech- dents from the GCC countries in Kuwait was 16,504, while UAE, ing in government sector higher niques to repair defective genes are studying in government Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman education institutes outside their in children, understand the social schools of Qatar, statistics had 12,085, 6,580, 808 and 684. countries. Bahrain had attracted determinants of health outcomes, released by the GCC General A majority of GCC youngsters the highest number of GCC find out how utero neurosurgi- Secretariat reveal. studying outside their home coun- nationals with 2,544 students in cal procedures can heal a dam- These students include nearly tries were from Saudi Arabia, with the country’s national higher edu- aged growing baby, learn how to 1,504 girls and 1,419 boys, accord- nearly 48 percent of the Saudi cation sector. encourage a reticent mother to ing to the 2012 statistics, an young learners studying in differ- Kuwait had the second largest breast feed her baby, see an imag- Arabic daily reported yesterday. ent GCC schools. Some 29 percent number of these students with ing device that resolves biochem- Figures show that the number of students in GCC schools were 1,608 GCC nationals studying The Chairman of Excellence in Paediatrics (EiP), Dr Dimitri Christakis, and the ical pathways in the brain, and of students who left their home from Oman, followed by Kuwait in different government sector Chief Executive Officer of Sidra, Dr William Owen, share a lighter moment on the experience a premixed baby for- countries to study in other GCC (13 percent), Bahrain (5 percent) institutes. Qatar, meanwhile, was sidelines of the fifth EiP conference at the Qatar National Convention Centre. mula that is palatable and afford- states was 39,584, which included and Qatar (2 percent). reported to have 569 GCC nation- able. THE PENINSULA 19,883 boys and 19,701 girls. Statistics also showed that als. THE PENINSULA

QP symposium focuses on safety of workers

DOHA: Safety and welfare In his opening speech at the the core of worker’s welfare in line healthy and safe food through of workers within the oil and meeting, the Director of QP’s HSE with the State’s requirements. effective exchange of information, gas industry was the focus of Regulations and Enforcement The presentations and discus- as well as by increasing awareness two events hosted by Qatar Directorate, Saif Al Naimi, sions focused on topics such as among all stakeholders, operators Petroleum’s (QP) Health, Safety emphasised that the welfare of the updates on the World Health and contractors. and the Environment (HSE) the workforce must always come Organisation’s International In his opening speech at the Regulations and Enforcement first and foremost in the activities Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, Clean Canteen Campaign, the Directorate recently. of industry operators. the Middle East Respiratory Director of Public Health at the The 16th Industry Health The Director of Health Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS- SCH, Sheikh Dr Mohamed Al Advisers Forum (IHAF) was Protection and Communicable CoV), workplace wellness plan, Thani, underscored the impor- attended by over 115 health- Diseases Control at SCH, Dr psychosocial welfare, health- tance of setting up and imple- care representatives from QP, Mohamed Al Hajri, noted that care licensing and accreditation, menting the requirements for safe Supreme Council of Health the forum was a welcome oppor- occupational health, and quality and healthy food. (SCH), Ministry of Labour and tunity for knowledge sharing and improvement methodologies and He reiterated the commitment Social Affairs, QP’s partner for updating all the stakeholders success stories. of the professional teams at the companies and subsidiaries, con- on various health issues. He also Addressing the second event, SCH that continue to work with tractors, Qatar University, Weil noted that the speeches and pres- the Clean Canteen Campaign, Al the oil and gas industry and to Cornell Medical College in Qatar, entations covered many aspects of Naimi emphasised the impor- support its initiatives. Officials of Tasweeq and JCCP after signing the MoU. and University of Calgary-Qatar. healthcare activities and were at tance of providing workers with THE PENINSULA Tasweeq, Japanese NGO in deal to share oil, gas training programmes DOHA: Qatar International culture. The MoU was singed Petroleum Marketing on November 19 between CEO Company, Tasweeq, has of Tasweeq, Saad Al Kuwari, signed a Memorandum of and Executive Director of JCCP, Understanding (MoU) with Masataka Sase, at Tasweeq head- Japan Cooperation Center, quarters in the presence of repre- Petroleum (JCCP) to exchange sentatives from both companies. training and development pro- Al Kuwari said, “We believe grammes in oil and gas sector. this MoU will allow the Japanese The JCCP is a non-profit employees to be familiar with the organisation established in 1981 vital role Tasweeq plays in mar- after two oil crises in the 70s to keting Qatar’s oil and petroleum promote economic cooperation products”. between Japan and oil-producing Sase added: “We are very countries, a press statement said excited about this MoU and the Participants of the events hosted by Qatar Petroleum’s HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate recently. on Thursday. mutual benefits for both our The main purpose of the companies. With this, we would MoU is to enhance cooperation like to further strengthen the between Tasweeq and JCCP on relationship between Qatar and matters related to training and Japan and thus build a strong development. foundation between Tasweeq and The specific objective is to JCCP.” ‘You may insult your German friend but not his dog’ have access to the various tech- JCCP has developed two nical and non-technical courses programmes, the ‘Training organised by JCCP, exposing par- Programme’ and the ‘Joint Continued from page 1 shows a side of the country thrifty to survive — remember Der Spiegel came out with his ticipants of both parties to best Technical Cooperation Thirteen percent of German unknown to many. the Great Depression of the indiscretions. practices and expertise. Programme’. households own dogs, and hell What is the German stereo- 1930s when the Deutsche Mark The exhibition has a doormat One major component of the In terms of the Training hath no fury as a German’s dog type? They are thrifty, pedantic, fell so sharply that kids flew peppered with German pejora- agreement is the implementa- Programme, JCCP received more scorned. “You may insult your punctual, very formal (at least kites made of the currency? tives — Trottel and Dummkopf tion of the employee exchange than 21,000 participants in Japan German friend but not his dog,” until you befriend them). Angela Merkel’s country sells among them stand for ‘stu- practice, where Tasweeq for the from overseas and dispatched says Shalaby, adding that citi- The German bureaucracy, 21.5 million newspaper copies pid’. Didn’t Albert Einstein, a first time will receive Japanese more than 5,000 Japanese experts zens of the European industrial known for being exacting, a day. With 333 strong news- German, say — Two things are employees at its headquarters to oil producing countries. powerhouse adore their canines. embodies a stereotype. papers, no wonder German infinite, the universe and human next year. This will be a good They also received almost 600 Deutschland im Koffer — The stinginess probably takes president Christian Wulff had stupidity. I’m quite not sure opportunity to introduce them persons from Qatar and have Germany unwrapped — at the from the post-war and inter- to resign in 2012 after the Bild, about the universe. to Tasweeq’s various activities sent about 150 Japanese experts German International School war periods when one had to be Frankfurter Allemeigne and THE PENINSULA and acquaint them to the Qatari to Qatar. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Don’t make Islam complicated

BY DEANA NASSAR to be done in the way that God wants us to do it. It should not be mistaken for fter watching a reality televi- casualness. This is simply a reminder for sion show which supposedly all including myself as sometimes Satan documented unscripted situ- attempts to divert us from religion, Aations and actual occurrences from God’s commands and good morals with my youngest son, I was awakened and even uses negative force on faith. by something he said as we watched two By insinuating unfounded suspicions in teams compete in building a bookshelf and our thoughts, suggesting faithlessness redecorating a room. or through actions and speeches, Satan The teams attempted to build and tries to divert us from Islam and or its rebuild a bookshelf which seemed to be simplicity setting up many different traps their biggest challenge failing miserably for us. In short, Satan is our enemy, as to put the last two pieces together. mentioned in the Quran which narrates: He asked why they didn’t use the You who believe enter Islam totally. Do not step-by-step guide on how to build the follow in the footsteps of Satan he is an out- bookshelf, stating it was silly not to use right enemy to you. (2:208) it before cutting the planks or handling the tools. A BALANCED RELIGION I sat and thought as he added the most One of the main features of Islam is effective way to wield the saw, use a level that it is a balanced religion. It is known and, hit those nails on the head (not your- that whenever the Prophet had to self) was already outlined in the guide. choose between two options, he always Why did they ignore it? After all it’s there chose the easier, unless it was explicitly for all to use … like the Quran, he said. In forbidden. This again proves the beauty fact the Quran clarifies this in the verse of Islam and God’s mercy towards us. reading: We have sent down the Book to you While aiming to reach the afore men- which manifests the truth about all things tioned balances between human spir- and as guidance and mercy and good news itual needs and material needs I have for Muslims. (16:89) personally come to realise it can be done It reminded me of a post I read on by simplifying our life and lightening Facebook recently and I thought how true our material baggage by focusing more this is, but easy to forget. Society is often on our spiritual and mental needs. so focused finding complicated solutions While I am not suggesting making when the answers are already in front of vows of poverty, I support the idea of us. That also includes us as Muslims. reducing our quest for material pos- in this world God determines where our is both merciful and kind. Concerning matters of practice in Islam session as one easy and balanced form GOD INTENDS FOR YOU EASE real life will be lived, that being Hell or Confucius once said: “Life is really sim- we have been taught that the rule is that of working in this world and doing good The religion is easy, beautiful and sim- Heaven. The test is quite easy; God wishes ple, but we insist on making it compli- you are expected to follow the truth as deeds for the next world. ply perfect. Why make things hard? The for us simply to live the life that brings cated”. This deeply resonates as we read much as is possible. God has promised that I have learnt one form of getting Quran reads: Allah intends for you ease and happiness and peace in this world; in short stories of how people strayed away from His expectations are simple. However, in closer to God and obeying one of Islam’s does not intend for you hardship. (2:185) to live our life in moderation. Islam because they failed to realize its order to follow them we need to under- pillars may be accomplished as we offer This verse explains that Islam is easy beauty and were intimidated by restric- stand; in turn allowing that this strategy charity bringing happiness to those less to follow and rather encourages us to cre- DON’T GO TO EXTREMES tions feeling their life would be unhappy would ensure things are kept simple. fortunate. We must raise our children ate ease in religion. Unfortunately some It is known in fact that Prophet with Islam’s boundaries. There indeed is In sharing the message of Islam with and remind ourselves that we can only Muslims, including some reverts, are Muhammad (PBUH) always resisted a need to clarify such misconceptions, and people, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was keep what we have, by giving it away; under the misconception that the more any tendency towards religious excessive- encourage and remind both born Muslim advised in the Quran: It is part of the mercy somewhat like paying it forward, but for stringent they are in following religion, ness. He once said to his close companion and reverts to question where did their of Allah that you deal gently with them. If you the afterlife if you may say so. the more pious they become. This is totally Abdullah ibn ‘Amr: beliefs originate from. Was it from the were severe or hardhearted, they would have Balancing between individual rights in contradiction to what our religion “Have I heard right that you fast every- Quran and Sunnah or a tradition they broken away from you’. (3:159) and responsibilities, we find that as teaches us. The misconception is a result day and stand in prayer all night?” have been following without knowing its It is on this note that when the Prophet life continues to bring us down many of lack of understanding of religion and Abdullah replied: origin? sent his companions to teach Islam to the familiar journeys, one of those being a at times drives some people away from “Yes, O Messenger of God” In all reality, God created us and in turn people he advised them: quest of living, we must work towards religion, mainly because of the way it is The Prophet said: He knows what’s best for us and those who Facilitate religious matters to people making everything simpler including presented to them. “Do not do that. Fast, as well as, eat and do not know these truths feel they may and do not make things difficult. Obey each our worships if we are to continue on Some people have aimed at causing drink. Stand in prayer, as well as, sleep. This lead happier and more comfortable lives other and do not differ amongst yourselves.” our steady pace towards our ultimate religion to deviate from its essence, pre- is because your body has a right upon you, when the limits are removed. God says (Bukhari, 69) goal, Heaven. venting religion from being practiced your eyes have a right upon you, your wife has in the Quran to pray for both the good in God has created a natural balance Bear in mind we must allow others to by attempting to add on many difficult a right upon you, and your guest has a right this world and the good in the Hereafter. between what is easy to follow for humans influence us positively whenever we are practices and superstitions to it. Such upon you.” (Bukhari, 127) It also speaks about the enjoyment of and what is the minimal requirement going wrong. After all, God has prom- practices have sadly resulted in people This hadith indicates that it is sig- life: O children of Adam! Wear your beauti- needed to be a morally, ethically and spir- ised that He is not going to make any deviating from Islam. However from the nificant to maintain a delicate balance ful apparel at every time and place of prayer itually pious person. This can be shown soul accountable for anything more than information set forth in the verses in the between the various obligations that Eat and drink but waste not by excess, for for example when we increase the price what his potential is, promising that He Quran and the replete stories and hadiths demand our attention; between our obli- Allah loves not wasters. Say: ‘who has for- of a commodity, or make things more will forgive those who repent. by the Prophet, we can ascertain that it gations to God, our obligations towards bidden the beautiful gifts of Allah which He stringent- as mentioned earlier- in reli- This brings me back to the challenge is easy for sincere Muslims to be good others and our obligations towards our- has produced for His servants and the things gion we will find lesser people wanting to described earlier where the step by step Muslims. In this life we are tested and selves. This is also demonstrated in many clean and pure which He has provided for buy that commodity. However, we must guide was easily accessible to ask for as according to the morals and faith we show verses in the Quran illustrating that God sustenance. (7:31-2) remember that easiness in religion has Muslims. www.onislam.net How to attain humility in prayers with her: ‘God’s Messenger building collapsed. This attracted service. If he asks of Me, I grant would talk to us and we to him, a crowd, but he was quite una- his request. In the midst of igno- In an environment with increasing distractions how do but when it was time for Prayer ware of what had happened until rance, I give him discernment; it seemed as though he did not he had finished his Prayer. in heedlessness, remembrance, we make our prayers more beneficial for ourselves? know us, nor we him.’ (Azdi - Whenever the time of Prayer in darkness, light. He stands mursal) This was because they approached, Ali ibn Abi Talib, out among ordinary people as Following is an excerpt from Inner Dimensions of Islamic were completely in awe of God may God be pleased with him and Paradise towers over earthly Worship, a compilation of Imam Ghazali’s works that can the most Great and Glorious. ennoble his countenance, used to gardens, its rivers inexhaust- The Prophet said: ‘God has quake and change colour. They ible and its fruits not subject to inspire us to develop humility and become closer to no regard for a Prayer in which a asked him: decay.’ man’s heart is not present as well ‘What is the matter with you, It is related of Hatim Al Allah through prayer. as his body.’ Commander of the Believers?’ Asamm, may God be pleased with It is said that when Abraham, To this he would reply: him, that he said, in answer to a God’s special friend, got up to ‘The time has come for a trust question about Prayer: pray, the throbbing of his heart which God offered to the heavens ‘When the time for Prayer llah says in the God!” Otherwise it is fruitless.’ Again God Almighty reminds could be heard from a distance. and the earth and the mountains, is at hand, I make a proper Quran: ‘And perform (Tirmidi/Nasai) us in the Quran: ‘O Man, you When Said Al Tanukhi but they refused to carry it; they ablution, go to the spot where the Prayer in remem- In the earlier scriptures, we labour towards your Lord labori- (Muslim jurist 776/854 CE) was were wary of it, but I have taken I intend to pray and sit there A brance of Me.’ (Ta Ha, find these words attributed to ously, and you shall meet Him.’ (Al praying, tears used to flow inces- it on.’ till all my limbs and organs 20:14) God, Glorified is He: ‘I do not Inshiqaq, 84:6) santly down his cheeks and onto It is said of Husayn ibn Ali are in a collected state. Then I ‘Do not be one of those who are accept the Prayers of everyone ‘Be aware of God, for it is God his beard. that he used to turn pale when stand up to perform my Prayer, neglectful.’ (Al A’raf, 7:205) who prays. I accept the Prayers who teaches you.’ (Al Baqarah, Someone asked Khalaf ibn he made his ablution. When his placing the Kaba between my ‘Do not approach the Prayer when of none but those who are hum- 2:282) Ayyub (Islamic scholar and poet family asked him what came over brows, the Bridge- over-Hell you are intoxicated, until you know ble before My Majesty, who are ‘Be aware of God, and know that from Al Andalus 1013/1081 CE): him during his ablution, he would beneath my feet, Paradise to what you are saying.’ (Al Nisa’, 4:43) not arrogant towards My serv- you are going to meet Him.’ ‘Don’t the flies bother you so say: ‘Do you realise before Whom my right and Hell to my left, Some say that ‘intoxicated’ ants, and who feed the poor and (Al Baqarah, 2:223) much during your Prayer that I wish to stand in Prayer?’ and the Angel of Death behind means inebriated by many anxi- hungry for My sake.’ Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) you have to chase them away?’ According to Ibn Abbas, may me, thinking all the while that eties, while others say it means Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) reminds us: ‘If a man’s Prayer does He replied: God be pleased with him and his this is my final Prayer. Then I drunk on the love of this world also said: ‘Ritual Prayer was made not deter him from indecency and ‘I do not make a habit of any- father, the Prophet David, God stand between hope and fear. According to Wahb, the mean- obligatory, Pilgrimage and circu- mischief, he gains nothing from thing that would spoil my Prayer.’ bless him and give him peace, I carefully pronounce “Allahu ing is obviously a caution against mambulation were ordained, and God but remoteness.’ (Tabarani) When asked how he had used to say in his intimate Akbar!” Then I recite the worldly attachment, since the the rites of sacrifice were insti- Since Prayer is intimate com- acquired such patience, he said: Prayers: ‘My God, who inhabits Quran harmoniously, bow in words ‘until you know what you tuted, all for the purpose of ensur- munion, how can it go with heed- ‘I have heard that culprits Your House? And from whom do humility and prostrate myself are saying’ explain the underly- ing remembrance of God, Exalted lessness? Bakr ibn Abdullah said: patiently endure the Sultan’s you accept the Prayer?’ submissively. I then sit back on ing reason. Many are those who is He. If your heart is devoid of ‘O believers, if you wish to whip, because this gives them a Then God told him by my left haunch spreading out pray without having drunk wine, awe and reverence for the One enter the presence of your Lord reputation for being “able to take inspiration: the top of my left foot and rais- yet do not know what they are Remembered, who is the aim and without permission, and to speak it.” They boast of their patient ‘David, he who inhabits My ing my right foot on the toes. I saying in their Prayers! the goal, what is your remembrance with Him without an interpreter, endur ance. Here am I, standing House, and he whose Prayer follow this with sincerity. Then Prophet Muhammad (peace be worth?’ (Abu Daud/Tirmidi) you have only to enter!’ before my Lord in Prayer. Am I I accept, is none but he who I wonder whether or not my upon him) said: ‘If a man per- This advice was given to some- When someone asked him how going to budge for a fly?’ is humble before My Majesty, Prayer has been accepted.’ forms two cycles of Prayer with- one by the Prophet, on him be this could be he said: It is related of Muslim ibn spends his days in remembrance Ibn Abbas (Cousin of the out the distraction of any worldly peace: ‘When you pray, pray like ‘You do your ablution correctly Yasar that, when he wanted to of Me and keeps his passions in Prophet), may God be pleased thought, all his previous sins will be a person who is saying farewell,’ and enter your prayer-niche ... pray, he would say to his family: check for My sake, giving food with him and with his father, forgiven.’ (Bukhari/Muslim) (Ibn Maja/Hakim/Baihaqi) i.e. There you are! You have entered ‘You may talk, for I shall not to the hungry and shelter to once said: ‘Two modest cycles of ‘Prayer is nothing but submis- saying farewell to himself, to his your Lord’s presence without hear you’. the stranger and treating the Prayer, performed in full aware- siveness, humility, supplication, passions and to his life, before permission and may now speak It is said that he was praying afflicted with compassion. His ness, are better than a whole sighing and remorse, holding out setting off on the journey to his to Him without an interpreter.’ one day in the Great Mosque light shines in the sky like the night’s vigil when the heart is your hands and saying: “O God! O Lord. Said Aisha, may God be pleased of Basra, when a corner of the sun. If he invokes Me, I am at his inattentive.’ www.islamcity.com FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Iran parliament Palestinians spurn US security ideas speaker visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Netanyahu, Abbas to push forward peace talks Oman to seek

