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THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 • 12 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6535 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 $100m Qatar Katrina Erdogan receives Ezdan Chairman Fund benefits many Envoy to visit New Orleans to mark ‘Katrina10 Week’

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB different areas, including building qatarkatrina.com includes infor- and repairing some 4,000 homes, mation, a short video and a book DOHA: Ten years ago this scholarships for over 2,000 stu- about the fund, and Al Kuwari’s week, Hurricane Katrina devas- dents and establishing healthcare statements. tated the Gulf South in the US facilities. “Qatar is a small country in the and New Orleans in the state of Al Kuwari will host a luncheon Arabian Peninsula. Humanitarian Louisiana was one of the worst- organised by the Qatari embassy aid is part and parcel of our cul- hit cities. It is the largest city in and ‘Habitat for Humanity’ today ture and values; we believe in Louisiana. where all 16-partner organi- helping others,” Al Kuwari said Qatar’s Ambassador to the US sations of the fund will be in in a statement. Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari attendance. “Foreign aid is like a bridge — a will visit New Orleans this week He will pay tribute to all cultural bridge that helps build where Qatar committed to pro- those involved in rebuilding the better relations between nations. viding humanitarian aid worth Gulf Coast and speak about how We wish to use it to bring hope $100m (QR365m) to help reha- Qatar is proud to help change so and happiness to people going bilitate affected families. many lives. The luncheon will also through very difficult times, as Al Kuwari will attend an event highlight the official launch of the the people of the Gulf Coast were titled ‘Katrina10 Week’ (the week book, Qatar Katrina Fund: 10 Years 10 years ago.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman, Ezdan Holding is being observed from August 26 After the Storm and QKF After the The fund supported projects Group, at the presidential palace in Ankara, yesterday. Report on page 17 to 30 — exactly 10 years after Storm, a short film. that paid medical expenses for the devastation caused by the The film will also be showcased Katrina victims, provided rental hurricane). at Media Centre in downtown assistance to families who had He will also attend events to New Orleans. lost their homes, delivered medi- Kuwait parliament be organised by beneficiaries of Al Kuwari will meet local and cal care to expectant mothers and Qatar Katrina Fund, and felicita- national leaders, such as Mayor babies. Other projects awarded Strong wind, lower tions by NOLA — an evening with Landrieu and Jesse Jackson. thousands of scholarships, opens doors to the Mayor of New Orleans. ‘Habitat for Humanity’ will financed the restoration of his- Qatar is the second largest hold a commemoration ceremony toric homes in Tremé neighbour- women guards international donor for Katrina to install a plaque honouring the hood and built a new community temperature forecast KUWAIT: Kuwait’s parliament relief. Through the fund, the fund at Musicians Village. centre for young people. has opened doors to women state has extended support in The fund’s website, www. “We are very proud of these DOHA: It is expected to be a later to northwesterly and north- guards as a “necessity” amid the results and grateful to every- windy day today, although day easterly, said the Met office. prevailing security conditions one who joined us in this effort. temperatures would likely come The wind wouldn’t be as high in in the country, a senior security Travelling the region and seeing down by a few notches than the the seas as on land, as the speed official said yesterday. the fruits of the fund, I feel awed maximum witnessed in the past forecast is 28km an hour, reach- In a statement to Kuwait News by the people who have returned two days. ing 33km. It would likely kick up Agency, Major General Khaled and rebuilt,” Al Kuwari said. The hot and humid spell actu- dust at places, affecting visibil- Al Waqeet, Assistant Secretary- “His Highness the Emir, Sheikh ally began last Friday and the ity, which could be four to eight General, National Assembly Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al past two days have witnessed very kilometres. Security Guard Affairs, said, Thani, has nothing but admiration harsh weather conditions. The Met office has forecast the “Opening doors for women to for all those thousands of people About high wind, the Met office maximum at between 38 and 43 join as parliament guards for the who returned to rebuild, and who warned yesterday that it would degrees C for today, at least there first time is to cope with changes are making New Orleans and the likely hit by mid-day today, with degree less than the maximum that prompt development of the Gulf Coast great again. The Emir speeds of up to 31.5km an hour, witnessed in the past two days. security system.” has followed the progress of Qatar reaching over 46km an hour at Minimum temperature fore- Women guards’ duties include Katrina Fund with great inter- times. However, as the night cast is 32 to 33 degrees. inspecting and frisking women — est and is very happy to see the approaches, the wind would die In Doha, the maximum tem- staff and visitors, he said, adding stories of hope and renewal,” the down, and lose speed. perature forecast is 43 degrees the new assembly building to open Qatar-funded Pharmacy Pavilion named after the state at Katrina University. statement added. The wind direction will be and the minimum 33 degrees. in six months will meet the needs THE PENINSULA southwesterly at first, turning THE PENINSULA of women guards. As per the directives of Speaker Marzouq Al Ghanim, meetings have been held with Interior Ministry officials to set conditions for women to join the guard force, South Sudan’s Kiir he said. August 31 is the last date signs peace deal Gunman kills two TV scribes, self in US to apply for the position. QNA WASHINGTON: Two journalists for a then heard, and screams. Parker runs away. Saudi intercepts despite doubts local CBS affiliate in Virginia were shot The shooter’s hand is visible. He appears to be JUBA: South Sudan President dead yesterday in a live television broadcast wearing a blue checkered shirt. None of the Scud missile Salva Kiir signed a deal yester- by a man who once worked for the station victims are seen wounded. There is no blood day to end 20 months of war in and apparently filmed the incident before in the footage. fired from Yemen the world’s youngest nation, but shooting himself. WDBJ General Manager Jeffrey Marks said added a list of reservations that Vester Lee Flanagan, 41, also known as the gunman had worked for WDBJ and about SANA’A: Yemeni army units raised doubts about whether Bryce Williams, was taken into custody with two years ago, managers “had to separate him allied to the Houthi militia peace would take hold. “life-threatening injuries” stemming from a from the company,” adding they knew he still fired a ballistic missile towards The signing ceremony was gunshot wound, and was transported to hos- lived in the area. southern Saudi Arabia yester- held in the capital Juba after pital, state police said, adding he later died. A few statements were posted on the unver- day but the Saudi military said the UN Security Council threat- A video of the shooting, apparently filmed ified Twitter account @bryce_williams7 before it intercepted it and retaliated ened action if Kiir failed to put by Flanagan, was posted on Twitter and the video of the shooting, including one that with air strikes on Yemeni his name to the accord, already Facebook and the footage was later taken said: “Alison made racist comments” and territory. signed by rebel leader Riek down. The killings, which sparked a manhunt another claiming Ward had reported Flanagan Residents in the capital Sana’a Machar. and prompted a lockdown of local schools, to human resources. Asked, Marks said: “He reported hearing a big roar as At least seven ceasefires have again highlighted fears about gun violence in did make some accusations against people the Scud was launched from near been shattered within days in the US and a quick call for action from the some time ago.” the city, followed by Saudi-led air South Sudan, which broke away White House. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe told strikes on a presidential palace from Sudan in 2011. “The current Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cam- Washington’s WTOP all-news radio that the and a military depot for rockets. peace we are signing has so many eraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot at close incident highlighted the need for tighter gun Brigadier General Sharaf things we have to reject,” Kiir range while conducting an interview for controls. “There are too many guns in the Luqman, a spokesman for the said at the ceremony, attended WDBJ in Roanoke, about 385km southwest hands of people who should not have guns. Yemeni forces fighting alongside by leaders of Kenya, Ethiopia and of Washington. There is too much gun violence in the US.” the Houthis, said the missile was Uganda. “Such reservations, if Parker was talking to Vicki Gardner, Head, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told aimed at an electricity station in ignored, would not be in the inter- Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce, reporters: “There are some common sense Saudi Arabia’s Jizan province. ests of just and lasting peace.” on a balcony at the lakeside Bridgewater things that only Congress can do that we know The Saudi military said in a The US, which supports South Resort in the town of Moneta near Roanoke would have a tangible impact.” statement it intercepted the mis- Sudan’s statehood, said the deal when the attack occurred. Media watchdog group Reporters without sile, averting any damage, and should be implemented as it The pair were talking about tourism devel- Borders (RSF) said initial reports seemed to directed air attacks against the stands. “We do not recognise any opment for WDBJ’s early-morning newscast indicate the reporters “were personally tar- source of fire in Yemen. reservations or addendums to when Flanagan closed in from behind. geted in an act of revenge and not because of A powerful Cold War-era that agreement,” said National Later, a video under the Twitter account @ their jobs.” weapon, the Scud had been Security Adviser Susan Rice. bryce_williams7, showed the shooter brandish- RSF secretary general Christophe Deloire A video frame grab from social media shows launched at Saudi Arabia by The UN Security Council gave ing a weapon at Parker interviewing Gardner called the killings an “unprecedented tragedy.” reporter Alison Parker (left) interviewing Vicki Yemeni forces twice before during Kiir until Tuesday to get fully and unaware of his presence. Of the shooter, an emotional Marks said: Gardner moments before she was shot and the five-month war but was shot behind the deal as it weighed a Ward has his back to the shooter and appar- “If he dies, he took the coward’s way out. (...) killed by the gunman holding the weapon and down by US-provided Patriot mis- possible arms embargo and tar- ently did not see him. The shooter seems to If he lives, he’s due due process and this could apparently filming the scene. siles both times. REUTERS geted sanctions. AFP briefly lower the camera. Multiple shots are be a mistake. I doubt it.” AFP See also page 6 THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar ‘has highest norms Ministry recalls 2014-2015 Jeep for organ transplants’ Cherokee, DOHA: Minister of Public clear mechanisms to ensure effec- Chrysler 200C Health H E Abdullah bin tive monitoring, the Minister Khalid Al Qahtani has affirmed added. DOHA: The Ministry of that the issuance of Law No. 15 He explained said that a pack- Economy and Commerce has of 2015 regulating transplant age of executive decisions that recalled 2014-2015 models of of human organs is within the define conditions and procedures Jeep Cherokee and Chrysler framework of the state’s deter- should be available in licensed 200C to update the engine mination to modernise health hospitals to perform transplant ignition and transmission legislations. of organs, tissues and cells. software. He said the new law strength- The Minister said Qatar is The ministry said the recall ens Qatar’s efforts to regulate a pioneer in providing inte- is within the framework of its transplant of human organs grated and advanced services in coordination and follow-up to according to strict instructions organ transplant with highest Mongolian Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg and other officials with Minister of State for Defence Affairs and ascertain dealers’ commitment with application of the highest standards. Cabinet Member H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah and his delegation. to follow up vehicles’ defects and medical and ethical standards He praised citizens and resi- repair them to protect consum- as a guarantee for all communi- dents who have registered to ers’ rights. ties against trafficking in human donate organs to help the initia- The ministry stressed that it organs crimes. tive of organ donation through will coordinate with the dealer The law stipulates stiff penal- the national register to support Mongolian Prime Minister to follow up maintenance and ties to ensure no irregularities efforts to achieve self-sufficiency repairs and communicate with would take place and provides in the field. QNA customers to ensure imple- mentation of procedures to fix defects. meets Defence Minister It urged consumers to report any abuses or irregularities to ULAANBAATAR: Mongolian Ali Al Attiyah and his delega- Qatar’s Non-Resident the Department of Consumer Ministry issues 89th edition Prime Minister Chimed tion. Al Attiyah also met par- Ambassador to Mongolia Protection and Commercial Saikhanbileg yesterday met liament Chairman Zandaakhuu Sultan bin Salmin Al Mansouri, Fraud Combat which receives Minister of State for Defence Enkhbold. Al Attiyah’s delegation and complaints, suggestions and of Folklore magazine Affairs and Cabinet Member Both meetings discussed rela- Mongolian officials attended both inquiries through its communi- H E Major General Hamad bin tions and ways of enhancing them. meetings. QNA cation channels. QNA DOHA: The Ministry of in his book Orality and Literacy: Culture, Heritage and Arts The Technologizing of the Word has released the 89th issue published in 1982. of Folklore magazine (Al The American author Maathorat Al Shaabia). attempted to identify distin- Eminent historians, profes- guishing characteristics of oral- sors and sociologists have con- ity by examining thought and Key services added to Foreign Ministry app tributed in-depth articles on its verbal expression in societies various topics. where technologies of literacy DOHA: The Foreign Ministry connection with the ministry. services and information that will Location’. It doesn’t mean the Egypt’s Zagazig University’s (especially writing and print) has launched the second release Another important service prove useful to citizens in Qatar,” application can track your loca- Faculty of Arts Professor of are unfamiliar to most of the of its official mobile applications provided by the app is ‘Request said Al Kuwari. tion at anytime. The application Medieval History Dr Qasim population. developed to aid citizens travel- Assistance’, where citizens can Anyone can benefit from the only sends your location to the Abdo Kassem has written an The magazine also includes ling abroad. submit emergency requests in available information in the app. ministry when you request assist- article on the concept of ‘Oral studies. King Saud University The application was created as real time. However, citizens have exclu- ance through the ‘send my loca- history — Amidst Folklore and Professor of Sociology Dr Saad a reliable and real-time commu- “This application signifies the sive use of specific functions such tion’ option. Historical Sources’. Al Abdullah Alsoyan has writ- nications platform between citi- ministry’s commitment to pro- as the request assistance function The application only sends your In the ‘Opinion’ section of ten a study on ‘Overlapping zens in Qatar and the ministry, viding the best services to engage and the travel pre-registration. location to the ministry when the magazine, Professor Dr of History and Myths in Oral especially in cases of emergencies. with our citizens, especially when The application is available on you request assistance. However, Nizar Chakroun, Dean, Higher Narrative’. It was launched for the first it comes to their safety abroad,” iOS, Android, BlackBerry and depending on your phone, you Institute of Arts and Crafts, in It focuses on the issue of time last year. said Dr Saif Al Kuwari, Director, Windows Mobile devices — search can disable location services from Sfax, Tunisia, asks questions in fantasy and legends interpo- One of the highlights of the Department of Information ‘MOFA Qatar’ on App Store, your settings. an article titled ‘Supremacy of lating historical facts and real application is the travel pre-reg- Systems & Technology at the Google Play, BlackBerry World In the ‘Qatar Missions Abroad’ Oral Speech’. events, mainly in non-clerical istration service, which allows ministry. or Windows Store. section, you’ll find the numbers of He takes further the dis- communities. users to register and share their “We urge all citizens to make The app features services all Qatari embassies and missions course started by Walter Ong QNA travel details through a secure use of information and services including travel pre-registration, around the world. provided in the app such as travel which allows citizens to register You can also make free phone details to enable the ministry to their travel details; request assist- calls to the ministry, using its toll reach them in case they require ance in case of emergencies; and free service available in several assistance.” attestation status check. countries; information about this The application also provides It also provides auxiliary serv- services can be found in the ‘Toll informational sections, such as ices, such as currency exchange Free’ section in the application. contact information of Qatari information, weather forecasts, Travel pre-registration allows missions abroad, accredited diplo- and prayer times. the ministry to reach you in case matic missions in Qatar and visa It provides contact details of of any emergencies in the country requirements for Qataris travel- Qatar’s missions abroad and the you are travelling to. ling abroad and non-Qataris trav- accredited missions in Qatar, toll The application provides infor- elling to Qatar. free numbers, visa and attesta- mation on visa requirements for “The second release of the tion information, and the min- citizens travelling abroad and application has featured a com- istry’s news. One of the features non-citizens who wish to travel plete redesign, adding new of the application is ‘Send Your to Qatar. THE PENINSULA

TAMUQ holds Graduate Orientation Day for new Master’s students

Officials with new graduate students.

DOHA: Texas A&M University provided me with an opportunity opportunity for new students to at Qatar (TAMUQ) welcomed to be engaged in a unique learn- learn more about benefits and new Master’s students for the ing environment, which helped opportunities available to obtain upcoming academic year at intensify my core sciences and graduate degree from TAMUQ. Graduate Orientation Day at its interpersonal skills in a field I am “They learned about academic campus at Education City. passionate about.” expectations and general require- The event provided a session New graduate students learned ments, campus life and resources. on two Master’s programmes about graduate programme offer- Our graduate students enjoy a in chemical engineering and an ings, degree eligibility require- flexible schedule, they may qual- overview of academic expecta- ments and resources offered, ify for funding assistance and tions at the university. including financial aid opportu- will participate in responsive The Office of Graduate Studies nities and flexible schedules. research projects that contribute and Continuing Education Dr Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, to Qatar National Vision 2030’s Services invited new students Professor, Chemical Engineering goal to build a knowledge-based to interact with current and Programme, said, “The quality economy.” recently graduated students. of teaching and research offered Applications for Master Faculty and administrators at the university is outstanding. of Science and Master of provided information and sup- Our graduate programme pro- Engineering programmes are port for the incoming class. vides opportunity for the young being accepted for the Spring Participants also toured facilities generation to obtain an excellent 2016 semester and open until and laboratories to get a better education.” October 31. perspective on being an Aggie Hania Ayyash, Manager, For details about graduate graduate student. Graduate Studies and Continuing studies programme, visit www. Sabla Alnouri, a recent PhD Education Services, said, “Thanks gradstudies.qatar.tamu.edu or call graduate, said, “The gradu- to our students and outstand- +974.4423.0135. ate programme at TAMUQ has ing presenters, the day was an THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QRCS striving to bring British Council Qatar to change academic calendar from Sept relief to Yemenis DOHA: British Council Qatar portals. Commenting on hosting each week resulting in faster has decided to increase the the roundtable, Amanda Ingram, progress and allowing them number of terms in its academic Director of English Language to achieve their goals within a Programme with outlay of $4m being implemented year from three to four. Services in Qatar, said, “The shorter period of time. The British Council yesterday British Council Qatar values its “Our programmes for Young held a specially convened media partnership with Qatar’s media Learners will now complement roundtable designed to familiarise institutions. As we pursue our goal the school calendar to reduce members of the media with the of connecting the people of Qatar clashes with end-of-year exams change that will take effect from with the best learning opportuni- and allow students to offer their September 2015. ties the UK has to offer, we rely best at school as well as in the This and other changes have on the support of the media. We English courses they are following been introduced after research want to give clear information with us. We are also delighted to was conducted by the British about our programmes to our cus- respond to increased demand for Council among its students. tomers and with a new academic our young learner programmes These changes will bring a calendar coming into effect in the and introduce additional age- host of benefits for students first week of September 2015, we groups and even more refined over the next academic year decided to seek the help of media levels.” and the British Council sought institutions in sharing this impor- “The changes have also taken the cooperation of the media tant information. We are grateful into account Qatar’s holiday cal- to share this information with for the willing support we always endar to ensure that adult stu- the public. receive and today’s gathering is dents as well as young students The event was held at the no exception.” don’t miss out on classes during British Council Qatar’s premises Ingram added, “By complet- holiday seasons. We want to give and drew media participation ing more terms in the year stu- all students maximum opportu- from Qatar’s dailies and week- dents will be able to complete nity to attend all their lessons end newspapers covering both an English level every year. The and maximise their progress,” Arabic and English press, as well changes give adult students the Ingram added. as a number of key online news opportunity to study more hours THE PENINSULA Injured Yemenis being treated at a QRCS facility.

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent the Ports Department, the Red rehabilitated for the benefit of Society’s (QRCS) relief staff in Crescent Society of Djibouti, 1,500 post-surgery patients. This Yemen have been working hard Sanabil Charitable Organization, included furnishing, maintenance, for the last four months to help and international organisations equipment, an ambulance vehicle, communities affected by vio- concerned. laboratory supplies, medical and lence in the country. In Aden, QRCS initiated a technical staffing, catering, and A humanitarian programme project to support hospitals with staff incentives. is in place to provide relief to medical and surgical staff in Another project is to sup- Yemenis for over six months, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, plas- port dialysis centres in Aden, with funding of more than tic surgery, vascular surgery, and Abyan, Lahij, Dhale, Taiz, Ibb, $4m (QR14.5m) from Qatar oral and maxillofacial surgery. and Al-Hudaydah. This included Development Fund (QVN). They are aided with medical medical and non-medical equip- QRCS’s staff are working on equipment and supplies to per- ment, ACs, tanks, maintenance, two levels: Providing aid in Yemen form surgeries on the 500 injured rehabilitation, fuel, water sup- through the representative mis- in 22 May Hospital. ply, and staff incentives in seven sions in Sana’a and Aden and pro- Initially, 84 people from Dhale, hospitals. viding relief to Yemeni refugees in Lahij and Abyan will be covered One project conducted by Djibouti, the nearest shelter from in the first phase. QRCS in Djibouti with funding the conflict zones in Aden, Lahij, In Taiz, more than 600 injured from QVN is to move the injured Taiz, and others governorates. people have undergone surgeries from Yemen to receive treatment Last month, QRCS set up in Al-Joumhouri and Al-Safwa in Djibouti. an official mission in Djibouti Hospitals. This project covers more than to supervise these activities in To deal with the increasing 60 patients for surgeries in public coordination with government number of victims, two more hos- and private hospitals, in coordina- and non-government institu- pitals will be engaged in receiving tion with the Djibouti Ministry tions, such as the Ministry of the injured. of Health. Interior, the Ministry of Health, A recovery centre was THE PENINSULA British Council Qatar officials at the media roundtable yesterday to announce changes to the academic calendar. THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Ooredoo set to boost network with new feature Company partners with Nokia Networks

DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday from Nokia Networks to ensure that, announced it will partner with the wherever you are in Qatar, Ooredoo world’s specialist in mobile broad- delivers a truly world-class network band, Nokia Networks, to deploy experience. We continue to be a true small cells in popular network pioneer in Qatar, introducing next hotspots across the country, as generation technology to support the company continues to enhance the delivery of a new range of smart its state-of-the-art Supernet to Internet services.” deliver the best voice and Internet Bernard Najm, Vice President and experience. Head of Middle East and Africa, Nokia Networks’ high-capacity Nokia Networks, said: “This deal small cells will enhance Ooredoo’s marks an important step forward 3G and 4G network for a better cus- in our longstanding partnership tomer experience, with Nokia Flexi with Ooredoo Qatar, an operator Zone small cells complementing intensely focused on delivering top Ooredoo’s existing network, enabling quality services to its customers. Ooredoo to provide advanced voice Nokia’s advanced mobile broadband and data services to its customers solutions will help Ooredoo achieve even in the most crowded indoor and its goal of enriching people’s lives, outdoor areas. and supporting the Qatar National Ooredoo’s ongoing network invest- Vision of boosting the knowledge- ment is part of its efforts to make based economy.” Qatar one of the best-connected Ooredoo and Nokia Networks have New students at the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar convocation to welcome the Class of 2019. countries in the world. The opera- a long history of working together, tor recently announced a nation- with Ooredoo selecting Nokia wide network upgrade programme Networks as sole supplier to build its Carnegie Mellon welcomes Class of 2019 called Ooredoo Supernet, one of LTE radio and core network in 2013. the most significant network evo- Ooredoo demonstrated the superi- lutions in Qatar’s history, and is ority and capacity of its network in DOHA: Carnegie Mellon Baybars, faculty and student because you chose Carnegie approach to education and val- strongly focused on providing the December 2014, when Ooredoo Qatar, University in Qatar representatives officially inau- Mellon Qatar and we chose ues while upholding our own most advanced network services, Nokia Networks and China Mobile (CMU-Q) formally welcomed gurated new students into the you,” Dean Baybars said in his individuality and creativity.” including ultrafast 4G+ for all its achieved a record-breaking speed of the incoming first year class Carnegie Mellon community of remarks. Carnegie Mellon Qatar offers customers. 4.1 Gbps over TDD-FDD LTE, in an at a ceremony in Education more than 13,000 students and The incoming class also five undergraduate degree pro- The partnership agreement fol- experiment to demonstrate future City. The Class of 2019 is made 100,000 alumni worldwide. received words of welcome from grammes in business admin- lows a successful trial using Nokia user demand. up of more than 100 students, “Carnegie Mellon’s success Mohammed Al Hor, a junior in istration, biological sciences, Networks’ LTE and 3G small cell At this speed, even the most including the largest number is founded on the core values Business Administration and the computer science, computa- solution in high-traffic indoor and demanding mobile users would be of Qataris since Carnegie of innovation, problem solving, president of the CMU-Q student tional biology and information outdoor locations, including the his- able to download a full-length 5 GB Mellon Qatar opened its doors hard work and collaboration body: “The community you’re systems, programmes that were toric Souq Waqif area. high-definition (HD) movie in just 11 in 2004. upheld across our various dis- about to enter is more than just selected for their specific rele- Nokia Networks’ services experts seconds and simultaneously upload Convocation is a long-stand- ciplines. For the Class of 2019, a group of people from differ- vance to human resource needs first identified the key hotspots a 5-minute 30 MB video clip from a ing tradition that marks the the hard work starts now and ent backgrounds in the same in Qatar and the region. The using advanced planning and concert in less than a second. beginning of the first-year we are confident that you’re university. Here we are a fam- Class of 2019 is CMU-Q’s 12th analysis tools, and then discreetly This latest upgrade is designed class’s academic career at ready, willing and able to walk ily of amazing people who share incoming class. installed the small cells at strategic to provide a better customer expe- Carnegie Mellon. Dean Ilker the path that lays before you, Carnegie Mellon’s distinctive THE PENINSULA locations such as café and restau- rience on the Ooredoo network, rant rooftops to ensure additional as well as contribute to the Qatar capacity, coverage and better net- National Vision’s aim to boost the work availability, as well as to knowledge-based economy, by ena- reduce latency. bling a host of new customers to Interest on loans much higher than deposit rates Waleed Al Sayed, Chief Operating access the financial, educational Officer, Ooredoo Qatar, said: “We and social services the Internet can DOHA: Bank rates in the account in a Qatari bank for exceeding a year carry no two years earlier, in April of are deploying truly ground-breaking provide. country continue to remain a year one would get a paltry charm either in terms of inter- 2013 — at 8.36 percent. By technology such as these small cells THE PENINSULA low, while data show that QR7.30 in interest. est to be earned. October last year, the rates credit card loans carried The interest rate on savings The rates remained at 1.60 went up and breached the margins exceeding an incred- deposits was 0.93 percent a lit- percent in April of this year, nine percent level. It was 9.81 ible 10 percent early this year. tle over two years ago, in April having come down from 2.70 percent then. Car loans car- Summer Concerts venue changed Interest rates on bank loans 2013, and it has gradually been percent two years earlier. ried an average 4.51 percent remain much higher than sliding ever since. The cost of borrowing, on the interest by April this year, DOHA: Qatar Summer Concerts Those who have purchased tick- deposit rates, Qatar Central The situation with time other hand, remains quite high down from 5.34 percent in will now be held at Qatar National ets need not make any changes, and Bank (QCB) figures show. deposits — for a month, three as compared to deposit rates. April of 2013. Convention Centre (QNCC) enjoy the concerts at QNCC, QTA Savings bank deposits carry months, six months and for Credit card loans were the As instructed by the QCB instead of the multipurpose hall said. Doors will open at 7pm and dismally low interest rates of a year — remain equally low, most expensive at least in in late 2011, interest on con- at Al Sadd Sports Club (Ali bin ladies’-only seating areas will be less than a percent: 0.73 per- ranging from 1.25 to 1.44 per- March and April of this year, sumer (personal) loans were Hamad Al Attiyah Arena) today available. cent annually, in fact. cent. According to QCB data ruling at 10.04 and 10.54 per- more or less under-six percent and tomorrow, Qatar Tourism The concerts will be held at the This means that if one leaves released in its bulletin for cent, respectively. — between five and six percent, Authority said yesterday. QNCC theatre. THE PENINSULA QR1,000 in one’s savings bank April 2015, deposits for tenures They were actually lower actually. THE PENINSULA

Temporary road closure in Rayyan DOHA: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has announced that the inner lane in each direction on Al-Rayyan Road, near the Al Rayyan Interchange, will be closed from the evening of August 29 for three months. During this period, traffic will be diverted to the right lane of the road in both directions, as shown in the map below. The closure, which is approximately over a stretch of 350 metres, is needed to allow for the construction of the bridge that will link Al-Rayyan Road to the Doha Expressway Road (Al-Shamal Road), as part of the second phase works of Al-Rayyan Road Upgrade project, which will serve to reduce traffic congestion in the Al-Rayyan area. Ashghal will install road signs to advice motorists of the diversion. Ashghal has requested all road users to obey the speed limit, and follow road signs in the interest of safety. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Euro lost 17 pc against Qatari riyal in two years Pound has remained relatively stable against QR

