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20 commercial Fish prices hit streets in Doha to be built record high as DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning is expected to announce details of its 20 proposed commercial streets catch drops to be developed under Doha Municipality. The proposed streets would be exclusively dedicated to Market manipulation alleged shops and outlets, including eateries, supermarkets, bak- DOHA: Prices of popular vari- 25 percent (QR20 per kg). ery, pharmacies, among others. eties of fish, especially hamour, Another popular fish, kanaat, Hamad bin Khalid bin have gone through the roof this is available at just QR40 a kg in Khalifa Al Kubaisi, a Central summer. the Central Market, but is being Municipal Council (CMC) The prices of hamour, the most sold at QR70 per kg by retailers. member representing Madinat sought-after item by sea food lov- Customers wonder why prices Khalifa, told Al Sharq that he ers, have hit QR100 per kg in the are so high in retail market when had submitted a proposal to retail market, which according to there is no shortage in supplies the ministry to provide enough market sources is a record high. of most varieties of fish, and Palestinians flee their destroyed neighbourhood on a horse cart in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun number of commercial streets Due to poor catch, fish prices they are readily available in ade- yesterday. in his constituency, which always go up during summer. quate quantities in the wholesale badly needs a large number But this time, prices are phe- market. of shops and other small com- nomenally high. The prices of Some traders argue that the mercial establishments. hamour have never gone beyond hike in the prices is due to the Gaza truce extended by a day In his proposal, Al Kubaisi the QR85-QR90 range, market decline in supplies of hamour due noted that at least three com- insiders told this daily yesterday. to low catchments (since the fish GAZA/CAIRO: Israel and source said in Jerusalem that “on Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, mercial avenues could be devel- According to the Ministry has a tendency to go deep down the Palestinians agreed yes- Egypt’s request the ceasefire shall a member of Prime Minister oped within his constituency. of Development Planning and into the water during summer terday to extend a Gaza truce be extended by 24 hours to allow Benjamin Netanyahu’s security Last December, the minis- Statistics, over 200,000 people, months). Those not able to afford by another 24 hours, minutes further negotiations”. cabinet, told Israel Radio. try had announced plans to including Qataris and expatriates, hamour at the prevailing prices before an Egyptian-brokered In Gaza a senior Palestinian The Palestinian Health develop several roads into com- are out of the country. It shows are compelled to buy substitutes ceasefire was set to expire, offi- official said agreement had been Ministry put the Gaza death toll mercial streets, in Doha and that the prices of fish have gone such as samman, safi, and zubaidi, cials on both sides said. reached on all but two points at 2,016 and said most were civil- the neighbouring Al Rayyan. up at a time when there is lower pushing the demand and prices of Agreement was reached as drafted by Egypt for a wider deal, ians in the small, densely popu- The CMC has for long been consumption. other varieties. gaps on key issues continued to including opening Gaza’s crossing lated coastal territory. Sixty-four demanding that the govern- Poor catch, coupled with alleged Given the skyrocketing dog efforts to achieve a long-term to allow a freer flow of goods, and Israeli soldiers and three civilians ment take measures to end market manipulation, are the prices, customers urge authori- deal between Israel and militant extending maritime limits in the in Israel have been killed. The the severe shortage of shops twin reasons cited by sources for ties, including the Consumer groups in the Gaza Strip, domi- Mediterranean Sea. United Nations said 425,000 peo- in several parts of various the high prices. The difference in Protection Department, to ensure nated by Hamas Islamists, which Issues still not agreed upon ple in the Gaza Strip have been municipalities. retail and wholesale prices ranges effective monitoring of fish prices. would allow reconstruction aid to include Hamas’s demands to open displaced by the conflict. Shop rents have for the between QR10 and QR20 per kg Some have raised concerns flow in after five weeks of fighting. a seaport and an airport, which Hamas seeks the construction past few years been increasing compared to the prices prevailing about the auctioning of fish in The month-long war ended in Israel has said it would only dis- of a Gaza sea port and the reo- manifold due to the shortage in the Central Market (Qatar’s the Central Market being alleg- effect more than a week ago when cuss at a later stage, in addition to pening of an airport destroyed in of sufficient commercial space. wholesale market), a local Arabic edly influenced by some middle- Egypt brokered a three-day truce, freeing Palestinian prisoners held previous conflicts, as part of any In certain areas, rentals daily said. men and big traders. which it then won agreement by Israel and Hamas handing over enduring halt to violence. Livni have gone up six to seven times For example, hamour, whose Traders argue that with the to extend by another five days remains of two Israeli soldiers said such issues should be dealt in the past few years, accord- prices during normal seasons fluc- approaching summer, the sup- through 2100 GMT yesterday. killed in the war, a Palestinian with at a later stage. ing to traders. tuate in the range of QR40-QR65, ply of hamour and some other A Palestinian official close to official said. Israel has shown scant interest THE PENINSULA is available at QR80 a kg in the varieties of fish has declined and, the talks in Cairo said the lat- Israel made clear before the in making sweeping concessions, wholesale market. However, it therefore, prices of other varieties est extension would give both earlier truce lapsed that it would and has called for the disarming is being sold at QR100 at some have also gone up due to substi- sides time “to complete the continue to hold its fire as long of militant groups in the enclave retail outlets and hypermarkets, tution effect. THE PENINSULA negotiations”. as Palestinians did the same. “If of 1.8 million people. REUTERS meaning an additional profit of Continued on page 3 An Israeli official and a security they shoot at us, we will respond,” See also Page 4 Oman is free of Ebola: Ministry MUSCAT: Oman’s Heath Ministry said yesterday that Obama promises the sultanate is free of Ebola Ministry of Environment virus, which affected many ‘long-term’ West African countries, includ- detects 16 violations ing Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and strategy against IS Sierra Leone. DOHA: The law enforcement team at the Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al WASHINGTON: President Ministry of Environment has detected more Hosani, Undersecretary at the Barack Obama said yester- than 16 violations threatening the environ- ministry, said epidemic control day the US has embarked on ment of the country. measures at border checkpoints a long-term mission to defeat The violations include carrying hazardous were activated to limit access of the insurgents of the so-called materials without permission, and dumping waste the diseases especially through “Islamic State” fighting in Iraq. and polluted water in unauthorised places, Al Muscat International Airport. Ten days after ordering air Sharq reports. He said the departments con- strikes against the jihadist fight- The erring drivers and vehicles were seized cerned are maintaining com- ers, Obama warned that IS and handed over to police to take legal action munication with regional and remains a threat to Iraq and the against them. international organisations on wider region, telling Baghdad A ministry patrol also impounded a water the disease. “the wolf is at the door”. tanker for carrying diesel. He said necessary mechanisms “We will continue to pursue a The driver was handed over to the security had been developed to deal with long-term strategy to turn the agency to refer them to the public prosecution suspected cases and that the min- tide against ISIL by supporting for further legal action. istry is enhancing capabilities of the new Iraqi government and The ministry urged the people (citizens and health institutions to deal with working with key partners in the expatriates) to call hotline 998 to report any vio- the virus by raising awareness of region,” he said, using one of the lations of environment rules. medical teams. QNA group’s acronyms. Construction waste being dumped in an unauthorised place. THE PENINSULA See also page 6 Obama repeated his support for new premier-designate Haidar Al Abadi’s attempts to form a more inclusive government, but warned he must act quickly to undercut support for the radicals. “In order for them to be cred- Qatar most attractive job market in Mena region ible with the Iraqi people, they’re going to have to put behind some DOHA: Civil engineers and junior exec- potential employer than any other business. up to between six and 10 positions, most of in the next quarter. Suhail Al Masri, Vice- of the old practices and actu- utives are in high demand in Qatar, The latest Middle East and North Africa which (45 percent) will be for junior execu- President of Sales, Bayt.com, said: “Overall, ally create a credible united and some 62 percent of employers are Job Index Survey, by Bayt.com, the Middle tive roles. the region’s hiring outlook is looking quite government. expected to hire up to 10 employees over East’s No. 1 job site, and YouGov, a research More specifically, in the next three positive for the coming three and 12 “Our goal is to have effective the next three months, according to the and consulting organisation, reveals that months, Qatar companies will seek civil months. This will particularly be the case partners on the ground. And if latest Bayt.com and YouGov survey. 37 percent of companies in Qatar are defi- engineers (18 percent), secretaries (16 for multinationals, which could provide we have effective partners on the According to 52 percent of Qatar nitely hiring in the coming three months. percent), and receptionists, foremen and professional residents a foot in the door ground, mission creep is much respondents, Qatar is more attractive as In addition, nearly one-fourth of the mechanical engineers (all 15 percent). for some of the world’s largest companies.” less likely,” promising a joint a job market than any other country in companies claim they will probably be hir- Across the Mena region, 62 percent of The most sought-after qualification “counter-terrorism” strategy the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) ing within the same time period. In a year’s companies are definitely or probably hiring among candidates in the region is business with Iraq and US allies. AFP region. time, 66 percent claim they will either ‘defi- in the next three months. Private multi- management at graduate or postgraduate See also page 5 Over 50 percent in Qatar also consider nitely’ or ‘probably’ be hiring. nationals are most likely to hire, with 41 level. THE PENINSULA their current industry more attractive as a Some 25 percent of firms will look to fill percent claiming to be ‘definitely’ hiring Continued on page 3 TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir holds talks Combined value of real estate transactions hits QR6.8bn in July with Ecuadorian DOHA: Qatar leads the real estate estate transactions and mortgages, despite and then in the third week (13-17) reached in a land lot, a loan, and a land lot and a growth among the six Gulf Cooperation the usual stagnation that accompanies the QR1.31bn, while the fourth and last week of loan and a residential product. President, UK PM Council (GCC) States. Qatar’s combined summer holiday, annual leave season and June (20-24) had a major rise in transac- The report said that according to a value of transactions and mortgages dur- Ramadan, pointing out that the Qatari real tions with a value of QR2.76bn. recent study, real estate projects to be com- DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh ing July 2014 reached QR6.8bn ($1.87bn), estate sector spearheaded the growth in Ezdan’s report also noted that the real pleted in the UAE during the current year Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani witnessing a 24 percent rise compared to the GCC markets. estate sector in Qatar will experience more amounted to about UED130.4bn ($35.54bn), yesterday held telephone talks QR5.5bn ($1.51bn) in June 2013, accord- The monthly report predicted the GCC growth in the coming months especially by compared to UED104.7bn ($28.54bn) dur- with the Ecuadorian President, ing to Ezdan Holding Group’s monthly real estate sector to grow even further dur- the time of the implementation of major ing 2013. Rafael Correa Delgado, on report. ing the coming months of this year with the projects related to the 2022 Fifa World According to the study, residential regional and international However, transactions value has regis- implementation of more projects. Cup, which will certainly have a tremen- projects come to the forefront of the devel- issues, especially the situation tered a record rise of 70 percent this July The report stated, according to the Real dous positive impact on the construction opments to be completed in the UAE dur- in the Gaza Strip. if compared to the previous month (June) Estate Registration Department’s weekly activities in the state. ing 2014, as real estate companies there are Relations between both coun- when it stood at QR4bn. bulletins, that the value of the transac- The monthly report stated that the real currently implementing residential projects tries and ways of enhancing them In the report about real estate markets tions of the first week of July (from June estate sector in Saudi Arabia is witnessed worth UED90.6bn. The residential sector were also reviewed. in the GCC, Ezdan Holding Group said that 29 to July 3, 2014) reached QR914.7m, while positive activity during the month of July accounted for about 69 percent of the total The Emir also held telephone the sector witnessed a positive performance transactions achieved about QR1.86bn in especially that the state is soon to be dis- value of projects completed during the cur- talks with the British Prime during the month of July concerning real the second week (from July 6-10, 2014), tributing its products to Saudis represented rent year. THE PENINSULA Minister, David Cameron, on lat- est developments in Palestine, including Gaza, and relations between Qatar and the UK. QM culture pass offers great prizes International Youth Day marked DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) launched its new membership programme in partnership with Ministry of Youth & Sports, QRC volunteers, Ladies Forum attend workshop Vodafone Qatar in May and this month offers new members the DOHA: In celebration of Dr Al Madadi commended the chance to win over QR1,500 International Youth Day, Qatar workshop and the interactive worth of MIA gift shop items. Red Crescent (QRC) organised attendance, thanking the organ- Families and individuals are a women-only workshop under izers for inviting her and for the encouraged to sign up for free the theme ‘‘Youth’s Role in well-organized event. membership before August 28 to Humanitarian Organizations,’ “Presenting personal expe- be included in the competition to attended by representatives of riences gives life examples for win the luxury gift package. The QRC volunteers, QRC Ladies volunteers and encourages the competition is open to residents. Forum, and the Ministry of youth to be more socially active. The Culture Pass programme has Youth and Sports. The feedback from youth engage- attracted thousands of new mem- Hosted by Grand Heritage ments in humanitarian events bers who are enjoying benefits. Doha Hotel with 45 participants, and projects was excellent, as in The Head of membership, Travers the workshop discussed signifi- the nationally and internationally Lee, said, “Since the launch we’ve cant topics, including: The current welcomed Disaster Management seen many members receive dis- role of the youth in humanitarian Camp. “There were constructive counts at the museum gift shops, organizations, suggestions and proposals to focus on the coming IDAM restaurant and cafe. We ideas for better youth participa- generation, by promoting com- have also had overwhelming reg- Participants attending the workshop. tion in charitable action, personal munity participation at schools istrations for our educational and community barriers to vol- and youth centres, inspiring workshops.” unteering and the role of institu- Chairwoman of Qatar Centre Several challenges to volun- After the gathering, Al Kuwari the youth to take action, creat- All new members of Culture tions in this respect, ways to raise for Voluntary Activities, gave an teerism were highlighted, such said, “We in Qatar enjoy great ing a big humanitarian goal for Pass will occasionally be invited awareness of social responsibility overview on the Center’s activities as the lack of a distinct platform advantages that made it a coun- them to pursue, and spreading to attend exclusive, VIP exhibi- as due among nationals and resi- and belief in the role played by the that publicizes voluntary activities try of the youth, in its leadership, social responsibility particularly tion openings and private tours of dents, and a girl-oriented survey youth in achieving Qatar National in Qatar, as well as inadequate vision, and attention to that seg- through parenting. QM museums and galleries, and on volunteering and its areas and Vision 2030. education of parents about the ment, which stands as the pillar The workshop came up with will receive 15 percent off at QM challenges. The floor was then given to Dr importance of engaging children of the present and future of our some viable ideas for more effec- food and beverage outlets, 10 per- On behalf of QRC Secretary- Haya Al Madadi, the workshop’s and young people in voluntary nation. State institutions work tive youth engagement. The cent off at selected QM gift shops General, Saleh bin Ali Al moderator and representative activities. not only for the youth, but also group discussed the slogan of the when they spend over QR200 and Mohannadi, the session was of the ministry, who introduced Mounira Mohamed, a guest, with them, in line with their International Youth Day, ‘Say No 10 percent discount on venue hire opened by Najat Al Haidous, Head herself, welcomed the guests, and emphasized the fact that volun- ambitions and preferences. Qatar to Drugs, Say No to Smoking,’ at premium spaces across Qatar. of QRC Volunteers Division, who initiated the discussions. tary projects and popular ini- always pins her greatest hopes on which addresses mental and psy- To enter the competition, sign delivered a keynote speech on Kulthum Al Kaabi, from tiatives are poorly marketed, its youth in all fields.” chological health. They also dis- up as a new QM Culture Pass the history of volunteering at the Tomouh Initiative, described attributing this to insufficient She revealed a new project to cussed how the youth can gain member at qm.org.qa/culturepass organization. her volunteering experience and training, low self-confidence, and establish a Qatari volunteer data- self-acceptance through helping Any questions can be answered Noura Al Dossari, Chairwoman the projects undertaken by the acceptability concerns among base, with an up-to-date network others and making them happy, at Culture Pass’ call centre part- of QRC Ladies Forum, also talked group. Nouf Al Merri, from Sanad the leaders of those initiatives. covering the voluntary activities whether in terms of the reward- nered with Vodafone Qatar, open about the integration of state and Initiative, talked about her his- She asserted that any initiative of all government and non-gov- ing emotional effects of being daily from 8am to 8pm, contact private efforts to develop and tory with volunteering and how member promotes his group will ernmental organizations. This helpful or in terms of the spir- the free number 8000011. help the youth actualize their it is important to start devel- himself be a winner, as it will be database will help the youth find itual satisfaction resulting from own volunteering, charitable, and oping a sense of responsibility recognized as a personal suc- any information they want online benevolence as urged by the Orientation for humanitarian initiatives. towards society and the nation cess and an indirect but positive to make use of any possible volun- Islamic religion. Aisha bint Jassim Al Kuwari, from childhood. advertising of his own abilities. teering opportunities. THE PENINSULA new QU students

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) will hold an orientation programme for new students between September 7 and 11. Nato’s Operations Section Two new diversions on streets New students’ orientation is a mandatory event which aims at acquainting and familiarising new foundation and undergradu- Head to address maritime leading to Markhiya Roundabout ate students with opportunities QU offers. DOHA: With the start of a new Students who fail to attend security forum in Doha phase of the conversion of Al orientation will not be able to Markhiya Roundabout to a sig- register or attend the fall 2014 DOHA: QMARSEC 2014, nalised intersection, the Public semester classes and will need Qatar’s largest maritime secu- Works Authority — Ashghal — to re-apply for spring 2015 rity conference, will focus on announced two new road diver- admission. Maritime Domain Awareness - sions on the streets leading to Orientation will be conducted the Steps to Maritime Security. Al Markhiya Roundabout. in the College of Business and This year the QMARSEC The first diversion will be on Economics Building. Committee is proud to announce Street 245 (known as Arab League that Michel Soula, Head of Nato’s Street) in both directions lead- Joyalukkas now Operations Section, will speak to ing to Al Markhiya Roundabout conference delegates. starting from Monday August Nojoom partner Soula is currently in charge of 18th, 2014 and for only three days. all Nato operations worldwide, Once the first diversion is over, DOHA: Ooredoo has announced excluding Afghanistan. a second diversion will start on Joyalukkas Jewellery as the He has been directly involved Jassim bin Hamad Street south of first jewellery retailer to join with assisting in various inter- Al Markhiya Roundabout starting its expanding Nojoom partner national crises and is an instru- from the end of this week and for network. mental part of maritime security only three days as shown on the Members can earn and redeem operations, including operations attached map. points at either of Joyalukkas in Kosovo and Libya. During the first diversion, retail outlets in Qatar as part “Maritime security is an issue road users coming from the TV of the multiple award-winning Michel Soula, Head of Nato’s of high priority to Nato. We value Roundabout and heading to Dahl Nojoom Loyalty Programme. opportunities to exchange views Operations Section Al Hamam Intersection can Members can earn 1 Nojoom on emerging threats facing the take a right turn at Al Majalis Point for every QR8 spent on gold civilian and military maritime QMARSEC, said, “This is a very Street to reach Street 245. While jewellery or QR3 on diamond jew- communities in the region,” unique opportunity for delegates road users coming from Street ellery. They can also earn double explains Soula. attending QMARSEC to learn 245 and heading towards Al points until November 18. Next year, Qatar will host the valuable insights from current Gharrafa Interchange (Known To earn points, members should Nato General Conference in 2015. operators in this maritime space as Immigration Interchange) inform any of the Joyalukkas sales It will be the first time the and recognize the important con- can take a right turn at Wadi Al personnel that he is a Nojoom Nato conference has been held tributions made by Qatar and the Wajba Street to reach Khalifa member. A copy of member’s in the Middle East. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Street. QID will be requested. Member Staff Brigadier (Pilot) as a whole to maritime security During this diversion only, road has up to one month from the Mohammed A Al Mannai, in the region.” users coming from Al Gharrafa 245. This is in addition to Jasim Bin date of purchase to claim points Director, Qatar National Security The annual conference is the Interchange can take a right turn The road diversion is to facili- Hamad Street which will also if QID is not available on the day Shield Project, said, “QMARSEC largest of its kind for Qatar and directly to Street 245. While in tate the works on converting involve four lanes in each direc- of purchase. Points will be added 2014 will be a valuable platform is hosted by the Qatar National the second diversion, road users Al Markhiya Roundabout to a tion, in addition to three lanes to members’ account the following to learn more about maritime Security Shield (NSS) project coming from Jassim bin Hamad signal-controlled intersection, to turn left and one lane to turn month. Points can be redeemed domain awareness, offshore and officially supported by the Street and heading towards which started on Thursday 15th right. Ashghal will install road for vouchers to be used at either patrol vehicles and unmanned Qatar Ministry of Interior and Khalifa Street can take a right of May, 2014 and is expected to signs to advice motorists of the of Joyalukkas outlets by visiting systems roles in maritime the Qatar Armed Forces. turn to Al Wabra Street and then last until October of this year. The diversion. the Nojoom pages on Ooredoo’s security.” The QMARSEC 2014 a left to Yanbu Street to reach new intersection will involve four The Authority also requests all website or downloading the Matthew Cochran, Chairman Conference will take place on Khalifa Street. Road users com- lanes in each direction on Khalifa road users to abide by the speed Ooredoo App. For details, please of the Defence Services October 14 and 15 at Ritz Carlton ing from TV Roundabout will also Street, in addition to three lanes limits, and follow the road signs visit Nojoom pages on Ooredoo’s Marketing Council (DSMC), Hotel. be able during this diversion only to turn left and one lane to turn to ensure their safety. website at www.ooredoo.qa which officially organizes THE PENINSULA to take a right directly to Street right. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA HOME TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QC implements second phase Innovators invited to display projects at WISH Summit 2015

DOHA: The World Innovation the curation team of Tim Brown of of Gaza hospitals project Summit for Health (WISH) has global ideas consultancy IDEO, and announced its first ‘Innovation Bright Simons, President of mPedi- Showcases’ competition, giving gree Network and social innovator Emergency medical relief delivered to authorities healthcare innovators the chance and entrepreneur. to demonstrate their work in front Professor Lord Darzi of Denham, DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) of more than 1,000 global experts said: “The Innovation Showcases has implemented the second and decision-makers at the next are a fantastic example of how we phase of a QR1.3m project for Summit taking place on February capture and disseminate informa- hospitals in the Gaza Strip. 17-18 next year. tion about valuable but previously The project involves the ‘Innovation Showcase’ pods were underexposed innovations, and were supply of medical items to introduced at the inaugural Summit undoubtedly one of the most popular Palestinian Health Ministry in December 2013 to provide a features of the inaugural Summit. By warehouses in the Gaza Strip dedicated space where delegates opening up the application process where they will be distributed to could meet promising innovators this year, we want to inspire grass- Gaza hospitals in order to meet and experience their projects first- roots innovators, invite them into the acute shortages. hand. This year, WISH has opened our global community, and give them The hospitals are under con- the Innovation Showcase selection the unique chance to attract support siderable strain with over ten process in order to highlight innova- and investment from the individu- thousand wounded people in tions in a range of fields that have als and organizations that are in a need of treatment as a result of the potential to help transform position to help them make a real the recent aggression. healthcare worldwide. difference to the lives of millions of The latest report issued by To be considered, innovators people.” the Ministry of Health at the with fully developed projects are The competition closes on end of July 2014 suggested that invited to submit a two-minute October 31. To submit an applica- the hospitals are lacking 136 video explaining the benefits of their tion or find out more about the varieties of medicines, while product, service or digital solution. competition, entrants should visit less than three months’ worth While projects in any field relevant the website at: http://www.wish. of 76 varieties are available. to healthcare innovation are eli- org.qa/2015-summit/innovation- Four hundred and eighty five gible, the 2015 Summit will focus showcases/. Qatar Foundation has varieties of medical disposables on the seven specific challenges of: established WISH to ensure impact- are unavailable and 75 varieties Communicating Complex Health ful outcomes in healthcare innova- are present in an amount that Qatar Charity volunteers unloading medical supplies in Gaza. Messages; Delivering Affordable tion in Qatar, regionally, and globally. will last only between a month Cancer Care; Dementia; Diabetes; Through WISH, Qatar Foundation to three months. Thus, the ratio Mousa. comes as part of the total Mohammed Al Kashif, thanked Patient Safety; Universal Health is supporting the nation in estab- of deficit in the medicines is 28 “Qatar Charity has been emergency relief aid that was QC and the Qatar government Coverage; and Mental Wellbeing in lishing healthcare initiatives for the percent and rises up to 54 per- a pioneer in responding to introduced during the period and people for their continued Children and Young People. benefit of the globe while remain- cent in medical disposables. the relief and humanitarian of aggression and amounted to support for the Gaza Strip and Winners will be selected by ing closely aligned to the vision of “Through its Gaza Strip duty in providing relief to the QR7m. its health institutions at this Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, its office, Qatar Charity has begun Palestinian people, working to Mousa expressed his deep difficult time. Executive Chair of WISH, along with Chairperson. QNA the delivery of the second batch stock the medical stores from thanks and appreciation to all QC has also distributed of emergency medical relief that the beginning of the second those who had donated to QC. QR2.555m to 3,500 government included 13 varieties of medi- week of the aggression on the The departments of the employees working in 25 munic- cines to the Ministry of Health Gaza Strip at a cost of around Ministry of Health, especially ipalities of the Gaza Strip in col- at a cost of around QR1.3m,” QR500,000,” Mousa noted. the General Directorate of laboration with the Ministry of Qatar National Library said director of the Gaza Office Mousa revealed that QC will Pharmacy and the General Local Government and mayors, and Deputy Executive Director continue to provide aid for the Directorate of International providing a one off payment of for International Development benefit of hospitals in the Gaza Cooperation, represented by QR730 to each employee. and Relief Ibrahim Zainal Strip, noting that this donation Dr. Ashraf Abu Mahadi and Dr. THE PENINSULA unveils online databases

DOHA: Qatar National Library publications. This provides readers (QNL), a member of Qatar with the opportunity to navigate and Foundation for Education, Science access thousands of electronic publi- Qatar Airways to and Community Development cations from the Arab world’s lead- (QF), has recently introduced new ing universities, research centres and online databases that enrich its scientific societies. add three weekly vast online resources and offer the Another leading resource is nation access to high-quality refer- ‘E-Marefa’ which is an Arabic lan- flights to Istanbul ence material on an unprecedented guage database presenting over 1,000 DOHA: Qatar Airways is level. scholarly journals from the MENA responding to the increased One of the new databases comes region. Subjects covered include demand for its services to from the ‘Royal Society of Chemistry’, human sciences (literature, history, Istanbul by announcing an which provides access to journals education, arts, and languages) and addition of three weekly flights in multidisciplinary fields includ- social sciences (politics, sociology, and to Istanbul Sabiha Gkçen ing biology, biophysics, energy and law) as well as medical and health, Airport making the route daily, environment, engineering, materials, business and economics, engineering, commencing on October 26, medicine and physics, in addition to IT, and the natural and life sciences. 2014. its core subject of chemical science. In addition to its electronic The non-stop four-flights- Elsewhere the ‘Emerald Insight resources, Qatar National Library is a-week service from Doha to eJournal Collection’ includes journals planning to provide 350,000 copies Istanbul Sabiha Gkçen Airport and books on a range of subject areas of periodicals, newspapers and many was initially launched on May including accounting and finance, special collections when doors open 22nd this year, marking Qatar economics, management, market- to its state-of the-art new building, Airways’ expansion to its third Blaze members performing a s treet dance as part of many shows of the Qatar Summer Festival at Doha ing, education, information studies, and up to 1.2 million printed books. route in Turkey. Exhibition Centre yesterday. BAHER AMIN engineering, sociology, and tourism Furthermore, space for individual The airline currently oper- and hospitality. and collective learning, a children’s ates to three destinations in Another resource that many section, 300 computers for the use of Turkey - Istanbul Sabiha Gkçen users will find invaluable is ‘OECD the public, facilities for the produc- Airport (four-weekly-flights), Blaze debut show wows fans as iLibrary’, the online library of tion of digital multimedia, and a cafe Istanbul Ataturk Airport the Organization for Economic will all be offered within the library’s (10-flights-a-week) and Ankara Cooperation and Development. In building. There will also be a centre (four-weekly-flights). part of Qatar Summer Festival this offering, the OECD presents for assistive technology, and a centre With the additional flights eBooks, chapters, articles and papers, for writing and education. from Doha to Istanbul Sabiha as well as data and statistics going Qatar National Library is cur- BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Gkçen Airport on October 26, J Horsburgh, dance captain and Russia, Germany, France, the back to the 1960s covering over 80 rently offering free online access to the number of flights to Istanbul choreographer, told the local UK, Italy, Thailand, and the countries. Its information will be use- a vast collection of online resources rises from 14 to 17 frequencies DOHA: After enthral- media after their first perform- Netherlands among others with ful for a wide range of users includ- including the latest bestsellers, clas- each week. ling over 300,000 people ance yesterday. a spectacular show which com- ing staff and students at universities, sical works, concerts, top academic Qatar Airways Group Chief around the world, acclaimed The mixed audience clapped bines performance, talent and researchers and business people. journals and documentaries. Executive Officer, Akbar Al Baker, street dance sensation Blaze and cheered to the body- visual feast through projections. Of course, it goes without saying Anyone who lives in Qatar and has said: “Qatar Airways passengers impressed Qatar’s crowd with popping highly electric dance “If you come to see Blaze that QNL not only provides access a valid Qatari ID/Residence Permit looking to travel to Istanbul will a mishmash of hip hop, break moves of the group composed of you expect a big fun night out to English language material but also is eligible for free library registra- have even more choice with fur- dancing and krumping during some of the best dancers from with some incredible talent and leading Arabic resources. ‘Al Manhal’ tion. To register, please visit www. ther convenience and flexibility to their Doha debut yesterday at around the world. some very impressive visuals. is a database that offers QNL users qnl.qa and to access the complete their travel plans. the Doha Exhibition Centre. The group comprises 12 The show has some of the best the chance to access electronic con- list of online resources, please visit “The extra flights will also be a A part of the Qatar Summer dancers, three break danc- dancers in the world and pro- tent, and full-text searchable elec- http://www.qnl.qa/find-answers/ great boost for the travelling pub- Festival, Blaze is staging three ers and an emcee all working jection mapping, incredible set, tronic databases of peer-reviewed online-resources. lic from Istanbul to cities around performances every day until together to give the crowd an and some of the greatest hits,” and copyright protected Arabic THE PENINSULA the world.” tomorrow. The 20-minute per- amazing show. she added. Turkey’s tourism industry has formances are free and are “It’s a very international During their non-stop per- experienced a recent upward scheduled at 5pm, 7pm and show and has an international formance, the group also surge and Istanbul is growing 9pm daily. cast as well, which is beautiful. encouraged audience participa- commercially serving as a vital Fresh from its performance We have people from America, tion resulting to a show oozing connecting hub between Asia and in Bahrain, the group is in Holland, Brazil, Germany and with high energy and positive Engineering most desirable Europe. Qatar for the first time for the Luxembourg who have very dif- vibe. Now, passengers to and from festival and is likely to have a ferent background and training. “Blaze is a highly energetic Istanbul will have better connec- comeback performance in the The show is partly choreo- show that we expect will draw qualification in Qatar tions across a number of routes near future. graphed and party freestyle as in many observers as it is suit- in the airline’s extensive network “This is our first time in well, so you see the individual able for people of all ages and Continued from page 1 of global destinations including Qatar. After Qatar we’ll take flavour of the members,” said is extremely young-spirited In Qatar, the most desirable qualification is engineering (34 percent), fol- popular destinations such as the a short break and then we’ve Horsburgh. and fun,” said Mashal Shahbik, lowed by business management (23 percent) and commerce (20 percent). UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bangkok, got projections to go to Asia and For the past four years, Blaze Eid In Qatar & Qatar Summer Employers in Qatar are looking for candidates who have good communi- the Maldives, Bali, Singapore, America and hopefully back to has been travelling around Festival Project Manager. cation skills in Arabic and English (56 percent), who are team players (48 Melbourne and Hong Kong. Qatar with a full show,” Kendra the world including Australia, THE PENINSULA percent), and have good leadership skills (48 percent). The Doha – Istanbul Sabiha In terms of experience, employers in Qatar prefer candidates who have the Gkçen Airport ability to manage a team (33 percent), who have mid-level experience (32 Three additional weekly flights percent), or who have worked in engineering firms (32 percent). from October 26 (all times local): Qatar respondents believe that the most attractive industries in the country, Wednesdays, Fridays and Traders reject price manipulation claims those that are retaining the top talent, are construction (59 percent), bank- Sundays ing and finance (27 percent), and oil, gas and petrochemicals (44 percent). Departs Doha QR243 Continued from page 1 traders, with the connivance of middlemen and Sundip Chahal, CEO, YouGov MENA, said: “By monitoring the trends for the at 1410 hrs, arrives in Sabiha air- Traders at Central Market say they are work- others, are working to influence the auctioning most desirable job roles – such as accounts, sales and project managers and HR port at 1735 hrs ing on marginal profit which is sufficient enough of fish and prices. professionals in the Mena region, job-seekers can hone their talents in these Departs Sabiha Airport to recover the wages of workers, rentals of shops However, traders rubbished such allegations areas to improve their chances of employment.” Results are reported on a base QR244 at 1835 hrs, arrives in and electricity and water bills. and said the auctioning of fish takes place under of 2,279 respondents, of whom 2,001 were of working status. Countries that par- Doha at 2330 hrs In contrast, many fishermen have expressed the close watch of authorities so there is no pos- ticipated were the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, THE PENINSULA apprehension and complain that some big sibility of price manipulation. THE PENINSULA Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Sultan Qaboos Gaza faces years of misery: UN in Germany for Estimates suggest it could cost up to $10bn to rebuild homes, roads and bridges medical tests MUSCAT: Oman’s 73-year-old GAZA: Unless negotiations to ruler H M Sultan Qaboos bin end the Gaza war succeed in Said is in Germany where he lifting a blockade of the terri- has undergone medical tests tory, Gazans will not see any but is in good health, the royal improvement in their lives for court said yesterday. at least another 15 years, the A diplomatic source in Muscat head of a UN relief agency said confirmed to AFP reports that yesterday. Qaboos was suffering from “colon Israeli and Palestinian nego- cancer”. In a statement carried by tiators are in Egypt trying to the official ONA news agency, the secure a permanent ceasefire royal court said that Qaboos would after a month of fierce fighting be undertaking further tests but in the Gaza Strip destroyed whole did not specify what they are for. neighbourhoods and forced hun- “The Diwan of Royal Court is dreds of thousands of people to honoured to reassure the loyal flee their homes. citizens of Oman that His Majesty One of the core demands of Sultan Qaboos is in sound health the Islamist group Hamas, which after conducting medical tests, controls Gaza, is the end to a which will continue over the com- long-running, Israeli-Egyptian ing period in accordance with a blockade of the enclave that has specific medical programme,” said stymied the economy and slowed the statement. or prevented the import of even It went on to say that Qaboos basic building materials. “is spending his annual leave at “The question will be, is it a his residence in Germany from ceasefire that brings us simply where he runs his country’s back to the pre-existing condi- affairs... until such a time that tion under the blockade?” Pierre he returns to his dear homeland”. Krahenbuhl, the head of the Authorities have said that United Nations Relief and Works Qaboos travelled to Germany on Agency (UNRWA), said in an July 9 on a “private visit” and interview. for “medical tests”. A diplomatic “If that is the case, it will source said that the Sultan has a take years and years and years residence in the Munich region. to rebuild,” he said, emphasising In November, Qaboos is due to the length of time it takes to get mark the 44th anniversary of his building materials, construction reign and his birthday. equipment and other goods across In October 2011, Qaboos, who the Israeli and Egyptian borders has no children or brothers, into the territory. A Palestinian boy walks past the destroyed and deserted terminal of the Gaza Strip’s former international airport in Rafah yesterday. amended the process of choos- “With the extent of destruc- ing his successor, by appointing tion that has taken place, you years or more,” unless the pace of Cairo also want Israel to allow Israeli soldiers and three civil- opening up,” then Gaza would be five top officials to a council that cannot really imagine that we importing goods changes. the construction of a sea- ians in Israel. consigned to “incredible difficul- would be involved in confirming would achieve anything before 15 Palestinian negotiators in port and the reconstruction of Beyond the loss of life, major ties” he said. the new sultan to overcome any Gaza’s airport — Yasser Arafat elements of Gaza’s infrastruc- UNRWA has been working in possible royal family dispute. His International — which was ture have been crippled, includ- the region since 1949, originally closest relatives are cousins. AFP Army razes Hebron homes of bombed by Israel at the start of ing its only power station, its helping refugees from the war a Palestinian uprising in 2001. water treatment centre and that ensued from Israel’s founding Israeli and Egyptian officials agricultural lands. in 1948. One of its main responsi- Kuwait briefly suspected teen kidnappers have indicated a willingness to Some estimates suggest it could bilities now is running schools and loosen the blockade as long as the cost up to $10bn to rebuild all the clinics throughout Gaza. detains cleric JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said yesterday that it had Palestinian Authority — overseen homes, roads, bridges and other During the war, half a dozen destroyed the homes of two of three Palestinians suspected of by the Western-backed President infrastructure that has been of its schools were hit by Israeli KUWAIT: Kuwait briefly involvement in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teen- Mahmoud Abbas — takes over wrecked. artillery, killing at least 25 people detained a prominent Sunni agers in June. administration of the borders Krahenbuhl said it was clearly sheltering there. Muslim cleric less than two Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach disappeared from from Hamas. in the billions, but said his first Militant rockets were also weeks after the United States a hitchhiking stop in the southern West Bank on June 12 and their But Israel is cautious about any priority was taking care of the found hidden in three of its empty included him on a sanctions list bodies were found June 30, with Israel blaming Hamas militants. wholesale lifting of border restric- displaced, with an estimated schools. Eleven UNRWA staff on suspicion he was funneling The incident triggered a series of events which led to the currently tions. Many building materials 425,000 of Gaza’s 1.8 million peo- were killed in the conflict. money to militants in Iraq and bloody standoff in Gaza where Israel and Hamas have been locked that entered Gaza in recent years ple without a home and in need Krahenbuhl condemned armed Syria, his lawyer said yesterday. in a violent confrontation for more than a month. were used by Hamas to build rein- of shelter and other aid. groups for hiding weapons in the Shafi Al Ajmi, who was Israel has named three Palestinians from the southern city of forced tunnels that militants then While UNRWA could provide schools, saying it was damaging to detained on Sunday on the border Hebron as being behind the abduction — Hossam Qawasmeh, who used to attack Israel. emergency assistance, bold steps UNRWA’s ability to be seen as a with Saudi Arabia while return- was arrested in July, and Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Eisha Israel also wants the demilita- were needed if the territory is neutral actor. He was also critical ing home from a pilgrimage, was — both of whom are still at large. risation of Gaza, a move backed by to be able to stand on its own of Israel for failing to learn les- released after four hours of ques- “Overnight, as part of the ongoing mission to combat terror in the European Union and others feet, he said. “There is no actor sons from a 2008-9 conflict, when tioning, his lawyer said. “He was the region, security personnel demolished the residences of Hossam but one that Hamas has said it is who can resolve this alone if we UNRWA schools were also hit by released without any charges,” the Qawasmeh, and Amer Abu Eisha, and sealed off the residence of not prepared to take. go back to the pre-existing con- Israeli shelling. lawyer, Mohammed Al Jumia, told Marwan Qawasmeh in Hebron,” an army statement said. ditions under occupation and “On those cases where we saw Reuters. “He is now at home.” The homes of Marwan Qawasmeh and Abu Eisha had been par- BILLIONS OF DOLLARS blockade,” said Krahenbuhl, a irrefutable evidence that Israeli Jumia said he planned to file a tially destroyed by the army on July 1, a day after the teens’ bodies The month-long war — the Swiss national. shells were involved we came lawsuit against the US Treasury to were found, Palestinian witnesses said at the time. most destructive since Israel “If this does not change, if that out publicly, we denounced it, we lift his client’s name from its black- At the scene, witnesses confirmed the demolition of two of the unilaterally withdrew from Gaza paradigm does not change, if attributed responsibility for it to list, but gave no further details. An houses and said a third had been sealed off with concrete. in 2005 — has left more than there is not something that brings Israel and we have asked for an Interior Ministry spokesman could AFP 2,000 Palestinians dead, most a new paradigm, a new deal, new investigation,” he said. not immediately be reached for of them civilians, as well as 64 hope for the people in terms of REUTERS comment. REUTERS Yemeni Houthis protest against fuel reform