RAMALLAH: The Palestinians Jerusalem in the evening to confer rejected ideas raised by visit- again with the Israeli leader, said better Gulf ties ing US Secretary of State John “some progress” had been made MUSCAT: Iranian parliament Kerry yesterday for security in the peace talks. speaker Ali Larijani met yes- arrangements under a possible Acknowledging Israel’s fear terday in Muscat with Oman’s future peace accord with Israel, that ceding the West Bank could ruler H M Sultan Qaboos bin a Palestinian official said. make it vulnerable to attack, Said, as Tehran seeks to mend There was no immediate Kerry said he offered Netanyahu ties with Gulf states, ONA state response from the United States “some thoughts about that par- news agency said. or Israel, which has long insisted ticular security challenge”. Tehran enjoys good relations on keeping swathes of its West Neither he nor Netanyahu gave with Muscat, but is locked in a Bank settlements, as well as a further details, citing the need decades-long rivalry with Saudi military presence on the ter- to keep the diplomacy discreet. Arabia, while some other Gulf ritory’s eastern boundary with Both described Israeli secu- countries are wary of the ambi- Jordan, under any peace deal. rity as paramount, something tions of their neighbour across The official, who spoke on con- Netanyahu said would require the water. dition of anonymity and declined that his country “be able to “The good relations between to elaborate on the proposals, defend itself by itself”. the two friendly countries were said Kerry presented them to Israel quit Gaza unilaterally in discussed during the meeting, as Palestinian President Mahmoud 2005, after which Hamas came to well as the various levels of exist- Abbas after discussing them sepa- power. The sides have repeatedly ing bilateral cooperation,” ONA rately with Israeli Prime Minister exchanged fire since. said. Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli media have reported “Iran has all respect for the “The Palestinian side rejected that Kerry’s proposals included vision of the sultan, which takes them because they would only security arrangements for the Omani-Iranian relations to top lead to prolonging and main- Jordan Valley, between the West levels,” ONA quoted Larijani as taining the occupation,” the offi- Bank and Jordan. An Israeli offi- saying during a meeting with cial told Reuters, referring to cial said that in recent weeks US his counterpart, the head of the Israel’s hold on the West Bank, officials had visited Jordan Valley Majles Al Shura consultative where, along with Gaza and East Bedouin women protest against the Prawer plan as they call for the release of fellow Bedouins arrested during last crossing points. council, Khalid Al Mawali. Jerusalem, Palestinians seek an week’s protest, outside an Israeli court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba yesterday. The Prawer-Begin Bill Kerry was due to depart today The visit comes hot on the heels independent state. calls for the relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouin and confiscation of more than 70,000 hectares of land in the Negev. after a helicopter tour of the West of a Gulf tour by Iranian Foreign In remarks to reporters after Bank and other areas with Israeli Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his three-hour meeting with the state of Israel, security for a Abbas did not join Kerry at the Palestinians worry that Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon. who praised Oman during his Abbas in the West Bank hub city future Palestine”. Ramallah media appearance. settlements — deemed illegal by In Ramallah, Kerry said he may stop in Muscat on Sunday for its of Ramallah, Kerry commended “I think the interests are very Disputes over proposed Israeli most world powers — will not return to the region for more talks role in last month’s negotiations “his steadfast commitment to stay similar, but there are questions of land handovers have bedevilled leave room for a viable state. next week “depending on where between Iran and world powers at the peace negotiations, despite sovereignty, questions of respect peace efforts for two decades, along Israelis question whether Abbas we are”. that paved the way for a land- the difficulties that he and the and dignity which are obviously with other issues like the status of could commit the rival, armed “So the discussions will go on, mark nuclear deal. Palestinians have perceived in significant to the Palestinians, and Jerusalem and fate of Palestinian Palestinian Hamas Islamists who the effort will continue, and our Zarif’s tour, which also took the process”. for the Israelis very serious ques- refugees. Kerry revived the talks govern Gaza to coexistence with hopes with them for the possibili- in Kuwait, Qatar and the United Kerry said they had discussed tions of security and also of longer- in July and set a nine-month tar- the Jewish state. ties of peace for the region,” he Arab Emirates, was aimed at “at great length issues of secu- term issues of how we end this get for an accord, but both sides Kerry, who met Netanyahu said. assuring Gulf countries that the rity in the region, security for conflict once and for all,” he added. have signalled pessimism. earlier yesterday and returned to REUTERS deal over its disputed nuclear pro- gramme is in their interest. Sultan Qaboos has acted as an intermediary between Western countries and the Islamic republic No compromise on Jordan Valley security: Israel official in the past few years. According to reports, the sul- JERUSALEM: Israel’s deputy defence security needs to the Palestinians,” he said not allow Secretary Kerry to pressure us “bridging proposal” which would enable tanate hosted secret talks between minister yesterday ruled out any secu- in a statement. into another bad deal. We have been down Israel to reduce, as much as possible, its Iran and the United States in the rity compromise in the Jordan Valley, Israel has always insisted that in any this road before,” he said referring to the military presence in the Jordan Valley. lead-up to the accord on Iran’s saying the Jewish state would not give final agreement, it would have to maintain persistent rocket fire on southern Israel The plan would outline arrangements nuclear programme. in to US pressure to accept “a bad deal”. a military presence in the Jordan Valley. following its withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. for a transitional period and a permanent World powers, Arab states Danny Danon, a hardline member of Danon said Israel would not be pres- “We will never compromise on our secu- arrangement and may include “guarantees, of the Gulf, and Israel suspect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surised by the Americans into accepting rity, even if it means saying no to our clos- advanced technological equipment and Tehran’s nuclear ambitions rightwing Likud party, said Israel would another deal along the lines of the initial est ally,” said Danon, an outspoken member unique weaponry” which would let Israel include acquiring a nuclear never accept a Palestinian presence at the nuclear agreement world powers struck in of the far-right faction within Likud. reduce or replace its military presence along weapon, a charge Iran vehemently border crossing with Jordan. Geneva with Iran. Maariv newspaper said US General John the Jordan River, said Maariv. denies. “Israel will not outsource its basic “After the debacle in Geneva, we will Allen was to present Netanyahu with a AFP AFP

Immigrant falls to American teacher death in Morocco Car bomb kills eight in Somalia RABAT: A Cameroonian immi- MOGADISHU: At least eight were wounded, including six attack, although no group has shot dead in Benghazi grant plunged to his death when people were killed yesterday soldiers. claimed responsiblity. police raided his fourth-floor when a suicide car bomber The attack took place in a busy “Al-Shebab...has carried out BENGHAZI: An American International School Benghazi is apartment in Tangiers, raising rammed a convoy in Somalia’s market area of Bossasso, the main savage attacks against govern- teacher was gunned down in one of the few foreign schools still tensions in the Moroccan city northern port of Bossasso, a port in Somalia’s northeastern ment and civilian targets in Libya as he took his morning jog operating in Libya, with most of after a similar death in October, region harbouring Al Qaeda- Puntland region, lying on its Gulf Puntland,” the statement read. yesterday, a week before he was them having shut down last year activists said yesterday. linked Shebab insurgents where of Aden coast. “This destructive group is to return home for holidays, offi- and earlier this year because of the Backup forces entered the tensions are high ahead of elec- Shebab fighters operate from committed to carrying out acts cials and the school said. growing insecurity. Cameroonian’s apartment on tions in January. the rugged Golis mountains of senseless violence, extremism Ronnie Smith, a 33-year-old In other violence in the Wednesday afternoon, in the “There was a car bomb attack southwest of Bossasso, a lawless and terrorism to achieve their from Texas, had been running increasingly lawless eastern city suburb of Boukhalef, and he fell targeting a vehicle of the security region under longtime control of evil goal.” in the central Al Fwihet neigh- yesterday, two Libyan soldiers from the roof of the building forces, he rammed the convoy and warlord, arms dealer and Shebab Tensions are high in the semi- bourhood of the eastern city of were shot dead in separate inci- shortly afterwards, rights activ- then exploded,” Abdullahi Said, a ally Mohamed Said Atom, who autonomous region as candidates Benghazi when he was shot, secu- dents, the latest of dozens of ist Boubker El Khamlichi said by police officer in the port town, has been hit with UN Security gear up for presidential and par- rity services spokesman Ibrahim security personnel to be gunned phone from Tangiers. said. Council sanctions for “kidnap- liamentary elections scheduled for Al Sharaa said. down in recent weeks, security The official MAP news agency “Several people have been ping, piracy and terrorism.” January 8. No one has yet claimed respon- officials said. said members of the security forces killed, so far we confirm that eight Shebab militia have attacked The elections were originally sibility for the killing, which comes A third soldier, who was arriving at the scene were pelted were killed, but the toll could be military bases near Bossasso in due to have been held in July, but 15 months after the US ambas- attached to military intelligence, with stones by “illegal immigrants higher, many of those who were the past, and its suicide comman- were postponed by the govern- sador and three other Americans died when a bomb placed under his wanting to exploit the incident, by injured were rushed to hospital.” dos regularly launch bomb attacks ment which at the time said the were killed in an attack on the US vehicle blew up, a security official improvising a march in the form Puntland’s government said or guerrilla raids. risk of violence was too great to consulate in Libya’s second city. said. of a funeral procession”. in a statement it “strongly con- Puntland’s government blamed hold them. International School Benghazi The violence rocking the city is AFP demns” the attack, in which 37 the Shebab for carrying out the AFP director Adel Al Mansuri said largely blamed on jihadist groups Smith, who was married and the that have mushroomed since father of a two-year-old boy, had Muammar Gaddafiwas toppled joined the faculty as a chemistry and killed in 2011. teacher late last year. Chief among them is Ansar al- Mansuri said Smith had been Sharia, a jihadist group accused of Al Qaeda-linked group claims Iraqi mall attack set to return home next week for the September 11, 2012 attack on the year-end holidays, but it was the US consulate in Benghazi that BAGHDAD: A group linked to Iraqi police said two suicide not immediately clear whether his killed ambassador Chris Stevens Al Qaeda said it was behind sui- bombers armed with sniper rifles wife and son were with him. and three other Americans. cide attacks on an Iraqi police entered the shopping complex in The director added, without Further east, in the Islamist intelligence headquarters and Kirkuk late on Wednesday, took providing details, that another bastion of Derna, residents on shopping mall in the northern control of it and captured around American teacher at the school Thursday staged new demonstra- city of Kirkuk, the SITE moni- 15 shoppers as hostages. had been taken to a secure loca- tions against what they say is toring group said yesterday, cit- After a gun battle, one suicide tion until he can travel home. anarchy in the city and to demand ing a communique. bomber blew himself up and the Smith’s killing triggered an out- a police and army presence. Gunmen and suicide bombers other was shot dead by Kurdish pouring of emotion on social media On Monday, unknown gun- attacked the two sites in Kirkuk, security forces who took over the networks. men fired on protesters in Derna, 250km north of Baghdad, late on operation from local police. One “It is with a very heavy heart killing one and wounding seven, Wednesday. They killed 11 people hostage was wounded, police said. that we announce the death of according to an updated toll given and wounded 70, police and medi- “I was inside my home when Ronnie Smith... shot & killed in by a medic on Thursday. cal sources said. there was a big explosion, our #Benghazi,” tweeted the Libyan Like Benghazi, Derna has seen Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic house was shaking and the win- Youth Movement. in recent months a wave of kill- State in Iraq and the Levant dows shattered,” said a man liv- “Ronnie was living and teaching ings of members of the security (ISIL) claimed the six-man sui- ing next to the mall who gave his in #Benghazi on his own accord, forces and the judiciary in attacks cide raid, according to a state- name as Abu Ahmed. he told friends ‘If I were to be blamed on Ansar al-Sharia. ment circulated on jihadi forums He saw several attackers car- killed, I will die for Education.’” The group implicitly denied and social media, SITE said. rying weapons heading towards Another Benghazi-based responsibility for Monday’s attack ISIL operates on both sides of the centre. “Dozens of women, Twitter user identified as Taqwa on protesters in Derna. the porous Iraqi-Syrian border. men and children went out and Embasher posted: “Smith was a “Opening fire with live rounds Violence in Iraq has intensified some of them came to my house,” Army and police vehicles in front of the mall in the northern Iraqi city of kindhearted, generous person. on protesters... is a dangerous alongside the conflict in Syria and he said, adding he heard a gun I was a target of his kindness thing,” the group said in a state- is expected to escalate further battle which continued into the Kirkuk after it was stormed by security forces to end an hours-long siege and generosity” RIP my best ment received yesterday by AFP. before a parliamentary election night. that followed an attack involving a car bomb, gunmen and would-be suicide teacher&friend.” AFP in April next year. 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he right brain-left brain conundrum has foxed scientists for decades. Opinions about the brain, a mass of folds and virtually unending neural pathways, Tis intriguing as it to a large extent determines human Aspects of poverty unfold behaviour. One doesn’t easily forget music as it is stored in the amygdala; the frontal region of the brain helps us pull back from what the human instinct may force us to do, but which may be socially undesirable — like taking someone’s life. in the United States Amid the mystery perpetrated by the golgi mass housed in a BY JESSICA WINTER protective case called the skull, is a physiological truth waiting that the very act of being poor guar- self-presentation in “Poverty Thoughts.” to be unravelled. And unravel it does, albeit occasionally. antees that we will never not be poor.” It’s a decent bet, however, that A new study by the University of California has confirmed his week, Americans have had As the essay began to gather steam Tirado’s story is largely true, thanks that the brains of men and women are wired differently. The two radically different oppor- online, Tirado asked Jessica Coen, edi- to reporting by The Nation’s Michelle research has set off a storm in the world of neuroscience. tunities to consider tough tor of Jezebel, if the piece could land a Goldberg, who interviewed Tirado and questions about poverty, health spot on Jezebel’s front page, which it did. one of her former employers, Ryan Biologists and evolutionary scientists have started tearing T care access, and downward mobility Exactly a month after Tirado originally Clayton (who attested both to Tirado’s into the study that has also spawned popular discussion in the in the post-Great Recession era. One posted “Poverty Thoughts,” it hit the diligence and her damaged teeth). And media. The basic difference, according to the study, between came when President Obama delivered a front page of the Huffington Post, which plenty of fair-minded people, includ- the sexes is that the male brain is largely wired from front speech on economic mobility. The other hailed her as “the woman who acciden- ing her GoFundMe benefactors, could to back with only a limited number of connections between came when Linda Tirado took out her tally explained poverty to the nation.” readily accept the idea that Tirado — the two lobes. On the other hand, the female brain is wired dental bridge for a YouTube video to Millions read her essay. So many offers despite the house her parents helped prove she was poor. of financial assistance flowed in that her get, despite the advantages of social between the lobes, also called the hemispheres. This probably If you haven’t been following the Tirado set up a GoFundMe page where class and cultural capital that secure explains why men find it easier to perform single jobs like Tirado saga, here’s a recap. On October she raised over $60,000 for dental sur- you a spot at Cranbrook or on the cycling or navigating while women are adept at multitasking. 22, the frequent Gawker commenter gery — her teeth, which were damaged in homepage of a Gawker Media site — In 2001, cognitive experts Allan posted a personal essay called “Why a car crash, contributed to her difficulty believes herself to be “a poor person,” a Insightful Pease and Barbara Pease wrote the I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty finding good jobs, she said. She’d use the thinker of “poverty thoughts.” But the Thoughts,” which she framed as “ran- rest of the money to work on a book. fact is that Linda Tirado, the woman book, Why men don’t listen and research on dom observations Inevitably, a backlash followed. who explained poverty to the nation, is women can’t read maps. It brought that might help Sceptics and cranks dug up dentally almost certainly not one of the 50 mil- brain science under focus the differences explain the men- impeccable photos of Tirado taken years lion Americans now living in poverty. can help find in the way men and women’s tal processes” of after her car accident as well as a July “Broke” or “downwardly mobile,” maybe, brains respond to various tasks. Exactly a poor people like 2011 post detailing her unstable but but not poor. And that says less about out more about herself. In the privileged upbringing, which included Tirado’s credibility than it does about Generalisations apart, one cannot month after piece, Tirado — a private schooling — even a stint at the our stringent standards for defining stress response deny that most women would Tirado originally line cook, free- exclusive boarding school Cranbrook, poverty in America. and its effect on find it hard to figure out places posted “Poverty lance writer, and alma mater of Mitt Romney — and Even with just two low-wage jobs and on a map. And men not paying sometime political ample cultural enrichment: “I had pri- her husband’s veteran benefits to get individuals and attention to what is being said; Thoughts”, it hit campaign worker vate music lessons from the age of four … by, Tirado’s household income likely society. isn’t this a most galling grouse of the front page of who lives in Utah I owned twenty-three instruments when well outstrips the 2013 federal poverty an exasperated wife. — described the I was twelve. I toured Europe as a fea- guidelines, which top out at $23,550 for the Huffington Post, cognitive toll of tured soprano the summer after I grad- a family of four like Tirado’s. That may The Peases’ aforesaid work was which hailed her juggling two low- uated high school.” Over Thanksgiving seem shockingly low, yet 16 percent of preceded by their book—Why men lie and women cry— which wage jobs, a full weekend, the Houston Press published Americans still meet the federal defi- described significant differences between men and women. as “the woman college course an impassioned debunking of “Poverty nition of poor according to the Census John Gray’s Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, who accidentally load, a marriage Thoughts.” On Tuesday, Mediaite went Bureau’s supplemental measure of written years ago, became a huge grosser after it was one of (Tirado’s husband so far as to declare “Poverty Thoughts” poverty (which takes into account tax explained poverty is an Iraq War “a hoax.” breaks, necessary expenses, and geo- the first books to bring the contrasts into focus. to the nation”. veteran), and two Tuesday was also the day Tirado graphic differences across states). And The brain, it has to be emphasised, is a very complex children, some posted her video in response to the if you were to double that tiny family- organ. It might look simple in books that tend to show a Millions read days on just three doubters. This was not her first bizarre of-four figure, you’d be only a few grand sketch anatomy of arguably the most important part of the her essay. hours of sleep. postscript to “Poverty Thoughts.” short of the median household income in human body. The repudiation of the latest study is likely to Chronic stress The first was a mystifying update she the US, which is also lower than many say that the brain is not hard-wired. This would mean that and exhaustion, added to the essay after her GoFundMe might assume: just over $51,000 in 2012. she explained, left her little bandwidth account was already fat with donations: Pointing out these grim numbers don’t the human brain can be rewired — discounting the theory for good planning and decision-making, “Not all of this piece is about me. That belittle the challenges faced by any that men and women differ due to the organ’s circuitry. The or for basic health and dental care. Her is why I said that they were observa- hard-working family trying to pay for upside of research in brain science has been the augmented piece transpires in a grinding, perpetual tions.” (Note to the children of America: a home, child care, health insurance, ability of experts to understand the stress response. Stress is present tense, both urgent and fatalistic: Next time Mom or Dad catch you in taxes, and so much else even at $51,000 a big killer, and it may turn out to be the biggest one in a few “You have to understand that we know a tall tale, try, “I wasn’t exaggerating; per year. But it does put the circum- decades. The understanding of the body’s capacity to endure that we will never not feel tired,” she I was making an observation.”) She stances of the tens of millions with so wrote. “We will never feel hopeful. We later described herself as “comfort- much less in sharper relief. stress and keep it away will in the distant and not-so-distant will never get a vacation. Ever. We know ably working-class,” contradicting her WP-BLOOMBERG future determine how prescient neuroscience has been • The other side Quote of Learning the fiscal lessons of Europe’s endless recession the day

IVE years after the onset of its than 12 percent. The latest forecasts forced them to or because they chose financial markets and, crucially, denied worst recession, the European from the Organization for Economic to go for “expansionary austerity”: the adequate fiscal support by their EU Union’s economic recovery Cooperation and Development predict theory that budget discipline will restore partners, these countries had no real Fremains painfully slow. Has growth of just 1 percent next year and market confidence and hence revive choice: Either cut spending and raise anything been learned from this dismal 1.6 percent in 2015. It’s an outlook that growth. taxes, whatever the economic con- performance about how governments makes the sluggish U.S. recovery look The term “expansionary austerity,” sequences, or default on their debts. I can’t emphasise can combat severe recessions? The brisk. always something of an oxymoron, is For some, this brutal dilemma hasn’t answer is yes — but sadly, the clearest Still, there remains a dispute about now out of favor, because there’s been yet gone away. Greece still faces it; so enough that Israel’s lessons are the ones governments the proper role of policy — especially little or no expansion. But this doesn’t might Portugal. Britain is a telling case seem least likely to apply. fiscal policy — in such times. quite clinch the argument. Advocates of because it is not part of the euro area security in this It would be hard to deny that Many economists argue that tight fiscal discipline continue to claim and thus had more fiscal freedom. Yet it negotiation (with Europe’s record has been awful. Over Europe’s governments tried too hard that things would have been even chose to be a champion of expansion- the past four years, gross domestic and too soon to reduce their budget worse if budgets hadn’t been cut. ary austerity. Earlier this year, Finance Iran) is at the top of product in the euro area has grown by deficits after the recession began. They may have a point, especially Minister George Osborne said signs of less than 3 percent; output fell slightly Governments committed themselves when it comes to the most heavily a strengthening recovery had proved our agenda. in 2012 and again this year. European early on to fiscal stringency, either stressed peripheral members of the him right. John Kerry unemployment still stands at more because their euro-area partners euro area. Unable to borrow from The Washington Post US Secretary of State FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Middle East mess not about settlements The danger is analytical: If you don’t understand what ails the region, how can you possibly fix it? BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG He spoke on the record and very sen- sibly about the settlements, but when a n an interview with Charles Gati confrontation developed between him in Politico magazine, Zbigniew and [Israeli prime minister Benjamin] Brzezinski, who served as national Netanyahu, Obama caved in. That has security adviser to Jimmy Carter, contributed significantly to the general proves once again that he is a mess we now have in the Middle East.” Iman of profound religious faith. He wor- Brzezinski is referring to one of ships at the Church of Linkage, which Obama’s earliest confrontations with holds that Israel’s settlement policy on Netanyahu. Early in his first term, the the West Bank is the primary cause of president demanded that Israel stop Middle East instability and a principal building in the settlements as a confi- cause — if not the main cause — of the dence-building measure in advance of US’s troubles in the Muslim world. peace negotiations. Before I go on, the usual caveats: The Israel gave in partially, but only par- settlement project — especially those set- tially, and when settlement building con- tlements far from Jerusalem that have tinued, Obama offered rhetoric but did been planted in the middle of thickly pop- nothing concrete to shape Israel’s behav- ulated Palestinian areas — is a strategic iour. Obama’s mistake was to make a and moral disaster for Israel. public demand of an ally (and a client) The settlements should be dismantled. and then have no Plan B ready when that They threaten Israel’s standing in the ally refused to listen. world; they threaten to undermine the Netanyahu’s unwillingness to reverse very nature and purpose of Israel. And himself on settlements — an unwillingness so on. born of careerism as much as anything Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) listens as US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference following a I’ve written before about the threat else (his governing coalition includes a meeting at Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem yesterday. Kerry said some progress had been made in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and that settlements pose, at great length. disproportionate number of settlers and that he had presented Israel with ideas for improving its security under any future accord. But there is danger in thinking that the their sympathisers) — has hurt Israel, removal of these settlements would bring but has it actually, as Brzezinski alleges, about a liberal, enlightened Middle East. “contributed significantly to the general 3. The Syrian civil war, in which more subsequent coup launched against the one step closer to the establishment of a The danger is analytical: If you don’t mess we now have in the Middle East”? than 100,000 people have died so far. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi global caliphate. understand what ails the Middle East, Let’s look at the Middle East as it is Syrian cataclysm does not appear to be triggered by settlements. 9. Pathological misogyny that impov- how can you possibly fix it? today. Here is a partial catalogue of phe- traceable to Israel’s West Bank settle- 7. Libya’s descent into gangsterism and erishes the lives of millions and weakens It is also dangerous to scapegoat Israel nomena that plausibly illustrate the idea ment policy or Obama’s failure to chal- chaos. The civil war that led to the ouster countries that would otherwise be able to for problems it didn’t cause, in the same that the Middle East is a “general mess”: lenge it. and death of Muammar Gaddafi was not tap into the brainpower of their women. way that it has historically been quite 1. Tensions over Iran’s nuclear pro- 4. The region-wide schism between caused by settlements. Nor was the fatal A settlement freeze would not lead to the dangerous to blame the Jewish people for gramme. Jewish settlements did not Sunnis and Shias, which manifests itself attack on the American consulate in widespread liberation of women. problems they didn’t cause. Brzezinski’s provoke Iranian leaders to build the in violence and disorder, not only in Syria, Benghazi. It is difficult to imagine how 10. The persecution of Christians in native Poland provides lessons in this infrastructure of a nuclear weapons but also in Lebanon, Bahrain, Iraq and, a settlement freeze on the West Bank a dozen countries across the Muslim regard. programme. beyond the Middle East, in Pakistan. This would stabilise Libya. world, which will eventually lead to Brzezinski has had hard feelings Regional ambitions, fear of American schism does not seem to be caused by 8. The proliferation, from Somalia the elimination of these ancient com- toward Israel for years, and he has been domination, a desire to counterbalance settlements. to Yemen to Syria to Pakistan, of Al munities. This persecution was not consistent in suggesting that American Saudi Arabia and opposition to Israel’s 5. The slow-motion collapse, amid Qaeda-affiliated and -inspired groups. caused by Netanyahu’s recalcitrance Jews possess too much political power. existence (as opposed to its settlement horrendous violence, of Iraq as a unitary Settlements have not “contributed signif- on settlements. In Politico, he asserts in drive-by fash- policy) have all contributed to Iran’s state. A settlement freeze on the West icantly” to persistent Al Qaeda activity. And so on. I’ve neglected to mention ion — which is to say without offering nuclear policy decision making. Bank will not stop the dissolution of Iraq. It could be argued that the existence of such issues as literacy, water shortages, proof to buttress his contention — that 2. The broad anger directed at the 6. Continued political instability and a Jewish state in the Middle East is one corruption, education stagnation, torture “the Jewish community is the most active US by the governments of Saudi Arabia, violence in Egypt. Tensions among of several sources of anger for and the suppression of free speech, all of political community in American society.” Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Muslim Brotherhood sympathisers, Al Qaeda sympathisers, but a settle- which contribute to general instability in Here is what Brzezinski told Politico Emirates, Jordan and Egypt. Though advocates of liberalism and the Egyptian ment freeze, as opposed to the elimination the Middle East. about President Barack Obama’s failure these governments pay lip service to the military would not be ameliorated by of Israel as a country, would not affect the The willingness of esteemed foreign- to force Israel to permanently freeze set- Palestinian cause, the source of their a settlement freeze. The overthrow views of radical Sunni terrorists. It could policy thinkers such as Brzezinski to tlements: “At a critical juncture he failed current anger with the US stems from of former President Hosni Mubarak also be argued that the annihilation of scapegoat the Jewish state for problems to show he had steel in his back, he failed the Obama administration’s decision to was not prompted by Obama’s failure Israel would empower radical terrorists it did not cause is myopic and dangerous. to follow through. negotiate with Iran. to confront settlements. Nor was the by making them believe that they were WP-BLOOMBERG

