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DOHA: A sudden power out- engine and switch on the air- age left thousands of peo- conditioner to escape the stifling ple, including the elderly and heat. children in a bustling town Utility distributor Kahramaa near here, braving sizzling dispatched a team of techni- heat and humidity for hours cians to identify the problem and yesterday. fix it after its emergency con- The power failure was caused trol room was informed of the around noon due to overload on outage. transmission cables in Umm Al Some 30 engineers and tech- Amad, which is some 26 kilome- nicians comprising the team tres north of Doha off the arterial rushed to the spot and accord- North Road. ing to a press statement issued Electricity was restored in by Kahramaa, electricity sup- the area at 1.37pm yesterday, plies were restored in the area at according to utility distributor 1.37pm. Kahramaa. Kahramaa sources said that it But a resident of the area said has cancelled the weekly day-offs The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosted last evening an Iftar banquet at Al Wajbah Palace for the heads of diplomatic missions, electricity was restored around of all technicians as complaints Qatar’s ambassadors abroad and high-ranking officials of the Foreign Ministry. More pictures on page 2 4.30 to 4.45pm. of power failures might pour in The temperature in the area from different areas since this is at the time was much above 35 the peak summer season when degrees Celsius but what made the consumption of electricity people suffer more was the high is the highest due to the use of humidity. air-conditioners. Israel adamant on border ahead of talks Humidity yesterday was Local social networking sites quite high at 73 percent , while were yesterday abuzz with com- JERUSALEM: Israel will groundwork to resume talks after The Palestinians say the talks Israel, nor a construction freeze,” it was a record high at 83 per- plaints about power failures in not bow to the Palestinians’ an almost three-year stalemate, must be about establishing a he said. A senior Palestinian offi- cent on Friday night, according different areas. demand on the borders of but that the deal was not final and future state in the West Bank, the cial with knowledge of the talks to sources in the weather Some posts said there were their future state before peace required more diplomacy. Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, suggested the Palestinians would office. outages in the areas for four talks begin but will meet their Remarks made yesterday by with borders approximating the not back down. “Our position Thousands of families live in hours, while others said they request for the release of some Israeli Defence Minister Moshe boundaries that existed before remains clear: resumption of the area (Umm Al Amad), it were without electricity for 10 prisoners, Israeli officials said Yaalon and Strategic Affairs Israel captured those territories negotiations should be based on being quite close to Doha. minutes. yesterday. Minister Yuval Steintiz suggest in a 1967 war. the two-state solution and on the Naturally, air-conditioners Kahramaa has called on con- The six-nation Gulf the sides still face major stum- Steinitz said there had been no 1967 borders.” were on full-blast in all homes sumers to call 991 in the event of Cooperation Council welcomed bling blocks before negotiations Israeli concession on that point Kerry said on Friday that in the area when power suddenly problems in electricity or water yesterday EU plans to ban its can resume, however. nor on the Palestinian demand the deal between Israel and the tripped. supply. 28 members from dealing with Yaalon said in a statement that Israel halt all construction of Palestinians to resume negotia- People were fasting and came The main reason for the out- Jewish settlements, hoping the that Israel “had insisted it would settlements in the occupied West tions was still being “formal- out after waiting for a few min- ages is overload on transmission move would push forward peace enter negotiations with no pre- Bank and East Jerusalem. ised” but that negotiators for utes for electricity supplies to be cables as the population has been efforts. conditions which included the “There is no chance that we both sides could begin talks in restored. increasing resulting in more US Secretary of State John Palestinian demand on the 1967 will agree to enter any negotia- Washington “within the next Later, many of them were seen appliances being used. Kerry said on Friday that Israel borders ... and that is exactly what tions that begin with defining ter- week or so”. rushing to their cars to start the THE PENINSULA and the Palestinians had laid the is happening now.” ritorial borders or concessions by REUTERS