SANA’A: Tens of thousands of Yemenis converged here yesterday in a demonstra- tion organised by the Shia Houthi move- ment, demanding the government rescind a decision to curb fuel subsidies and call- ing on the administration to resign. The three-hour demonstration, mostly by Shias, was the latest escalation by the Houthis, whose fighters have repeatedly fought government forces since 2004. They have been trying to tighten their grip on the north as the majority Sunni country moves towards a federal system that will devolve more power to regions. The unrest is yet another challenge to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The demonstrators in central Sanaa chanted slogans calling for the fall of Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa’s administration and waved posters accusing the government of corruption and describ- ing the law to remove fuel subsidies as “a deadly dose for the people”. Security forces did not try to stop the protesters. Houthi tribal leader Abdul Malek Al Houthi called for the demonstra- tion in a speech broadcast late on Sunday Yemeni supporters of the Shia Houthi group march during a demonstration against the government on his television station. “If the authorities and against a petrol tax increase in Sana’a yesterday. do not heed our demands until Friday, there are a number of legitimate pressure tactics,” Yemenis are unhappy about the govern- “In the end, the Houthis want a new gov- Houthi said, without elaborating about what ment’s decision to raise fuel prices in late ernment that they can join,” said Ali Saif they might be. July to cut energy subsidies to ease the bur- Hassan, an analyst at a local non-govern- “We seriously warn against any aggres- den on its budget deficit. The government mental organisation. The Houthis are not sion on our revolutionary Yemeni sons and spent about $3bn on subsidies last year, represented in Basindwa’s national unity we affirm that we will not be idle towards nearly a third of state revenue. government, which was formed in 2011 any crime committed against our people,” A previous attempt by the government to after long-serving President Ali Abdullah he said. cut subsidies in 2005 led to unrest that left Saleh stepped down under pressure from Government officials could not imme- some 20 people dead and over 200 wounded. demonstrators demanding democratic and diately be reached for a comment on the The reform was cancelled. Some analysts economic reforms. President Hadi has demands. After three hours, the protesters said the Houthis were using the popular fuel promised a more inclusive government after withdrew to set up a camp on the outskirts subsidies issue as an excuse to demonstrate a new constitution is passed later this year. of the capital. over their main goal, however. REUTERS TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Iran won’t sign Saudi prince robbed at gunpoint in Paris nuclear deal Heavily armed gunmen attack convoy, take away €250,000 and sensitive documents ‘at any price’

PARIS: French detectives are the péripherique ring road, the Ile-de-France region north-east well-informed, particularly of the One detective added: “If they TEHRAN: Iran is committed investigating whether a group attackers — who were travelling of Paris, along with one of the time the vehicles would be pass- were seeking sensitive informa- to securing a nuclear agree- of heavily armed gunmen who in two BMWs without number BMWs. Both vehicles were burnt ing,” he told French television. tion, the nature of the robbery ment with world powers but will attacked a convoy of vehicles plates — forced the Saudis’ cars out. Romain Nadal, spokesperson changes. We’re no longer faced not sign one “at any price”, its carrying a Saudi prince and his to stop, and went straight to one Some reports suggested the for the French foreign ministry, with organised bandits, but some- negotiators said yesterday, as a entourage in the north of Paris of the vehicles, a Mercedes people robbers were carrying handguns, called the attack unacceptable. thing more complicated.” key deadline for Tehran nears. wanted money or important carrier. others that they were armed with Police have not named the Saudi He said the first elements of Iran and the five permanent diplomatic documents. The robbers, said to number Kalashnikovs, but detectives said prince involved, and the Saudi the inquiry suggested the robbers members of the UN Security The attackers, who police said between five and eight, seized the no shots were fired and no one in embassy has declined to comment. were “quite expert … and aware of Council plus Germany — known were clearly well informed, struck Mercedes and its three occupants the convoy was hurt. Two €500 Nicolas Comte, secretary gen- what they would find by attacking as P5+1 — signed an interim deal on Sunday evening after the — as well as €250,000 and what notes, documents in Arabic and eral of the main police union, this one vehicle [the Mercedes] last November and are in discus- motorcade of a dozen vehicles left Le Parisien newspaper described some medical drugs were said to Unité-SGP, described the attack as and not the others”. The George sions to secure a more perma- the luxurious George V hotel on as sensitive documents. have been found near the wreckage. strange and unusual. He told AFP: V hotel from which the convoy nent accord. The target date for the Champs Elysées and headed Soon afterwards the rob- Rocco Contento, of the SGP “We have to establish whether it departed is owned by Prince Al a final deal has been put back to to Le Bourget airport, 15km north bers released the hostages and police union, said the documents was the money or documents that Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al November 24. of the French capital. abandoned the vehicle, which came from the Saudi embassy in were targeted. We also have to Saud. It is not known whether he “We are entering with goodwill As the convoy arrived at Porte was found an hour later in Paris. “It was clearly an ambush hope that the Saudi authorities will was in the convoy. into further negotiations with the de la Chapelle, which leads to Saint-Mesmes, a village in the by a commando group that was cooperate with the investigation.” THE GUARDIAN P5+1 group and we want to reach an agreement... but we are not willing to pay any price,” ISNA news agency quoted Majid Takht- Ravanchi, one of Iran’s main negotiators, as saying. “If the other side also show Fugitive Iraqi V-P goodwill we can reach an agree- ment by November 24,” he added. By August 25 Tehran must also respond to the International urges role for Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on decade-old allegations of past nuclear weapons research. By next Monday Tehran is to address claims made by the Saddam loyalists IAEA of the alleged use of what the Vienna-based watchdog ISTANBUL: Former dictator borders and severe interpretation calls “large-scale high explosives Saddam Hussein’s Baath party of Islam. experimentation”. must play a role if a political Hashemi said “de-Baathifica- “Negotiations will be held on solution is to be found in Iraq, tion” after the US-led invasion in the sidelines... and perhaps at the fugitive vice president Tarek Al 2003 which toppled Saddam had ministerial level, but first there Hashemi said yesterday, warn- caused Iraq to lose well-trained will be bilateral negotiations with ing that US air strikes would do professionals it now badly needed, the group P5+1 whose date and nothing to end the violence. and said it was vital they were place have not been fixed,” Abbas The Iraqi army has been try- brought into the political process. Araqchi, another Iranian negotia- ing to push back Sunni Muslim “They’re effective politically tor, said. insurgents from Islamic State and and even have armed groups on He added that the Iranian side other groups opposed to the Shia- the ground, they are very active,” was “serious” about securing an led government in Baghdad since he said of the banned former rul- agreement. “We are optimistic. they launched a lightning advance ing party. “There is only one way We must try to solve problems two months ago. to accommodate them, to invite Peshmerga fighters guard a position on the frontline of fighting with Islamic State militants, near Mosul, yesterday. with creative solutions.” “My country is on the brink of them to sit at the roundtable and AFP civil war and partition,” Hashemi, be a partner in the (revival) of the a Sunni sentenced to death in political process ... in laying down US sanctions senior IS member Egypt policeman 2012 after an Iraqi court convicted an agreeable vision for the future. him of running death squads, told They have to be a partner,” he said. Reuters in an interview here. Hashemi has long accused WASHINGTON: The US State Falaha. Also banned was Said Arif, anti-aircraft gun mounted on a killed in attack “The United States summarises former prime minister Nouri Al Department banned a senior an Algerian member of the rival truck, an “emplacement belt” for the whole dilemma into attacking Maliki of a witch-hunt against member of the Islamic State Nusra Front who escaped house homemade bombs, and at least CAIRO: A policeman was killed (Islamic State) only. This is not Sunni opponents. Maliki, a Shia, (IS) yesterday as the United arrest in France and was linked seven IS vehicles. Over the past 10 and another seriously wounded going to put an end to the Iraqi stepped down last week after crit- States sharply intensified its to a plot to bomb the Eiffel Tower. days, US warplanes have launched in northern Egypt yesterday issue,” he said, saying Shia militias icism that his sectarian policies new bombing campaign in Iraq. The designations, which fol- 68 air strikes. Central Command when gunmen in a parked car were also guilty of acts of terrorism. had encouraged some members The designation came as US lowed sanctions by the United said yesterday that 35 of them have fired at patrolling officers, a “They shouldn’t concentrate on of the Sunni minority to join the fighter jets, bombers and drones Nations Security Council on come “in support of Iraqi forces security official said. the Sunni extremists, they should Islamic State insurgency. yesterday launched 15 strikes the two IS and Nusra members near the Mosul Dam”. The two policemen were on take into consideration the Shia as Haider Al Abadi, a fellow Shia, against Isis positions around one and four others, do not explic- The State Department patrol in the Nile Delta prov- well. They are also terrorists, they has been appointed prime min- of Iraq’s most important pieces itly authorise military targeting described Adnani, the IS spokes- ince of Gharbiya when they are killing, they are displacing peo- ister-designate to try to form a of infrastructure, a third day of of the banned IS members. But man, as among “the first foreign approached a car parked at the ple and they are adopting the same government including leaders of support for a difficult effort by they come as the US military fighters to oppose Coalition forces side of a road, the official said. The (Islamic State) policy and strategy.” Iraq’s main minorities. Hashemi Iraqi forces to retake the Mosul sharply stepped up its air attacks in Iraq”. It said Arif had fled car’s occupants then opened fire Sunni groups including Baath welcomed Abadi’s appointment as Dam that has doubled the lethal on IS positions by a critical dam, house arrest in France last year on the officers before escaping. party loyalists initially rallied a “step in the right direction” but US strike total. a departure by degree from the to join an IS rival in Syria, the Jihadist groups have regu- behind Islamic State because of said it was not enough, calling on Now banned from any financial previous rounds of US air strikes. Al Qaida-aligned Nusra Front, larly launched attacks on police a shared hatred for the Shia- him to immediately halt military dealings in the United States or The US Central Command after Arif had been convicted and soldiers since the overthrow led government, but there have operations such as air strikes on with people in the United States announced that a mix of manned of involvement in a 2006 plot to of Islamist president Mohamed been growing signs of infighting Falluja, west of Baghdad, which he is the group’s spokesman, Abu and unmanned warplanes yes- assault French malls, police sta- Mursi in July last year by former and disagreement over the Al said were killing innocent Sunni Mohammed Al Adnani, a Syrian terday destroyed “nine IS fight- tions and the Eiffel Tower. army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Qaeda offshoot’s rejection of Iraq’s civilians. REUTERS whose given name is Taha Sobhi ing positions”, a checkpoint, an THE GUARDIAN now president of Egypt. AFP Strong quake Spying: Turkey summons German envoy hits west Iran, ANKARA: Turkey has summoned the the terrorist risk posed by the tensions on the German ambassador to demand a “formal and country’s borders with Syria and Iraq, as well satisfactory explanation” following reports as the activities of the Kurdish Workers party 250 injured that the country was spied on by Germany’s (PKK), which is classified as a terrorist organi- intelligence agency (BND). sation by the EU and US. TEHRAN: A strong 6.1 mag- German media reported at the weekend that “When you’ve got three million Turks living nitude earthquake struck the the BND had not only “accidentally” listened in Germany and there are Turkish organisations province of Ilam in western Iran in on phone calls made by the US secretary of in this country that are classified as terrorist yesterday, injuring at least 250 state, John Kerry, and his predecessor Hillary associations, then I think it is only common sense people and causing extensive Clinton in 2012 and 2013, but that it also — to do everything to find out how they are being damage to buildings, Iranian less accidentally – monitored the activities of supported from Turkey,” Andreas Schockenhoff, media said. Turkish politicians. According to news maga- a foreign policy expert for CDU, told Frankfurter The US Geological Survey, zine Der Spiegel, the Nato member has been Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. reporting the magnitude of the listed as a target for BND surveillance since SPD politician Rolf Mützenich said the spying quake at 6.3, said it struck 36km 2009. allegations had set back Turkish-German rela- southeast of the city of Abdanan, The revelations could prove much more dam- tions at a difficult time. “I generally consider near the border with Iraq. aging for relations with Turkey, a country for Nato members as partners”, he told Frankfurter According to state television, the which Germany has often worked as a channel Allgemeine Zeitung. “Why can’t we find out what quake occurred at 7:02am near to the EU. German politicians over the last we need to know about the PKK by talking to the town of Mour-Mouri. two days have tried to justify spying on Turkey representatives of the Turkish government?” “Fortunately there have been in spite of its Nato membership, pointing to THE GUARDIAN no reports of deaths so far but there have been injuries and a great deal of material damage,” a Red Cross official told the television. The chief of the crisis commit- Libyan general claims air strikes on Tripoli tee for the area, Ahmad Karami, later said 250 people had been TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI: Renegade General warplanes, while the central government has only injured in the quake. Khalifa Haftar’s air force was responsible for an outdated air force, badly in need of repair. In the village of Mour-Mouri, strikes on Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli Libyan television news channels speculated a number of homes and pub- yesterday, one of his commanders said, after that the country’s neighbours might be behind lic buildings were damaged, weeks of fighting for the capital in Libya’s the overnight air strikes, which Tripoli official according to the official IRNA worst violence since Muammar Gaddafi was Mohammed Al Kriwi said had killed about five news agency. It added that toppled in 2011. people and wounded as many as 30. damage also occurred in eight Fighters from Misrata — east of Tripoli — have A US official and an Egyptian security source nearby villages. been battling militia from the western Zintan said their countries had not been involved. A A number of people spent region for weeks and have thrown the North Nato official said: “There are no fighter jets the night outside their homes African state into anarchy. Zintanis and Misratis under NATO command involved in operations after at least 44 smaller trem- worked together to topple Gaddafi but have fallen over Libya”. The air attacks escalate a struggle ors struck the area on Sunday, out since. The fighting hitherto has been lim- between Islamist and more moderate forces as media reported. ited to ground action with artillery and rockets. well as between militias from different cities all AFP None of the militias had been thought to own vying for power. REUTERS TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Liberia hunts for Ebola patients who fled clinic World Health Organization urges West African countries to screen departures to arrest spread of infection

MONROVIA/GENEVA: Liberia The World Health Organization struggled yesterday to track down (WHO) told countries affected by the 17 suspected Ebola carriers who fled outbreak to screen people departing quarantine at the weekend, while the at international airports, seaports and UN health agency urged affected West major land border points and stop any African nations to screen all depar- with signs of the virus from travelling. It tures in a bid to contain the worst out- dismissed the need for any further travel break of the virus. restrictions. In the Liberian capital Monrovia, police The four affected countries have awaited a consignment of protective already imposed health measures at equipment before redeploying to West international airports, checking passen- Point — a sprawling ocean-front shan- gers for fever. But with long land bor- tytown — to reopen a quarantine centre ders, often covered in dense forest, there attacked by a rock-throwing crowd on seemed scant chance of controlling all Saturday, allowing patients, who had been cross-border movement. isolated, to get away. Nigeria said yesterday that the number “We are very, very concerned about the of confirmed Ebola cases there had situation,” Information Minister Lewis reached 12, up from 10 last week, but Brown said, adding that 17 patients were five of these had almost fully recovered. still missing from the centre, which was Four people have died from the virus in thoroughly looted. Nigeria, where it was transferred by a US “The police had to stand down because citizen who arrived by plane from Liberia. they were concerned not to put their men The disease has taken a heavy toll on at risk. They got a supply of protective health workers in the region, with some equipment yesterday and my expectation 170 infected, of whom more than 80 have is that they will redeploy today.” died. With its healthcare system and gov- Three African healthcare workers ernment infrastructure struggling to who started treatment in Monrovia with cope, Liberia has been the country hard- A boy stands near posters displaying a government message against Ebola at Duwala market in Monrovia yesterday. RIGHT: Health the rare experimental ZMapp drug on est-hit by the highly infectious and incur- workers wearing protective clothing prepare to carry an abandoned body with Ebola-like symptoms in Monrovia. Thursday were showing signs of improve- able disease, which has killed 1,145 people ment, Liberia’s Brown said. in four West African countries. by narrow, muddy alleys. humanitarian crisis. (MSF) opened a 120-bed treatment site The WHO this month gave the green Officials and healthcare workers met “It felt bad. These people have put The World Food Programme has in the ELWA hospital on the outskirts of light to use untested pharmaceuticals to community leaders in West Point in an themselves at risk and the entire com- said it would step up food shipments to Monrovia — the biggest-ever such centre. treat Ebola patients. effort to reopen the converted school. munity at risk,” said Molly Cooper, leader some 1 million people at risk of hunger The hospital already has an 80-bed Ebola However, the manufacturer of Residents told Reuters they were angry of a local women’s association. after roadblocks and quarantine meas- facility and the aim was to reach a total the drug, California-based Mapp that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Residents also voiced anger that ures were imposed in remote border of 300 beds, Minister Brown said. Biopharmaceutical, has already said its government had brought people infected patients had been kept without suf- area between Guinea, Sierra Leone and A team of 11 Ugandan healthcare scarce supplies have been exhausted. with the virus to their community. Many ficient food and water — chiming with Liberia. workers have also opened a treatment Officials have cautioned the public not voiced fears that Saturday’s looting would concerns that measures in neighbouring With international agencies scram- centre in the JFK Hospital in Monrovia to place too much hope in untested and spread contamination through the neigh- Sierra Leone and Liberia to quarantine bling to control the epidemic, medi- with 34 beds in a ward usually used for scarce treatments. bourhood of corrugated shacks separated affected communities could lead to a cal charity Medecins Sans Frontieres cholera treatment, the minister said. REUTERS Zimbabwe police beat Dozens of fleeing civilians killed: Ukraine

DONETSK, UKRAINE: Ukraine yes- up opposition activists terday accused pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the HARARE: Zimbabwe police beat AFP. Police were not immediately war-torn east, as crisis talks between up and arrested opposition activists available to comment. Kiev and Moscow failed to halt months and a journalist during a rally yes- A reporter from the privately- of bloodshed. terday, witnesses said, as regional owned Zimbabwe Mail said her col- Kiev’s military said insurgents using leaders met for a key summit. league, photojournalist Angela Jimu, Russia-supplied weapons shelled adults and Harare riot police used batons to was also beaten up by police at the children in a convoy with white flags on a break up a demonstration by youth Harare rally and had two of her cam- road from the restive city of Lugansk, lead- from the opposition Movement for eras and a mobile phone confiscated. ing to “dozens of dead”. Democratic Change (MDC) demand- “We were covering the demon- The allegations came after five hours of ing that veteran President Robert stration by MDC youths when police crisis talks in Berlin brought no consensus Mugabe deliver on his pre-election started beating up the protesters,” on how to end the conflict, and President promise to create two million jobs. the reporter said. Petro Poroshenko said Kiev was pressing The protest came as leaders from “When the police realised that on with its drive to oust rebels, having “laid the Southern African Development Angela was taking pictures, they beat siege to cities most controlled” by them. Community — a 15-member bloc — her with batons... They took her to Ukraine’s security spokesman Andriy met in the resort town of Victoria central police station together with Lysenko said insurgents deliberately tar- Falls for an annual summit, which several others. I could see she was geted the civilians, whose transport was elected Mugabe chair. in pain.” clearly marked, adding that the exact “The newly appointed SADC chair- Constantine Chimakure, editor of number of casualties was still unclear. person Robert Mugabe crushed job- the Zimbabwe Mail, later said that “The convoy had white flags and were less youth in Harare today,” Clifford journalist Angela Jimu was eventu- marked as civilian,” he said at a briefing. Hlatshwayo, spokesman for the MDC ally freed without charge. Kiev believes it was shelled from mortar youth wing who was present, told AFP guns and Grad rocket systems supplied from Russia and was “completely destroyed.” “We ask that any videos from the scene Residents salvage their belongings from a damaged block of flats after Ukrainian army shelling are not released to the public, because they in Khartsyzk, 24km from Donetsk, yesterday. are atrocious,” he added. Lugansk has been the hardest-hit city Moscow has demanded that Ukraine “continue the offensive”. still controlled by rebels, where water and government forces halt an offensive against The army will strive to fragment the rebel power have been cut off for more than two main separatist strongholds, while Kiev territory to keep the flow of weapons out, weeks. The rebel leader of neighbouring accuses Russia of pouring in more arms to Poroshenko’s office quoted him as saying. “Donetsk People’s Republic”, Alexander save the unravelling insurgency. Zakharchenko last week said his troops Zakharchenko, flatly denied any attacks “One place where we cannot report posi- had gotten a fresh injection of 1,200 fighters on civilians. tive results is in... establishing a ceasefire “trained in Russia”, though Moscow was “Not a single convoy of refugees was shot and (starting) a political process,” Russia’s quick to deny sending any help to the insur- at in the Lugansk region,” he told journalists top diplomat Sergei Lavrov said after the gency across the porous frontier. at a briefing. talks with Ukraine’s Pavlo Klimkin, France’s Fierce fighting centred around the sec- A marathon meeting in Berlin between Laurent Fabius and Germany’s Frank- ond-largest rebel bastion Lugansk over the the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Walter Steinmeier. weekend as Kiev said its troops had battled France and Germany broke up without The Ukrainian presidency said last their way into an outlying suburb. agreement on how to end more than four evening that rebel boasts of receiving Nine soldiers were killed in clashes with months of conflict that has killed over 2,100 Russia-trained fighters and various weap- insurgent fighters across the strife-torn east people and left the region facing a humani- onry including tanks forced Kiev to “look over the past 24 hours, a military spokes- tarian catastrophe. at the military operation in new light” and man said yesterday. AFP

Three climbers die in fall from Mont Blanc

GRENOBLE, FRANCE: discovered the bodies of the but “can become dangerous five French climbers and their Two climbers and their guide three victims on Sunday night under certain conditions”. experienced guide although bad have fallen 800 metres to near the Aiguille du Midi peak, “The path can disappear in weather is suspected to be the their death in the Mont Blanc which rises to 3,842 metres. certain weather conditions,” he cause of the accident. range, French police said yes- Searches had been under way added. In addition to that tragedy, terday, the latest in a series of since Saturday evening. Nevertheless, it is a path two Belgians were found dead tragedies on Europe’s highest The guide, in his 50s, had 25 taken by thousands of climbers on August 2 and six climbers mountain. years of experience and was and skiers every year. died between July 15 and 30 — “The fall of 800 metres gave president of the company of The deaths came just days two Irish, two Finns, a German them no chance,” police said, Vanoise guides, and his clients after six climbers fell 250 metres and a French person. adding they probably fell off a were a 43-year-old man and a to their death on another peak, A US climber sparked out- ridge that climbers must take 46-year-old woman, both from the Aiguille d’Argentiere, and rage earlier this month when to return to a nearby refuge hut. Paris. brings to 20 the number of dead he tried to climb the mountain “Investigations are ongoing “It’s difficult to think of some- or missing since the beginning with his nine-year-old son and to find out the cause of the fall. one who knew the area better,” of the climbing season. 11-year-old daughter and got It’s possible that an overhang of said Denis Crabieres, head of That accident was the single caught in an avalanche. snow gave way under the group, the national mountain guides worst loss of life on the moun- The family escaped uninjured, preventing the guide from hold- union. tain in more than two years. but video footage of the incident ing up his clients,” police added. The route the climbers were An investigation is ongoing caused an outcry when it was Helicopter rescue teams taking was not hard technically into the death of the group of the broadcast in the US. AFP TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Autopsy says teenager was shot six times Obama meets Holder over incident

FERGUSON, MISSOURI: An respond to a query about why unarmed black teenager whose the officer had not been arrested. killing by a white police officer The department is running a par- has set off a week of protests and allel investigation to one by the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, US Department of Justice, which was struck by at least six bul- is evaluating the shooting for civil lets, a lawyer for the deceased’s rights violations. family said yesterday. The lack of an arrest, and the The path of one bullet indicates Ferguson police department’s 18-year-old Michael Brown may reluctance to release details of the have been lowering his head in shooting have brought thousands surrender when the fatal shot of protesters to the streets of hit, said Daryl Parks, the family’s the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, lawyer. whose population of about 21,000 Many details surrounding the is largely black. An officer advises demonstrators protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown that they can’t stop walking as they make their voices heard yesterday shooting remain unclear, and fed- Some rioting and looting in Ferguson, Missouri. RIGHT: An autopsy diagram showing bullet wounds of Michael Brown. eral and local officials have yet to has accompanied the protests. release their own autopsy report. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Parks said the autopsy results deployed National Guard troops McSpadden, spoke out yester- or toxicology results, which the trying to get away when he was were taken by police as evidence, clearly showed that the police to Ferguson yesterday to try to day in a televised interview with county has thus far not released. shot. Brown held up his hands in she told Reuters. officer who killed Brown should be restore calm. ABC’s “Good Morning America” Police have given few details a sign of surrender, but Wilson An online petition is calling arrested. He presented the results On Saturday, Nixon declared a programme. She said peace could of the police officer’s version of got out of his patrol car and shot for the firing of Ferguson Police at a press conference showing state of emergency there and set a be restored “with justice... arrest- events. The officer remains in him several more times, they said. Chief Tom Jackson, who refused that one bullet hit Brown in the curfew calling for the streets to be ing this man and making him hiding, and police say he has been Another witness, Piaget to identify Wilson as the officer “very top of his head” and another cleared from midnight until 5am accountable for his action.” threatened. Crenshaw, told CNN that she involved until five days after the that struck his head exited near (0500 to 1000 GMT). The private autopsy provides What police have said so far also had seen the officer acting incident. his eye. Schools in the area were some answers, but not all, the is that Brown and a friend were as though he was trying to pull Jackson also raised the ire of “His head was in a downward ordered closed yesterday because family’s lawyers said. walking down the middle of a Brown into the car through the the Brown family and its support- position,” Parks said. “Given those of the chaos in and around the They said Brown’s body did road that runs between a hand- window. Brown broke free and ers for releasing police reports kind of facts, this officer should town. not show any signs that he ful of apartment buildings shortly started running, she said. showing that the teen was a sus- have been arrested.” President Barack Obama met had struggled with the officer after noon when Wilson asked “He got away,” Crenshaw said. pect in the theft of cigars from a The Brown family and pro- Attorney General Eric Holder and that there was no gunshot the two to move off the narrow “It just seemed to have upset the neighbourhood convenience mart. testers from around the United yesterday afternoon to discuss the residue on the body, indicating road and onto a sidewalk. Police officer. He got out and just started The family called this a “smear” States have called for the officer’s Ferguson situation, his office said. Brown was probably at least a said Wilson reported that Brown chasing the boy.” campaign. arrest for days. But police have The Brown family has called few feet away from the gun when reached into his patrol car and Brown at one point turned Jackson later said the officer said only that 28-year-old officer for peaceful demonstrations and he was shot. struggled for his service gun when around to face the officer, and did not know Brown was a rob- Darren Wilson was put on paid an end to violence, and the police The lawyers said they did not Wilson fired the initial shot. “when he turned toward the bery suspect when he shot Brown administrative leave after the forces on the ground have been yet have access to clothing that Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson, cop is when he... let off the most and that the incident was tied August 9 shooting. widely criticised for using exces- might show gunshot residue, 22, said Wilson had reached out shots,” she said. only to Wilson’s request that he St Louis County Police spokes- sive force on protesters. X-rays taken when the county did through his car window to grab at Crenshaw’s cellphone and video move out of the street. man Brian Schellman did not Brown’s mother, Lesley the first autopsy on Brown’s body, Brown and that the teenager was of the aftermath of the shooting REUTERS