Can a sunken Pacific rock unite Japan, S Korea? Why we should care Chinese officials vow about Honduras poll to resolve any issues BY MARK WEISBROT with South Korea lection results are often contested, and that is one reason why governments sometimes invite official observer missions through consultations from inter-governmental bodies such as the Organisation of EAmerican States (OAS) or European Union. But there are times and places when these outside organisations don’t provide much and negotiations. in the way of independent observation. On 24 November, Hondurans went to the polls to choose a new BY NISID HAJARI president, congress, and mayors. There were a lot of concerns about whether a free and fair election was possible in the climate of intimida- ll the drama surrounding China’s tion and violence that prevailed in the country. As I noted before the declaration of a vast “air-defence vote, members of both the US House of Representatives and the US identification zone” off its shores Senate had, in the prior six months, written to US Secretary of State centres around the disputed islands John Kerry, expressing their concerns. A Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the Asia- known as the Senkaku by Japan, which Reports of fraud, vote-buying, the buying of polling-place party administers them, and the Diaoyu by China, Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bali, Indonesia. representatives by the National Party, and other irregularities came which challenges Tokyo’s claim. The new zone from observers during the day of the election and following. Of course, encompasses the airspace over the islands: on the feature whatsoever. China than to fellow US ally Japan. Chinese these things happen in many elections, especially in poor countries, so Beijing wants any planes in the area to iden- That last detail gives Abe an opening, as officials clearly recognise that they’ve blun- it is generally a judgment call for election monitors to determine if the tify themselves beforehand or face unspecified, Rand Corp analyst Scott Harold points out. dered by nipping off the airspace over Socotra election is “good enough” to warrant approval, or whether it should be possibly military, action. Japan scoffs at this The prime minister could score an easy PR Rock. They vow to resolve any issues with rejected. But there are two very big things that stand out in this elec- demand, as does the US, which has accused coup by offering to redraw Japan’s air-defence South Korea through “friendly consultations tion that raise serious doubts about the legitimacy of the vote count. China of unilaterally trying to alter the status area, in close consultation with Seoul. In effect, and negotiations.” But Beijing can’t afford to First is the compilation of votes by the Libre party, released on quo by threat of force. Japan would cede the airspace over Socotra to back down on the boundaries of its zone, not Friday. The parties are able to do their own vote count after the elec- The issue has dominated Vice President South Korea to monitor. Abe could even earn least because of raging nationalist sentiment tion because their observers receive copies of the tally sheets, which Joe Biden’s travels to Tokyo and Beijing this a few brownie points by publicly calling the at home. they sign, at the polling centres. The Libre party was able to salvage week. The Japanese have been pushing the rock Ieodo — an emotional issue for hardcore Japan can and should. Shrinking its own 14,593 of the 16,135 tally sheets (some Libre observers were reportedly US — which has recommended that American Korean nationalists — and offering to collabo- air-defence zone a bit wouldn’t materially tricked or intimidated into turning their copies over to the electoral airlines respect China’s rules even if the US rate in the marine research taking place there. threaten the country’s security or its claim authorities). Hopefully the Libre party will post its tally sheets online military will not — to take an even tougher Such a move would accomplish two criti- over the Senkaku/Diaoyu. Even if South so that these counts can be verified. If true, these discrepancies are so stand against Beijing. If he really wants to cal goals. For one thing, it would underscore Korean officials — some of whom have started large that, by themselves, they would mandate the recount that the undercut China, though, Japanese Prime exactly what China did wrong in unilaterally to make friendlier noises about Japan in the Libre party is demanding, if not a new election altogether. Minister Shinzo Abe should be focusing on declaring its defence zone. Beijing is right that last few days — don’t immediately respond, The second big thing in this election has been the defection of a another island entirely. 20 other nations — including its two neigh- Abe would at least earn credit with the US. delegate from the official EU observer mission, Leo Gabriel of Austria. Well, not an island exactly. Socotra Rock is bours and the US — have established their If Seoul embraces the idea, all three nations In a press interview with Brazil’s Opera Mundi. a submerged rock feature sitting 15 feet below own such zones. But in doing so, none of them would be able to present a stronger, more The most important partisan interest is that of Washington, which the surface of the East China Sea. The nearest tried to restrict airspace claimed by another united front against China. put $11m into the election and wanted to legitimise the rule of its ally, actual territory — less than 100 miles to the country. Where zones butted up next to one How to exploit that solidarity is a separate the National Party, just as it did in the more blatantly illegitimate north — belongs to South Korea, which calls another, as in North America, the countries issue. In Tokyo, Biden said the US was “deeply election four years ago following the US-backed military coup. the rock Ieodo and has built a towering helipad involved hashed out the boundaries together. concerned” about China’s recent move but did The OAS has similarly abandoned its duty of neutrality in elections and research station on top of it to reinforce China’s zone is hardly so neighbourly. not call for the zone’s outright rollback, know- in Haiti: it changed its 2000 report on presidential elections to support its claim. China, which also claims the feature A show of cooperativeness here could also ing that would be an impossible demand. The US efforts at “regime change”, and in 2011, took the unprecedented (which it calls Suyan Rock), has extended its help thaw relations between Japan and South best one can probably hope for is that China step of reversing an actual election result, without so much as even a air-defence zone to cover it as well. Korea, which have gone into a deep freeze. In quietly does not enforce the zone against recount — again in line with Washington’s electoral choices. Outraged commentators in Seoul have recent weeks South Korean President Park Japanese, Korean and US military planes that But the battle over this election is not over yet. Thousands of called on the government to extend its own Geun-hye has flatly declared that she sees no fly through without identifying themselves. Hondurans have taken to the streets, despite increasing repression air-defence zone into the area — something point in even sitting down to talk with Abe, That will only work, of course, if the three and militarisation of the country. The response of the international that wasn’t considered necessary when the whom she accuses of trying to whitewash allies don’t loudly publicise their defiance and media and observer missions will be relevant: will they investigate to zone was drawn (by the US Air Force) in 1951. Japan’s wartime record. China’s lack of response. Abe should remem- see if the charges of electoral fraud are true? Or will they simply watch In fact, until now the only defence zone that US officials have fretted that Park, who ber that some grand gestures are worth mak- as the National Party government consolidates itself with repression included the airspace above Socotra Rock received a rock star’s welcome when she vis- ing — and some are not. and support for the results from the US and its allies? belonged to Japan, which has made no claim ited Beijing in June, was drifting closer to WP-BLOOMBERG THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Syria-related Yemen attack Syria oppn clashes claim Lebanese alleges new soldier’s life TRIPOLI: A soldier was killed yesterday as pro- and anti-Syr- ian regime supporters clashed in Lebanon’s second city Tripoli, breaking an army-imposed gas attack truce, a security official said. “A soldier was killed by a bul- let to the head,” the source said, not long after reporting at least Jihadists execute Iraqi cameraman six soldiers were among eight AMMAN: Opposition activists man who said he had seen white wounded during fighting in Bab El again accused President Bashar smoke from the shelling, inhaled Tebbaneh, a neighbourhood that Al Assad’s forces of using poison it and then passed out. has been at the centre of unrest gas in Syria’s civil war yesterday, In northern Syria, jihadists for more than a year. and said victims had been dis- have kidnapped more than 50 Later yesterday, troops shot covered with swollen limbs and Kurds in the past three days, in and wounded four armed men foaming at the mouth. the second such case of mass hos- when they tried to encircle a bar- The activists said two shells tage-taking since July, a monitor- racks in Qobbe, a Sunni district loaded with gas hit a rebel-held ing group said Thursday. about 500 metres from Bab Al area in the town of Nabak, 68km The kidnappings come months Tebbaneh, an official said. northeast of Damascus, on a major into major battles for control of At the same time, a soldier’s highway in the Qalamoun region. several parts of northern Syria house in Qobbe was set on fire, Vehicles burn after an explosives-packed car hit Yemen’s Defence Ministry complex in Sana’a yesterday. They reported seven casualties. that have pitted Kurdish fight- but there were no casualties. Separately, the Syrian ers against jihadists, chiefly the The latest fighting comes after Revolution Coordinators Union Islamic State of Iraq and the authorities decided on Monday also accused Assad’s forces of Levant (ISIL). to place Tripoli under army con- using poison gas. “In the past three days, ISIL trol for six months after a wave “We have documented nine has kidnapped at least 51 Kurds in of sectarian killings linked to Gitmo detainees sent to Algeria casualties from poison gas used the towns of Minbej and Jarablus,” Syria’s war left 11 dead in the by the regime in neighbourhoods said the Syrian Observatory for main northern city. WASHINGTON: Two Algerian detention center in Cuba, where family he was taken away from of Nabak,” it said on its Facebook Human Rights. Residents of the Sunni dis- detainees at the US prison more than 160 “war on terror” in 2002,” Kirsch wrote. page. Among the hostages were nine trict of Bab El Tebbaneh had camp in Guantanamo Bay have suspects still linger nearly 12 years “He fears for his personal It was not clear what kind children and a woman, said the been locked in fighting with peo- been repatriated, the Defence after it was opened. safety,” Bensayah’s attorney had of gas, if any, might have been Britain-based group, adding that ple in the neighbouring Alawite Department said yesterday, But Bensayah and Ameziane written to the State Department used in Nabak and there was no there was no information on district of Jabal Mohsen since despite protest from the prison- were fighting the transfer to before the transfer was ordered. immediate comment from Syrian where they had been taken. Saturday. ers who feared persecution. Algeria, the only country author- “Mr Bensayah believes Muslim authorities. Minbej and Jarablus are located Tensions between the neigh- “The Department of Defence ised by US law to accept its nation- extremists will expect him to sym- “Seven men are reported ill so in Aleppo province, which is home bourhoods date back to Lebanon’s announced on December 5 als detained at Guantanamo, pathize with them, only because he far. They have swollen limbs and to a Kurdish minority. 1975-1990 civil war but have been the transfer of Djamel Saiid according to lawyer Robert Kirsch, was held at Guantanamo. He fears foam coming out of their mouths,” The Observatory also said exacerbated by the conflict across Ali Ameziane and Bensayah who represents Bensayah. that they will attack or perhaps said an activist calling himself yesterday that fighters linked the border in Syria, where Alawite Belkecem from the detention “This was not voluntary — at kill him when they learn he does Amer Al Qalamouni. to Al Qaeda had executed an President Bashar Al Assad is bat- facility at Guantanamo Bay to the all,” Kirsch said by email. “Our not support them.” “No doctors have got to them Iraqi freelance cameraman as tling a Sunni-led uprising. Government of Algeria,” after a hearts go out to Mr Bensayah Ameziane, who lived in Austria yet because Nabak is under fero- he was leaving Syria after a Yesterday’s shooting broke review “which examined a number and the family he never will see and Canada, had asked to return cious bombardment and there are 10-day assignment in rebel-held out after a group of young men of factors, including security again.” to America’s northern neighbor very few medical staff left.” territory. accosted a Lebanese television issues,” a statement said. Bensayah had been demanding since president George W. Bush’s Amir Kazk, another activist in Yasser Faysal Al Joumaili was team filming on Syria Street, “The United States coordinated to be returned to Bosnia, where he administration cleared him for Nabak, said the two shells were shot dead after being stopped at which divides the two districts. with the Government of Algeria to was arrested in 2002 and where release in 2007. part of a heavy barrage that hit a checkpoint in mainly rebel-held “The army intervened, and ensure these transfers took place his wife and daughters lived. “Djamel fears persecution in the Tariq Al Mashfa district near Idlib province in the northwest as gunfire erupted between them with appropriate security and “We are disappointed that the Algeria and does not want to the centre of the town. The source he headed for the Turkish border and the soldiers... which degen- humane treatment assurances,” President’s Special Envoy lacked return there,” his lawyer, Wells of the fire, he added, appeared to on Wednesday. erated into shooting from both it added. the ability and compassion to Dixon said via e-mail last week. be an army barracks on a hill in The 34-year-old father-of- neighbourhoods and the army The transfers are part of assist Mr Bensayah in taking “He would like to be resettled in the nearby Deir Attiya area. three had been filming in Aleppo responding in both directions,” President Barack Obama’s ongo- advantage of resettlement oppor- Europe or Canada, where he has Video footage posted on province the security official said. ing, but much delayed, efforts to tunities that would have allowed viable resettlement opportunities.” YouTube by activists showed a REUTERS AFP meet his vow to shutter the US him the chance to rebuild the AFP

Islamist party backs new Egypt statute Sudanese author fined

CAIRO: An Islamist party to preventing sliding into a spiral that backed the army’s ouster of anarchy,” Makhyoun said. over fuel-price protests of President Mohammed Mursi Secular activists to stand trial The Nour Party, part of the urged Egyptians to vote in CAIRO: Two prominent Egyptian secular activists will stand ultraorthodox Salafist move- KHARTOUM: A Sudanese Another woman was acquitted, favour of a new constitution in trial on Sunday for allegedly taking part in a violent and unau- ment, was set up after President author said she was convicted Mamoun said, after the court had an upcoming referendum, say- thorised protest under a disputed new law, judicial sources said. Hosni Mubarak’s downfall in 2011, yesterday of causing a “distur- previously freed five men on pro- ing that would spare the coun- The pair, Ahmed Maher and Ahmed Douma, were arrested after emerging from the Dawa Salafiya, bance” during protests sparked test-related charges. try more turmoil. Maher’s supporters allegedly scuffled with policemen outside a Cairo a religious movement. by rising fuel prices but claimed Mamoun has published short The ultraorthodox Nour Party, court, as Maher handed himself in for questioning on suspicion he It won a fifth of the seats in she was only exercising her stories and a novel, according to which came second to Mursi’s had organised an illegal protest. Egypt’s last legislative elections right to demonstrate peacefully. her biography on the website of Muslim Brotherhood in parlia- A third activist, Mohammed Adel, would be tried in absentia, the and took part in the assembly Rania Mamoun said a court in Banipal, a magazine of Arabic- mentary elections two years ago, judicial sources said yesterday. that wrote the constitution signed Wad Medani town convicted her language literature. had one representative in the The activists are charged with assaulting police officers at an into law by Mursi last year. of disturbing public safety and Wad Medani, in an agricul- 50-member assembly that com- illegal protest. The new assembly, which found her brother guilty of “pub- tural region south of Khartoum, pleted the draft constitution ear- Both Maher and Douma were leading dissidents under toppled wrapped up its work on Sunday, lic nuisance.” was where the protests began on lier this week. dictator Hosni Mubarak, and supported the military’s overthrow removed Islamist-inspired provi- Theirs were among the few September 23 after President “The Nour Party will take part of Islamist president Mohammed Mursi in July. sions written into the constitution guilty verdicts recorded after Omar Hassan Al Bashir slashed in this referendum and will take AFP last year. But the Nour Party has the September protests, which petrol subsidies, raising pump part with ‘yes’, out of our concern defended the new draft, saying it led to the detention of hundreds prices by more than 60 percent. for bringing about stability and so safeguards the role of Islamic law, of people. Protests quickly spread to the that we spare the country more shifted since the army deposed a provision that could lead to an or sharia. She said they had been ordered capital, where thousands took anarchy,” Younes Makhyoun, the Mursi on July 3 following mass outright ban on Islamist parties. Interim head of state Adly to pay 500 pounds (about $65) or to the streets with calls for the head of the party, said in a news protests against his rule. In contrast to the last assembly, Mansour, who was installed by spend a month in jail. downfall of the regime. conference. The Brotherhood rejects the which was dominated by Islamists, the army after it deposed Mursi, “The fine was paid with the It was the worst urban unrest The party’s support for the draft constitution together with this body had only two Islamist is expected to call the referendum help of friends and lawyers that of Bashir’s 24-year rule. army-led road map has set it the rest of the army-led transi- representatives. The other was a on the constitution for later this were present,” she added, main- Security forces are believed to apart from Islamists who opposed tion plan, saying it is a product former Brotherhood member who month or next. taining they had done nothing have killed more than 200 dem- the army’s removal of Egypt’s first of a military coup. became a vocal critic of the group. The referendum is to be fol- wrong. onstrators, many with gunshots democratically elected president. The draft deepens the auton- “The constitution is considered lowed by parliamentary and “We exercised our constitu- to the head and chest, Amnesty The draft constitution reflects omy of the already powerful mili- a first step on the road to stability presidential elections next year. tional right to engage in peaceful International said. how the balance of power has tary establishment and contains that all Egyptians aspire to, and REUTERS demonstration.” AFP