DOHA: The Euro, which has been losing this year. And QR3.72 for 100 yens was the peak ground to the US dollar, has depreciated by rate of the Japanese currency against riyal. It 17 percent against the dollar-pegged Qatari began falling ever since. riyal (QR) in the past two years. The UK currency hasn’t tumbled so much Qatar Central Bank (QCB) figures show that against the riyal and has rather been stable, the Eurozone currency shed at least 17 percent losing only marginal ground. against Qatari riyal between April 2013 and Some 5.56 riyals were fetching one pound April 2015. sterling in April 2013, with the exchange rate One euro was available for QR4.74 in April having climbed down slightly to QR5.43 in April of 2013 with the rate coming down to QR3.92 this year. in April of this year, QCB data for the month The British currency remained at over QR6 (April 2015) show. level for six months, from March to August There were two brief spells when euro 2014, show the QCB data. actually breached the QR5 level and reached Likewise, the Swiss franc has also depre- ADIHEX 2015 organisers and Al Gannas Society officials after the press conference on Tuesday. QR5.03 and QR5.02 and that was in March ciated against the riyal, albeit slightly. From and April 2014. QR3.88 for a franc, the rate was down to That was euro’s peak against the riyal. Since QR3.78 in April 2015. then, it began falling. However, it remained at The Swiss currency saw its peak against over QR4 until February this year. the riyal for nine months when it breached Al Gannas Society to represent The rate in February was QR4.13 against the QR4 level. In October 2013, the rate was the riyal. Euro began sliding from March when QR4.03, which fell back to QR3.98 the follow- the rate fell below the psychological barrier of ing month. QR4, to QR3.94. However, from December 2013 until July of Qatar at Abu Dhabi hunting event It slid further, to QR3.92 the following 2014 the Swiss franc remained strong, the level month, the QCB’s bulletin for April 2015 shows. being over QR4. It began falling from August DOHA: Al Gannas Society, a pamphlets on Al Gannas, its impor- He stressed that the exhibi- Euro is mainly in demand by people visiting 2014. Qatari association of hunters, will tant role and festivals it has organ- tion is an opportunity to further Europe, especially during the summer months The currencies of four GCC neighbours of represent Qatar at the 13th edi- ised and participated both in Qatar strengthen cooperation among the when large numbers of Qataris head there to Qatar — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and tion of Abu Dhabi International and overseas, among others. GCC countries in the field of envi- spend their vacation. Bahrain remained unchanged against Qatari Hunting and Equestrian Through its participation at the ronmental protection and conserva- Europe is also a large exporter to Qatar, par- riyal in the above period (April 2013 to April Exhibition (ADIHEX 2015). event, Al Gannas aims to raise tion and the promotion of customs ticularly of food stocks, and machinery. 2015). This was announced at a press awareness on falconry and hunting and traditions among Arab youth. However, despite euro having taken a The only GCC currency that shows variation conference held on Tuesday at Four as well as raise the level of various Among the highlights of the beating against the riyal, European goods against the Qatari riyal is the Kuwaiti dinar. Seasons Hotel Doha. types of hunting being an impor- annual event are equestrian shows, imported here haven’t become cheaper One Omani riyal fetches 9.46 Qatari riyals, The annual heritage festival will tant heritage and sporting activity Arab greyhound beauty contest, at all. while one Saudi riyal equals 0.97 Qatari riyal. be held from September 9 to 12 at shared by Gulf countries. falcon show, camel auction, popu- Businessmen say soaring rents of commercial The UAE dirham fetches 0.99 Qatari riyal. the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Abdullah Al Qubaisi, ADIHEX lar bands shows, hunting activities, property is to mainly blame for the malaise. Bahraini dinar fetches 9.68 Qatari riyals. As Center and will see hundreds of manager and project director of photos of the best and most beauti- Most other major currencies of the world said earlier, the rates remained unchanged in participants from around 50 coun- the committee for festivals and ful falcons, hunting and equestrian like yen, Swiss franc and the Sterling pound the above period. tries showcasing the best in hunt- cultural and heritage programmes, photo contest, poetry contest on have also lost value against the dollar-pegged But Kuwaiti dinar seems to have lost some ing, equestrian, and outdoor sports. said Qatar and the UAE reflect deep birds and hunters, an exhibition of riyal. ground against QR in the two years under Al Gannas will be showcasing brotherly relations since ancient the most beautiful photos taken by Qatari riyal is pegged to the dollar at 3.6415 review. One dinar was fetching 12.87 riyals in at the four-day event the equip- times as they share the same love AFP in the United Arab Emirates in so the rate remains unchanged. April 2013 while two years later, one Kuwaiti ment and supplies used in hunting for the sport of falconry, equestrian 2014, poetry symposium and popular A 100 yens were, for example, avail- dinar was fetching only 12.07 Qatari riyals, and falconry, falcons, booklets and and camel racing. artistic shows. THE PENINSULA able for QR3.72 in April 2013, with the according to the QCB data. rate having come down to QR3.04 in April THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST France in talks Iranian activists back nuclear deal with Egypt Move offers hope of promoting democracy: Official Tehran urges Washington over helicopter DUBAI: Iranian pro-democ- “War and sanctions create pro-democracy demonstrations carriers: Report racy activists, lawyers and art- crisis, and crisis is the death of after a disputed presidential to release 19 detainees ists have thrown their weight democracy, the death of peace and election, arrested several lead- PARIS: France is in talks to behind last month’s nuclear human rights,” film director Jafar ers, and barred candidates from TEHRAN: Iran urged the United States yesterday to release sell two Mistral helicopter car- deal with world powers, hop- Panahi, who has received acco- subsequent elections. 19 Iranians detained on sanctions-related offences, a day after riers to Egypt after their sale ing it will lead to a promised lades abroad but seen his work Some of those who appear in ruling out a prisoner swap with a Washington Post reporter to Russia was cancelled earlier political opening that President banned in Iran, noted in his video. this week’s videos have paid a high accused of espionage. this month, two sources close to Hassan Rowhani has so far Human rights lawyer Nasrin price for their activities. “We call on the American government and their judicial authori- the matter said yesterday. failed to deliver. Sotoudeh, who has represented Jalaeipour spent five months ties to put an end to the detention of these individuals,” foreign Cairo has sought to boost its Dozens of prominent figures, opposition politicians and activ- in solitary confinement, Panahi ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said. military power in the face of a many of whom have spent time in ists, said it was “unrealistic” to was banned from making films “None of the human rights institutes, including the United Nations two-year-old insurgency based jail and faced travel or work bans, hope that the deal would auto- and forbidden from travelling in rapporteurs, have followed up the situation of Iranian prisoners,” across the Suez Canal in the Sinai have recorded short video clips on matically resolve civil rights 2010, while Sotoudeh was sen- she told reporters at her weekly press briefing. peninsula and fears the crisis in social media sites this week prais- issues in Iran, but that it was still tenced to six years in jail in 2010 On Tuesday, Hossein Ghashghavi, a deputy foreign minister, neighbouring Libya could spill ing the July 14 accord that will lift a step forward. and banned from practice. said the 19 Iranians “are innocent and we hope that conditions over. Egypt’s allies are also keen international sanctions from Iran “We are hopeful that the same At the 2013 election, reform- are prepared for their release”. He rejected any link with the case to burnish its image in a region in exchange for strict curbs on its approach that was adopted by the ists turned out in force to elect of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, a dual American- beset by turmoil. nuclear programme. Iranian government to resolve Rouhani, a pragmatic insider who Iranian citizen. A sale would also fit into “These video messages show international animosity, can be promised to lift social and politi- “There is no question at all of an exchange of prisoners as each France’s recent strategy of that those who have paid the used to resolve differences within cal restrictions. But the United of these cases has its own special circumstances,” he said. Rezaian, favouring predominantly Sunni highest prices for the cause of the country,” she said. Nations noted in March that the the Post’s Tehran correspondent, has been in custody since he was Arab nations, both politically and democracy and human rights in Opposition Republican law- rights situation remains dire. detained at his home in the Iranian capital on July 22, 2014. commercially, over their Shia rival Iran are supporting the deal,” makers in Congress have vowed to The video campaign suggests He has been tried behind closed doors for “espionage, collabo- Iran. “There are indeed discus- Mohammadreza Jalaeipour, a pro- sink the deal but need to recruit many Iranian reformists hope ration with hostile governments, gathering classified information sions that are relatively advanced democracy activist who organised dozens of Democrats reach the and expect that Rowhani, who and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic republic”. But to take the two Mistrals,” one the campaign said. two-thirds majority needed championed the nuclear talks, can no verdict has been announced, with Iranian officials saying the French source close to the mat- Many of the videos implored to override President Barack finally fight for political reform proceedings are ongoing. ter said. “It’s Egypt.” the US Congress to approve the Obama’s veto. Some hardliners against hardline factions that The Post has called the trial a “sick brew of farce and tragedy” The source said if there were deal in a vote due next month, in Iran’s parliament have also dominate the judiciary and secu- and said it “has been anything but transparent and just”. Earlier a deal it would likely be financed arguing that it offers the best opposed the deal, but have no leg- rity establishment. “Hardliners in this month the fourth and final hearing in the trial — the first since in part by money from Gulf Arab hope of promoting democracy in islative power to reject it. Iran have benefited, and civil soci- Iran struck a nuclear deal with world powers in Vienna on July 14 states, which consider Egyptian Iran and is not a capitulation to Reformists have been excluded ety has suffered, from the standoff — centred on the reporter’s rebuttal of the charges. President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi a Iranian hardline factions to which from Iranian politics since 2009, with the West,” Jalaeipour said. AFP bulwark against the now-outlawed they, too, are opposed. when the authorities put down REUTERS Muslim Brotherhood movement. Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which are part of a coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, agreed at the end of July to work together to create a joint Arab military force, Qaeda blows up Yemen including defining their maritime borders along the Red Sea. France, whose navy already operates three Mistral helicop- army HQ in Mukalla ter carrier warships, has no use for the two ships and will have ADEN: Al Qaeda mili- southern city’s international air- to pay Russia less than $1.14bn tants yesterday blew up an port, military sources said. for cancelling the contract, the army headquarters and set “This force’s mission is to help French government spokesman up checkpoints in the jihad- secure the city, where Al Qaeda said yesterday. The Mistral is ist network’s southeastern militants surfaced last weekend,” known as the Swiss army knife of stronghold of Mukalla, officials one of the sources said, referring the French navy for its versatility. in Hadramawt province said. to Aden. It can hold up to 16 helicopters The militants had deployed in Backed by arms and troops and 1,000 troops. force across Mukalla after receiv- from Saudi Arabia and the United President Francois Hollande ing information of a possible Arab Emirates, government loyal- said on Tuesday that there were operation by a Saudi-led military ists recaptured Aden from Huthi a number of potential buyers for coalition to help government loy- rebels and their allies in mid-July the carriers. Sources told Reuters alists retake the provincial capi- before retaking four other south- earlier this month other coun- tal, the officials said. ern provinces. tries interested included Brazil, The coalition of Arab states But security has remained Singapore, Malaysia and Canada. has been carrying out air strikes fragile in the port city, where Al “France has chosen to con- against Iran-backed rebels in Qaeda suspects were accused of sider Egypt as a major player in Yemen since March, but has so far blowing up a building used by the the Middle East,” Hollande said not intervened against Al-Qaeda. secret police. on Tuesday in an annual foreign The explosion flattened the They also set up checkpoints in policy speech. “Its stability is essen- three-storeyed army building — one district and seized five build- tial, and Egypt expects a lot from the command centre for a zone ings including an intelligence France.” Last year, Egypt bought covering Hadramawt and parts services facility, a presidential four small Gowind warships, built of neighbouring Shabwa province. residence and a military hospital, by Mistral manufacturer DCNS, It came a day after Al-Qaeda security officials said. Yemeni families flee their homes in Taez yesterday. which is 64 percent owned by dynamited a headquarters of the On Tuesday, the International the French state and 35 percent secret police in Mukalla, the offi- Committee of the Red Cross said Peninsula (AQAP) is considered since last year, to seize territory French magazine Charlie Hebdo. by defence group Thales. It also cials said. it had suspended its operations in among the jihadist network’s including Mukalla. The United States has for years acquired a Fremm frigate as part In Aden a 100-strong Saudi Aden after unidentified gunmen deadliest affiliates. It has taken AQAP was behind several plots carried out a drone war against of a ¤5.2bn contract for 24 Rafale force arrived late on Tuesday stormed its office there. advantage of the chaos since the against Western targets, includ- Al Qaeda militants in Yemen. warplanes earlier this year. and was deployed at the main Al Qaeda in the Arabian Huthis expanded across Yemen ing this year’s deadly attack on AFP REUTERS Thirsty Middle East faces Israel frees Lebanon charges radical more African Islamist with ‘terrorism’ BEIRUT: Lebanon’s mili- erupted in the southern city of worsening water stress migrants tary prosecutor charged radi- Sidon on June 24, 2013. cal Islamist cleric Ahmad Al The fighting began after Assir BARCELONA: Nearly half of economies, including rising today, drought and water short- JERUSALEM: Israel released Assir with “terrorism” yester- supporters opened fire on a 33 countries expected to face demand as populations grow and ages in Syria likely contributed to a second group of around 600 day over involvement in deadly military checkpoint and quickly extremely high water stress by the still uncertain impacts of cli- the social unrest that stoked its African migrants from a desert clashes with the army, a judi- spread. 2040 are in the Middle East, mate change. civil war, the WRI experts said, as detention centre yesterday cial source said. Eighteen soldiers were killed, where surface water is lim- “The good news ... is coun- some 1.5 million people — mainly after a court order, the prison Assir was Lebanon’s best- along with 13 armed men, and ited and demand is high, said tries can take actions to reduce farmers and herders — moved to authorities said. known fugitive Islamist until his dozens of civilians were wounded. experts who ranked 167 nations. that stress and the risk asso- urban areas unable to provide The supreme court this month capture on August 15 after more Assir was able to escape and Thirteen Middle Eastern ciated with how they manage enough jobs and services. ordered Israel to free illegal than two years on the run. went on the run with some of countries plus the Palestinian water resources,” Otto told the Water has also played a sig- migrants held for more than a year He was caught as he tried to flee his supporters, occasionally issu- Territories are projected to face Thomson Reuters Foundation, nificant role in the decades-old at the Holot Detention Centre in through Beirut airport en route ing audio messages but largely extremely high water stress in 25 citing Singapore as an example conflict between the Palestinian the Negev desert, in a ruling that to Nigeria, using a fake passport remaining out of sight. years’ time, and eight fell in the of a state that uses innovative Territories and Israel, they noted. affected 1,178 asylum seekers. and travelling in disguise. The radical preacher was vir- global Top 10: Bahrain, Kuwait, methods. “It’s unlikely that water becomes A first batch of hundreds was “Assir is accused of having tually unknown politically before the Palestinian Territories, Qatar, One measure likely to become the cause of the conflict, but it can freed on Tuesday but barred from formed an armed group with the outbreak of Syria’s civil war United Arab Emirates, Israel, more common in the Middle East become an accelerator or multi- entering the cities of Tel Aviv and the goal of committing acts of in 2011. Saudi Arabia and Oman. and elsewhere is water reuse sys- plier of those conflicts,” Otto said. Eilat in the face of hostility from terrorism, and having killed and He began making headlines Researchers from the World tems that recycle waste water. The analysis singled out four many residents. Tuesday’s release tried to kill Lebanese soldiers,” after the conflict erupted by Resources Institute (WRI) — who “It doesn’t make a lot of sense countries whose level of water completed compliance with the the source said. criticising Lebanon’s powerful compiled the first index measur- to treat water to a potable stand- stress is due to rise particularly ruling. He also stands accused of hav- Shiite movement Hezbollah and ing competition for and depletion ard, allow it to be used by house- sharply between 2010 and 2040 “That’s it,” an Israel Prisons ing “planned the assassination its ally, Syrian President Bashar of surface water, such as lakes and holds and then essentially throw — Chile, Estonia, Namibia and Service spokeswoman said. She of a number of political figures Al Assad. rivers, each decade from 2010 to it away,” Otto said. Botswana — utting new pressure said did not know where in Israel from a religious community,” the Although he was born to a Shia 2040 — said the Middle East is Some Middle Eastern coun- on their businesses, farms and they would go once outside Holot. source added, though there was mother, his discourse was highly already probably the least water- tries already rely on desalina- communities. Official figures show 45,000 illegal no detail on which community sectarian and he often accused secure region in the world. tion, a technique to remove salt It also warned that national- immigrants are in Israel, almost was targeted. Lebanon’s army of failing to pro- It draws heavily on ground- from sea and ground water. These level rankings mask large differ- all from Eritrea and Sudan. The charges carry a potential tect Sunnis and of being beholden water and desalinated sea water, and other highly water-stressed ences within countries. The United Most of those who have not death sentence. Assir is set to to Hezbollah. and faces “exceptional water- nations may also need to move States, for example, is ranked 49 for been detained live in poor areas appear before a judge for further He encouraged his support- related challenges for the fore- away from producing their own 2010 and 47 for 2040, but California of southern Tel Aviv, where there questioning today. ers to join Syria’s mainly Sunni seeable future”, they wrote in food because agriculture gobbles is currently grappling with a crip- have been several protests over Prosecutors in 2014 said they rebels and to rise up against their findings. water, Otto noted. pling drought. In southern Africa their presence. Tel Aviv mayor were seeking death sentences Hezbollah. Betsy Otto, director of the Saudi Arabia, for example, has and other parts of the world Ron Hulda strongly criticised the for him and 53 others, including He also grabbed headlines WRI’s Global Water Programme, said its people will depend entirely where water supply is projected to government, saying: “Each min- singer-turned-fundamentalist with media stunts, such as tak- said it was important for govern- on grain imports by 2016, the fall as demand grows, policy mak- ister advocates a different policy Fadel Shaker. ing a group of his followers to the ments to understand the poten- WRI researchers said. ers should act to prevent water and engages in populist and racist The charges were in connec- trendy winter ski resort of Faraya tial risks they face in terms of While political turmoil may be stress worsening, Otto said. declarations.” tion with clashes between Assir’s in early 2013. the water needed to run their the top concern in the Middle East REUTERS AFP supporters and the army that AFP THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Turkish PM invites 11 oppn members to cabinet Poll suggests AKP will not win back majority

ANKARA: Prime Minister AKP and possibly cost it votes. Devlet Bahceli and lost her role as Ahmet Davutoglu invited high Any seats not taken up by deputy speaker to another MP in profile opposition figures to opposition parties will be given the party. join an interim cabinet yester- to independent candidates from The AKP looks unlikely to regain day, two months before a snap outside parliament, although crit- its majority in the November elec- election at which his ruling AK ics say these are likely to be ruling tion, according to the latest survey Party may not recover its par- party loyalists. by respected pollster Metropoll, liamentary majority. “The new cabinet will be ready released yesterday. The main opposition CHP and by Saturday,” one of the sources Backing for the ruling party nationalist MHP had said they in the prime minister’s office said, has risen to 41.7 percent, up from would not join the temporary adding that nominees from the the 40.9 percent it received in the government, but by reaching out AKP would be invited once the June election, but not far enough to respected figures among their opposition candidates had given for it to be able to form a govern- ranks, Davutoglu appeared to be their response. ment alone, the survey showed. trying to show he was serious Davutoglu was appointed by Support for the CHP was at 25.5 about sharing power. President Tayyip Erdogan to form percent, the MHP at 15.7 percent Sources in his office said he had the interim cabinet on Tuesday and the HDP, which crossed a 10 asked five members of the main after two months of coalition percent threshold to enter parlia- opposition CHP and three each talks failed to produce a work- ment for the first time two months from the nationalist MHP and ing government. The ruling AK ago, at 14.7 percent, up from the pro-Kurdish HDP yesterday to Party, founded by Erdogan, lost 13.1 percent it received in June. join the government, which will its majority in a June 7 election “It seems like the snap elec- lead Turkey to a new election for the first time since coming to tions will not generate a different on November 1. One MHP law- power in 2002. political situation from the elec- Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a funeral as he is accompanied by Prime Minister Ahmet maker, Tugrul Turkes, accepted Among the best-known names tion on June 7,” Ozer Sencar, the Davutoglu (right) and Speaker of the Parliament Ismet Yilmaz (left) at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara yesterday. Davutoglu’s invitation, a source in the list of opposition candidates chairman of Metropoll, wrote in at the prime minister’s office said. for the 26-member cabinet was the survey report. economic confidence in Turkey. and his party of links to the PKK it burn our charities? It burned The opposition nominees — Deniz Baykal, parliament’s old- Some political commentators The participation in the interim - considered a terrorist group by them,” he said yesterday. “Is it con- invited, in line with the constitu- est deputy, who headed the CHP say the AKP is most likely to try cabinet of the HDP would be Turkey, the United States and tinuing to burn? It is continuing.” tion, according to the proportion until 2010 and was deputy prime again to form a grand coalition highly contentious, particularly as Washington - and has suggested Demirtas has repeatedly called of seats their parties hold in par- minister and foreign minister in with the CHP should it fail to Turkish jets are bombing Kurdish that the immunity from prosecu- for an end to the violence on liament — have until 1500 GMT the 1990s. secure a majority in November, militants. The sight of Kurdish tion of its lawmakers be lifted. both sides in the mostly-Kurdish today to give their answer, the Nominees from the national- noting that Davutoglu’s tone opposition politicians in cabinet “Did this political party which southeast and has said that the sources said. ist MHP included Turkes, son of towards opposition leaders has could cost the AKP crucial votes has the (PKK) terror organisa- fact his party won six million The HDP has said it is will- the party’s founder, and Meral largely been respectful since the in November. tion behind it burn our schools? votes in the June election gives ing to join although its presence Aksener, a former interior minis- coalition talks collapsed. Erdogan has accused HDP co- It burned them. Did it burn our it the right to have three seats in would anger nationalists in the ter who fell out with party leader The uncertainty has knocked chairman Selahattin Demirtas mosques? It burned them. Did the interim cabinet. REUTERS Saudi suspect in 1996 anti-US Palestinians could raise flag at UN bombing arrested: Report RIYADH: A key suspect in the bombing of a housing complex UNITED NATIONS: In a move non-member observer states — gimmick.” The United States and the president of the “state of in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 US airmen almost two decades likely to upset Israel’s govern- there are only two — to display Israel oppose recognizing the Palestine.” In 2012, the Vatican ago has been captured, a newspaper reported. Ahmad Ibrahim ment, the Palestinians are seek- their flags with the 193 member Palestinian state, arguing that it welcomed an overwhelming Al Mughassil, who is wanted by the US Federal Bureau of ing to raise their flag, along with states. undermines efforts to negotiate vote in the General Assembly to Investigation, is said to be the head of the Saudi Hezbollah’s the Vatican flag, at UN head- While the Vatican’s mission to a peace agreement. That proc- upgrade the Palestinians’ status military wing. The 48-year-old was detained in Beirut and quarters — just in time for Pope the UN earlier expressed support ess, however, has largely been at a to a U.N. non-member observer sent to Saudi Arabia where he is being interrogated, the Francis’ visit next month. for the idea, it circulated a letter standstill since the deadly conflict state. Their delegation promptly Saudi-owned Asharq Al Awsat daily said quoting unnamed offi- Supporters of the idea hope this week distancing itself from in Gaza a year ago. unfurled the flag in the chamber. cials. There was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi the UN General Assembly will the draft, asking the Palestinian Many states have shown sup- The Pope has not been shy authorities. The powerful bomb blast in June 1996, which also adopt a resolution on the flag- mission to “kindly to remove in port for the Palestinians’ pursuit about ambitious diplomacy. Last wounded more than 370 people, destroyed part of the eight- raising shortly before the pope its draft resolution any refer- of statehood, including the Holy year, he invited the Israeli and storey Khobar Towers in Dhahran. US prosecutors have said arrives. They’re betting that the ence to the ‘Holy See’ and any See. In May, the Vatican officially Palestinian presidents for a day Mughassil drove the explosives-laden truck and parked it out- United States or other allies of generic reference ‘on behalf of the recognized the state of Palestine of peace prayers at the Vatican. side the military compound. The newspaper did not say when Israel will not block the plan and Observer States.’” in their first formal, bilateral Most countries in Western or how he was captured, but reported he had been “disguised risk offending the Holy See on The Holy See’s mission did not treaty. Israel’s foreign minis- Europe have held off on recog- in a way that made identifying him difficult”. In a separate Francis’ first US visit. comment Wednesday. Emmanuel try said it was “disappointed.” nizing a Palestinian state, but case, a court in Jeddah jailed another Saudi for nine years on The Palestinians’ proposal has Nahshon, a spokesman for Israel’s During Francis’ 2014 visit to the some have hinted that their posi- a conviction of spreading extremist and “terrorist” ideology on been tabled, and a draft of the Foreign Ministry, called the Holy Land, the Vatican’s official tion could change if peace efforts Twitter, the Al Riyadh daily reported. He was also found guilty resolution has been seen by The Palestinians’ move “an attempt program referred to Palestinian remain deadlocked. of calling for protests to demand the release of detainees held Associated Press. It would allow to create a meaningless and cheap President Mahmoud Abbas as AP in cases linked to “national security” matters, it said, without identifying him. Syria conflict Saudi King to visit US on Sept 4 RIYADH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman 35 aid groups bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will visit the United States next month for the first time since acceding the throne, a diplomat said yesterday. appeal for end to The King would travel to Washington on September 4, the diplo- mat said. He would also attend a US-Saudi forum in Washington Gaza blockade to be held on September 4-6, the source said, requesting anonym- ity. The forum would focus on “energy, health, petrochemicals as PARIS: Some 35 aid groups well as financial services,” among other issues. from around the world, includ- ing ActionAid and Oxfam, launched a joint call yesterday Arab League delays meeting to end Israel’s blockade of the CAIRO: The Arab League said it had postponed indefinitely a Gaza Strip, which is in dire ministerial meeting set for today to approve the creation of a need of reconstruction. joint military force to intervene against jihadists. A meeting of Last summer’s devastating war defence and foreign ministers “has been postponed indefinitely in Gaza caused mass casualties, and a new date will be set later,” the league’s secretariat said yes- killing 2,251 Palestinians, includ- terday. No reason was given for the postponement, but the league ing more than 500 children. statement said it came at the request of Saudi Arabia, backed “For a whole year the Israeli by Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE. At a summit in government has restricted basic March, Arab leaders agreed to form the force, and army chiefs and essential construction mate- have already met twice in Cairo to work on the details. The deci- rials from entering Gaza,” said a sion to create the force was mostly aimed at fighting the Islamic statement signed by the NGOs State Group, which has overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria and and posted on the site of activist secured a foothold in Libya and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. group Avaaz. “Not one of the 19,000 Rebel forces from Jaysh Al Islam (Army of Islam) take position on the frontline in the Bashkoy area, on the homes that were bombed and IS kills two policemen in Sinai northern outskirts of Aleppo yesterday, where opposition fighters are battling Syrian pro-government forces. destroyed has been fully rebuilt. “One year on, around 100,000 CAIRO: Gunmen killed two Egyptian policemen yesterday in the Palestinians in Gaza are still Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed homeless, hospitals and schools by Islamic State group jihadists. In the attack in El-Arish, the still lie in ruins, and whole neigh- capital of North Sinai province, “unidentified assailants on a bourhoods have no access to run- motorbike opened fire on two police, who died of their wounds,” Tripoli negotiator quits on eve of talks ning water.” Israel imposed its the interior ministry said. The attackers managed to escape, blockade on Gaza in 2006 after according to security officials. The Egyptian affiliate of IS, which TRIPOLI: A senior nego- push the factions to agree on a statement blamed differences Hamas captured an Israeli soldier, calls itself Sinai Province, said it was responsible and posted pho- tiator from one of Libya’s two deal this month but the parlia- between him and GNC President and tightened it a year later when tographs of the purported attack and its aftermath online. parliaments yesterday quit ment based in Tripoli has so far Nouri Abu Sahmain over the han- Hamas consolidated its rule. It con- UN-sponsored talks on forming refused to sign it. dling of the UN talks. trols the waters around Gaza and a unity government a day before The elected House of There was no immediate residents are not allowed to travel Saudi executes 3 citizens, Syrian a new round of negotiations. Representatives, based in the word from the UN on whether more than six nautical miles from RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed three of its citizens The United Nations has been east with the official government the Morocco talks would go the coast. Land crossings are also for murder and a Syrian convicted of drugs smuggling, a day after trying to persuade the country’s which fled Tripoli a year ago, ahead today but another mem- strictly controlled by Israel. Amnesty International urged a moratorium on rising executions warring factions for months signed a preliminary deal last ber of the Tripoli delegation said “Just five percent of the 6.7 mil- in the conservative kingdom. The executions brought to 127 the to form a unity cabinet and month. Both sides face divisions Makhzoum’s resignation would lion tonnes of steel bars, cement number this year in Saudi Arabia, compared with 87 in 2014, end fighting across the nation and pressure from hardliners. have an impact. and aggregates needed to rebuild according to AFP tallies compiled from interior ministry state- four years after the ousting of The lawmaker who quit yester- “Makhzoum had the ability what was destroyed since the end ments. Saudi Nawaf Al Otaibi was executed in Taif after being Muammar Gaddafi. day was the head of the Tripoli to deal quickly with reactions of the war has been permitted to convicted of shooting dead his father in a dispute. Fellow Saudis Militant groups allied to each delegation and an Islamist, Saleh from the other dialogue side and enter Gaza,” the statement said. Bandar Al Ghathim and Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Zahrani were of the two administrations have Makhzoum, the Tripoli-based knows how they think,” lawmaker “At this rate, it could take 17 years executed in the country’s southwest for murder, the ministry brought the country’s oil-depend- parliament known as General Mohamed Moazab said. before Gaza is rebuilt.” The NGOs said in statements carried by state news agency SPA. Syrian ent economy to its knees and National Congress (GNC) said The UN proposal calls for a acknowledged that Palestinian Ezzeddine Al Saleh was executed in the northern Jawf region most of Libya is now lawless and on its website. He also resigned one-year government of national political parties had failed to rec- for trafficking in amphetamines, the ministry said. Under Saudi run by armed groups attached to as deputy GNC president. accord in which a council of min- oncile and prioritise reconstruc- Arabia’s strict legal practices, murder, armed robbery, rape, drug neither government. The GNC gave no reason isters headed by a prime minis- tion, “and Egypt’s closure of its trafficking and apostasy are all punishable by death. The UN has scheduled a new but Makhzoum’s Justice and ter and two deputies would have border has further limited sup- AGENCIES round of talks in Morocco to Construction Party in a separate executive authority. REUTERS plies entering Gaza”. AFP THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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s the United States in the process of changing its long- term foreign policy towards certain nations which are on its list of terror sponsors? After securing a deal with Iran Iover its nuclear programme and restoring ties with arch- rival Cuba, Washington is now turning towards Sudan. Deterrence is essential to The US special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth is making a rare visit to Khartoum for talks on building bilateral ties. The visit is Booth’s first to Khartoum since September 2013, shortly after he was appointed to the post. Sudan had been address Iran nuclear deal blocking his visit since then. Sudan is in the US list of state sponsors of terror and a trade embargo has been in force since 1997. BY DENNIS ROSS and DAVID H significant, as Iran deploys five advanced importance of deterring Iran “from ever The US added Cuba to the list in 1982, citing Havana’s PETRAEUS models of centrifuges starting in year 10 obtaining a nuclear weapon.” Even more ‘role in supporting leftist insurgents in Latin America’, but of the agreement. significantly, he says that his adminis- officially removed from the list in May, clearing a hurdle to any members of Congress In terms of the size of its nuclear pro- tration “will take whatever means are re-establishing diplomatic ties. This month the US flag was continue to grapple with gramme, Iran will be treated like Japan necessary . . . including military means” raised over the American mission in Havana for the first time the nuclear deal with Iran or the Netherlands — but Iran is not to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear — and so do we. Like us, Japan or the Netherlands when it comes weapons. That is an important state- in 54 years. John Kerry was the first US Secretary of State to M the undecideds see its benefits: The deal to its behaviour. It is, after all, one of ment, bzut it is followed by devaluing lan- visit Cuba in 70 years. would block the uranium enrichment, three countries designated by the United guage: “Should Iran seek to dash towards Syria under Hafez Al Assad, the father of current ruler Bashar, plutonium separation and covert paths States as a state sponsor of terrorism. a nuclear weapon, all of the options avail- was the first nation to be included in the US terror list followed to a nuclear bomb for the next 15 years. Perhaps in 15 years we will see a very dif- able to the United States — including the by Cuba in 1982, Iran in 1984 and Sudan in 1993. Subsequently Compared with today, with an Iran that ferent Iran — not a sponsor of terrorism, military option — will remain available Iraq, Libya, North Korea and the former South Yemen were also is three months from break-out capa- not a threat to its neighbours, not led by through the life of the deal and beyond.” bility and with a stockpile of 10 bombs’ those who declare that Israel, another Surely if the Iranians are dashing included in the list, but all were removed one by one. Only three worth of low-enriched uranium, there UN-member state, should be eliminated. towards a weapon, especially after year Middle Eastern countries remain in the list — Iran, Sudan and Syria. can be little doubt that a deal leaves But, while we hope that Iran may change, 15, there is a need not to speak of our Omar Hassan Bashir’s regime complains that the US had us far better off, producing a one-year we cannot count on it. options but of our readiness to use force. repeatedly broken promises to break-out time and permitting the The fact that President Barack Obama The threat of force is far more likely to normalise bilateral relations Iranians less than one bomb’s worth emphasises that the plan depends on deter the Iranians. Washington including the removal of his nation of material for verification — not trust — also means The Iranians also should know that if the next 15 that he is not assuming Iran will change. they produce highly enriched uranium — has realised from the terror list, despite Sudan’s years. We also But verification means only that we can for which there is no legitimate civilian that dialogue is cooperation in allowing a smooth don’t believe catch the Iranians if they cheat; what purpose — that we would see that as an and peaceful referendum in South that if Congress matters even more is that the Iranians intention to make a weapon and would an important Sudan that led to the independence Now is the time blocks the deal, recognise that they will pay a meaningful act accordingly. There is no mention of method of of a new nation in 2011. Khartoum a better one price when we catch them. highly enriched uranium in the presi- to make it clear is going to be In other words, deterrence is the key dent’s letter. Although Obama speaks in also claimed that the US has not international negotiated. to ensuring not just that the Iranians the letter of providing the Israelis with rewarded it for its collaboration on that there will be and diplomatic Will the other live up to the agreement but also to pre- the BLU-113, a 4,400-pound “bunker counter-terrorism efforts. a firewall between members of the venting them from developing nuclear buster” bomb, it would not be sufficient relations. Bashir’s former senior aide P5+1 be ready weapons. Iran must know that we will to penetrate Fordow, the Iranian enrich- and current Foreign Minister Iran’s threshold to return to the not permit it to become a nuclear weap- ment site built into a mountain. For that, Dr Ibrahim Ghandour had visited table because ons state ever. the Israelis would need the 30,000-pound status and its Congress says Now is the time to make it clear that massive ordnance penetrator (MOP) and Washington in February and met with senior US officials. no? Will they there will be a firewall between Iran’s the means to carry it. While some may This was followed by a visit by a top US official for democracy, having a nuclear even know who threshold status and its having a nuclear question whether we would act militarily human rights and labour to Khartoum. Recent move by Obama weapon. defines the US weapon. Now is the time for the Iranians if the Iranians were to dash to a bomb, administration has evoked some positive signs that indicated a position and and the world to know that if Iran dashes no one questions whether the Israelis change in US policy towards Sudan. Recognising as a valuable partner what it is? We towards a weapon, especially after year would do so. in counter-terrorism efforts, condemning military activities by Sudan doubt it. 15, that it will trigger the use of force. Bolstering deterrence is essential in So if the deal, known as the Joint At that point, it would be too late for addressing key vulnerabilities we see People’s Liberation Movement in South Kordofan state, relaxing Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), sanctions to preempt an Iranian nuclear in the deal. A blunter statement on the sanctions to allow Sudan to export smartphones and laptops and has clear benefits and there is no obvi- fait accompli. consequences of Iran moving towards a import agricultural equipment and the resumption of immigration ous negotiated alternative, why are we It is critically important for the pres- weapon and of producing highly enriched visa processing in Sudan for the first time in nearly 20 years are still undecided? Put simply, because ident to state this clearly, particularly uranium would allay some of our con- seen by Bashir regime as encouraging. the deal places no limits on how much given his perceived hesitancy to use force. cerns. Providing the Israelis the MOP the Iranians can build or expand their Indeed, were Obama to be unequivocal and the means to carry it would surely Washington’s foreign policies are always centered on one nuclear infrastructure after 15 years. about the use of force should Iran vio- enhance deterrence — and so would agenda — global dominance. It is not a secret that countries Even the monitoring provisions that late its commitment not to seek nuclear developing options now in advance with who challenge the hegemony of the US are targeted and would continue beyond 15 years may weapons, the international community the Israelis and key Arab partners to included in the list of terror sponsoring nations. But in the prove insufficient as the Iranian nuclear would accept the legitimacy of military counter Iran’s likely surge of support for changing scenario Washington has realised that dialogue is an programme grows. And Iran’s ability strikes in response. Hezbollah and other Shiite militias after important method of international and diplomatic relations to dramatically increase its output of In a letter to Rep Jerrold Nadler, it gets sanctions relief. enriched material after year 15 would be D-NY, Obama takes account of the WP-BLOOMBERG and it is a welcome step• The other side Quote of The shameful campaign against birthright citizenship the day T WASN’T surprising when to accomplish that objective. Former doubly depressing. terms of ancestry or race or ethnicity. Donald Trump — who had already Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania First, it challenges a practice that But in America, a nation of immigrants, branded Mexican immigrants as recently suggested that Congress serves as an important emblem of citizenship is defined differently. rapists — released an immigration could end birthright citizenship through equality and inclusion — and is firmly Second, the opposition is based on I believe that Iplan that attacked the longstanding a simple statute. rooted in the Constitution. The 14th the canard that birthright citizenship is principle that anyone born in this To their credit, some Republican Amendment states: “All persons born (in Trump’s words) “the biggest magnet November 1 will country is automatically a US citizen. candidates have refused to board this or naturalized in the United States, for illegal immigration.” It’s true that citi- Unfortunately, Trump isn’t alone in shameful bandwagon. Ohio Gov. John and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, zens may sponsor their parents’ admis- be an election the 2016 Republican presidential field Kasich, who once supported ending are citizens of the United States and sion to the U.S., but only when the in proposing a rollback of so-called birthright citizenship, has had second of the state wherein they reside.” In citizen is over 21. An undocumented of stability or birthright citizenship. thoughts. Former Florida Gov. Jeb 1898, the Supreme Court construed parent may also be eligible for some instability and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Bush affirms that birthright citizenship that provision broadly when it affirmed benefits for her child and may be less Carolina long has supported a consti- is a “constitutionally protected right” the citizenship of a man born in San likely to be deported. But these induce- God willing, this tutional amendment to abolish birthright that he wouldn’t revoke. Francisco to Chinese parents. Many ments are much less significant factors citizenship. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky That opposition to birthright citizen- other countries confer citizenship on in illegal immigration than the desire for country will reach at various times has supported both a ship has become a mainstream position the basis of bloodlines, which makes work and a better life. Recep Tayyip Erdogan constitutional amendment and a statute in the Republican presidential race is sense when nationality is viewed in LOS ANGELES TIMES stability again. Turkish President THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ‘Anchor babies’ remark puts Jeb in hot water The former Florida governor’s decision to defend the term “anchor babies” — a term widely deemed offensive by Hispanics and other minorities — has ignited new attacks against him from Democrats and taunts from Trump, his top GOP rival.