Cosmonauts Sikhs fleeing harassment were in container for 18 hours launch small LONDON: The Sikh families container had crossed the North “They’d been banging on the require it while their (asylum) Mataharu said the migrants found in a shipping container Sea on a ferry from Zeebrugge in container. . . they’d tried for hours cases are considered.” told him they were fleeing per- in Britain were fleeing perse- Belgium. and hours for somebody to hear A homicide investigation has secution in Kabul. The women satellite from cution in Afghanistan and had “It was pitch black, without their voices,” Mataharu said. been opened into the one man’s said they could not go out due to been trapped in darkness with- any air. It soon became extremely “They are thanking God they death — none of the survivors are harassment, while the men said space station out fresh air for 18 hours, their uncomfortable,” Mataharu told are alive. Another 20 minutes... under suspicion — but police said Afghan locals would pull off their translator said yesterday. ITV television. all would’ve been dead in there.” yesterday that a post-mortem on turbans. The group, discovered at “Horrendous, horrendous, hor- Footage obtained by ITV from his body had proved inconclusive. “They said they’d rather die CAPE CANAVERAL: A pair Tilbury Docks, east of London, rendous. They suffered a lot.” shortly after the container was “The family have been released. than live a life like that. They’d of Russian cosmonauts began feared they would have all died He said there were 15 families opened showed survivors sitting The deceased had a brother here rather be dead,” he said. their work week yesterday float- had they remained inside for a inside, all from Kabul, who had on the ground outside, and the and the children knew the phone The chair of the Sikh ing outside the International further 20 minutes, said Kamaljit made it to Europe in a truck. sound of wailing could be heard. number so we managed to get in Federation UK said the case Space Station to toss out a Singh Mataharu, a Punjabi- The survivors were nine men All 34 survivors are in the proc- touch with him and get him to the showed the plight of followers of small satellite for a university speaking local man called in by and eight women aged between ess of claiming asylum in Britain, docks,” Mataharu said. the religion in Afghanistan had in Peru, install science experi- the police to translate. 18 and 72, and 13 children aged according to the Home Office “The little boy said to me he been overlooked. ments and tackle some house- One 40-year-old man did die between one and 12. interior ministry. tried to wake his dad and then “It is a disgrace the persecu- keeping chores. and his children, aged nine and 12, “They were in a bad state. “This tragic incident is a they found out he was dead. tion of the tiny minority of Sikhs First out of the hatch was cos- were in the container with him, According to a little boy, they’d reminder of the devastating “I had tears in my eyes. Looking from Afghanistan has largely been monaut Oleg Artemyev, who stood said Mataharu. been in the container for roughly human consequences of illegal at those kids and how desperate ignored and it takes an incident on a ladder outside the station’s Thirty-four people, all suffer- 18 hours,” said Mataharu. migration and we will do all we they would’ve been to put their like this to remind us all that Pirs airlock to release a 1kg, 10cm ing severe dehydration and hypo- The container had arrived on can to help bring those responsi- lives in that state. Imagine what they are also being exploited by cube-shaped satellite built by stu- thermia, had been found alive on a truck at Zeebrugge 12 hours ble to justice,” a spokesman said. conditions they must be living in human traffickers,” Bhai Amrik dents at the National University Saturday after they were heard before the people inside were dis- “We are providing accommo- Afghanistan. Singh said. of Engineering in Lima, Peru. banging and screaming. The covered at Tilbury. dation and support to those who “What made them come here?” AFP Video broadcast on NASA Television showed the satellite, called Chasqui-1, tumbling away from the back of the station as Scottish history it sailed about 418km above the southern Pacific Ocean. Julian Assange to leave The solar-powered spacecraft, whose name means “messenger” in the Quechua language of the Incas, is outfitted with visible Ecuador embassy soon light and infrared cameras to take pictures of Earth and sensors to LONDON: Julian Assange has Assange to hand himself in to British measure temperature and pres- rebuffed reports that he is plan- police, who maintain a 24-hour guard sure as it orbits. ning to leave the Ecuadorian outside the embassy, Hrafnsson said: Artemyev was then joined by embassy in order to hand himself “No.” spacewalker Alexander Skvortsov in to police, saying only that he will Assange also declined to respond in to install a European package of leave “soon”. detail to suggestions reported in an experiments to the outside of Media reports had surfaced interview with him on Sunday that the Russian Zvezda module. The ahead of a press conference yes- he had potentially life-threatening experiments include biomateri- terday morning suggesting that health problems, saying only that als and extremophiles, which the WikiLeaks founder intended the embassy was “an environment are organisms that can live in imminently to give himself up to in which any healthy person would extremely hostile environments. the British authorities. Assange find themselves soon enough with Scientists hope to use infor- has been confined in the embassy certain difficulties that they would mation about how the organisms for more than two years after being have to manage”. fare in the highly radioactive and granted political asylum. Patino repeated calls for Assange’s extreme temperatures of space to But when questioned by report- situation to be resolved, saying there devise life-detection techniques ers alongside Ecuador’s foreign min- had been “two lost years” since he for future robotic Mars missions. ister Ricardo Patino, Assange said entered the embassy. The Australian The cosmonauts also installed WikiLeaks’ spokesman Kristinn sought asylum in a bid to avoid extra- a reinforcing clamp for a commu- Hrafnsson had “confirmed that I am dition to Sweden to face accusations nications antenna they attached leaving the embassy soon, but per- of sexual assault from two women. He during their last spacewalk in haps not for the reasons the Murdoch fears onward extradition to the US to June. press and Sky News are saying at the face charges relating to WikiLeaks’ Yesterday’s to-do list included moment”. publishing activities. taking samples of residue on the He refused to elaborate, but speak- “We once again call on the inter- outside of some of Zvezda’s win- ing later, Hrafnsson said: “He is ready national community, particularly on dows and setting up an experi- Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond (left) speaks with Historic Scotland employee Douglas Wilson to leave at any moment as soon as journalists, to join a much-needed ment to measure how plumes during a visit to Arbroath Abbey, in Arbroath, Scotland, yesterday. The abbey is famous for its asso- the ridiculous siege outside will stop international campaign to guaran- from rocket engine burns may be ciation with the Declaration of Arbroath, the defining medieval declaration of Scottish sovereignty. and he is offered safe passage.” He tee freedom and human rights for impacting parts of station. added that “his bag is packed”. Asked Assange,” said the foreign minister. REUTERS explicitly if there were plans for THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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he festering unrest in Ukraine has made civilians vulnerable to death and injury, hunger and disease. The sufferings of people in the east of the war-wrecked Tcountry have been increasing with continuous shelling by Ukrainian troops to break the will of Russia-backed rebels Landmark Brazil poll has who are making it difficult for Kiev to break the siege. A humanitarian crisis in the unrest-hit region of the Slavic state has been unfolding, but has been overshadowed by other global events like the upheaval in Iraq and the Gaza war. For months now, Ukraine has passed through several phases good news for Rousseff of the conflict — from the revolt in the Kiev Maidan to the BY BRIAN WINTER “great” rose to 38 percent, up six centrist Senator Aecio Neves, but flight of former President Viktor Yanukovich to the takeover of percentage points from the previous behind Rousseff, who had 36 percent. Crimea by Russia. The overthrow of Yanukovich’s authoritarian lthough a new poll shows Datafolha poll in July. Those who said Strikingly, support for Rousseff and regime was preceded by an Arabian Spring-type revolt. Brazilian President Dilma it was “bad” or “terrible” dropped six Neves in a first round was exactly the Preceding the political chaos was the much paraded plight Rousseff suddenly facing a points to 23 percent, while those rating same as in polls a month ago. of Yulia Tymoshenko. The firebrand leader, who trailed a blaze Atougher road to re-election, it as “OK” was unchanged at 38 percent. That means that Silva’s growth of 13 she also saw a sharp recovery in her “As incredible as it may sound, the percentage points compared to Campos with her oratory and agitational politics, had taken centre approval ratings and resilient voter poll shows that Rousseff’s approval rat- came from voters who had previously stage when Yanukovich was flexing his muscle and Ukraine support through what will likely be the ings got a considerable boost. And that’s said they were undecided or would spoil was sinking without much of a splash. campaign’s most emotional and volatile actually a more important variable their ballots in protest, as opposed to Tymoshenko, the leader of the Orange Revolution, was period. than voter intention at this stage,” said her taking votes from the other two jailed in 2011 for what Viktor Yanukovich’s government alleged The first poll since the death in João Augusto de Castro Neves, Latin main contenders. was the misuse of power and overstepping her authority a plane crash last week of Brazilian America director at the Eurasia Group, In a second round, which analysts say Socialist Party presidential candidate a political risk consultancy. now looks almost certain, the Datafolha when she was premier. Tymoshenko’s condition in jail had Eduardo Campos was released early “After several months of negative poll showed Silva with a 47 percent to 43 attracted global concern after she alleged mistreatment in yesterday, showing Rousseff in a sta- news for Rousseff,” he added, “there’s percent advantage over Rousseff, mean- custody. The darling of the Orange Revolution alleged beatings tistical dead heat in the event of a run- finally some good news for her.” ing they are technically tied since the by prison guards and photos of off against Campos’ likely replacement, Rousseff’s approval ratings recovered survey had a margin of error of plus or The once-fiery her with injuries on the abdomen environmentalist Marina Silva. during a period that saw inflation slow minus two percentage points. were circulated on the Internet. As Brazilian finan- sharply. Some analysts question whether Silva leader’s silence cial markets Her term has been plagued by slow will be able to grow much in polls con- allegations flew between her and gained following economic growth and prices rising at sidering her coalition’s relatively weak during the the regime of Yanukovich, major the poll, which around 6 percent a year. Her opponents nationwide presence, comparatively small Ukrainian crisis western powers called for her Silva had been seemed to rule have consistently hammered her for campaign funds and allotted time for free immediate release after claiming all out any chance being weak on inflation, but July saw a public TV advertising, as well as her past is intriguing. She along that the prison term awarded Campos’ running that Rousseff decline in air fares as well as food prices reputation for unpredictable decisions. could avoid a run- as the soccer World Cup, which Brazil Some members of Campos’ Brazilian to her was a result of political has to bounce mate but was off and win the hosted, drew to an end. Socialist Party also doubt Silva’s com- back to prevent vendetta by the government. election outright Datafolha began taking its most mitment to the party platform, which After her release earlier this much better on October 5. recent poll last Thursday, the day after could provoke some tensions on the erosion of her year, the blonde leader made an known nationally, Most inves- Campos died in a plane crash. campaign trail. Silva, who ran as the support base. appearance in public, but didn’t get tors do not like Brazilian media have since then been Green Party candidate in 2010, has an overwhelming response from the thanks to her Rousseff’s left- full of praise for Campos, a business- sought to play down those concerns. leaning policies friendly former governor who had been Silva tried to found a new party Ukrainian public. She started keeping a relatively low profile. high profile as an and markets have in third place in polls with about 8 per- last year called the “Sustainability Though a leading candidate in the May presidential elections, generally risen in cent support but was widely seen as one Network” but failed to register enough Tymoshekno was defeated by chocolate tycoon Petro Poroshenko, environmental recent months of Brazil’s brightest young politicians signatures in time for the 2014 election. who has led from the front in the war with Russian rebels, and activist and her with each sign and likely to mount a strong campaign Less than 48 hours later, she surprised returned some sense of dignity to beleaguered Ukrainian troops. that she might for president in 2018. the Brazilian political world by backing But Tymoshenko has remained mysteriously silent during the strong third not win a second Silva had been Campos’ running mate Campos, whose party platform differed term. but was much better known nationally, greatly from hers. Ukrainian unrest, which has galvanised the entire West against place finish as Yet there were thanks to her high profile as an envi- Neves and his Brazilian Social Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Though the former Ukrainian premier several strong ronmental activist and her strong third Democracy Party have a much stronger was a sustaining force for pro-western protesters rallying against a presidential signs in Rousseff’s place finish as a presidential candidate nationwide base than the coalition back- Yanukovich before he was thrown out, her intriguing absence candidate in the favour within the in the last election in 2010, when she ing a Silva candidacy. But the survey from public discourse during the unrest has left a question nationwide sur- took about 20 percent of the vote. released yesterday showed his support vey by pollster Some analysts had expected a slipping in the event of a runoff, break- mark on her legacy. The outspoken Tymoshenko has been last vote in 2010. Datafolha, and stronger showing for Silva in the ing a string of at least four polls where the antithesis of what she was a few years ago. With her fiery Brazil’s currency Datafolha poll following the emotion of he had closed the gap on Rousseff. speeches and edgy rhetoric she could work up the masses into and main stocks index gave up some Campos’ death. The president leads Neves by a 47 a frenzy. Tymoshenko’s popularity may have faded because of of their early gains as investors looked It showed Silva would win 21 per- percent to 39 percent margin in a runoff many reasons. But she needs to break her silence if she doesn’t closely at the poll numbers. cent of votes in first round of voting, between them, Datafolha said. The poll- want to be misunderstood as someone who fishes in The percentage of voters who say just one percentage point ahead of sters interviewed 2,843 people in 176 cit- Rousseff’s government is “good” or the other main opposition candidate, ies on Thursday and Friday. REUTERS troubled waters• The other side Quote of Immigrants a key ingredient for a healthy economy the day

’ve suggested that the border crisis One way to increase the chances of It works both ways: Immigrants seek to draw such large immigrant popula- paradoxically may make it easier in passing reform is to disabuse lawmak- places that are economically thriving, tions. Utah is routinely named one of the long run to achieve immigration ers of the notion that immigration is bad and places that want to thrive want the most business-friendly states, and I want to stress that reform. If everyone agrees to get for our economy. There is a correlation immigrants. One key may be that its immigrant population has doubled I ... Article 5 of the serious about border security first, between migration into a state and its immigrants, as opposed to domestic since 1980. other reforms may be less contentious. economic well-being. Alex Nowrasteh workers, are far more likely to move to The association between immigrants Nato contract — Indeed, a recent Fox poll shows that if of the Cato Institute says: “Immigrants find jobs. and strong economies and job crea- given the choice between doing nothing are drawn to states with thriving econo- The numbers crunchers at the con- tion is not perfect, of course. There are the duty to provide and setting up a pathway for citizenship mies. The destination for large num- servative American Action Network high-immigrant states that still have mutual support — is (not just legalization), the public favors bers of Hispanic immigrants used to be agree that immigrants move to places relatively high unemployment. If you the latter (65 to 20 percent) as do California until their economy faltered, where there are jobs. They point to a want a formula for a healthy economy not something which Republicans (56 to 28 percent). Given now many more are going to Texas, state like Oklahoma, where there is and job market, it would go something just exists on paper, specific components of a reform bill, Arizona, Florida and Georgia. The same high growth, low unemployment and like this: Make it easy to do business. borrowing heavily from what passed pattern is observed with Puerto Ricans an immigrant population that has dou- Keep taxes and regulation modest, but is also something the Senate or has been suggested by who went to New York for decades but bled since 1990. This is why many but don’t skimp on education. And which must be filled House leaders, Republicans also favor now are branching out to Florida and red states — which have good, job- welcome immigrants looking for work Angela Merkel reform by a large measure. the Southwest.” creating economies — are beginning with open arms. WP-BLOOMBERG with life. German Chancellor TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Remember, it’s not too late to help Libya Libyans seek a government that delivers security and holds a monopoly on violence. If Obama moves now to get them the support they need, perhaps he won’t be doomed to live with his regrets.

BY CHIBLI MALLAT and Libya’s situation is dire, but DUNCAN PICKARD there still are steps that Obama and the international community resident Barack Obama should take. said this month that Currently, Libya’s political perhaps his biggest transition is proceeding along foreign policy regret four disjointed tracks: the work- was providing insuffi- ings of a new parliament, efforts Pcient support to Libya’s fledgling to select a new government, a political institutions after the fall constitution-making process and of Muammar Gaddafi. Obama a UN-backed national dialogue said that he underestimated the that is intended to broker broad need for the United States and its agreement on the founding prin- European allies to come in “full ciples of the Libyan state. force” after the military inter- These tracks are poorly coor- vention, given Libya’s lack of dinated and all, except for the “civic traditions” after 42 years national dialogue, have been the A Libyan rebel soldier holds Chadian ‘Hijab’ luck necklaces aloft as proof of Gaddafi’s use of mercenaries in Bin Jawad, Libya, in March 2011. of dictatorship. target of violence. The failure of Libya’s political In a conversation that one of us it will return once the security community. Libya has had seven institutions. Libya’s military insti- reactivate its stalled processes institutions has had dire con- (Mallat) had in July with Tarek situation improves. And it should prime ministers since Gaddafi tutions are as weak as its political of institution-building, working sequences. The violent charac- Mitri, the UN special envoy to — but only with the resources fell. The current one, Abdullah Al ones. toward an inclusive constitution ter of the Libyan revolution, in Libya, it was clear that the choice needed to revive the unique spirit Thinni, initially refused to form The militias are small, do not and a government that can per- contrast to the other 2011 Arab was stark: The UN support mis- of unity that prevailed shortly a government after an opposing operate with strict command suade militia leaders to lay down Spring uprisings — including, at sion either needs to be given the after Gaddafi’s death. militia threatened the lives of his and control and rely on sur- their arms — or else pay a finan- the time, in Syria — did not help. military and institution-building A UN role in brokering peace wife and children. plus materiel cobbled together cial, political and military price. The militias that rose against means to assist the large nonvio- could open an avenue for the His weakness led the militia from Gaddafi’s army. The mili- As in the other Middle Gaddafi sought to set terms and lent majority of the population or international community to take guarding the all-important oil tary order in Libya has not yet Eastern countries free of dicta- win power by force. it should leave. greater control of the political terminals in the east to rescind been established. Just last week, tors, Libyans seek a government The interim government was Indeed, it evacuated its for- transition. its loyalty agreement with him. 2,000 people took to the streets of that delivers security and holds a too weak to consolidate the eign staff last month because As in Yemen, which has been The next prime minister must be Benghazi to call for the militias to monopoly on violence. If he moves militias, which are now waging of increased security risks in governed by a multilateral agree- able to act without militias hold- leave the city. now to get them the support they a makeshift war in Tripoli and Tripoli. Despite the evacuation, ment since 2011, weak Libyan ing veto power through the barrel White House officials have need, perhaps Obama won’t be Benghazi along ideological lines. on August 6, the newly elected institutions need to be propped of a gun. said that it was moved to action doomed to live with his regrets. The swaths of Libya that remain parliament called for the United up from the outside. There is even With substantial support from in Iraq in part to avoid “another Chibli Mallat is chair of the outside the government’s con- Nations to broker and supervise a Libyan precedent: The current the European Union, and logis- Benghazi.” They should apply group Right to Nonviolence. trol have become ideal recruiting a cease-fire among the militias, constitutional committee is mod- tics that only the United States some of the same logic to Benghazi Duncan Pickard is a nonresident grounds for international jihad- and it has since called for a cease- elled after Libya’s UN-supervised can provide, the United Nations itself. fellow at the Rafik Hariri Centre ist organisations, and unmanaged fire reached through “political 1951 constitution-making process. should revisit a request made A new assistance programme for the Middle East and was Libya stores of weapons pass through means,” stating that “naturally . . . The appointment of a new gov- last year by then-prime minister in Libya would require the active country director for Democracy porous borders to Tunisia, Algeria these solutions cannot be imposed ernment also requires committed Ali Zeidan to train and fund an build-up of the military, with Reporting International. and Mali. by force.” The mission has said diplomacy led by the international elite force to protect government Nato supervision. Libya must also WP-BLOOMBERG

Nato-based N-arms: Advantage in unsafe world Violence of state created Of particular concern to Nato, the violence of the street Russia has embarked on an BY GARY YOUNGE n 1966, Martin Luther King started to campaign against segrega- across-the-board modernisation of tion in Chicago only to find his efforts thwarted by violent mobs and a scheming mayor. Marginalised by the city’s establishment, its nuclear forces. Ihe could feel that nonviolence both as a strategy and as a prin- ciple was eroding among his supporters. “I need some help in getting this method across,” he said. “A lot of people have lost faith in the BY BRENT SCOWCROFT, get under this nuclear umbrella, establishment … They’ve lost faith in the democratic process. They’ve STEPHEN J HADLEY and and they have been vocal in lost faith in nonviolence … Those who make this peaceful revolution FRANKLIN MILLER expressing their concern that impossible will make a violent revolution inevitable, and we’ve got to withdrawing the weapons would get this over, I need help. I need some victories, I need concessions.” hen the North symbolise a diminution in our He never got them. The next year there were more than 150 riots Atlantic Treaty commitment to defend them. across the country, from Minneapolis to Tampa. Organisation’s Their concerns are heightened As the situation escalates in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, leaders gather in as they watch a recidivist Russia Missouri, where police recently shot an unarmed black man as he W Russian mobile ballistic missile complex 9k720 Iskander (Nato reporting Wales in early September, they conduct exercises simulating walked down the street, many are clearly losing faith. As the first day will address several issues criti- nuclear strikes on Poland and the name SS-26 Stone) during rehearsal of the Victory Day parade on Red of curfew drew to a close, hundreds of police in riot gear swept through cal to the alliance, including Baltic states, threatening nuclear Square in May 2012. the streets, using tear gas, smoke canisters and rubber bullets against Russian adventurism in Ukraine strikes on nascent Nato missile an increasingly agitated crowd. Earlier this morning the governor, Jay and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, defence sites and continuing to overwhelming conventional mili- all 28 Nato heads of government, Nixon, deployed the national guard. members’ contribution to collec- deploy a bloated arsenal of several tary superiority. This argument, stated: Protesters insist the police action was unprovoked. Police say it fol- tive defence, the adequacy of indi- thousand short-range nuclear however, is built on two fun- “We will maintain an appropri- lowed shootings, firebombs, looting and, crucially, an attempted attack vidual national defence budgets weapons. damental fallacies. First, such ate mix of nuclear and conven- on the area they are using as a command centre. According to a pre- and plans for supporting the peo- A second argument is that aggregate comparisons mask tional forces (and) ensure the liminary autopsy, Brown was shot six times including twice in the head. ple of Afghanistan. In the course because nuclear weapons have the reality that on Nato’s east- broadest possible participation of For some then the police have come too late to the notion that they of their deliberations on these no place in international rela- ern borders, on a regular basis, Allies in collective defence plan- are there to “protect” lives. “The law,” wrote James Baldwin, “is meant issues, however, they should also tions in the 21st century, they cer- Russian forces are numerically ning on nuclear roles, in peace- to be my servant and not my master, still less my torturer and my reaffirm the value to the alliance tainly don’t belong being forward superior to those of the alliance. time basing of nuclear forces, and murderer.” Those who call for law and order now must understand that of the continued presence of the deployed in Nato Europe. As events in Crimea and Ukraine in command, control, and com- there is no order because men with badges have been acting lawlessly. modest number of US nuclear In his much-heralded 2009 demonstrated, Russia’s armed munications arrangements.” As I wrote after the riots in London three years ago: “Insisting on bombs in Europe. Prague speech, President Obama forces have improved significantly Nuclear sharing is a concept the criminality of those involved, as though that alone explains their We believe this is necessary called on the nuclear weapons since their poor performance in in Nato’s policy of nuclear deter- motivations and the context is irrelevant, is fatuous. To stress crimi- because we are again hearing calls states to reduce the role such Georgia in 2008; demonstrating rence, which involves member nality does not deny the political nature of what took place, it simply for the United States to unilater- weapons played in their respec- impressive operational capabili- countries without nuclear weap- chooses to only partially describe it. ally withdraw its small arsenal of tive security strategies, and took ties, they have made clear they ons of their own in the planning They were looting, not shoplifting, and challenging the police for forward- deployed nuclear bombs. steps to implement his vision in are no longer the rag-tag army for the use of nuclear weapons control of the streets, not stealing (policemen’s) hubcaps. When a Those arguments are shop-worn, the United States. of the past decade. by Nato, and in particular pro- group of people join forces to flout both law and social convention, they familiar — and wrong. Apart from Britain, no other Second, focusing on conven- vides for the armed forces of these are acting politically.” The most common argument nuclear weapons state took heed; tional war-fighting capabilities countries to be involved in deliv- For good reason, the nature of such rebellions troubles many. They is that because the United States’ indeed, the others expanded overlooks the fact that Nato’s ering these weapons in the event attract opportunists, macho-men and thrill-seekers as well as the strategic forces have global capa- their nuclear modernisation pro- principal goal is deterring aggres- of their use. righteously indignant and politically militant. Resistance to occupa- bilities, the Nato-based weapons grammes and gave nuclear weap- sion rather than having to defeat Two years later, in Chicago, all tion is often romanticised but never pretty. And Ferguson – a mostly “have no military value.” ons a more central role. it. And it is here that Nato’s 28 leaders issued the “Deterrence black town under curfew in which the entire political power structure While that claim is false Of particular concern to Nato, nuclear capabilities provide their and Defence Policy Review,” which is white, with a militarised police force that killed a black child – was (Nato’s supreme allied com- Russia has embarked on an greatest value. said: “Nuclear weapons are a core under occupation. Riots are also polarising. They narrow the base of mander recently attested to the across-the-board modernisation Finally, we are told that there component of Nato’s overall capa- support for campaigns, sending potential sympathisers into the arms weapons’ military utility), it also of its nuclear forces, a moderni- are deep divisions within Nato on bilities for deterrence and defence of the state, demanding a police crackdown. ignores the most central feature sation judged so important by keeping nuclear weapons forward alongside conventional and mis- People have a right to resist occupation, even if we don’t necessarily of nuclear weapons: They are, Moscow that it has violated the deployed. It is true that in 2007- sile defence.” agree with every method they use to do so. fundamentally, political weapons. Intermediate-Range Nuclear 2008, domestic politics in several With Russia continuing to Nobody in their right mind wants more violent protests. But nobody A principal function of for- Forces Treaty in the process. alliance states fostered such a support forces that are seeking wants more Michael Browns either. And those two things – the violence ward deployment has been, and As our Nato allies point out, debate. It should be no surprise to destabilise Ukraine and tak- of the state and the violence of the street – are connected. “A riot,” remains, to be a visible symbol nuclear weapons clearly matter that in an alliance of 28 demo- ing unsettling actions in both the said Martin Luther King, “is the language of the unheard.” The people to friend and potential foe of the to Russian leadership, and, as a cratically elected governments Baltics and the Balkans, this is on the streets don’t donate thousands of dollars to anyone’s campaign. United States’ commitment to result, our allies insist that the such differences will develop. no time to destabilise the Nato They don’t get a seat at any table where decisions are made or have the defend Nato with all of the mili- US nuclear commitment to Nato But by the Lisbon summit of alliance and traumatise our Nato ear of the powerful. But with four black men killed by the police in the tary power it possesses. cannot be called into question. November 2010, those differ- allies by withdrawing our nuclear country in the last four weeks, they have a lot to say, and precious few The newer members of the alli- A third argument is that ences had been resolved, and the weapons from Europe. avenues through which to say it. The question now is who’s listening. ance joined Nato in large part to Nato, in the aggregate, enjoys Strategic Concept, endorsed by WP-BLOOMBERG THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 ASIA 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Japanese abducted by IS militants: Tokyo Foreign ministry trying to verify man’s identity in Syria

TOKYO: Japan’s government information available, including video, or even if a person named said yesterday it was investi- on social media such as Facebook Haruna Yukawa was missing. gating a video posted online and Twitter, but we have to be “Because of the situation in that appears to show a kid- cautious about the credibility of Syria, we don’t have any staff in napped Japanese man being that kind of information,” a min- the country and we have no plan roughly interrogated by Syrian istry official told reporters. to send anyone,” he said. militants. “We need to confirm facts Early last year, a Japanese The video, which surfaced over around the case.” trucker who entered Syria clan- the weekend, shows a man who Some messages on social media destinely through Turkey made identified himself as Haruna referred to Yukawa as a spy, and headlines as a war tourist who Yukawa lying on the ground with said he had been executed by said he was shooting photos and blood trickling down his face as Islamic State (IS) militants. video of conflict. his apparent captors question The foreign ministry was “not Another online video that him. in a position to directly contact” appeared at the weekend showed The man, with matted brown the group, the official said. a man believed to be Yukawa hair and wearing a black T-shirt “We are trying to make a con- test-firing an AK-47 assault rifle Foreign survivors receive medical treatment after being rescued from a sinking tourist boat in Indonesia yesterday. stained by dust and sweat, offered tact with them in any way we in Syria. brief responses to questions posed can,” he added. The video can also be seen at in English about why he was in No one has claimed responsibil- the website of Tokyo-based pri- Syria and the reason he was car- ity for the apparent kidnapping. vate military firm PMC, which rying a gun. Vice foreign minister Akitaka lists Yukawa as its chief executive. 13 more rescued after boat capsize He replied in stilted English Saiki later told reporters that the Pictures on the website, which that he was a “photographer” civil war in Syria made it difficult kept crashing yesterday after- and a “journalist, half doctor,” to investigate the case. noon, show him with right-wing SAPE: Eight foreigners and Among them were 18 foreign A Dutchman in the group said as his interrogators accused him “Syria is in a very confused Japanese activists. five Indonesians were rescued tourists, from New Zealand, that they were in the water for of lying, with one placing a long state and we are seeking to con- Details about the kind of serv- yesterday two days after their Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, about 40 hours, taking turns knife near his chest before the firm the safety of the person ices the firm offered were not tourist boat sank during a Germany, France and Italy. Some to spend time in the lifeboat -- video stops. through various routes,” he said. immediately available. storm in the archipelago, with of the group rescued Sunday had which seated seven people -- and “I’m no soldier,” the man said Since 2011, Japan has been rec- Calls to the firm went unan- one man describing how they to swim hours to the closest floating in the water in the life in the video as apparently dubbed ommending that its nationals stay swered yesterday and it was huddled in a lifeboat and floated island, Sangeang, even though jackets. on Middle-Eastern music played. away from the strife-torn country. unclear if the company had in life jackets to survive. there was a volcano erupting on “So we had this system, and in Japan’s foreign ministry said The foreign ministry as well other employees. Its website said The rescue brought to 23 the it at the time. the beginning it was not easy ... it was trying to verify the man’s as the prime minister’s office and the firm has branch offices in number of people saved since the Two foreigners remain miss- but later on the system went on, identity through its embassy in National Policy Agency have set “Turkey, Syria, Africa.” vessel carrying 25 sank Saturday ing. Those rescued yesterday were and we changed and changed,” Jan violence-wracked Syria, which is up a special team to deal with the There was no evidence of the as it headed from Lombok island found in the early hours some 60 van Ommen said from the town now operating out of neighbour- incident, the ministry official said. company at the Tokyo address to Komodo island, famed as the miles off the coast of Sumbawa of Sape on Sumbawa, where the ing Jordan. But he declined to confirm given on the website, a 13-storey home of the Komodo dragon, the island, close to Sangeang, search group was taken after being res- “We are gathering all available the identity of the person on the office building. AFP world’s biggest lizard. official Budiawan said. cued. AFP Land dispute rally Pope urges Korean reconciliation, ends trip