Istanbul mayor Tunisia rapper jailed for four months to run again HAMMAMET: A Tunisian may suffer bodily harm in prison.” Abidine Ben in January 2011. rapper who went on the run The hearing took place at a “I handed myself in because I ISTANBUL: The mayor of after receiving a 21-month jail court in the town of Hammamet, can’t spend my life on the run, but Istanbul, the target of protester sentence in absentia in August east of Tunis, where Weld El 15 I’m not ready to go back to prison.” anger during June’s mass anti- for songs deemed insulting to and fellow rapper Klay BBJ were Weld El 15 and Klay BBJ government street demonstra- police was jailed for four months originally convicted without even were tried for songs they per- tions, will be running for office at a retrial yesterday. being notified of the trial. formed together at a concert in again next year, Prime Minister Weld El 15, whose real name is Klay BBJ has since been retried Hammamet. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Alaa Yacoubi, had surrendered to twice and was finally acquitted Since an Islamist-led govern- yesterday. the authorities at the courthouse in October, while Weld El 15 had ment took power after Tunisia’s Kadir Topbas, a member of for the hearing. been on the run until Thursday. 2011 revolution, trials of musi- Erdogan’s ruling Justice and The court found him guilty “I’m ready for anything, I hope cians and journalists have mul- Development Party (AKP), has of affront to public decency and that Tunisia has a justice system tiplied, sparking charges from been nominated to stand for a insulting behaviour towards and not an injustice system,” the human rights groups that the third term in Turkey’s municipal public servants in his songs, and rapper said after turning him- authorities are stifling freedom elections next March. ordered him taken straight to the self in. of expression. Topbas, a 68-year-old archi- cells to serve his sentence. “The revolution took place in Attempts to reform the tect, was first elected to the post “I am going to lodge an immedi- the name of freedom of expres- Tunisian judiciary and the secu- in 2004. The March elections are Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoubi, better known by his rap name “Weld El 15”, ate appeal,” defence lawyer Ghazi sion,” he said, referring to the rity forces since the Ben Ali seen as a key test for Erdogan. poses with rapper Ahmed Ben Ahmed (right) (aka Klay BBJ) upon his arrival Mrabet said. popular uprising that ousted regime fell have largely stalled. AFP at the courthouse for his appeal trial yesterday. “I am concerned Weld El 15 veteran strongman Zine El AFP FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Hurricane force winds, storm surges and flooding are expected across northern Europe, with the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Poland particularly affected. With wind speeds of over 150km/h, the storm Storm batters Europe WEATHER W Very dangerous. Major damage, Five feared dead; hurricane force winds threaten huge tidal surge casualties expected Dangerous. Damage, Finland LONDON: casualties likely A fierce storm bat- TRAVEL CHAOS Norway tered northern Europe with Many flights from Glasgow, Potential danger, hurricane force winds yester- Edinburgh and Aberdeen air- care advised day, leaving five people dead or ports in Scotland were cancelled 3m storm missing, disrupting travel and because of the weather conditions. surge near forcing thousands to flee their Terrifying video footage showed Hamburg homes over fears of the worst planes including an Emirates forecast Denmark BALTIC tidal surge in decades. flight having to abort landings at NORTH SEA SEA British authorities evacu- the last minute after coming in ated 15,000 homes as flooding almost sideways at Birmingham Netherlands started on the North Sea coast airport in central England. UK while Germany, the Netherlands, An easyJet plane separately Ireland Hamburg Poland Belgium, Denmark and Sweden made failed attempts to land at all boosted their flood defences. both Glasgow and Edinburgh Winds of up to 142 miles per before heading to Manchester hour (228km per hour) were in northwest England. “I’m feel- Czech Rep recorded in Scotland and Britain’s ing really lucky to be alive,” said Belgium Lux. Germany environment agency said the Hazel Bedford, a passenger on the France “surge along the east coast of easyJet plane. “Everything started NORTHERN EUROPEAN England is expected to be the shaking and bumping, we were worst for more than 60 years”. going up and down, up and down, 1953 North Sea 3m storm surge kills over 2,400 in Netherlands, Belgium, UK British Prime Minister David like a rollercoaster. An awful lot 1962 Vincinette 3.6m storm surge kills 340, the majority in Hamburg Cameron said he had convened of people were being sick.” 1976 Capella German dykes withstand 4.35m storm surge the government’s emergency Hamburg airport said 128 1987 Great Storm 18 deaths, $2bn damage in UK and France committee to ensure necessary flights were cancelled because 1999 Anatol 146km/h winds leave 20 dead, $2.6bn damage in Denmark measures were being taken, amid of high winds while Dutch air- fears of a repeat of a 1953 storm line KLM cancelled 84 conti- 2013 St Jude At least 17 deaths and €1.4bn worth of damage surge which killed more than nental flights from Amsterdam’s Source: Meteoalarm © GRAPHIC NEWS 2,000 people in northern Europe. Schiphol airport. Several internal In Britain, a lorry driver died flights were cancelled in Sweden. when his vehicle toppled onto a number of cars in Scotland, RAIL TRAVEL HIT while a man riding a mobility Rail travel was badly hit, with scooter was struck by a falling all train services in Scotland can- tree in Nottinghamshire, central celled at one point. The Oeresund England. Emergency rescue service workers evacuate a resident in an inflatable road and rail bridge between Two sailors were reportedly boat in floodwaters in a residential street in Rhyl, north Wales, yesterday. Sweden and Denmark closed, as swept overboard from a ship did several Swedish rail lines. off the southern Swedish coast. evacuating several residents in country. Belgium is expected to The bridge links the Danish cap- Air-sea rescue services failed to North Wales, and the environ- experience a storm surge of up ital Copenhagen with the Swedish find them. ment agency issuing more than to 6.1 metres, “the highest for city of Malmo and features in the The biggest fear across Europe 40 individual flood warnings. 30 years”, said Carl Decaluwe, hit television series “The Bridge.” was from a potentially devastat- In the Netherlands — where the governor of West Flanders Danish authorities said they were ing storm surge which will coin- 27 percent of the country lies province. closing down rail services across cide with high tides in many areas below sea-level — the landmark Germany reinforced emer- the country and Germany said it early today. Police and council Eastern Scheldt storm surge gency services in and around the might do the same. officials said they were evacuat- barrier has been closed for the northern port of Hamburg and Ferries to Germany from ing 9,000 homes in the county of first time in six years. The bar- cancelled lessons at many schools, Sweden and Denmark were Norfolk, eastern England, and rier was built after the 1953 while Swedish authorities also cancelled. In Britain, the storm 1,000 in Essex, southeastern storm surge. issued flood warnings. played havoc with powerlines. England, before three high tides Dutch authorities said they There was travel chaos as More than 20,000 homes were over the next 36 hours. had issued the highest possible the storm barrelled across the left without power in Scotland Flooding has started in flood warning for four areas in North Sea from Britain towards and 6,500 in Northern Ireland. A pedestrian struggles with the wind in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. some areas, with lifeboat staff the north and northwest of the Germany and northwest Europe. AFP

NSA gathering 5bn UN backs military 49 Russian current, force to halt chaos UK state pension age former diplomats cellphone records in Central Africa charged in US with UNITED NATIONS: The UN forecast to increase healthcare fraud Security Council unanimously voted yesterday to authorise LONDON: The state pen- a state pension. “This is part of NEW YORK: US prosecu- daily, says report African and French military sion age in Britain is forecast the government’s long-term plan tors have charged 49 current action to halt deadly chaos in to rise to 69 in the late 2040s to secure a responsible recovery,” and former Russian diplomats LONDON: The National According to the Post, the the Central African Republic. compared to the current level the source added. and their family members with Security Agency is reportedly NSA is applying sophisticated A French-drafted resolution of 65, Finance Minister George Osborne vowed to pursue his participating in a scheme to get collecting almost 5 billion cell mathematical techniques to gives a UN mandate to about 4,800 Osborne said yesterday. deficit-slashing policy to secure health benefits intended for the phone records a day under a map cellphone owners’ relation- African and French troops being “This is one of those difficult the recovery. The economy will poor by lying about their income. programme that monitors and ships, overlapping their patterns sent to the impoverished nation decisions governments have to grow 1.4 percent in 2013 and 2.4 According to the charges, filed analyses highly personal data of movement with thousands or Muslim-Christian strife grows. make if they’re serious about percent in 2014, Osborne said in in November and unsealed yes- about the precise whereabouts millions of other users who cross It orders UN leader Ban controlling the public finances,” his so-called autumn statement. terday, the diplomats’ families got of individuals, wherever they their paths. These tools — known Ki-moon to produce a report in Osborne told parliament in his “I can report that Britain is cur- around $1.5m in benefits from the travel in the world. collectively as Co-Traveler — ena- 90 days on whether a full UN autumn statement, an update on rently growing faster than any Medicaid programme for families Details of the giant database ble the NSA to search for possible peacekeeping force should be cre- his budget earlier this year. other major advanced economy. with very low monthly incomes — of location-tracking information, associates of intelligence targets. ated. Ban has said that up to 9,000 The Conservative-Liberal Faster than France, which is con- in many cases around $3,000 or and the sophisticated ways in According to briefing slides cited troops could be needed for that. Democrat coalition government tracting. Faster than Germany, less. The benefits covered costs which the NSA uses the data to in the report, the NSA draws The vote was held as scores of will seek to bring forward plans faster even than America.” related to pregnancies, births and establish relationships between location data from 10 so-called people were found shot or hacked to extend the retirement age to 68 The minister announced a new infant care, the charges say. people, have been revealed by “sigads,” or signals intelligence to death in scenes that highlighted before they are entitled to a state cap from next year on welfare Meanwhile, according to the the Washington Post, which cited activity designators, around the warnings by the UN, France and pension, according to a govern- spending, and outlined plans for charges, the family members documents supplied by whistle- world, which in turn rely on data the United States that a Rwanda- ment source. The state pension another £3bn ($4.9bn) in savings in spent “tens of thousands of dol- blower Edward Snowden and provided by corporate partners. style genocide could break out. age was due to rise to from 65 to the public sector. He also unveiled lars” on vacations, jewellery and intelligence officials. Defending the programme, US France said the 15-member 68 by 2046. However, Osborne will new measures to tackle tax avoid- luxury goods from stores like The spy agency is said to be officials told the Post that efforts council has a duty to act to end reportedly propose to bring the ance, tax evasion, fraud and error, Swarovski and Jimmy Choo. tracking the movements of “at to collect and analyse location anarchy that has grown since change forward to the 2030s, and in a crackdown to raise more than Each of the 49 people was least hundreds of millions of data are lawful and intended rebels ousted Central African will aim to lift the age to 69 in the £9bn over the next five years. charged with one count of con- devices” in what amounts to a strictly to develop intelligence Republic’s president in March. 2040s. That means Britons might Osborne added that increases in spiracy to commit healthcare fraud staggeringly powerful surveil- about foreign targets, with infor- There are currently about 2,500 have to work until the age of 70. business rates would be capped at and one count of conspiracy to steal lance tool. It means the NSA mation about the location of troops in MISCA, which will Under the new rules, people 2 percent with effect from April government funds and make false can, through mobile phones, domestic cell phones only gath- eventually reach 3,600. would spend no more than a third 2014, while fuel duty would be fro- statements relating to healthcare track individuals anywhere they ered “incidentally”. AFP of their expected lifespan drawing zen again next year. AFP matters, according to the charges. travel — including into private Robert Litt, general counsel A spokesman for the Federal homes — or retrace previously for the Office of the Director Bureau of Investigation, Peter travelled journeys. The data can of National Intelligence, said: Donald, said no one was arrested. also be used to study patterns “There is no element of the Ukraine unrest A person briefed on the mat- of behaviour to reveal personal intelligence community that ter said the diplomats all had information and relationships under any authority is intention- diplomatic immunity and Russia between different users. ally collecting bulk cell phone would have to waive it in order The NSA provided some input location information about cell for any arrests to be made. The into the report, with one senior phones in the United States.” person said US prosecutors had collection manager, granted per- However, data is also gathered coordinated with the US State mission to speak to the news- from the tens of millions of Department on the case. paper, admitting the agency is Americans who travel abroad A spokeswoman for the State “getting vast volumes” of loca- with their cell phones every year, Department did not comment. tion data from around the planet the Post reported. The Russian mission to the United by tapping into cables that con- “As with other surveillance Nations was not immediately avail- nect mobile networks globally. activities, the NSA claims that able for comment on the case. Civil liberties experts have long its cell phone location pro- The charges say the defend- said that cell phone location data gramme is targeted at foreign- ants obtained letters to prove contains some of the most intru- ers, and Americans’ information their false incomes from offi- sive information about people in is collected only ‘incidentally,’” cials at the Russian UN mission, the digital age, leaving a kaleido- said Elizabeth Goitein, a co- including a former counselor and scopic footprint of a person’s life. director of the Brennan Center’s a former second secretary, as well Phones transmit location data Liberty and National Security as from former top officials at the whenever a phone is turned on, Programme. The White House People shout slogans during a rally of the opposition on Independence Square in Kiev yesterday. The United Consulate General of the Russian irrespective of whether they are did not immediately respond to States urged Ukrainian authorities to heed the demands of thousands of pro-EU opposition demonstrators, Federation in New York and the being used to make calls or send a request for comment. as a senior minister said the government was ready to discuss snap elections. Trade Representation of the text messages and emails. THE GUARDIAN Russian Federation in the USA. AFP FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Ershad to kill self over poll US warns China over air zone DHAKA: Bangladesh’s former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad Vice President Biden criticises Beijing’s tightening of controls on foreign journalists threatened to kill himself yesterday after security BEIJING: US Vice President meetings with Chinese President powers is a strong incentive for forces besieged his home fol- Joe Biden warned China yes- Xi Jinping that the US does not both sides to avoid conflict. lowing his decision to boycott terday against escalating a dis- recognise China’s newly-declared On his China visit -- his second next month’s elections. pute over an East China Sea air air zone, a senior White House trip to the world’s second-largest “I have loaded four pistols and zone, adding that regional peace official told reporters in Beijing economy since becoming US vice I’ve told the government that if and stability were in Beijing’s late Wednesday. president in 2009 -- Biden also they play any tricks with me, I interests. China says all aircraft within it emphasised the importance of will kill myself,” Ershad told a Biden also criticised China’s must obey its instructions or risk freedom of expression and human local television crew during an tightening of controls on foreign unspecified “defensive emergency rights, saying that they were key interview. “I will die before the journalists, stressing that the measures.” The move provoked to its future prosperity. RAB (the paramilitary Rapid world’s second-largest economy anger in the region and prompted “Innovation thrives where peo- Action Battalion) or the police could become more prosper- the US, Japan and South Korea ple breathe freely, speak freely, can lay a finger on me,” he said, ous with American values such all to defy Beijing by flying mili- are able to challenge orthodoxy, before making a trigger-pulling as human rights and freedom tary and paramilitary aircraft where newspapers can report gesture towards his head. of speech. China’s controver- -- including two B-52 bombers the truth without fear of con- sial move last month to declare in Washington’s case -- into the sequences,” he said, adding that Hotline to solve an “air defence identification newly-declared zone. China “will be stronger and more zone” (ADIZ) -- which includes The US official, who spoke stable and more innovative if it diplomatic spat islands disputed with Japan -- has anonymously in order to discuss respects universal human rights.” “caused significant apprehension Biden’s talks, added that it is now The comments Thursday JAKARTA: Indonesia and in the region”, Biden told a group up to Beijing to take action “to came after he told mostly young Australia announced yes- of 60 American business leaders avoid the risk of mistake, miscal- Chinese visa applicants at the US terday they would set up a yesterday morning. culation, accident or escalation.” Vice President Joe Biden gives a speech at The St Regis Beijing yesterday. embassy Wednesday that “chil- hotline to repair ties follow- “As China’s economy grows, its Chinese foreign ministry dren in America are rewarded, ing media reports last month stake in regional peace and stabil- spokesman Hong Lei, mean- not punished, for challenging the that Canberra had spied on ity will continue to grow as well, while, said Thursday that the US Japan but claimed by China. surrounding the issue -- which status quo.” top Indonesian officials. because it has so much more to “should respect” that the zone “is Biden went on to South Korea hinges on a decades-old dispute “I hope you learn that innova- Indonesia has suspended lose,” he added. in line with international laws and late yesterday for the final leg over the Tokyo-controlled island tion can only occur where you police cooperation over pre- “That’s why China will bear conventions.” of his three-country trip before group -- experts say that any can breathe free, challenge the venting asylum seekers from increasing responsibility to con- Beijing sees Tokyo as the returning to Washington. outbreak of violence remains government, challenge religious setting sail to Australia and tribute positively to peace and aggressor in the dispute over the Despite the heightened nation- unlikely, as the major trade rela- leaders,” he added. there were concerns the row security.” Biden reiterated in his islands, which are controlled by alistic feelings and rhetoric tionship between the two Asian AFP could hit trade relations. “We have agreed to estab- lish a special communications channel to ensure we can resolve the issues,” Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Aquino to help Myanmar’s said. Thai king urges mutual support Tibetan sets BANGKOK: Thai King their duty to support each other. The protests in Bangkok are move towards democracy Bhumibol Adulyadej called on “All Thais should realise this the latest eruption of a conflict himself on fire his people to do their duty for point a lot and behave and per- that pits the Bangkok-based MANILA: Philippine President Philippines supports these the good of the country in a form our duties accordingly, our royalist establishment against Benigno Aquino lauded demo- initiatives and offered assist- BEIJING: A father-of-two birthday address yesterday, but duty for the sake of the public, for mostly poorer Thais loyal to cratic reforms in Myanmar as ance through capacity building, set himself on fire in protest avoided direct reference to the stability, security for our nation of Yingluck and her brother, former he signed several bilateral agree- through technical cooperation,” at Beijing’s rule in Tibetan latest political turmoil roiling Thailand,” the king told a gather- premier Thaksin Shinawatra, ments with his visiting counter- said Aquino after a meeting with regions, triggering clashes the capital. ing of the country’s top leaders. who was toppled by the military part Thein Sein yesterday. Thein Sein. and a security crackdown, Protesters are attempting The birthday ceremony was in 2006 and lives in self-imposed Thein Sein arrived at Manila’s The Philippines has offered a US broadcaster and an to bring down the government held at the king’s seaside palace exile. presidential palace where he was to help Myanmar establish its overseas pressure group said of Prime Minister Yingluck in Hua Hin, about 190kms (118 The establishment and urban accorded a red carpet welcome for human rights commission and yesterday. Shinawatra and five people have miles) south of Bangkok, where middle class have accused Thaksin his first visit to the Philippines. training in areas like agricul- Radio Free Asia said been killed in clashes over the past he moved with Queen Sirikit of undermining the monarchy, Aquino said the Philippines, ture, entrepreneurship, fisheries, Konchok Tseten, 30, torched week. The two sides reached a when he left hospital. which he denies. which also made a transition from eco-tourism and “gender issues,” himself in Aba prefecture, an truce to mark the king’s birthday. Among those in attendance in Thaksin’s largely rural sup- authoritarian rule to democracy Aquino said. The two presidents ethnically Tibetan area of the The 86-year-old king is the formal suits and dress uniforms porters swept his sister to power in the 1980s, would be helping also discussed peace efforts with southwestern Chinese prov- only monarch most Thais have was the prime minister, the heads in 2011 election and there’s little Myanmar in opening up its society. rebel groups in their respective ince of Sichuan which has seen ever known and has been a father of the armed forces and police, doubt she would win again if she Formerly one of the most vocal countries, Aquino said, adding a wave of similar actions. He figure who has defused previous top bureaucrats and the leader were to dissolve parliament and critics within Asean of Yangon’s that the Philippines would be was severely burned, and local crises. His words were awaited of the opposition. The queen, call a snap election, which she ruling junta, Aquino praised appointing a resident defence Tibetans clashed with police as with expectation. who suffered a stroke in July last has declined to do. Protest leader recent “historic developments” attaché to further cooperation. they tried to stop them taking The world’s longest-reigning year, was not seen in television Suthep Thaugsuban, a silver- in Myanmar which include the The leaders also oversaw the him away, sources told RFA, monarch, who left hospital in pictures. haired former deputy prime min- holding of elections, release of signing of several agreements which is funded by the US July after a four-year stay, looked The prime minister paid ister from the pro-establishment political prisoners, dialogue with including one that will allow government. Details of Tseten’s sombre and spoke slowly, paus- her respects and Crown Prince Democrat Party, has called for a the opposition and opening up to Filipinos to enter Myanmar with- condition were not immedi- ing at times, as he read out his Vajiralongkorn offered his father “people’s coup” to throw out the foreign investment. out a visa and another that will ately available. AGENCIES address. birthday wishes and promised to “Thaksin regime.” “These herald a new chap- expand cooperation in renewable He referred to people doing fulfil the king’s wishes. REUTERS ter in Myanmar’s history. The energy. AFP

Jordanian reporter flees Filipino abductors

JOLO: A Jordanian TV reporter yesterday described escaping captivity by Islamic militants in the southern Philippine jungle following an 18-month kidnap ordeal that saw him lose a third of his body weight. Looking gaunt and haggard, with his cheeks hollowed out, Bakr Atyani said from hospi- tal that he sneaked out after his guards from the Al Qaeda- linked Abu Sayyaf group went to get supplies. “It was not my first time to attempt escape, I did it twice before. I failed,” Atyani told ANC Television, sporting a beard grown in captivity and a baseball cap atop his long hair. “This time, they were really too busy, and I noticed that before sunset... they (went) to the nearby town market (and) a good number of them were out of the place and there was no security,” the Al Arabiya reporter said. He said in recent days his captors had grown lax, Jordanian TV journalist Bakr Atyani (centre) looks at his X-ray film while resting in a hospital in Jolo early posting only a token presence yesterday, hours after he was discovered in a forest. outside a tiny hut that served as his quarters at night. Atyani said over time he Chief Inspector Chris Gutierrez his captors or was freed. Dubai- euphemistically call payments managed to get a general idea said. He said Atyani was being based broadcaster Al Arabiya for “board and lodging.” of where he was being held, and treated in the Jolo hospital for said in a statement Wednesday Military and police sources what direction to take should he elevated blood pressure, while that Atyani was handed over to had previously said the Abu escape. undergoing debriefing by police Filipino authorities by the kid- Sayyaf had demanded millions Police said they found Atyani investigators. nappers, but the account from in dollars in ransom, though Wednesday evening wandering “He had lost a lot of weight, police and Atyani himself con- neither Atyani’s family nor near a jungle-clad area on the from his weight of about 85 tradicted that. employer would confirm this. restive island of Jolo. kilos (187 pounds) before he was “We are keeping him here Atyani is the Southeast Asia “After we confirmed his iden- taken to 55 kilos (121 pounds),” for the meantime while he is bureau chief of the Al Arabiya tity we took him to a hospital. Gutierrez said. recovering and while he is being News Network. The veteran He was apprehensive at first, The circumstances sur- debriefed,” Gutierrez said. journalist gained fame for inter- but we introduced ourselves as rounding Atyani’s freedom Previous kidnapping cases viewing Al Qaeda leader Osama police and (Atyani) lightened up remained murky, and Gutierrez involving the Abu Sayyaf have bin Laden months before the when he realised he was safe,” could not say categorically involved large ransom pay- September 11, 2001 attacks. provincial police spokesman whether he had escaped from offs, which local authorities AFP FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Pakistani MPs protest against drone strikes Khan accuses Sharif government of double standard