BY ED O’KEEFE damage. On Tuesday, Bush also Constitution and that’s going to revived controversial comments solve our problems.” MMIGRANT groups he has made before about cut- He continued, “But if there’s are picketing his events. ting off funding for Planned abuse, if pregnant women are His recent remarks on Parenthood, saying incorrectly coming in to have babies just “anchor babies” have out- that the organisation does not because they can do it, there raged Latino and Asian provide women’s health services. ought to be greater enforce- groups. Democrats are New Jersey Governor Chris ment. That’s the legitimate side Iattacking him in both English Christie, another 2016 hopeful of it. Greater enforcement, so you and Spanish. struggling to gain traction, sug- that you don’t have these anchor More trouble for Donald gested on Tuesday that Bush — babies, as they’re described, com- Trump? No, the target of all this who hasn’t held elective office ing into the country.” ire is Jeb Bush. since 2007 — is too out-of-step The next day, Bush strongly The former Florida gover- to be the GOP nominee. He cited defended his words and sug- nor’s decision to defend the term Bush’s remarks in recent weeks gested that he was just referenc- “anchor babies” — a term widely on immigration, women’s health ing terminology used by others. deemed offensive by Hispanics and the Iraq war as examples of “Do you have a better term?” he and other minorities — has missteps. snapped at a reporter in Keene, ignited new attacks against him “When you haven’t been New Hampshire. “You give me a from Democrats and taunts from in a relevant campaign as a better term and I’ll use it.” Trump, his top GOP rival. Republican since 1998, you’re When reporters asked about A file picture of former Florida governor Jeb Bush speaking to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in Chicago. The criticism comes amid going to continue to make the the subject again on Monday dur- Bush’s continuing struggle to kind of mistakes that we see Gov ing a visit to the border town of email that Bush “can’t pander to have operated dozens of ille- the “idea that Jeb Bush, given gain traction in a Republican Bush making,” Christie said on McAllen, Texas, Bush said people Latinos in one breath and then gal “birth tourism” facilities in his track record, family, back- primary race that he was widely the Laura Ingraham Show. Bush needed to “chill out”, casting criti- insult Asians and Asian-Pacific California for wealthy Chinese ground, and history was trying expected to dominate, but which campaign officials dismiss such cism as an attempt at enforcing Americans in the next. Jeb’s women. to offend Latinos is absolutely is now defined by Trump as the criticism — and the candidate has political correctness. remarks suggest how he might Longtime friends also said Bush absurd and shows how desperate clear front-runner. In a worry- appeared particularly flustered by Then Bush created a new prob- lead as President — by following meant nothing offensive by using the Democrats are”. ing sign for some supporters, the the “anchor babies” flap. lem for himself by adding paren- Donald Trump down to the bot- the “anchor babies” term, and say During a campaign stop in Bush campaign also acknowl- Until last week, Bush had not thetically that “frankly it’s more tom of the barrel”. that his long history of working Colorado, Bush invoked his own edged a New York Times report on used the term in public this year, related to Asian people”. Rep Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, with and supporting Hispanics life experience to argue that Tuesday that it has taken steps according to a Washington Post The reaction over the past week said in an interview on Tuesday — and his fluency in Spanish — allegations of insensitivity were to tighten spending even as Bush review of his comments. His 2013 from Democrats, including front- that broadly using the term will help him erode Democratic absurd. He noted that his wife maintains an aggressive fundrais- book, Immigration Wars, describes runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, “anchor babies” is offensive advantages among Latinos and was born in Mexico, and that ing schedule. the complexities of illegal immi- and from pro-immigration groups because it “implies that Hispanics other minority groups. their three children faced taunts On immigration, Bush has gration at great length, but the has been fierce. are having babies for the sole “I’ve known Jeb for over two when they were young about sought to portray himself as phrase never appears. Sen Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, purpose of staying in the United decades and had a lot of conver- their skin colour. the moderate in the GOP field, The trouble for Bush began a who represents a state with a States... And it’s dehumanising. sations with him about immigra- His two sons and daughter are favouring a path to legal status week ago when he used the term significant Asian population, Jeb Bush knows that”. tion. I’ve not once heard him use expected to campaign for him for the nation’s 11 million undocu- unprompted in the final minutes called Bush’s Monday comments Travelling in Tokyo as co- that word in conversation,” said in English and Spanish — and mented immigrants and dismiss- of a radio interview with host Bill on Asians “derogatory and offen- chair of the US-Japan Caucus, Ana Navarro, a Miami-based Bush says he’ll campaign in both ing Trump and other rivals for Bennett, the former Reagan-era sive” and urged him to apologise Castro said he faced questions GOP strategist and Bush sup- languages to boost GOP support endorsing a massive new border education secretary. for “insensitive behavior.” from business and government porter. “He was not using it as among Latinos. wall or mass deportations. When Bennett asked Bush The Alliance for Citizenship, officials there about Bush’s com- his own language, much less as a “I’m 62,” he said in Englewood, But Bush’s remarks over the about Trump’s doubts about the a group pushing for comprehen- ments regarding Asians. “For prerogative slur. He was using it Colorado. “When I was 17, I fell last week have allowed Democrats constitutionality of birthright sive immigration reform, planned him to shift the blame to Asians as a descriptive term of reference, in love with Columba Garnica de to lump him with Trump — who citizenship, Bush said: “This is a to picket Bush fundraisers in is absurd,” Castro said. used by other people.” Bush. It’s going to be really hard also defends the “anchor babies” right of the 14th Amendment. I Colorado and Utah to protest Bush aides cite news reports by Jorge Arrizurieta, another for me to get lectured about the term — and he has stumbled in just don’t think it’s legitimate to his comments. Dawn Le, a spokes- The New York Times and Huffington longtime Bush friend from politics of immigration.” his attempts to minimise the say that we’re going to change our woman for the group, said in an Post detailing how Chinese gangs Miami, wrote in an email that WP-BLOOMBERG Refugee, asylum seeker and What the blowup between Pyongyang migrant. What’s the difference? BY ASTRID ZWEYNERT and ALEX WHITING and Seoul may really have been about UROPE is grappling for answers to its worst refugee crisis since World War Two with the crisis testing the unity of the BY WILLIAM JOHNSON between the Koreas, food aid (pri- 28-nation European Union and fuelling anti-immigration marily corn) moved across the rail Esentiment. European Union members are struggling to cope FTER midnight bridge into North Korea, and observ- with record numbers of people fleeing war and poverty and heading on Tuesday morn- ers along the Chinese side of the bor- across Europe by land and sea. ing, North and South der saw shiny new Chinese trucks Nearly 300,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean this year Korea ended a military and heavy equipment suddenly with 2,373 migrants and refugees dying in a bid to reach Europe, standoff that began last present on the North Korean side nearly 300 more than the same period last year, according to the Aweek, when the two countries traded of the border. International Organization for Migration (IOM). rocket artillery fire for the first time It seems likely that same thing The terms refugee, asylum seeker and migrant are often used in five years. But other, more impor- will happen this time: a sign that interchangeably to describe people on the move but there are major tant behind-the-scenes action has by trading rocket artillery fire with differences and different requirements regarding their treatment. likely been taking place, involving South Korea, North Korea was able These differences are explained below: North Korea and its main trading to extract additional aid from China, WHO IS A REFUGEE? partner and sole ally — China. as it has in the past. Reporters and A refugee is a person who has left his or her own country fearing The closed nature of both coun- analysts often wonder why China — persecution because of race, nationality, membership of a particular tries means that it’s virtually impos- the world’s second-largest producer social group or political opinion, according to the United Nations. sible to know for sure. I base this of corn — imports and stockpiles Refugees have no protection from their own state. It can be their own theory on my experience working for corn, which has reached levels so government that is threatening to persecute them. Recognition as the State Department in China for high that new facilities have to be a refugee provides protection under international laws and conven- three years, living along the China- built. It is no accident that these tions, mainly the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, and support from North Korea border, and monitoring stockpiles are located close to the the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) with food, shelter and safety. food, grain and oil movement in and North Korean border. WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS AS A REFUGEE? out of China. While much is made of how the Refugees have three options: Repatriation to the country they Historically, when North Korea United States and South Korea fled from, integration into their host country, or resettlement in has poked South Korea, it has done manage problems with North Korea, another country. so to either stoke national pride or South Korean National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin (right) shakes hands less attention is paid to the fact that The United Nations estimates there were 19.5 million refugees get Beijing’s attention. That looks with Hwang Pyong-so, the top military aide to the North’s leader Kim China is the main guarantor of stabil- worldwide at the end of 2014, around 2.9 million more than in 2013. likely to have been the case this time. ity, providing most of North Korea’s The number of people forcibly displaced was 59.5 million with 38.2 Jong Un, after the inter-Korean high-level talks at the truce village of Chinese and DPRK officials have food and more than 90 percent of million displaced within their own country and known as internally Panmunjom inside the Demilitarised Zone separating the two Koreas, likely been holding talks, primarily its power. China responded some- displaced people (IDPs) with 1.8 million asylum seekers. in the border region of Liaoning recently. what differently to the most recent WHO IS AN ASYLUM SEEKER? Province, as they did while I was in conflict than it has in the past. In An asylum seeker is someone seeking refugee status. They have the region in the mid-2000s. the World Food Program had estimated. The recent days it reportedly moved large fled their country in search of international protection. Those judged Much of the discussion probably involved DPRK recently described the 2015 drought as numbers of troops into the city of Yanji, about to be neither refugees nor in need of any other form of international China urging restraint between North and the worst in 100 years. 30km from the North Korean border. protection can be sent back to their home countries. South Korea. In the event of a war between Moreover, North Korea’s closing of its bor- Perhaps more telling than the troop move- WHO IS A MIGRANT? the Koreas, millions of North Koreans will ders for several months during the Ebola ment itself is the fact that the Chinese gov- Migrants and refugees often travel in the same way but migrants likely flee to China, so it is in China’s best outbreak did serious damage to its tourism ernment allowed the press to photograph and choose to leave their country for reasons not related to persecution. interest to help secure peace on the peninsula. industry which, while small, is an important publish pictures of the movements. This part They may want to study abroad, reunite with family, or improve But the real meat of the discussion likely source of hard currency. of the response may indicate that China is the future economic prospects of themselves and their families. A concerned what North Korea wants — not Additionally, Chinese President Xi Jinping more concerned than before about the pos- migrant continues to enjoy the protection of his or her own govern- necessarily from its southern adversary, but has thus far snubbed repeated requests for sibility of regime collapse in North Korea. It ment even when abroad. Refugees have to move to save their lives from China. North Korea relies on China for a meeting with Kim Jong Un, a slight that plainly shows that, in the event North Korea or preserve their freedom. food, arms and energy. And China is much my well have played into the recent outburst. needs to be secured by a foreign military, the WHO IS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT? more inclined to use carrots rather than sticks Short of both cash and food, and not feeling Chinese will get there first. An illegal immigrant is often someone who has arrived in a coun- to gain cooperation from North Korea. much love from Beijing, North Korea’s pro- In the end, this episode is likely to have been try on a legal visa but overstays this visa. Asylum seekers can become The most recent provocation likely had vocative behavior is not surprising. mostly about food and fuel. I predict that after illegal immigrants if their claim to refugee status fails and they its roots in cash and food shortages or, less While much of the international focus has these face-saving exits by both Koreas, China remain in the host country. likely, a snub from Beijing. While the incident rightly been on events in Panmunjom, past will give the North whatever it really wanted Migrants and refugees often travel in the same way but economic occurred in the DMZ, it likely had far more to experience shows that we should expect in the first place. migrants choose to leave their country to improve the future eco- do with DPRK-China relations than relations activity soon in the Chinese border town of (William Johnson is a retired US Air Force nomic prospects of themselves and their families. Refugees have to between the two Koreas. Dandong, the main rail and road port into Officer and a retired Foreign Service Officer. The move to save their lives or preserve their freedom. The June drought in North Korea may have North Korea. opinions expressed are his own.) REUTERS done more harm to the country’s harvests than After the November 2009 naval skirmish REUTERS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Hungary police fire tear gas at migrants Govt to deploy ‘border hunters’

RÖSZKE: Hungary’s migrant than 500 children. Most want to crisis escalated yesterday as travel onto western European police fired tear gas at the countries such as Germany and EU country’s main process- Sweden. ing centre and the government “We left because we were announced 2,000 “border hunt- scared, we had fear, bombs, war, ers” to stem the flow of record killing, death... That’s why we left numbers of people entering. Syria,” one Syrian man heading With more than 2,500 people for the Hungarian border said. “If crossing from non-EU Serbia I go to Europe, I think it’s going on Tuesday alone, pushing to to be better... better than my life total for the year above 140,000, in Syria.” Hungary’s right-wing ruling party The migrants crossing into said it wanted to deploy the army. Hungary form part of around Police used tear gas to disperse 7,000 whose journey was blocked around 200 migrants who had last week when Macedonia refused to be fingerprinted and declared a state of emergency were trying to leave the process- and shut its borders for three ing centre at Roszke near the days after being overwhelmed by Serbian border. Witnesses at the the influx. scene said the situation inside the Hungary is attractive to the centre has since calmed down. migrants because unlike other Another spokesman said the EU members in southeastern Migrants cross the border, controlled by police, between Macedonia and Greece, near the town of Gevgelija, yesterday. migrants wanted to leave the Europe like Croatia, Bulgaria centre after news circulated and Romania it is the pass- that Germany was easing asylum port-free Schengen zone, mak- rules for people fleeing the war ing onwards travel much easier. Merkel vows zero tolerance for migrant hate in Syria. More migrants crossed Hungary’s government under over yesterday although for Prime Minister Viktor Orban is HEIDENAU: German Chanc- to the crisis, governments have shelter in the eastern town of by public broadcaster ZDF say- the most part they were wait- attempting to stem the flow by ellor Angela Merkel faced down undertaken at times contradic- Heidenau, Merkel was greeted by ing that Europe’s biggest econ- ing for nightfall to try to avoid erecting a four-metre-high (13- far-right hecklers yesterday, tory approaches to the problem. about 200 protesters, some booing omy was capable of hosting the Hungarian border police. foot) barrier along its 175km bor- vowing zero tolerance for “vile” Hungary is building a vast razor- and shouting “traitor, traitor” and asylum-seekers. At a police collecting point der with Serbia. anti-migrant violence as rescuers wire barrier to keep migrants out, “we are the mob” as she arrived. Rescuers found 40 bodies yes- where migrants were gathered The barrier of three rolls of found 40 corpses on a stricken while Czech deputy prime minis- But the German leader vowed: terdayin the hold of a migrant boat before being brought to Roszke, barbed wire along the entire boat off the Libyan coast. ter Andrej Babis has called for the “There will be no tolerance of off the coast of Libya, the Swedish around 150-200 were sitting wait- length is due to be completed by Alarmed by the worsening visa-free Schengen zone be closed those who question the dignity of coastguard said. The macabre ing in the hot sun next to corn Monday. Hungary’s police chief situation, UN chief Ban Ki-moon with the help of Nato troops. other people.” discovery adds to a toll of 2,370 fields as their children played. Karoly Papp said more than urged countries “in Europe and Germany, which is preparing to She added that the more people people who have drowned in the Tuesday’s record daily total 2,000 police would be operational elsewhere to prove their compas- receive a record 800,000 asylum- there are who carry this message, Mediterranean since the begin- of 2,500 people pouring over the along the Serbian border from sion and do much more to bring an seekers this year, confirmed that “the stronger we will be and the ning of 2015, already exceeding border was despite Hungarian September. The reinforcements, end to the crisis”. The thousands it has eased the asylum applica- better we will be able to address the death toll for the whole of 2014, authorities having installed along called “border hunters”, will of migrants and refugees who tion procedure for Syrians fleeing this task” of caring for refugees. according to the International much of the border a barbed-wire patrol the length of the frontier, brave perilous journeys “should the country’s brutal civil war. But Separately, President Joachim Organisation for Migration. Italy’s barrier that video footage showed supporting the more than 1,000 not, when they arrive, encounter Berlin’s largesse has not been wel- Gauck blasted a “dark Germany” coastguard was coordinating the is far from insurmountable. regular police already working new challenges,” Ban said during comed by everyone at home, par- behind the series of xenopho- rescue of another 2,000 people on The majority of the latest arriv- around the clock to intercept ille- a visit to Paris yesterday. ticularly in the east where a spate bic attacks. Public opinion was board at least 10 vessels that had als were from Syria, Afghanistan gal immigrants, Papp said. Hamstrung by a lack of a of attacks has hit refugee centres. largely behind the leaders, with issued distress calls. and Pakistan, and included more AFP coherent European response On her visit to a migrant 60 percent of Germans polled AFP Brazil builds climate tower 9/11 survivor Annual tomato battle paints SAO SEBASTIAO DO UATUMA: Deep in the dies of cancer streets of Spanish town red pristine Amazon jungle, Brazil’s newest skyscraper has a mission unlike any other: To save the world. WASHINGTON: A survivor of BUNOL: Thousands of rev- States. The bang of fireworks set The white and orange metal frame called Amazon the September 11, 2001 attacks ellers pelted each other with off the bedlam at 11am. Revellers Tall Tower Observatory, or ATTO, is a bold new tool on New York who was featured tomatoes on Wednesday in the jammed shoulder-to-shoulder, in the push to understand climate change and the in one of the most haunting pho- town of Bunol in eastern Spain, many wearing just bathing suits, vital role of rainforests. At 325 metres (1,066 feet), tographs of the outrage has died bathing the streets with red goo bent down to pick up tomatoes the ATTO is a metre (3.3 feet) higher than the Eiffel of stomach cancer. She was 42. in the annual “Tomatina” battle. from the ground to throw while Tower and a good bit taller than London’s loftiest The family of Marcy Borders A string of trucks laden with others lay in the pulp. building, the Shard. first announced her death on 170 tonnes of tomatoes rolled Bunol city hall estimates that Built in the Uatuma nature reserve, 350km from Monday on Facebook. through the town’s narrow only one-fifth of the roughly the city of Manaus and reachable only after hours Borders, who was 28 at the time streets, as teams on board dis- 22,000 participants this year are of rough roads and a boat ride, the ATTO is seri- of the attacks, was just one month tributed their load to surround- from Spain. Organisers recom- ously remote — and for the climate scientists that’s into a job for Bank of America in ing crowds for people to throw at mend revellers squish the toma- the point. one of the Twin Towers. As one each other during the hour-long toes before throwing them -- “the “Being far from towns and man’s influence ensures of the towers collapsed, she took festivities. hit will be less painful” — wear old we can collect relatively pure data,” said Meinrat refuge in a nearby office building, The iconic fiesta — which cele- clothes and use goggles to protect Andrae, director of the Max Planck Institute of where AFP photographer Stan brates its 70th anniversary and is their eyes from the fruit’s acid. Chemistry, which is partnering with Brazilian Honda took a haunting photo of billed at “the world’s biggest food This was the third year non-res- research agency Inpa on the German-Brazilian her completely covered in a thick fight” — has become a major draw ident participants were charged funded project. layer of ash, which earned her the for foreigners, in particular from $11.50 to take part. The Amazon is seen as a big piece of the global moniker “The Dust Lady”. Britain, Japan and the United AFP warming puzzle, since trees are a key weapon in “I can’t believe my sister safely capturing destructive carbon gasses. And at is gone,” her brother Michael 3,000km wide, the Amazon is the greatest of all rain- Borders wrote on Facebook, ask- forests, known to many as the lungs of the world. ing for people’s prayers. “Thanks to this tower we’ll be able to better under- After the attacks, Borders stand the role of the Amazon, its effect on the local spiraled into a decade-long deep climate and also on the global climate,” said Antonio The 325-metre-high Amazon Tall Tower Observatory in depression and alcohol and drug Ocimar Manzi, one of the Brazilian scientists. the Brazilian state of Amazonas. abuse, though she eventually AFP recovered. AFP