SEOUL: Pope Francis yester- the country before and during the A group of defectors from “Let us pray ... for the emer- day called for peace and recon- World War Two. North Korea and relatives of gence of new opportunities for ciliation on the divided Korean “Today’s Mass is first and fore- South Koreans abducted by the dialogue, encounter and the peninsula and sent a further most a prayer for reconciliation in North were invited to the mass, resolution of differences, for con- message of goodwill to China, this Korean family,” Francis said, which was attended by South tinued generosity in providing wrapping-up a five day trip to following up on an impromptu Korean President Park Geun-hye. humanitarian assistance to those South Korea and the first papal prayer on Friday when he urged North Korea turned down an in need, and for an ever greater visit to Asia in 15 years. Koreans to work to unite as invitation from the South Korean recognition that all Koreans are Before a Mass yesterday at one family, “with no victors or Catholic church for members of brothers and sisters, members of Seoul’s Myeongdong Cathedral, vanquished.” its state-run Korean Catholic one family, one people,” Francis Francis prayed with a small The 1950-1953 Korean war Association to attend yesterday’s said. number of “comfort women,” who ended in an armed truce that Mass, citing the start of joint Near the conclusion of yester- were forced to work as sex slaves leaves North Korea and South US-South Korean military drills, day’s Mass, a choir sang, “Our A Cambodian cop wields his baton on members of 380 families calling on for Japanese soldiers occupying Korea in a technical state of war. also due to begin yesterday. wish is unification.” REUTERS Prime Minister Hun Sen to solve their land dispute with property develop- ers at Snuol district in Kratie province, Cambodia, yesterday. Thai House budget bill Seoul runs out UN says criminal activities of storage for spent N-fuel threaten Yangon’s stability SEOUL: South Korea needs YANGON: The UN yester- legitimate economy, corrupt to quickly find additional space day warned that widespread public officials, and undermine where it can store its spent criminal activity in Myanmar stability,” the UNODC said in a nuclear fuel because some of its was undermining stability and statement. temporary storage capacity will development, as it hailed a new The UNODC’s country pro- be full by 2016, an independ- partnership with the govern- gramme agreement with ent body that advises the gov- ment to tackle “significant” Myanmar, which will last until ernment on nuclear issues said crime and drug problems in the 2017, covers a variety of areas, yesterday. impoverished country. including transnational organised The country has 23 nuclear Myanmar -- the world’s sec- crime, anti-corruption, criminal reactors supplying about a third ond largest opium producer after justice, and providing alternative of its power. Afghanistan and Southeast Asia’s development for opium poppy Seoul has been under pressure biggest synthetic drug maker -- farmers. to cut its reliance on nuclear has signed a “landmark” agree- Myanmar’s opium production power since late 2012 when ment to work with the United soared to its highest level in more safety scandals led to the tem- Nations Office on Drugs and than a decade in 2013, producing Thai National Legislative Assembly discusses the budget bill for 2015 in Bangkok yesterday. porary shutdown of reactors to Crime (UNODC) at it grap- an estimated 870 tonnes, UNODC replace parts supplied with fake ples with narcotics and illicit said in December. certificates. trafficking. The figure was driven both At the end of last year, 13,254 “Criminal activity in Myanmar by higher yields and a larger tonnes of spent fuel was being is undermining development area under cultivation in east- Malaysia opposition backs Ibrahim’s wife held in temporary storage at efforts, increasing human inse- ern regions of Myanmar, where nuclear plants, according to data curity and threatening the peace ethnic minority rebels have bat- KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s sacking and tried to cling to for the country,” said Wan Saiful from the commission, mostly in process,” said UNODC regional tled government troops for years three-party opposition alli- power, with the backing of the Wan Jan, a political analyst at water tanks but some in concrete representative Jeremy Douglas, and political changes have yet ance has averted a damaging ruling coalition and support the Institute for Democracy and containers. according to a statement. to translate into tangible eco- split by agreeing to support the from PAS, which was opposed to Economic Affairs. Public disquiet over nuclear Myanmar was under outright nomic benefits for impoverished wife of opposition leader Anwar Anwar’s wife, Wan Azizah Wan “They need to focus on the power and the disposal of spent military rule for decades until a communities. Ibrahim as the next chief min- Ismail, becoming chief minister. common agenda rather than fuel has also risen because of the quasi-civilian regime took power Myanmar has also seen a steep ister of Selangor, an industrial Senior opposition figures highlighting differences,” he said. Fukushima nuclear disaster in in 2011, ushering in broad reforms rise in the production of meth- hub that is the country’s richest warned the dispute could split the Legal experts said Khalid would Japan after the 2011 earthquake that have seen the former pariah amphetamine, using precursor state. disparate multi-ethnic alliance, probably have to step down in the and tsunami. Spent fuel was state lauded by the interna- chemicals smuggled into the But while the parties shelved but PAS leaders stepped back coming weeks now that Anwar’s stored in water at the Fukushima tional community and attracted country across porous borders. their differences, a weeks-long from the brink late on Sunday by wife, with PAS’ backing, has the plant, too. a flood of foreign investment as In June, Myanmar burnt crisis over control of the state agreeing to support Wan Azizah. clear support of the majority in As at most nuclear plants in most Western sanctions were around $130m of seized drugs, has exposed deep divisions in the The “Pakatan” (alliance) par- the state assembly. Japan, spent fuel is stored on dismantled. including some 1.3 tonnes of alliance that could re-surface to ties have taken strides towards Wan Azizah is widely seen as a site at the Fukushima station But the country’s remote war- opium, 225 kilogrammes of her- hamper its chance of ousting the national power in the last two proxy for her husband, a former high above the ground in reactor torn borders with Thailand and oin and 1.2 tonnes of metham- government in the next election, elections, most recently in May finance minister whose own plans buildings. Laos -- the so-called Golden phetamine tablets to mark World analysts say. 2013, but have been dogged by to take over the top state job In South Korea, a Public Triangle -- and frontiers with Drugs Day. The opposition infighting - a divisions between the secular eth- were stymied by his conviction Engagement Commission group- China and India still provide Authorities last week said they boon for Malaysia’s 57-year-old nic Chinese party, Anwar’s party, in March for abuse, a ruling that ing 13 nuclear experts, professors, a network of smuggling routes had seized $7.3m of drugs buried governing coalition - began when and PAS. The Islamist party itself rights activists say was politically city council members and an offi- for everything from drugs to in a forest in the Golden Triangle the Islamist PAS party refused to is divided between conservatives motivated. cial from a private environmental illicit wildlife, timber and human region. support Anwar’s party’s move to and modernisers. How well she runs Malaysia’s watchdog was formally set up in trafficking. As part of efforts to tackle sack the current chief minister “The progressives in PAS need most populous state until the next October 2013 to take account of “The significant financial pro- major crime, Myanmar state over accusations of incompetence to decide if they want to remain national election, due by 2018, public opinion on spent nuclear ceeds generated by different media yesterday said the govern- and graft. in the old PAS or form a new will be crucial to the opposition’s fuel issues and feed into policy forms of trafficking in Myanmar ment had formed an anti-money The top state official, Khalid party to replace PAS and cre- chances of taking power for the decisions. REUTERS are laundered and distort the laundering board. AFP Ibrahim, refused to accept the ate a more progressive agenda first time. REUTERS TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Manila protests over China patrols in sea Beijing ships were hydrological research vessels

MANILA: The Philippines making it well within the coun- they were first sighted in June said yesterday it would protest try’s internationally-recognised but could remain at sea for over to China about what it called exclusive economic zone. a month. Beijing’s increasing patrols in In contrast, Jose said the bank China lays claim to almost all a disputed area of the South was 595 nautical miles from the of the South China Sea, even up China Sea believed to hold vast coast of China’s Hainan island. to the coasts of its neighbours. oil and gas resources. A day earlier, Aquino expressed This conflicts with the territorial Foreign Department spokes- concern at the presence of Chinese claims of the Philippines as well man Charles Jose announced the government ships in the disputed as Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and protest a day after the airing of waters, questioning how far China Vietnam. a television interview in which intended to push its claims. In recent years, tensions between President Benigno Aquino raised In an interview with ABC-5 the Philippines and China have the alarm over the Chinese ves- television network, transcripts risen as China has aggressively sels at Reed Bank. of which were released by the pressed its claim, citing “histori- “The frequent passage of presidential palace, Aquino said: cal facts” and occupying and for- Chinese vessels in Recto Bank is “They want to claim what is ours. tifying outcrops and islets. Aquino not an innocent exercise of free- How far will we let this go? Are joked that China could eventually dom of navigation but is actually we going to be content to just tell claim all of the Philippines, citing done as part of a pattern of ille- them, ‘Okay, you can go this far’”? the presence of Chinese migrants gitimate sovereign patrol in the “What are they doing there? in Manila as early as the 16th cen- Philippines’ exclusive economic What studies are they doing? tury when the archipelago was a zone, pursuant to China’s unilat- Hopefully this will not add to the Spanish colony. eral effort to change the status tensions between the two of us,” Aquino’s spokesman Herminio quo in the South China Sea,” Jose Aquino said. Coloma said yesterday the told reporters, referring to Reed Defence Department spokes- Philippines would continue to rely Bank by its Filipino name. man Peter Paul Galvez said mainly on a “strategy of finding a He said Reed Bank was about yesterday the ships were “hydro- peaceful and diplomatic solution” Military personnel standing on the beach at Thitu island which hosts a small Philippine town and an airstrip used 85 nautical miles from the west- logical research vessels” capable to the South China Sea dispute. for civilian and military flights in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in June 2014. ern Philippine island of Palawan, of mapping the ocean floor, adding AFP Award-winning five-hour I will not fight Aquinos: Binay P33m smuggled film seeks audience garlic from China MANILA: He owes what he “I owe what I am today to the Binay’s presidential bid in 2016. to be auctioned MANILA: The Philippine won best actress. is today to the Aquino fam- Aquino family,” Binay said. “I Aquino was reacting to news MANILA: The Bureau of director of an international Diaz said in the coming days ily, so Vice-President Jejomar don’t have any respect for those reports quoting his sisters Ballsy Customs (BOC) is set to auc- award-winning movie returned he would be looking for venues Binay will never fight President who do not know how to repay and Kris as saying that Binay tion off on August 26 P33m home yesterday to presidential to show the movie in its entirety Aquino. their debt of gratitude, especially has the capability and integ- worth of smuggled white garlic accolades and the challenge of and to distribute it both locally “Other people are saying that those who do not respect their rity to carry on their brother’s from China that arrived at the finding an audience for his five- and abroad. the President and I will be fight- parents.” achievement. Manila International Container hour film. “That is the struggle of (non- ing. That is next to impossible,” He recalled that he was the In an interview with TV5 which Port (MICP) last June. Lav Diaz, whose movie “From commercial) cinema,” he said, Binay told reporters yesterday in first local government official aired Sunday night, Aquino said BOC district collector retired What Is Before” scooped the cov- remarking that Hollywood had Maguindanao where he led the appointed by then president that on learning of the report, he Major Gen Elmir de la Cruz said eted Golden Leopard prize at the conditioned people to expect that inauguration of a senior citizens’ Corazon Aquino immediately immediately sought his sisters’ the public auction would be held prestigious Locarno film festival movies should only be about two building in Datu Odin Sinsuat after the EDSA people power explanation through text and was through sealed bidding to be con- in Switzerland at the weekend, hours long. and a multi-media centre at the revolution in 1986. told they had been forced by the ducted by the MICP at 2.30pm said his victory was a boost for But he said this was a miscon- Mindanao State University. He earlier said he helped secure media to “say something.” at the MICP Building in Tondo. Philippine cinema. ception, adding that at Locarno, His pronouncement came amid the Aquino family during sev- “Number two, the gist of what Viewing is on August 22. “It’s good for the Filipino peo- his movie was screened to a full- mixed signals from Malacañang eral coup attempts against her they said seemed to be, ‘If he will The first shipment was 17 ple. It’s good for Filipino cinema. house thrice with the audience on Aquino’s plans after the end administration. continue what our brother started, units of 40-foot shipping contain- Our work is on par with other staying to the end. of his term in 2016. Recently, Aquino’s sisters thank you, or beautiful,’ which is ers reportedly consigned to MC cinemas of the world,” he said “They didn’t want the film to The President also took a dig acknowledged Binay’s loyalty to not exactly the same as ‘you will Jayson International Trading. It hours after returning. end,” he laughed. yesterday at “early campaign- their family. be the one to continue.’ They were contained a total of 486,870 kilo- Diaz, 55, whose black-and-white President Benigno Aquino’s ing” for 2016, although he did not They were even quoted in news asked to react,” Aquino said. grammes of garlic with an auction film recounts the strange events spokesman Herminio Coloma name names. reports as having declared their Early this month, Binay said he floor price of P24,343,500. that befall an isolated village in congratulated Diaz and Orenico, Binay is widely acknowledged preference for Binay as successor received feelers from the ruling The second shipment, on the the Philippines in 1972 during the saying “once again, we have shown as the standard-bearer of the to their brother. Liberal Party that he was being other hand, was four units of era of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, to the world that the Filipinos are opposition United Nationalist President Aquino, however, considered as its guest candidate 40-foot shipping containers alleg- won the festival’s top prize while undeniably talented”. Alliance in the next presidential clarified that his sisters had never in the 2016 elections. edly intended for Sofrich Trading. his lead actress Hazel Orencio AFP race. categorically voiced support for THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR Vietnam rice arrives Oil smuggling on No urgency for information the rise: Govt bill, but still a priority: Govt MANILA: Oil smuggling is again on the rise across the MANILA: President Aquino “We have 26 priority bills... how country especially in Mindanao, will not certify the Freedom do you choose which one should be prompting the Department of Information (FOI) bill as passed first? On my part, I don’t of Energy (DOE) to closely urgent, saying other priority have a choice on which one should coordinate with the Bureau of measures must be given ample be first. Everything is important.” Customs (BOC) to address con- attention. For instance, Aquino said a pen- cerns of oil industry players. Aquino did not mention the sion system must be given prior- Energy Secretary Carlos FOI bill in his last State of the ity because the country must hire Jericho Petilla yesterday said Nation Address but the Office of 20,000 new soldiers. The problem smuggling remains a problem that the Executive Secretary, in a let- was the existence of a law indexing cannot be curtailed by the energy ter to Congress, included it in a the pension of retired officials with department alone. list of Malacañang’s priorities. those in active service. He said this “Small and big smuggling are Aquino had promised to push would also have an effect on the the same. They cause havoc to for the bill’s passage before the police and the whole bureaucracy economies. However, how this end of his term to promote trans- as they would need salary increase should be curtailed is really parency and accountability. as well. beyond our powers. What we are “Well, that’s included (in the Aquino added the importance doing though is coordinating with priority bills) but it’s difficult. of “fiscal rationalization” to get rid Customs as far as data sharing is You know, I am very careful in of incentive schemes done before concerned,” Petilla said. certifying a bill as urgent. There but were no longer working at this Oil companies estimate that is a constitutional requirement time. He said this was needed to P20bn to P30bn is lost to oil smug- (as to when) the certification can attract more investors. There is gling every year. An oil indus- be made urgent,” Aquino said in also the draft Bangsamoro Basic try source cited some hotspots a TV5 interview aired Sunday Law, which he would certify as of oil smuggling in the country, Workers unload the latest batch of imported Vietnamese rice in a port in Manila yesterday. The Philippines, one night. urgent. THE PHILIPPINE STAR such as Phividec in Misamis of the world’s biggest rice buyers, expects to miss government targets for rice production this year, boosting Oriental, Subic, Zambales, Davao, chances it could buy more of the grain overseas to maintain supplies and control local retail prices. Zamboanga and Bataan. According to the source, the oil industry may collapse if the illegal activity would not be addressed. “Low volumes, businesses closing Palace apologises to Malta after OFW misses Manila flight down, prices not dictated by the market, these cases are not isolated MANILA: The Philippines OFW Rodrigo Andres who failed “We won’t know until we get 9007 to Manila at 7:30am. failed to respond. in Sulu. We encounter these year- yesterday expressed regret to to board the second chartered the result of the investigation,” But Maltese airport officials Meanwhile, the Philippine gov- in-year-out because of rampant the government of Malta for flight from Malta last Saturday. Jose said. informed Antonio and PAL crew ernment thanked Malta for its smuggling. In fact, an industry col- the disappearance of one of “The Philippine government Andres was among the 766 members that one passenger was support and cooperation which lapse is not far-fetched if this ille- the overseas Filipino workers is extending its full cooperation Filipinos evacuated from Libya missing. resulted in the safe, efficient and gal activity will be left unchecked,” (OFWs) evacuated from Libya in the investigation until its final and brought to Malta to take the Airport officials said Andres successful transit of the Filipino one oil industry source said. after he failed to board the resolution,” Jose said. chartered flight to Manila. checked in at the airport with his evacuees from Libya. The Malaysian authorities chartered flight to Manila. He did not comment when Overseas Workers Welfare luggage but did not show up at the The Libyan conflict is an tightened border security in Foreign Affairs spokesman asked about the possibility that Administrate (OWWA) officer immigration. ongoing armed conflict between Sabah, preventing the influx of Charles Jose told a press briefing Andres chose to stay in Malta Mario Antonio said Andres The crew members repeatedly Islamist forces and their smuggled fuel from the two coun- yesterday that Maltese authori- instead of returning to the was among the second group announced Andres’ name over opponents. tries. THE PHILIPPINE STAR ties are investigating the case of Philippines. of Filipinos to board Flight PR the public address system but he THE PHILIPPINE STAR TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

Khyber assembly Rusted arms recovered Sikhs search for clues members top tax defaulters on Afghan stowaways ISLAMABAD: If Imran Khan’s KABUL: A Sikh leader in has been ravaged by decades of civil disobedience means refus- Afghanistan said yesterday war. ing tax payment then Khyber that he was trying to contact “Our rights are trampled Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has families over reports that 35 and we are treated badly by the already been observing it. stowaways found in a ship- Afghan people,” Singh said. The directory of lawmakers ping container in Britain were “We are discriminated against, indicates that KP MPAs top in from the tiny, persecuted our children cannot attend school, tax default throughout Pakistan. community. and our land has been stolen. As PTI chief yesterday urged Staff at Tilbury Docks near Therefore, many Sikhs are forced public not to pay taxes, he failed London discovered one dead man to flee Afghanistan.” to realise that several PTI mem- in his 40s, and 34 other people Afghan’s Sikhs and Hindus bers holding positions in the alive, after hearing banging and often live in the same commu- provincial cabinet of KP are screaming from inside the con- nities in Kabul, Jalalabad and non-taxpayers. tainer on Saturday. Kandahar, working as labourers KP Assembly has 124 members British police said the survi- or in the clothes and traditional of whom 27 (21.77 percent) are vors, including 13 children, were medicine businesses, said Singh. tax defaulters. Another 61 (62.88 Afghan Sikhs. He said most Sikhs who had per cent) MPAs were too ‘poor’ to “I didn’t know of this until the recently left Afghanistan headed pay a penny in income tax. news reports emerged and I am for Australia and Russia rather The provincial assembly’s trying to contact families who than Britain. speaker Asad Qaisar, minis- may be involved,” Rawel Singh, a All 34 survivors from the ship- ter for public health engineer- prominent leader of Afghanistan’s ping container were taken to ing Shah Farman, CM’s special Sikh community said. nearby hospitals to be treated assistant Sooran Singh are among “I am urgently seeking more for hypothermia and dehydration. prominent zero taxpayers in KP, information.” Four people are still in hospi- according to the tax directory Singh, vice president of the tal, and the local Sikh commu- released by FBR in February this Hindu and Sikh Council of nity has been helping care for the year. Afghanistan, said only a few survivors. Likewise, PTI president thousand Sikhs remained in “Officers and colleagues from Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, Murad Afghanistan, a sharp drop from the Border Force will be speaking Saeed and Sheheryar Afridi and before the civil war in the 1990s. to them via interpreters so we can Ayesha Gulalai filed zero tax Many of those remaining com- piece together what happened,” return, according to the directory. plain of brutal persecution in a said superintendent Trevor Roe of INTERNEWS Afghan security officials display rusty arms recovered by security forces during various operations across Muslim-majority country that the local Essex police. AFP Baghlan, as they are handed over to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group in Baghlan, Afghanistan, yesterday. Protest leaders ignore Sharif’s talks offer Tens of thousands, not millions, occupy two streets in Islamabad, far below what Khan and Qadri expected

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani The government was setting up generals had nose-dived in recent but the numbers wax and wane marching on parliament and the opposition leader Imran Khan committees to negotiate with the months. under the blazing summer sun. fortified enclave where most for- and a firebrand cleric either protest leaders, lawmaker Marvi Sharif’s last term ended in a Most of Khan’s supporters eign embassies are located. ignored or rejected an offer Memon from the ruling party said coup in 1999 and since taking spend the night at the homes of Such a move would be a rec- of talks from Prime Minister yesterday. She laughed off sugges- office last year he has clashed with friends rather than camp out in ipe for violence given the heavy Nawaz Sharif yesterday, the tions negotiations might fail. the military on several issues. the open. Although some roads deployment of riot police and fourth day of anti-government “I don’t believe they will reject Many officers are unhappy that are blocked by shipping contain- paramilitary forces, prompting protests in the capital. negotiation, because they would Pervez Musharraf, the army chief ers, most life in most of the capi- many newspapers to publish criti- Both former cricketer Khan also like some kind of face-sav- who ousted Sharif, is on trial for tal continues as usual. cal editorials of Khan. and cleric Tahir ul-Qadri, who ing,” she said. treason. The government’s offer of “Were Mr Khan’s threats not runs a network of Islamic schools The protests have sparked con- They distrust Sharif’s dovish talks followed a call from Khan so risible they would be worthy of and charities, have called for cerns over the fragility of democ- stance towards rival India and on Sunday for his supporters not the severest condemnation,” said Sharif to quit, accusing him of racy in the nuclear armed nation were frustrated by delays over to pay taxes or utility bills. His Dawn, one of the country’s most corruption and ballot-rigging of 180 million. The military, fight- the launch of an anti-Taliban appeal met with widespread ridi- respected papers. during his landslide election vic- ing a Taliban insurgency, has offensive. cule since most Pakistanis who Nawaz Sharif is the 18th tory last year. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not publicly commented on the But few think the military, can get away without paying taxes and current Prime Minister of Khan’s representatives did not protests. which has ruled Pakistan for and utility bills already do so - a Pakistan, in office since June 2013. respond to calls seeking comment So far, the protest turnout has Many Pakistani analysts around half its 67-year history, major contributor to the country’s Sharif is the president of Pakistan on the government’s offer. Qadri been far below what Khan and believe Khan and Qadri mounted wants a coup. economic woes. Muslim League (N), which is cur- rejected it and called for his fol- Qadri had hoped for. Tens of thou- their parallel protest campaigns Police estimated the number of In a veiled threat, Khan also rently Pakistan’s largest political lowers to stage more sit-ins in sands, not millions, have occupied because they sensed Sharif’s people participating in the two pro- warned that he may not be able party, and has formed the govern- other cities. two streets in Islamabad. fraught relationship with his tests on Sunday at around 55,000, to stop his supporters from ment. REUTERS

Polio vaccination Squatters occupy over 250 schools in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Over 250 gov- Of the 38 completely occupied ernment schools, mainly pri- schools, six are in Bannu; five in mary, have been illegally Shangla; four each in Swabi and occupied for the last over two Mardan; three each in Swat, decades by different people Peshawar, Nowshera, Hangu and across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tank; and one each in Abbottabad, province, it was learnt. Charsadda, Upper Dir, Kohistan Of these schools, 38 are com- and Mansehra. pletely occupied and 215 partially, Similarly, the partially occu- according to official documents. pied schools include 37 in Bannu; The occupation of so many 20 in Peshawar; 15 in Swat; 13 schools is astonishing in a each in Mansehra and Dera situation when senior offi- Ismail Khan; 12 in Charsadda; cials of the Elementary and 11 in Lakki Marwat; 10 each in Secondary Education (E and Abbottabad and Mardan; nine SE) Department are scratching each in Nowshera and Upper their heads over how to meet the Dir; seven in Haripur; six each in schools’ requirements, accord- Shangla, Kohat and Chitral; five ing to sources in the education each in Buner and Tank; three in department. Kohistan; and two in Battagram. They said that the department Currently, the education currently needed thousands of department is not allowing schools, mostly primary, so as to construction of new schools on An Afghan health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child during a vaccination campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province enrol the out of schools children. donated land without transfer of yesterday. A new three-day nationwide immunisation campaign supported by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health has begun. A senior official of the edu- the land to the education depart- cation department said that in ment, a senior official of the edu- most of the cases of occupation cation department said. the owners had donated land for “It is very easy to occupy the the schools on the condition that government’s building as no one Major reservoirs likely to reach maximum level they or their immediate relatives challenges the occupants for their would be given jobs in the same wrong act,” he said. schools. When contacted, E and SE ISLAMABAD: The coun- the maximum storage level was the reservoir. On the other hand, of all its provincial members, The jobs include peon, watch- Department director Rafiq try’s two major reservoirs are reached. flow in the Jhelum river was including Sindh member Mazhar man and in rare cases that of a Khattak said that the occupied expected to be filled to the Officials said the water level much lower, at 41,000 cusecs, and Ali Shah, to help fill the dam. teacher. schools were not constructed on maximum level today as flows had already crossed 1,547 feet and about 12,000 cusecs was being dis- The official said that about 2.5 He said that the owners had the feasibility report of the educa- into the Indus have improved would touch 1,548 feet yesterday charged downstream. million acre feet (MAF) of water occupied the buildings when their tion department. because of recent rain. morning. And today, the reservoir The storage at the Mangla dam had gone downstream Kotri so far demand for jobs was not met. He “These schools are constructed Sources said yesterday the Indus would attain the maximum stor- was recorded at 1,232 feet yester- against the annual requirement said that the education depart- by the senators and MNAs and River System Authority (Irsa) age level of 1,550 feet. day evening against its storage of 10MAF sanctioned under the ment did not have the property under different schemes of the had advised the Water and Power The flows in the Indus at the capacity of 1,242 feet. 1991 water apportionment accord. documents of the fully occupied federal government,” Khattak Development Authority (Wapda) Tarbela dam were recorded at Therefore, Irsa had decided to He said it was expected that schools. said. to start filling the Tarbela dam to 248,000 cusecs yesterday against divert water from the Indus zone flows downstream Kotri would In the partially occupied He added that the provincial take maximum advantage of the discharges of around 210,000 to Mangla-Chenab zone by run- increase to 5MAF by the end of schools, the occupants, includ- education department was not improved flows as temperature cusecs to meet full indents of ning the Chashma-Jhelum Link the season because full flows would ing peons and watchmen, have taken into confidence at the time had declined in Skardu. the provinces for irrigation. As canal at full capacity. have to be allowed in the rivers as been residing in a portion of the of construction of such schools. It was, therefore, decided that such, the authorities were con- An official said the diversion Chashma barrage was already full. respective schools, sources said. INTERNEWS Tarbela dam would be filled until serving about 38,000 cusecs in was allowed by Irsa with support INTERNEWS TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 No foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan Decision a setback, says Islamabad

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: of the talks, Akbaruddin said: “It In a tough move, India Monday was underlined that Pakistan high called off the August 25 for- commissioner’s meeting with the eign secretary-level talks with so-called leaders of the Hurriyat Pakistan after the latter’s envoy undermined constructive diplo- held a meeting with a separa- matic engagement initiated by the tist Kashmiri leader. Pakistan prime minister (Narendra Modi) described the decision as a “set- on his very first day in office.” back” to its efforts to promote “The Indian foreign secre- good neighbourly relations. tary, therefore, conveyed to the External Affairs spokesper- Pakistan high commissioner today son Syed Akbaruddin conveyed (Monday) in clear, unambiguous the Indian government’s deci- terms that Pakistan’s continued sion following Pakistan High efforts to interfere with India’s Commissioner Abdul Basit’s internal affairs were unaccept- meeting with separatist Kashmiri able,” he said. leader Shabir Shah in the capital “The only path available to yesterday for consultations before Pakistan is to resolve outstanding the foreign secretary-level talks. issues with peaceful, bilateral dia- “Foreign Secretary Sujatha logue within the framework and Singh’s visit to Islamabad for principles of Simla Agreement talks on August 25 stands can- and the Lahore Declaration,” celled,” he said, adding that the Akbaruddin added. talks have been called off as “no Justifying the calling off of the useful purpose will be served” by talks, Defence Minister Arun her visit. Jaitley said: “The ceasefire viola- In a statement, the Pakistan tions by Pakistan are deliberate. Foreign Office said it has been Pakistan and some forces there do informed of India’s decision to call not want normalization of rela- off the talks “taking exception to” tions between both countries.” the Pakistani High Commissioner “The ceasefire violations (in Policemen stand guard outside the High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi yesterday. in New Delhi holding meetings recent days) are not only happen- with Kashmiri leaders. ing on the Line of Control (LOC) the wake of Pakistan’s invitation the Kashmiri separatist leaders) and moderate factions of the today to meet the Pakistan high It said it is a “long standing but also along the international to separatists, said the Modi gov- was a diplomatic indiscretion on Hurriyat, said they will visit New commissioner. practice” ahead of bilateral talks border. I am sure that our soldiers ernment needs to explain why part of Pakistan, the government Delhi Tuesday to meet Pakistan Jammu and Kashmir’s rul- to hold meetings with Kashmiri will give a befitting reply to these it decided to have talks with of India also appeared not to High Commissioner Abdul Basit. ing National Conference termed leaders in order to “facilitate ceasefire violations,” he told media Pakistan in the first place. have done its homework properly Speaking to media persons, the decision to call off the talks meaningful discussions on the in Amritsar. “I think the government needs before deciding to go ahead with the Mirwaiz termed cancellation “strange” while the opposition issue of Kashmir”. “With these kind of provocations to explain why in the first place such high-level talks,” he said. of talks as “a serious blow to the Peoples Democratic Party called Other Kashmiri separatist lead- like the ceasefire violations and, it decided to go ahead (with Bharatiya Janata Party leader dialogue process between the two it “a negative development”. ers, however, said they would go on more seriously, invitation to sepa- talks),” Congress leader Manish Siddharth Nath Singh, mean- countries”. Abdul Basit had invited to meet the Pakistan high commis- ratists to meet the (Pakistan) High Tewari said. while, said provocation and peace A spokesman of Geelani said Kashmiri separatist lead- sioner Tuesday and criticised the Commissioner, it’s for Pakistan to Congress leader Amarinder cannot go together. cancellation of the foreign sec- ers, including Geelani and the Indian government for calling off decide what kind of relationship it Singh said the Modi govern- In Srinagar, senior separa- retary-level talks indicated the Mirwaiz, for consultations yes- the talks over the contentious issue wants with India,” he said. ment had not done its homework tist leaders Syed Ali Geelani “political immaturity of the terday and today ahead of foreign of the invitation to them. The Congress, which had ques- before proceeding with talks with and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who Indian government”. He said secretary-level talks. Announcing the cancellation tioned the move to hold talks in Pakistan. “While it (meeting with respectively head the hardline Geelani would leave for Delhi IANS