ISLAMABAD: More than 100 against the United States and the In response the US military has national and provincial legis- Pakistan government of Prime suspended shipments of equip- lators staged a protest yester- Minister Nawaz Sharif. ment out of Afghanistan through day in the Pakistani capital Khan accused Sharif’s govern- the Torkham border crossing in Islamabad against US drone ment of double standards on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. strikes on suspected militants issue and called for the blocking Torkham is a key transit point in the country’s tribal belt. of supply routes through Pakistan used by the Americans and Nato “We will continue our pro- for Nato troops in Afghanistan. to withdraw military hardware test against drone strikes and... “Our rulers have double stand- from Afghanistan, as part of a we will not allow Nato supplies ards, they say one thing to the troop pullout set to end next to pass through the (Khyber- Americans and the complete year. Pakhtunkhwa) province,” former opposite to the nation,” Khan US officials said trucks have cricket star Imran Khan told the added. been told to wait for now in hold- gathering outside parliament. “These missile strikes violate ing areas in Afghanistan, with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek- international laws. We do not Washington expecting the route e-Insaaf (PTI) party rules the want a war with America but we to resume operating soon. northwestern province border- are protesting against the cruel Islamabad signed a deal with ing Afghanistan. Rallies against policies of America.” the US in July last year allowing the drone attacks began in the Activists in northwest Nato convoys to transit Pakistan region’s main city of Peshawar on Pakistan, some armed with until the end of 2015. November 24. clubs, have been forcibly search- But a spokesman for Pakistan’s Apart from PTI legislators, ing trucks since late November to interior ministry said they members of parliament from try to halt Nato supplies, follow- were unable to intervene in the Imran Khan (centre), head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, marches with legislators towards the Parliament the Jamaat-e-Islami party took ing Khan’s earlier calls to block matter. House during a protest against US drone strikes, in Islamabad yesterday. part in the rally, shouting slogans routes. AFP

Military accord vital for Afghan Legal group faults Bid to restart Iran gas pipeline project ISLAMABAD: In a major order to slow down its nuclear countries and uncertainties over confidence: US development, Pakistan and Iran programme. Further, Pakistan the impact of US sanctions on are set to thrash out a strategy is most likely to renegotiate with the pipeline project.” Under the WASHINGTON: Delaying top Pakistan judge to materialise the much-delayed Iran on extending the deadline agreement, the first gas deliv- the signing of a US-Afghan Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline of the project and a of down- ery to Pakistan should start by security pact poses more of a ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s to protect them. Police frequently project during talks in Tehran ward revision in gas prices. Iran December 31 next year. psychological than logistical flamboyant chief justice has execute suspects because they on December 9, a senior official recently expressed its willing- The two countries are respon- problem because it jeopard- strengthened human rights but fear the courts will free them. of the Ministry of Petroleum ness to review the gas price for sible for completion of pipeline izes Afghan troop “confi- his inconsistent choice of cases Bungled cases are often blamed and Natural Resources said. the project, as required under the within their territories. Failure dence,” the US military’s top has left the Supreme Court as the reason why dangerous The development comes bilateral gas sale and purchase on part of a party entails pen- officer said Wednesday. vulnerable to accusations of militants go free. against the backdrop of a shock agreement (GSPA). alties equivalent to the price of US and Nato officials have partisan intervention, a global Chaudhry helped restore some deal signed between the P5+1 and “We want revision of imple- daily gas quantities. been pressing Kabul to sign group of 60 eminent judges and hope in the courts, the report Iran in Geneva on November 24. mentation schedule as more The price of gas under the orig- the agreement without fur- lawyers said yesterday. said, by intervening in individual According to the accord, Iran will than six months have been inal agreement had been signed at ther delay or else risk a com- Chief Justice Iftikhar cases, such as one where police did get some relief on those sanctions wasted because of the political about 78 percent of furnace oil. plete withdrawal of Western Chaudhry — due to step down not intervene in a lynching and which were levied by the West in transition taking place in both INTERNEWS troops after 2014 and dras- on December 12 — spearheaded a another where paramilitary forces tically reduced international legal movement that forced out a were filmed executing a civilian. aid. dictator and established the inde- “Officials who were responsible The United States likely pendence of the judiciary for the for the killing and who would have has until the “early summer” first time in Pakistan’s history. otherwise escaped accountability before a delay would start to But without further reforms, were investigated and brought to constrict possible military Pakistan’s justice system will con- justice,” the Commission said. “options” in Afghanistan, said tinue to destabilise the nuclear- Such interventions have led General Martin Dempsey, armed nation, the Geneva-based to an explosion in the number chairman of the US Joint International Commission of of human rights cases submitted Chiefs of Staff. Jurists warned in a report. to the court. In 2011, it received “So that’s not the limit- “The Court has often garnered more than 150,000 petitions, com- ing factor,” he told reporters public acclaim for demanding pared to just 450 in 2004. when asked about the accord. government accountability,” Sometimes important cases But he said dozens of coun- the body said. But many felt were ignored and some seem- tries contributing troops to “concerns that the Court has ingly frivolous ones taken up, the the Nato-led mission needed sometimes exercised its original Commission said. the pact signed to be able to jurisdiction in a political and par- “In some cases, the Supreme make plans and that Afghan tisan manner.” Court has acted swiftly... facilitat- security forces would be “anx- Vigilante justice and deadly ing victims’ right to remedy and ious” with the future presence feuds are still common in reparation.” of Western troops in question. Pakistan and few trust the courts REUTERS AFP

People gather at the scene of the bomb blast near the Afghan border in Chaman, Pakistan, yesterday. One killed, 13 hurt in Chaman blast QUETTA: A motorcycle bomb police official in Chaman said. Afghanistan and Iran, has been exploded yesterday near a police Saleem said the apparent tar- badly hit by a decade-long Baluch checkpost in a southwestern get of the bombing was the police separatist insurgency and sectar- Pakistani town near the Afghan checkpost but policemen there ian violence mainly targeting Shia border, killing one civilian and were unhurt. muslims from the ethnic Hazara wounding 13, police said. Ismail Ibrahim, a senior gov- community. The bomb went off in the border ernment official in Chaman, said Chaman is one of two major town of Chaman in the troubled that the bomb was detonated via border crossings between Pakistan Baluchistan province. remote control. and Afghanistan, along with “The bomb was planted in a No group has yet claimed Torkham in the northwest, and is motorcycle. One person was killed responsiblity for the attack but the main land route for Nato sup- and 13 were wounded — all of them Baluchistan, the least developed plies crossing from Pakistan into were civilians,” Shahid Saleem, a province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. AFP FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA SC urges life Japanese Royals in Chennai term for milk adulterators Amendment to legislation sought

NEW DELHI: The Supreme asked him what information was Court yesterday urged state available with him. “You can’t just governments to consider mak- file a PIL (based on a report) and ing necessary amendments to leave the rest to the court.” the law to make production and Seeking the details of pros- marketing of adulterated milk, ecution launched in the cases of which is injurious to human milk adulteration having syn- consumption, an offence pun- thetic material and the number ishable with life imprisonment. of convictions, the court said The observation by a bench of though every year thousands of Justice K S Radhakrishnan and tonnes of sweets are seized and Justice A K Sikri came after it destroyed during festive season took note of Uttar Pradesh, West of Diwali and Holi, they are not Bengal and Odisha having made accompanied with prosecution of the sale of adulterated milk, con- those involved in making and sell- taminated with synthetic mate- ing adulterated sweets. rial, an offence punishable with “What happened to those K Rosaiah (left), Governor of Tamil Nadu, presents a stamp book to Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as Tamil Nadu Chief life imprisonment. cases? That should be told to us,” Minister J Jayalalithaa (right) looks on during their meeting at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai yesterday. The Japanese Royals are on a six-day “That shows the seriousness of observed Justice Sikri. “It is hap- state visit to India. the offence. That is why they have pening. If (state is) not able to made it punishable by life impris- apprehend or detect, then it is a onment. Adulterated milk having failure of the food department.” synthetic material is harmful to “Without a drop of milk, they heart, lungs, liver and is even can- can make milk,” observed Justice cerous. It also affects ladies, also Radhakrishnan. New Delhi okays Telangana draft bill those pregnant,” observed Justice Mocking the reports by Delhi, Radhakrishnan. Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar NEW DELHI/ 10 years. The Andhra Pradesh tabled in parliament. “We don’t protection of lives and property Asking the states to make more Pradesh governments which said HYDERABAD: Clearing the Reorganisation Bill will be sent know. The president will give of people of other regions living in stringent the law to deal with pro- that most of the cases of milk decks for the bifurcation of to President Pranab Mukherjee time to the state legislature,” Hyderabad. The federal govern- duction and sale of milk which is adulteration involved mixing Andhra Pradesh, the union today or tomorrow with a request said Shinde when asked if the bill ment will appoint two advisers to harmful to human beings, the of water and powder, the court cabinet yesterday approved to make a reference to the state’s would come up during the winter the governor. The federal govern- court observed that the maxi- said: “We are not happy with the the draft bill for carving out legislature under Article 3 of session of parliament which began ment will also assist in developing mum punishment of six months details given in the affidavits.” Telangana as the 29th state the Constitution, Union Home yesterday. “We want the bill in a new capital for the successor for such offences under the Food “On paper, everything is good of India. Minister Sushilkumar Shinde the winter session,” he added. state of Andhra Pradesh compris- Safety and Standards Act was but the ground reality is differ- Setting aside speculations about told reporters after the three- The draft bill was approved ing 13 districts. An expert com- grossly inadequate. ent,” observed Justice Sikri. Rayala-Telangana, the cabinet hour long cabinet meet chaired after the Group of Ministers mittee would be constituted in 45 The court was hearing a pub- Referring to a report by NGO decided to carve out Telangana by Prime Minister Manmohan (GoM) constituted in October to days to identify the capital. lic suit by Haridwar-based Swami VOICE that said synthetic milk state comprising 10 districts of the Singh. He said the president look into various issues related to The GoM, which has 11 terms Achyutanand, which said samples with synthetic materials like region that includes Hyderabad. would send the draft bill to the the bifurcation submitted in its of reference, did not deviate from collected by the Food Safety and caustic soda, blotting paper, Also rejecting the demand of assembly with a stipulated time report. Shinde, who headed the the October 3 decision of the cabi- Standards Authority of India in detergents, including white paint leaders of Seemandhra (combined to consider it. GoM, said the draft bill was based net to carve out Telangana state 2011 revealed large-scale sale to make it look white, were being Rayalseema and coastal Andhra After the assembly sends back on the GoM recommendations. with 10 districts. The cabinet had of adulterated milk across the used, the court said that none of regions) for making Hyderabad the bill to the president, it would Reading out the highlights of taken the decision in accordance country. As petitioner’s coun- the adulterated samples revealed a union territory, it stuck to the come to the government and the the bill, the home minister said with a resolution passed by the sel Anurag Tomar questioned this kind of adulteration. earlier decision that the city same be brought before the cabi- the governor of Telangana would Congress Working Committee the size of the sample, the court IANS would be a common capital for net again and a final bill would be have special responsibility for (CWC) on July 30. IANS

Bhatt graces book launch Delhi breaks Court orders fresh turnout record in assembly trial of Salman Khan

MUMBAI: An Indian court the Press Trust of India reported. elections yesterday ordered a fresh trial Deshpande said all the witnesses for Bollywood star Salman would be examined and cross- NEW DELHI: Delhi shat- Khan, who is accused of cul- examined again in the fresh trial, tered previous records as it pable homicide in a hit-and- which would be put on fast-track registered 65.86 percent voting run case dating back to 2002, mode. in Wednesday’s assembly elec- reports said. He fixed December 23 for the tions, an Election Commission Khan, 47, is alleged to have prosecution and defence to sub- official said yesterday. driven his Toyota Land Cruiser mit their lists of witnesses, after “Delhi recorded 65.86 polling vehicle onto a pavement and over which a trial date would be fixed. percent. Voting continued till five sleeping homeless people in Prosecutors objected to a fresh 8pm on Wednesday,” the official suburban Mumbai, killing one and trial, calling it a “stalling tactic” told IANS. injuring four others. by the actor, India’s NDTV news Officially voting ends at During the decade-long court network reported. 5pm, but seeing the surging proceedings, Khan initially faced Khan faces a jail term of up to enthusiastic crowds at many lesser charges of rash and negli- ten years if found guilty. polling stations, the state elec- gent driving. The actor has been a contro- tion commission extended the But prosecutors secured a versial figure since he first broke voting time. charge of culpable homicide ear- into Bollywood in the late 1980s in The Matia Mahal polling sta- lier this year. the hit romance film Maine Pyar tion in the walled city was the last On the basis of the more serious Kiya (I Fell in Love). to close at 8pm. charge, Khan applied for a fresh In 1998 he spent more than a According to the official, at trial discarding earlier evidence. week in prison for killing endan- 68.48 percent, northeast Delhi This was granted by Mumbai gered Indian gazelles in the west- AFP saw the highest polling while Film director Mahesh Bhatt (right) with author Rajiv Soni during the launch of his “Aaliya” in Mumbai Judge D W Deshpande yesterday, ern state of Rajasthan. northwest Delhi registered the yesterday. least voting at 63.25 percent. A total of 43,49,247 men, 34,66,875 women and 206 trans- genders — under the “others” BJP likely to win category — voted on Wednesday. Panel holds ex-judge guilty of harassment The number of government officials on election duty who cast Rajasthan state their votes through postal ballot NEW DELHI: A three-member unwelcome behaviour by Justice the said intern was not an intern secretary general was directed to stood at 43,015. committee of Supreme Court (retd) A K Ganguly with her in on the roll of the Supreme Court supply a copy of the inquiry com- elections: Survey It was for the first time that judges, probing charges of har- a room in hotel Le Meridien on and that the concerned Judge mittee to the intern and Justice NEW DELHI: The BJP was Delhi witnessed such an over- assment against retired judge December 24, 2012, approximately had already demitted office on Ganguly. The secretary general likely to win the assembly elec- whelming response to assembly A K Ganguly, yesterday held between 8pm and 10.30pm.” account of superannuation on the was also asked to put it on the tions in Rajasthan but there elections. him prima facie guilty of engag- The committee said that prior date of the incident, no further Supreme Court website. would be a close fight between In the first elections to its re- ing in “unwelcome behaviour” to drawing this conclusion, it follow-up action is required by The lawyer first alleged har- the party and the Congress cast assembly in 1993, Delhi wit- with a law intern in a Delhi both carefully scrutinised the this court.” assment on November 6, 2013, in Chhattisgarh, the ABP nessed a turnout of 61.75 percent. hotel in December last year. statements of the complain- “As decided by the full court in a blog for Journal of Indian News-Nielsen exit poll said In 1998, Delhi recorded the lowest The apex court yesterday ruled ant, the affidavits of her three in its meeting dated December Law and Society. Subsequently, yesterday. turnout at just over 48 percent out any action by it, noting that witnesses and the statement of 5, 2013, it is made clear that the she repeated the allegation in an According to the survey, the voting. Ganguly was not a sitting judge Justice Ganguly. representations made against interview to Legally India website. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will In the 2003 elections, over 53 when the incident occurred. “It appears to the committee former judges of this court are The young lawyer, who works get 110 seats of the total 200 in percent voters cast their ballots, The committee’s report was that in the evening on December not entertainable by the admin- for the organisation Natural the Rajasthan assembly and the and in 2008, over 57 percent poll- submitted to Chief Justice 24, 2012, (the law intern, now istration of the Supreme Court,” Justice: Lawyers for Communities ruling Congress will slide to 73. ing was recorded. P Sathasivam on November 28 a lawyer) had visited hotel Le the court said. and Environment, said besides The Bahujan Samaj Party As a small, Part C state in 1951, and posted on the apex court Meridien where Mr Justice (retd) Following the media reports herself she has heard that three (BSP) would get only one seat, Delhi had an assembly, which was website yesterday. The report was A K Ganguly was staying to assist on the incident, Chief Justice other girls too were harassed by and the other parties 16 seats, the abolished in 1956, and succeeded dated November 27. him in his work. This fact is not Sathasivam set up a three-mem- the same judge. survey said. In 2008, the Congress by a Metropolitan Council in 1966. It said: “The Committee is denied by Mr Justice (retd) A K ber judges committee to go into She claimed to have knowledge had won 96 seats, the BJP 78, BSP The 56-member council with five of the considered view that the Ganguly in his statement.” the correctness of the allegation of another four girls who were six and others 20. nominated members had no leg- statement of (law intern, now a After considering the report, by the law intern. allegedly harassed by other judges Chhattisgarh would see a islative powers. lawyer) both written and oral, a full bench of the apex court After being considered by in their chambers. hung assembly, according to the IANS prima facie discloses an act of said: “Considering the fact that the full bench, the apex court’s IANS exit poll. IANS FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Britain to tax foreign property investors Tax to apply to non-residents after April 2015; London prices soaring, forcing locals out of the market

LONDON: Britain will impose a Minister George Osborne said is not considered their primary newly built properties across they cautioned that the overall how the tax would be collected capital gains tax on foreign prop- that from April 2015 he would residence. central London, according to impact could be marginal as many and how it would apply if foreign erty investors from 2015 in a bid introduce a capital gains tax on Property prices in London, Savills, while 30 percent of lux- foreign investors see London owners used a domestic company to allay fears that wealthy foreign future gains made by non-resi- which has a residential hous- ury London homes worth £1m property as a safe and profitable to purchase property. buyers are inflating a London-led dents who sell a residential prop- ing stock worth more than $1.8 ($1.63m) or more were bought by place to park capital. Damien Bloom, a partner at property bubble which is pricing erty in the United Kingdom. trillion, have jumped by about non-UK residents in the year to “Tax is not the primary law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, locals out of the market. “Britain is an open country that 10 percent in the last 12 months June, Knight Frank said. driver for the majority of inter- said the government would prob- The acquisition of housing welcomes investment from all and increases in some parts of the Developers that have benefit- national buyers of residential ably place the responsibility ranging from opulent mansions to over the world, including invest- capital have been greater. ted or are looking to cash in on property in London,” Knight for collecting the tax with the modest apartments by purchas- ment in our residential property,” In November house prices rose the trend include Berkeley and Frank’s head of global research, transaction’s solicitors, a prac- ers including Russian oligarchs, Osborne said in a budget update. at their fastest pace in three years Barratt Developments, who have Liam Bailey, said. tice already seen in France and Indian tycoons and Europeans “But it’s not right that those and mortgage approvals have hit built thousands of homes in “It is important to note that Ireland. fleeing the eurozone crisis has who live in this country pay cap- a nearly six-year high. Bank of London, as well as British Land the change to CGT rules brings Britain last year introduced helped fuel a London-led rise in ital gains tax when they sell a England chief Mark Carney last and Land Securities, which have the UK in line with other key stamp duty of up to 15 percent prices. That has stoked concerns home that is not their primary month unexpectedly put the recently entered the luxury hous- investor markets, such as New for purchases of more than 2 mil- ahead of the 2015 election that residence — while those who don’t brakes on a programme to give ing market. York and Paris, where equivalent lion pounds through a company, many Britons may never be able live here do not. That is unfair.” banks cheap credit for mortgage Property lawyers and estate taxes can approach 35-50 percent a move which some agents have to afford their own homes. Britons typically pay capital lending. agents said foreign owners would depending on the owner’s resi- blamed for stalling the £10m-plus To roars of approval in the gains tax at 28 percent on any Foreign investors have be relieved the tax will not apply dency status.” market in London. British parliament, Finance profit from selling property that bought about 70 percent of to historic gains before 2015. But It was not immediately clear REUTERS

Turkey: Qatar keen to invest in QE index inches up DOHA: Qatari stocks showed mar- The telecoms sector led in terms of Afsin-Elbistan ginal gains last week as the coun- trading volumes with a 29.69 percent try’s main index inched up 14.04 share in the total. The real estate sec- points (0.14 percent) to 10,389.10. tor accounted for 21.36 percent, the power project The trading value (of over banking and financial services sector QR1.58bn), though, declined over the (18.02 percent) and the transporta- ISTANBUL: Qatar is con- previous week by a considerable 30.79 tion sector (13 percent). sidering investing in Turkey’s percent (QR2.3bn). Trading volumes The banking and financial services Afsin-Elbistan coal-fired power (of over 55.70 million shares) also sector led in terms of the number of plant project, which the United took a substantial beating, falling by deals with a share of 29.25 percent Arab Emirates dropped out of 30.74 percent compared to 80.42 mil- of the total. The industrial stocks this year, the Turkish energy lion shares the previous week. accounted for 16.25 percent. Real minister said yesterday. The number of deals that were estate shares accounted for 15.21 Turkey is keen to make the concluded on the bourse (Qatar percent and the telecoms sector had most of its own coal resources to Exchange) also dipped, to 22,628 from a share of 13.32 percent. reduce its dependence on imported the previous week’s total of 31,836 — Among the 42 listed companies, 22 natural gas, and Energy Minister a decline of a huge 29 percent. ended higher last week while 18 fell Taner Yildiz said that the talks Market capitalisation fell by and two were unchanged. Vodafone could result in a deal being agreed 0.19 percent to QR553.97bn from Qatar led the trading value with within two to three months. QR555.02bn the week before. an 11.93 percent share of the total. “We see that Qatar has inten- The banking and financial services Masraf Al Rayan accounted for 9.54 tions about this. We have held sector led in terms of the trading value percent share. very good meetings,” Yildiz told with a 29.7 percent share in the total. Yesterday, the Qatar Exchange CNN Turk television, referring The industrial counter accounted for ended in the green when trad- to his and Prime Minister Recep 14.97 percent of the total. Real estate ing closed at 10,389.10 points from A general view of Atlantis resort in Dubai. Tayyip Erdogan’s meetings in stocks had a share of 14.94 percent the previous closing of 10,336.50 on Doha on Wednesday. while the telecoms sector accounted Wednesday. Abu Dhabi National Energy Co for 13.20 percent in the total. THE PENINSULA Dubai World arm sells Atlantis (TAQA) and Turkey’s state-owned Electricity Generation Company in January agreed on a $12bn DUBAI: A unit of Dubai World Al Daboos, deputy chief execu- financial crisis. Dubai World’s project to build several power has sold its Atlantis resort, tive officer of ICD, said. restructuring plan envisaged plants using lignite coal reserves which sits on a palm tree- A spokesman for Istithmar that it would raise $1.3bn- in Turkey’s Afsin-Elbistan region. shaped island in the Gulf, in in Dubai declined to comment. $2.3bn between 2010 and 2012, But in late August, TAQA an asset shuffle between state The sale adds to a series of dis- and a further $3.9bn-$5.3bn in announced it had delayed the start entities to help the group meet posals by Dubai World, which 2013-2015 through sales of hold- of construction until 2014, while huge debt repayments after a had promised to sell non-core ings such as P&O Ferries and Turkish energy sources said TAQA $25bn restructuring in 2011. assets under the debt-restruc- MGM Resorts International. was pulling out of the project. Investment Corp of Dubai turing plan drawn up when the However, it had to sit on its Among the reasons cited by (ICD), a holding company which group fell victim to a property hands due to a lack of buyers industry officials for the Abu controls some of the emirate’s market crash in the emirate and began offloading parts of its Dhabi company’s withdrawal were top firms, has bought the resort and the after-effects of the glo- portfolio only this year. increasingly difficult financing from the unit, Istithmar World, bal financial crisis. Among the transfers between conditions amid a currency sell- for an undisclosed sum, ICD said. Dubai is increasingly juggling state entities, Dubai Electricity off that reduced Turkey’s appeal ICD, which like Dubai World assets between its different & Water Authority plans to buy as an investment destination. is state-owned, said buying the state firms, allowing cash to be Palm Utilities, a district cool- The Afsin-Elbistan region landmark hotel complex that is transferred from stronger enti- ing company owned by Dubai holds up to 45 percent of Turkey’s characterised by a giant Arabic- ties such as ICD to debt-laden World, according to local media lignite reserves. Lignite, often style arch would help the emir- ones like Istithmar. reports last month. referred to as brown coal, is likely ate’s economic development. Dubai World needs to repay Dubai’s economy is recover- to play a bigger role in power gen- “Our acquisition of an asset $4.4bn in May 2015 under its ing due to renewed investor eration alongside expected rapid that is a major contributor to restructuring terms but its plan optimism in its trade, tourism growth in electricity demand. the domestic tourist industry is to sell assets to meet the pay- and real estate sectors but the Energy officials have said that in line with our overall strategy ment was hit by unfavourable emirate still faces debt repay- China and South Korea are also to support long-term sustain- selling conditions and the fall ments of about $50bn over the interested in investing the Afsin- able growth for Dubai,” Khalifa in valuations since the global next three years. REUTERS Elbistan region. REUTERS