Colorado movie gunman gets 3,318 years

CENTENNIAL: Condemning James Holmes from his court- the judge said Holmes decided After two days of often tearful the movie massacre gunman room, and the gunman was led to “quit” in life, and that he set and sometimes angry testimony to 12 life sentences and the away in shackles. out to kill “as many innocents as from victims, District Attorney maximum 3,318 years in prison The 27-year-old was found possible.” George Brauchler had called on for his rampage in a midnight guilty by a jury last month of Samour said whatever illness Tuesday for Holmes to be given screening of a Batman film, a murdering 12 people and wound- Holmes may have suffered, there every day of the longest possible Colorado judge yesterday said ing 70 in his rampage inside the was overwhelming evidence that a sentence. evil and mental illness were not packed screening a multiplex in significant part of his conduct had The lead prosecutor also said mutually exclusive. the Denver suburb of Aurora. been driven by “moral obliquity, he wished the court could order “It is the court’s intention that The jury did not reach a unani- mental depravity ... anger, hatred, that the defendant spend the the defendant never set foot in mous decision on whether Holmes revenge, or similar evil conditions.” rest of his days in solitary con- free society again ... If there was should be executed. That meant He said “the $64m question” finement, surrounded by photos ever a case that warranted the the former neuroscience graduate that still lingered was whether the of the people he killed, but that maximum sentences, this is the student, who had pleaded insan- defendant was afflicted by a men- it could not. case,” Arapahoe County District ity, got a dozen automatic life sen- tal condition, disease or defect, and Samour said he had heard some Court Judge Carlos Samour said tences with no possibility of parole. if so, to what extent. “We tend to people bemoan that the gunman “The defendant does not Samour still had to sentence like simple answers, but maybe it’s would luxuriate in prison. But he deserve any sympathy.” Survivors Holmes on attempted murder not so simple,” Samour said. “And said he thought one of the victims and relatives of those killed counts and an explosives charge. maybe that’s because we’re not summed it up best when he said Revellers throw tomato pulp in the annual “tomatina” festivities in the village clapped and cheered as Samour Condemning the shooter to where we need to be in the fields being behind bars would be no of Bunol, near Valencia, yesterday. then ordered deputies to remove the longest term he could issue, of psychiatry and psychology.” picnic. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Suicide bombing 40 die in North Korea floods by couple kills Over 11,000 homeless in Rajin city as China helps with relief efforts SEOUL: Heavy rain in North Korea killed 40 people, stranded soldier in Nigeria thousands in flash floods and caused “massive” damage on KANO: Two suicide bombers were indoors in compliance with the weekend, the International killed a soldier at a checkpoint the curfew,” he said. Federation of the Red Cross in Boko Haram’s heartland The vigilantes, who share infor- said. in northeastern Nigeria, vigi- mation with the military, said More than 11,000 people were lantes helping troops in the that the occupants of the rick- forced from their homes or other- fight against the jihadists said shaw were together and were both wise affected by the floods, which yesterday. bombers. hit the northeastern city of Rajin, The militants, a man and a Maiduguri has been under near the border with Russia and woman, were in a motorised rick- night curfew for some two years China, last Saturday and Sunday, shaw stopped by a soldier on the as part of security measures to Hler Gudjonsson, a spokesman outskirts of Borno state capital curb deadly attacks in the city. for the Red Cross in Beijing said. Maiduguri around 10.30pm last Hours earlier a girl believed to be Rajin is the capital of the Rason Tuesday, an hour into the area’s as young as 12 killed six people Special Economic Zone in North night-time curfew. and injured 47 when she deto- Hamgyong Province. “When they realised their cover nated explosives outside a bus “It rained really hard, and was about to be blown they deto- station in Damaturu, the capital fast. On Saturday morning the nated the explosives they were of neighbouring Yobe state. city was flooded. Cars were wad- carrying in the rickshaw, killing Boko Haram has stepped up ing through water like boats,” a the soldier and themselves,” vigi- its attacks since Nigeria’s new source who was in area when it lante Babakura Kolo said. “It was President Muhammadu Buhari flooded said. evident they were on their way to was sworn in on May 29, vowing It was not clear what impact launch suicide attack somewhere to crush the insurgency. the rain would have in a country Residents attempt to clear flood debris from under a bridge in the city of Rajin, yesterday. in the city but fortunately ran The wave of violence since the that said in June it was suffer- into a checkpoint,” he said. inauguration has claimed more ing from its worst drought in a neighbouring China worked with associated with a system sur- In early August, torrential rain Another vigilante, Umar than 1,000 lives, dealing a set- century. South Korea said in July North Korean border officials to rounding Typhoon Goni, which in the same area killed 21 peo- Bulunkutu, said the soldiers’ sus- back to a four-country offensive some rain had fallen in the North, evacuate 484 Chinese tourists, struck the Philippines last ple and affected 3,400, accord- picion was raised by the woman launched in February that had easing conditions. stranded when part of the only Saturday, killing four people. ing to the UN Office for the in the back seat, because “women chalked up a number of victories North Korean said there had road to the border got washed North Korea was not directly Coordination of Humanitarian are the ones Boko Haram uses for against the hardline Islamists. been 40 “casualties” and “mas- away. hit by Goni, but it is prone to Affairs. Farm land was also suicide attacks”. An 8,700-strong Multi-National sive” damage after 250mm of Chinese authorities sent flooding. High ground is often flooded. “Fields were completely “The soldiers wanted to know Joint Task Force, drawing in rain fell over the weekend. About dumper trucks, forklifts and cultivated meaning there is little filled with water. Rice paddies just where they were going and why Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon 155mm fell in just three hours heavy equipment to Rajin to help forest cover to soak up rain, so it looked like square lakes,” said the they were outside at that hour and Benin, is expected to deploy last Saturday, it said. Following with relief efforts. runs off into villages and towns source, who declined to be identi- when all residents of the city against the insurgents soon. AFP the downpour, authorities in The heavy weather was below, and often causes landslides. fied. REUTERS

Marcos heir in Philippine presidential run Malaysia-Indonesia

MANILA: The son and name- support for Marcos Jnr as presi- sake of late Philippine dictator dent. “I always see surveys as a Ferdinand Marcos said yester- starting point,” he said about his alliance to fight piracy day he may run for president poor poll ratings. in next year’s elections, offer- The current Philippine presi- SINGAPORE: Malaysia and The surge of attacks has led the ing his once-exiled family the dent, Benigno Aquino, is the only Indonesia are deploying rapid Malaysian Maritime Enforcement chance of the ultimate political son and namesake of the late reaction teams to combat Agency (MMEA), or coastguard, comeback. strongman’s political nemesis, a soaring number of piracy to deploy a helicopter-equipped Ferdinand Marcos Jr, popu- whose assassination in 1983 led to attacks on merchant vessels in special task and rescue (STAR) larly known as “Bongbong”, the popular uprising three years one of the world’s busiest ship- team at Johor Bharu, First said he would not seek a second later. ping chokepoints, a Malaysian Admiral Maritime Zulkifili bin term as senator and was aiming The assassinated hero’s wife, admiral said. Abu Bakar, director of maritime for “higher office”, which in the Corazon Aquino, led the revolu- Over 70 ships have been matters in the MMEA’s crime Philippines can only be president tion and was the nation’s first attacked in the Malacca and investigations department, said. or vice president. president after Marcos’s fall. Singapore straits, on the western The MMEA force would “The discussions I have been Marcos said he could ally with side of the Malay Peninsula, this respond to robbery and hijacking having with different groups, current presidential favourite year, the highest number since incidents. with other individuals have really Jejomar Binay, a human rights at least 2008, including at least “The STAR team is in addition centred on higher office,” the Philippine Senator Ferdinand Marcos with his mother, former first lady campaigner who is now vice seven at the end of last week, to the other MMEA personnel 57-year-old said. Asked directly Imelda Marcos (right) and sister, Governor Imee Marcos. president. according to security and anti- tasked to combat anti-piracy/sea if he would run for president or He faces widespread accusa- piracy groups. robbery. vice president, Marcos said, “It’s controversial matriarch Imelda, The Marcos matriarch, famous tions of corruption in recent “We have in general recom- “It is formidable enough to extremely difficult to make a deci- returned in 1991 and began a suc- for her luxurious lifestyle, has years. mended that vessels proceed- undertake any anti-hijacking sion at this point.” cessful political comeback despite also since 2010 been a member “This is Philippine politics, you ing to Singapore and passing operations,” the Admiral said. Ferdinand Marcos Snr ruled accusations the presidential cou- of parliament, representing her cannot discount the possibility of Malaysian waters take appro- Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines for two decades ple stole billions in state coffers husband’s northern stronghold of things you did not imagine hap- priate security measures,” said Malaysia already coordinate naval until 1986 when millions of people and oversaw widespread human Ilocos Norte province. penning. Never say never,” he said Michael Storgaard, who is the and police patrols in the Malacca took to the streets in a famous rights abuses. Imelda, now aged 86, has spo- when asked about a Binay union. official spokesman for the world’s Strait and South China Sea. “people power” revolution. “Bongbong” Marcos won a ken often of her desire for her son Last month, Aquino anointed biggest cntainer shipping firm “It’s not new (for Indonesia), The Marcos family fled to the Senate position in 2010, the first to take the presidency back for his unpopular interior minister, Maersk Line. but only enhancing patrol cooper- United States, and the patriarch time since his father’s demise the family. Manuel Roxas, as his preferred One of the ships attacked last ation,” Zainuddin, an Indonesian died in exile in Hawaii in 1989. that a family member had won a However, public opinion sur- successor. week was the 106,043 deadweight Navy spokesman said. The rest of the family, headed by nationally elected post. veys currently show there is little AFP container ship Maersk Lebu. REUTERS

Stop surrogacy services: Nepal Thailand destroys two tonnes of seized ivory tusks BANGKOK: Thailand of high profile seizures including Supreme Court destroyed more than two tonnes four tonnes of ivory found hidden of ivory yesterday -- a victory in containers in April that origi- for animal rights groups fight- nated in the Democratic Republic KATHMANDU: Nepal’s apex ing against the trade in a coun- of Congo and was destined for court has ordered a halt to try renowned for being a hub for Laos. commercial surrogacy services illegal tusks. Thai police seized more than in the Himalayan nation until it The ceremony, in which three tonnes of ivory a week later rules on the legality of the prac- 2,155kgs of raw tusks and carved in a second haul, this time from tice, an official said yesterday. trinkets were fed into an indus- Kenya that was again destined Nepal has become a destina- trial rock crusher before being for Laos. tion for foreigners seeking to have incinerated, was presided over The ivory destroyed on children through surrogate moth- by the Thai junta leader Prayut Wednesday accounts for most of ers. The practice is controversial, Chan-O-Cha and is the first time Thailand’s stockpile where crimi- with critics saying it exploits the the kingdom has taken steps to nal cases have been completed. poverty of women. destroy part of its stockpile. A further 540kgs has been Although Nepal has no laws on “This is to show the Thai gov- donated to museums, government its books covering surrogacy, the ernment’s strong determination institution and universities to be government last year allowed for- to oppose ivory trafficking and used for educational and aware- eign women to serve as surrogates that Thailand will comply with ness raising purposes. in Nepal but barred local women. international rules,” he said dur- Janpai Ongsiriwittaya, from “There are no laws regarding ing the ceremony. the World Wildlife Fund, said surrogacy... it raises many con- Animal rights campaigners Thailand’s junta had taken sig- stitutional and legal questions,” have long accused successive Thai nificant steps to tackle the illegal said Nahakul Subedi, spokesman civilian and military administra- trade and that the destruction of for the Supreme Court. tions of turning a blind eye to the the stockpile was “more than just “So the court issued a stay lucrative trade. They have pushed a symbolic act”. order on surrogacy services yes- for Bangkok to destroy its stock- “For too long Thailand has been terday ... until the case is settled,” pile to signal its determination exploited by wildlife criminals as Subedi added. to stamp down on the trade and both a gateway and marketplace Advocate Prabin Pandak, who avoid the risk of seized ivory find- Thai workers display the confiscated ivory that was destroyed at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and for ivory poached in Africa and filed the original lawsuit, said ing its way back onto the black Plant Conservation in Bangkok, yesterday. Asia,” she added. “Women are not a subject of market through corrupt officials. The ceremony came as state trade, neither is a child,” Pandak Trade in ivory was banned gangs seeking to exploit a con- of Asia with Thailand a key tran- Earlier this year, they ordered media in Vietnam reported two said. in 1989 under the Convention tinued demand for tusks in Asia. sit point. all Thais to register any ivory significant seizures of elephant Nepal has become an attractive on International Trade in Ivory and other body parts of The country’s generals, who they owned, warning that those tusks in the last few days, includ- destination for couples who find Endangered Species of Wild elephants are prized for decora- seized power in a coup last spring, who failed to do so would see their ing two tonnes from Nigeria and its services cheaper. Fauna and Flora (CITES). But tion, as talismans, and for use in have vowed to crack down on the items confiscated. another yet to be weighed haul AFP that has not stopped criminal traditional medicine across parts illegal ivory trade. They have also made a series that came via Malaysia. AFP THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Friendly Afghan forces Road to Afghanistan kill two Nato soldiers Similar ‘insider attack’ killed US Major General last year

KABUL: Men wearing Afghan revealing the nationalities of the Afghan forces in the “danger- military uniforms shot dead foreign soldiers. ous” country. One of the worst two Nato soldiers in the coun- The statement did not give the insider attacks took place last try’s south yesterday, the coa- precise location of the attack, August when US Major General lition said, the first insider which highlights long-simmer- Harold Greene was killed -- the attack on foreign troops since ing tensions between Afghan and most senior American military the Taliban’s bitter power foreign forces. Western officials officer to die in action overseas transition. say most such incidents stem since the Vietnam War. So-called “green-on-blue” from personal grudges and cul- Nato troops have adopted spe- attacks -- when Afghan sol- tural misunderstandings rather cial security measures in recent diers or police turn their guns than insurgent plots. years to try to counter the threat. on international troops -- have The killings have bred fierce The Afghan military, which has been a major problem during mistrust between local and for- been built from scratch since the Nato’s long years fighting along- eign forces even though their fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, side Afghan forces. number has declined in recent has also struggled with “insider No group has so far claimed years. The last insider attack attack” killings, high casualty responsibility for yesterday’s was in April, when an American rates and mass desertions. attack in the volatile province of soldier was killed in a firefight Stretched on multiple fronts as Afghan refugees gather near loaded trucks at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees repatriation Helmand. between US and Afghan troops the insurgency expands, Afghan centre on the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan to return to their country, yesterday. It was the first such incident in eastern Afghanistan. forces are facing their first fight- since Mullah Akhtar Mansour It was the first apparent ing season without the full sup- was named the new Taliban chief “green-on-blue” attack since port of US-led Nato forces. following the announcement of Washington announced a delay in The Taliban are stepping up the death of longtime leader the US troop withdrawals from their summer offensive launched Border forces chiefs to meet in Delhi Mullah Omar. the country. in late April amid their leader- “Two Resolute Support (Nato) Nato ended its combat mission ship dispute. ISLAMABAD: India and Delhi from September 9 to 13, a the de facto frontier in the divided service members died early this in Afghanistan last December Mullah Mansour, Omar’s long- Pakistan border security force Pakistan Rangers statement said. Kashmir region, as well as cross- morning when two individuals and pulled out the bulk of its time trusted deputy, was named chiefs will meet in New Delhi Representatives from the border smuggling, Pakistan wearing Afghan (military) uni- troops although a 13,000-strong as the insurgents’ new chief in next month, Pakistani officials two paramilitary border forces Rangers spokesman Waheed forms opened fire on their vehi- residual force remains for train- late July but the power transition said yesterday, days after the held a meeting last Tuesday at Bukhari said. Last Saturday, the cle at an (Afghan security forces) ing and counter-terrorism has been acrimonious. first high-level peace talks in the Wagah-Attari border “to first high-level peace talks in compound in Helmand province,” operations. The latest wave of deadly vio- years between the arch rivals coordinate modalities of (the) years between the two country’s a Nato statement said. The US Defense Secretary lence underscores Afghanistan’s collapsed. September meeting”, the state- national security advisers were “Resolute Support service Ashton Carter at the time said volatile security situation as The chiefs of the Pakistan ment said.The agenda for the cancelled after a dispute over the members returned fire and killed the US soldier’s killing showed peace talks appear to have Rangers and the Indian Border meeting would include recent agenda for those talks. the shooters,” it added, without that work remains to shore up stalled. AFP Security Force will meet in New firing over the Line of Control, REUTERS Kashmiris despair as border firing rages Imran to hit streets

NAKYAL SECTOR: India and “Pakistani soldiers have been Pakistan aborted rare talks firing mortars and guns without under a cloud of recriminations, any provocation,” a defence source against ECP members while on the front line, villagers in Indian-administered Kashmir cowering from artillery fire in said. “Our people in border vil- ISLAMABAD: Despite know- Assembly Syed Khursheed mud huts lose hope of ever see- lages have been suffering as well.” ing that neither the government Shah asking them to resign. ing lasting peace. Foreign Minister Sushma nor the chief election commis- Interestingly, the PPP had picked Pakistan’s National Security Swaraj said Pakistan was respon- sioner (CEC) has the powers these members when in govern- Adviser Sartaj Aziz called off a sible for “91 ceasefire violations” to remove the four members ment, in consultation with the- trip to New Delhi for a planned since the two countries’ prime of the Election Commission of then opposition, the Pakistan “ice-breaking” meeting last ministers met at a regional sum- Pakistan (ECP), Imran Khan Muslim League-Nawaz. Sunday with his Indian counter- mit in Russia last month. has once again asked the gov- The PTI, soon after losing the part Ajit Doval at the last minute That meeting, and Indian Prime ernment to support him in general elections 2013, started a amid a row over the agenda for Minister Narendra Modi’s agree- seeking the ouster of the ECP campaign against ‘rigging’ and the talks. ment to attend another regional members. asked the government to open Shelling across the de facto bor- summit in Pakistan next year, Khan demanded yesterday that four constituencies for biometric der, known as the Line of Control raised hopes of a breakthrough the government support him in verification of the votes despite (LoC) in disputed Kashmir, has after months of high tensions. the matter. He warned of taking knowing that the government been on the rise this month, with Little of substance was to the streets if his demand was was unable to do so and even the several civilians killed. expected but the very fact that not met. ECP after a certain time period The Himalayan region has Kashmiri families, who fled homes after cross-border shelling, at a temporary Aziz and Doval were to meet at As per the Constitution, the was not able to open these four been divided between India and shelter in Nakyal Sector, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, yesterday. all was seen as progress. ECP members are appointed constituencies as only the election Pakistan, but claimed in full by But the plan faltered at famil- under Article 218, which says tribunals may do so. both. we live now -- I have nowhere else Crops were destroyed, schools iar obstacles: Aziz’s intention to the ECP will consist of the CEC, Interestingly, the PTI leader- Nahra, in Pakistan- to go.” forced to close for weeks and meet Kashmiri leaders in New who will be its chairman and four ship held a meeting with Chief administered Kashmir, just 400 Nahra lies in Nakyal sector, a shops open only long enough for Delhi -- an issue that scuppered members, each of whom has been Election Commissioner Justice metres from Indian army posi- collection of half a dozen small people to buy essentials. foreign secretary-level talks last a judge of a high court from each Sardar Muhammad Raza just tions, is the worst affected village, villages strung out across a lush Javed Budhanvi, a member of year -- and India’s insistence the province. before the release of the Judicial where locals say they were hit by green valley typical of Kashmir, the Pakistani Kashmir parliament agenda should focus on terrorism. Similarly, according to Article Commission’s report and asked shells every day last week. a region famed for its beauty but from Nakyal, said at least 15,000 Pakistan’s failure to hand over 213, the CEC or a member will not him to remove the four members Villager Muhammad Nazar, 53, blighted by decades of conflict. people in around 10 villages were or prosecute the alleged mas- be ousted from office except in the of the ECP. said “I had put my children to bed, Unfortunately for the locals in affected by recent Indian firing. terminds of the 2008 Mumbai manner prescribed in Article 209. The CEC maintained that he as they were afraid to sleep when Nakyal, the Indian and Pakistani “Children are terrified, they attacks has infuriated India, par- The constitutional protection was unable to do so as these mem- firing started and the walls of my troops occupy the heights on can’t go to school, they can’t step ticularly when the suspected ring- to the tenure of the CEC and bers could only be removed by fol- house crashed,” he said. either side of the valley, leaving out of their homes to play and leader, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ECP members is to enable them lowing a constitutional procedure. “I wrapped my arms around the the civilian population stuck in even in their homes they are not was freed on bail. to work without fear. The members, appointed in children as we hid behind what the middle -- and badly exposed. able to sleep because of the fear Islamabad, for its part, insists Besides the PTI, the PPP is June 2011, will complete their con- was left of the walls. It ended Locals said around 100 families of Indian firing,” he said. talks must be wide-ranging also demanding removal of the stitutionally mandated five-year early morning and I took my fam- had fled villages to take cover in India insists it is simply return- and include thorny issues like four members of ECP with the term in mid-2016. ily to a neighbour’s house where wooded areas on nearby hillsides. ing fire that Pakistan has started. Kashmir. AFP Opposition Leader in the National INTERNEWS

Sharif arrives in Kazakhstan TTP: Two Pakistani Ex-president’s Taliban commanders aide arrested KARACHI: Pakistani authori- ties arrested a prominent poisoned in custody opposition politician close to PESHAWAR: The August 25 this year the former president, the first Pakistani Taliban (when two of them detention of a major Pakistan yesterday claimed were) poisoned to People’s Party figure in an on- that two of its com- death,” the statement going military-driven crack- manders, including said. down in Karachi. a former spokesman Muslim Khan was Dr Asim Hussain – a petro- of Swat chapter, have spokesman for the leum minister in the past PPP-led been fatally poisoned Pakistani Taliban when government and close friend of while in custody of the it ruled Swat from former President Asif Ali Zardari security forces. 2007 to 2009, where it - is being held under undisclosed In a statement imposed a harsh brand charges. A senior security official issued to the media, of Shariah law and car- in Karachi confirmed Hussain’s the Tehreek-e-Taliban ried out public floggings detention. Pakistan (TTP) said and hangings. Hundreds of people arrested the two command- The second com- by forces for corruption and vio- ers were arrested in mander was named lence belong to the Muttahida Peshawar along with Mehmood Khan, but Qaumi Movement that dominates five other members no further details were Karachi politics, but is a small when they visited the given about his former player on the national stage. city for peace talks role in the organisation. “These policies will lead to with the government The scenic Swat val- chaos,” said PPP lawmaker in 2009. ley is also the homeland Khursheed Shah. “Our members were of Pakistani school- Karachi accounts for half of kept in different pris- girl activist Malala Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif review a guard of honour at a welcoming cer- Pakistan’s national revenues. ons and tortured until Yousafzai. AFP emony in Astana, yesterday. Sharif is on a two-day visit to Kazakhstan. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Commuters move past damaged passenger buses torched during the clashes between police and protesters and (RIGHT) a police patrol inspects the tracks damaged by rioters on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, yesterday. Caste protests turn violent in Gujarat Army deployed in Ahmedabad, flag march carried out as five people die and more than 100 are injured

AHMEDABAD: Five peo- hails. As many as 133 compa- Ahmedabad where nearly 1.2 on the situation and all measures vehicles, as Chief Minister swiftly to control the situation, ple were killed, and over 100 nies of the Indian Army, Central million Patidars had taken out are being taken to prevent any Anandiben Patel’s appeal for Gujarat Police clamped curfew injured as a statewide shut- Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a rally last Tuesday demanding further untoward incident,” Jha peace went unheeded. in many areas of Ahmedabad, down in Gujarat called by the State RPF, Rapid Action Force caste-based reservation in educa- said. Released after two hours, Surat, Rajkot, Mehsana, Unjha Patidar Arakshan Andolan (RAF), and Border Security Force tion and jobs. In view of the tense situa- Patel last Tuesday had appealed and Visnagar. Samiti turned violent yester- (BSF) besides Gujarat Police were Similarly, 10 companies were tion, all schools and colleges shall for peace and restraint to his Chief Minister Anandiben Patel day, officials said. Riots, arson, engaged in controlling violent stationed in diamond polishing remain closed for the second con- followers. He also announced a expressed regret over the inci- stone-pelting and widespread mobs in various cities includ- hub Surat, which saw riots, arson secutive day today in Ahmedabad state-wide shutdown yesterday dents leading to Hardik Patel’s damage to public and private ing Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, and looting of shops and commer- and other cities. to prevent further escalation of arrest. She spoke with union property forced the authorities Jamnagar, Morbi, Vadodara, cial establishments yesterday. Last Tuesday night, Patel was the situation. Home Minister Rajnath Singh to call the army and paramili- Mehsana and Banaskantha. Overnight curfew imposed in detained and taken into custody However, violence continued to and announced a probe into the tary forces. The army and paramilitary many cities failed to deter the by police after he launched a sud- spread during the night in which incident with a promise to punish “Three people were killed forces carried out flag marches rioting mobs who were reacting den hunger strike on the stage at the homes of at least two cabinet those found guilty. in Ahmedabad and two in in riot-hit localities in various to the brief detention of PAAS the meeting venue. ministers were attacked. Last Tuesday, the PAAS organ- Banaskantha in firing by the par- cities which observed a near- convenor, 22-year old Hardik Adopting an aggressive stance, Stone-pelting, clashes, torch- ised a mammoth rally virtually amilitary forces while attempting total shutdown even as Modi, Patel, the leader of the 56-day- Patel had earlier served a 48-hour ing of a police outpost near swamping Ahmedabad, with over to control rioting mobs,” an offi- Chief Minister Anandiben long Patidar agitation across ultimate to the state government Ahmedabad, and arson to pub- 1.2 million Patidars seeking reser- cial at the Gujarat State Police Patel, Congress president Sonia Gujarat. to concede to the PAAS demands, lic and private buses were also vation in education and jobs. Control said. Gandhi, Congress vice president Ahmedabad Commissioner of following which the agitation reported. The ‘maha-revolution rally’, At least 100 people were injured Rahul Gandhi and top leaders of Police Shivanand Jha said curfew would be intensified. As per a tentative count, more as the PAAS termed it, capped a in violence, mainly in group other political parties fervently will continue in areas under the As news of the police action than 100 buses, including sev- 55-day agitation across the state clashes and stone-pelting inci- appealed for peace and restraint. jurisdiction of nine police stations on Patel spread, angry Patidars eral state and private buses, pri- with scores of mini-rallies in dents, in the state from where At least 49 companies of the even yesterday night. reacted violently, attacking pub- vate cars and motorcycles were many towns and cities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi armed forces were stationed in “We are keeping a close watch lic and private property, buses, damaged in many cities. Moving IANS Apex court halts Italian Marines’ trial CM: Modi’s Bihar deal NEW DELHI: The Supreme independent members which are Court yesterday adjourned till agreed by both the countries. January 13, 2016 the hearing on Since the last date for both is mere repackaging the plea of two Italian Marines India and Italy to together name questioning the NIA probe into remaining three members lapsed PATNA: Chief Minister Nitish time in the past. killing of two Indian fishermen without they being able to, the Kumar yesterday said the bulk “Further, a few new line items, in 2012, as it was told that the ITLOS president gave them of `1.25lakh cr announced by totalling to the tune of about International Tribunal for the another 15 days. . Prime Minister Narendra Modi `6,000cr, are part of the pack- Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has As the court directed the list- as special package for Bihar age for which there is not even a asked both India and Italy to ing of the matter in January next was “mere repackaging of old shred of evidence of planning or put on hold all court proceed- year, it was asked to give a date schemes” and part of “package work on ground,” he added. ings in the matter. further ahead as it would take politics” before the upcoming “Thus, in totality, at the very A bench of Justice Anil R Dave, four to five months before annex assembly polls in the state. best, the so-called `1.25lakh cr Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice seven tribunal was constituted. “It is not a special package for package will not provide anything Amitava Roy adjourned the Not inclined to adjourn the Bihar as there is nothing special more than `10,368cr as additional hearing after senior counsel Soli hearing sine die, the court and new. This is purely a repack- or incremental resource to the Sorabjee appearing for the Italian directed the next hearing on aging of old projects and schemes state of Bihar. Marines and Additional Solicitor January 13 as Narasimha told the in view of coming polls,” Nitish “This, `10,368cr, too in the General P S Narsimha appearing court that six month extension Kumar said at a press conference absence of a defined timeline or for the central government urged given to Latorre to stay in Italy on held at his official residence here. disbursement modalities, hardly the court to adjourn the hearing. health grounds would be coming “A closer look reveals that means anything to the state,” the At the outset of the hear- to an end on January 15. against the claim of `1.25lakh Janata Dal-United leader added. ing, Sorabjee appearing for the In the wake of government deci- cr, at least `1.08lakh cr worth of Nitish Kumar said, “It is my Marines - Massimilano Latorre A file picture of Italian Marine soldiers Massimiliano Latorre (right) and sion not to invoke the provision projects is nothing but a mere duty as chief minister to expose and A Salvatore Girone - told the Salvatore Girone (left) arriving at Ciampino airport, Rome, Italy. of the anti-piracy Suppression of repackaging of old schemes,” he the truth and facts of the special court that certain events have Unlawful Act against the safety of said. He said such fabricated and package announced by Modi. Now taken place since the last hear- had the jurisdiction to try the Indian courts would remain on Maritime Navigation and Fixed false announcement made by a PM Modi should explain to the ing of the matter on April 9 and Marines for killing two Indian hold. The court was also told Platforms on Continental Shelf man holding the highest post of people about the facts that I have the Hamburg-based ITLOS by its fishermen off Kerala coast in that India that being a signatory Law (SUA), the Marines and the the country was something not put before the people’s court.” August 24 order has urged the February 2012 allegedly mistak- to the International Convention Italian government had taken a expected. The chief minister said he suspension of all the proceedings ing them for pirates. on Seas would abide by ITLOS’ position that once a case under He said the package included would go to the people with the and keeping it as it is. The court was told that it has interim order. SUA is not made out then the appropriation of pre-approved truth about the special package The court was told that the been agreed between India and The court was told that annex jurisdiction of NIA as an investi- allocations for old ones and con- soon. Modi announced the Bihar annex seven tribunal of the Italy that till judgment by the seven is a five member tribunal gating agency also goes and they tinued contribution to ongoing package on August 18 while ITLOS would adjudicate on the international tribunal comes, with India and Italy nominat- have challenged its continuation schemes, announced by various addressing a pre-election rally at question whether India or Italy the court proceedings before ing one member each and three in the role. IANS ministries at different point of Arrah. IANS

ISRO begins countdown Prepare fresh paper-book in Khan's case: HC MUMBAI: The Bombay High informed the court that certain the defence stance that police wit- following which Justice Joshi Court yesterday directed the documents were not included ness Ravindra Patil was a “fab- posted the matter for hearing for GSLV satellite launch court registry to prepare afresh in the paper-book and hence he ricated witness” who was not yesterday. the paper-book pertaining to could not argue his appeal. telling the truth. On May 6 this year, Salman CHENNAI: The 29-hour count- Last Monday, ISRO’s Mission the Salman Khan accident case. Public prosecutors Purnima Khan was convicted and sen- down for the launch of India’s Readiness Review Committee and Justice V R Joshi also asked the In his application filed before Kantharia and S S Shinde said tenced to five years imprisonment heavy rocket geosynchronous the Launch Authorisation Board registry to ask for a fresh paper- Justice Joshi, counsel Desai that though the paper-book did on various charges, including cul- satellite launch vehicle-D6 (LAB) cleared the launch. book from the sessions court, claimed that some documents not have this document, it was pable homicide not amounting to (GSLV-D6) carrying commu- According to ISRO, the 49.1 and if required, the assistance relating to Salman Khan’s defence placed in the records and pro- murder, in the September 28, nication satellite GSAT-6 with metre tall 416 tonne GSLV rocket of the trial court judge should were not included in the paper- ceedings of the case, which could 2002 accident in Bandra which strategic use began at 11.52am will blast off at 4.52pm. The GSLV be taken to prepare the new book -- a compilation of evidence be referred to by the defence killed one and injured four pave- yesterday at Sriharikota rocket is a three stage/engine rocket. The paper-book for the high court. and documents prepared by the lawyer. ment dwellers. port in Andhra Pradesh, offi- first stage is fired by solid fuel, the The matter has been posted court registry and submitted to Desai argued that the paper- On May 8, the Bombay High cials said. second with liquid fuel and the for further hearing on September both the sides before the appeal book should be prepared accord- Court stayed execution of the jail Indian Space Research third is the cryogenic engine. The 7. The developments came a is heard. ing to the prescribed manual of term, admitted Salman’s appeal Organisation (ISRO) officials said satellite’s life expectancy is nine day after Bollywood megastar One such document, which he the Bombay High Court, which challenging the lower court ver- the countdown began on schedule. years. IANS Salman Khan’s lawyer Amit Desai termed “very vital”, pertains to was refuted by the prosecution, dict and granted him bail. IANS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA New twist in Sheena killing Murder-accused mother and former husband in police custody