Six UP brides leave in-laws’ Colourful Dahi Handi festival homes over draws millions in Mumbai MUMBAI: Millions of This year, mega-prizes run- while an all-women team of lack of toilets Mumbaikars trooped on to ning into Rs1 crore and above Gopikas built a pyramid at roads here yesterday to cel- were conspicuously missing Paushtik Dahi Handi Mandal in LUCKNOW: Six newly-wed ebrate the Dahi Handi festival. and replaced by much smaller Goregaon. women in Uttar Pradesh walked Amidst tight security, teams of amounts, ranging from Rs25,000 A 89-year-old mandal in Dadar, out of their in-laws’ homes ‘Govindas’ went around from one to a little over Rs1 lakh by various among the oldest Dahi Handi rather than walk into the fields place to another, singing, danc- organisations. mandals in the city, saw several to ease themselves. ing, throwing colour and build- Massive crowds turned up in third-generation Govindas tak- Taking their cue from Prime ing human pyramids for the prize Thane for some of the biggest ing part in the celebrations, with Minister Narendart Modi’s call hanging many metres above. public Dahi Handi celebrations their fathers and grandfathers in his Independence Day address One Govinda team managed at Minister Jitendra Awhad’s watching and cheering them. for a toilet in every household, to build an eight-tier pyramid at Sangharsh Pratisthan, including There are 1,000-plus large Dahi especially in rural areas, the the Sankalp Pratishthan in Worli, a Govinda team from Spain; Shiv Handi mandals, and another 2,600 young brides protested to their organised by Minister of State for Sena legislator Ravindra Phatak’s small mandals besides around 670 husbands and in-laws over lack Housing Sachin Ahir. Sankalp Pratisthan and his party Govinda teams, registered in the of such a facility. Another succeeded in building colleague and legislator Pratap city. These brides from Kushinagar a nine-tier pyramid in Borivli in Sarnaik’s Sanskruti Pratishthan. This year, around 110 mandals district returned to their parents northwest Mumbai. In Mumbai, a huge event had kept prizes of Rs1 lakh and within weeks of tying the knot, a The tone for the day’s festivities was held by Congress legislator above. A huge of rush of devo- non-governmental organisation was set when the first ‘handi’ was Krishna Hegde with an extra tees was also witnessed at vari- said. Neelam, Kalawati, Shakina, cracked at Madhav Wadi in Dadar dose of Bollywood celebrities at ous Krishna temples in the city, Niranjan, Gudiya and Sita of amidst loud cheers. Vile Parle. especially at the ISKCON temple Khesiya village protested when Despite stringent safety meas- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in Juhu where celebs queued up they found there were no toilets ures by most mandals, at least legislator Ram Kadam’s Mitra with commoners for prayers since attached to their houses. 20 Govindas were injured after Mandal in Ghatkopar, ranked Sunday midnight. After spending a couple of days, falling from tall human pyramids, among the top organisations, and This year’s Dahi Handi is being they returned to their parental ranging from five to eight tiers, at Nationalist Congress Party legis- celebrated under the shadow of homes over the past two months. various Dahi Handi events. lator Prakash Surve’s Dahi-Kala the Bombay High Court’s strin- Sulabh International, an NGO At many places, organisers had Utsav in Kandivli also attracted gent restrictions, including working for providing low-cost for the first time arranged safety huge crowds. human pyramids up to 20 feet sanitation, has announced it belts attached to cranes which The fisherfolk of Worli organ- tall, and ban on Govindas below would build toilets free for the Devotees form a human pyramid to reach and break a dahi-handi (curd- saved the Govinda at the topmost ised a simple, traditional Dahi the age of 18. The order was later brides. pot), on the occasion of the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai yesterday. tier from falling when the human Handi celebration with a lot of stayed by the Supreme Court. Terming the brides’ rebellion pyramids collapsed. dancing, singing and feasting, IANS as a “bold and extraordinary step”, Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak said that such incidents clearly show the changing mind- set of girls over modern toilets. Sulabh spokesman Madan Jha said the NGO would construct Record footfalls at Taj fail to cheer hoteliers the toilets free of cost without any delay so that the brides can AGRA: A record number of except an opportunity to see the for a family holiday.” But he was return to their in-laws’ place people visited the Taj Mahal on historic Taj. disappointed to see most of the soon. He also said the six women Suday, with footfalls crossing Despite over 8,000 rooms in 350 visitors choosing not to stay back would be honoured for their bold the 50,000 mark. On Saturday big and small hotels and guest in Agra even for a night to see stand. too, over 48,000 tickets were houses in the city, visitors chose other monuments. Two years back, Priyanka sold, but all this proved mean- to return by late night. “Only those who were late Bharti, a bride from Maharajgunj, ingless for Agra’s hotel industry. Due to parking hassles, and and could not make it to the Taj, was honoured for taking a simi- The majority of visitors were of long queues at the Taj Mahal, were forced to see other places lar step. Bharti now works as a course deshi who combined tour- many were forced to return with- like Sikandra and Dayalbagh,” Sulabh motivator and has also ism with religion, paying a visit out being able to see the Taj. Rakesh Chauhan, president of appeared with Bollywood actress to the twin holy cities of Mathura Akash Chandra from the Agra Hotels and Restaurants Vidya Balan in a sanitation adver- and Vrindavan. Ghaziabad, who visited with fam- Association. tisement of the union government. Industry sources say close to ily could not locate a safe park- “After the opening of the Sulabh has in the past handed 200,000 people visited and enjoyed ing place. He was held up in a Yamuna Expressway, visitors over a cheque of Rs.5 lakh to a watching the Taj Mahal in two traffic jam on Yamuna Kinara from the Delhi circuit feel com- tribal woman, Anita Narre of days. Entry is free for children road. Around 4pm he chose to fortable to return the same day, Betul district in Madhya Pradesh, below 15, “so they are not counted, drive back home, dejected and as travelling time is drastically after she left her marital home although they form the majority”, exhausted. curtailed.” within days of her wedding pro- said guide Ved Gautam. Hotelier Surendra Sharma Tourism circles in Agra have charm tourists. “Then there are and air so much talked about testing lack of a toilet. Hotels in Agra, however, could said: “Independence Day falling on long been demanding some added huge parking problems due to in the media in recent years, Prime Minister Modi, during not benefit from the “boom” as Friday, then came the Saturday, attractions to hold back the tour- encroachments around the monu- also inhibit tourists from stay- his Independence Day address, most of the visitors returned the Sunday, and Janamashtmi holiday ists. But poor publicity to the light ments, and also the nasty games ing back,” said travel agent Amit mentioned the need to build toi- same day, avoiding night stay yesterday. For people of the NCR, and sound show at the Fort and of cheating and fleecing of visitors Sisodia who organises heritage lets in every home. in this city. For many of such it was indeed a blessing to move highlighting of the other lesser is notoriously rampant. trips within the city. IANS visitors the city offers nothing out to the nearest destinations known monuments has failed to “The foul and polluted water IANS

TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Household survey in Telangana today Thousands head home; govt declares holiday

HYDERABAD: Thousands of nearly four crore population of cards for 84 lakh households. people are returning to their the state, is said to be the biggest “Successive governments claimed home towns and villages in exercise ever undertaken in the to have build 55 lakh houses for Telangana as the stage is set for country in a single day. poor but there are still lakhs the household survey across the The Telangana Rashtra of applications for houses,” state today. Samithi (TRS) government is said Information Technology People from different parts of going all out for the success of the and Panchayat Raj Minister K the country and Hyderabad are massive exercise aimed at iden- Tarakarama Rao. rushing to their native places in tifying real beneficiaries of wel- Telangana will be completely the state to get enumerated while fare schemes and weeding out the shut today as the government has the state machinery is geared up bogus ones. It has allayed appre- declared a public holiday to enable for the massive exercise in which hensions of people from Andhra people to be at their homes for nearly four lakh government Pradesh settled in Hyderabad the survey. It has warned private employees will collect data from that the survey is being under- companies, shops and business An aerial view of a flood affected residential area at Nalanda, in Bihar. 84 lakh households in all 10 dis- taken to single them out. establishments of action for any tricts including Hyderabad. Chief Minister K violation of the orders. The chief There was heavy rush at bus Chandrasekhara Rao blamed minister has made it clear that and railway stations as families vested interests for spreading not a single RTC bus will operate Floods wreak havoc in UP; headed to home be present dur- rumours, pointing out that there Tuesday. ing the visit of the enumerators. is no nativity column in the sur- Clearing the last hurdle for The state-owned Road Transport vey form. the survey, the Hyderabad High Corporation (RTC) was operating He said the authentic data Court Monday dismissed a peti- special buses to clear the rush. would help the government in tion to stay the exercise. During 11 lakh affected in Bihar People working in Karnataka, better planning of the schemes the hearing of a similar petition Maharashtra, Gujarat and other and targeting the real benefici- last week, the government has LUCKNOW,: The Army was also released Rs51 crore for relief He said major rivers, includ- states are also returning home as aries and also to put an end to the told the court that the survey is alerted yesterday as floods con- works. It has also announced an ing Kosi, were flowing above the the authorities have made it clear massive irregularities going on in only optional and not compulsory. tinued to wreak havoc for the ex-gratia of Rs1.5 lakh each to danger mark at several places. that those who don’t participate implementation of such schemes In Hyderabad, thousands of second consecutive day in Uttar those who have died in the floods. “Situation remains grim due to will lose the benefits they are for decades. enumerators visited different Pradesh, an official said. The bureaucrat added Sant rising water level of rivers,” he said. enjoying under various welfare Stressing the need for the parts of the city yesterday to dis- Hundreds of villages have been Kabir Nagar and Ballia areas He said so far 37,000 people schemes. survey, the government said tribute forms and create aware- flooded in Bahraich, Shravasti, were now vulnerable to floods. have been evacuated from flood- The survey, which will cover that there are 1.07 crore ration ness among people. IANS Balrampur and Lakhimpur Kheri A district official said that hit districts of Saharsa, Supaul, districts. Twenty-eight people it was after a gap of 37 years Darbhanga and Gopalganj. have so far died, the state govern- that flood water had entered “The department has set up 76 ment said. The fury of Ghaghra, Balrampur area. relief camps in these districts,” Rapti and Sharda rivers has Meanwhile, the deaths in the he added. aggravated after neighbouring Bihar floods rose to nine yester- Earlier, the government 18 killed as train hits tempo in Bihar Nepal released water. day, said an official who added sounded a high alert as water level Doctors’ leave has been can- that nearly 11 lakh people in the in major rivers in north Bihar, celled over fears of an epidemic state have been affected by floods. especially the Kosi, Gandak, PATNA: Eighteen people, including women and Divisional railway manager (Samastipur) Arun outbreak due to the flood waters Sunil Kumar, an official of state Kamla Balan and Bagmati, rose children, were killed and two others seriously Malik told reporters at the site that the accident entering residential areas. disaster management department, following heavy rain in their injured when a tempo they were travelling in was was the result of a negligence on the part of the More than 17,000 people are said so far floods have claimed lives catchment areas in Nepal. hit by a train at a railway crossing in Bihar yes- gateman at the railway crossing. staying in relief camps, an official of nine people, of whom six have Over a dozen teams of the terday, officials said. Malik said the railway safety commissioner will said and added that the National died in Nalanda district, which is National Disaster Response Force The Dehradun-bound Muzaffarpur-Rapti-Ganga inquire into the accident. According to reports Disaster Response Force (NDRF) among the worst-hit. and state disaster response force Express hit the overcrowded tempo at Samera rail- reaching here, all the victims are from one family. has been deployed while the army “Around 11 lakh people in 582 have been deployed in flood-hit way crossing in East Champaran district. The Bihar government announced a compensa- has been alerted. villages under 43 blocks have been districts. The state disaster man- East Champaran superintendent of police Sudhir tion of Rs1.5 lakh to the kin of the victims and the Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan hit by floods in several districts, agement department has asked Kumar Singh said: “Bodies of all the victims have railway has announced a compensation of Rs50,000 said 73 relief camps have been including seven lakh in Nalanda,” people living in low-lying areas to been sent for post-mortem.” to the kin of victims. IANS set up. The state government has Kumar said. move to higher ground. IANS

Don’t need Saradha scam: Aparna Sen, police to guard Trinamool minister grilled a pomegranate KOLKATA: The Enforcement that he sold the unit at an inflated tree, rules court Directorate yesterday grilled price and that Sudipta Sen, famed film actor-director now behind bars, was politically Aparna Sen and a West Bengal coerced to make the onerous deal. NEW DELHI: Children pluck- minister in connection with the “How can somebody be coerced ing pomegranates from someone multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit into a business deal? There is no else’s tree does not constitute a fund scam. dispute. I came as I got instruc- threat to public peace, a court Questioned by the ED, Sen said tions from ED,” he said. here has ruled and quashed a she has given all the information The minister said neither magisterial court’s order for that was sought from her. he nor Chief Minister Mamata security deployment. Sen, who worked as the editor Banerjee were embarrassed over Trashing the lower court’s of Parama — a magazine brought the ED summoning him. “Why order, the special CBI court of out by the Saradha Group — said should I be embarrassed... my Judge Praveen Kumar here has she was happy to cooperate with leader and chief minister has not observed that law cannot be used the investigating agency. given me any message (that she to solve private dispute if public “I was called by the ED to help is embarrassed).” peace is not threatened. with the probe. They wanted to Mukherjee said he handed over “The sole object of initiating speak to me as I had worked for to the ED officers the papers they proceedings under Section 107 Saradha for sometime. I’ve given sought. “The discussions were (security for keeping peace) of Taxi drivers and their union leaders take part in a protest during a strike in Kolkata yesterday. them all the information they limited to these papers, noth- the Code of Criminal Procedure sought and told them I’m happy ing else.” The minister conceded (CrPC) is to maintain public to co-operate anytime they call that the ED sleuths also quizzed peace and tranquillity and it can- Taxis again keep off Kolkata streets me,” Sen told media persons after him regarding Sudipta Sen and not be used as a handle in case of the questioning. Saradha. a private dispute between individ- KOLKATA: For the fifth time The metro trains and public Srvastava at the Howrah station. State Textile Minister “They asked me certain things uals where there is no material of over the past 12 days, commut- buses were packed, particularly “After a long search, one taxi Shyamapada Mukherjee was about Sudipta sen. Regarding that disturbance to public tranquillity ers here had a harrowing time in the peak hours, and serpentine agreed to go, but asked for Rs1,000 quizzed by the agency about I told them I am not in the know. or public peace,” Judge Praveen as taxis kept off roads yester- queues seen in auto-rickshaw and for a 15km distance,” said another a business deal he made with About Saradha also I am not in the Kumar ruled in his August 14 day with cab drivers continu- cycle-rickshaw stands. passenger, seemingly at his wit’s Saradha Group head and pur- know, because in 2009 we had not order. ing their agitation protesting People arriving in the city end. Kolkata taxis charge around ported scam kingpin Sudipta Sen. heard about Saradha. Nor did we The judge quashed the order of against police “excesses”. through the Howrah and Sealdah Rs12.50 per km on normal days. The first state minister to know much about Sudipta Sen.” the special executive magistrate, Hundreds of cabbies took part stations and the NSC Bose Since August 7, the taxi drivers be questioned in the scam, Besides the ED, the Central outer Delhi district, for police in a condemnation rally at the International Airport were left have on five occasions pulled their Mukherjee faced posers regard- Bureau of Investigation (CBI) too deployment to guard the pome- Dorina Crossing in the city centre stranded for hours in the absence vehicles off the roads by calling ing the transaction of a plot of is probing the purported Rs10,000 granate tree owned by three per- Esplanade, decrying the govern- of taxis. “For the last one hour, I wildcat strikes or protest walks or land and a cement factory which crore scam that ruined lakhs of sons — Saurav Kumar Chaudhary, ment’s move to seek cancellation have been looking for a taxi. But even to rush to the court for “felici- he sold to the group in 2009. depositors across Bengal, Assam Rambha Chaudhary and Niranjan of bail of 21 drivers arrested ear- even the pre-paid taxi booth is tating” bailed out colleagues earlier Talking to the media, and Odisha. Kumar Chaudhary. lier for vandalism. empty,” said middle-aged Ram arrested for vandalism. IANS Mukherjee rejected allegations IANS Delhi police, in a plea, had sought the court’s direction for security deployment, fearing that children plucking pomegranates from the Chaudharys’ tree may lead to breach of public peace and tranquillity. The magisterial court More Indians likely to find domestic jobs in Middle East had issued show cause notice to Saurav Kumar Chaudhary, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: there is an opportunity for semi He said Asian men and women government survey last year, demand would increase for proper Rambha Chaudhary and Niranjan As more and more women in and unskilled Indians to find jobs are likely to get employed in the there were 1,625,653 non-resident geriatric care of the elderly pop- Kumar Chaudhary over the issue Middle East countries step out- in Middle East countries. domestic sector in Middle East Keralites, of whom 1,424,853 were ulation in these countries,” said and asked them to maintain peace side their homes for work, the “This is a huge opportunity for homes as cooks, nannies and working — 1,325,527 males and Irudayarajan. during the inquiry proceedings. opportunities for Asians to work India because when Middle East drivers. 99,326 females. Irudayarajan also He said our government must The Chaudharys in their revi- as cooks, nannies and drivers in women start to work, there would “The women there will expe- said that a majority of the Kerala see this as an opportunity and sion plea submitted to the court the region are likely to go up, be a huge number of jobs in the rience the same situations we women who work as nurses in the start working on how to capitalise that the dispute was not of such a said a migration expert. semi and unskilled category for experienced in our families when Middle East need not worry about it. The government also needs to nature which could lead to breach S Irudayarajan, who heads both men and women from Asia. women started to work. Already their jobs. work out an arrangement to take of peace and public tranquillity, the migration unit attached “The need of the hour is to find women from Africa have started “The nursing sector is not in care of issues such as the safety and the authority should not have to the Ministry of Overseas out how we can make use of this to arrive in these countries,” said demand among the Middle East and protection of Indian women exercised its power under Section Indian affairs at the Centre for new opportunity and what would Irudayarajan. women. There would be more working abroad, he added. 107 of the CrPC. IANS Development Studies, said that be the impact,” said Irudayarajan. According to a Kerala jobs created for our nurses, as IANS TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW A meteor crosses the Milky Way on the Ari Atoll, Maldives, on the night of August 17. Ari Atoll (also called Alif or Alufu Atoll) is one the of natural HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER atolls of the Maldives.

MUSCAT 30/26 Clear 30/27 Clear MAKKAH 44/30 Partly cloudy 42/29 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 44/29 Clear 47/28 Clear BAHRAIN 39/32 Clear 38/33 Clear SANAA 27/19 Thunderstorm 29/17 Mostly cloudy Indian-origin scientist measures rare black hole RIYADH 43/33 Partly cloudy 44/30 Clear DUBAI 39/33 Partly cloudy 41/32 Partly cloudy WASHINGTON: A team of astronomers measure that even their existence is some- of light pulses, one occurring 5.1 times per BAGHDAD 48/30 Partly cloudy 46/30 Clear led by an Indian-origin astrophysicist has times disputed. second and the other 3.3 times per second — succeeded in accurately measuring — and Little is known about how they form. And or a ratio of 3:2. THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW thus, confirming the existence of — a black some astronomers question whether they Pasham used the oscillations to estimate hole about 400 times the mass of our sun in behave like other black holes. that M82 X-1 is 428 times the mass of the sun, HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER a galaxy 12 million light years from Earth. The finding by University of Maryland give or take 105 solar masses. He, however, The universe has so many black holes that astronomy graduate student Dheeraj Pasham does not propose an explanation for how this ATHENS 31/23 Clear 33/25 Clear it’s impossible to count all of them. and two colleagues reveals that the black hole class of black holes formed. “We needed to WASHINGTON 29/22 Chance of storm 29/22 Chance of storm There may be 100 million of these intrigu- in question is a just-right-sized version of this confirm their existence observationally first. SYDNEY 17/11 Chance of rain 16/11 Chance of rain ing astral objects in our galaxy alone. Nearly class of astral objects. Now the theorists can get to work.” LONDON 19/08 Partly cloudy 20/08 Clear all black holes fall into one of two classes: Big, During the study, Pasham focused on one A black hole is a region in space contain- PARIS 19/12 Chance of rain 20/11 Chance of rain and colossal. But scattered across the universe object in Messier 82, a galaxy in the constella- ing a mass so dense that not even light can ISTANBUL 27/22 Chance of rain 27/21 Clear like oases in a desert are a few apparent black tion Ursa Major. Messier 82 is our closest “star- escape its gravity. Black holes are invisible, but MANILA 32/25 Chance of rain 32/25 Chance of storm holes of a more mysterious type. burst galaxy” where young stars are forming. astronomers can find them by tracking their DHAKA 30/26 Thunderstorm 30/26 Thunderstorm Ranging from a hundred times to a few Among the material circling the suspected gravitational pull on other objects. The study DELHI 36/30 Partly cloudy 38/31 Partly cloudy hundred thousand times the sun’s mass, these black hole, he spotted two repeating flares of was published online in the journal Nature. ISLAMABAD 33/24 Partly cloudy 33/24 Partly cloudy intermediate-mass black holes are so hard to light. The flares showed a rhythmic pattern IANS China police Cartoon cat Garfield gets TV makeover in Indonesia detain Jackie JAKARTA/SINGAPORE: the United States and Europe. to $1.34bn by 2018, according to in Asia. The learning curve to ani- are increasingly tapping on local The comic strip cat Garfield was “The Southeast Asian region PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates. mate Garfield, which started as culture to create unique content Chan’s son, created in America, but the ani- is very new to the media game. I Britain’s Pinewood Studios a comic strip by Davis in 1978, is that appeals to both domestic and mated television series based on think we’ve been in the business Group, famous for its James Bond not too steep for Infinite’s team international markets. the famous Jim Davis cartoon for about a decade or just over a film franchise, partnered the of animators who are mostly The Raid 2, an action movie says report character is produced at a sprawl- decade, whereas the rest of the Malaysian government’s invest- Indonesians, Wiluan said. co-produced by Indonesia’s PT. ing studio on the Indonesian world has had a lot of time devel- ment arm Khazanah Nasional France’s Dargaud Media, which Merantau Films about a police BEIJING: Police in Beijing have resort island of Batam. oping their creative economy,” Berhad to open Pinewood Iskandar owns the rights to The Garfield officer using the traditional silat detained the son of Hong Kong Infinite Studios started in 1997 Infinite Chief Executive Mike Malaysia Studios in June. Show, has come up with a “crea- martial arts to fight thugs, was actor Jackie Chan, apparently as a film post-production com- Wiluan said. American studio The Weinstein tion bible” which is followed by shown at the Sundance Film in connection with a drugs case, pany with 13 people. In part build- “I think it’s a great opportunity. Company will use the $170m com- the subcontractors in the produc- Festival earlier this year to sev- local media reported yesterday. ing on the success of Garfield, it When we go out to the world, we plex in the southern Malaysian tion process. eral positive reviews. Jaycee Chan, who like his father has diversified into creating its come out as a region as opposed state of Johor as the shooting site “It basically enables anyone Malaysian animation studio has worked as an actor and singer, own content production as well as to just coming out as a singular for Marco Polo, a series about the to follow the instructions of how Les’ Copaque Production Sdn Bhd was detained last week alongside animation and visual effects, with country and trying to compete Italian merchant traveller from this character would look, feel and produces the popular Upin and a Taiwanese pop star known as facilities that employ 200 people within such a small region.” Venice, media reported. It will be act,” Wiluan said. “I guess why Ipin television show about a pair Kai Ko, the Beijing Times daily in Indonesia and Singapore. The film industry in Indonesia, shown on U.S. video streaming Garfield has been so successful all of 5-year-old twins experiencing reported. Southeast Asia has been Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, service Netflix. over the world is because it’s the their first-ever fast in Ramadan. Ko was held on charges of “tak- emerging as a film production Thailand and Vietnam is worth In Singapore, Star Wars creator adventure of a really cute cat and The show is broadcast by the ing drugs”, the paper said, adding centre, with an expanding local a total of $1.15bn in 2014 through Lucasfilm launched a visual effects everyone understands it.” Disney Channel, Turkey’s Hilal that Chan, 31, had been detained workforce and growing exports to ticket sales (box office) and cin- and animation hub in January to On top of bringing to life char- TV, as well as television stations at the same time. It did not give the region or even to the tradi- ema advertising, and is pro- work on Hollywood blockbusters acters originating in the West, in Malaysia and Indonesia. further details. tional creative powerhouses like jected to jump nearly 17 percent and bolster its marketing efforts Southeast Asian film makers REUTERS The report comes as China conducts one of its periodic crack- downs on illegal drug use, which this year has included the arrest Rare planetary conjunction of at least nine locally-known celebrities, according to state- Taking pain out of the run media. Individuals placed under crimi- nal detention in China can be held in custody for a maximum of 37 prick of the needle days, after which they should be charged by prosecutors or released. NEW DELHI: Patients no inserted into the vein, a ‘flash’ Those found guilty of dealing longer need put off blood tests can be seen. The ‘flash’ is a small or trafficking in illegal substances for fear of painful needle prick. amount of blood that flows into can face life in jail or execution. Butterfly needles are here, the hub connected to the needle Others can faced forced “treat- making blood collection a pain- when the needle enters a vein. ment” in government-run drug free exercise. This gives the lab technician an rehabilitation centres. The high-end technology nee- assurance he is “in” the vein. The Jackie Chan has a high pro- dles, unveiled by an NCR-based butterfly needle is typically held file in China, where he has taken pathology diagnostic centre, are by folding the ‘wings’ and then part in government meetings and a relatively pain-free tool for placed into the vein generally at often appears on state-run TV. collecting blood from patients - a shallow angle. Chinese courts handled more especially those who are hyper- Normally, the technician has than 43,000 drug-related cases sensitive to pain, have syringe used what is called a “vacutainer” from January-May this year, an phobia, children, newborn babies, where the blood is drawn through increase of about 30 percent over or have very fragile or small veins. a needle into a tube which has the same period in 2013, state- Elaborating, Dr B.R. Das of vacuum with the appropriate broadcaster CCTV reported. the Delhi-based SRL Diagnostics material to prevent the blood AFP Limited pointed out that access- from clotting in certain cases. ing the vein is not always easy in The butterfly needles serve certain cases. another purpose of safeguarding Newborn babies and children the lab technicians from acciden- have very thin and superficial tal needle stick injuries that are a veins; older or geriatric patients crisis in the health care systems Venus (left) and Jupiter (right) rise together in a rare conjunction over the Hell Gate (rear) and Robert F often have with tremors, some around the globe. Therefore, safer Kennedy (front) bridges early yesterday in New York. The two planets were separated by about 0.25 degrees combative patients are aggres- blood drawing devices like but- as viewed from Earth. They will appear farther apart each day but still relatively close together about 45 sive), and for some patients it may terfly needles help mitigate the be necessary to draw blood from dangers of needle stick injuries minutes before sunrise this week. the back of the hand. during routine blood draws. When the butterfly needle is IANS Tuesday 19 August 2014 23 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6162 Price: QR2

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DOHA: Despite Qatar bourse’s percent and 1.29 percent respec- Sunday announcement showed tively; and real estate sector the listed companies collec- appreciated by 1.12 percent. tively delivered a lack-lustre net Market cap surged to QR726bn profit for the first half, Qatar from the previous trading ses- stocks made its biggest jump in sion’s QR716bn. Trading value gal- 11 weeks yesterday. Lifted by loped to QR856m from QR227m. blue chips, the benchmark index The total traded volume crossed surged by 1.70 percent to finish 17 million shares from more than at 13,644 points. three million shares. QNB, QIB, Industries Qatar, Elsewhere in the region, Dubai’s Vodafone and Widam were among index rose 0.7 percent, its biggest the top gainers. QIB surged to 4.07 gain in a week. Nearly 116 million Rasheeda docked at Hainan LNG terminal in China. percent, while QNB jumped by 2.91 shares traded, which was more percent. Industries Qatar appreci- than double Sunday’s total but ated by 2.42 percent and Widam still low compared to recent mar- Qatargas delivers first cargo to Hainan LNG terminal and Vodafone advanced 2.94 per- ket norms; nine of the 12 sessions cent and 2.62 percent respectively. this year in which fewer than 200 Global index compiler MSCI on million shares traded have been in DOHA: Qatargas delivered the the People’s Republic of China. demand for energy in the People’s The Hainan LNG termi- Sunday said it will raise the weight- August, Reuters reported. first cargo of Liquefied Natural This achievement highlights Republic of China, and we at nal, located in China’s Hainan ing of QNB, Industries Qatar and Emaar Properties and contractor Gas (LNG) to China National Qatargas’ capability to supply Qatargas are very proud to have province, will have a first phase QIB at the end of this month. Drake & Scull each climbed 1.5 per- Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) LNG to customers around the played a contributing role.” receiving capacity of 3 MTA add- Messaied Petrochemical, which cent. Property-related stocks tend Hainan LNG terminal located globe safely and reliably. This Qatargas and CNOOC have ing to CNOOC’s operating LNG tumbled 7.8 percent on Sunday, to lead market moves in the UAE. in the Hainan province, last delivery will further strengthen an existing Sales and Purchase terminals located in Shanghai further slipped by 1.58 percent. Abu Dhabi also rose, adding 0.7 per- week. The cargo arrived aboard the relationship between both Agreement signed in 2008 for the Municipality, and the prov- Ooredoo and Nakilat were among cent. Aldar Properties was the most of a Q-Max class LNG vessel companies over the long-term. supply of a total of two million inces of Guangdong, Fujian and other main losers. active stock, rising 2.2 percent. Rasheeda and it will be used to “Under the guidance of His tonnes per annum (MTA) of LNG. Zhejiang thus maintaining its Except Telecoms and Saudi Arabia edged up 0.1 per- commission the new LNG ter- Excellency Dr Mohammed Saleh The first delivery of LNG from position as China’s largest LNG Transportation, the entire sector cent, hitting a new six-and-a-half minal which CNOOC owns and Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Qatar to China with CNOOC was importer. indices emerged from Sunday’s year high. will be operating soon. Industry of the State of Qatar made in October 2009. This is the third time Qatargas red territory to end in the green. Egypt’s stock benchmark suffered Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Chairman of the Board of Qatargas is the world’s largest has provided a commissioning The Telecoms Index which fell 1.31 its largest decline in eight weeks Qatargas Chief Executive Directors at Qatargas, Qatari LNG producing company with a cargo for one of CNOOC’s LNG percent on Sunday further dipped yesterday. Cairo’s measure fell 1.4 Officer, said:“This is an impor- LNG has a key role to play in con- production capacity of 42 MTA. receiving terminals and repre- to 0.17 percent and Transports percent in a broad sell-off. Trading tant milestone for Qatargas. tributing to countries around the The State of Qatar, as the world’s sents the sixth LNG receiving slid 0.05 percent. volume was up by more than a third We are very pleased that LNG world in improving their diversity leading LNG producer, antici- terminal overall in China to use Banks and Financials soared from a day earlier, which may indi- from Qatar continues to con- of energy supplies. The commis- pates that the People’s Republic LNG supplied by Qatargas for by 2.34 percent. Industries and cate further selling is likely. tribute towards meeting the sioning of CNOOC’s Hainan LNG of China will become one of the commissioning activities. Insurance sectors jumped by 1.47 THE PENINSULA growing demand for energy in terminal will meet the growing world’s largest gas markets. THE PENINSULA PetroChina reviews LNG in transport plan Brent crude price falls