Martin ‘lives’ US court renews controversial Egypt forms panel for constitution CAIRO: Egypt’s interim presi- The larger panel will include Christian community denounced surveillance plan dent yesterday appointed a com- members of political parties and the Islamist-drafted text, which mittee of experts to amend the trade unions, religious officials was also criticised by UN rights WASHINGTON: A secret US constitution that was suspended and army officers, and will in turn chief Navi Pillay for curtailing court has renewed the govern- following the military’s over- have another two months to make certain rights, including those of ment’s authority to carry out throw of president Mohammed final changes to the draft before non-Muslims. a controversial phone surveil- Mursi, the presidency said. submitting it to the president. Egypt’s caretaker president lance programme exposed by Under a decree issued by Mansour will then have 30 issued a charter last Monday fugitive intelligence leaker the caretaker president, Adly days to call a referendum on the outlining the timetable for the Edward Snowden. Mansour, the committee, which charter. constitutional reforms, as well as The panel’s decision, made consists of four university profes- Ousted Islamist president fresh parliamentary and presi- public on Friday in an unprec- sors and six judges, will begin its Mursi’s government adopted the dential elections due to be held edented move, extends the pro- work today. controversial previous constitu- early next year. gramme, which affects millions of The committee members tion by referendum in December Shortly after it was announced, Americans, by three months, the will have 30 days to make their 2012 with a majority of 64 per- Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood Office of the Director of National amendments, which will then be cent, but a voter turnout of just rejected the temporary charter as Intelligence, or ODNI, said in a presented to a 50-person body 33 percent. a decree enforced by “putschists”. statement. “In light of the signifi- representing different groups in Opposition politicians and AFP cant and continuing public interest Egyptian society. members of Egypt’s Coptic See also page 7 in the telephony metadata collec- tion program, the DNI (Director of National Intelligence) has decided to declassify and disclose publicly that the government filed Explosion at Beijing airport Insecticide in food killed pupils an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court BEIJING: A man in a wheelchair detonated PATNA: Oil used to cook a school lunch that seeking renewal of the authority a home-made explosive in Beijing airport last killed 23 pupils in eastern India contained a to collect telephony metadata in evening, injuring himself and sending smoke bil- “highly toxic”, concentrated form of insecticide, a bulk, and that the court renewed lowing through the exit area of the international forensic report and police said yesterday. that authority,” it said. AFP arrivals section of Terminal 3. Individual Chinese The children died after eating lentils, potatoes unable to win redress for grievances have in the and rice cooked at the school last Tuesday with oil past resorted to extreme measures, including containing an agricultural insecticide that was five RAMADAN TIMING Hundreds of protesters participate in a “Justice for Trayvon” rally at bombings, but such incidents are rare amid the times the strength sold in the market, the report Todays Iftar the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles yesterday. The dem- tight security of airports, and the motive in this said. “The report has found organophosphorus in oil 6:27pm onstration was part of a 100-city effort to demand a federal investiga- case is not yet known. samples collected from the school where the midday There were no other injuries and operations were meal was prepared and consumed by the children,” tion into possible violations of Travyon Martin’s civil rights. A jury in Tomorrow’s Imsak normal after the blast, the airport said on its micro- Ravinder Kumar, a senior police officer, told report- Sanford, Florida last Saturday found George Zimmerman, a volunteer 03:19am blog, while official news agency Xinhua said the man ers in Bihar’s state capital Patna. He said he did not neighbuorhood watchman, not guilty of shooting Martin dead. detonated a loud explosive device. An airport spokes- have an explanation as to why the chemical was so Report on page 11 woman declined to speculate about the man’s motive. highly concentrated. AGENCIES REUTERS Full report on page 15 SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir hosts iftar banquet for diplomats