MUMBAI: The three-year-old the truth. If she does not, then disposing off her body in Raigad, Guwahati where they grew up. murder of Sheena Bora unfolded I have got proof, documents and near Mumbai. A court sent After completing schooling and stories of sleaze, betrayal and photographs which I shall reveal Indrani to police custody till encountering financial difficulties, family feud as police arrested to the media.” August 31. the siblings went searching for a former husband of Indrani Discussing Sheena’s relation- Sheena had been employed Indrani in Mumbai. and wife of former media hon- ship with his son, Mukherjea said as an assistant manager with “She was not willing to intro- cho Peter Mukherjea yester- he chose to overlook it as both Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd. duce us to anyone as her son and day with the victim’s mother were adults and could take their since June 20, 2011. She took daughter. After spending some already in custody. own decisions. leave of absence on April 24, 2012, time in Mumbai, I came back Mukherjea, the former CEO “Sheena was in a relationship the day she was killed. Mumbai to be with my grandparents in of INX Media, made a stunning with my son which Indrani disap- Metro said she sent her resigna- Guwahati while Sheena stayed disclosure yestersday that Sheena proved of,” he said. tion while on leave. back there.” People pull ropes tied to a damaged ferry after it capsized in the Vembanad had an affair with his son Rahul, Mukherjea also told TV chan- Mukherjea said he was “men- He said he was in touch with Lake at Fort Kochi, southern state of Kerala, yesterday. but he wasn’t aware that Sheena nels that he had “no clue” that tally very shocked” and stumped Sheena till 2012, but lost all con- was in reality Indrani’s daughter Sheena was actually Indrani’s by his wife’s arrest. “I am dumb- tact with his elder sister after and not her sister. daughter from an earlier mar- struck by this level of criminality.” that. As it is, until now closely held riage and not her sister as she “Sheena was having an affair He said when he asked his secrets became public knowledge, had told him. with my son... When she disap- mother about her whereabouts, Kochi boat tragedy Mumbai Police arrested Sanjeev Soon after the television state- peared in 2012, I was told she she replied that Sheena had gone Khanna, a former husband of ments, a team of Mumbai Police was studying in the US. I asked to the US and was working for a Indrani, in Kolkata yesterday. landed up at Mukherjea’s Khar Indrani and she showed me pic- big company. In Guwahati, Indrani’s son residence to question him. tures of Sheena at a Diwali func- But she refused to share leaves six dead Mikhail Bora revealed that Mumbai Police Commissioner tion there,” Mukherjea said. Sheena’s contact details and kept Sheena was his sister, that Indrani Rakesh Maria said Sheena was This was corroborated by saying that he should not inter- KOCHI: Kerala Police, which Police supervising the rescue had mothered both of them and murdered on April 24, 2012. Her Mikhail Bora. Revealing gory fere in Sheena’s life. initially said that eight peo- operations said the passenger this could be easily be proved by body was found on May 23 that details, Mikhail said Indrani had “Last year, when my mother ple had died in a boat accident boat was carrying over 30 people a DNA test. year after Indrani’s driver Shyam a son (he himself) and a daughter came to Guwahati and I sought here, yesterday evening revised who were going to Vypeen island “The real reason behind the Rai revealed the murder site to (Sheena) from a boyfriend while details about Sheena, she not only the toll to six. There was some from Fort Kochi. murder is something else, which police. studying in Shillong. became angry, but threatened to confusion about the number of According to a witness, the I don’t want to reveal now,” he Both Indrani and the driver Indrani left for Kolkata in the stop sending whatever pocket dead, but now it has been con- fishing boat was reversing when said, hinting at some dark secrets. were arrested last Tuesday on early 1990s, leaving the minor money she sent every month,” firmed that six people have died it hit the passenger boat. “I want her (Indrani) to speak charges of killing Sheena and children with her parents in Mikhail said. IANS and their bodies have been kept “The accident took place about in the state-run hospital here, 100 metres from the Fort Kochi Mohammed Yasin, additional boat jetty, which is the interna- director general of police, said. tional shipping route. Hence, even “There was some speculation if someone is a swimmer, it’s dif- that one person is missing, but so ficult to survive,” said Samson, the ‘Onam Sadya’ is far there has been no complaint. witness. Modi gifts interceptor boat, About 20 people are in hospi- “The place is frequently veggie delight tal. The entire rescue operation dredged and hence the place was conducted by 16 ships, two where the accident took place is THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: helicopters and two cranes,” said very deep,” Samson added. second Dornier to Seychelles For the next few days, the Yasin. Police said as soon as the acci- mouth-watering, vegetar- The victims were travelling dent occurred, the navy and the ian, 26-dish platter “Onam on a passenger boat, which was Coast Guard swung into action Sadya” would be part of prac- hit by a fishing boat and broke and rescued around 20 people tically every Kerala household. down near Fort Kochi yesterday even as the boat was sinking. Popularly called the harvest afternoon. The police have taken Some of those rescued died after festival of the state, Onam is into custody a crew member of being taken to a nearby hospital. perhaps the only festival that’s the fishing boat that rammed into Most passengers were residents celebrated irrespective of the the passenger boat. of Vypeen. IANS religion one practises. The three important days in the festival starts with first Onam which takes place today, followed by the most important day “Thiru Onam” which is tomorrow and Centre can’t term CNG third Onam on Saturday. On all the three days, the major meal of the day is Onam Sadya which is consumed on a plantain scam probe illegal: AAP leaf. “Gone are the days when the NEW DELHI: The union opinion,” Sisodia said in a letter. Onam Sadya was prepared at home ministry does not have In the letter, Sisodia said, “I wish home,” said 80-year-old retired the power to declare as void to state that the Government of teacher Lekhsmi Nair, whose the Delhi government’s probe Delhi is not a subordinate depart- daughter has placed an order for into an alleged CNG fitness ment of ministry of home affairs. sadya with a caterer. scam, the city government said (It) is a constitutionally-elected Prime minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee welcome James Michel, President of Seychelles, “What I am told is that one yesterday. government which is accountable during a ceremonial reception at the President’s House in New Delhi, yesterday. could obtain an Onam lunch rang- Replying to a letter by Lt to the people of Delhi... It is not ing from `199 to more than `1,000 Governor Najeeb Jung conveying accountable to MHA.” NEW DELHI: Prime Minister for strengthening surveillance He termed the agreement for depending on the quality.” the home ministry’s view about Sisodia further said the MHA Narendra Modi yesterday capacities. Our cooperation in cooperation on blue economy as The lunch includes chips, the probe in the alleged multi- issued the communication at a announced the gifting of an hydrography surveys is extensive a “huge step forward” in ties and papads, various vegetable prepa- crore-rupee scam, Deputy Chief time when the matter was sub- Interceptor Coastguard boat and growing,” Modi said. in promoting sustainable ocean rations, pickles both sweet and Minister Manish Sisodia said the judice as the setting up of the and a second Dornier air- Both sides inked five agree- economy in the region. sour, the traditional aviyal (thick Delhi government was neither a commission of inquiry was also craft to Seychelles after hold- ments, including on exchange Modi said both sides look mixture of vegetables and coco- “subordinate department” of the challenged in a PIL in Delhi High ing talks here with its visiting of information with regard to forward to cooperating in nut), sambar (lentils served along home ministry nor “accountable” Court. He said the petitioner President James Alix Michel. taxes and an MoU for providing space, including in the areas with ghee), rasam (soup), two to it. “Under the constitution, the demanded that Delhi govern- Modi, who had met Michel a Dornier aircraft. of managing land and marine different preparations of butter Ministry of Home Affairs does not ment’s notification of setting up during a visit to the strategic Modi said India will be gifting resources, fisheries advisory, milk, a chutney powder prepared have the powers to declare any the commission of inquiry should Indian Ocean archipelago nation one more Interceptor Coastguard weather forecasting and disaster from grated coconut and payasam order of Government of NCT of be stayed. The central govern- in March this year, termed boat to Seychelles. management. (pudding) eaten either straight or Delhi (GNCTD) as void,” Sisodia ment had on August 21 said the Seychelles a key strategic part- “In March, I had announced “We have begun preparations mixed with a small, ripe plantain. said in the letter. Delhi government of Aam Adami ner for India and said Michel’s that we would gift a second for infrastructure development “I still can’t digest the fact that “Ministry of Home Affairs Party (AAP) had no power in visit has imparted additional Dornier aircraft to Seychelles. on the Assumption Island in an Onam Sadya can be purchased seems to be attempting to ordering a probe into the alleged momentum to bilateral relations. I am pleased that we have com- Seychelles,” Modi said. from hotels,” said Subadra Amma, encroach the domain of judiciary, multi-crore-rupee CNG fitness “We are honoured to be a part- pleted the process quickly and Michel arrived here last a 70-year-old widow, who will be which is dangerous. Therefore, scam and declared its probe panel ner in providing aircraft, naval signed the agreement today,” he Tuesday on a three-day visit. celebrating with her daughter and the communication from MHA, as “legally invalid”. vessels and coastal radar systems said. IANS grandchildren. IANS at best, could be treated as MHA’s IANS

HC seeks govt response ‘One Rank One Pension’ talks moving ahead

NEW DELHI: After 73 days of As talks within government Maj. Piar Singh who joined last decision-making, and said he on discoms appointments agitation, a breakthrough over circles and negotiations with the Tuesday. should act upon his promises. the ‘One Rank One Pension’ veterans continued, two of the Of the three who joined the fast “Modi promised OROP. Our ex- NEW DELHI: The Delhi was not taken. He argued that issue appeared to be evolving as veterans on a fast-unto-death, yesterday, Sanwal Ram Yadav is servicemen, our soldiers are on a High Court yesterday sought a according to a home ministry the veterans said yesterday that Col. Pushpender Singh (retd) the father of a martyred soldier, hunger strike. The prime minister response from the Delhi gov- notice on May 21 and section 41 talks with the government have and Hav. Ashok Chauhan (retd) Ln Nk Sunil Kumar Yadav. should take action,” said Gandhi, ernment challenging its nomi- of the Government of National moved “a step forward”. continue to be in hospital. Both So far, there have been certain who is on a three-day visit to nation of fresh directors to the Capital Territory Delhi Act 1991, “Dialogue with the government continue to be on fast in hospital. points of contention between the Jammu and Kashmir. boards of the three power dis- all executive appointments are is continuing and considerable Hav. Major Singh, whose condi- government and the veterans. He said Modi had promised to tribution companies in the capi- required to be made by or with ground has been covered today. tion deteriorated, refused to leave Sources told that the govern- remove corruption and fixing the tal without Lt Governor Najeeb the approval of Lt Governor. We have moved a step forward the venue last Wednesday as well. ment wants 2011 to be the base economy and “he should start”. Jung’s nod. “The appointments of pri- and are optimistic about the final He has been on fast since last year, while the veterans say it “Only one gentleman is allowed A division bench of Chief Justice vate members/non-bureaucrats outcome,” said an official state- Monday last week. A spokesper- should be at the 2014 level, along to speak, only one gentleman G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath as the nominee directors of the ment from the veterans yesterday son from the veterans’ side said with a 3 percent increment every is allowed to make promises,” asked the Delhi government to government on board of the three evening. medical arrangements have been year, which the government is not Gandhi said in an apparent ref- file a response on a PIL seeking discoms is completely arbitrary This comes after the ex-serv- made at Jantar Mantar to address agreeing to. erence to Modi. quashing of the June 18 notifica- and in violation of the constitu- icemen warned again yesterday any emergency. Besides, the government wants Earlier in the day, Rahul tion. The court posted the matter tion and statutory provisions and morning that they would scale Last Wednesday, three more payment to begin from April 1, Gandhi, immediately after land- for September 23. as such liable to be quashed,” it up the agitation if their demands veterans joined the indefinite fast, 2015 as against the agreed date ing at Jammu airport, flew in a Senior advocate Kirti Uppal, added. were not met. taking the number of fasting ex- of April 1, 2014. This was after a helicopter to the Balakote area of appearing for petitioner Sandeep It asked the court to declare The veterans had planned to servicemen at Jantar Mantar to meeting between the veterans and the LoC in Poonch district where Tiwari, said Chief Minister the nomination on the boards of scale up the agitation after the six. Army Chief General Dalbir Singh six people were killed in Pakistan Arvind Kejriwal had nominated Tata Power Delhi Distribution government failed to announce The veterans sitting on indefi- last Tuesday night. shelling and firing on August 15. fresh directors to the boards of Ltd, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd OROP on August 15, as expected. nite fast at Jantar Mantar now Meanwhile, Congress vice Gandhi is scheduled to visit the the discoms which is “illegal, and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd as However, they were asked to include Hav. Sahib Singh, who president Rahul Gandhi yes- Kashmir Valley today. He would arbitrary and unconstitutional” illegal and unconstitutional. wait for 10 more days, which replaced Col. Singh last Monday, terday accused Prime Minister also visit the Ladakh region of the as prior approval from Jung IANS ended yesterday. Nk. Uday Singh Rawat, and Narendra Modi of centralising state. IANS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Skipping blood pressure pills may raise heart failure risk By Lisa Rapaport of the time. Among the heart failure patients, just People often don’t know they have high blood pressure because they one-quarter took their drugs this often. atients who frequently fail to take prescribed The worst offenders in terms of skipping medica- blood pressure-lowering medications may don’t have symptoms. Even after they’re diagnosed, they sometimes skip tion – people who took their drugs no more than be more likely to wind up hospitalised for 25 percent of the time –accounted for 46 percent of Pheart failure than people who only miss pills their medications because missing a dose doesn’t make them feel sick. heart failure patients and 41 percent of people who occasionally, an Italian study suggests. didn’t get hospitalized for the condition. While plenty of previous experiments have One limitation of the study was that hospital proven that daily medications to treat hyperten- “As treating hypertension reduces the risk of after they’re diagnosed, they sometimes skip their records couldn’t be reviewed to verify the heart sion, or high blood pressure, can help minimize heart failure, it is logical to hypothesize that not medications because missing a dose doesn’t make failure admissions, said Giovanni Corrao of the the risk of heart failure, less is known about real- taking prescribed drugs would be associated with an them feel sick. University of Milano-Bicocca and colleagues in their world outcomes for people who don’t always take increase in the risk of heart failure,” Dr. Veronique In the current study, patients were typically report. They also relied on prescription data to esti- their pills, the researchers note in the journal Roger, a cardiovascular disease researcher at the around 67 years old, and 54 percent were male. mate how often participants took their pills. Hypertension. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Overall, 622 people were hospitalized for heart There are many reasons patients don’t take their For the current study, researchers followed almost “It is important to demonstrate it with ‘real life’ failure. The researchers compared them to a ran- blood pressure medication, noted Dr. Marie Teresa 4,000 patients prescribed anti-hypertension pills in clinical practice studies such as this one,” added domly selected group of 3,110 similar individuals who Brown, a researcher at Rush Medical College in the Lombardy region of Italy in 2005. Patients were Roger, who wasn’t involved in the study. “These weren’t hospitalized for the condition. Chicago. monitored for an average of six and a half years, findings will help convey an important message to People hospitalized for heart failure generally took “Cost, access to health care, and simply forgetting unless they experienced heart failure, died or moved patients about the importance of taking treatment a wider variety of anti-hypertension drugs, were have in the past been thought by doctors to be the away before the end of the study period. as prescribed to control hypertension.” more apt to have other medical problems such as main reason for non-adherence,” Brown, who wasn’t Compared with people who rarely took their pre- About one in three adults have high blood pres- diabetes, and were more likely to get treatment from involved in the study, said by email. “However, most scribed daily drugs, patients who used the pills 26 sure, a condition that contributes to more than nine multiple physicians. non-adherence is intentional – patients choose not percent to 50 percent of the time were 17 percent million deaths each year, according to the World Overall, compliance with prescribed medicines to take their medications.” less likely to be hospitalized for heart failure. The Health Organization. wasn’t great for either group. Among the people SOURCE: bit.ly/1TYif7A Hypertension, published risk was 34 percent lower for individuals who took People often don’t know they have high blood who avoided heart failure during the study, only one- online July 27, 2015. their medicine at least 75 percent of the time. pressure because they don’t have symptoms. Even third took their prescribed drugs at least 75 percent REUTERS Central Stuffed Tomatoes

By Bonnie S Benwick 1/2 cup plain panko bread the baking sheet. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until crumbs Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil the meat is cooked through and his fancy treatment does 3 tablespoons ketchup in a large nonstick skillet over the tomatoes have deflated a bit. a middling-quality tomato 1 tablespoon Worcestershire medium heat. While the tomatoes are in the Tone better, using it as a sauce Meanwhile, cut out and dis- oven, make the couscous: Heat vessel for baking savoury little 1 1/2 teaspoons red vinegar card the fennel core, then cut the the oil in a medium saucepan over meatloaves, then placing it atop 1 1/2 teaspoons honey remaining fennel into small dice. medium heat. Once the oil shim- tender, tomato- infused pearled 1 1/2 teaspoons Sriracha Once the oil shimmers, stir in the mers, stir in the reserved diced couscous. 12 ounces lean ground beef fennel; cook for 5 to 7 minutes, onion and the couscous; cook for We’ve changed the recipe (may substitute ground lamb or stirring occasionally. 3 minutes, then increase the heat slightly from the original, which ground dark-meat turkey) Cut the onion into small dice; to medium-high. was the fifth course on Central Kosher salt reserve 1/3 of it for the couscous. Add the tomato juice and Michel Richard’s recent tomato- For the couscous Mince the garlic; stir it and the chicken broth. Once the mixture tasting menu, paired with a 1 tablespoon olive oil onion into the skillet; cook for 5 comes to a boil, reduce the heat to Nicolas Chemarin Régnié La 1 cup dried pearled couscous minutes. Turn off the heat. medium-low, cover and cook for Haute Ronzie Beaujolais 2012. 1 cup tomato juice, plus more Place the panko, ketchup, 10 minutes. Not all of the liquid Adapted from David Deshaies, as needed Worcestershire sauce, red vin- should be absorbed; if it is, add executive chef at Central Michel 3/4 cup no-salt-added chicken egar, honey, Sriracha and ground just enough tomato juice to keep Richard inWashington. broth beef in a mixing bowl; use your things soupy. 4 servings 1/2 lemon clean hands to gently combine. Divide the couscous and its Season lightly with salt. tomato-y broth among individual Ingredients Method Add the vegetables from the wide, shallow bowls. Squeeze a bit For the tomatoes For the tomatoes: Preheat skillet; use a fork to blend them of lemon juice into each portion. 4 medium tomatoes, prefer- the oven to 400 degrees. Line a into the meat. Divide the mixture Place a stuffed tomato at the ably of equal size and shape, with rimmed baking sheet with parch- among the tomatoes, packing it so center of each portion. Serve hot. stems (1 1/2 pounds total) ment paper or a silicone liner. it rises a bit above the tomatoes’ Nutrition: Per serving: 560 calories, 1/4 cup olive oil Cut off and reserve the tops of cut edges. Position the reserved 25 g protein, 55 g carbohydrates, 26 g 1 small fennel bulb the tomatoes; scoop out most of tomato tops on top. Drizzle the fat, 6 g saturated fat, 55 mg choles- 1 medium white onion their insides (reserve for another reconstructed tomatoes with the terol, 370 mg sodium, 4 g dietary fiber, 1 large clove garlic use, if desired). Arrange them on remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. 14 g sugar. WP-BLOOMBERG

Fashion’s new crop opens LFW on high note

By Nivedita was inspired by evolution of basics. She recreated the white shirt and draped scarves for the fashion hey have their own take of fashion, be it the conscious. out-of-the box inspiration or experimenta- Adding patch work, knitting back fabric strips tion in terms of patterns or cuts, the seven from production waste and block printing, Kriti dis- Tnew faces in the fashion design industry, who played slouchy silhouettes with discreet detailing. showcased their collection under the Generation Next The shapes bordered almost on the androgynous category at the opening day of Lakme Fashion Week level with the kurtis aimed at the versatile dresser winter-festive 2015, set the standards high for many. in the age group 14-65 years with easy silhouettes This year, mentored by top fashion expert Sabina that can fit any shape or size. Chopra, the 20th batch of seven Gen Next designers Cochin-based designer Johny showcased his col- presented by INIFD dazzled the audience with their lection called “KathaKubuki”. It was a dramatic creativity at the fashion gala that started in Mumbai amalgamation of two dance forms - Kathakali from on Wednesday at Hotel Palladium. India and Japan’s Kabuki dance. From Ajay Kumar’s High on Kaleidoscopic prints, The eight very feminine and quirkily designed Charchit Bafna’s fashion neutrality, Kriti Tula’s pieces had fusion prints in bold colours of red, blue, upsclaing fashion, Jebin Johny’s oriental fashion black on a white backdrop in 90 percent cotton and fusion, Ishita Mangal’s intriguing fashion, Shivangi 10 percent Lycra. The highpoint of he collection were Sahni’s deconstructed elegance to Siddhartha the form-fitting silhouettes. Bansal’s rustic fashion impact, every theme has a Delhi-based designer Ishita Mangal presented story to tell. “Misprison of Treason” under her label “Quo”. Kumar showed his version of men’s wear for She offered a new stylish unconventional twist the 21st century male through a collection called for women’s wear with dramatic prints, slogans and “Consonance and Dissonance”. accessories for the modern adventurous woman. With black and white and loads of kaleidoscopic With crime as the theme, she was inspired by patterns, which were unbelievably intricate and geo- the people involved around the happening, like Mangal brought in luxurious fabrics with thread metric with florals, birds and beasts, the designer detectives, victims and many more. Using solid rich embroidery and suede detailing to highlight the unleashed a colour story of lotus pink, cranberry, woody hues, the silhouettes moved from stiff collars creations. The prime colours were navy blue and parrot green with hints of bright red. to pleated silk backs, cut-outs, crêpe skirts teamed mustard with hints of burnt orange and earthy He used 100 percent cotton, linen and silk with with pleated leather trousers and long trench coats. tones to complete the effect. digital prints to showcase a collection that had Asked about her take on androgynous trends in Tassels and fringes were the focal point of the Indo-Persian silhouettes featuring angarkha jacket, Called “Elakka Ice”, Bafna’s collection moved away the fashion scenario, Mangal told IANS: “There is lot layered palazzo, black sleeveless jacket and wool- draped cowl printed shirt, kilt trousers, interesting from conventional winter hues to blue, green and of saturation in the market for fitted clothes. We are len tasselled coat. back-over-lap trousers, long kurta, and embroidered gold with distinct banana leaf prints and floral hand going simpler and easier so I feel that androgynous Last but not the least was Delhi designer the bib shirt with jewelled crystal beads. embroidery. trends really work well in India we don’t have per- Siddhartha Bansal whose collection called “Story Bafna’s collection comprised of men’s and women’s For her label Doodlage, Delhi-based designer Tula fect body and with this, we can easily hide our flaws Teller” revealed an elegant feminine fashionable wear line that bordered on androgynous touches. It unveiled a collection of garments that projected without trying too hard. We are trying to create a tale on the ramp. moved effortlessly between both genders with sil- how industry waste can be upscaled to create styl- look which shows that we are not making effort.” Revolving around the story of the mythological houettes and styles ideal for casual wear. ish women’s wear. Her collection, called “Purge”, With easy silhouettes as the centre of attraction, divine bovine goddess, Kamadhenu, described as mother of all cows, the designer’s collection was inspired by the gates and doors of Indian vintage havelis. But while the inspiration was historic, Bansal’s shapes were ultra-modern and ideal for the fash- ion forward 21st century woman. The quirky cow and milk bottle prints were matched with embroidery in vibrant colours. With sporty bomber jackets, tank tops, track pants, sweat shirts, minis, cropped jackets, full circle skirts, oversized jackets and figure hugging peplum dresses, he added a profusion of prints- on-prints, layering and quirky accessories like sneakers, back packs, clutches, and contrasted them with Indian traditional jewellery. IANS

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatari investors to boost Turkey businesses President Erdogan receives Sheikh Dr Khalid Al Thani

DOHA: Turkish President Arda Ermont. Besides Sheikh Dr powerful and influential com- Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Khalid, the Qatari panel included panies’ in terms of the size of a Qatari private sector delega- Abdul Basit Ahmed Al Sheibi, CEO investments. tion led by Sheikh Dr Khalid of Qatar International Islamic The trade volume between bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman Bank; and Ali Abdul Rahman Qatar and Turkey is amounted to of Ezdan Group Holding, at the Al Hashmi, CEO, International about $1.5bn, a rise from $800m presidential palace in Ankara. Investment Company. in 2014. For years, the Qatari- At the meeting, the Qatari On the sidelines of the event, Turkish relations has been wit- private sector leaders and the the Turkish President presented nessing significant growth in Turkish President discussed a copy of the Holy Quran, writ- various fields. The Qatari invest- the ways to promote and open ten by using the Ottoman cal- ments in Turkey are in the sec- bigger opportunities for Qatari ligraphy, to Sheikh Dr Khalid in ond place in terms of size, which investors and businessmen addition to a special version of exceeds $20bn. The Qatari invest- in Turkey. They also talked his book “Vision of World Peace,” ments have its major focus on about the prospects of invest- and a rare edition of “Jerusalem Turkey’s agriculture, tourism and ment opportunities in various Through Pictures - Past and real estate sectors. trade activities and sectors of Present.” Turkish officials have expressed the Turkish economy as well Ezdan Holding Group is one of growing interest in investing in as opportunities for the private the largest investment groups in Qatar, where there are about 60 sector in the both countries. Qatar with its huge real estate major Turkish companies oper- During the meeting, The portfolio, giant financial invest- ating currently in the Qatari Turkish President praised the ments in Islamic banking and market, and about 150 small com- level reached by the bilateral eco- Takaful insurance companies, panies operating in the contract- nomic cooperation between the health care and media, among ing, electronics and trade fields. two countries. He stressed the others. Ezdan Holding Group won These companies are currently Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (second right) with Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani (second left), Chairman need for further bolstering the several international awards, the implementing several projects in of Ezdan Group Holding, Abdul Basit Ahmed Al Sheibi (left) and Ali Abdul Rahman Al Hashmi at his palace in Ankara. private sectors in both countries recent one being named by Forbes Qatar worth about $14bn, most of through joint investments. as “ The Best Qatari Group in which has been awarded during Among others who attended the Investment Diversification 2015”. the last ten years. companies in Qatar has reached in Qatar could touch between $25- in 2022. The size of Turkey’s meeting from Turkish side was The Group has also won a series According to the latest sta- up to about $7bn. President of The 30bn over the next ten years, in exports to Qatar has grown 200 Turkish President’s Senior Adviser of accolades, including finding tistics on economic cooperation Turkish Contractors Association the infrastructure facilities devel- percent during the past two years Safar Touran, and President of the its place in top Arab and inter- between Qatar and Turkey, the (TCA), Emin Sazak said recently opment ahead before the FIFA to hit the $1.2bn mark. World Trade Center in Istanbul national ranking lists as ‘most investments volume of Turkish that the new Turkish investments World Cup to be hosted by Qatar THE PENINSULA Qatar stands out in US crude settles 2pc down, Brent stabilises NEW YORK: Oil prices fell On Monday, both crude oil bench- almost 2 percent yesterday after Gold dips for third straight day marks saw their lowest trades corporate earnings a huge drawdown in US crude since early 2009, dropping as much stockpiles was offset by a larger- NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold slipped 2 percent yesterday as 6 percent in one session after than-expected build in gasoline as the dollar gained and US stocks advanced, while investors heavy falls in equity markets. Earnings growth: country-wise trend ($m) and distillates, which include kept a close eye on China’s efforts to support its economy. Gold’s Some analysts think last week’s diesel. Crude inventories fell 5.5 losses, combined with sliding copper prices, also hurt senti- decline in crude stocks is an aber- Country H1’13 H2’13 H1’14 H2’14 H1’15 YoY million barrels in the week to ment in the more industrial precious metals. Spot gold fell as ration driven by a brief dip in (1H15/1H14)August 21, the biggest one-week much as 2 percent to a one-week low of $1,117.35 an ounce. It imports. Many are bracing for a KSA 14,151 15,591 16,701 13,616 14,098 -16% decline since early June, accord- was its third straight decline from last week’s seven-week high. sustained rise in inventories in UAE 7,035 5,957 9,481 8,270 9,319 -2% ing to US government data that US gold for December delivery settled down 1.2 percent, at the coming months as US refiners Kuwait 2,864 2,213 2,942 2,469 2,395 -19% countered a poll of analysts call- $1,124.60 an ounce. REUTERS shut for seasonal work. “We had a Qatar 5,698 5,563 5,828 6,537 6,610 13% ing a rise of 1 million barrels. draw, but the market needs to see Oman 1,102 998 1,113 977 1,036 -7% Gasoline stocks also rose, by 1.7 commodities specialist at ICAP in to 7-month lows, settling down 6 weeks of that to be convinced,” said million barrels versus forecasts Durham, North Carolina. percent on the day and 12 percent Gene McGillian, senior analyst at Bahrain 1,106 632 1,008 925 957 -5% for a 1.3 million-barrel drop, the US crude’s front-month con- on the week. Gasoline’s crack , or Tradition Energy in Stamford. GCC 31,956 30,953 37,073 32,795 34,415 -7% data from the Energy Information tract settled down 71 cents, or 1.8 premium that refiners make from Tariq Zahir, an oil bear at Source: Reuters Eikon, Markaz Research Administration (EIA) showed. percent, at $38.60 a barrel. turning a barrel of crude into the Tyche Capital Advisors in Laurel Distillates climbed by 1.4 million The front-month in Brent, the fuel, fell to its lowest in six months. Hollow, New York, concurred. DOHA: Qatar recorded the great run in the first half of 2015. barrels, against expectations for a global oil benchmark, finished Oil has lost a third of its value “We feel today’s numbers are highest earnings growth in first The commodities sector, which is 1.0 million barrels increase. down 7 cents at $43.14, after ini- since June on high US produc- not the start of a new trend. In a half of 2015 (H1, 15) at 13 per- the second largest sector in terms “The products builds are tially trading higher right after the tion, record crude pumping in the few weeks from now, we will look cent in GCC, with the rest of the of net earnings, was impacted by overwhelming the constructive EIA data. Gasoline’s front-month Middle East and concern about back at this draw as a one off,” countries recording a decline. lower oil prices. Telecom sec- crude draw,” said Scott Shelton, tumbled for a third straight session falling demand in Asian economies. Zahir said. REUTERS Fall in oil prices, strengthening tor, the fourth largest in terms US dollar and company specific of net earnings was affected by issues were responsible for the the reduction in ARPUs (Average poor earnings in the first half. Revenue per User), as well as Queen Rania addresses Medef meet Earnings in Kuwait and Saudi company specific losses. Arabia contracted by 19 percent Real estate boom in major Schlumberger and 16 percent, respectively, while markets such as UAE (Dubai & UAE, Bahrain and Oman also reg- Abu Dhabi), Qatar and intro- istered negative earnings growth duction of mortgage lending buys Cameron of 2 percent, 5 percent and 7 per- reforms in Saudi Arabia have led cent, respectively. to significant earnings growth of for $14.8bn During H1, 15, GCC corporates the sector. Telecommunications posted a negative 7.2 percent sector’s earnings were affected PARIS: Schlumberger, the growth over H1, 14. Total earnings by strengthening of the US dol- world’s leading oilfield services in H1, 15 came in at $34bn. The lar, the earnings restatement of company, said it is acquiring earnings were driven by strong Mobily and its continued dispute equipment maker Cameron in a performance from banks and real with Zain Saudi. Falling ARPU deal valued at $14.8bn. Franco- estate, noted Kuwait Financial across the region was also a rea- American Schlumberger said Centre (Markaz) yesterday. son behind the fall in telecom the combined group would offer Aggregate net profits for banks earnings. oilfield services ranging from came in at $16.7bn, a rise of 9 per- GCC corporate earnings are drilling to processing activities, cent over H1, 14. Earnings from expected to contract by 0.3 per- and raise $900m through syner- real estate came in at $3.7bn cent in 2015 over FY14 and reach gies in its first two years. recording a growth of 44.5 per- $69.7bn by the end of the year. The move follows the announce- cent (YoY). Robust growth in the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain earn- ment last November of a planned earnings of banking sector, which ings growth are expected to be hookup between sector heavy- accounts for 49 percent of earn- robust at 8 percent, 6.2 percent weights Halliburton and Baker ings, could not prevent overall and 6 percent, respectively, for the Hughes, as companies in the sec- corporate earnings from declin- full year of 2015 as against 2014. tor seek to offset falling oil prices ing by 7.2 percent (YoY) in H1, 15. Corporate earnings in other GCC through increased efficiencies. Telecom sector continued its neg- countries are also expected to “With oil prices now at lower lev- ative run from 2014, with overall decline, during the same period, els, oilfield services companies that profits declining by 35 percent. with earnings in Saudi declining deliver innovative technology and Real estate and banking sectors the most at 7.9 percent. Corporate greater integration while improv- have been the star performers in earnings in Kuwait and Oman are Princess Iman of Jordan (left) and Queen Rania of Jordan are greeted by French employers’ association ing efficiency, which our customers the region. Despite signs of slow- expected to fall moderately by 1.6 Medef President Pierre Gattaz during the Grand Opening of the Medef Summer Conference yesterday in increasingly demand, will outper- ing down towards the end of last percent and 0.4 percent respec- Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris. form the market,” Schlumberger year, the real estate sector had a tively. THE PENINSULA chairman Paal Kibsgaard said. AFP THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Markets play Gulf pulls back as Qatar stock index see-saw after gains 51.89 points