India defiant as food impasse imperils WTO

NUSA DUA: India yesterday shrugged to create an open trading environment and some other trading nations are said to feel off mounting pressure to compromise in rules that are fair to both rich and poor the Indian position violates WTO limits on a global impasse over food security that countries. But protectionist disputes, partic- subsidies and fear stockpiled grain could end has cast the future of the World Trade ularly between the industrialised and devel- up on global markets, skewing prices. Organisation into doubt. oping worlds, have made progress elusive. The crux of the impasse is New Delhi’s New Delhi’s insistence that it be allowed New WTO chief Roberto Azevedo of demand that it be made exempt from any to stockpile and subsidise grain for its mil- Brazil is pushing for an agreement in Bali WTO challenges over the issue indefinitely, lions of hungry poor has emerged as a major on a more modest package touching on agri- while the Bali package would limit the stumbling block at a WTO conference of cultural subsidies and other issues, hoping exemption period. trade ministers in Bali. The WTO has warned to buy time until Doha can be revived. “This doesn’t mean that this is a mission that failure to reach a compromise on that With the clock ticking on the four-day impossible,” said Wirjawan, who has called and other issues could be a death blow to the conference, which ends Friday, diplomatic for compromise in comments that appeared body’s 12-year-old effort to remove trade bar- efforts have stepped up. “All of us, we must aimed at New Delhi. India’s ruling Congress riers, which is at a stalemate. be conscious of the seriousness of the Party is facing tough elections next year, but “This is a fundamental issue. We will moment,” French Foreign Trade Minister Sharma said domestic politics were not a never compromise,” Indian Commerce and Nicole Bricq said. factor in its WTO stance. Industry Minister Anand Sharma told Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan, He framed the issue as a divide between reporters at the conference venue. chair of the talks, said he and Azevedo were industrialised countries and a developing The WTO launched its main “Doha seeking to broker a compromise between world that he said viewed WTO rules as Round” of talks in Qatar in 2001, aiming India and the United States. Washington and favouring rich nations. AFP FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

QCB to issue QR3bn European markets fall on stimulus jitters local currency govt bonds, QR1bn sukuk ECB, Bank of England keep rates; euro climbs to $1.3674; gold falls to $1,222.50 an ounce DUBAI: Qatar Central Bank plans to issue QR3bn ($824m) LONDON: European stock bond-buying stimulus. worth of local currency govern- markets fell and the euro “At the moment, market par- ment bonds and QR1bn of sukuk strengthened yesterday, as jit- ticipants are trying to factor what next week, it said yesterday. ters over the fate of monetary the Fed’s next move will be and The debt, to be issued on stimulus from the US Federal when,” said Briefing.com analyst December 10 in a regular quar- Reserve overshadowed an Patrick O’Hare. “There is confu- terly auction, will include three- improved growth forecast for sion in that respect, which is why year and five-year tranches of the eurozone by the ECB. trading conditions could remain both conventional and Islamic Traders largely shrugged off choppy.” bonds, the central bank said on decisions by the European Central In afternoon trade, the Dow its website www.qcb.gov.qa. Bank and the Bank of England to Jones Industrial Average dipped Qatar, which pegs its riyal cur- hold key rates, fixing their focus 0.34 percent to 15,836.21 points. rency to the US dollar, launched instead on the fate of US stimu- The broad-based S&P 500 quarterly government bond sales lus that has boosted markets to dropped 0.19 percent to 1,786.16 in March to expand the central record highs. points, while the tech-rich Nasdaq bank’s policy arsenal and help At close, London’s bench- Composite Index edged down 0.23 banks manage liquidity. It also mark FTSE 100 index was down percent to 4,028.87 points. offers QR4bn worth of Treasury 0.18 percent at 6,498.33 points. In Britain, the Bank of England bills in regular monthly sales. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 fell 0.61 per- also voted yesterday to freeze REUTERS cent to 9,084.95 points and the interest rates at a record-low CAC 40 in Paris shed 1.17 percent and maintain its stimulus level. Iran wants oil to 4,099.91 points. The British government mean- In foreign exchange activity, while hiked its economic growth majors to revive the euro climbed to $1.3674 -- the forecasts as the recovery gath- highest level since late October. ers speed but vowed to pursue its ageing oilfields It later stood at $1.3670, up from deficit-slashing strategy. $1.3591 on Wednesday. Gold Asian markets mostly fell with VIENNA: Iran’s leading oil prices, meanwhile, fell to $1,222.50 Tokyo down a sharp 1.50 percent. negotiator says Tehran wants an ounce on the London Bullion Hong Kong was flat. Western oil companies to revive Market, from $1,227.50. its giant ageing oilfields and “Three weeks before Christmas, SENSEX RISES develop new oil and gas projects the ECB took a pause in action. A benchmark index of the once sanctions are lifted. As expected, they kept interest Indian equities markets yesterday Mehdi Hosseini, in charge of rates at record lows this month jumped 249 points or 1.20 percent, revising Iran’s oil investment con- after cutting the main rate to 0.25 its highest closing in a month on tract, told Reuters that oil com- percent in November,” Christian back of healthy buying support for panies will find it hard to pass up Schulz of Berenberg Bank said. bank, capital goods and oil and Iran’s “low cost, low risk” invest- “With inflation a little bit gas stocks. ment opportunities. higher, unemployment tenta- Markets reacted positively to “We will have many promis- tively stabilising and leading exit poll results which predicted ing projects for the international indicators pointing to a slightly a strong performance of the key oil companies,” said Hosseini. firming recovery, the ECB did not opposition Bharatiya Janata Party “Brown fields, green fields and see a need for immediate further in four out of five states where exploration blocks — in both oil action, making the statement elections were held recently. and gas.” sound slightly less dovish than in The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Hosseini, said international November,” he said. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), A man walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai yesterday. The rupee rose to a five- oil companies (IOCs) could play US data also weighed, with the which opened sharply higher week high against the dollar and stocks jumped more than 2 percent to near record highs as exit polls predicted a role in rehabilitating age- Commerce Department announc- at 20,992.25 points, closed at a strong showing for the key opposition party in recent state elections. ing onshore oilfields of Ahwaz, ing speedy 3.6 percent growth in 20,957.81 points, up 249.10 points Gachsaran and Marun as well the third quarter, much higher or 1.20 percent from its previous 6,241.10 points. There was strong which closed trade 105.66 points Rs1,086.65; BHEL, up 3.93 percent as Agha Jari and Bibi Hakimeh. than the original estimate of 2.8 day’s close at 20,708.71 points. buying support in banking, capi- up and PSU index which edged at Rs170.55; and Maruti Suzuki, Iran reached an interim deal percent. Also, first-time claims The Sensex breached the psy- tal goods, oil and gas, metal and higher by 87.34 points. up 3.67 percent at Rs1,701.45. last month with six Western for US unemployment benefits chological resistance level of public sector undertakings stocks. However, healthcare index The main losers were: Sun powers to limit its nuclear pro- fell sharply in the last week of 21,000 points and touched a high However, healthcare, fast moving declined by 141.01 points, FMCG Pharma, down 2.24 percent at gramme, under which sanctions November to 298,000, far below of 21,165.60 intra-day, gaining 456 consumer goods and information index was down 60.39 points and Rs578.25; DrReddysLab, down on oil investment and trade with the average of recent months. points. It touched an intra-day technology stocks declined. IT index closed 42.80 points lower. 1.52 percent at Rs2,413.15; ITC, Iran may be lifted next year. Paolo This sent US stocks lower as low of 20,929.20 points. The S&P BSE bank index Major Sensex gainers were: down 1.39 percent at Rs308.90; Scaroni of Italy’s Eni, was the first the market continues to grap- The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX soared 565.50 points, followed by ICICI Bank, up 6.66 percent at NTPC, down 0.96 percent at Western CEO to meet publicly ple with the significance of bet- Nifty of the National Stock capital goods index which gained Rs1,136.10; HDFC Bank, up 4.52 Rs144.05; and Hindustan Unilever, with the Iranian oil minister and ter data, which could prompt the Exchange (NSE) closed 80.15 353.09 points, oil and gas index percent at Rs687.75; Larsen down 0.90 percent at Rs.566.40. others are queuing up. Federal Reserve to scale back its points or 1.30 percent higher at was up 107.09 points, metal index and Toubro, up 4.49 percent at AFP/IANS REUTERS

QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Turkey imported Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 101.50 0.60 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.88 1.52 % Aa2 AA 270.7 tonnes Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.25 2.66 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.25 3.04 % Aa2 AA of gold till Nov Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.13 3.62 % Aa2 AA LONDON/ANKARA: Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 152.50 5.03 % Aa2 AA Turkey’s gold imports have Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 113.50 5.43 % Aa2 AA surged to their highest on Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 104.25 5.45 % Aa2 AA record so far this year after a Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.13 0.94 % Aa2 AA hefty drop in bullion prices, Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.00 3.31 % Aa2 AA with further progress sign- posted if restrictions on trade Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 103.63 1.11 % A1 A- with Iran are formally eased. Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.63 2.24 % A1 A- Turkey imported 270.7 tonnes QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.13 1.57 % NR NR of gold in the first 11 months QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.50 1.30 % Aa3 A+ of the year, data from Borsa QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.88 2.12 % Aa3 A+ Istanbul showed, more than double 2012’s full-year imports Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.23 % A2 A- of 120.8 tonnes. Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.00 1.58 % A2 A The rise stemmed chiefly from Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 123.75 3.15 % A2 A this year’s sharp drop in gold Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 105.63 3.85 % A2 A prices, which have fallen 26 per- Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.25 4.97 % A2 A cent since December 2012 after 12 straight years of gains. Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 103.63 0.97 % Aa3 A “Turkey, like most of the Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchange documents during a Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 3.30 % Aa3 A price-sensitive markets, saw this signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing yesterday. Deals signed with China may bring Ukraine Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.38 4.05 % Aa3 A year’s lower price level as an about $8bn in investments, Yanukovych said. SOVEREIGNS opportunity to replenish stocks and release some of the pent-up Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P demand that has been building as Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 101.63 0.53 % Aa2 AA consumers have been priced out of Chinese investor announces Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.75 2.21 % Aa2 AA the market,” Cameron Alexander, Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.50 1.92 % NR NR an analyst with Thomson Reuters GFMS, said. Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.50 2.88 % NR NR “Official coin demand has more $3bn Ukrainian port project Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.75 4.37 % NR NR than doubled, investment demand Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 111.63 4.75 % NR NR has also more than doubled, and BEIJING/KIEV: Wang Jing, Wang unveiled it at the same time “In this very difficult situation it Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.50 0.83 % Aa2 AA jewellery demand has rebounded a little known Chinese investor that Ukrainian President Viktor is very important for Yanukovych Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 113.38 3.33 % NR BBB by around a fifth this year.” who has a concession to build a Yanukovych was visiting China’s to conclude large scale projects,” As well as the price outlook, waterway in Nicaragua to rival capital. said Volodymyr Fesenko of Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 102.63 5.01 % NR BBB further growth in imports next the Panama Canal, announced A memorandum of under- Ukraine’s Penta think-tank. “The Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 93.25 7.08 % Caa1 B- year will depend in part on how he was also spearheading a standing was signed earlier implementation of these projects Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 102.13 4.14 % NR BBB- far Iranian demand for gold from $3bn project to build a deepwa- in the day between Wang’s will depend on how the political

*Periodic Distribution Amount Turkey picks up, Alexander said, ter port in Ukraine. Beijing Interoceanic Canal crisis is resolved,” he said. IMPORTANT NOTE: after the trade tailed off this year “The strategic and coopera- Investment Management Co and The port project, to be built on Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which due to US sanctions. tive partnership between China Kievgidroinvest, a little known a dried-out lake on the Crimean is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services Iran could obtain access to and Ukraine has moved a step hydrogeology research firm reg- coast, would require a $3bn Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary $1.5bn in revenue from trade in forward,” Wang said at a press istered in Sevastopol, which does investment in its first phase, data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising gold and precious metals under conference in Beijing yesterday. not have a website. Wang said, providing few further out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not the terms of an interim deal agreed “Even though this project is rela- China and Ukraine signed sev- details. Ukraine already operates take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant last month in Geneva between Iran tively big, you can say we fell in eral agreements on airlines, new more than a dozen big ports. liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not and six world powers. love at first sight.” energy sources, coal and travel Wang, who says his initial a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and Turkey’s gold trade with Iran A senior Ukrainian official told during Yanukovych’s visit. No wealth came from a gold mine consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. boomed in 2012 when Ankara was Reuters, however, that she had details or figures were provided. investment in Cambodia, grabbed paying for its natural gas and oil not heard about the project. “I can Yanukovych is under pres- headlines earlier this year when imports with Turkish lira, and say that such project did not pass sure at home to show the suc- Nicaragua’s Congress granted Iranians were using those depos- through our ministry,” she said. cess of his economic strategy his Cayman Islands-registered its held in Turkey’s Halkbank to The 300 hectare port project is amid public protests against his company a 50-year concession to buy gold. to be located about 60km north worsening relationship with the develop a $40bn canal. REUTERS of Sevastopol on the Black Sea. European Union. REUTERS FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Is the idea of economics US firms embrace European as a science ridiculous? stocks as prospects improve BY ALLISON SCHRAGER BY JULIE HAVIV since 2006, according to Lipper, a Thomson historic lows, many investors remain wary of ecently, at the House of Sweden, there was a feisty Reuters company. equities from periphery countries. Federated’s exchange among the newest Nobel laureates. First, one S investors have become ETF demand ramped up in August, Kaplan, who is part of a team that man- of the economics winners, Robert Shiller, questioned the increasingly enthusiastic September and October showing inflows at ages $2.5bn in assets, said she is overweight Rvalidity of the efficient markets hypothesis, the prize- about buying stocks across the about $4bn each. While interest slowed in German equities by 15 percent, but remains wining idea of co-laureate Gene Fama. This prompted chemistry Atlantic, seeing the European November it remained robust, with inflows “cautious” on southern European stocks. winner, Martin Karplus, to say “What understanding of the stock Central Bank’s commitment to through the week ended November 27 at The ECB’s rate cut pushed the euro down market do you really have?” He reckoned economics can’t explain Ua loose monetary policy as an invitation to $1.6bn. “This is a catch-up for investors who from a two-year high, which should benefit the market and questioned if “the dismal science” is even a science. bet on risk there despite a wobbly underly- reduced their exposure to Europe because Germany’s export-reliant economy. That conversation demonstrates the understandable frustra- ing economy. of economic weakness and uncertainty, and The European Commission last month tion people have with the economics profession. That frustration European stocks reached five-year highs now they are rebuilding positions,” said forecast 1.1 percent growth in the eurozone deepened with the financial crisis, which few predicted, and the early last month, with the FTSEurofirst 300 Todd Rosenbluth, Director of ETF and in 2014 after a 0.4 percent contraction this anaemic recovery that followed it, where economic policies failed index of top shares in the region up nearly mutual fund research at S&P Capital IQ year. US GDP grew 2.8 percent in the third to revive growth. It leads many to ask: “What use are economists 17 percent since late June, fuelled by the in New York. The question is whether this quarter. Guillermo Felices, head of European and their theories?” massive global central bank stimulus and run has reached its peak, or whether ECB asset allocation at Barclays in London, said It’s important to understand that economics isn’t fortune- improvements in economic data. American- liquidity can provide the same kind of fuel he recommends going “short” US equities telling. If you judge a single economic model by its ability to predict based investors see the potential for profit for those markets as the Fed’s stimulus did versus long a basket of Germany’s, Europe’s the future, inevitably it will fail you. Economics merely aims to growth, anticipating improvement in the for US equities. and Japan’s indices. determine the best use of scarce resources. That requires some eurozone. There is some concern, however, The US S&P 500 is trading at 15.3 times Longs are bets that profit when stocks understanding of how different factors in the economy interact. that the run across the Atlantic has gotten expected earnings while Europe’s broad stock rise, while the opposite holds true for short For example, if you have limited means to boost the economy and overzealous. Valuations are still favourable index, STOXX 600, is running at 13.5 times positioning. To be sure, growth in the euro- increase government spending, what happens to income? when compared with the United States, expected earnings. The cyclically adjusted zone remains anaemic and unemployment To answer that question, economists design models that describe though that gap has been narrowing. price/earnings, or CAPE, ratio, suggests that is still at record highs in some countries. how the economy functions. These models are abstractions of the “There are many reasons to be encour- European equities are undervalued from a “We are increasingly wary of European real world, which is complicated and contains an uncountable aged by Europe and I believe there is more historical perspective, according to London- consumer-staple companies dependent on number of factors. It’s similar to drawing a map: to construct a upside than downside in investing there,” based consultancy Capital Economics. emerging markets for growth and in Europe tractable map, you must make choices about what to include. If said Audrey Kaplan, senior portfolio man- The CAPE ratio compares the current we find fewer interesting buys among the you included every tree, hill, and country road the map would ager and head of global equities at Federated price of a stock market with the average mega-caps and many more among mid-size be too confusing to be useful. The purpose is to understand how Investors in New York. level of earnings over the past 10 years after to large companies,” said John Allison, chief different, relevant factors relate to each other. That serves an Given Europe’s recent tendency for slower adjusting for inflation. That ratio for eurozone executive at Unio Capital in New York. important role, but it makes no guarantees. You might take a growth than the US, it is possible most of equities was recently at 12.3, below its 30-year Allison and others, however, believe con- highway featured in a road atlas and a truck could slam into the run has been wrung out of markets. average of 17. The equivalent CAPE ratio for tinued improvement in the region will drive you on that road. But that doesn’t negate the validity of the map. Germany’s has gained 14 percent in just the US equities is around 21.5, above its 30-year growth. He recently bought European equi- Driving on a highway poses some risk and, as financial economics last three months, while Spain’s has risen average of about 20, the firm calculated. ties, which at 40 percent of his global port- cautions, so do markets. 16 percent. European equity funds, which Germany’s stock index has been hitting folio equals his exposure to US assets. What is included or left out in an economic model is where include US-domiciled conventional funds new highs nearly every day, but its annual “There is no reason to believe that these things get contentious, but economic models are still valuable. and exchange-traded funds, have seen net gain of 24 percent is below Greece’s 32 per- flows into European stocks will stop anytime Many maps exist of New York State that doesn’t resemble each inflows for 22 consecutive weeks for a net cent, the best performer in the euro zone. soon,” he said. other, but all are useful. For a hike in the Hudson Valley you’d inflow of $20.5bn year-to-date, the largest While Greek stocks are rebounding from REUTERS use a trail map that contains every path and hill. But if you were driving from New York City to Albany, a trail map wouldn’t get you too far — you’d use a road map. Or if you wanted to under- stand the size and location of New York relative to Ohio, you’d look at a coarser map of the states. Each map is accurate in the right context, but often useless for other purposes. The problem is, in economics, it’s not always clear what assump- tions should be used or even the nature of the journey. Consider unemployment. Some economists reckon it would be lower if the Fed increased inflation. Other economists believe the problem is structural and requires rethinking regulation and education. Another potential problem is that the personal values of any given economist may influence the model. If you believe active govern- ment intervention improves outcomes, your model would look very different than if you believe the government creates waste and inefficiency. Despite these disagreements, and reliance on human judgment, economic models are our best hope to figure out how to lower unemployment and inequality. Maps aren’t perfectly accurate either, but they are better than fumbling in the dark with no guidance at all. Nonetheless, the disagreement among economists is frustrating and so is the lack of easy answers. Because all these models are valid, depending on the context, some will work some of the time. Depending on the nature of the problem or the natural evolution of the economy, the relevant issues can change. The best way to figure out which model is best is to have open and frank discus- sions about what assumptions were used and what was left out. The problem is that as economics debates become more public, commentators often lose sight of that subtlety. They get attached to one model (often a stylised version of what’s taught to under- graduates), use it in all contexts, and then complain economics over-simplifies how the world really works. A lot of commentary I read seems to assume a closed economy (meaning a country doesn’t trade); that people don’t respond to incentives; and that risk and uncertainty don’t exist. Those may be valid assumptions depending on the country you are describing or the state of the economy. But we’d all be better informed if there was more dis- cussion on what’s missing. I am not sure why it matters whether or not economics is con- sidered “science.” People should judge economics by its ability to provide knowledge and insight into how the economy functions. In that sense it’s what drives disagreements, like the one between Shiller and Fama, that teach us the most. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Natural gas powers ahead as WTI scrapes the bottom of the barrel

he annual celebration Crude and WTI Crude oil con- build-up in supply which in turn physical market together with a of Thanksgiving on the tinues with the spread between Weekly Commodity Update is putting the price under down- weaker dollar and a brewing ter- fourth Thursday in the two benchmarks reaching the ward pressure. Refinery demand ritorial dispute between China