BEIJING: China’s biggest Seen just a year ago as a fast- LNG is cleaner and nearly a business, having spent billions of energy firm PetroChina is growing profit engine, the firm third cheaper than diesel, China’s dollars on a dozen LNG plants, lowest since June ’13 reviewing its multi-billion- is now reviewing investment in main transport fuel. Oil firms had mainly in the country’s west and dollar push to produce lique- the niche business that chills gas an ambitious goal back in 2011 to north, and building over 600 gas NEW YORK: Brent crude oil shut by a fire on July 29, remained fied natural gas (LNG) to fuel into liquid form, sourcing the replace 10 percent of automotive refuelling stations. The company shed more than $2 a barrel to closed. The refinery has direct trucks and ships in place of die- gas from small producing fields diesel consumption with gas by separately operates two multi-bil- reach its lowest price in over a access to the Cushing, Oklahoma sel, shutting two loss-making or from pipelines tapping large 2015, industry officials have said. lion-dollar LNG import terminals year yesterday as investor con- oil storage hub and delivery point gas liquefaction plants, sources inland basins, they said. Led by the private sector, China on China’s east coast. cerns over conflict in Ukraine for the US crude contract. said. LNG is increasingly being seen has built dozens of small-scale It also helped put nearly 80,000 and Iraq eased, and as higher The September US crude con- PetroChina unit Kunlun as a potential transport fuel, and onshore gas liquefaction facili- LNG vehicles on the road by the Libyan oil output added to tract is set to expire tomorrow. Energy Co Ltd closed the two can nearly treble a vehicle’s driv- ties since 2001 to tap marginal end of 2013 by working with auto already ample supplies. Its premium, or backwardation, major plants in the past month, ing range over rival compressed gas fields located off the national makers and truck fleet owners, “You had a very solid run-up on to the October contract widened wrong footed by rising costs for natural gas (CNG). Royal Dutch pipeline grid, filling a supply gap said a Kunlun executive, who Friday, probably related to geopo- intra-day to a high of $2.48, indi- gas and China’s slower growth Shell last year agreed to run LNG as demand for lower-carbon pro- declined to be named as he was not litical risk going into the weekend, cating supplies in the later month rate that has cooled demand, two fuelling lanes at up to 100 major ducing LNG surged. authorised to talk to the media. and you have a hangover because were expected to be more ample sources with direct knowledge of truck stops along US interstate Kunlun, a relative latecomer, But since the second half of 2013, of that,” said Stephen Schork, than in the immediate-term. the situation said. highways. emerged as a leader of the Kunlun has seen utilization rates editor of The Schork Report in Phil Flynn, analyst at the Price at some of its plants fall below 50 Villanova, Pennsylvania. Futures Group in Chicago, said percent, he said, amid a broad eco- Crude pared gains from Coffeyville could need additional nomic slowdown and as Beijing Friday’s spike when the govern- crude as soon as it was up and rolled out a gas price reform that ment in Kiev said its artillery running in order to make up for pushed up prices of feed gas. had partially destroyed a Russian lost production. An anti-corruption probe of top armoured column. He also said refineries were PetroChina executives, including By yesterday, Kiev military entering “shoulder season,” a Kunlun’s former chairman Li reported new successes over- period of weak oil demand when Hualin - a protege of China’s ex- night, building on a weekend summer driving wanes and winter security chief Zhou Yongkang who breakthrough when Ukrainian has not yet begun. is now officially under investiga- troops raised the national flag In Iraq, Kurdish peshmerga tion - added to uncertainty about in Luhansk, a city held by pro- fighters and Iraqi forces have the company’s business strategy, Russian separatists since fighting pushed Islamic State militants said the Kunlun executive. began in April. out of Mosul dam, state television A PetroChina spokesman did Brent crude fell $2.27 to reported, while higher Libyan not respond to Reuters ques- $101.26 a barrel by 1.10pm EDT output threatens to compound tions. Kunlun Energy’s investor (1710 GMT) after notching a ample supply. relation chief was not available for session low of $101.11, the lowest Advances by militants in Iraq comment. since June 24, 2013. US crude for in June prompted a rise in oil In July, barely a month after September fell $1.42 to $95.93, prices, although the fighting has the start of trial production, after touching a low of $95.81. yet to affect oil supplies from Kunlun shut down a 1.2 million US crude futures prices were southern oil ports, the outlet by tonne per year (tpy) liquefaction briefly lifted off intraday lows by which almost all of Iraq’s crude plant at Huanggang in the central a report from industry intelli- exports reach world markets. province of Hubei, the sources gence company Genscape of “fur- Libya’s production, disrupted said. ther increased activity” at CVR for months by strikes and pro- The plant, the largest of its Refining LP’s 115,000-barrel-per- tests, had risen to 535,000bpd on kind in China, had aimed to sup- day Coffeyville, Kansas, refinery. Sunday, higher than previously ply LNG to vessels along the The Kansas Department of reported, but still far below the Yangtze, China’s longest river. Health and Environment, how- 1.4 million bpd pumped last year. PetroChina’s logo at its gas station in Beijing. REUTERS ever, said the refinery, which was REUTERS TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Beijing accuses Thailand skirts Mercedes-Benz of ‘price-fixing’ SHANGHAI: China has recession with accused Mercedes-Benz, a unit of German car giant Daimler, of price-fixing, state media reported, amid an anti-monop- oly investigation into foreign 0.9pc growth carmakers. Pricing authorities in the east- ern province of Jiangsu have Economy brightens after coup collected evidence that Mercedes- Benz controlled prices of its spare BANGKOK: Thailand’s econ- Yesterday, Prayut proposed a parts and maintenance services, omy grew 0.9 percent in the sec- 2.57 trillion baht budget for 2015 the official Xinhua news agency ond quarter, dodging recession to the army-appointed National reported. The total cost of all spare after the military ended months Legislative Assembly. parts for a Mercedes-Benz C-class of political deadlock with a coup Prayut said the spending plan, could be 12 times more than a fin- and promised to unshackle which awaits the NLA’s approval, ished model, the report said, citing spending. is around $1.6bn more than 2014 data from an industry group. The junta, under coup-leading but pledged it will be disbursed “The Benz case involves typical Army Chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha, with “capability and efficiency vertical price-fixing,” Zhou Gao, has pegged its legitimacy to improv- and transparency.” head of anti-monopoly depart- ing the economy after months of Critics of the elected former gov- ment at the Jiangsu price bureau, political protests froze government ernment of Yingluck Shinawatra told Xinhua. spending, scared off tourists and said her government squandered The bureau was designated by battered consumer spending. money on populist policies such China’s National Development Between April and June the as a flagship rice subsidy scheme. and Reform Commission (NDRC) economy crept back to life with Prayut, who has appointed the — one of several Chinese gov- 0.9 percent growth after shrink- air force chief to oversee the econ- Volvo cars are displayed in a car dealership showroom in Riga, Latvia, yesterday. ernment bodies that investi- ing a revised 1.9 percent in the omy, has said the power grab was gates violations of the country’s preceding three months, the necessary to restore the nation’s “anti-monopoly” law — to probe National Economic and Social economic fortunes as well as peace Mercedes-Benz for alleged Development Board reported. and order. The junta has installed Volvo woos China’s rich monopoly actions, said Zhou. On a year-on-year basis, an assembly which is expected to A Daimler spokesperson con- the economy grew 0.4 percent, elect a new prime minister over GOTHENBURG, Sweden: persuade customers to spend up to the company’s headquarters in firmed Monday that the com- NESDB said. coming days. Thai media hotly With headlights shaped like ¤100,000 for a brand many associ- Gothenburg, shows design is to pany was still “assisting” Chinese Since seizing power on May tips Prayut for the post. Thor’s hammer and space for a ate with functional family cars. the fore. The seven-seater fea- authorities in an investigation 22, Prayut has opened the coffers The stock market has shot up humidity-controlled cigar case, “Prices will be the same tures a sleeker logo, and inside are but declined to comment on the — pledging to kick-start stalled nearly ten percent since the coup. Volvo’s new cars are sporting level as competitors like the Scandinavian touches of light wood Xinhua report. investment projects, including Analysts expect domestic luxury features and designer Germans,” said Volvo CEO Hakan and leather, a tablet-like, touch- “We are unable to comment major train and road links, and demand to creep forward as the glitz to catch the eye of the Samuelsson. “Customers should screen control panel, and a mini- further on what is still an on- paying state debts to rice farmers junta’s policies kick in but are less booming Chinese market and not expect to buy them cheaper malist dashboard. The head of the going matter,” the company said to help spur agriculture. enthusiastic over the speed of eco- shed their safe-but-dull skin. than an Audi.” gear stick is Swedish crystal. in a statement provided to AFP. Despite the positive momen- nomic expansion. The XC90 SUV launch on The new cars aim to recon- “This is Scandinavian design Mercedes-Benz said in early tum, Southeast Asia’s second “Growth prospects have bright- August 26 will be make or break cile strategic tensions in the without the bling-bling,” said August that it will cut spare largest economy still looks set ened since the military takeover, for a company moving into a 87-year-old carmaker, which chief marketing head Alain Visser. parts prices from September in for a disappointing year. The which reduced political uncertain- premium market dominated by remains wedded to Scandinavian “The XC90 is a signal that we are response to the anti-monopoly board clipped its growth outlook ties and restored relative peace to German rivals. understatement, greenness and here as a premium brand. It is a investigation by NDRC. for 2014, forecasting 1.5-2 percent the country,” said analysts Capital It will be the first fully new car an emphasis on safety, but also signal that other models are going The case comes against the expansion, down from a previous Economics in a briefing note. under Chinese parent Zhejiang wants to make swanky cars that in that direction.” backdrop of a sweeping probe into estimate of 1.5-2.5 percent. “Nonetheless, the economy con- Geely Holding Group Co, which will seduce affluent Chinese cus- The XC90 will be followed next foreign firms in China, which has It said the political turmoil of tinues to face several headwinds, bought Volvo from Ford Motor tomers away from the likes of year by a S90 sedan, aimed at the spread from pharmaceuticals and the first five months of 2014 would such as high household debt burdens. Co four years ago, and heralds BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. United States and China, which baby formula to the auto sector, likely drag the economy to “per- As such, growth is unlikely to return the revamp of its entire product The XC90 has anti-collision could become the world’s biggest the world’s largest but dominated form below its potential” over the to its trend rate anytime soon.” range to more upmarket models. detectors that will brake the car premium market by 2020. by foreign brands. full year, with key auto and tour- The kingdom had enjoyed a It follows a five-year, $11bn on dangerous left turns, and the Last year Volvo owner Li Shufu ism sectors still flagging. reputation as “Teflon Thailand” investment programme aimed at company says its four-cylinder was reported to have called Volvo’s Egyptian pound Visitor numbers to Thailand for its enviable record of economic doubling Volvo sales, which for engine is an industry beater in interiors “too Scandinavian”, and are down just over 12 percent resilience in the face of the last two decades have been stuck at terms of combining power with the rollout of the new cars will remains stable year-on-year, despite desperate eight years of political upheaval as around 400,000 cars a year. low emissions. show that Volvo has accepted efforts to reassure tourists that well as devastating floods in 2011. It hopes the new line will reverse But the first preview of the car, many of the Chinese demands. CAIRO: The Egyptian pound the ‘Land of Smiles’ is safe. AFP declining sales in the US, but must for a small group of journalists at REUTERS remained stable at a central bank dollar sale and on the black market yesterday. The central bank said it sold $39.6m at a cut-off price of 7.1401 pounds per dollar. Kuwait nearly doubles supplies in 10-year oil deal with Sinopec The rate for the dollar sales has stayed in a very tight range since the beginning of June, after KUWAIT/BEIJING: Kuwait to be worth $120bn, said Nasser “It will be the first cost-and- international prices and under An official signing ceremony the bank allowed the pound to has concluded a new 10-year Al Mudaf, KPC’s head of interna- freight term deal between KPC purely commercial terms,” Mudaf will be held in Hong Kong in three weaken in May. It had offered deal with a China’s Sinopec tional marketing said. and China,” said the source, add- said, adding the quantity was days, both said. $40m on Thursday. Corp to nearly double its sup- Mudaf said the contract ing it would be more competi- subject to increase, but did not State news agency KUNA, On the black market, the plies by offering to ship the oil replaces a previous one for tive than previous contract that specify by how much. quoting government data, dollar changed hands for 7.39 and sell on a more competitive between 160,000bpd 170,000bpd Sinopec bought on a free-on- As Kuwait does not have reported in July that Kuwait’s pounds, one market participant cost-and-freight basis, accord- that had expired. board basis and shipped the oil spare crude production capac- crude oil exports to China in the said, almost unchanged from ing to a KPC official and a trad- A senior trading source with by itself. ity, the incremental supplies to first half of this year stood at Thursday’s rate of 7.40 pounds. ing source on Monday. direct knowledge of the contract “We look for the best markets Sinopec would be diverted from 3.87 million tonnes, equivalent to The rates at which banks are State-run Kuwait Petroleum said KPC managed to increase which has stability and gives high other markets such as Japan around 157,000 bpd. allowed to trade dollars are deter- Corp will export 300,000 barrels the supplies to Sinopec because it return to KPC,” said Mudaf, the and Europe, where demand Most of Kuwait’s exports go to mined by the results of the cen- per day (bpd) of crude oil under offered “a good deal”, under which marketing chief. has been weakening, said the Asia. The Gulf Arab state pumped tral bank sales, giving the bank the agreement, which would KPC will use its own oil fleet and The agreement with China’s trade source, who declined to be 2.81 million bpd in July, according effective control over official amount to 15 percent of Kuwaiti sell the oil on a cost-and-freight Sinopec’s trading arm, Unipec, named as he’s not authorised to to a Reuters survey. exchange rates. petroleum exports and estimated basis. was reached “in accordance with talk to media. REUTERS AGENCIES IILM to lengthen Rosneft kickstarts oil tenors with first six-month sukuk prospecting off Norway

KUALA LUMPUR: The MOSCOW: Russian state oil in imposing sanctions against Malaysia-based International giant Rosneft, despite tight- Russia over its alleged backing of Islamic Liquidity Management ening Western sanctions, said rebels in east Ukraine. Corp (IILM) will lengthen yesterday it had started explor- They include restrictions sales maturities in its Islamic bond ing for oil in a joint project with of technology and equipment used programme when it auctions Norway’s Statoil. for offshore Arctic oil drilling $790m of sukuk next week, The two companies “started projects. according to a filing with the exploration operations at the Washington has targeted state- Malaysian central bank. Pingvin License PL713 prospect controlled Rosneft, preventing it The decision to offer a six- in the Norwegian section of the from raising anything but short- month maturity for the first time Barents Sea,” Rosneft said in a term funding in US markets, for is a step towards increasing the statement. its paramount role in Russia’s oil appeal of IILM sukuk, which were The test well will descend 422 industry and because its chief Igor introduced to meet a shortage of metres through the Arctic waters Sechin is a close ally of President liquid, investment-grade instru- and then bore through the soil to Vladimir Putin. ments which Islamic banks can a total depth of 1,516 metres in The US sanctions appear to be trade to manage their short-term what Rosneft called “the most hurting the company’s finances, funding needs. Previously, the promising and prolific area of the with Rosneft appealing to the IILM issued only three-month Barents Sea next to the discov- government for help to refinance paper. ered Castberg fields.” part of $45bn (¤34bn) of debt it The IILM, a consortium of cen- A Rosneft subsidiary won a 20 took on as a part of its drive to tral banks from Asia, the Middle percent stake in the prospect area become Russia’s top oil company. East and Africa, will offer $400m in a tender held by Norway’s oil The US restrictions did not of six-month sukuk and $390m of ministry last year, and the results prevent Rosneft from beginning three-month paper next Monday, from the test well are to be ana- to explore for oil in the Kara the filing said. lysed by the end of the year. Sea off the northern coast of The consortium launched its Statoil this month said it had Siberia earlier this month in a sukuk programme in August last failed to find oil during a summer joint project with US oil major year and currently has $1.35bn drilling campaign in the remote ExxonMobil. The EU technology of paper outstanding, including Norwegian Arctic. sale restrictions only touch future $490 m of three-month sukuk Norway, which is not an projects and not those signed issued in May and maturing this EU member but is part of the before the sanctions were agreed month. European Economic Area free at the end of last month. REUTERS trade zone, has followed Brussels AFP TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Russia may ban EU vegetable growers to get $167m boost

BRUSSELS: EU fruit and veg- cauliflowers, mushrooms, grapes, car imports etable growers will get financial cucumbers, strawberries and aid of up to ¤125m ($167m) to blackcurrants, which lack storage help them cope with Russia’s options and have no immediate ban on most Western food alternative markets to make up from the West imports, which has created a for the absence of Russia. glut of produce in peak harvest “Prices for these perishable time, the European Commission products have been hit hard by said. the crisis, falling by up to 90 Mercedes-Benz could suffer Russia has declared a one-year percent in some cases. Prices embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit for other products targeted by MOSCOW: Russia may tighten no immediate comment. The arti- and vegetables from the United the ban are also coming under retaliatory sanctions against cle did not specify if the proposed States, the European Union, intense pressure,” Copa-Cogeca Western nations to include a ban ban would cover all imported Canada, Australia and Norway in Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen on imports of cars, if the United vehicles, including trucks and retaliation for Western economic said in a statement. States and the European Union buses as well as passenger cars. sanctions over Moscow’s actions The Commission’s plan is to impose additional sanctions Imports accounted for 27 per- in Ukraine. support prices by reducing some on Moscow, daily newspaper cent of passenger car sales in the The EU’s executive Commission of the surplus in the market. Vedomosti reported yesterday. first half of 2014, while for trucks said yesterday it was drawing Producers will receive funding to The impact of the measure on and buses the proportion was 46 on provisions in the reformed compensate for fruit and vegeta- many foreign automakers would percent and 13 percent respec- Common Agricultural Policy bles either withdrawn from the be softened because their facto- tively, Vedomosti said. (CAP), which includes an emer- market and distributed for free ries inside Russia would not be Foreign carmakers have gency reserve of some 420 million or not harvested. affected, but high-end brands invested around $5bn in setting euros in total to compensate for Already a week ago, the such as Daimler AG’s Mercedes- up local production in Russia market disruption. Commission announced it would Benz could be more vulnerable as since the mid-2000s. The gov- Of that, it will make available provide financial support for they have to be imported. ernment encouraged the trend by ¤125m between now and the end peach and nectarine growers. No-one at Daimler was imme- raising import duties on cars and of November. Food accounts for about 14 per- diately available for comment. lowering tariffs on parts. “With effect from today, I cent of the basket of goods used The West accuses Russia US automaker Ford Motor am triggering CAP emergency to calculate eurozone harmonised of arming separatist rebels in Co, Germany’s Volkswagen AG, measures which will reduce the inflation. Alone, fruit and vegeta- Ukraine, an allegation Moscow France’s Renault SA, Japan’s overall supply of a number of bles account for just less than 3 denies. Western governments Toyota Motor Corp and South fruit and vegetable products on percent the basket. imposed sanctions on Moscow, Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co are the European market as and But these are not normal times including on its financial and among those which produce locally. when price pressures become as far as inflation is concerned. energy sectors, and Russia has Daimler has a joint venture too great in the coming months,” Despite record low interest already hit back by stopping with Russian truckmaker Kamaz Agriculture Commissioner Dacian rates and money pumping poli- imports of many food products. OAO to assemble Mercedez-Benz Ciolos said. cies, euro zone inflation is running Vedomosti reported that a ban trucks in Russia, but it does not “All farmers of the concerned at only 0.4 percent year-on-year, on vehicle imports was among make passenger cars in Russia. products, whether in producer a number that is way below the additional proposals put before The firm’s saloons are heav- organisations or not, will be eli- ECB’s close-to, but below 2 per- Russian President Vladimir ily favoured by Russia’s wealthy gible to take up these market sup- cent level and also entrenched in Putin, saying he had rejected the classes. According to the AEB port measures.” what the central bank consid- idea but it remained an option in Automobile Manufacturers The European farmers’ union ers “the danger zone” under 1 the event that Western nations Committee, sales of Mercedes- Copa-Cogeca said it welcomed the percent. impose new sanctions on Russia. Benz cars in Russia stood at Commission’s swift response. The farmers’ situation will be Citing an unnamed government 44,376 in 2013, up 19 percent on It said, however, national fund- assessed further at a meeting of source, the paper said Russia may 2012. That accounts for just over ing would be needed in addition to agriculture experts represent- fully or partly ban imports of cars three percent of Mercedes-Benz EU money. It predicted the over- ing member states on Friday from countries which impose global car sales last year. all cost would be much greater and at an extraordinary meeting sanctions on Moscow, though it The other big luxury car brand than the total in the emergency of EU agriculture ministers on also quoted another source saying in Russia, BMW, has a Russian CAP reserve as the knock-on September 5. EU farm exports the government had not yet been production facility. Sales of effects would extend beyond this to Russia are worth about ¤11bn instructed to prepare the intro- BMWs reached 42,071 last year, growing season. a year, roughly 10 percent of all duction of any new measures. up 12 percent from 2012. A woman takes cover as she walks in heavy rain near a car dealership in The EU funding will cover pro- EU agricultural sales. Russia’s industry ministry had REUTERS Stavropol, southern Russia, yesterday. duce such as tomatoes, apples, AGENCIES Ruble free float plan pushed ahead

MOSCOW: Russia’s central adjust interest rates to try to Ukraine pulled out money. bank announced yesterday it ensure gradual increases in Moscow’s annexation of would intervene less in the for- prices, leaving the currencies Crimea from Ukraine and tight- eign exchange market to sup- to float freely. ening Western sanctions on the port the ruble as it works toward “The Bank of Russia plans Russian economy have seen the letting the currency float freely to complete the transition to a ruble hit record lows against the by the end of the year. floating exchange rate regime dollar and euro, and during the Despite considerable turbu- by the end of 2014,” it added in a month of March alone the central lence in the markets due to the statement. bank spent $22bn defending the crisis in Ukraine and Western The central bank added it Russian currency. sanctions against Russia, the expected the changes “will not The ruble has stabilised since central bank said it had wid- have a significant impact on cur- and the bank has gradually ened the range in which the rent ruble fluctuations” given the reduced its intervention in the ruble trades freely and that it Russian currency has been trad- foreign exchange market to zero would no longer intervene to ing in the middle of its band. in July. smooth volatility within that The ruble was showing slight Markets were destabilised range. gains in trading around midday again at the end of July by the It also reduced the amount (0800 GMT) at 36.026 to the US imposition of the first sector-wide of its intervention, from $1bn dollar and 44.229 to the euro. sanctions against the Russian (¤747m) to $350m, before shift- The Russian central bank has economy, but rebounded when ing the value of the ruble’s trad- been gradually reducing its sup- Moscow imposed its own bans on ing band. port for the ruble over the past US and EU food products. The Bank of Russia said “the year as it prepares to shift to To reduce capital flight, sup- above-mentioned changes are inflation-targeting. port the value of the ruble and carried out as part of the tran- However, that goal has been limit price increases, the central sition to an inflation-targeting vigorously debated as the ruble bank has been gradually raising regime,” which it noted requires has shed about 12 percent of interest rates since March. The “abandoning any measures to its value against the dollar over last hike at the end of July of half manage the exchange rate”. the past year as the Russian a percentage point took the rate Most Western central banks economy slowed and inves- to 8.0 percent. set an inflation target and tors spooked by the crisis in AFP

A customer visits the meat department of an Auchan grocery store in Moscow, yesterday. Russia will allow imports from neighbouring Belarus and Kazakhstan of food processed from Western raw materials which fall under Moscow’s embargo. TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Indonesia eyes Islamic Bhushan Steel Plant woes finance expansion Five-year plan to include role of foreign ownership

JAKARTA: A blueprint being ways to revive a sukuk market drawn up for Indonesia’s Islamic which has seen no corporate issu- finance industry may include ers so far this year. The market incentives to help revive the raised a combined 4.18 trillion domestic market for sukuk rupees with 15 sukuk in 2012 and (Islamic bonds), the capital 2013, OJK data showed. market regulator said. The reasons for the drop-off Indonesia’s financial services in activity are not clear, but authority, Otoritas Jasa Keuangan may be related to higher costs (OJK), is preparing a five-year involved in issuing sukuk, a lack plan for the sector to help it of experience among arranging expand in southeast Asia’s larg- banks, or a lack of regulatory est economy. base, but may now be nearing clarity. The document is expected to the limits of expansion in its core The OJK said it was confident be ready for public consultation customer base: people who value that tax neutrality for corporate by year-end, and will address Shariah-compliance above all sukuk had already been cre- issues including a lack of scale in other factors. ated by existing laws, and said it the industry, sector consolidation It may now need to compete already provided incentives for and the role of foreign ownership, with conventional banks for a the sukuk market in the area of Men ride their bicycles in front of the Bhushan Steel plant in the Indian state of Odisha yesterday. The credi- the OJK said in a statement said. larger, floating mass of consum- fees. But it said additional incen- tors of Bhushan will take steps including an audit to ensure the steelmaker, whose managing director is Last week, the OJK estab- ers who also emphasise service tives were possible. implicated in a bribery case, will be able to pay around $6bn it owes. lished a committee to encourage quality and price. “Taxation should not be an coordination in Islamic finance The blueprint will also help issue, right now the biggest chal- among government bodies and the sector implement rules which lenge in our sukuk market is the the private sector, in order to require Islamic window opera- issuers’ and underwriters’ lack of help Islamic banks navigate tions to be spun off from their knowledge and understanding on a range of local and federal parent banks and floated on the Shariah products. IBA plans Islamic banking unit regulations. local exchange by 2022. “We are reviewing the possi- “Different regulatory sets and The OJK said it expected such bilities of incentives we can pro- BAKU: International Bank of has thus far extended $180m of “Azerbaijan shows consider- perhaps governance standards listings to spur consolidation vide for related parties in Shariah Azerbaijan (IBA), the country’s Islamic financing in the coun- able promise to become a hub for between those institutions is one among Islamic banks over the securities issuance, the same as largest lender, is preparing to try; after legislation is passed, Islamic banking in the region and of the key issues in the road map,” next nine years, although it hoped we had done for sukuk in terms launch a separate Shariah- this could increase to as much as has great potential to cooperate the OJK said. this would not be at the expense of the issuance fee.” compliant banking unit as the $750m within a year, he added. with Russia and all other CIS As of May, Indonesia had 11 of growth. The OJK has in recent months former Soviet state prepares an The bank currently offers (Commonwealth of Independent full-fledged Islamic banks and 23 The OJK did not elaborate on taken a more proactive approach Islamic banking law slated for Shariah-compliant products through States) countries which are inter- Islamic windows operated by con- its plans for foreign ownership to policing the industry: in next spring. an Islamic window, a practice which ested in Islamic banking,” said ventional banks; their combined limits. Foreign institutions must February, it revoked the permit A stand-alone unit would allows conventional lenders to pro- Gurbanzada. Islamic banking assets were worth seek regulatory approval to raise of PT Asuransi Tokio Marine allow IBA, 50.2 percent owned by vide Islamic financial services as This month, the Association of 244 trillion rupiah($21.4bn), giv- their stakes in Indonesian banks Insurance to offer Shariah- Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance, long as client money is segregated Russian Banks asked Moscow to ing the sector a 4.8 percent share above a 40 percent threshold to a compliant products, saying the to more than quadruple its Islamic from the rest of the bank. consider ways to promote Islamic of total banking assets, OJK data maximum 99 percent; some bank- insurer was handling them in an financing business in the country, A separate unit could help finance in the country, including showed. ers would like to see more clar- “unhealthy”way. said Behnam Gurbanzada, IBA’s increase the appeal of Islamic through an industry-specific law. This represented a 16.5 percent ity in the requirements for rises The OJK took over supervision director of Islamic banking. banking among retail clients, in IBA has hired Bahrain-based year-on-year growth rate,which above 40 percent. of both conventional andIslamic “IBA is working on developing a country where an estimated consultancy Shariyah Review the OJK described as “mild”, In June, Dubai Islamic Bank banks, brokerages and insurance new products as well as estab- 93 percent of the population of Bureau to help in the design of down from 24.2 percent growth completed the acquisition of a firms from the central bank and lishing a platform for a separate, nine million are Muslim. IBA also several projects including a real in 2013 and a peak of 49.2 percent 24.9 percent stake in Bank Panin the capital market watchdog fully sharia-compliant unit,” wants to create a strong domes- estate development in Azerbaijan’s in 2011. Syariah, saying it would seek to Bapepam-LK in January this Gurbanzada said. tic Islamic banking platform for capital Baku and a cash financing Islamic banking initially grew increase its holding to 40 percent. year. IBA, which holds 40 percent use with its subsidiaries in Russia, product, said Gurbanzada. rapidly in Indonesia from a low The regulator is also exploring REUTERS of banking assets in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Qatar. REUTERS

Toyota names China eyes trade route deal with Mongolia during Xi visit new Mena chief BEIJING: China expects to Assistant Chinese Foreign direction of these talks is to make the development of one of government, people and com- sign agreements to give land- Minister Liu Jianchao said that Mongolia’s trans-shipments eas- the world’s biggest untapped panies, the Mongolia side really representative locked and resource-rich making the trans-shipment of ier and smoother.” mines at Tavan Tolgoi, near the welcomes China’s investment,” Mongolia easier access to goods from Mongolia would be Soaring Chinese demand for Chinese border. he said. DOHA: Chinese territory for its exports one of the topics for discus- commodities like coal has under- However Mongolia has com- “Both sides have had very Toyota has when President Xi Jinping visits sion during Xi’s two-day trip written Mongolia’s rapid growth, plained that it has not received effective cooperation on the announced the country this week, a senior to Ulan Bator, which starts on with more than 90 percent of its fair value for the coal, arguing energy and mining side. Talks the appoint- diplomat said yesterday. Thursday. exports sold to China. that the lack of alternative buy- on relevant projects, includ- ment of Mongolia, nervous about “Everyone knows that Still, Beijing’s growing eco- ers allows Chinese firms to drive ing coal mines, railways and Takayuki over-dependence on its enor- Mongolia is a land-locked coun- nomic hegemony has caused down prices. roads are ongoing. We hope Yoshitsugu mous neighbour, had once try with no sea ports, so the issue disquiet among Mongolian law- A dispute with Chalco, that there can continue to be ( pictured) favoured a more circuitous and of trans-shipment, especially via makers, who hastily drafted a law which signed a supply deal progress.” as the Chief expensive northerly rail route China, is a very important need in 2012 to limit foreign ownership with Tavan Tolgoi in 2011, has In October, Mongolia agreed to via Russia that would connect for Mongolia. China fully under- in “strategic” sectors. contributed to a decline in coal establish a working group with R e pr e s ent at iv e of it s M i d d l e E a s t its mines to the Pacific coast, a stands this and will do all it can The law was designed to block shipments. China to oversee the construc- & North Africa Representative plan the World Bank said was to help Mongolia to smoothly efforts by China’s state-owned Liu said that while there were tion of new road, rail and pipeline Office (Menaro), effective July unrealistic. and more easily carry out trans- Chalco Group to acquire a major- “different points of view” on cer- infrastructure connecting the two 1, 2014. Yoshitsugu, who suc- But in an apparent recognition shipments,” Liu told reporters in ity stake in Mongolian-based coal tain issues, generally China felt countries with Russia. ceeds Nobuyuki Negishi, will that China is still the best option Beijing. miner South Gobi Resources. that Mongolia welcomed Chinese Liu would only say that China lead strategic business growth for Mongolian exports, Mongolia “Both sides are currently hav- Mongolia had ambitions to business. was talking with both Mongolia and marketing initiatives as is now talking with China about ing talks on this issue,” he added, become China’s top coking “From what we can see from and Russia about the oil pipeline. Toyota seeks to consolidate its a route directly south. declining to provide details. “The coal supplier, largely through our contacts with the Mongolian REUTERS leadership position in a region that represents a key growth market for the brand, a press release issued by the company Asking for more said yesterday. An industry veteran with over Bovis Homes records 28 years of experience handling various sales and marketing func- tions at Toyota, mainly covering the Middle East and Southeast 150pc profit leap Asian markets, Yoshitsugu brings to his new role a wealth of auto- LONDON: British house- have indicated in recent weeks motive knowledge and a deep builder Bovis Homes is on track that the market is beginning to understanding of the regional for a significant rise in full-year cool, with one showing that the market and its demands. profit, it said yesterday after a momentum behind the London “I’m delighted and honoured record number of completions property boom is fading and to be given the opportunity to and improved operating mar- another indicating that house lead Toyota into its next phase gins boosted first-half earnings. prices are stagnating because of growth in a region that counts The company had virtually of tougher mortgage lending among the fastest growing mar- hit its 2014 sales target of 3,650 rules. kets for our brand. Having been homes by the half-year mark and An expected rise in Britain’s closely involved with Toyota’s said it expects to achieve full-year record low 0.5 percent base lend- business in the Middle East for profit in line with market fore- ing rate by early next year could many years, I’m confident that my casts. Thomson Reuters data also dampen housing demand, but regional background and under- shows that analysts expect a 60 Bovis CEO David Ritchie said the standing of customer needs and percent rise in Bovis’s full-year company would regard an inter- preferences will prove very help- operating profit. est rate rise as the right step to a ful as I work with my team to Bovis, which has focused on more sustainable housing market. further build our brand and busi- more affluent regions in the “If house prices (outside ness,” Yoshitsugu said. south of England in recent London) cool to something more “At Toyota our priority has years, reported operating profit in line with inflation, so one to always been our customers and of £51.2m ($85.7m) in the six two percent per annum, that my immediate focus will be on months to June 30, up 150 percent would be perfect for us,” he said. strengthening the sales and on last year. “That gives us the ability to run a marketing efforts for the Toyota The 129-year-old company, long-term sustainable business.” and Lexus brands in the region. A woman prepares food at a building where garment workers live, in a suburb of Phnom Penh. Labour lead- one of several builders to benefit The group said its operating Toyota constantly raises the ers behind the biggest strikes in Cambodia’s $5bn garment industry knew last year they had a strong case from recent government schemes margin is expected to rise to standards of customer satisfac- for higher wages: they had already compared notes with activists in neighbouring countries. The result was designed to boost the housing sec- between 17 percent and 18 per- tion by exceeding the expectations a 25 percent increase in the minimum pay for an estimated 600,000 garment workers, to $100 a month, the tor, lifted pretax profit by 166 per- cent this year, compared with 14.9 of our customers and putting a biggest jump in around 15 years. Now, they’re asking for more. cent to £49.4m. percent in 2013. smile on their face”, he added. However, a series of surveys REUTERS THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