DOHA/DUBAI: Most Gulf China unclear, fund managers China rate cut stock markets fell back yes- do not have any confidence that terday as the region consoli- Gulf bourses have bottomed for dated after a strong rebound on the longer term. US up as Fed cautious on rate hike Tuesday, while foreign inves- So the Saudi stock index, tors’ bargain-hunting in blue which had surged 7.4 percent LONDON: Global equity mar- week’s heavy losses after China’s chips lifted Egypt. Qatar’s mar- on Tuesday, fell back 2.1 per- kets went on another roll- move to cut its key rates and free ket bucked the trend and con- cent yesterday. Trading volume, ercoaster ride yesterday as up cash for banks to lend spurred tinued to rise. which had jumped on Tuesday to China’s interest rate cut showed optimism about the world’s sec- Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) its highest level since May 2014, little sign of calming jitters over ond-largest economy. index gained 51.89 points, or 0.48 shrank by more than a third. the country’s faltering economy. Tokyo surged 3.20 percent, or points, when the bourse closed Petrochemical producer Saudi Europe’s main stock markets 570.13 points, to close at 18,376.83 trading at 10,957.62 points. Basic Industries, which had fell, with London’s benchmark — rebounding from a six-month The daily turnover increased jumped its 10 percent daily limit FTSE 100 index shedding 1.68 low in the previous session after to QR386.89m with a volume of on Tuesday, pulled back 4.1 per- percent to close at 5,979.20 points. their worst two-day plunge since 8,550,564 shares from 6,621 deals cent. Alinma Bank, which had In the eurozone, the CAC 40 2011. Sydney closed up 0.69 per- compared to QR517.91m with a also gained 10 percent, slipped in Paris dropped 1.4 percent cent, or 35.52 points, at 5,172.77 volume of 11,782,664 shares from 3.7 percent. Selling was not indis- to end at 4,501.05, points, and and Seoul rose 2.57 percent, or 7,544 deals on Tuesday. criminate, however, and there was Frankfurt’s DAX 30 fell 1.29 per- 47.46 points, to 1,894.09. Indices of all sectors ended continued bargain-hunting in cent to 9,997.43 points. But Shanghai fell 1.27 per- in green today. Consumer goods some second- or third-tier stocks, But US stocks surged higher cent, or 37.68 points, to 2,927.29, and services index gained 2.68 such as healthcare provider Bupa as investors tried to snap a six- after a day that saw it veer wildly percent to close at 6,585.57 Arabia, up 2.8 percent. day losing streak prompted by between losses and gains of points. Telecom index increased Dubai’s stock index, which had the turmoil in the Chinese stock around four percent, while Hong 2.16 percent to 915.83 points and jumped 4.6 percent on Tuesday, market. In mid-morning trade, Kong lost 1.52 percent, or 324.57 A pedestrian with an umbrella passes before a share prices board in Tokyo Insurance index added 1.87 per- fell back 1.4 percent. Real estate the Dow Jones Industrial Average points, to 21,080.39. yesterday. cent to 4,550.50 points. shares that had surged on stood at 15,854.51, up 1.2 percent “China did what the market QSE Total Return index Tuesday saw selling, with Emaar on new US data showing that was looking for... by easing policy, Fears of stalling growth in York trade on Tuesday, but dra- increased to 0.48 percent to close Properties down 1.7 percent orders for durable goods rose a but it appears that the markets China, the world’s second-largest matically weaker than the 122.06 at 17,032.04 points, QSE Al Rayan and DAMAC Properties off 4.4 solid two percent in July. want more. Thanks, but we are economy, sparked one of the worst yen seen in US trade on Friday. Islamic Index rose 0.36 percent percent. The broad-based S&P 500 rose not quite happy yet,” National routs since the global financial The euro stood at $1.1481 and to 4,248.34 points and QSE All Abu Dhabi edged down 0.1 per- 2.07 percent to 1,906.26, while Australia Bank senior currency crisis, with commodities, emerg- 137.23 yen in Tokyo, compared Share Index earned 0.64 percent cent as Aldar Properties, which the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite strategist Emma Lawson said. ing market currencies and shares with $1.1518 and 136.87 yen in to 2,927.07 points. had added 7.0 percent on Tuesday, Index gained 2.15 percent at China’s central bank on all diving. Traders said the rate New York overnight. Of the 43 companies listed on pulled back 5.3 percent. However, 4,603.53. Tuesday warned that the “eco- cuts had restored some confidence Taipei rose 0.52 percent, or QSE, investors exchanged shares telecommunications blue chip Frazzled investors sent nomic growth rate remains under that Beijing would act to shore up 39.95 points, to 7,715.59, while of 43. Of them, 23 gained, 17 went Etisalat gained 0.8 percent. Europe’s top indices swinging pressure”, adding the cuts were both its economy and its stocks, Manila rose 0.55 percent, or 37.58 down, three unchanged. Egypt’s index, which had risen between losses and gains after a meant in part to “support the real but more needed to be done to points, to 6,867.92. Jakarta ended The Gulf’s bounce on Tuesday, 2.8 percent on Tuesday, climbed choppy session on Asian bourses, economy to continue to develop calm frazzled investors. up 0.22 percent, or 9.23 points, at after several days of sharp falls, a further 0.5 percent as Qalaa and analysts predicted even more healthily”. “A circuit-breaker is needed to 4,237.73. Kuala Lumpur gained created a sense that markets in Holdings, one of the country’s turbulence ahead. The People’s Bank of China dispel excessive pessimism and 1.05 percent or 16.43 points to the region have found at least largest investment firms, rose Asian shares closed mixed after (PBoC) cut its benchmark lend- restore confidence,” Frederic close at 1,580.37. short-term floors. Some institu- 4.7 percent. Real estate blue chip a choppy session, with investors ing and deposit interest rates by Neumann, co-head of Asian Bangkok fell 0.29 percent, or tional investors came back into Palm Hills Development added 2.1 selling off Chinese stocks despite 0.25 percentage points each and economics research at HSBC in 3.80 points, to 1,320.08. Singapore the markets to buy selected stocks percent. Exchange data showed an interest rate cut, while other its reserve requirement ratio Hong Kong, told Bloomberg News. closed down 0.46 percent, or 13.29 with valuations that they now saw non-Egyptian Arab investors markets found their footing. by 0.50 percentage points — the In currency trade, the dollar points, to 2,873.00. as reasonable. But with global oil were net buyers by a large margin The dollar edged up in Tokyo, second such combination move in remained under pressure at 119.52 Mumbai fell 1.22 percent, or prices and equities still unstable and other foreign investors were extending a rebound from this two months. yen, up from 118.84 yen in New 317.72, to 25,714.66. AFP and the economic outlook for also buyers. QNA/REUTERS Currency volatility upsets growth plans as Citi cuts Asia forecast SINGAPORE: Faced with falling the option of a gently sliding currency has markets and even mopping up short-term growth forecast for 2015 to 6 percent from ANZ in Sydney. South Korea’s central exports and deflation risks, it suited been taken off the table by a freefall that cash to stop investors speculating against 6.1 percent, citing the volatility associated bank turned swiftly defensive of the won much of Asia to let their currencies threatens a destabilising flight of capital, the currency. with China’s weakening of the yuan, its this week as it hit its lowest in nearly drift lower, until China’s abrupt devalu- sharp market swings and a spike in the Indonesia is particularly vulnerable slowing growth and the possible adverse four years, selling dollars to slow the ation triggered a tide of volatility that cost of funds. after a sharp loss of 14 percent in the policy reaction among other countries. It won’s decline. is upsetting not just their currency Central banks from South Korea to rupiah against the dollar so far this year, cut its forecast for Thailand’s growth to That’s a turnabout from its tactics management but also their growth Thailand have deferred rate cuts, which low forex reserves and a heavy dose of 2.7 percent from 3.5 percent. earlier this year to weaken a currency strategies. would put further downward pressure foreign money in its debt markets. Though Thailand has admitted its that had become less competitive against China’s 2 percent devaluation on August on vulnerable currencies, with the result But even central banks such as India’s economy wil be weaker than forecast and Japan’s sharply weaker yen. It also kept 11 added to evidence that its economy was that growth and stimulus plans are likely and Singapore’s are unlikely to be able to had welcomed depreciation in the baht rates unchanged this month, two days struggling, and overseas it caused a ripple to take a back seat. cut rates while markets remain volatile. as a remedy, its central bank voted to after China’s devaluation. of panic that a currency war was in the Bank Indonesia kept its main inter- “Asian authorities have got to be will- keep rates steady in August and alluded MUFJ’s Tan reckons Asian central offing. Currencies and stock markets in est rate unchanged at a policy review ing to stomach high interest rates for a to financial market volatility as a factor. banks could coordinate policies better the region have since tumbled to multi- last week, making clear currency sta- while,” said Cliff Tan, head of east Asian The baht hit its weakest levels since 2009 and be more proactive in using their tril- year lows, pulling global markets in their bility is foremost among its priorities, markets research at Mitsubishi UFJ in this week and most of the baht’s 8 percent lions of dollars in currency reserves to wake, as worries about China played into even though the economy has slowed to Hong Kong. losses this year against the dollar have defend their currencies. “Asian central broader concerns about global growth, a its weakest pace in six years and infla- Capital Economics analysts Gareth been in the past couple of months. banks are already on the defensive, but collapse in commodity prices and the tim- tion is falling. “We will not follow com- Leather and Daniel Martin said in a note “It’s clearly a bit uncomfortable. I the question is a strong versus a weak ing of a rise in US interest rates. petitive devaluation,” Indonesia’s central to clients that Malaysia and Indonesia would expect them to start to think this is defence. “They have a chance to prove Suddenly, in a region still haunted by bank Governor Agus Martowardojo said might even be forced to raise rates “if the unwelcome volatility rather than welcome that, by driving rates up and making it memories of destabilising currency deval- this week. The central bank said it was currency sell-off became a rout”. depreciation,” said Richard Yetsenga, glo- very expensive to hold these short-term uations during the 1997/98 Asian crisis, aggressively intervening in the rupiah Citibank has already cut its Asian bal head of financial markets research at positions.” REUTERS

CPC Binaa Wa Amal to host executive women meet Dubai realty slowdown

DOHA: Pearl Initiative, the leading independent private due to tighter rules sector-led, not-for-profit organ- isation working across the Gulf DUBAI: Dubai’s tighter prop- Rival consultancy Cluttons Region to influence and improve erty rules aimed at prevent- estimates house prices in Dubai corporate accountability and ing a housing bubble are the rose 51 percent during 2013 before transparency, has partnered main cause of a slowdown in growth slowed to 3.4 percent in with Binaa Wa Amal, a divi- the emirate’s real estate sector 2014. This rebound followed a sion of Construction Products rather than a sustained drop in near-50 percent drop in prices Holding Company (CPC), a oil prices, industry experts said. from 2008 as the global financial leading Saudi closed joint stock Dubai has a low reliance on oil crisis and Dubai’s debt troubles company specialised in manu- despite hydrocarbons providing sparked a real estate crash. facturing of quality construc- three-quarters of the United Arab Last year, Dubai doubled prop- tion products and exceptional Emirates’ consolidated revenue in erty registration fees and the services in the field of building 2014, according to credit agency UAE federal government raised material to host an executive Moody’s. Abu Dhabi is home to the minimum mortgage deposits, women roundtable for Jeddah’s the bulk of the UAE’s energy dampening demand. leading business women. reserves. “The government was right to The event will focus on the “Dubai residential property act to curb speculation. It’s just findings of a recent report con- sales have declined over the past that these measures have now ducted by the Pearl Initiative, three quarters, but the drop in coincided with a weakening glo- “Women’s Careers in the GCC: oil prices is coincidental and the bal economy,” said Faisal Durrani, The CEO Agenda”, which exam- slowdown is more due to big price head of research at property con- ines the position of women on increases in 2013 — the market is sultants Cluttons. the corporate ladder across the adjusting to return to affordable The impact of the new rules Region, and seeks to determine levels,” said Nicholas Maclean, on house sales has been acute, what can be done to increase Faysal Alaquil, Imelda Dunlop, Maie Binladen and Sahar Alshenawi after signing the CPC-PI agreement. managing director of consult- said Durrani, predicting further equity in the workplace. ants CBRE Middle East. “This declines in prices in the second Saudi women hold 13 per cent of Business Development & Chief opportunity for Saudi business- recommendations to CEOs in the is a positive trend and will help half of 2015. Cluttons forecasts of national private and public sec- of (Binaa Wa Amal), said: “At women to share their career jour- Gulf Region on how to achieve prevent a bigger correction in the about 20,000 new residential units tor jobs in the Kingdom, despite CPC recognise the importance of ney and share advice on how to be better gender diversity at senior future.” will be completed and handed accounting for 51 percent of Saudi encouraging women in the work- successful in the workplace.” levels, based on the findings of an While housing prices are over from now until 2017, while graduates, according to data place across Saudi Arabia and Imelda Dunlop, Executive extensive survey and focus groups expected to drift lower this year, Dubai’s population is expected from the Central Department of look forward to being an active Director of Pearl said: “Our of over 600 women in managerial some experts said well-balanced to increase by 400,000 over the Statistics and Information. partner in this effort. This round- report “Women’s Careers in the and senior leadership roles.” supply and demand for properties same period from 2.4 million Faysal Alaquil, CPC Director table will provide an excellent GCC: The CEO Agenda” makes THE PENINSULA should keep prices stable. at present. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Hamed Al Saadi Turmoil makes rate hike is new Chief Financial & Tax less compelling: Dudley Officer at QFC Clear indication of China woes influencing Fed move

NEW YORK: An interest rate tightening in the United States, next year, citing the rising dollar hike next month seems less he said. “At this moment, the deci- and falling oil prices. appropriate given the threat sion to begin the normalization The comments, which lifted posed to the US economy by process at the September FOMC the dollar and US Treasury bond recent global market turmoil, meeting seems less compelling to prices, come a day before many an influential Federal Reserve me than it was a few weeks ago,” of the world’s top central bank- official said yesterday. Dudley told reporters at the New ers gather at an annual confer- In the clearest indication York Fed, of the policy-making ence in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, yet that fears of a Chinese eco- Federal Open Market Committee. to which investors will look for nomic slowdown could influence But an initial rate hike “could clues on how the turmoil could US monetary policy, New York become more compelling by the rattle monetary policy plans. Fed President William Dudley time of the meeting as we get Dudley’s comments were DOHA: The Qatar Financial (pictured) said the prospect of additional information on how unprompted and made at a brief- Centre (QFC) has announced a September rate hike “seems the US economy is performing ing on the regional economy, the appointment of Hamed Al less compelling” than it was only and (on) international financial suggesting they were a deliberate Saadi (pictured) as its Chief weeks ago. Dudley, a dovish poli- market developments, all of which message from the broader Federal prices straining emerging mar- “It’s important not to overre- Financial & Tax Officer. In this cymaker and close ally of Fed are important to shaping the US Reserve. kets and raising the possibility act to short-term market devel- capacity he will also sit on the Chair Janet Yellen, however left economic outlook,” he said. He said he wanted to see more of slower global growth and less opments because it’s unclear Executive Committee (ExCo) of the door open to raising rates for Market turmoil in recent days, US economic data, and also how demand for US goods and serv- whether this will just be a tem- the QFC Authority. the first time in nearly a decade including steep stock sell-offs markets behave in coming weeks, ices. The volatility has tightened porary adjustment or something In his role, Al Saadi will report when the US central bank holds in Asia, Europe and the United before making a final judgment on financial conditions and widened more persistent that will have directly to the CEO and assume a a policy meeting September 16-17. States, has called into question the timing of policy tightening. credit spreads, he said, adding implications for U.S. growth and strategic role in the overall man- The global selloff, brought on the Fed’s plans to raise rates “International developments inflation remains “well below” the inflation outlook,” Dudley said. agement of the QFC, from finan- by weak Chinese economic data, possibly as soon as next month. have increased the downside the Fed’s 2 percent target due to Only a “large and prolonged” stock cial planning through to execution threatens to crimp global growth Investors and economists have risks to US economic growth falling oil prices and the strength market drop could potentially of the QFC’s financial activities, and create financial conditions pushed out their expectations for somewhat,” he said, with China’s of the dollar, “which we expect to weigh on Americans’ willingness while adhering to the QFC’s val- unsuitable for a initial policy the Fed to move in December or slowdown and falling commodity be transitory.” to spend, he added. REUTERS ues of transparency, efficiency and integrity. Yousuf Al Jaida, CEO, QFC, said: “We are pleased to welcome Al-Saadi as the newest addition to ECB to combat China, oil impact on inflation target the QFC family. His many years of experience are a great asset MANNHEIM: The risk has prompted the ECB to start buying declined sharply in recent weeks, expectations, fell below 1.4 percent we imagine Draghi would start to our organisation and we look increased that the European €60bn worth of assets a month, potentially increasing the risk for this week before rebounding to 1.6 talking and try and manage forward to working with him to Central Bank won’t get infla- mainly sovereign bonds, to com- Europe. The ECB targets infla- percent yesterday. Another swap things that way. But he’s got a further secure the QFC as a lead- tion back up to where it wants, bat deflation. “There should be no tion at just under 2 percent and rate has suggested deflation in few options. He could make QE ing financial centre worldwide.” the bank’s chief economist said ambiguity on the willingness and last forecast price growth at 1.8 year’s time. more frontloaded than expected, Al Saadi brings 15 years of yesterday, pledging to beef up its ability of the governing council to in 2017 but key inflation drivers The pan-European index pared for example,” Pechlaner said. experience in accounting and anti-deflation asset-buying pro- act if needed,” Praet, said. “The have worked against it since the losses of nearly 3 percent on The bank will release fresh financial management. He holds gramme if necessary. (asset-buying programme) pro- June projection. Praet’s comments, later trading inflation forecasts on Sept 3 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting Peter Praet, who is also a mem- vides sufficient flexibility to do so Crude oil prices have fallen close down around 0.8 percent. analysts expect a modest cut in from Qatar University, and ber of the ECB’s executive board, in terms of size, composition and to 40 percent since May while iron “With commodities prices going the 2017 projection and a larger an Executive MBA from the told reporters on the sidelines of a length of the programme.” ore price are near historic lows on down and the euro going up, that’s cut in the more immediate fore- University of Plymouth, UK. conference in Germany that fall- The bank has already warned expectations that Chinese growth a double whammy, and the ECB casts. Praet said emerging mar- Before being appointed Chief ing commodity prices and a slow- that financial developments in will continue to slow, hitting its has made it clear that it will ket growth was weakening and Financial & Tax Officer of the QFC, down in China are hindering the China could have a larger-than- lowest level in two decades. The have implications,” said Veronika the output gap in some emerging Al-Saadi held a number of high goal of getting inflation back up to expected adverse impact given 5-year/5-year swap rate, ECB Pechlaner, European equity fund markets was widening, a marginal profile appointments at RasGas, around 2 percent. It is currently Beijing’s prominent role in global President Mario Draghi’s pre- manager at Ashburton. challenge for the eurozone but still including General Accounting at 0.2 percent, a trend that has trade. China’s growth outlook has ferred measure of judging inflation “Rather than doing anything, a potential headwind. REUTERS Manager. THE PENINSULA Rob Crouse new Tata Steel to mothball director of sales for Ford MEA south Wales plant LONDON: Tata Steel, Britain’s been making positive improve- largest steelmaker, said yester- ments to our manufacturing day it will mothball a plant in capability,” Stuart Wilkie, direc- south Wales as tough markets tor of Tata Steel’s Strip Products persist, forcing the company to UK business, said in a statement. focus on higher-value products. “But surging, and often unfairly Europe’s second-largest steel- traded, imports have combined maker after Arcelor Mittal said with a strong pound to create a it will redeploy employees at the very challenging business envi- plant in Llanwern, Newport, ronment,” Wilkie added. which makes strip products used Tata Steel has been forced to in autos, construction, domestic slash costs and jobs since 2007 goods and packaging, although when it bought Anglo Dutch pro- British press reports said the ducer Corus for $13bn. It employs company will cut 250 jobs. around 17,000 people versus some The move comes only a month 25,000 in 2008. The UK steel DOHA: Ford has announced after Tata said it may cut up sector has shrunk dramatically the appointment of Rob Crouse to 720 British jobs, mainly at in recent years amid challenges (pictured) as Director, Sales Rotherham in northern England, like poor post-financial crisis for Middle East and Africa to in a revamp of its speciality and demand growth, over-capacity, continue the acceleration of bar business, which has been hit high labour and energy costs and sales growth in the Middle East, by cheap imports and high energy more recently, rising imports North Africa, South Africa and costs. and a strengthening currency. Sub-Saharan African markets. “In the past year, we have also REUTERS Crouse will be based in the company’s MEA regional head- quarters in Dubai. In his new role, Crouse will IBQ’s 24th thanq winner report to Kalyana Sivagnanam, Vice President, Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford Middle East and Africa, who said: “It is with great pleasure that we can announce Rob Crouse in his new role as Director for Sales for the MEA region. With more than twenty years’ experi- ence in sales with Ford, Rob is the perfect choice for building on our sales success in the region.” Crouse, the former General Manager Marketing and Sales at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa is responsible for overseeing the MEA business unit’s growth and performance in vehicle sales in his new role. In his former role, Crouse was responsible for servic- ing the needs of all the existing clients and expanding Ford’s con- sumer base whilst supporting the introduction of new vehicles into the South African market. Under Crouse’s leadership, the Ford Ranger in South Africa ended July 2015, with sales vol- umes increased by 38.3 percent over the same month last year. Overall, the total Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa vol- Gopi Periyasamy (left) recieving the 24th ibq loyalty programme umes continue their upward trend, award, thanq, for July from an International Bank of Qatar (ibq) with total sales year-to-date up by official in Doha. 46 percent. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Construction squeeze hits Modi’s jobs promise Half a million workers lose jobs in India’s capital region