TNovember put a damp- highest level in five months. has begun to pick up but whether and Japan helped trigger a round ener on activity across financial When analysing price move- BY OLE HANSEN it will be enough to clear some of of short covering. markets, including commodities, ments traders and technical (Head of Commodity the supply glut over the coming China bought the second high- this past week. News that Iran analysts often take a look at Strategy, Saxo Bank) months remains to be seen. est amount of gold on record from had reached a temporary deal momentum which is simple way The near-term outlook for Hong Kong in October which puts with the international commu- of describing the prevailing direc- Brent Crude oil is pointing it on track to overtake India as nity created an initial buzz which tion or trend of a market but The energy sector, apart from in the current production quota towards an increased chance that the world’s biggest consumer of quickly faded as no major impact also one which gives a hint about WTI Crude Oil, has seen stable of 30 million barrel per day is not the price could be topping out as the yellow metal. It also high- on global oil markets will be seen a potential change in direction. positive momentum over the past expected. further upside beyond $112/bar- lights the divergence between for several months. The Japanese Momentum indicators can be week with natural gas having seen The sharp reduction in Libya’s rel, the October high, seems lim- strong physical demand and weak yen resumed its weakening trend calculated in many different ways the biggest rally of seven percent export seen since July is showing ited at this stage. A great deal paper demand through futures while stock markets continued to depending on what time horizon during this time. The negative no signs of improving and with of short covering both outright and exchange traded products scale new highs — both being a is preferred. An instrument can trend in WTI Crude Oil has now this disruption continuing, the and on the spread to WTI Crude (ETP). November will be the 11th sign that the general risk-on sen- easily have positive short-term lasted for a month during which call on the Saudis to make up has helped drive the price back month in row with falling hold- timent remains strong. momentum within an overall time the price has dropped from the shortfall will leave them in above $110/barrel and most of this ings in ETP’s. So far this year a US economic data is still a key long-term negative trend. $101.7 per barrel down below $93 no hurry to change production. unwinding were probably done total of 790 tons has been sold, focal point for precious metals The immediate conclusion is per barrel. The price of WTI Crude Oil ahead of the Thanksgiving break. corresponding to the amount that which survived another downside that the metal sector is gener- Crude oil traders will be focus- continues to drop thereby widen- WTI Crude needs to see refin- was bought in the previous three attempt but the try for a bounce ally finding itself in a negative ing on the December 4 Opec ing its discount to Brent Crude. ery demand continue to climb in years. has so far been unconvincing with stable trend. Copper is an excep- meeting which will be the first The price weakness is driven by order to avoid further losses down The weekly chart pattern could the near-term upside potential tion as a recent slowing of nega- time oil ministers from the cartel the continued rise in produc- towards key support at $90/bar- potentially indicate that a near- being limited ahead of the US jobs tive momentum points towards supplying 40 percent of global oil tion in the US from non-con- rel. A move back above $93.20/ term low has been made and some report on December 6. This will a potential change in direction. sit down after the breakthrough ventional production techniques. barrel would be the first sign that additional buying lies ahead. The be the last employment report Gold and silver have seen nega- in negotiations between Iran and Infrastructure across the US has the selling has begun to run out of down-trend however remains in before the Federal Open Market tive momentum for more than the international community was failed to keep up with this dra- steam, signalling a return to the place and at this stage we would Committee (FOMC) meeting on two weeks while the gold/silver announced. matic rise in production which range between 96 and 93 that pre- not expect a bounce to take the December 18, and it could offer ratio has been bullish for the past With Brent Crude continu- now, for the first time in 25 vailed before the latest downside price much further than $1,277/oz some valuable clues as to which three weeks during which time ing to trade near the three-year years, exceeds eight million bar- price extension. which represents the 38.2 percent direction policy makers will the price of one ounce of gold average and well above the Saudi rels per day. Crude oil is there- Gold touched the lowest level retracement of the November choose over the coming months. measured in silver has risen from Arabia-accepted 100 dollar per fore not reaching refineries which since July during the past week sell-off. The divergence between Brent 59.70 ounces to 62.70 currently. barrel mark, any major changes have created bottlenecks and a before positive news from the THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Al Sadd’s Nadir Belhadj (right) and Al Sailiya’s Omar Hamad vie for the World Cup money ball during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match at Al Rayyan Sports Club Stadium yesterday. RIGHT: Al Sailiya’s Lunga Yves pot increased Diba kisses the logo of his club after scor- ing a goal against Al Sadd. Cup opener Sao Paulo “ready mid-April”

PICTURES BY: SHAIVAL DALAL COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil: “preparation costs”, up $500,000 Football Fixtures The 32 teams at next year’s on 2010. “There will also be ( All times in GMT) World Cup finals will share a awards of $70m for the clubs total fund of $576m, including a whose players are taking part English Premier League prize-money pot of $358m with in the World Cup and, in addi- Tomorrow Al Sadd trounce the winners taking home $35m, tion to that, $20m will be given Manchester United vs Newcastle United FIFA said yesterday. as a legacy to Brazilian football,” (1245) The amount of money made Valcke said. Crystal Palace vs Cardiff City (1500) available to the countries taking “We will not wait for the start Liverpool vs West Ham United (1500) Al Sailiya 5-2 part has increased 37 per cent of the World Cup for that, those Southampton vs Manchester City (1500) from the $420m on offer at the payments will start immediately Qatar Stars DOHA: Defending champions 2010 finals in South Africa. The and will rise to $100m in the Stoke City vs Chelsea (1500) West Bromwich Albion vs Norwich City League Results Al Sadd trounced Al Sailiya 5-2 winners’ prize money has gone up future.” in the round 11 match of the $5m. Meanwhile, Sao Paulo will host (1500) Al Sadd 5 Al Sailiya 2 Qatar Stars League (QSL) here The decision was announced by the opening match of the World Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur (1730) Al Arabi 1 Al Rayyan 0 yesterday. FIFA secretary general Jerome Cup in June, despite a fatal acci- December 8 Al Khor 0 Muaither 0 Al Sadd were helped by an Valcke at a news conference fol- dent meaning the venue will Fulham vs Aston Villa (1330) Today’s matches own goal in the 18th minutes and lowing the two-day FIFA execu- only be ready two months before Arsenal vs Everton (1600) thereafter added goals through tive committee, which ended kick-off. Al Ahli vs Eljaish at Al December 9 Leandro Da Silva (28 and 84), yesterday. “We have received information Arabi Stadium, 4pm Swansea City vs Hull City (2000) Jung-Soo Lee (38) and Nadir The runners-up in Brazil next it should be ready in mid-April,” Qatar SC vs Al Wakra at Belhadj (60). Yves Diba Ilunga year will pocket $25m, while the FIFA president Sepp Blatter told Ligue 1 Qatar SC Stadium, 4pm and Moumouni Dagano scored third-placed team will take home reporters at Friday’s draw venue Today Umm Salal vs Lekhwiya for Al Sailiya. $22m and the fourth-placed team in Costa do Sauipe, north-eastern Olympique Marseille vs Nantes (1930) at Qatar SC Stadium, In the other matches yesterday, $20m. Brazil. Tomorrow 6.30pm Al Arabi defeated al Rayyan 1-0, The four teams eliminated in “For the time being there is no Paris St Germain vs Sochaux (1600) Al Kharaitiyat vs Al while Muaither and Al Khor were the quarter-finals will leave with Plan B,” he added. FC Lorient vs Stade Rennes (1900) Gharafa at Al Khor locked in a goalless draw. $14m; teams in the last 16 will Brazil is racing against the St Etienne vs Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Stadium, 6.30pm. THE PENINSULA receive $9m; and those elimi- clock to get 12 venues ready for (1900) nated in the first round will get an event that starts June 12. $8m. “We believe it is a question of Stade de Reims vs Nice (1900) In addition, each of the 32 final- trust. It will be done,” Blatter sai Valenciennes vs En Avant Guingamp (1900) ists will receive $1.5m for their yesterday. AGENCIES December 8 Girondins Bordeaux vs Lille (1300) India to host PSG unbeaten Bastia vs Olympique Lyon (1600) Toulouse vs Montpellier HSC (1600) 2017 U-17 run ends in 2-0 Monaco vs Ajaccio (2000) Scottish Premiership World Cup: FIFA defeat at Evian Today Motherwell vs Celtic (1945) December 7 COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil: PARIS: Paris St Germain were Dundee United vs Hearts (1500) FIFA continued its policy of tak- stunned by a 2-0 defeat at lowly Hibernian vs Partick Thistle (1500) ing tournaments to developing Evian Thonon Gaillard which Ross County vs Kilmarnock (1500) soccer frontiers when it awarded ended their unbeaten run at 36 the 2017 Under-17 World Cup to matches in all competitions on St. Johnstone vs Aberdeen (1500) India yesterday. a bitterly cold night at the Parc St Mirren vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle It will be the biggest soccer des Sports on Wednesday night. (1500) tournament staged in India, Substitute Clarck N’Sikulu and Serie A who won the nomination by right wing Modou Souguo scored Today beating bids from 2010 World in the final 15 minutes to leave Bologna vs Juventus (1945) Cup hosts South Africa and the Ligue 1 leaders, who were December 7 Uzbekistan. unbeaten in 26 league matches, FIFA president Sepp Blatter just one point ahead of Lille and Livorno vs AC Milan (1700) told reporters: “This is of enor- two clear of Monaco. Evian, who Napoli vs Udinese (1945) mous importance for a land of 1.2 had never before beaten PSG in December 8 billion people in sporting political Ligue 1, stunned the visitors in AS Roma vs Fiorentina (1130) and geo-political terms.” the 75th minute when Sougou Cagliari vs Genoa (1400) India have never taken part in pulled the ball back to N’Sikulu Sampdoria vs Catania (1400) Al Rayyan’s Sayaf Mohsin Al Korbi (left) and Jesus the World Cup finals and although who steered it low into the net. Sassuolo vs Chievo Verona (1400) soccer matches there attract size- Sougou added his name to the Meza of Al Arabi vie for ball possession during their Torino vs Lazio (1400) QSL match at Al Arabi SC Stadium, yesterday. able crowds, cricket is the coun- shock scoreboard with the sec- try’s national sport. ond goal in the 87th minute. Verona vs Atalanta Bergamo (1400) PICTURE BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT REUTERS REUTERS Inter Milan vs Parma (1945)

Dubai Ladies Masters 16 teams vie for top DUBAI: Leading second-round scores in the 500,000 euros Dubai Ladies Masters Lewis leads in Dubai yesterday at the par-72 Majlis Course of DUBAI: honours at Touch Emirates Golf Club: Stacy Lewis stormed Pernilla Lindberg at nine-under 135 Stacy Lewis (USA) 70-65 to the top at the halfway stage of par 135. Lindberg, who is yet to the 500,000-euro Dubai Ladies win a tournament on the LET 136 Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 67-69 Rugby tournament Masters, the season-ending since turning pro in 2009, added 137 Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 67-70 championship of the Ladies a three-under par 69 to her open- DOHA: Sixteen teams will vie for top honours at 138 Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 68-70 European Tour, with a superb ing round 67. the Touch Rugby premium tournament the Donz 141 Diana Luna (ITA) 73-68, Vikki Laing round of seven-under par 65 Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, win- 7’s at Ahli Sports Club Stadium here today. (SCO) 71-70, Laura Davies (ENG) 70- yesterday. ner of the Ladies European Tour The all day event organised by the Sri Lankan 71, Caroline Masson (GER) 69-72 The 28-year-old American Order of Merit last year, started School DS Senanayake Old Boys Association, has 142 Charley Hull (ENG) 70-72, Valentine world number three, the highest the day as the joint leader, but attracted 160 players for the 16 teams. Over 500 spec- Derrey (FRA) 70-72, Sarah Kemp ranked player in the tournament, slipped to third place at 137 with tators and supporters including VIP’s are expected to (AUS) 70-72 gave the fans exactly what they a two-under par 70. Thailand’s converge at the ground and cheer on their favourite 143 Feng Shanshan (CHN) 76-67, Sahra expected from her. Eight birdies Pornanong Phatlum (70) was players. Hassan (WAL) 74-69, Cindy Lacrosse and a single bogey gave her a one- alone in fourth place at six-under With a record number of participants, there seems (USA) 73-70, Louise Larsson (SWE) shot lead on top over Sweden’s par 138. AFP to be even more passion and desire to take home the 72-71, Maria Hjorth (SWE) 72-71, Donz 7’s title. Players will be lining up against each Beth Allen (USA) 71-72, Mireia Prat other in the hope of knocking off Wesley College and (ESP) 67-76, Donald sets Jimenez suppressing their third winning streak. Wesley has 144 Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 71-73 taken out the last two Touch competitions in Doha pace at stormy struggles, Guan including the Beach event held last April. Hong Kong Open scores According to Donz’s management the competition HONG KONG: Leading scores after the collapses is wide open. first round of the $1.3m Hong Kong Open Sun City Director of Development for Touch Football Qatar on Thursday at the Hong Kong Golf Club, and tournament referee Samuel Rico is very excited Fanling (par 70). SUN CITY, South Africa: HONG KONG: Defending about the tournament and its existence in Doha. 64 David Higgins (IRL) Former world number one Luke champion Miguel Angel Jimenez “Touch football as a product leaves no doubt of its 65 Andrea Pavan (ITA) Donald made a blistering start has a lot of work to do if he is place in the sporting landscape of Qatar. It is the 66 Prom Meesawat (THA), Andrew Dodt to the Nedbank Golf Challenge to clinch a record-equalling largest and fastest growing community sports in the (AUS), Chih-Bing Lam (SIN), Seve yesterday but the first round fourth Hong Kong Open after world, being played in over eighty different countries Benson (ENG), Mardan Mamat (SIN), was cut short by thunderstorms. a disappointing opening round and we want to see it grow here”. Adam Gee (ENG), Sujjan Singh (IND) Five-under-par after 11 holes, yesterday. Touch football was first designed in 1923 as a social 67 Stuart Manley (WAL), Jbe Kruger England’s Donald held a two- The Spanish veteran signed or park game in Sydney, Australia. It later became (RSA), Wade Ormsby (AUS), Jaakko shot lead over Jamie Donaldson for a level par 70, one shot bet- a tool by rugby players to maintain their fitness Makitalo (FIN), Nacho Elvira (ESP) of Wales, Dane Thomas Bjorn and ter than China’s teenage prodigy in the off season. Since then Touch has developed Zimbabwean Brendon de Jonge at Guan Tianlang but six strokes 68 Scott Henry (SCO), Marcus Fraser into a truly international sport. The Federation of (AUS), Daisuke Kataoka (JPN), Anirban the Gary Player Country Club. behind the early leader -- jour- International Touch (FIT) is the governing body and Lahiri (IND), S.S.P Chowrasia (IND), Play was halted just after mid- neyman David Higgins of Ireland. oversees all international competitions and rules. Joel Sjoholm (SWE), Espen Kofstad day because of the threat of light- Jimenez, 49, put together a Rico is optimistic about the future of Touch (NOR), Oliver Fisher (ENG), Alex Cejka ning from a storm that arrived mixed round, which saw four Football in Qatar and said, “It is only a matter of (GER), Chinnarat Phadungsil (THA), quickly over the course and forced bogeys cancel out four birdies time before Touch explodes in this region and its Chris Doak (SCO), Alastair Forsyth the 30-man field off for just under while 15-year-old Guan collapsed befitting the regions sports capital Qatar should be (SCO) three hours. to a one-over-par 71 after a blis- associated in the world’s leading community sports The first round which was sus- tering start which saw him hold Selected others: (Touch Football)”. Donz 7’s action kicks off at 7.30am. pended yesterday will be com- the lead for much of the morning’s THE PENINSULA 70 Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) pleted today. REUTERS play. AFP FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Branson’s Virgin signs up Stage win for UAE’s Mirza for Formula E Tour of Al Zubarah: Emirati rider grabs leader’s yellow jersey in Doha series LONDON: Richard Branson’s DOHA: Producing a well timed Virgin Group will enter a team surge near the end, Emirati in the new Formula E electric rider Yousif Mohamed Mirza racing series starting next year, yesterday won the 122.3km sec- the British entrepreneur said ond stage at Tour of Al Zubarah yesterday. and in the process managed to Formula E races will be staged wear the yellow and red jerseys in city centres around the world to wind up a spectacular day of and its backers hope it will cycling. increase the market for battery- Riding for the UAE National powered vehicles and advance the Team, Mirza clocked a time of 2 technology behind them. hours 37 minutes and 42 seconds Virgin was involved in Formula to finished the second stage ahead One racing for two seasons from of Koos Jeroen Kers of Team 2010. Its Formula E team will be Amsterdam and Martin Weiss of run by Alex Tai, who had a brief Austria National Team. spell as head of the F1 team. Krist Jan Fajt (Adria Mobil) “The launch of the Formula E ended yesterday’s stage - which Championship is exciting news started at Barzan Towers and for racing fans but also for those finished at Al Zubarah Fort - in that believe in developing the fourth spot. great electric cars of the future,” Uzbekistan rider Vladimir said Branson, one of Britain’s best Tuychiev ended the day in fifth known businessmen thanks to his spot. long involvement in industries “I am happy with this perform- UAE rider Yousif Mohamed Mirza (fourth right), winner of the 122.3km ranging from music to airlines ance because it was a windy day,” second stage of Tour of Al Zubarah, celebrates on the podium in Doha and rail. Mirza said. “It is a tough event,” yesterday. RIGHT: Mirza poses for a picture during the awards ceremony. “The need to create fast, he added. dependable and durable race cars “The UAE team is preparing will help to accelerate the sector for GCC Cycling Championships my country.” Qatar’s Ahmed Tour of Al Zubarah, Mirza, 25, has and showcase electric cars to a so I am glad we came here to Elbourdainy - who suffered a the yellow and red jerseys. Mirza’s large global audience,” he added. get more good practice,” Mirza leg injury on day one - finished win in the second intermediate The addition of Virgin means said. in 26th place, a notch ahead of sprint yesterday helped the UAE that Formula E has now unveiled “We had good practice at the compatriot Moosa Said. rider accumulate 27 points after nine of the 10 teams it hopes to Tour of Sharjah. Although it was Both Qatar National Team rid- stage two. have on the grid for its inaugural raining then but we got good ers were 1min 55secs adrift of the The white jersey is with Martin race in Beijing next September. practice because we had some day’s fastest rider. Weiss of Austria National Team. The new series is backed by Olympic experienced cyclists Overnight rider Lars van de The third stage of the four-day Spaniards Alejandro Agag and there,” Mirza said. Vall of the Netherlands was race will start today at Simaisma Enrique Banuelos who are invest- When asked about his future the 22nd fast rider, finishing and ends at Madinat Al Shamal ing $100m in the project. aims, Mirza said: “My first tar- stage two 1min 26secs adrift in the north of the country after “Having a global brand like get is the Asian Games in October of Mirza. a journey of 127.5kms. Virgin, renowned for their tech- 2014. I want to win a medal for After two stages of the four-day THE PENINSULA nological innovation and sporting passion, as one of our ten teams is a fantastic addition to the cham- pionship,” said Agag, who is the Bowling: Host nation’s Ahmed Al Deyab dazzles at Qatar Open chief executive of Formula E. Meanwhile, the chief of the South Korean Grand Prix said yesterday he would work to bring back the race after it was dropped from the Formula One calendar for 2014. “Formula One is the future of our province,” said Park Joon- Yung, governor of the southern province of South Jeolla where the race has been held since 2010. He told reporters the provin- cial government would try and find ways to have the event rein- stated on the annual Grand Prix calendar. “We will make steady efforts to achieve our goal, even though the race will not be held there next year,” Park said. South Korea was one of three Grands Prix dropped from next year’s provisional Formula One calendar at a meeting of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) on Wednesday. With a new fixture in Sochi for the Russian Grand Prix next year, the race at the Yeongam track in South Jeolla was forced to make way. Ahmed Al Deyab, winner of the Daily High Series at Qatar Open, receives his cheque from an official of Qatar Bowling Federation at Qatar Bowling Centre in Doha yesterday. Qatar’s Park was instrumental in build- challenge at the championship is led by veteran international Mubarak Ali Al Muraikhi. Mubarak is one of the 73 bowlers who are vying for the winner’s purse of €30,000 in the six-day ing the Yeongam circuit, which he tournament which will end on December 10. The other bowlers from Qatar are Khaled Al Emady, Jamal Al Sahoti, Mansour Al Awamy, Abdullah Haroon, Khaled Al Dossari, Zakareya Al saw as a way of promoting tour- ism. But the annual event has Zoqari, Yousef Al Jaber, Salem Al Marzouqi, Nasser Al Sahoti, Fahad Al Mulla, Hamad Al Mosallam, Hassan Abdulrahman and Omar Faleh. Mika Koivuniemi of Finland is the defending haemorrhaged money from the champion of the €120,000 prize money event. Bowlers from 23 countries are taking part in the championship. outset. AGENCIES Stage set for 3rd World police Cross Country Championship