The budget worsens as Internet neutrality myth clueless coalition flails BY STEPHEN KOUKOULAS in the global market

he coalition came to government last year with no sub- BY EV EHRLICH stantive plan for the economy. Yahoo, Facebook, Viacom or other device Facebook, but not them, very profitable. It seems obvious now but the raft of promises for a and content producers. And that dynamic is reflected in market T“stronger economy” and “fixing the budget mess” were he debate over net neutrality is The white hat-black hat narrative is also performance, as the leading edge providers mere platitudes with no policy substance behind them. often portrayed in terms akin undercut by ISPs being among the biggest have achieved true market power and, in The proof of this cluelessness shows up in the fact that after 11 to white hats against black hats investors in the US economy. Broadband many cases, monopoly or near-monopoly months in office, the budget bottom line has worsened as a result in an old Western. The alleged providers held four of the top 10 slots in status. According to statista.com, Google of government policy decisions and the economic growth outlook black hats are Internet service the most recent investment rankings; in has a search-engine market share of 88 per- has deteriorated to a point where the unemployment rate has Tproviders (ISPs) with Sauron-like market 2012 alone, they ploughed $40bn into their cent around the world and 67 percent in already exceeded the downbeat forecasts in Treasurer Hockey’s power; the white hats are the “edge provid- networks. One reason for the black-white the United States. Facebook and YouTube Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. ers,” or market-disrupting content and Web hat parable may lie in the industry’s legacy. combine to control 75 percent of all social This is extraordinary given the clear improvement in the global companies, conceived by young visionaries In the Ma Bell phone system, the connec- media. Netmarketshare.com reports that growth outlook since this time last year and the fact that the in garages and dorms, that must constantly tion was the end product, and no value was iOS and Android control 90 percent of Reserve Bank of Australia has been doing its bit to promote the innovate and compete to survive. created on top of it. mobile operating systems by units and min- economy by keeping interest rates at record lows. But if this story were true, one would But modern broadband is much more utes. Amazon controls almost two-thirds of After his holiday in Fiji, Hockey is only now belatedly travelling expect the black-hatted ISPs to show all than a “dumb signal;” it’s the platform for e-books. If “black hat” broadband providers around Australia to meet with the minor parties in the Senate, the signs of monopoly: high profit margins, applications, devices, the cloud and other had anything like these market shares, the hoping to convince them that the budget measures he proposed lackluster investment rates and no pressing services that all contribute to and compete outcry would be deafening. back in May are worth agreeing to and passing. Why he didn’t effort to improve service to entice custom- for the Internet’s value to the user. Such dynamics give the device, applica- pre-empt the Senate hostility in September or October last year ers and content to their networks. And the ISPs have not done well in that tion and content companies substantial is anyone’s guess but the curious thing is that the bulk of the Conversely, one would expect edge provid- competitive cage match. As ISPs have leverage over the ISPs. They trumpet their measures Hockey now hopes to talk the minor parties into passing ers to operate on slim margins while try- improved speeds and service, edge compa- innovative prowess while turning the under- through the Senate will actually slow economic growth by taking ing to survive an endless competitive death nies have improved their ability to extract lying connection into a fungible, replaceable cash out of the economy. march. the value these improvements create. ISPs commodity. Google started in a garage, to It is not clear where the strategy for lifting the pace of economic But the data tell a dramatically differ- spend billions to blanket the nation with be sure, but today it is seven times larger growth is. This issue has come into sharper focus in recent weeks ent story. ISP profits are, in fact, consid- high-speed connections, but Netflix benefits by market value than General Motors. Its given some disturbing trends in the labour market data. In July, erably lower than many of the companies by shedding its distribution costs. burgeoning growth alone should lead to us unemployment spiked to 6.4 percent, a 12-year high, while wages that reside on or use the Web. Whether When I was the strategic planner of Unisys to question the idea that ISPs are the ones growth remains at a record low. The Reserve Bank of Australia, in based on sales or assets, the profit margins 25 years ago, we glumly reminded ourselves extracting monopoly rent while edge provid- its quarterly statement on monetary policy, slashed its forecasts of companies such as Verizon (with which that two companies made money every time ers are fresh-faced upstarts. for real GDP growth and inflation and indicated that growth will my company has a consulting contract), we sold a computer. Unfortunately, they The industry’s critics need to rethink the not pick up to a trend pace above 3 percent until 2016. Implicit is Comcast, Level3, Pioneer or Cablevision were Intel and Microsoft, not us. Today’s white vs black hat sophistry. Or, even better an assumption that, as a result, the unemployment rate will get are between one-sixth and one-eighth of ISPs must shudder to think that their - let’s make Internet policy without any hats higher before there is any sustainable fall. those of such companies as Apple, Google, innovations are making Apple, Google and at all. WP-BLOOMBERG These are clear signs that the economy needs to have a pol- icy induced kickstart so that faster growth can be sustained. Financial markets are pricing in the distinct risk that the RBA will be forced to cut interest rates and traders in Australian dol- lar futures are increasing anticipating a sharp depreciation. This and more might be needed, not only to absorb new workers that will result from population growth, but also to generate jobs for some of the 789,000 people unemployed. What is concerning is that the policy impasse the government has created is the result of its confusion or even misunderstanding about policy means and ends. The 2013 election campaign mantra of the Coalition, to reduce debt and return the budget to surplus, made no allowance for swings in the business cycle that would inevitably unfold over its time in office. The Coalition’s misunderstanding of the fact that the budget and government debt are the instruments, the policy levers if you like, that are pushed and pulled by the government to grow or cool the economy, and not ends in themselves, has compounded the current economic policy malaise. Government spending and taxation should be adjusted to bring about structural reform and productivity-enhancing measures, many of which come with a short-term financial cost but a long-run economic benefit. Fiscal policy stimulus in a weak economy is clearly sound, just as fiscal tightness or austerity is in a strong economy. The worry is how slow, lethargic and cumbersome the gov- ernment is. It took eight long months from election day until it handed down its first fiscal statement, the budget in May 2014, which shocked the electorate with the mix of policy issues, most of which seem to have been dreamed up in the weeks leading into the budget. Now, the government is floundering to the point where it is still trash-talking the economy and is doing little if anything to support growth. Three months on from the budget, Hockey is stretching and lurching from meeting to meeting, trying to talk to the crossbench Senators in an effort to get their support for the measures in the budget. Economic policy is like painting the Sydney harbour bridge. Finish it, and then you have to start all over again. It is never ending. Hockey would be wise to realise this and to hurry along the reform agenda, bring policies into the public domain and advocate for productivity, growth-enhancing changes. If he doesn’t do this, Australia could confront a further two years of confidence sapping debate over a range of nickel and dime reforms that do precious little to “fix the budget” but can do a lot to harm the longer run growth prospects for the economy. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Fresh tensions from Ukraine drive investors to seek safe havens

he US Dollar initially growth and said that how fast declined to the lowest level since winter that shifted production had turned negative since March- gained last week as eco- wages picked up would be key to 2012 as the crisis in Ukraine and a to earlier months, the outlook is May 2009 when the financial nomic growth reports determining the timing and pace sluggish euro-area recovery damp clouded by the impact of inter- crisis hindered bonus payouts. Tfrom Germany, France of interest rate rises. Carney also the outlook for Europe’s largest national measures against Russia The decline was bigger than the and Italy showed that the euro- added on the inflation report that economy. The ZEW Centre for over its support of separatists in expected 0.1 percent drop. zone’s overall growth in the third the central bank’s forecast for Weekly Money Market Review European Economic Research Ukraine. The Euro-area recovery Japan’s second quarter pre- quarter stalled, highlighting the wage growth had been cut in half in Mannheim said its index of is already fragile, with inflation liminary GDP fell 1.7 percent, less sensitivity of the Euro-region to 1.25 percent this year before performance in six months, as investor and analyst expectations, running at the slowest pace since than the 1.8 percent expected and to weak inflation and tensions picking up more strongly in 2015. car demand slowed and slow wage which aims to predict economic 2009, and current ECB measures at an annualised pace of minus 6.8 in Ukraine. However, the Dollar His comments combined with the growth restrained US consum- developments six months in will take time to have an effect. percent as an April sales tax hike lost its momentum amid generally disappointing figures drove cable ers. The slowdown in purchases advance, dropped to 8.6 in August Mark Carney pledged that bit into consumption. Investors weak economic data and height- to drop to 1.6664, its lowest level followed a 0.2 percent advance from 27.1 in July. Meanwhile, Bank of England officials would expect GDP to rebound in July- ened tensions in Ukraine, pushing since June, as investors started in June. Economists called for a economists expected a decrease not rush to raise interest rates as September, although at a moder- investors to safe havens such as to price in a tightening in policy 0.2 percent gain. Similarly, Core to 18.2. Similarly, a measure of he highlighted overseas risks to ate pace, as the impact of the sales the Yen and Swiss franc at the later than anticipated. Cable retail sales, which exclude auto- expectations for the euro area the UK’s recovery and the weak- tax hike diminishes. Additionally, end of the week. closed the week at 1.6694. mobile sales, rose 0.1 percent dropped to 23.7 from 48.1. ness of wages. Speaking after a June machinery orders rose 8.8 The Euro started the week at The Japanese Yen opened the against the expected 0.4 percent. The Euro-zone’s recovery mixed labour market report that percent, well below the expected 1.3404 and weakened as German week at 102.14. The currency The number of Americans fil- stalled in its three biggest econ- showed the first drop in pay since 15.3 percent gain on month, with ZEW economic sentiments index weakened against the greenback ing new claims for unemployment omies in the second quarter, 2009 and the lowest unemploy- the government downgrading deteriorated sharply. Additionally, despite data that showed that benefits rose more than expected underlining the vulnerability of ment since 2008, the BOE gover- demand prospects, despite the weaker inflation combined with economic growth contracted at last week, but the increase did the region to weak inflation and nor said Britain’s expansion “faces first rise in three months. data that showed that the Euro a slower than expected pace. little to change views that the the deepening crisis in Ukraine. some challenges.” At the same time, several of the zone economy stagnated in the Additionally, several of the labour market was strengthening. German gross domestic product British workers earned less Bank of Japan’s board members second quarter indicated that Bank of Japan’s board members Initial claims for state unemploy- shrank 0.2 percent, more than between April and June than they expressed a more cautious view the recovery in the area is losing expressed a more cautious view ment benefits increased 21,000 economists forecast, while French did in the same period last year, on the economic outlook to reach a momentum. The single currency on the economic outlook to reach to a seasonally adjusted 311,000 data also released today showing even as the unemployment rate sustained 2 percent price stability recouped some of its losses as ten- a sustained 2 percent price sta- for the week ended 9-August. the economy stagnated prompted fell once again. The unemploy- target by fiscal 2015, according to sions in Ukraine weighed on the bility target by fiscal 2015. The Economists, who had expected a the government to re-evaluate ment rate fell as expected to 6.4 minutes of the July policy meeting. US Dollar and ended the week at Yen weakened further as core rise to only 295,000, shrugged off its 2014-deficit target. Combined percent in the three months to June machinery orders rose 8.8 1.3398. machinery orders rose less than the rise. A significant decline in with Italy’s unexpected slide into June, its lowest level since the end percent, well below the expected Sterling opened the week at expected pushing the currency layoffs, which has pushed claims recession, the reports may add of 2008 and down from 6.5 per- 15.3 percent gain on month, with 1.6774 and managed to reach a lower. The currency closed the down to their pre-recession levels, pressure on the European Central cent a month earlier. Meanwhile, the government downgrading high of 1.6824. The currency then week at 102.34. has been the major driver of an Bank to expand stimulus. While average weekly earnings, includ- demand prospects, despite the dropped as The Bank of England Retail sales slightly changed improving job market. Germany’s second-quarter weak- ing bonuses, fell by a yearly 0.2 first rise in three months. slashed its forecast for wage in July, recording the worst German investor confidence ness was largely due to a warm percent, the first time the reading THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Federer seals 80th ATP title with Ferrer scalp Swiss claims Cincinnati title with 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 victory

CINCINNATI: Roger Federer Federer said that he had consid- won his 80th career title and ered not playing this event and sixth at the Cincinnati Masters, saving himself for the US Open. beating David Ferrer 6-3, 1-6, “I had to try to back up a tough 6-2 to stamp himself a US Open week from last week, I didn’t Serena Williams (left) and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia holds their trophies after favourite. think it was possible,” he said. the final of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The Swiss now goes into the “For just a day or so on Monday, final Grand Slam of the season in I was considering not playing. We eight days as a legitimate threat don’t need to take chances here. after reaching the final last week “I need to be smart about how Serena beats Ivanovic in Toronto and claiming his 16th much I play, when I play, and how win without a loss against Spain’s do I feel. Ferrer over an 11-year span. “In practise I felt like I was The world number three recovering quickly, and I gave it to win Cincinnati final is unbeaten in six finals in to a go. I played with less pres- Cincinnati, also winning the tour- sure. You never know how you will CINCINNATI: Serena chance in a dominant second set. nament in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 end up feeling midway through Williams finished her last US Williams broke Ivanovic to and 2012. the week.” Open tune-up in style by blow- open a 3-1 lead in the second set Federer added a third title of Federer said his decision to ing away Serbian Ana Ivanovic and then relied on her powerful 2014 to those he won in Dubai and carry on proved to be the right 6-4, 6-1 to win her first title serve to carry her the rest of the Halle. He ran his career title total one. at the Western and Southern way. to 80 from 121 finals. “It got better and better as the Open in Cincinnati, yesterday. It marked the fifth title of the He increased his match-win week progressed. I served clutch For the top-seeded American, year for the 32-year-old American lead this season on the ATP to when I had to,” said the 17-time the triumph marked her first in following wins in Stanford, Rome, 49 victories, with Rafael Nadal -- Grand Slam champion. “So I’m six visits to Cincinnati and sent Miami and Brisbane. his US Open bid in doubt because very happy about the week, over- a message that she is in top form The Cincinnati tournament is of injury -- trailing second on 44. all it went from good to great.” heading into the year’s final grand the last of the key tune-ups ahead Federer, 33, won his 22nd Federer ran away with the slam, where she is the two-time of the Aug. 25-Sept. 8 U.S. Open Masters 1000 trophy, second to opening set but suffered a lapse defending champion. in New York. Nadal’s 27 in the elite category. in the second as Ferrer took it to “It’s just amazing to finally win For 26-year-old Ivanovic, a Federer, who has played 5-0 and needed three set points to here,” said Williams, who fired a former world number one who Cincinnati for a decade and a half, finally level at one set each. dozen aces and broke her oppo- was chasing her fourth title of was glad to finally win his biggest But after a rare mid-match nent four times. “The fans were the year, her run to the Cincinnati title since Cincinnati in 2012, visit to the locker room after los- amazing and it’s so wonderful to final will put her back in the top when he also won Wimbledon. ing the second, Federer stormed be here.” 10 of the world rankings for the The father of two sets of twins back to take the match by the After falling behind early, first time in five years. joked that it was about time he throat, breaking for 3-1 in the Williams broke her ninth seeded “It’s been a great week for me brought his brood a substantial third and putting his Spanish opponent’s serve in the sixth in Cincinnati,” said Ivanovic, trophy to play with. opponent under pressure as game of the first set to pull even who was coming off a nearly “I finally got a big trophy for Ferrer saved four set points to and then broke again four games three-hour win over fifth seed kids,” he said Sunday. “I’ve been hold for 2-4. later to wrap up the opener in 38 Maria Sharapova in Saturday’s bringing home some smaller ones. It was only a matter of time as minutes after consecutive double semi-final. I keep telling them they are still Federer’s shot making began to faults from Ivanovic. “I really want to congratulate trophies, but this one should sat- tell. The second seed won a love Roger Federer lifts his trophy after defeating David Ferrer in the final A year removed from losing the Serena. I think I got a lesson on isfy them.” game for a 5-2 margin before of the Western and Southern Open tennis tournament at Linder Family Cincinnati final in a third set tie- how to serve today. Maybe after After a finals loss a week ago breaking Ferrer for the final time Tennis Center in Cincinnati. break to Victoria Azarenka, the you retire you can give me some in Toronto to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, to win. AFP world number one left nothing to tips.” REUTERS England down Canada to clinch Women’s Rugby World Cup title

PARIS: A scorching try from more penalties to keep Canada, close to an interception try early video referee, grounding the ball centre Emily Scarratt helped making their first appearance in the first half. inches from the line from a tapped England lift their first Women’s in a World Cup final, in conten- “All credit to Canada, they penalty that followed a storming Rugby World Cup title since tion, but Scarratt broke a tackle were fantastic today, but this run by Katherine Merchant up 1994 in a 21-9 final victory over in front of the posts in the final group of girls and this group of the right wing. Canada on Sunday. minutes and cut behind Canada’s staff deserve everything that we Two Harvey penalties either England, beaten in the last defence to seal victory. have got because we have worked side of half time kept Canada in three finals, had drawn 13-13 The Canadians, a young team so hard for this,” England cap- touch, the first coming after a with the Canadians in the group dominated by seven-a-side spe- tain Katy Mclean told the official rare foray into the England 22. stage - a result that helped push cialists, ran everything they could, rugby World Cup website (www. A third - from 45 metres - out holders and favourites New taking risks with poor quality rwcwomens.com). brought the Canadians within two Zealand - but were more clinical ball in a bid to bring their flying In the first half, after Scarratt’s points, but England replied imme- this time around. wingers into play and break the early penalties, England pressed diately through Scarratt’s boot to In front of a near-capacity rhythm of a better organised and and pressed, though they never keep the underdogs on the rack as crowd at the Stade Jean Bouin more experienced England side. quite dominated the determined the final quarter got under way. in west Paris, England led 11-3 at But England, dominant up Canadians the way they did Scarratt’s converted try was the France’s players celebrate after winning the IRB Women’s Rugby World the break through two Scarratt front, incisive in midfield and Ireland in the semi-final earlier coup de grace. Cup third place play-off match against Ireland at the Jean Bouin Stadium penalties and a try from full-back making fewer errors, rarely this week. Earlier on Sunday hosts France in Paris. Danielle Waterman. looked threatened, even though First, scrum-half Natasha beat Ireland 25-18 in the third Magali Harvey kicked two the ever-present Harvey came Hunt was denied a score by the place play-off. REUTERS MLB: Nationals surpass Pirates Falcons’ Baker to miss

NEW YORK: Pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez chased in the sec- (72-50), giving up his first run season after injury Scott Hairston had an RBI hit his 20th Baseball Results ond inning, and in 13 appearances since being sacrifice fly in the last of the home run as the Baltimore 4 Cleveland 1 increased their acquired in a trade last month. NEW YORK: Atlanta Falcons their competition for the start- 11th against reliever Brandon Brewers (70- Seattle 8 Detroit 1 American League Pitcher Tim Lincecum was left tackle Sam Baker will miss ing quarterback job. Cumpton as the Washington 55) handed the Chicago Cubs 2 NY Mets 1 Central lead to 1 backed by four innings of over- the 2014 season after leav- Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Dodgers their Miami 10 Arizona 3 ½ games. powering shutout relief pitching, ing Saturday night’s presea- Dekoda Watson could make his Pirates to sweep the three- first three-game Houston 8 Boston 1 Adam Rosales and Giants completed a victory son game against the Houston preseason debut this Friday at game series. sweep of the drove in the win- over the Philadelphia Phillies. Texans with a torn patella ten- the Detroit Lions after being acti- NY Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 2 The hit scored right fielder season. ning run in the After the Phillies put 11 run- don in his right knee. vated from the physically unable Jayson Werth, who led off the The Brewers Chicago White Sox 7 Toronto 5 ninth inning with ners on base against Lincecum Baker’s injury is a big setback to perform list. 11th with a double off the wall also unseated the Kansas City 12 Minnesota 6 a walk-off RBI (10-8) in the first five innings, for the Falcons’ offensive line. It Watson has not practiced since in left and went to third on a Dodgers (70-56) St Louis 7 San Diego 6 single that scored left-hander Javier Lopez and could also hasten the move of No. OTAs early in the spring due to a ground-out. for the National Texas 3 LA Angels 2 third baseman righties Jean Machi, Sergio Romo 6 overall pick Jake Matthews to groin injury. It was the second walk-off win League’s best San Francisco 5 Philadelphia 2 Adrian Beltre and Santiago Casilla combined to left tackle. Matthews had been He had surgery after signing in as many days for the first- record. Milwaukee 7 LA Dodgers 2 in the Texas strike out nine while permitting slated to start at right tackle dur- with the Jaguars, but needed placed Nationals (69-53) who A seven-run Rangers’ come- only two singles and no walks over ing his rookie season. another procedure in June after Colorado 10 Cincinnati 9 won their sixth in a row while the second inning back victory over the final four innings. Rookie quarterback Teddy developing scar tissue. Pirates (64-60) lost for the fifth powered the Washington 6 Pittsburgh 5 the LA Angels. Jumping out to a 5-0 lead before Bridgewater set franchise presea- Buffalo Bills rookie wide straight game. Kansas City Atlanta 4 Oakland 3 Earlier in the they made the second inning’s son passing records while lead- receiver Sammy Watkins has The winning pitcher was Ross Royals to a Colorado 10 Cincinnati 5 ninth inning, first first out, the Cardinals main- ing the Minnesota Vikings from bruised ribs. Detwiler (2-2), who threw a win over the baseman Mike tained their grip on the National behind twice in the fourth quarter “They’re going to run tests and scoreless 10th and 11th innings. Minnesota Twins in a rain- Carp had singled in the tying run League’s top wild card spot with of Saturday night’s last-minute everything and we’ll see how he Catcher Jonathan Lucroy delayed affair. After a 30-minute for Texas (48-76), which halted a a win over the Padres. 30-28 victory over the Cardinals is,” coach Doug Marrone said. homered and drove in five runs, delay to start the game, much of four-game losing streak. Cardinals starter Adam at TCF Bank Stadium. The Indianapolis Colts agreed to leading the Milwaukee Brewers the contest was played in a light Right-hander Huston Street Wainwright tied Cincinnati’s And yet the rookie first-round terms with free agent running to a sweep of the Los Angeles rain. The Royals clobbered Twins lost the 2-1 lead in the ninth to Johnny Cueto for the league lead draft pick remains far from over- back Deji Karim and waived run- Dodgers with a victory. starter Tommy Milone, who was suffer the defeat for Los Angeles in wins. REUTERS taking veteran Matt Cassel in ning back Davin Meggett. AFP TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Villegas fires 7-under par to end drought

GREENSBORO: Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi Colombia’s in fourth on 265. The late hiccup Camilo Villegas fired a seven- in the US tour’s last regular- reacts after winning the under par 63 yesterday to win season event dropped Slocum women’s 200m butterfly the Wyndham Championship, out of the top 125 in the FedEx swimming competition at claiming his fourth US PGA Cup standings who advance to the 2014 Youth Olympic Tour title and first since 2010. the playoff series that starts on Games in Nanjing, in Villegas posted his second Thursday with the Barclays. eastern China’s Jiangsu seven-under round of the week Jacobson had a share of the lead province, yesterday. More at Sedgefield Country Club for a at the 18th tee, but also bogeyed than 3,700 competitors 17-under par total of 263. the last. aged 15 to 18 were He finished one stroke in front Overnight leader Nick Watney expected to participate of Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson needed a birdie at 18, but was out in the games, with many and Bill Haas. Haas grabbed his of bounds off the tee en route to hoping to build towards a share of second with a six-under a double-bogey. place at the 2016 Summer 64 while Jacobson closed with a He closed with a 70 for 266, Games in Rio de Janeiro. 66 for 264. sharing fifth place with former It was Villegas’ first US tour champions Brandt Snedeker and victory since the Honda Classic Webb Simpson, who both shot 67. in March of 2010 and he admit- Villegas had four birdies and an ted the long drought has weighed eagle on the front nine and added on him. a birdie on the par-five 15th. “I always work hard, I always That gave him a share of the grind and I love the game, but it lead, and he was alone atop the starts getting on you and I feel a leaderboard after Watney posted little lighter right now,” Villegas a three-putt bogey at the 14th. said. “What a great week. I’m “I had a few looks coming happy to be here.” in and I thought I needed one Villegas, who had held the first- more,” Villegas said when asked round lead after a 63 on Thursday, if he thought his score would be had fallen back after the second enough to win. “Even though that World record holder and third rounds and teed of 18th hole is a tough hole, it just almost an hour before the leaders. happened to work out my way.” He endured a nervous wait to In the week’s other main sto- see if any of those chasing him ryline -- the race to qualify for the could at least force a play-off but FedEx Cup, England’s Paul Casey, they all stumbled. Heath Slocum who was 125th in the standings Meilutyte wins gold lost a share of the lead with a coming into the week tied for bogey at 17, then bogeyed 18 to 18th to safely secure his Barclays complete a 67 that left him alone berth. AFP Britain’s Dijkstra among winners at Youth Games in Nanjing Camilo Villegas NANJING: Big things are together after almost an hour of of Colombia expected of world record holder swimming, cycling and running poses with the and Olympic champion Ruta and when a photo finish gave the Sam Snead Cup Meilutyte at the Youth Olympic Briton the win, New Zealand Ruta Meilutyte after winning Games in Nanjing and the filed a protest, which proved of Lithuania the Wyndham Lithuanian did not disappoint unsuccessful. holds her gold Championship yesterday, cruising to gold in “It was quite tense but I’m medal in the at Sedgefield the women’s 50 meters breast- glad it went this way in the end,” Women’s 50m Country Club, stroke final. Dijkstra said. Breaststroke Greensboro, The 17-year-old, who won 100m “It was such a good race, and Swimming final North Carolina breaststroke gold at the London Danny’s such a good athlete. I’m at the Nanjing Games two years ago and holds really pleased with the result and yesterday. Olympic the 50m world record, cruised that I’ve got this gold medal now,” Sports Center home in a time of 30.14 seconds he said. ahead of German Julia Willers Some 3,800 athletes are taking in Nanjing. (31.78) and Hungary’s Anna part in the second edition of the Sztankovics (31.84) Youth Games, which debuted in South Korea’s Park Also on Day 2 of competition in Singapore four years ago. China, Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov The Games, which close on blocked out the crowd noise and August 28, are open to athletes In Rugby Sevens, Argentina’s title to earn Thailand’s first gold music, not to mention the pres- aged 14-18. men and Australia’s women of the Games, which kicked-off wins LPGA in play-off sure of performing in front of One of the highest profile ath- remain the only unbeaten teams on Sunday without Sierra Leone, International Olympic Committee letes in Nanjing is Lithuania’s after yesterday’s games. Liberia and Nigeria after they NEW YORK: South Korea’s human and it’s part of life, so (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Meilutyte, who was in a differ- Fiji, one of the favourites for withdrew because of the Ebola Park In-Bee successfully hopefully I learn from this.” to win gold in the men’s 10m air ent class to her 50m breaststroke the men’s title, lost twice, to outbreak in Africa. defended her title in a play-off Park, on the other hand, bird- pistol. rivals. France and Argentina. The IOC had banned three west at the LPGA Championship ied the 17th hole in regulation and Among the 19 gold medals up Meilutyte, who set a world China’s women beat Tunisia African athletes from competing yesterday, leaving runner-up then made a clutch par at the last for grabs yesteday, Britain’s Ben record of 29.48 in the event at the 34-0 and the United States 29-7, in combat sports and pool events Brittany Lincicome in tears. before seizing her chance to notch Dijkstra won the men’s triathlon world championships in Barcelona while Australia thrashed the in China as a precaution after the Park sank a three-foot par her fifth major title. title but had to wait more than an last year, also entered in the 100m Americans 38-0 and routed Spain world’s worst outbreak of Ebola, putt at the first extra hole to Park (70) and Lincicome (71) hour for his win to be confirmed. breaststroke in Nanjing, as well 41-0. which has claimed the lives of edge Lincicome, who cried on the had finished their regulation Dijkstra and New Zealand’s as the 100m freestyle and 200m Rattanaphon Pakkaratha won more than 1,000 people in the edge of the green after throwing rounds tied at 11-under for a total Daniel Hoy crossed the line individual medley. the women’s 53 kg weightlifting region. REUTERS away the title in the fourth LPGA of 277, three strokes clear of New major of the year. Zealand teenager Lydia Ko. Lincicome, with one hand on “I’m very lucky I got an oppor- Sting in the trophy, bogeyed the final regu- tunity today,” Park said. “I holed Qatar’s Dulaimi showcases lation hole after missing an eight- really good putts on 17 and 18 to foot par putt to fall back into a put me in the playoff so I’m very the ear for playoff at Monroe Golf Club in happy with the way I played.” Pittsford, New York. REUTERS Singaporean spark in Nanjing gymnastics The American bogeyed the same hole again in the play-off, Golf Rankings NANJING: Rahma Al Dulaimi, Qatar’s Performances it should set him up well for the missing a putt from about six feet 1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 11.15 youth shooter the youngest member of the future events. after hitting a poor chip. Rahma Al Dulaimi in all-around 2. (2) Adam Scott (Australia) 9.15 Qatari team at 15 years, had a qualification with 47.600 pts Today, Nadine Wohdan, the Lincicome, 28, has won five 3. (3) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 8.10 NANJING: Every breath respectable finish at the wom- younger sister of Arab Games times on the LPGA Tour, includ- 23rd 4. (4) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 7.80 Singaporean shooter Teh Xiu en’s all-around qualification medals winner Shaden, will per- ing one major, but admitted the 5. (5) Justin Rose (Britain) 7.35 Vault: 13.700 Yi took and every move she at the second Youth Olympic form on trampoline which will occasion got to her. 6. (6) Jim Furyk (US) 6.79 made in the final of the Youth Games yesterday. Uneven bars: 10.900 take place in the evening on the “I was really nervous coming 7. (7) Matt Kuchar (US) 6.55 Olympics was accompanied by At the Nanjing Olympic Sports Beam: 10.850 third day of games. down the stretch, especially the 8. (8) Bubba Watson (US) 6.51 music, especially the 1983 hit Center Gymnasium, Dulaimi col- Floor exercise: 12.150 Qadi will figure in the team 18th hole and then the play-off,” 9. (10) Jason Day (Australia) 6.18 song by The Police -- and it lected 47.600 points to get the Abdulrahman al Najjar event of show jumping. she told reporters. 10. (9) Phil Mickelson (US) 6.17 proved a bum note. 23rd place among 40 gymnasts Group League Teaming up with Chinese, “That putt I had (in regulation) 11. (11) Tiger Woods (US) 5.59 The 18-year-old finished sev- who competed in the qualifica- Lost to Hung Ka Tak (Hong Kong) 7-11, 3-11, Saudi Arabian, Japanese and and then the chip I had (in the 12. (12) Jordan Spieth (US) 5.42 enth in the final of the women's tion rounds. 5-11 Kyrgyzstan riders, Qadi is good play-off), I was shaking like a leaf. 13. (13) Rickie Fowler (US) 5.37 10 metres air pistol in Nanjing Russian Seda Tutkhalayan frame of mind and hopes to make “It’s hard to do anything while 14. (14) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 5.25 Lost to Tomislav Pucar (Croatia) 5-11, 10-12, 15. (15) Zach Johnson (US) 4.89 on Sunday, struggling to get used topped the points table and led 9-11 the best use of the event ahead of you’re shaking. Obviously I’m to the International Shooting 18 qualifiers with 53.650 points the individual contest. Placing Play-off Sport Federation's new directive into the finals and Dulaimi’s per- Meanwhile, Abdullah Zaid Al to encourage fan engagement by formance was praiseworthy as she Lost to Jing Yuan Yin (Singapore) 7-11, 7-11, Sunaidi continued to have useful 8-11 playing music. narrowly missed making it to four training before his 10m air rifle Ear plugs failed to drown out reserves. (60 shots) event tomorrow. the noisy crowd who clapped and Puerto Rica’s Paola Moreira Singapore’s Jing Yuan Yin in a Talking after his work out, he cheered throughout the final at Irizarry managed 0.200 of a minor placing play-off as well. said, “I’m ready for my event. I’m the Fangshan Shooting Hall as point more than Dulaimi to get After having already lost to feeling confident of a good show as the music played. the honour of being among the Switzerland’s Elia Schmid, Hong I’ve trained hard for which I want Jamaican Olympic "This is my first final where best 22. Kong’s Hung Ka Tak scored an to thank the shooting federation there are outsiders clapping and The women’s all-around final easy 3-0 victory when he won 11-7, and my coach.” gold medallist making noises so it distracted me is scheduled on August 20, which 11-3, 11-5. Sunaidi was third during the Usain Bolt tries to a little," she told Singapore daily, will be followed by apparatus Najjar ended the group matches Asian Junior Championship, reach a drone after The Straits Times. events. with a 0-3 loss to Croatian which was held in Kuwait earlier winning the “Mano Teh topped the qualifying ear- Dulaimi’s best performance Tomislav Pucar, the eighth seed. this year. a Mano” men’s 100 lier in the day and her coach came in vault in which she scored But the Qatari player troubled His coach Tatsiana is also metres challenge on Zhen Tinglin said his shooter 13.700 and earned a tight hug the rival a lot and forced him into optimistic about a good show by Copacabana beach would have to work on her from her coach as well. She was making mistakes. Sunaidi. in Rio de Janeiro, concentration. 11th exercise, pulling off neat flips Eventually Najjar lost the “Sunaidi completed his training yesterday. "In the past there would be and somersaults, which earned 26-minute match by 5-11, 10-12, well and is all set for his competi- signs asking for spectators to her 12.150 points. 9-11 closely. tion in the YOG,” he said before observe silence," Zhen added. Najjar gets a strong finish Later in the day when the plac- adding: "Countries like Russia are very Abdulrahman Al Najjar paid a ing playoffs began, Najjar lost to “We put him through some experienced and have incorpo- heavy price of being in a tough Singaporean Yin 11-7, 11-7, 11-8. intensive work out and he fin- rated this new element into their group and lost all the three group Though he lost all the group ished it with flying colours. This training. It's something we have league matches. matches, the strong way he has given us high hopes for a good to work on." REUTERS He also later was beaten by played in the preliminary league, result from Sunaidi.” QOC TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Mahela Jayawardene Factfile Full name: Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene Right-hand batsman. Right-arm medium-pace bowler Age: 37 Test debut: Sri Lanka v India, Premadasa stadium, Colombo, August 1997 Last Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan, SSC, Colombo, August 2014 TEST CAREER Matches 149, Runs 11,814, Highest 374, Average 49.84, Centuries 34 Notable achievements % Jayawardene is one of only five batsmen LEFT: Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse (second from right) -- the others being Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky shakes hands with Mahela Jayawardene after the second Test match Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Kumar Sangakkara between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) -- to score more than 11,000 runs in both Test ground in Colombo yesterday. ABOVE: Mahela Jayawardene (centre) and one-day cricket. holds his daughter Sansana as his wife Christina Sirisena looks at the % Jayawardene and Sangakkara hold the SSC ground yesterday. record for the highest partnership in Test cricket: 624 for the third wicket against South Africa in Colombo in 2006. Jayawardene scored 374 and Sangakkara made 287. % Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera also have the highest partnership for the fourth wicket: 437 against Pakistan in Karachi in 2009. Jayawardene scored 240 Farewell hero Jayawardene and Samaraweera 231. % His 205 Test catches are second only to Indian Rahul Dravid’s tally of 210 by a fielder other than a wicket-keeper. % Jayawardene captained Sri Lanka in 38 Tests, winning 18, losing 12 with 8 drawn. sets sights on World Cup % Jayawardene has played 420 one-day internationals and scored 11,681 runs at an average of 32.90 with 16 centuries. He hopes Former captain to devote energies towards tournament Down Under to keep playing one-day matches till next year’s World Cup. % COLOMBO: Former captain depends on what kind of interest “I feel very honoured to wear Jayawardene also played in 55 Twenty20 Mahela Jayawardene left the I get in the next six months or so. this cap and it’s not an easy thing internationals before quitting the shortest for- Test scene yesterday vowing “For me right now the thing is to let go. mat in April. He scored 1,493 runs with one to devote his energies towards to get myself motivated for the “This is a great thing in Sri century and a strike-rate of 133.18 runs per helping Sri Lanka win another next World Cup, to get myself fit Lanka cricket. Everyone wears 100 balls. 50-over World Cup next year in and ready. I can’t guarantee I will it with a lot of pride and passion.” % His 2,921 runs in 27 Tests at the Sinhalese Australia and New Zealand. be part of the squad but my focus Jayawardene said it was the Sports Club in Colombo are the most by any Sri Lanka last won the World will be to try to get another win- “right time” to quit the longer batsman at a single ground. He averaged Cup in 1996 and were beaten in ner’s medal.” form of the game. 74.89 at the ground with 11 centuries. the final in 2007 and 2011. Jayawardene and Kumar “The decision for me to retire Top 10 run-scorers in Tests The 37-year-old Jayawardene Sangakkara were given a fitting was something I have been think- ended his test career on a high farewell when they retired from ing about for some time,” he Sachin Tendulkar (India) 15921 as his team beating Pakistan by Twenty20 cricket as Sri Lanka explained. “It was just a gut feel- Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13378 105 runs to take the two-match beat India in the final in Dhaka ing but I’ve always gone with my series 2-0. in April. gut feeling. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 13289 Victory sparked memorable Right-hander Jayawardene, “Given the fact that we won’t Rahul Dravid (India) 13288 scenes with the master bats- who compiled 11,814 runs at an have any home test cricket for man congratulated by President average of 49.84 in his 149 tests, another 12 months it’s time for a Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 11988 Mahinda Rajapaksa before being said the most treasured moment new generation to take over and Brian Lara (WI) 11953 carried around the ground by his of his 17-year international career move on. team mates amid the lighting of was getting his hands on his first Mahela Jayawardene (right) poses with team-mate Kumar Sangakkara “I will try and help in that Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 11814 after the second Test match against Pakistan in Colombo yesterday firecrackers. cap. rebuilding process as far as I Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) 11414 “Right now I don’t have any He made his debut against can but I don’t think I have the plans and I’ve not signed any India in Colombo in 1997 in a - 952 for six declared. captain Arjuna Ranatunga,” said patience to become a coach having Allan Border (Australia) 11174 contracts,” Jayawardene told a match where Sri Lanka amassed “The best day of my life was Jayawardene. “I place a huge value played in the team for 17 years,” Steve Waugh (Australia) 10927 packed news conference. “It all the highest total in test cricket receiving my first test cap from on that cap. said Jayawardene. REUTERS Shaharyar returns to Broad left out of England ODI squad