NOIDA: After a decade labour- Indebted developers are cutting this year made the 1,000km trip ing on building sites around staff as they slow work on existing back from Delhi because they New Delhi Akhilesh Kumar lost projects and postpone new build- could not find work — pressuring his scaffolding job last month ings until they clear a backlog of salaries in a region where wages when his employer halted work 700,000 unsold homes. are already low. on an array of 30 residential A law to clamp down on “black According to brokerage Ambit towers. money” flows that fund as much Capital, rural wages may now be He joins more than half a mil- as a third of real estate deals is falling after growing 4 percent lion workers let go from sites further squeezing demand. in the year to March — a far cry around India’s capital in the last Across India, housing starts fell from the double-digit annual rises 18 months, in a stark sign that 40 percent in the first half of the between 2010 and 2014. the ground reality in Asia’s third- year, consultancy Knight Frank “Labourers are starving and largest economy is far from as said. Cement output grew 0.9 are ready to work even at lower rosy as official data suggests. percent between April and June, wages as there are fewer or The deepening downturn in down from 9.6 percent a year ear- just no jobs in the construction India’s crucial building sector lier when Modi took office, gov- markets,” said Navendu Kumar makes it easily understandable ernment data show. Thakur, Patna chairman of the why Prime Minister Narendra “The slowdown in the con- Builders Association of India. Modi’s image as the country’s eco- struction sector is very, very The squeeze comes at a bad nomic saviour has lost its lustre depressing which will have a neg- time for Modi. just over a year after his resound- ative impact on the overall GDP Bihar heads to the polls this ing election victory. “If I don’t get growth numbers in the first quar- year, in an election his Bharatiya another job, I have no other choice ter of the current fiscal year,” said Janata Party (BJP) must win to but to go back to my village and Samantak Das, chief economist at gain seats in the upper house work as a farm labourer,” said Knight Frank India. of parliament where he lacks Kumar, who is in his twenties. Rating agency Moody’s last a majority to pass economic A labourer works at the construction site of a residential complex in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi. The decade-long construction week cut India’s growth forecast reforms. boom in burgeoning cities like to 7 percent for this fiscal year, Economists say that lower Noida, where Kumar earned $165 against the government’s target interest rates and a government where unsold inventory is high- now dot the skyline. Cranes and CREDAI’s Rohit Raj Modi esti- a month, lured millions of labour- of 8 to 8.5 percent. splurge on infrastructure should est, shows no sign of abating, diggers stand idle. His former mates construction in Noida ers from India’s rural hinterlands India releases its GDP figures eventually help revive construc- however. Noida, a city of 640,000, employer, The 3C Company, has employed more than a million in search of a better life, creating for the April-June quarter on tion, which contributes a tenth of has grown rapidly in the last cut staff on the 3,000-unit “Lotus labourers at its peak in 2013, at one in every three new jobs. Monday. Indian GDP. decade, expanding to a point Boulevard” by more than half, least double today’s number. That process is now going into The lack of jobs is already being Modi’s party also wants to where its middle-class housing employing some elsewhere. Even when the market recov- reverse, undermining Modi’s felt in the poor northern state regulate property markets and complexes now meld into Delhi’s Sales staff at two nearby sites ers, a shift to mechanisation on promise to create more employ- of Bihar, source of many of the tie investor money to specific urban sprawl on one side and rus- reported a 30 to 50 percent larger sites would limit demand ment for the one million Indians labourers toiling near Delhi. projects to stop developers divert- tic villages on the other. decline in bookings in the last for new workers. “From a labour who join the workforce every In Patna, the state capital, eight ing cash elsewhere. Around the site where Kumar year. point of view, the peak is over,” month. out of 20 labourers contacted had The slowdown around Delhi, worked, half-built high-rises Real estate association he said. REUTERS Gulftainer gets Greece deal points to flexible Pakistan economy new head for international approach to bank rescues in EU facing revenue LONDON: European Union rules to imposed a levy on the “uninsured” very big banks whose failure have far- operations shield taxpayers from having to res- money above €100,000 ($114,000) held reaching international consequences, generation crisis cue ailing banks should be applied in depositor accounts, triggering pub- Lannoo said. flexibly because of broader economic lic protests. “Large banks clearly have finan- ISLAMABAD: Despite recent optimism surround- imperatives highlighted by the lat- Nicolas Veron, a financial services cial stability implications and you ing Pakistan’s economy, the country is facing an “exis- est Greek rescue package, analysts expert at Brussels think tank Bruegel, may have fire sales everywhere with tential crisis” stemming from its woeful tax collection and lawyers say. believes lessons from the Cyprus expe- everybody dumping bank debt on the rates and inability to finance itself, a report said That flexibility may mean that rience led to Greek uninsured deposi- market,” Lannoo added. yesterday. European taxpayers cannot be given tors being left untouched and gave a Applying the rules in differing ways Pakistan’s economy grew at 4.24 percent during the cast-iron guarantees that they will not taste of how banking crises will be risks causing more uncertainty for 2014-2015 fiscal year with per capita income rising a be called upon again to bail out banks handled in future. investors being asked to buy bonds in significant 9.25 percent, markers that come as investor as during the financial crisis. “We are still in the early stages of banks which could be written down. confidence in the long-underperfoming South Asian giant Eurozone finance ministers this discovering what the BRRD implies The International Capital Market have also increased. month agreed an €86bn third aid deal in practice and the transition is going Association, which represents the But according to the report by non-profit organisation for Greece which includes €25bn for to be long, shaped by individual cases bond market, warned last month that Raftar, funded by Britain’s Department for International plugging capital gaps at the country’s and not just by the legislation itself,” bail-in complexity may “ultimately Development (DFID), Pakistan’s economy continues to banks. Veron said. impact investor demand and investor rely heavily on “commercial loans, concessionary donor The banks’ senior bondholders will “It would be misguided to exclude behaviour, and thereby render bank loans and aid”. be “bailed in” — seeing the value of any use of public money in future,” capital uninvestable” The country’s tax-to-GDP ratio of 9.4 percent is among their investments written down — but added Veron. Lawyers said that some bank res- the lowest in the world, leading to a public debt of Rs 17 depositors will be protected to avoid Bail-in considerations had to take cues will come down to minimising trillion ($163bn). DOHA: Gulftainer, the larg- harming the wider economy. into account the lack of senior bond- the overall economic cost to taxpay- This an almost three-fold increase since 2008 for the est privately-owned, independ- It marks a “pick and mix” applica- holders in Cyprus. In the Greek case, ers rather than trying to avoid any $232bn economy, with 44 percent of tax revenue going ent port operator in the world, tion of new EU rules that come fully they reflected the fact that money in immediate impact. toward interest payments. has announced the appoint- into force in January to ensure that unsecured deposits belongs to small David Ereira, a banking partner at The report blamed the lack of a “tax culture” on non- ment of Flemming Dalgaard all stakeholders in a bank, from share- companies who need it to pay staff and Linklaters law firm, said there is scope revenue sources of funds the country has historically (pictured), as the CEO of GT holders to creditors and uninsured keep the economy moving. for bank rescues to be conducted on a enjoyed in the form of foreign aid and loans. International, a division of The depositors, contribute to a rescue This points to governments making case-by-case basis rather than rigidly It said 68 percent of tax revenue was being generated Gulftainer Group responsible before public funds can be called on. use in future of discretion they have applying the BRRD rules each time to through indirect taxes on fuel, food and electricity, which for international operations. The risk is that excluding some under BRRD to exempt stakeholders avoid widespread contagion or seri- unfairly penalises the poor. As the CEO of GT International, stakeholders could create a shortfall from being bailed-in if needed to pre- ous disturbance to the economy. “If The lack of revenue collection also negatively affects Dalgaard will report directly to that taxpayers are once again left to serve financial stability. you want to minimise the cost to tax- infrastructure development including power genera- Gulftainer’s Managing Director, plug. Analysts believe that even if the Karel Lannoo, chief executive of the payers, you need to be looking at the tion, with the country facing a massive shortfall of up Peter Richards, and is mandated new EU rules, known as the bank Centre for European Policy Studies in broader economic picture rather than to 4000MW in the summer that shaves about $15bn off with driving the international recovery and resolution directive or Brussels, said rescues of small banks saying we need to automatically apply the country’s GDP. operations of the company, which BRRD, had been in force, euro zone will be “book-keeping” exercises in line the rules every time,” Ereira said. Pakistan is currently in a $6.6 billion loan programme already has significant presence ministers would probably still have with BRRD rules in the main. “The whole point of bank resolution with the International Monetary Fund, which was in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, chosen to exclude uninsured Greek But the financial stability get-out is preserving key financial services for granted on condition that Islamabad carried out exten- Turkey and Brazil. Gulftainer also depositors. clause would almost certainly be the benefit of the broader economy.” sive economic reforms, particularly in the energy and recently marked its US entry with A rescue package for Cyprus in 2013 invoked when it comes to handling REUTERS taxation sectors. AFP a 35-year concession agreement with Canaveral Port Authority to operate the port’s first container and multi-cargo terminal. Petrobras hearing Commenting on the appoint- ment, Richards said: “Gulftainer JCDecaux wins London has set ambitious goals to strengthen our international operations by exploring opportu- nities and other growth drivers. bus shelter ad contract Mr Dalgaard brings a wealth of experience that will add signifi- DOHA: JCDecaux SA, the number one outdoor advertising company cant value to our expansion plans worldwide and the number one in the UK, has been awarded the and ongoing operations.” world’s largest bus shelter advertising concession by Transport for Dalgaard added: “Gulftainer London (TfL) in a deal worth €700m across a period of eight years. has already established its cre- Following on from the recent launch of the digital screen at London dentials globally through its vast Waterloo, the iconic digital roadside location at Old Street Roundabout network, efficient infrastructure EC1 and the digital towers at Heathrow Airport T5, JCDecaux will and extensive partnerships. There continue to change the outdoor landscape in London. The digitisation is tremendous potential for the of the London bus shelters will provide a complete digital footprint in organisation to grow its footprint London covering all the touchpoints in the consumer journey. and build value that will ben- JCDecaux will take over the current contract which is held by Clear efit the industry as well as local Channel UK from January 1. economies.” Leon Daniels, Managing Director of Surface Transport at TfL, said: Prior to joining Gulftainer, “Our bus network carries 6.5 million people every day, and with almost Dalgaard worked for over seven 5,000 bus shelters in some fantastic locations across the Capital, this years at DP World Group, first as is a great opportunity for advertisers to reach our customers.” Senior Vice President/Managing Jean-Francois Decaux, Chairman of the Executive Board and Director, Europe & Russia region; Co-CEO of JCDecaux, said: “JCDecaux is delighted to have been and then as Senior Vice President awarded the prestigious TfL advertising contract, the world’s largest of Strategy. Before that, he Former director of Brazil’s state-run Petrobras oil company Paulo Roberto Costa (right) and businessman bus shelter advertising concession... JCDecaux plans to make London worked at Maersk Group, where Alberto Youssef participate in a session of a parliamentary commission investigating allegations of corruption the global showcase for digital Out-of-Home with more than 50% of its he built up his career for more in Petrobras, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil. UK advertising revenues forecast to be coming from digital by 2017.” than 22 years. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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aYESTERDAY’S ANSWER THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Gutsy Gomez steals the spotlight He’s a high-energy player. He loves the game. He loves his team mates: Dallas Keuchel

NEW YORK: Carlos Gomez him. “He’s a high-energy player,” had an eventful game when he Houston left-hander Dallas homered, drove in four runs and Keuchel said after scattering nearly got involved in a benches- three hits in seven innings for his clearing incident as the Houston 15th win. “He loves the game. He Astros crushed the New York loves his team mates. He’s a guy Yankees 15-1 on Tuesday. you love on your team and if he’s Gomez led Houston to only its on another team I can see why fourth win in the last 20 road some guys don’t like him. He’s games by getting an RBI double playing hard and we love that.” in the first off right-hander Ivan New York manager Joe Girardi Nova (5-6) and a three-run home felt that his players had been riled run in the seventh off left-hander by Gomez’s taunting. Chris Capuano. “Some of our guys took excep- In between hits, the Yankees tion to it and I think they took nearly triggered a brawl when even a little more exception when A baseball field Gomez flied out in the sixth. He he started yelling at our dugout,” is lit near Lake ran down the first line in a way Girardi said. Pontchartrain the home team seemed to object to Gomez met catcher John-Ryan in New Orleans, and said “shut up” a few times in Murphy at home plate and some Louisiana. response to the players yelling at words were exchanged as both benches emptied. Plate umpire Eric Cooper separated the players Baseball Results and the incident was over without Houston 15 NY Yankees 1 any ejections. Washington 8 San Diego 3 “I don’t mean to disrespect any- NY Mets 6 Philadelphia 5 body,” Gomez said. “The pitcher LA Angels 8 Detroit 7 who’s on the mound, he knows, Colorado 5 Atlanta 1 he played with me we were team mates and he knows that I don’t LA Dodgers 5 Cincinnati 1 mean it to show him up, or some- Minnesota 11 Tampa Bay 7 thing like that.” Cleveland 11 Milwaukee 6 The incident overshadowed Miami 5 Pittsburgh 2 Houston’s best showing in terms Toronto 6 Texas 5 of runs since getting 16 in April C White Sox 5 Boston 4 2013 at Seattle. Kansas City 3 Baltimore 2 Gomez’s big night also helped other contributions as they scored against the Cleveland Indians. his scoreless streak against the five games and were handed their the Astros get their largest mar- more than six runs for the first The offense made for an easy Yankees to 22 innings. worst loss of the season. They St Louis 9 Arizona 1 gin of victory since an 18-4 victory time in 20 games and handed the night for Keuchel, who became While the Astros cruised, it avoided a shutout when Greg Bird Seattle 6 Oakland 5 at St Louis August 3, 2010. Yankees their largest home loss the American League’s first was a tough night for the Yankees, hit an RBI fielder’s choice in the Chicago Cubs 8 San Francisco 5 Besides Gomez, the Astros had since a 22-4 defeat in April 2009 15-game winner and extended who lost for the fourth time in ninth. REUTERS Wilson tributes flow among Khan vows to global calls for safety review help Pakistan

NEW YORK: Tributes contin- ued to pour in yesterday follow- FIA to carry out ing the death of British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson the pre- more closed produce boxing vious day, along with renewed calls throughout the motor rac- cockpit tests ing world for a review of driver safety in the sport. LONDON: Formula One’s gov- Wilson, a former Formula One erning body is to carry out more champions driver and seven-time winner in tests on devices that could pro- IndyCar racing, died at the age of tect drivers’ heads from flying KARACHI: British 37 after suffering a severe head debris of the sort that killed boxer Amir Khan injury during a wreck in the clos- British IndyCar racer Justin (right) yesterday vowed ing laps of an IndyCar race at Wilson. to help Pakistan produce Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania Former F1 driver Wilson suf- champion pugilists with on Sunday. fered severe head injuries at a network of academies “Can’t describe the sadness I Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania in his family’s country of feel for the loss of such a won- on Sunday and died in hospital origin. derful person,” Wilson’s Andretti on Monday. The former two-time Autosport team mate Ryan The International Automobile world champion is cur- Hunter-Reay, who went on to Federation (FIA) has tested vari- rently touring the South win Sunday’s race, wrote on his ous solutions, including cockpits Asian giant of 200 mil- Twitter account. enclosed by a fighter jet-style can- lion people better known “Justin was inspiring in so opy, since Brazilian Felipe Massa for its prowess in cricket, many ways & still is.” was hit on the helmet by a bounc- and plans to set up box- Graham Rahal, son of 1986 Indy ing spring in Hungary in 2009. ing schools in the western 500 winner and former Jaguar While none have produced any- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Formula One manager Bobby thing where the benefits clearly province, eastern Punjab, Rahal, said in a statement: “Some outweigh the disadvantages, new and the southern city of things in life just don’t make ideas have been put forward that Karachi. sense. I know there’s always a might protect the driver without “I think we have the plan, but this one doesn’t make obstructing his vision or trap- talent to produce boxing any sense to me. Justin was the ping him in the event of the car champions,” the 28-year- epitome of a great guy, an incred- overturning. old told media during a ible teammate, great father and a An FIA spokesman said the visit to Karachi’s trou- wonderful friend.” new tests were planned before bled Lyari area, which The death of Wilson, who never Wilson’s accident and would is frequently hit by gang regained consciousness after take time. Two new ideas, one violence but also known he was struck in the helmet by from world champions Mercedes for producing talented debris from a car he was following and comprising a ‘halo’ or hoop footballers and boxers. before he slammed into a wall, has positioned above the driver’s head, “I have made a promise to the 2004 Athens Olympics, said sparked widespread calls for the would be tried out. nation that I will pay back what he was keen to train Pakistani introduction of closed cockpits, or Formula One race director I have achieved in boxing,” added boxers. canopies. Charlie Whiting, the FIA tech- the highly-rated fighter from “I will pass my tricks to them “Its not only safer, it is more nical head who is in charge of Bolton, England who has a record and will do my best to help them aero efficient, therefore, the safety, said some sort of cockpit of 31 wins including 19 knockouts, qualify for the Olympics, if not the future,” former Formula One protection would be introduced and three losses. 2016 in Brazil then the next one driver Lucas di Grassi of Brazil A file photo taken on November 6, 2005, shows British driver Justin eventually. Khan was accompanied by a in Japan in 2020,” he said. said on Twitter. Wilson from RuSPORT team holding up a flag after winning the Champ “We have to persevere,” he said. heavy security contingent to the Known for his speed and “Canopies will be used in every Car GP at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City. Wilson was “We must make something, even neighbourhood, which has long aggressive style, Khan won the single formula (open-wheel) declared dead on August 24, 2015, after suffering a severe head injury if it’s not 100 percent in terms of been a hub of political, ethnic and last of his fights against US boxer series in the future. Not only during an IndyCar race in Pennsylvania, plunging the sport into mourning protecting the driver under all criminal violence. Chris Algieri in New York in May for safety, but for aerodynamic and triggering calls for a review of safety measures. circumstances. “I am here to meet potential before once again challenging the improvement.” “If it improves the situation, it champions and I am not afraid welterweight world champion Hunter-Reay, who won the has to be good. There must be a of anything, we will... beat terror Floyd Mayweather. Indy 500 last year, felt that his Since 1966, there have been 18 2011. Wheldon’s death also trig- way.” and produce boxers of top qual- But Mayweather announced sport was continually working deaths in IndyCar (which includes gered calls for safety reviews The debate on how to pro- ity,” he said. earlier this month he would aim harder on safety issues but that the series’ previous incarnations in a sport that involves tightly- tect drivers’ exposed heads has Pakistan’s sole Olympic boxing to match the 49-0 career record more could still be done. as Champ Car, CART and Indy bunched cars competing on high- been going on for years, and was medallist is Hussain Shah, who of the legendary Rocky Marciano “These cars are inherently Racing League). speed, high risk ovals unique to revived after the death in July of won a middleweight bronze in the in his final bout against fel- dangerous with the open cockpit Eight alone have come at American open wheel racing. Frenchman Jules Bianchi who Seoul Games in 1988. low American Andre Berto on like that, head exposed,” said the the famed Indianapolis Motor Safer Walls, collapsible barri- suffered severe injuries when he The country has also produced September 12, effectively ruling 34-year-old Texan. Speedway and all but two on ers designed to cushion impact, crashed into a recovery tractor at an Asian Games gold-medallist out a highly anticipated clash with “Maybe in the future we can ovals. are now standard at ovals like Suzuka last October. in Mehrullah Lassi, who won the Khan. Five-division world cham- work toward something that Wilson was the first IndyCar the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Brazilian former F1 driver featherweight division at Busan, pion Mayweather beat Manny resembles a canopy ... something driver to die following a race while the mobile hospitals and Lucas di Grassi said on Twitter South Korea in 2002. Pacquiao of the Philippines in May that can give us a little protec- accident since fellow Briton, Dan state-of-the-art trauma centres that IndyCar had to consider Khan, who became Britain’s of this year in what was described tion and still keep the tradition Wheldon, was killed in a fiery pioneered by IndyCar are fixtures closed cockpits in the light of youngest Olympic boxing med- as the “fight of the century”. of the sport.” crash in Las Vegas in October at every race. REUTERS Wilson’s death. REUTERS allist when he won silver at the REUTERS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

SA outsmart Kiwis Roger Federer of Switzerland poses with the trophy after defeating to clinch series 2-1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Western & Hosts seal 62-run win in final ODI in Durban Southern Open final at the Linder Family DURBAN: AB de Villiers returned to form with a brisk Tennis Center half-century which helped South on Sunday, Africa to complete a 62-run win in Cincinnati, and a 2-1 series victory over South Ohio. New Zealand yesterday. Africa’s Captain De Villiers blasted 64 Imran from 48 balls to lead the Proteas Tahir to 283 for seven in their 50 overs. celebrates New Zealand battled to keep the wicket up with the scoring rate but they of New succumbed under pressure and Zealand’s were 221 all out in the final over Kane Arch-rivals Federer, Nadal of their innings. Williamson De Villiers came to the crease (not in with a platform laid after Hashim picture) Amla (44) and Morne van Wyk during at US Open crossroads (58) put on 89 for the first wicket. The world’s top-ranked bats- their third man in this format put on another and final NEW YORK: Roger Federer 86 runs for the fourth wicket ODI in and Rafael Nadal, with 31 major with David Miller (36), but was Durban, titles between them, head for bowled by Doug Bracewell just as yesterday. the US Open with their Grand he began to accelerate at the start Slam careers at the crossroads. of the final 10 overs of the innings. Despite turning 34, Federer While de Villiers was at the was an impressive winner of a crease, South Africa appeared seventh Cincinnati Masters title to be on target to post a 300 last weekend, seeing off world plus total but his departure left Scoreboard number one – and US Open Farhaan Behardien to get them favourite – Novak Djokovic in Rafael Nadal takes close to that figure as he produced SOUTH AFRICA T Latham (run out-Miller) ...... 54 the final. part in a a neat 40 from 28 balls. M van Wyk c Latham b Elliott ...... 58 K Williamson b Tahir ...... 39 It was the Swiss star’s 87th promotional New Zealand looked good in H Amla c&b Elliott ...... 44 G Worker b Wiese ...... 21 tour title and revenge for losing reply when they went past 100 R Rossouw c Latham b Wheeler ...... 6 G Elliott c Rabada b Wiese ...... 20 a second successive Wimbledon event in for the loss of just Martin Guptill A de Villiers b Bracewell...... 64 C Munro b Wiese ...... 35 final to the Serb last month. New York on (10) but as they tried to acceler- D Miller c Ronchi b Milne ...... 36 L Ronchi c Amla b Rabada ...... 1 But Federer has stumbled badly Tuesday. ate the scoring midway through F Behardien c Williamson b Wheeler...... 40 D Bracewell c Amla b Tahir ...... 13 in New York in recent years. the innings, wickets fell at regular D Wiese c Sodhi b Wheeler ...... 12 A Milne c Miller b Rabada ...... 4 A five-time champion from intervals. K Abbott (not out) ...... 3 B Wheeler (not out) ...... 13 2004-2008, he was runner-up to Key batsman Kane Williamson Extras (B-4, LB-3, W-13) ...... 20 I Sodhi c Rossouw b Abbott ...... 5 Juan Martin del Potro in 2009 but (39) was bowled by Imran Tahir, Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 283 Extras (LB-1, W-5) ...... 6 hasn’t been back to the final since. while opener Tom Latham (54) Fall of wickets: 1-89, 2-96, 3-134, 4-221, Total (all out in 49.2 overs) ...... 221 His record at the Grand Slams ran himself out attempting a tight 5-232, 6-258, 7-283. Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-102, 3-114, 4-141, in 2015 has also been mixed. second run. Bowling: Wheeler 10-0-71-3 (4w); Milne 10- 5-152, 6-156, 7-187, 8-201, 9-201, 10-221. The seven-time Wimbledon All-rounder David Wiese regis- 1-44-1; Bracewell 10-1-54-1 (3w); Sodhi 8-0- Bowling: D Steyn 10-0-41-1 (w-1); K Rabada champion may have at least tered career best bowling figures 55-0 (1w); Elliott 10-0-41-2 (2w); Munro 2-0- 10-1-33-2 (w-2); D Wiese 9-0-58-3 (w-1); K reached the final at the All of three for 58, while young speed- 11-0. Abbott 9.2-0-43-1 (w-1); I Tahir 10-0-36-2; F England Club, but that run ster Kagiso Rabada was impres- NEW ZEALAND Behardien 1-0-9-0. was preceded by a shock third whole of 2014, seven in 2013 and suit me a little bit better, so I look sive in returning two for 33 in his M Guptill c van Wyk b Steyn ...... 10 Result: South Africa won by 62 runs. round exit to Italian journeyman just six in 2012. He sat out the forward to it.” Murray, the world 10 overs. REUTERS Andreas Seppi at the Australian 2012 and 2014 US Opens because number three, won in New York Open, his earliest in Melbourne of injury. in 2012, ending Britain’s 76-year in 14 years. At Wimbledon, he was knocked wait for a Grand Slam men’s sin- PCB halts He then endured a quarter- out in the second round by gles champion. SL begin new era as final loss at Roland Garros to Germany’s Dustin Brown while He has made at least the quar- compatriot Stan Wawrinka. his North American hardcourt ter-finals in New York in the last early return Federer’s last Grand Slam title season ended in a quarter-final four years. India eye win in finale came at Wimbledon in 2012 and loss to Kei Nishikori in Montreal The 28-year-old could set a if he wins the US Open this year, and a third round exit against record for the largest payout in for Butt, Asif he would be the oldest champion Feliciano Lopez in the Cincinnati tennis history at the US Open COLOMBO: Virat Kohli’s “It really pains me that we since 35-year-old Ken Rosewall Open. – $4.3m. LAHORE: Pakistan cricket (pictured) buoyant India will could not give him a good fare- back in 1970. “I never consider myself a big, That would be $3.3m for win- authorities yesterday set out chase their first series win in well, but I promised him that we “I haven’t been in a final (in big star. So I appreciate when all ning the tournament and a $1m a path for spot-fixing convicts Sri Lanka in 22 years when will play the next game well and New York) since 2009. So I got my the good things are happening to bonus for winning the US Open Salman Butt and Mohammad the third and decisive final Test try to win the series for him,” the work cut out,” said Federer, who me,” said Nadal. Series title for performances in Asif to return to the interna- starts in Colombo tomorrow. Sri Lankan captain said. was beaten by eventual champion Djokovic already has the the hardcourt warm-up events. tional game, but effectively ruled The tourists thrashed the hosts Sri Lanka are expected to Marin Cilic in the semi-finals last Australian Open and Wimbledon Outside of the ‘Big Four’, Stan out any chance of them playing by 278 runs in the second Test at replace the 134-Test veteran year. titles under his belt in 2015, tak- Wawrinka, the French Open in next month’s national event. the P Sara Oval in Colombo on with another left-hander, Upul In contrast to the Swiss player’s ing his majors total to nine. champion, has made the semi- Butt and Asif attended a lec- Monday to level the series after Tharanga, who has scored 1,113 staying power is Nadal’s swift, The US Open champion in finals in New York on just one ture from the Pakistan Cricket Sri Lanka had won the opening runs in 20 Tests at an average of brutal decline. 2011, Djokovic was runner-up in occasion in 10 visits. Board (PCB) officer on vigilance match in Galle by 63 runs. 31.80. The 29-year-old Spaniard, the 2012 and 2013 before suffering a Defending champion Cilic faces and corruption as the first step in But before they step on the India, meanwhile, are likely 2010 and 2013 champion in New shock semi-final loss to Nishikori the task of proving he’s not a one a rehabilitation process towards field at the Sinhalese sports club, to play top-order batsman York, has endured a tough year, 12 months ago. Slam wonder. playing at domestic level. both camps will attempt to sort Cheteshwar Pujara, for the first the knee joints and wrists looking The 28-year-old boasts a 56-5 The 26-year-old world number “The two players were invited out injury and personnel issues time in the series, as opening stiffer and weaker. record this year but two of those nine only started his season in to a lecture on anti-corruption as to find the right combination for partner for Lokesh Rahul in the After being deposed as French defeats have come this month – March after suffering a shoulder part of their rehabilitation,” said the decider. absence of Dhawan and Vijay. Open champion -- his quarter- to Andy Murray in the Montreal injury and has yet to make a final PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan . India, who have not won a Uncapped 32-year-old Naman final loss to Djokovic was only Masters final and then against this year. “Under the process they will Test series on the island since Ojha, a wicketkeeper-batsman his second ever defeat in Paris – Federer in Cincinnati. World number four Nishikori have to attend lectures, accept 1993, will be with- who reinforced the Nadal slumped to 10 in the world, He has also been troubled by an became the first Asian man to guilt at various forums, show out the injured trio injury-hit touring his lowest ranking for a decade. elbow injury. reach a Grand Slam final in New remorse and give lectures to of regular openers squad on Monday He has recovered to eight, but “I played a couple good matches York last year. But despite win- future players,” he said. Murali Vijay and along with young he is no longer the player that and couple not?so?good matches,” ning in Washington and making In a statement issued later in Shikhar Dhawan, batsman Karun once struck terror into hearts of said Djokovic, whose rolleroaster the semi-finals in Montreal, the the day, the PCB said the play- plus wicketkeeper Nair, could come in rivals. career at the majors has also seen 25-year-old Japanese was forced ers will not be able to use the Wriddhiman Saha. for Saha. Nadal has lost 14 times already him lose eight finals. to skip Cincinnati with a left hip National Cricket Academy (NCA) Sri Lanka will “Pujara is pretty this year compared to 11 in the “The conditions in New York injury. AFP and will be barred from practis- begin a new era solid with the new ing with players from the national following the ball,” said Kohli. “He team. retirement of bat- has done the job in Winston-Salem Open In 2011, the International ting great Kumar the past and we are Cricket Council (ICC) banned Sangakkara from very confident he Butt, Asif and Mohammad Amir international cricket will do the job in the for five years over a spot-fixing after the second next game as well.” case happened during Pakistan’s Test looking to fill a major void India will once again bank on tour to England a year earlier. in the top order. their spin twins, Ravichandran The ICC lifted sanctions on With Mahela Jayawardene Ashwin and Amit Mishra, who Butt and Asif last week, mak- quitting Test cricket last year, shared 14 of the 20 wickets in the Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ing them eligible for domestic Sri Lanka find themselves short second Test to fashion the team’s of France returns and international cricket from of experience. emphatic win. September 2 this year. Veteran left-arm spinner Mathews conceded Sri Lankan a shot from Amir’s sanctions were lifted in Rangana Herath has played batsmen needed to find a way to Denis Istomin of January after the ICC amended 62 Tests and skipper Angelo tackle off-spinner Ashwin, who Uzbekistan during its code of conduct, a reward for Mathews 51, but no others in the followed his 10-wicket haul in the the second day of the young paceman who pleaded squad have more than 22 Test first Test with seven scalps at the the Winston-Salem guilty during the criminal pro- caps. P. Sara Oval. Open at Wake ceedings in UK in November 2011. Sangakkara’s decision not to “We have a lot of left-handers Forest University, Khan said PCB will monitor play all three Tests in a series in our line-up and it makes it yesterday in Butt and Asif’s progress at a as he wound down his career easier for Ashwin to be aggres- Winston-Salem, lower level, just as it did for Amir. had already cost Sri Lanka two sive against them,” Mathews North Carolina. Both Butt and Asif were months ago. He elected to miss said of Ashwin, who dismissed included in the Lahore and Sialkot the decider against Pakistan in Sangakkara in all four innings in teams for the National Twenty20 Pallekele in June, a game the the series. event starting in Rawalpindi from hosts lost by seven wickets. “We need to find a way to September 1 this year. Mathews said he regretted counter-attack him. We can’t just Asif said he has agreed to com- not giving Sangakkara a winning hang around. He will bowl the odd plete the rehabilitation course the farewell, but vowed to fight back good ball anyway in an over, so we PCB has set out for him. AFP and win the series for him. need to score runs.” AFP THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Bolt, Gatlin set up world 200m FROM LEFT: Britain’s Zharnel Hughes, Greece’s Likourgos- shootout Stefanos Tsakonas, BEIJING: Sprint king Usain Netherlands’ Churandy Bolt and American rival Justin Martina, South Africa’s Gatlin swept into the 200 metres Akani Simbine and final with consummate ease Jamaica’s Nickel yesterday as they prepared to Ashmeade compete resume hostilities at the world in a semi-final heat of championships. the men’s 200 metres Gatlin, a two-times doping athletics event at offender looking to avenge his the 2015 IAAF World defeat by Bolt in last weekend’s Championships at the 100m, clocked the fastest time of “Bird’s Nest” National the semi-finals in 19.87 seconds Stadium in Beijing in Beijing, with Bolt second fast- yesterday. est in 19.95 going into today’s shootout. Grinning broadly as he deceler- ated well before the line, Olympic champion Bolt had indulged in similar kidology in the 100m before smashing Gatlin’s hopes in the final. But Gatlin warned he would be ready for the final, where Bolt will be chasing his fourth successive world 200m title. “I feel confident,” said Gatlin, who has shown signs of irritation at his portrayal as the pantomime Two positive doping tests villain of athletics since arriving in China. “I didn’t go out there and run fast, so hopefully I’ll put more energy into the finals and come out on top.” overshadow Kenyan double Gatlin paid tribute to world record holder Bolt, winner of an astonishing 10 of the last 11 indi- vidual Olympic and world sprint Julius Yego produces the longest throw in 14 years to win javelin event titles since shooting to fame at the 2008 Beijing Games. “He’s a true competitor,” said BEIJING: A sparkling Kenyan the 33-year-old Gatlin. “There double at the world champion- are two competitors that like to ships in Beijing yesterday was compete. You’ve got to have that overshadowed by news that two rivalry.” Kenyans had failed pre-compe- Bolt, 29, who shot to fame at tition drugs tests. LEFT: Genzebe the Bird’s Nest stadium at the To gasps and then rapturous Dibaba of Ethiopia 2008 Beijing Olympics, agreed applause in the Bird’s Nest sta- poses with her with Gatlin’s appraisal. dium, Julius Yego produced the gold medal on “I’ve learned over the years longest throw in 14 years to win the podium after that I’m a great competitor,” the men’s javelin, while Hyvin winning the shrugged the six-time Olympic Kiyeng Jepkemoi pipped hot women’s 1,500m champion. “It was easy, I did what Tunisian favourite Habiba Ghribi final during the I had to do and I didn’t expend a for the women’s 3000m steeple- Beijing 2015 lot of energy. I’m technically more chase title. IAAF World sound over 200. A fourth world But their sterling efforts in Championships title will be a big deal for me.” hot, humid conditions were tem- at the National Almost on the undercard of the pered by confirmation that Koki Stadium, also showdown between the two heav- Manunga and Joyce Zakary had yweights, South Africa’s Anaso known as Bird’s “accepted provisional suspen- Jobodwana clocked the third Nest, in Beijing, sions following positive samples” quickest in a personal best 20.01 in testing at the athletes’ hotel China, yesterday. with Panama’s Alonso Edward before their competition started RIGHT: Germany’s fourth in 20.02. as part of “targeted tests”, accord- Gesa Felicitas Nigerian-born Qatari Femi ing to the IAAF. Krause celebrates Ogunode, who himself has served Zakary clocked a national after winning the a two-year doping ban, underlined record of 50.71 seconds in silver medal in his medal credentials as the Asian Monday’s first round of the wom- the 3000 metres Games champion qualified fifth en’s 400m, but did not start the steeplechase. fastest in a national record 20.05. semi-final on Tuesday for which All eyes will again be on Bolt she had qualified. and Gatlin today, however, after African silver medallist Sunday’s electrifying 100m, which Manunga failed to make it out of was billed as a battle for the soul her first round of the 400m hur- of athletics. dles on Sunday. Allegations of widespread dop- “It’s a shame for them,” said when marathon star Rita Jeptoo “Being the world champion, becoming the fourth fastest ath- with Bolt second fastest in 19.95. ing rocked athletics before the Kenyan teammate Yego, whose was banned for two years after being from Kenya, it’s unbelieva- lete in the event and the quickest “Everybody knows that it is what world championships but Bolt’s monster third-round effort of being caught doping with the ble for me,” he beamed. “It’s really non-American. it is going to be,” Bolt said of his victory over a field including four 92.72 metres was the longest banned blood-boosting hormone good for Kenya, too. I knew I Defending champion Lawshawn showdown with Gatlin. former drug cheats gave the cri- since Czech world record holder EPO. could win a medal but to be world Merritt, who also won the world “I’m looking forward to it, this sis-hit sport a major lift. Jan Zelezny threw 92.80 in 2001. And leaked results cited by champion is not easy. title in Berlin in 2009, timed a is my favourite event, it means a Bolt, who had been hampered “In sport you win clean so it’s a German broadcaster ARD and the “Kenya had planned to do well personal best of 43.65sec for silver, lot more to me so I’m ready to go.” by a pelvic problem earlier in the shame for them. I can’t make any Sunday Times earlier this month in this world championships and while Grenada’s Olympic cham- Gatlin agreed that he was look- season, roared to victory in the more comment on that.” claimed that more than 800 ath- it’s really working.” pion Kirani James claimed bronze ing forward to again racing Bolt. 100m in 9.79 seconds, retaining Athletics Kenya, the nation’s letes, including 18 Kenyans, had Back on the track, there was in a season’s best of 43.78sec. “Always. He’s a true competitor. his world title by just one hun- governing body, later said it had “suspicious blood test results” a third African medal as South Sprint king Usain Bolt and There are two competitors that dredth from Gatlin, the season’s “already met with the IAAF and between 2001 and 2012. African Wayde van Niekerk American rival Justin Gatlin like to compete. You’ve got to have fastest man. the athletes involved, and has Despite the positive tests in scorched to a remarkable victory cruised into today’s 200m final. that rivalry,” said the American. “I think it’s all about who runs begun investigating the situation the Chinese capital, Yego was in a loaded men’s 400m. Gatlin, a two-time doping The two other medal events of the corner the best and who can which led to these results and understandably delighted to Van Niekerk became South offender looking to avenge his the day were claimed by Cuba’s hold their form for the last 40 appropriate follow-up action will have rocked the overwhelm- Africa’s first world sprint cham- defeat by Bolt in the weekend’s Yarisley Silva in the women’s pole metres,” said Bolt. be taken in Kenya”. ing European hegemony in the pion as he stormed around 100m, clocked the fastest time vault and Czech Zuzana Hejnova “It’s all about focus now.” Kenya was rocked this year throwing event. the one-lap race in 43.48sec, of the semi-finals in 19.87sec, in the 400m hurdles. REUTERS REUTERS World Championship Results F arah stumbles into 5,000m final BEIJING: Finals results in 2. Habiba Ghribi (TUN) 9:19.24 Beijing on Wednesday at the 3. Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER) BEIJING: Mo Farah’s bid to clocking 13:45.00 to set up a but also highlighted an “amazing know what’s going to happen,” he world championships: 9:19.25 defend his double world distance mouth-watering clash in the team spirit”. added. Women’s pole vault titles almost came unstuck yes- final scheduled for 1130GMT on “It brings back ‘super Saturday’ The third Ethiopian will be the 4. Sofia Assefa (ETH) 9:20.01 terday as he was tripped coming Saturday. with myself, Jess, Greg,” he experienced Imane Merga. 1. Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.90m 5. Emma Coburn (USA) 9:21.78 into the final 200 metres of his “It felt all right. I nearly went said, referring to the first night Also progressing to the 15-man 2. Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.85 Men’s javelin 5,000m heat. down -- again!” laughed Farah in of action at the 2012 London final will be Farah’s training part- Great Britain’s Farah, who won reference to stumbling also in the Olympic Games when all three ner Galen Rupp of the United 3. Nikolía Kiriakopoúlou (GRE) 1. Julius Yego (KEN) 92.72m 4.80 10,000m gold on Saturday, was in 10,000m final. won gold. States. 2. Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman control of the race throughout but “I hope it doesn’t come a third Victory for Farah on Saturday The Kenyans comprise Caleb 4. Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) (EGY) 88.99 was clipped coming into the final time, that would be bad luck. would signify an unprecedented Ndiku, Isiah Koech and Edwin 4.70 bend, leaving him with a cut toe “Somebody just caught my legs. seventh successive win in the Soi, while there are two other 3. Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 87.64 =. Sandi Morris (USA) 4.70 and causing him to stumble badly “It’s the way I run, I’ve got long 5,000 or 10,000m at a world cham- Kenyan-born runners in the 4. Thomas Röhler (GER) 87.41 Women’s 400m hurdles before correcting himself. strides so I don’t blame anybody. pionships or Olympics stretching field representing new countries 5. Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 87.12 To gasps from the Bird’s “It just happens. That’s why back to 2011. of allegiance -- Bahrain’s Albert 1. Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) 53.50 Nest crowd in Beijing, Farah sometimes I just have to be at the Farah warned, however, that he Rop and Turkey’s Ali Kaya. Men’s 400m 2. Shamier Little (USA) 53.94 relaunched himself to finish sec- front or the back or stay on the would take nothing for granted There will be another Briton 1. Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) ond behind Ethiopian winner outside.” given the strong field. in Tom Farrell, while Ryan Hill 3. Cassandra Tate (USA) 54.02 43.48 Yomif Kejelcha, the world’s fast- The Somali-born 32-year-old “You might be the favourite but and Ben True make up the trio 4. Sara Petersen (DEN) 54.20 2. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 43.65 est performer in 2015, who timed said that victories in the heptath- anything can happen,” he said. of Americans to complete the 13min 19.38sec in the hot morn- lon and men’s long jump by Great “I think there are three or four final line-up alongside Germany’s 5. Janieve Russell (JAM) 54.64 3. Kirani James (GRN) 43.78 ing sun. Britain teammates Jessica Ennis- guys who are capable. Richard Ringer and Canada’s Women’s 3,000m steeplechase 4. Luguelín Santos (DOM) 44.11 Another Ethiopian, Hagos Hill and Greg Rutherford had not “Three Ethiopians and two Mohammed Ahmed. Gebrhiwet, won the first heat, only eased the pressure on him Kenyans in the final -- I don’t REUTERS 1. Hyvin Kiyeng (KEN) 9:19.11 5. Isaac Makwala (BOT) 44.63 THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT New Saudi Malmo fight back to win as coach Van Marwijk lured by World Cup Celtic crash out of League adventure