DOHA: Athletes from 27 coun- tries are vying for top hon- ours at the World Police Cross Country Championship which will be held today at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC). Besides hosts Qatar, cross country runners from Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cyprus, Ecuador, UAE, Ethiopia, Guinea, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen are taking part in the championship. Women racers will compete on an 8km course, while the men’s race will be 12km. Each partici- pating country is allowed to field four men and two women athletes in the competition. Qatar are expected to field a strong team. Alex Kibet, who recently won a hat-trick of ABOVE: Athletes from Yemen train at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian titles at the Qatar Athletics Club in Doha yesterday. The World Police Cross-Country Championship Federation’s Cross-Country organised by Qatar Police Sport Association will be held today Qatar Championship, is likely to be Racing and Equestrian Club. Around 200 male and female runners from Qatar’s star attraction. 27 countries are taking part in the championship.0 THE PENINSULA LATEST NEWS UPDATES FROM PHILIPPINPHILIPPINES

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DUNEDIN, New Zealand: Australia reach 275 for 5 in Adelaide Test Former all-rounder Chris Cairns acknowledged yester- day an International Cricket ADELAIDE, Australia: A Scoreboard departed in the space of six balls. Council (ICC) investigation into leaping catch by Graeme Swann Then, in the last over before match-fixing involving three in the final minutes of play kept Australia (I innings): tea, recalled spinner Panesar New Zealanders. England in contention against Chris Rogers c Prior b Swann ...... 72 bowled Steve Smith for six to “We need to let the investiga- Australia on the opening day David Warner c Carberry b Broad ...... 29 put England on top in a Test they tion by the ICC run its course,” of the second Ashes Test in Shane Watson c & b Anderson ...... 51 cannot afford to lose in the five- England’s spin bowler Monty Panesar bowls during the first day of the New Zealander said in a brief Adelaide yesterday. Michael Clarke (batting)...... 48 Test series. the second Ashes Test cricket match against Australia in Adelaide, statement to Fairfax Media, add- The Australians, one-up in the Steve Smith b Panesar ...... 6 Watson once again missed out yesterday. ing it was the only comment he series, looked in control at 257 George Bailey c Swann b Broad ...... 53 on a big score after making a solid was prepared to make. for four nearing stumps, before Brad Haddin (batting) ...... 7 start when he was caught and Cairns was working for Sky TV Swann held a flying catch two- Extras (5B, 2NB) ...... 7 bowled by Jimmy Anderson for 51. as a commentator in Dunedin handed at square leg to dismiss Total (5 wkts; 91 overs) ...... 273 The all-rounder looked well set where New Zealand are play- the dangerous George Bailey for Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-155, 3-155, 4-174, after 160 minutes at the crease South Africa trounce ing the West Indies, but left the 53. 5-257 before he chipped a return catch ground early in the afternoon. Bailey had looked set for a sub- To bat: Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ryan low down to Anderson on the A Sky TV spokesman said stantial score batting with skip- Harris, Nathan Lyon bowler’s follow-through. Cairns “elected to stop commen- per Michael Clarke before he Watson put on 121 runs for the India in first ODI tating on the current Test match Bowling: Anderson 21-9-56-1 (1nb), Broad hooked paceman Stuart Broad to 19-3-63-2, Swann 19-2-55-1, Panesar 24- second wicket with Rogers. It was and come back to Auckland to be JOHANNESBURG: Swann, whose brilliant piece of 4-68-1, Stokes 8-2-26-0 (1nb) his 21st Test half-century but Quinton He and De Kock added 75 off 55 with his family”. outfielding swung the pendulum highlighted his poor conversion de Kock, 12 days short of his balls for the third wicket but that “Sky will be talking to him over towards England on a first day of and a pull off paceman Broad. rate with just three centuries. 21st birthday, hit a thrilling was made to look pedestrian as the coming days.” thrust and parry. Panesar put down Bailey, missing Rogers followed five balls later, century to set up a convincing De Villiers and Duminy thrashed Former New Zealand interna- At the close, Australia, after a sharp caught and bowled chance attempting to hit Swann through 141-run win for South Africa in 105 off 46 deliveries for the fourth tional Lou Vincent confirmed he winning the toss, were 273-5 with when the batsman was on 10 and the covers only to be caught the first one-day international wicket before De Villiers was was “cooperating” with the ICC. Clarke, who boasts a ground aver- Clarke survived when a flying Joe behind by Matt Prior for 72 off 167 against India at the Wanderers bowled, going for another big “This investigation is bound by age of more than 100, on 48 and Root put him down at midwicket balls with 11 fours. It was the sev- Stadium yesterday. shot, in the final over. Duminy a number of rules and regulations Brad Haddin on seven. off Swann. enth time Swann has dismissed The left-handed De Kock hit was unbeaten on 59, made off 29 that mean I am unable to make It could have been even better England had grabbed three left-hander Rogers in Tests, but 135 off 121 balls in a South African balls with two fours and five sixes. any further public comment,” he for England. Michael Carberry crucial wickets to peg Australia it was a big improvement for the total of 358 for four after the Shami was the most successful said in a statement. at backward point dropped a sit- back in the half-hour before tea opener after low scores in the first hosts were sent in to bat. Indian bowler, taking three for 68. Another player linked to the ter off Haddin shortly before the after the home side made a strong Test in Brisbane. Broad made an India’s top order were blown India were soon under pressure investigation is now believed to close. Bailey was in aggressive start. Chris Rogers and Shane early breakthrough for England away by the South African fast as Dale Steyn started with two be living in Australia. Both the mood, smashing three sixes, two of Watson put on a century stand removing dangerous opener David bowlers and some sharp fielding. maiden overs to Rohit Sharma, ICC and New Zealand Cricket them off spinner Monty Panesar for the second wicket before both Warner. AFP Despite an innings of 65 by cap- who played and missed at a suc- have refused to identify the tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni they cession of fast away-swingers. three players under investiga- could only manage 217 in reply, Shikhar Dhawan hit three tion, other than saying they are Windies fighting Scoreboard giving South Africa victory and a boundaries off Lonwabo Tsotsobe former internationals and that New Zealand (I innings) ...... 609-9 dec. Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-24, 3-70, 4-73, 5-106, 1-0 lead in the three-match series. but tried to pull the first ball he no charges have been laid. NZC to stave off West Indies (I innings) 6-174, 7-183, 8-202, 9-205, 10-213 It was De Kock’s second cen- faced from Morne Morkel and chief executive David White said K Edwards c Fulton b Boult ...... 0 Bowling: Boult 18-5-40-3, Southee 16-1-52-4, tury in his 14th one-day inter- was beaten by the extra pace and earlier he knew the names of the innings defeat K Powell c Watling b Southee ...... 7 Wagner 13-2-47-0 (1 nb, 1w), Sodhi 15.1-2-63-2 national and the South African bounce, ballooning a catch to De players but would not elaborate, D Bravo c McCullum b Southee ...... 40 West Indies (II innings) wicketkeeper combined power Kock off a top edge. other than saying that current with finesse as he hit 18 fours and Ryan McLaren struck twice members of the New Zealand DUNEDIN, New Zealand: M Samuels c Taylor b Southee ...... 14 K Edwards lbw b Sodhi ...... 59 S Chanderpaul lbw b Boult ...... 76 K Powell c Southee b Boult ...... 14 three sixes. in three balls, having Virat Kohli team were not involved. West Indies battled to avoid a N Deonarine c Taylor b Southee ...... 15 D Bravo (batting) ...... 72 De Kock and Hashim Amla (65) caught at slip for an aggressive “We have been aware for a third consecutive innings defeat D Ramdin c Watling b Boult ...... 12 M Samuels (batting) ...... 17 shared a first wicket partnership 31 and then bowling Yuvraj Singh number of months,” White said. on Thursday, ending day three D Sammy (not out) ...... 27 Extras (LB2, B4) ...... 6 of 152 which laid the foundation with a yorker after softening him “We are shocked and surprised, of the first Test against New S Shillingford b Sodhi ...... 9 Total (2 wickets; 49 overs) ...... 168 for some brutal hitting by De up with a bouncer. Sharma was and support the ICC investigation Zealand yesterday at 168-2, still T Best run out (Redmond/Southee) ...... 0 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-135 Kock, captain AB de Villiers and run out by a direct hit from David as corruption has no place in our 228 runs short of making the S Gabriel lbw Sodhi ...... 0 Bowling: Southee 10-1-36-0, Boult 9-2-26-1, JP Duminy in the closing overs. Miller at cover in the next over sport.” home side bat again. Extras: (LB11, W1, NB1) ...... 13 Wagner 9-1-35-0, Anderson 6-1-8-0, Sodhi De Villiers slammed 77 off 47 and India, at 65 for four, were in The ICC’s anti-corruption unit The tourists were forced to fol- Total: (all out; 62.1 overs) ...... 213 13-1-51-1, Redmond 2-1-6-0 balls with six fours and four sixes. a hopeless position. AFP has spent four months in New low on after they were dismissed Zealand investigating match- and for 213 in their first innings, spot-fixing, which The New Zealand with New Zealand pace pair Tim for 59. At stumps Bravo was not Chanderpaul the sole exception. Scoreboard Herald said took place in more Southee and Trent Boult doing out 72 with Marlon Samuels on 17. The 39-year-old held the West South Africa V Kohli c Kallis b McLaren ...... 31 than one country. The ICC probe most of the damage after New The West Indies arrived in New Indies first innings together as H Amla b Mohammed Shami ...... 65 Yuvraj Singh b McLaren ...... 0 did not involve any games played Zealand racked up an imposing Zealand talking up their need for he worked his way to 76 before Q de Kock c and b Kohli ...... 135 S Raina run out (Steyn) ...... 14 in New Zealand, White said. AFP 609-9 declared. a morale-boosting win after being being trapped lbw by Boult with- J Kallis c Jadeja b Mohammed Shami ...... 10 M Dhoni b Steyn ...... 65 Although the Caribbean side subjected to back-to-back innings out offering a shot. A de Villiers b Mohammed Shami ...... 77 R Jadeja b Kallis ...... 29 batted more responsibly in their defeats by India. Although he challenged the dis- NBA Results J Duminy (not out) ...... 59 R Ashwin c De Kock b McLaren ...... 19 Cleveland 98 Denver 88 second innings on a flat University Instead they have struggled missal, video replays showed the D Miller (not out) ...... 5 B Kumar c Kallis b Steyn ...... 0 Atlanta 107 LA Clippers 97 Oval wicket in Dunedin, they face badly, failing to take advantage ball would have clipped the top of Extras (LB2, NB1, W4) ...... 7 M Sharma (not out) ...... 0 an uphill struggle to avoid another of a green-tinged wicket on the the bails, vindicating umpire Paul Total (4 wkts, 50 overs) ...... 358 Mohammed Shami c and b Steyn ...... 0 Phoenix 97 Houston 88 demoralising defeat. opening day before allowing Reiffel’s decision. Fall of wickets: 1-152, 2-172, 3-247, 4-352 Extras (B4, LB1, W24) ...... 29 Detroit 105 Milwaukee 98 Boult struck early in their sec- themselves to be dominated by It was Chanderpaul’s 62nd Test Bowling: M Sharma 10-0-82-0 (1nb), Kumar Total (41 overs) ...... 217 Dallas 100 New Orleans 97 ond innings when he had Kieran the New Zealand quicks. half century, and along the way 9-0-68-0 (2w), Mohammed Shami 10-1-68-3 Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-60, 3-60, 4-65, Indiana 95 Utah 86 Powell caught at second slip by On a wicket that now holds few the seventh most prolific batsman (2w), Ashwin 10-0-58-0, Jadeja 8-0-58-0, 5-108, 6-158, 7-183, 8-190, 9-217, 10-217 Portland 111 Oklahoma City 104 Southee to leave the West Indies dangers, they were largely undone in Test history passed the 11,000- Raina 1-0-7-0, Kohli 2-0-15-1 Bowling: Steyn 8-3-25-3 (2w), Tsotsobe 9-0- 18 for one. in their first innings by a lack of run milestone. Did not bat: R McLaren, W Parnell, D Steyn, M 52-0 (1w), Morkel 8-1-29-1, McLaren 8-0-49-3 Kirk Edwards and Darren footwork against seaming, full- Bravo’s first innings cameo pro- Morkel, L Tsotsobe (8w), Parnell 5-0-37-0 (6w), Kallis 3-0-20-1 (3w) NHL Results Bravo steadied the innings, length, deliveries. duced 40 while Darren Sammy India Result: South Africa won by 141 runs Montreal 4 New Jersey 3 putting on 117 for the second Six of the top seven in the bat- was not out 27. Southee took 4-52 R Sharma run out (Miller) ...... 18 Series: South Africa lead the three-match se- Philadelphia 6 Detroit 3 wicket before the leg spin of Ish ting order were caught behind and Boult 3-40 while Sodhi picked S Dhawan c De Kock b Morkel ...... 12 ries 1-0 Sodhi trapped Edwards in front the stumps, with Shivnarine up 2-63. AFP Calgary 4 Phoenix 1

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Mohammad Aziz (centre), winner in the men’s 10m Air Pistol event, poses for a picture with other podium winners and officials of Qatar Shooting and Archery Association (QSAA) at Losail Shooting Range yesterday. CENTRE: The winners in the women’s 10m Air Pistol in the junior category are seen with officials of QSAA. RIGHT: First three place winners at the 10m Air Pistol in the women’s senior category. The Association Cup will end on December 7. FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER 2013 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND A truck transfers the Pacific 231 E 41 locomotive, an historic monument, yesterday, from its exhibition area in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, near Tours, 06:05 16:45 07:30 & 18:45 14:45 & 00:00 05-15 KT central France, to a former Royal Air Force warehouse in the same town, for its restoration by an association of vintage locomotive fans. Built in THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW 1938 in the northern city of Calais, it is one of the two last Pacific locomotives in the world, which linked Paris to London.

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MUSCAT 27/21 Thunderstorm 28/21 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 24/14 Partly cloudy 22/12 Clear BAHRAIN 25/21 Partly cloudy 24/20 Partly cloudy Swiss spies get taste of their own medicine SANAA 24/05 Partly cloudy 23/04 Partly cloudy RIYADH 29/16 Partly cloudy 27/15 Partly cloudy GENEVA: A Swiss magazine edition recounting how it had sophisticated methods, the mag- special edition, the magazine also DUBAI 30/20 Mostly cloudy 29/20 Partly cloudy said yesterday it had spent 24 used simple tactics to collect azine said. launched a website on the stunt, BAGHDAD 16/07 Partly cloudy 16/09 Partly cloudy hours snooping on the Alpine details of Seiler’s life, such as Controversially, WOZ also markusseiler.ch. country’s intelligence boss to talking to his neighbours and adopted another spying tactic Howald said that WOZ had THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW give spies a taste of their own even his former primary school by giving its target a chance to decided to act because it claims HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER medicine. teacher. escape the public gaze. Swiss intelligence ducks all Stefan Howald, deputy edi- It also provided details about “Ahead of publication, we potential controls, and it alleged ATHENS 15/10 Clear 14/06 Partly cloudy tor of the left-wing weekly his salary and personal assets. offered Markus Seiler the option that the service had acted to WASHINGTON 19/04 Showers 07/-1 Partly cloudy WochenZeitung (WOZ), said it Switzerland’s intelligence serv- of buying all 20,000 copies of the cover up the theft of data by an SYDNEY 25/15 Partly cloudy 27/17 Mostly cloudy had managed to gather a raft of ice said it would not comment on special edition,” Howald said. employee in 2012. private information about spy-in- the magazine’s actions. That would have required The employee who stole the LONDON 08/06 Mostly cloudy 11/09 Partly cloudy chief Markus Seiler.` Given that a reporter could Seiler to shell out SF120,000 data was prosecuted, but WOZ PARIS 09/05 Mostly cloudy 10/06 Partly cloudy “We wanted to show what it’s gather information so easily, ($132,690), but WOZ never and activists say the intelligence ISTANBUL 10/06 Clear 09/03 Mostly cloudy like when you’re spied on, and to questions need to be raised about heard from him by its deadline service should have been shaken MANILA 31/24 Partly cloudy 32/24 Partly cloudy reverse the roles,” Howald said. how much data Swiss intelligence on Wednesday. up by the parliamentary commis- DHAKA 27/17 Partly cloudy 26/17 Partly cloudy WOZ published a special is able to amass using much more In addition to publishing the sion which oversees it. AFP DELHI 26/09 Clear 26/10 Clear ISLAMABAD 23/07 Partly cloudy 22/07 Partly cloudy

Japanese woman Bruce Lee’s jumpsuit arrested for calling police 15,000 times fetches over $100,000 TOKYO: Japanese police yes- terday said they have arrested at Hong Kong auction a woman for calling them more than 15,000 times over a six- HONG KONG: month period. A yellow-and- Authorities repeatedly visited black jumpsuit the 44-year-old and asked her to from Bruce cease and desist. Lee’s final movie When she failed to stop making was sold for the calls, which started in May, more than dou- police slapped handcuffs on her. ble its expected “She made as many as 927 hammer price emergency calls in one day....dis- at an auction turbing our police duties,” said an in Hong Kong official in the city of Sakai, near yesterday com- the western city of Osaka. memorating Authorities, who have so far the 40th anni- ruled out mental illness for the versary of his woman’s behaviour, said her calls death. had “no real meaning”. The one-piece “She didn’t make up a story suit from Game that required us to respond — it of Death, which was just total nonsense,” the offi- was specially cial said. designed by a The woman was charged with Hong Kong tai- fraudulent obstruction of police lor to fit Lee, business, which carries a maxi- A Belgian fisherman rides a horse to haul his catch of shrimps. Belgian horseback shrimp fishing is one of the was sold at the mum penalty of up to three years entries that has found its way to Unesco’s ‘intangible heritage’ list. evening auction in prison or a fine of 500,000 yen for HK$780,000 ($4,900). AFP ($100,595) to an anonymous tel- ephone bidder. South Africa okays Unesco adds new entries His matching yellow nunchaku, sick notes from also used in the Anna Lee, vice chairman of Chinese auction traditional healers film, was sold house Spink, poses with the nunchaku and for HK$540,000 jumpsuit, both used by Kung Fu superstar Bruce JOHANNESBURG: to ‘intangible heritage’ list South to a collector in Lee in his last movie Game of Death, as part of African traditional healers or the room, where the ‘Bruce Lee 40th Anniversary Collection’, at BAKU: “sangomas” yesterday welcomed Traditional Japanese traditional kimchi dish. The for- annual pilgrimage to the mauso- around a dozen a news conference in Hong Kong on Monday. a watershed court ruling that washoku cooking methods, eign ministry said it would seek leum of Sidi Abd El Qader Ben bidders were legally recognises their patient Korean kimchi-making, mil- legislation to ensure that kimjang Mohammed in Algeria; Taureg seated. sick notes. lennia-old Georgian wine- remains “part of our precious Imzad music; Jamdani weav- “It would have been nice to have the suit but I prefer this most The Supreme Court of Appeal producing techniques and the cultural heritage and as a part of ing in Bangladesh; the Cirio de of all, more than any other thing,” 49-year-old British investment recently upheld a verdict that a Mediterranean diet were among South Koreans’ lives”. Nazare religious festival in Brazil; manager George Philips, who also bid on the suit said after win- Pretoria firm wrongfully sacked 14 new entries added to Unesco’s Kimchi, a spicy dish of picked Sankirtana music from the ning the nunchaku. a chef who took five weeks leave “intangible heritage” list. vegetables, is so much part of Vaishnava people in India; a cen- “I think everybody loves Bruce Lee items, I did karate when I was to deal with her tormenting Envoys picked the new listings Korean life that a festival and tral Italian Catholic procession; five or six years old,” Philips said, adding that he used to practise ancestors. of traditional cultural activi- even a museum are devoted to it. an Orthodox holiday in Ethiopia with the nunchaku while wearing a motorcycle helmet at the time. In 2007 Johanna Mmoledi’s ties worthy of preservation at a “I can’t live without kimchi,” and a Kyrgyz epic poem. Bidding was “very strong for an auction this size” Spink China employers refused to accept a meeting in the Azerbaijani capital wrote one online commentator A naming tradition common vice chairperson Anna Lee said after the event. cryptic note from her sangoma Baku, Unesco said in a statement in response to the listing. among the people of Western The auction fetched HK$2.19m, double Spink’s estimate diagnosing her with “perminisions late Wednesday. Japan warmly welcomed the Uganda and Mongolian calligra- of HK$1m. All 14 lots were sold with other items including a [sic] of ancestors.” They include the traditional addition of its washoku cuisine. phy also made the list. punch pad Lee used to refine his one-inch punch, which sold for The 72,000-member Traditional use of the abacus in China and a “I feel genuinely happy...” said Established in 2008, the HK$50,400. Lee’s bamboo whip used in Game of Death was also Healers Organisation welcomed Christian festival in the French Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a Intangible Cultural Heritage list sold for HK$96,000. All the items belonged to a private collector the news. region of Limousin that involves statement. comprises some 100 traditional but originally came from Lee or his friends and family. “We are happy with the ruling. holy relics being paraded before “Together with the Japanese events from around the globe and Lee died in 1973 after a severe reaction to medication, before It shows that we are in a post- worshippers once every seven people I want to pass on to the is designed to “help demonstrate Game of Death could be completed, although a version of it was apartheid era where all forms of years. next generation our cherished the diversity of this heritage and later released using stand-in actors. Lee is credited with catapult- healing are beginning to be recog- South Korea hailed the addi- culinary culture.” raise awareness about its impor- ing the martial arts film genre into the mainstream with movies nised,” said coordinator Phephsile tion of “kimjang”, the making Other additions are Belgian tance”, according to Unesco. including Fist of Fury and The Big Boss. AFP Maseko. AFP and sharing of the country’s horseback shrimp fishing; the AFP