LONDON: Strike bowler Batsmen Alex Hales and Eoin brilliant 141 from 96 balls against reluctant to employ his audacious Stuart Broad, one of the heroes Morgan and bowlers Harry Middlesex last Thursday follow- stroke-play in the 50-over arena Pakistan hot seat of England’s 3-1 test series vic- Gurney and James Tredwell have ing an impressive century for until now. tory against India, was yester- also been selected. England Lions against Sri Lanka With the World Cup looming KARACHI: A spell of chaos day left out of a 15-man squad Hales is uncapped as yet in A at Taunton last week. in Australia and New Zealand and uncertainty in Pakistan for the five one-day interna- one-day internationals, but The 25-year-old batsman has early next year, Hales looks cricket came to an end yester- tionals (ODIs) between the two he has been in fine form for featured in 32 Twenty20 interna- set to be given the opportunity day when Shaharyar Khan was teams. Nottinghamshire of late, hitting a tionals, but the selectors had been to cement his place as captain elected unopposed for his sec- Broad, who played for England Alastair Cook’s opening partner ond stint as chairman of the at The Oval despite having a in the forthcoming five-match national board. broken nose and two black eyes India fined for slow over rate limited-overs series, which starts Shaharyar, 80, also held the following an injury suffered dur- LONDON: India have been fined for a slow over rate during in Bristol on August 25. post from 2003-06 before being ing the fourth Test match in their heavy defeat by England in the fifth Test at The Oval, the Hales joins a squad which will removed by the government fol- Manchester, will miss the series International Cricket Council (ICC) announced yesterday. be missing star seam bowler lowing the infamous ball-tam- to have specialist examination and India have been punished because they were three overs short of Stuart Broad, who is due to see a pering controversy which led to treatment of a chronic right knee their target at the close of play on Sunday when time allowances were specialist this week to assess what the team forfeiting a test match injury. taken into consideration. They accepted the ruling without appeal. to do about his long-term right against England. Test captain Alastair Cook, In accordance with the ICC’s rules, India captain Mahendra Singh knee injury. AGENCIES Pakistan refused to play on in New Pakistan cricket chief who led England’s triumphant Dhoni was fined 60 percent of his match fee, with the other 10 play- protest after Australian umpire Shaharyar Khan smiles at a news recovery after they had trailed ers losing 30 percent of their fees. England squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Darrell Hair penalised them dur- conference in Lahore yesterday. 1-0 following defeat in the second Dhoni will be suspended for one match if his side commit a similar Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Balance, Ian ing the fourth test at The Oval. Test, was selected to captain the offence in the next 12 months. Bell, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex An inquiry by the International Last month the Supreme Court one-day side. India’s loss by an innings and 244 runs gave England a 3-1 victory Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Cricket Council eventually cleared accepted a new constitution and Eleven of the 15 selected players in the five-match series. AFP Stokes, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes. the players of ball-tampering. appointed a caretaker chairman were involved in the Test series. “It is notified that Shaharyar and election commissioner. The M. Khan, i.e. the sole candidate repeated reinstatements by the for the office, has been unani- Islamabad High Court were also mously elected as chairman of the declared null and void. Wife convinced Cook to stay on as skipper PCB,” the Pakistan Cricket Board “Let us hope there is now some said in a statement. semblance of order and continu- LONDON: Alastair Cook (pic- win completed with a crushing winning position slip. The defeat It may be more than a year Shaharyar’s return for a three- ity in Pakistan cricket affairs,” tured) said support from his innings and 244-run victory at by India at Lord’s was tough too.” since Cook scored the last of his year term came in a new electoral said former chief executive Arif wife, Alice, had persuaded him The Oval on Sunday. However, the 29-year-old left- England record 25 Test hundreds, process held under a fresh board Abbasi. to stay on as England captain “It was the support I had from hander added: “But I’m quite but he ended a poor run of form constitution. Shaharyar immediately gave after leading the side to a come- my wife,” said Cook, when asked stubborn, I believe in my ability with scores of 95 and 70 not out It ended a period of turmoil his support to captain and sen- from-behind Test series win what had persuaded him against and I’m a resilient guy — that in England’s 266-run third Test during which his predecessors, ior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq who over India. resigning as England was when I needed it win at Southampton that altered Najam Sethi and Zaka Ashraf, is under-fire following Pakistan’s After last month’s 95-run captain. most. the course of the series. were involved in a bitter tussle 2-0 test series defeat by Sri Lanka defeat by India in the second “You can bare your “I’m glad I stuck Things might have been differ- for the job. earlier on Monday. Test at Lord’s, a result that meant soul to Alice and she’s though the tough ent if he had not been dropped Shaharyar’s election came The career diplomat told England had gone 10 Tests with- very good at get- times, that is what in the slips on 15 by Ravindra three months after the Islamabad reporters that Misbah, 40, would out a win, Cook faced calls from ting you back on the sport is about — it Jadeja during his first innings at High Court declared Ashraf’s remain in charge until the 50-over several former England captains straight and narrow,” tests your character. the Ageas Bowl. election null and void. World Cup in Australia and New to stand down as skipper. the Essex left-hander To bounce back as a From then on there was no The court twice reinstated Zealand next year. But the determined opening added. team is a testament stopping England, who went on Ashraf, bringing about chaos and “I am not going to press any batsman insisted he would not England suffered to our character too. to defeat India by an innings and uncertainty because the govern- panic button,” he said. “I believe quit, despite presiding over a 5-0 a nailbiting match “I don’t play this 54 runs in the fourth Test at Old ment had also appointed Najam in continuity in cricket matters Ashes loss in Australia and a 1-0 and series loss to game to prove people Trafford — a win that like their Sethi as chairman in June. and a few bad results don’t mean defeat in a two-Test campaign at Sri Lanka, with just two balls right or wrong, I do it to try and Oval success was completed inside Several former players we start talking about removing home to Sri Lanka immediately to spare, in the second Test at win games of cricket for England. three days. described the ‘musical chairs’ Misbah as captain.” prior to the India series. Headingley after surrendering “I’m here because I’m passion- “I remember saying, when we confusion as a comedy of errors Misbah has been test captain It was a decision vindicated a strong hand on the fourth day. ate about English cricket and were 1-0 down, that I still thought and bad for the image of Pakistan since 2010 and ODI skipper since by England ultimately defeating “That was a tough night,” believe I am the right man to take we were going to win the series,” cricket. 2011. REUTERS India 3-1 in a five-Test series, a admitted Cook. “We’d let a this team forward.” recalled Cook. AFP TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Jayawardene given perfect send-off with Sri Lanka win Batsman also sets Test record with 205 catches, spinner Herath takes 14 wickets

COLOMBO: Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq, highlighted Mahela Jayawardene was given Herath’s brilliant bowling, com- a fairytale send-off in his last pleting the series with 23 wickets Test match as Sri Lanka eased at an average of 15.13, as the key to a 105-run victory that com- to Sri Lanka’s dominance. pleted a 2-0 series sweep over “Credit should be given to Sri Pakistan yesterday. Lanka for the way they played The victory enabled batting but Herath was the difference stalwart Jayawardene to end his between the two teams,” Misbah 149-Test career with a victory on said. an emotional day for the 37-year- “We played him pretty well in old, who scored 11,814 runs at an the past series in Dubai but this average of 49.84. time I could really say that he “Thank you so much for all bowled very well and he was a the wishes! Got up and realised totally different bowler. it’s my last day. Bit emotional “That created a problem for us. but the journey has been great!” In the past, we played him bet- Jayawardene tweeted before play ter than this... it’s not an excuse, began as he pouched two more instead we are meant to appreci- catches to finish with a world ate someone who had been very record Test tally of 205. good against us. “The boys turned up to win “Losing to them isn’t really these two Tests for Mahela. The what you call a humiliation as they amount of work that he has done played better cricket than us,” he in the past 17 years is unbeliev- added REUTERS able,” Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews told reporters. Scoreboard “I just want to thank Mahela personally I am glad that he is Sri Lanka (I innings): ...... 320 there with us for six more months Pakistan (I innings): ...... 332 in the ODI (one-day) format until Sri Lanka (II innings): ...... 282 the next world cup. Pakistan (II innings): “We won the Test series for K Manzoor c Dickwella b Prasad ...... 10 him and it was an emotional day A Shehzad lbw Prasad ...... 8 for everyone but all good things Az Ali c M Jayawardene b Herath ...... 10 come to an end,” he added. Y Khan lbw b Herath ...... 8 After ripping through the Misbah-ul-Haq c M Jayawardene b Herath .3 Pakistan order the previous A Shafiq st Dickwella b Herath ...... 32 evening, Sri Lanka were forced S Ahmed c Sangakkara b Welegedara ...... 55 Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (centre) smiles as his team-mates Chanaka Welegedara (left) and Dhammika Prasad carry him around the ground in to wait for nearly an hour before A Rehman lbw D Perera ...... 5 capturing the last two wickets a lap of honour after they won the second Test match against Pakistan at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday. W Riaz c K Silva b Herath...... 17 with Ranagana Herath claim- S Ajmal (not out) ...... 3 ing his 14th victim of the match the ball. Junaid Khan did not bat shoulders of his team mates and the ball straight to Sangakkara earning him the Man-of-the- J Khan (absent injured) to dismiss the tourists for 165 in due to injury. carried around the ground. at square leg. Match and series awards. “Herath Extras (B-4, LB-7, NB-3) ...... 14 their second innings. At the fall of the final wicket, Earlier, Chanaka Welegedara Sarfraz scored 55 off 89 balls is unbelievable he single-handedly Total (all out) ...... 165 Wahab Riaz was the last man all thoughts turned to the depart- dismissed the last front line with two fours. won us the two Tests,” Mathews Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-21, 3-31, 4-39, out for 17 when he top edged a ing Jayawardene, who first met batsman when Sarfraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal was left stranded said.“The way he bowled in the 5-50, 6-105, 7-122, 8-151, 9-165. delivery from Herath to cover that with his parents and Sri Lankan having completed his fourth on three not out as Herath took series even the best batsmen in Bowling: C Welegedara 9-4-22-1; D Prasad Kaushal Silva held on to despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa in fifty in as many innings, another five wickets to add to the world would have found it dif- 8-0-29-2(nb-3); R Herath 22.1-2-57-5; D colliding with Kumar Sangakkara, his VIP suite before returning attempted to sweep the paceman his nine in the first innings for ficult to negotiate him.” Perera 13-1-46-1. who was also attempting to catch to the field to be hoisted on the from outside off stump and hit a career best return of 14-184, The Pakistan captain, Difficult race for West, Ramos

BRNO, Czech Republic: in front. I had a bunch of prob- improvements on the second day was fast again and I was able to QMMF Racing Team rid- lems, like a lack of grip and a lot of practice, was also surprised by stay with a bunch of other rid- ers Anthony West and Roman of chattering — but my main issue the lack of rear-tyre grip in the ers,” Ramos said, adding, “We Ramos ended a difficult Czech was speed. The engine is really race and wasn’t able to match his had good rhythm and high hopes Moto 2 Grand Prix here on slow and all weekend I had a strong pace in qualifying and the for the race. But as soon as the Sunday in 22nd and 27th posi- problem with the gearbox, which warm-up session. race started, I realised that the tions respectively. was jumping out of third to neu- “The race didn’t turn out the rear tyre had no grip at all. I had West, who had also struggled tral,” West said. “In practice, I way we hoped and expected. On lots of problems under braking in qualifying, didn’t manage to didn’t have a really good chance to day one we had trouble with the and when opening the throttle recover due to a mix of engine compare my engine with the oth- set-up and we were way back in on the corner exits. I was about problems and lack of tyre grip. ers but in the race I realised that the field, but we managed to fix a second per lap slower than in “At the beginning of the race, I it was just as slow as during the things on Saturday and we had the warm-up and it wasn’t a good felt quite strong behind the group last Grand Prix in Indianapolis,” a good bike that allowed us to race. At least, yesterday’s practice QMMF Racing Team rider Anthony West at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, that I was in. I could always catch he added. put better lap times in. We left and this morning’s warm-up were Czech Republic, on Sunday. them but it soon turned out that Ramos, who was full of con- the bike the way it was for today good, which gives me hope for the there was no way for me to get fidence after the dramatic (Sunday) and in the warm-up I future.” THE PENINSULA QMSF team targets Top Gun trophies FIBA Championship

MISSOURI, USA: H E Sheikh in Superboat International (SBI) Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani to make sure that it was running and British throttle man Steve as we wanted it. We have made starts in Doha today Curtis will attempt to break the some changes and added some speed record of 224mph when more safety features,” he said DOHA: The 23rd FIBA Asia joined by the top three teams of they take part in the world Sheikh Hassan hopes that he U18 Championship kicks off Group A and Group E in the sec- renowned Lake of the Ozarks will be able to carry out some today at the Al Gharafa sta- ond round. Shootout in mid-Missouri this test runs on Friday but admits dium here with China taking on The bottom half of the draw weekend. that the maximum top speed is Malaysia in the first match from will feature the top three teams The Spirit of Qatar Team, the only target for the weekend’s 9am. Later, Qatar face India in a of Group C and Group D match- which runs under the auspices racing. match from 5pm. ing their skills against the Group of the Qatar Marine Sports “The course is one mile in The draws and schedule of F teams in the second round. Federation (QMSF), has finished length and we have to enter the games for the preliminary rounds Group C features 22nd FIBA putting the finishing touches to gate at 40mph and exit the course of the event were announced last Asia U18 Championship bronze Sheikh Hassan’s exciting turbine- at our maximum speed, what- week. medallists Iran alongside Central powered racer, the Al Adaa’am 96. ever that may be,” the QMSF Hosts Qatar have opted to play Asia’s Kazakhstan and the two The QMSF President and Curtis President said. alongside India, Malaysia and Gulf teams Kuwait and Bahrain. are confident that they can chal- “I hope that we can be close two-time reigning gold medallists Competition in Group D will lenge for the speed record of to the magical number of 224. I China in Group A for the prelimi- feature the East Asian trio Japan, 224mph that was set by Bill H E Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani, who along with British throttle man know ‘My Way’ had several runs nary round of the competition. Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong Tomlinson and Ken Kehoe at the Steve Curtis will attempt to break the speed record of 224mph when they before setting that number last Korea, who lost to China in and West Asia’s Iraq. helm of ‘My Way’. take part in the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in mid-Missouri this weekend. year. We hope we don’t need to the gold medal game at the 22nd The top four teams from each The team tested the Qatar 96 make several runs to reach the FIBA Asia U18 Championship second round group will advance boat last week to iron out any nig- the previous record of 209mph time and we saw the boat at sev- target. I hope that Steve and the in Ulan Bator (Mongolia), are in to the quarterfinal playoffs. gles and Sheikh Hassan arrives in that they had already equaled in eral runs and saw it last year rest of the crew will deliver the Group B along with South East Six games of the 23rd FIBA the USA this week to make his their 50-foot ‘Mystic Catamaran’, running 224mph. It was only magic touch and we can win the Asia champions Philippines and Asia U18 Championship will be final preparations for the popular which was powered by twin natural at the end of 2013 that we Top Gun trophies on our first Jordan. played at the Al Gharafa Stadium shootout, which will take place on Lycoming T-55 turbine engines. adjusted our race programme for run!” Group B features only three here. August 23-24. “When we started our tur- our team to include the Ozarks The Spirit of Qatar Team will teams, all of which will move The 23rd FIBA Asia U18 Tomlinson and Kehoe earned bine project we set our targets Shootout and hopefully set a bet- have several chances to claim the to the second round. Their Championship is the qualify- their Top Gun trophies for set- on running various events and ter speed ourselves. record with professional teams performance in the preliminary ing event for the 2015 FIBA U19 ting the speed record in ‘My Way’ races,” Sheikh Hassan said. “We “I am delighted that the boat permitted on to the course for rounds will decide on the number World Championship the venue in 2013. On their second run of have been closely following the is ready and is on its way to the their speed runs on both Saturday of wins they carry to the next for which will be decided soon. the morning last year, they beat progress of ‘My Way’ for some Ozarks. We missed the early races and Sunday. THE PENINSULA round. These three teams will be THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Owen sees good times ahead for Man United and Liverpool But Van Gaal’s side doesn’t have ‘quality to dethrone Man City’, says former striker

LONDON: Manchester United “Going to Old Trafford on experienced under Ferguson once scoring list with 31 league goals, will return to the top four of Saturday I thought it would be they get used to their new leader to Barcelona. the Premier League this season a United win but when I saw the but are not quite at the level to Owen, who played for Liverpool but it is only Liverpool that can team sheet and you compared the seriously challenge champions for eight years before joining Real challenge for the title, accord- United side to Swansea’s team you Manchester City and strongly- Madrid in 2004, believes the ing to former England striker all of a sudden think ‘this is not fancied Chelsea for the title. Merseyside club will continue to Michael Owen who played for a great Manchester United side’. “There’s no question that van challenge for titles despite Suarez both clubs. “I don’t think they have got the Gaal has got the confidence to fill leaving and the disappointment After contrasting campaigns quality to dethrone Manchester Alex Ferguson’s shoes, that’s the of narrowly missing out on their last season and differing fortunes City or finish above Chelsea but least of his worries,” explained first league title for 24 years. in their opening league matches I do think they will have a good the former England striker, who “They missed an opportunity this weekend, Owen said that he season.” is fourth on the country’s all-time last season there’s no doubt about believes both clubs can look for- The loss to Swansea was international scorer’s list, level it but I very much doubt it is their ward to good seasons. United’s first defeat at home in with his former United colleague last opportunity,” said Owen, who Although he saw United slump the opening match of a season for Wayne Rooney, on 40 goals. scored 118 league goals in his to a 2-1 defeat to Swansea City at 42 years and also the first com- “It’s just a shame that when Anfield career. Old Trafford on Saturday, he said petitive game under new manager everyone was getting excited “I think they’ll be a force he believed United would improve Louis van Gaal, the Dutchman about the new season with great to be reckoned with for many from last season’s seventh-place who led the Netherlands to a pre-season results, they came years now. I think that Brendan finish and earn a Champions third place finish at the World down to earth with a bang. Rodgers has got them back into League place by the end of this Cup. “It was the first game though, the top echelons of the game, back one. He took over from David they are getting used to a new up amongst the big boys, where “I think United will have a Moyes, who lasted 10 months as manager. I think they will invest they belong, and I think they’ll decent season and get back Alex Ferguson’s successor before in new players in the coming have more chances to win the into the top four, and into the being fired, and after an unbeaten weeks, and I’m pretty certain league in the coming seasons. Champions League next season,” pre-season, had restored hope they’ll be a lot better than their “There is a lot to be interested said the former striker, who spent that United, champions in 2013, seventh place finish last season.” in Liverpool this year. The ques- three injury-plagued years at might challenge for the title again. Liverpool, runners-up last tion marks are with Suarez not United from 2009 until 2012. A young team in a new 3-5-2 season, overcame a resilient being there and the added pres- Since retiring from playing 15 formation quelled those hopes Southampton side to win their sure of playing in the Champions months ago, Owen has embarked though with a shaky performance opener 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday. League. on a career as a media pundit and reminiscent of the Moyes reign. Brendan Rodgers’s side finished “If they can combat them I was talking while at an event to Owen believes that despite two points behind City last season think they’ll have a decent chance encourage people to rediscover their start, United will once Former England striker Michael Owen and despite the departure of Luis of challenging for the title again.” the fun of driving. again enjoy the winning ways they Suarez, who topped last season’s REUTERS Brandao headbutt ‘scandalous’: Official QSL to use AZF’s

PARIS: French secretary of Images from CCTV cameras on Saturday called for a lifetime for exemplary sanctions from state for sports Thierry Braillard in the tunnel at the Parc des ban. the football league’s Disciplinary yesterday dubbed as “scandal- Princes showed Brandao waiting In a statement, Bastia said they Commission. Bridge software ous” the headbutt Brazilian for Motta to approach him before “reserved the right to take fur- “Paris Saint-Germain reserves striker Brandao landed on headbutting the Brazil-born Italy ther action in this matter”. its right to take further action if DOHA: The Qatar Stars and continue to work together to Paris Saint-Germain midfielder international at the end of the The Corsican club, with former necessary.” League (QSL) and Aspire Zone enhance the capabilities for the Thiago Motta on Saturday. Ligue 1 game. PSG and France star Claude The disciplinary committee of Foundation (AZF) yesterday benefit of both parties.” Brandao’s club, SC Bastia, later “Of course it merits a sanction,” Makelele now at the helm, added, the Professional Football League signed an agreement that will “Bridge can cater to the needs added that it “condemned without Braillard told France Info, call- however, that it “also deplored (LFP) are set to examine the inci- enable QSL to utilise AZF’s of other non-sporting events and ambiguity” the player’s action, but ing Brandao’s action “scandalous, the equally unacceptable behav- dent on Thursday. Qatar-developed event manage- larg-scale conferences as well. We PSG were furious at the lack of a unacceptable”. iour of some players who didn’t To make matters worse for ment system, called Bridge, for are pleased to offer the ‘Bridge’ more concrete response from the Brandao, who was suspended stop insulting and provoking their Brandao, PSG, the French cham- its upcoming competitions. for other interested entities in Corsicans. for four matches last season opponents”. pions, also confirmed that right The signing ceremony was held Qatar as well who wish to take PSG confirmed that Brazil- for elbowing PSG’s Yohan Cabaye In response, PSG said they back Gregory van der Wiel suf- at The Torch, Doha, and attended advantage of this proven event born Italy international Motta at the Parc des Princes while were “surprised that the club has fered “a fracture of the second by Ali Mohamed Al Kubaisi, AZF management platform,” he added. suffered a broken nose in an playing for Saint-Etienne, risks not sanctioned their player whose lumbar vertebra following a knee Chief Corporate Services Officer, Praising AZF’s new technol- ugly clash with Brandao after a lengthy suspension, while premeditated, extremely violent in the back from the Bastia player and Ahmed Al Harami, QSL ogy, Mr. Ahmad Al Harami, QSL Saturday’s 2-0 win against Bastia. PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi gesture is inexcusable and calls in the first half”. AFP Chief of Competition and Football Chief of Competition and Football Development, along with officials Development, said: “AZF’s devel- from both parties. opment of the Bridge platform Prozone Chelsea beat Burnley 3-1 The online platform, Bridge, according to international stand- was designed and developed ards has provided QSL with by Aspire Zone Foundation in features that will really benefit holds annual accordance with international Qatari football. They captured the standards and best practices. attention of QSL and led to this It provides a range of services agreement so we look forward to workshop for managing events, including making the most of the system for accreditation, workforce manage- the next three years.” DOHA: The Qatar Stars ment, transportation and other The Bridge system enables the League’s performance analy- logistical support services. staff to manage tournaments on a sis specialists — Prozone — Bridge can also be used for large scale and supports the man- held their annual workshop at large-scale sporting and non- agement of five events concur- the Millennium Hotel here on sporting events and is able rently. It will be available for the Sunday. to support multiple events fourteen clubs taking part in the This was an opportunity to simultaneously. QSL championships. Al Harami introduce the six new coaches to Bridge was developed by Aspire stressed that the program will the player performance software Zone Foundation as an IP owned achieve a quantum leap for the and give a refresher course to the by the state of Qatar. Aspire Zone institution and clubs alike. coaches from last season. has utilized this integrated suite Commenting on how easy the The workshop was attended of applications for a wide range application is to use, Al Harami by Ahmed Al Harami, the head of sporting and non-sporting said: “The Bridge technology of Competition and Football events in the past and has also will allow QSL clubs to take Development, Miguel Heitor, been working diligently towards advantage of the program to Football Development Supervisor promoting the online platform develop themselves, to solve and Prozone analyst Andrew locally and internationally. their own issues and find ways Forrester. Al Harmi spoke about The QSL will be utilise to deal with challenges. QSL will the League’s goals this season, Bridge to support various QSL leave no stone unturned in mak- including a new system introduced tournaments. ing the most of innovations that to monitor player’s attendance Al Kubaisi, Chief Corporate will enrich Qatari football and at training sessions. The QSL’s Services Officer at Aspire Zone develop our domestic football contract with Prozone was also Chelsea’s John Terry (left) challenges for the ball with Burnley’s Lukas Jutkiewicz during an English Premier Foundation, said: “We have been competitions.” renewed and this season a new League match at Turf Moor, Burnley, yesterday. Chelsea beat Burnley 3-1, thanks to the goals of Diego Costa actively using the Bridge system AZF has successfully imple- software system will be installed (17th minute), André Schürrle (21st minute) and Branislav Ivanovic (34th minute). Scott Arfield scored the lone to enhance the management of mented the system for its to analyze the players during goal for Burnley in the 14th minute. Aspire’s events. We are delighted own events, and Bridge has training. THE PENINSULA that through this partnership we proven highly beneficial for are extending this proven tech- ASPIRE4SPORT, and more nology platform to QSL for their recently, the international La use and we will share our experi- Liga tournament. QSL panel completes final preparations ences and learn from each other THE PENINSULA

DOHA: The Qatar Stars this season with the ascendance season were completed and all be a big challenge for everyone League’s (QSL) technical com- of Al Shamal and Al Shahaniya, requests for improvements and involved with the club,” he said mittee met at the Al Bidda there are many teams who have repairs were carried out. He hoped that the club would Tower, the home of Qatari foot- opted with blue and red colours in take inspiration from last season ball, here on Sunday. their kits. Adsani confirmed that New season will be and at least maintain the same The meeting focused on the all necessary equipment supplied level. Qambar praised the efforts final preparations for the launch by the league was now in place tougher: Qambar of the coaching staff and felt con- of the new QSL season. The such as official club merchandise DOHA: Al Sailiya team admin- fident that the clubs new acquisi- meeting was chaired by Ahmed allocations, fan banners and flags. istrator Mohammed Qambar tions would give them the extra Adsani, Competitions Supervisor, For their part, the referee com- believes that repeating last boost for the new season. Ali Khulaifi, a representative mittee said there was a new law season’s successes will prove Securing Fawzi Ayish was from the referees committee, and added and encouraged the clubs difficult because the team had also another success, he said also representatives from the 14 to respect all the laws of the game surpassed all the expectations and couldn’t wait to see the Ahmed Al Harami (left), QSL Chief of Competition and Football member clubs. in the new season. last time. new Korean and Tunisian Issam Development, shakes hands with Ali Mohamed Al Kubaisi, AZF Chief Among the topics of discussion All official visits to the eight “The team did very well last Jemma link up in attack. Corporate Services Officer, during the signing ceremony in Doha yesterday. was the issue of team colours, stadiums that will be used this season but this campaign will THE PENINSULA Tuesday 19 August 2014 23 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6162 Sport Price: QR2 SRI LANKA’S WEEKLY NEWS UPDATES Federer beats SL sweep    Ferrer to win series against Cincinnati title Pakistan LANKADEEPA MIDDLE EAST WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY DAR AL SHARQ                  !"#$%&'()#*#+,'-*,)# Sport | 23 Sport | 26

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MADRID: Champion Rafael Despite missing the entire Nadal has pulled out of the North American hardcourt Rafael Nadal’s Injury Factfile US Open, which begins next campaign, Nadal had hoped to Monday, after failing to recover compete in New York, previously Rafael Nadal, who said Monday he would skip the 2014 US Open because of a right wrist problem, has been plagued by injuries through- from a right wrist injury. posting a picture of himself work- out his career. Below are the details of the problems suffered by the The 28-year-old Spaniard ing on court with his uncle and Spanish former world number one, winner of 14 Grand Slam titles, sustained the injury in practice coach Toni with a black wrist sup- including a record nine French Opens: last month and had been train- port clearly visible. ing with a cast on his right wrist, He won his ninth French Open 2003: Misses French Open with elbow injury. forcing him to miss the Rogers title in June but has not played 2004: Misses French Open and is three months off tour with left ankle injury. Cup in Toronto and last week’s since losing in the fourth round 2006: Left foot injury suffered in November 2005 means Nadal only starts 2006 season in February. Cincinnati Open. to Australian Nick Kyrgios at 2008: Tendinitis in his left knee forces Nadal to retire from Paris Masters in the quarter-finals. “I am very sorry to announce I Wimbledon on July 2. Withdraws from Masters Cup and Davis Cup final. won’t be able to play at this year’s It is another worrying setback 2009: As four-time defending French Open champion, Nadal’s 31-match winning run at Roland Garros US Open,” the world number two for Nadal who has had to battle ended by Robin Soderling in the fourth round. Withdraws from Queen’s and Wimbledon, where he was said on Facebook yesterday. back from lengthy injury layoffs defending champion, with tendinitis in both knees. Out for nine weeks in total, loses world number “I am sure you understand that several times in his career. one ranking to Roger Federer. it is a very tough moment for me After being sidelined for seven 2010: Retires in quarter-final of Australian Open against Andy Murray with right knee injury. Off tour since it is a tournament I love months with a knee problem, he until Indian Wells in March. and where I have great memories returned in February 2013 to win 2011: Loses in straight sets in Australian Open quarter-final to compatriot David Ferrer, complains of from fans, the night matches, so 10 titles. left adductor problem. Off tour for two months. many things. Injuries also caused Nadal to “Not much more I can do right miss the defence of his Wimbledon 2012: Loses to world number 100 Lukas Rosol in Wimbledon second round on June 28. Tendinitis now other than accept the situ- title in 2009 and his Olympic in left knee sees him miss Olympics, where he was defending champion, US Open, World Tour Finals and Davis Cup final. After six months out, cancels plans to play in Abu Dhabi exhibition. ation and, as always in my case, crown in 2012. work hard in order to be able to The winner of 64 career singles 2013: Misses Australian Open with stomach virus. After a seven-month absence in total, Nadal returns compete at the highest level once titles has claimed four trophies to win 10 titles in career-high 14 finals and finish world number one for third time. I am back.” this year and has set no time 2014: Affected by back injury in his Australian Open final defeat to Stan Wawrinka and takes a month The 14-times grand slam win- frame for a return to competition. Spain’s Rafael Nadal reacts during a Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series match off. On July 30, Nadal withdraws from ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments at Toronto and ner also triumphed at Flushing The US Open starts from August against Spain’s David Ferrer, in this April, 2014 file photo. Nadal announced Cincinnati due to a right wrist injury and on August 18 reveals he also won’t play at the US Open, Meadows in 2010. 25 to September 8. REUTERS that he will miss the US Open due to a wrist injury. where he is defending champion, because of the same problem.