AMSTERDAM: New Saudi Swedish club claims 2-0 victory in final play-off on home soil Arabia coach Bert van Marwijk admitted the salary offer was lucrative but the prospect of MALMÖ, Sweden: Celtic “I think we had a very poor per- going to the next World Cup crashed out of the Champions formance,” said the Norwegian. was an even bigger incentive in League as Malmo claimed a 2-0 “The whole team looked fright- taking on the job. victory in the second leg of their ened and scared when they played. The 63-year-old took the play-off round clash in Sweden “No one wanted the ball and we Netherlands to the 2010 World to progress 4-3 on aggregate. lost the ball in dangerous situa- Cup final in South Africa and After a frantic start, Malmo tions all the time.” said he was looking forward to the opened the scoring in the 23rd Celtic had made two changes chance of going back to the tour- minute when Markus Rosenberg, from the first leg as Saidy Janko nament in 2018 with the Middle suspended for the first leg, headed came in for the injured Mikael Eastern nation. a corner past Craig Gordon. Lustig while Charlie Mulgrew Van Marwijk told Dutch media Celtic had a Nir Bitton goal replaced Emilio Izaguirre. that he had taken on the job for controversially chopped off just The match started at a blister- four reasons: sporting ambition, before the break before Dedryck ing pace with Leigh Griffiths just the fact he could take his own Boyata’s own goal in the 54th failing to get on the end of a Janko staff along, a one-year contract minute put Malmo through to cross before Jo Inge Berget, who and a handsome salary. the lucrative group stages of the grabbed a double in the first leg, “That I have no need to deny,” Champions League for the second blasted a shot wide at the other he said after agreeing to take on year running. end. the post on Tuesday. For the Hoops it is the second Griffiths, who also claimed a “Saudi Arabia is a leading foot- successive year they have fallen brace at Celtic Park, then latched ball power in Asia and has the at this hurdle and the Scottish on to a high ball over the Malmo real potential to qualify for the champions must now be con- defence but the striker sent a siz- World Cup. That is my biggest tent with a place in the draw for zling strike into the side netting. driver. the group stages of the Europa However, it was the home side, “They came close to qualifying League. buoyed by a boisterous support, for the last two finals and I would Celtic manager Ronny Deila who opened the scoring through like to make that breakthrough was less than enchanted at the Rosenberg. now.” display. The Malmo captain made Saudi Arabia must go through a short dash into the six-yard two rounds of qualification if they Champions League box for a corner and leapt above are to gain a place in the 32-team Virgil van Dijk to glance a header tournament in Russia. Play-off Results over the head of Janko, who was They have started the first PARIS: UEFA Champions guarding the far post. phase in a five-team pool and League play-off, second leg Celtic centre-half Boyata then after beating Palestine 3-2 in their results on Tuesday: stuck out a leg to stop a fierce opening Group A game in June, At Monaco: Monaco (FRA) 2 (Raggi 18, Rosenberg drive from 20 yards next play East Timor in Jeddah Elderson 75) Valencia (ESP) 1 (Negredo 4). as Malmo exerted more pressure. on Sept. 3 in Van Marwijk’s first Valencia win 4-3 on aggregate. Griffiths was lucky to escape game with just a booking when he His initial contract runs for the At Tel-Aviv: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 1 (Zahavi kneed Malmo defender Anton first phase of qualification which 24) FC Basel (SUI) 1 (Zuffi 11). 3-3 on aggre- Tinnerholm in the groin in an ends in March and should he lead gate. Maccabi advance on away goals. off-the-ball incident before the the Saudis to the next round, Van At Zagreb: Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 4 (Soudani Malmo FF’s Nikola Djurdjic (left) and Markus Rosenberg celebrate after Rosenberg scored the opening goal Hoops had a goal ruled out in against Celtic during their Champions League play-off second leg at Malmo New Stadium in Malmo, yesterday. Marwijk will renegotiate the deal. 9, 80, Hodzic 15, Taravel 55) Skenderbeu controversial circumstances in Saudi Arabia competed at four (ALB) 1 (Esquerdinho 10). Dinamo win 6-2 on the 42nd minute. successive World Cup finals from aggregate. A corner appeared to hit the signs of abating in the second half keeping out a close-range effort ricocheted off Boyata and crossed 1994. REUTERS At Malmo: Malmo (SWE) 2 (Rosenberg 23, arm of Malmo defender Kari as Rosenberg immediately sent a from Rosenberg on the rebound. the line before Gordon could Boyata 55-og) Celtic (SCO) 0. Malmo win 4-3 Arnason before Bitton put the shot just wide. However, there was noth- scramble it clear. on aggregate. rebound into the net but Serbian A superb double save from ing the ‘keeper could do to stop Substitute Kris Commons At Donetsk: Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2 (Marlos referee Milorad Mazic was quick Gordon kept Celtic momentar- Malmo doubling their advantage blasted a late effort well over the 10, Gladkiy 27) Rapid Vienna (AUT) 2 (Schaub to disallow it. The frantic pace of ily in the tie as he kept out a from the resultant corner when bar to sum up Celtic’s disappoint- 13, Hofmann 22). Shakhtar win 3-2 aggregate. the opening 45 minutes showed no Vladimir Rodic angled shot before Felipe Carvalho’s headed flick-on ing night. AFP Balotelli to have good behaviour Stones hands transfer clause in AC Milan contract request to Everton LONDON: Everton defender “There is nothing to comment Saido Berahino MILAN: Maverick striker John Stones has handed in a on that,” he said. “Once more, it Mario Balotelli will have a good transfer request in an attempt is always the same question and behaviour clause inserted into to persuade his club to sell him always the same answer. his contract with AC Milan, to Chelsea, according to reports “The only thing that mat- West Brom banning extravagant haircuts yesterday. ters now is the game we have in and clothing and committing Stones is Chelsea manager Jose front of us. There is nothing to him to a healthy lifestyle. Mourinho’s top target as he seeks announce or discuss. “I know it is reject second Italian sports daily Gazzetta to bolster his defensive options, your job to keep asking the same dello Sport said yesterdat that but Everton have rejected three question and unfortunately it is the club’s chief executive Adriano offers for the England interna- my job in this case to always give Spurs bid for Galliani had based the clause on tional and he has now taken mat- you the same answer.” regulations which are applied to ters into his own hands. But despite Martinez’s determi- Berahino people who serve in the Italian After Chelsea’s latest bid of nation to keep Stones, who joined air force. £30m($47m) was snubbed by the Everton from Barnsley for £3m The 25-year-old, repeatedly Goodison Park outfit, Stones is in January 2013, the youngster LONDON: West Bromwich criticised for his poor work rate, widely reported to have formally is convinced he can persuade the Albion have rejected a second is set to return to Milan just one expressed his desire to leave club to sell him before the trans- bid from Tottenham Hotspur, year after leaving for Liverpool, before training on Tuesday. fer deadline ends on September reportedly in the region of where he had a dismal season. However, Everton have been 1, 2015. £22m ($18.8m), for unsettled He under went a medical in resolute in their determination If he does the Premier League English striker Saido Berahino, Milan on Tuesday ahead of an to hang on to the 21-year-old and champions, Stones will add much- according to a statement on the unexpected loan move, although manager Roberto Martinez has needed depth to Chelsea’s central club website. the deal has not yet been officially insisted throughout the saga the defence after the struggles of John West Brom said on Tuesday confirmed. centre-back is not for sale. Terry and Gary Cahill this season. that they had rejected a writ- According to Gazzetta, Balotelli Martinez refused to even dis- Terry was sent off in Sunday’s ten transfer request from the must not damage the image of the cuss what the club’s response win at West Bromwich Albion 22-year-old, who manager Tony club and his Twitter, Facebook would be should the player hand after being substituted dur- Pulis dropped for the 3-2 home and Instagram posts will be in a transfer request when he was ing Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat at defeat against Chelsea on Sunday, closely monitored. asked about it on Tuesday. Manchester City .AFP saying he was not in the right He will be banned from extrav- frame of mind to play. agant haircuts and clothing, from Berahino was also left out of smoking and from visiting night Pulis’ squad for Tuesday’s League clubs and must turn up on time Cup win over Port Vale. from training. “Our position remains His drinking will also be Everton’s unchanged. The sale of this limited. player is not on our agenda,” said John Stones Balotelli’s first spell at Milan Baggies’ chairman Jeremy Peace. in action was relatively successful and une- Tottenham, who signed ventful with a respectable scor- during the Cameroonian forward Clinton ing rate although there were some English N’Jie from French side Lyon on misdemeanors. Premier August 14, have been in the hunt He lost his temper in front of League for another striker to ease the the cameras after his perform- match burden on England international ance in was criticised by Italian against Harry Kane. television pundits, telling his Manchester Spurs have sold Spaniard interviewers that they did not City at Roberto Soldado to Villarreal understand football and throw- Italian soccer player Mario Balotelli after medical checks in a hospital in Goodison after the forward scored just seven ing his microphone down in the Milan, Italy, on Tuesday. Park, on goals in 52 league appearances incident.. Monday. since joining in 2013, and man- He was also booked for making ager Mauricio Pochettino’s only a vulgar gesture at Cagliari sup- collector. However, these inci- he famously set fire to his house other striking option is the out- porters, served two three-match dents paled in comparison to after letting off fireworks in his of-favour Emmanuel Adebayor, bans and was caught smoking in some of his antics at Manchester bathroom, in another incident. who has not featured for the club the toilet of a train by a ticket City earlier in his career, where REUTERS this season. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Al Sailiya SC Giants Lekhwiya to start title down Ajman 3-0 in friendly

DOHA: Al Sailiya Sports Club football concluded their exter- defence against Al Gharafa nal training camp in Germany with a big win over Emirati side Ajman 3-0 in a friendly game QSL: Xavi-powered Al Sadd to kick off campaign against Mesaimeer played on Tuesday evening as part of their preparations for the new Qatar Stars League DOHA: Lekhwiya will begin season. their Qatar Stars League (QSL) The first half ended with Al title defence with an away game Sailiya in the lead by two goals, against Al Gharafa in the sec- the first of which was scored ond week of September, it was by the Bahraini Fawzi Ayesh, announced yesterday. followed by Romanian Dragos Al Sadd, who finished five points Gregor. adrift of the Reds, travel south Ayesh bagged his second goal of to play QSL rookies Mesaimeer the night with a fine effort in the while El Jaish face Al Ahli at the second half. Abdulla bi Khalifa Stadium. Al Sailiya Sports Club is sched- Qatar SC who finished fourth uled to return to Doha on today, last season will be hosted by Al after which the players will have Kharaitiyat, Umm Salal go to Al a two-day rest before giving final Khor, Al Arabi play Al Wakrah touces to their QSL preparations. and newly promoted Al Rayyan Meanwhile, Al Arabi concludes welcome Al Sailiya. preseason on a high note when The league starts almost a they overcame FC Nuremberg 1-0 month later than last season and after a thrilling competition. the Sheikh Jassim Cup has been Al Arabi began their overseas moved to the end of the first half preparation in Italy and then flew of the campaign. out to Germany for the second Looking at the fixtures, the big phase of their external training three (Lekhwiya, Al Sadd and El camp. Jaish) all have relatively equal Paulinho scored the only goal starts to the season. Things start of the game. to get interesting in round six The Italian Head Coach Zola when Lekhwiya will take on El granted a number of players the Jaish at home. opportunity to get some game Round 10 could turn out to be time in the second half but the an early indicator of who will win team still managed to hold their the title race as Lekhwiya go to lead. Al Sadd. Meanwhile, Al Gharafa Sports Then, in the final round of the Club announced that negotiations first half of the season (round 13) with Syrian midfielder Sekou Sadd will travel to El Jaish. Oliseh have collapsed. Al Sailiya Head Coach Sami Lekhwiya players celebrate with the QSL trophy after beating Al Ahli in the penultimate round of the 2014-15 season, in this April 13, 2015 file photo. The Syrian arrived in Doha two Trabelsi will be under pressure The new QSL season will begin on September 11. Lekhwiya will start their title defence against Al Gharafa. days ago in order to reach a deal from the kick-off this season after with the Cheetahs and join the escaping the sack following a des- squad. perately disappointing campaign Qatar Stars League is greeted Lamouchi knows that this is a legendary Barcelona midfielder they have recalled some players Club General Secretary Jassim (the season before last, his side with a home game against Al make or break year for him and Xavi and will hope that he is the who were out on loan and have Al Mansouri confirmed that the finished an impressive fourth in Sadd, perhaps one of the tough- the “Soldiers”. final piece of the puzzle which will brought in a Head Coach (Djamel negotiations had come to an end the league). est starts to an opening day for Qatar Sports Club will be look- allow the Wolves to wrestle back Belmadi) who originally got them on the club’s official website. Al However, he faces a potentially a promoted side in recent years. ing to challenge once again for a the QSL crown off Lekhwiya, promoted to the top tier of Qatari Gharafa is therefore till search- tricky away tie in Round 1 against El Jaish too will be under top four finish but a lot of their which has now eluded them for Football back in 2010. ing for one Asian professional to Al Rayyan who have bought well pressure to make a strong start hopes depend on their talismanic the past two seasons. However, with everyone around finalise their foreign signings. during the summer and will be after a faltering season which striker Hamdi Harboui staying Lekhwiya have not made any them buying big, the solitary sign- The new QSL season will begin looking to make an immediate saw them lose their Qatar Cup free of injury. The Tunisian scor- big statements in this summer’s ing of Mohammed Muntari might on September 11. Defending impact after being promoted back crown, finish third to Al Sadd ing the second most goals in the transfer window (with regards to prove to be a little foolhardy come champions Lekhwiya will start up from the Qatar Gas League. and getting knocked out of the league (21 in 24 appearances). foreign signings), as they say “if the end of the season. campaign against Al Gharafa. “The Torches” arrival in the Asian Champions League. Sabri Al Sadd have brought in it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Instead THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA GCC U-17 Championship PSG’s Digne completes loan move to Roma

MILAN: Serie A side Roma the French Cup. Garcia – who continued to shore up their has guided Roma to two succes- defence yesterday with Paris sive runners-up finishes behind Saint Germain French inter- Juventus in Serie A – admitted national left-back Lucas Digne two weeks ago strengthening his completing his loan move to the defence was a priority after the capital club. club sold Greek international After completing a medi- Jose Holebas to newly-promoted cal, Digne, 22, signed with the English Premier League side Giallorossi in a one-year deal that Watford and French defender will see Roma pay PSG €2.5m and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa joined club could end up with the 22-year-old Lyon. making the move permanent. Since then they have signed Key to the transfer was Roma Slovakian Norbert Gyomber from coach Rudi Garcia, who while in Catania on a season-long loan charge of PSG’s Ligue 1 rivals deal, which includes an option Lille handed Digne his first-team to make the transfer permanent. debut for the club in 2011. VfB Stuttgart defender Antonio Digne, who was a member Ruediger was also signed on a of the France Under-20 side similar deal last week. crowned world champions in 2013, The recent arrivals have left a told Roma TV: “I chose Roma question mark over the future of because it’s a legendary club with former Chelsea defender Ashley a great history.” Cole, who is still a Roma player. It was at Lille that Digne, Cole was given his chance to despite still being a teenager, shine last season but was spec- first impressed and in his second tacularly exposed during a stun- season with the northern French ning 7-1 home defeat to Bayern club he made seven appearances Munich in the group stages of the Action from the match between Bahrain and the UAE to determine fifth and sixth in the Champions League. Champions League. He was given positions at the GCC U-17 Football Championship at the Aspire Academy in Doha, Digne signed a five-year deal few opportunities by Garcia in the yesterday. Hosts Qatar will feature in the semi-finals today. The final of the event will with PSG two seasons ago and in wake of his poor performance and be played on Saturday. PICTURES: BAHER AMIN his short time with the capital has been linked with a move away club won two league titles and from the club. AFP Al Ahli stun Naft Tehran in first leg

DOHA: The UAE’s Al Ahli lucrative tourna- Earlier, Lima – of their home fans next month. stunned Iran’s Naft Tehran ment after Al Ain AFC Quarter- who has on three Earlier yesterday, Jeonbuk with Lima’s 62nd minute goal claimed the inau- occasions finished Hyundai Motors and Gamba giving them a 1-0 win to boost gural title in 2003. final Results on the losing side Osaka played out a scoreless draw their semi-final chances in Naft Tehran had Results from the AFC in the Europa in the first leg in Seoul. the AFC Champions League, their chances but Champions League, yesterday League final once Jeonbuk captain Lee Dong- yesterday. were constantly Quarter-finals, first leg: Naft Tehran with Sporting Gook missed the best opportunity At the Azadi Stadium in under pressure (IRN) 0 Al Ahli (UAE) 1 (Lima 62); Jeonbuk Braga and twice of the game midway through the Tehran, former Benfica player from Al Ahli, espe- Hyundai Motors (KOR) 0 Gamba Osaka when at Benfica – second half, turning the ball nar- Lima scored the only goal of the cially in the second (JPN) 0. had missed a fine rowly wide of an open goal match with a diving header to half, and conceded scoring chance., The teams will meet again in give the Emiratis the upper hand the advantage just after the one heading just wide from a perfect the return match in Japan also ahead of their quarter-final sec- hour mark when Brazilian Lima pass from the right by Ribeiro. on September 16, with the win- ond leg on September 16 in Dubai. came up with a fine header after Al Ahli survived two close calls ners advancing to meet either Al-Ahli’s Rodrigo Lima (second right) celebrates after scoring a goal during Coached by Cosmin Olaroiu, Al the ball was flicked into the six- immediately afterwards but held Chinese champions Guangzhou the AFC Champions League quarter-final match against Naft Tehran FC Ahli are aiming to become only yard box by Walid Abbas off a on to clinch the advantage when Evergrande or Japan’s Kashiwa at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, yesterday. the second UAE side to win the corner taken by Everton Ribeiro. they play the second leg in front Reysol in the semi-finals. AFP Thursday 27 August 2015 12 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 Volume 20 Number 6535 Sport Price: QR2 Leading newspaper from Nepal Gutsy Gomez Balotelli will steals the have to be

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LAHORE: Pakistan will host the first edition of it’s lucra- tive Twenty20 league in Doha next year, details revealed here yesterday. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had planned a Super Twenty20 league in 2013 but had to postpone it twice -- in LEFT: Najam 2014 and 2015 -- over a lack of response from sponsors and logis- Sethi of tics problems. Pakistan However, following extensive Cricket Board discussions with Qatar Olympic (PCB). RIGHT: Committee (QOC) officials earlier A view of the this week, PCB yesterday con- new cricket firmed the event was coming to stadium in Doha. Industrial Area Najam Sethi, who headed a in Doha. PCB delegation to Doha, yes- terday announced the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held from February 4-24 next year. The tournament will carry col- lective prize money of up to $1m. The event will be held at Doha’s new cricket venue in Industrial Area which can easily house around 25,000 fans. The 20-day event will feature “We are starting with five from broadcasters and sponsors,” around 25 foreign players, Sethi teams in order to build the value Sethi said. said. of our franchises and we will In line with the tournament PSL edition in Qatar ‘will “The wait is now over and we expand the number of teams in commercial plan, rights for are here to tell you of our intent the coming editions,” Sethi said. broadcast, sponsorship and fran- to stage the PSL. The way we see Top foreign players from all chise ownership will be sold over it, PSL is not just about cricket. Test-playing nations except India the next three months. boost cricket in the country’ It is a unique blend of entertain- have expressed interest in signing With the event venue locked, ment and cricket which will be up for the PSL. the formal PSL launch will take DOHA: The first edition of of QOC said yesterday. “It will development of cricket. Previously the most exciting Pakistani prod- As of now, the PSL team has place in Lahore in the third week Pakistan Super League (PSL) actually improve cricket in this cricket was being staged in the uct,” Sethi said in a statement consent from over 40 interna- of September. in Qatar will go a long way in country. As you know, cricket is UAE but PSL in Doha will take released by PCB yesterday. tional players. “We are in talks with 40 for- boosting the game in the coun- hugely popular among the Asian cricket to the next level when it After extensive negotia- In addition, top foreign coaches eign players and we expect some try, a Qatar Olympic Committee communities in Qatar. We know is staged here,” he said. tions with various stakehold- are also being roped in for the 25 to sign for the league and out of (QOC) official said yesterday. Qatar aspires to host and pro- “Pakistan (cricket authorities) ers, the PSL Governing Council first edition of the PSL. Sethi these 15 will be world class play- Pakistan yesterday announced mote every sport. want to bring PSL here and we has decided to lock Doha as also informed the press about the ers,” Sethi said. it will host it’s Twenty20 league “We are steadily progressing are ready to provide them both its preferred location for the interest of potential commercial Four West Indians and two in Doha next year. towards hosting the 2022 FIFA of our stadiums. We have one tournament. stakeholders in the league. players each from Sri Lanka, “This is a very important devel- World Cup. Before we do that, we venue in Mesaeeid also. And The 5-team tournament will “I can confirm that a number Bangladesh, Australia, New opment. I am sure when we stage will continue to bring top class then we have the main stadium take place in February next year of parties are currently talking to Zealand, England and South the Pakistan Super League, the sports events to Qatar. in Industrial Area. It needs a few with a total of 24 matches sched- us and are interested in picking Africa were amongst the targeted popularity of this event will over- “We want every sport getting upgrades but we will easily man- uled to take place in the first up the franchises. Similarly, we names, Sethi said. all boost the development of the the right kind of boost in Qatar. age that,” he said. edition. have great interest being shown THE PENINSULA game in Qatar,” Issa Ali Ghanem PSL will provide a big boost to the THE PENINSULA

Qatar’s Femi Ogunode qualifies for 200m final

ABOVE: (FROM LEFT): Dominican Republic’s Yancarlos Martinez, USA’s Justin Gatlin, Qatar’s Femi Ogunode and Jamaica’s Julian Forte compete in a semi-final heat of the men’s 200m event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing yesterday. RIGHT: Gatlin and Ogunode congratulate each other after competing in the same semi-final heat. Nigerian-born Ogunode underlined his medal credentials as the Asian Games champion qualified fifth fastest in a national record 20.05 seconds yesterday. Ogunode will join sprint king Usain Bolt and American rival Gatlin who swept into the 200 metres final with consummate ease as they prepared to resume hostilities at the world championships today.