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday hosted an iftar banquet at Al Wajbah Palace for heads of diplomatic missions, Qatar’s ambassadors and top Foreign Ministry officials. Skalli hails Qatar for promoting artists Renowned Moroccan singer wows fans; Shaima Al Muhairi holds sand animation show at Katara

DOHA: Moroccan singer of Katara’s Ramadan events international acclaim Karima continue tonight with a ceramic Skalli wowed music lovers at exhibition featuring Maher the Andalusian Muwashahat Alsamaraúa, a talented artist. concert yesterday at the Katara With his long experience in Drama Theatre. porcelain, handicraft and callig- Karima is known as one of the raphy, Alsamaraúa focuses on the most important religious stanzas modernisation of Islamic tradi- vocalist in the Arabic Maghreb, tional shapes. also famous for her participa- The ‘Money and letters’ exhibi- tion in international religious tion will also open tonight, featur- festivals, winning awards and ing a collection of Qatari Hassan appreciations. Al Naimi, one of the foremost She lauded Qatar for its signif- numismatists in the country and icant role in promoting Arabic the world, having held exhibi- and Islamic artists, and Katara tions in Brazil, London, Paris and for enriching Arab culture. Japan. “Organising the Andalusian All currencies to be displayed, Muwashahat aimed to introduce which came from Islamic coun- the public to this original Arabic tries, will be numbered 1 as a art. “It also aimed to shed light particular character that will be on unique aspects of Arabic Skalli performing at the concert. Right: Al Muhairi at the sand animation show. explained by the artist. and Islamic culture through An exhibition on the history of the revival of our cultural, reli- Communication Department. Al Muhairi used sand as medium artist in the Gulf and uses sand paintings projected on the screen. Qatari publications and printing gious and artistic heritage,” said Katara also hosted a sand to depict a scene and tell a story as her medium, instantaneously This art activity has generated and an exhibition of Rashid Al Malika Al Shuraim, Director of animation show at the Drama which was projected onto a huge transforming it into animated increasing interest in the region Muhannadi will also open tonight. Katara’s Public Relations and Theatre, in which artist Shaima screen. Al Muhairi is a unique characters forming expressive and fascinated audiences. THE PENINSULA Breastfeeding mothers urged balanced diet after fast DOHA: Breastfeeding moth- However, if the mother chooses ers fasting during Ramadan are to fast, it is important that she advised by healthcare experts replenish her nutrients with to compensate by paying extra a balanced diet encompassing attention to their dietary intake all major food groups when she and avoid fasting if they have breaks fast each day, and revert to medical conditions. her normal eating habits immedi- The recommendation by the ately after Ramadan. Hamad Medical Corporation To protect their health during (HMC) is based on global studies Ramadan, Dr Khan said it is vital to investigate effects of Ramadan that breastfeeding mothers stay fasting, which have revealed fas- hydrated through a regular intake cinating lessons to help breast- of healthy fluids. feeding mothers keep themselves “Once the baby gets used to and their babies in optimal a feeding pattern, the mother health, according to Clinical should avoid upsetting that Associate and Certified Lactation pattern. Consultant, Breastfeeding “They should ensure their milk Resource Center, Obstetrics and volume and feeding frequency are Gynaecology Department at Al Dr Khan as close to normal as possible, by Khor Hospital, Dr Mohammed consuming plenty of fluids and a Ilyas Khan. “Fasting affected the level of healthy diet. “In one study in the UAE at micro-nutrients, such as mag- “We should make more efforts Muwajihi Primary Health Care nesium, zinc and potassium, but to support women who are fast- Clinic, milk samples were taken these are only needed in small ing, especially during Ramadan. from healthy breastfeeding moth- quantities,” said Dr Khan. Proper rest, a healthy diet and ers during and after Ramadan. He said that breast milk is a strong support network, along “It was discovered that fasting incredibly resilient and can retain with remembrance of Allah, are did not significantly affect the its major nutrients during fasting essential to maintain the well- level of macro-nutrients needed and it is crucial to maintain the being of mothers who are breast- in large quantities for growth and same breastfeeding pattern dur- feeding while fasting,” Dr Khan energy, and include proteins, car- ing Ramadan to give the baby a added. bohydrates and fat. sense of continuity and rhythm. THE PENINSULA Hospital access road closed DOHA: Access to Women’s Hospital via the Hamad General Hospital main entrance will be diverted due to construction works. The road connecting Hamad General Hospital and Women’s Hospital will be closed for cus- tomer-focused improvements at HMC facilities. Access to Women’s Hospital will not be blocked. Other avail- able routes will be sign-posted for visitors. Women’s Hospital main entrance from Sports roundabout will remain open. This change continues until further notice. THE PENINSULA

SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Ooredoo launches EU arms for Syria still an option Britain’s primary objective is to negotiate peace, says Burt

special numbers BY AZMAT HAROON The UK is also support- Islamist parties in Egypt. ing Geneva 2, an international “We had no issue with the DOHA: Ooredoo has launched a new promotion for three months, pro- DOHA: Providing arms to peace conference to resolve the election of president Mursi, viding the best rates for special numbers. the Syrian National Coalition 28 month-old conflict. which we believed to be free and From July 19 until October 19, 2013, new and existing prepaid Hala and remains an option for the “Geneva 2 is the best oppor- fair. There was no issue with the postpaid Shahry customers can purchase monthly one free special number European Union, which has tunity that we can see a peace- government that he led. worth between QR300 and QR1,000. not been ruled out yet, a sen- ful resolution to the (Syrian) “We are in favour of a politi- These customers can also get 50 percent off on special numbers worth ior official from the United problem. cal process which involves the between QR1,500 and QR5,500. Kingdom has said. “We would call upon outsiders Islamist parties and Freedom As a result, customers who had their eyes on a special number that was The UK has been forcing EU to stay out and back the Geneva and Justice Party. If they win worth QR1,500 can reserve a better number worth QR3,000 for the same to lift the arms embargo to be process. Of course, Russia’s another election, they win price during the promotion. able to respond flexibly to events engagement in it would be cru- another election, the UK has Ooredoo has seen strong demand for special numbers, which are in Syria, Alistair Burt, British cial as well,” Burt said. no issues with that,” Burt said. easy-to-remember. Foreign and Commonwealth He said that the UK deplores He added that the UK is Special numbers can be reserved through the easy-to-remember num- Office Minister for the Middle the engagement of Iran and prepared to play its part with bers page on Ooredoo website at http://www.ooredoo.qa/en/etr, or at any East, said during a visit to Hezbollah in the Syrian con- other international financial Ooredoo shop with free home delivery. Qatar. flict, which also runs the risk of institutions to provide assist- Customers on the go can also reserve a special number through the “We have not taken a decision Alistair Burt spreading over the border. ance to Egypt, given the condi- Ooredoo mobile app, available for Apple iOS mobile devices and BlackBerry to arm the opposition, and if we The UK has been pressing EU tions are right for such loans 7 smartphones. did so, it would be according to blacklist the military wing of and support. To purchase reserved numbers, customers can visit any Ooredoo shop to terms set out by EU’s arms Burt said that the UK con- Hezbollah. On the Middle East peace and complete the purchase transaction with a customer service agent. embargo. We have not ruled out tinues to provide non-lethal Asked why the UK has not process, Burt said that the Customers can also purchase reserved numbers on the Ooredoo this option, but our primary support to the Syrian National condemned the military coup UK has never lost sight of eShop at www.ooredoo.qa/eshop, by completing an online form, mak- objective is to negotiate peace,” Coalition, recently announcing in Egypt so far, Burt said that how central resolving the ing full payment, and filling in information that may required at the Burt told The Peninsula in an an increase of £20m support to while the UK does not sup- issue between Israelis and the time of delivery. interview. protect coalition members, and port military intervention in a Palestinians is. THE PENINSULA Burt was in Doha to discuss providing the Syrian people with democratic situation, the mili- “We have backed the US with the Foreign Minister H communications equipment and tary action in Egypt was taken Secretary of State John Kerry E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al humanitarian supplies. with the support of the politi- and we have encouraged Attiyah urgent regional issues, “We have also been work- cal classes, which was welcomed Palestine and Israel to take part including the situation in ing to help the Syrian people by a large number of people and in it. If this opportunity is not Egypt, Syria, Iran and the pos- have skills and ability to detect cannot be ignored. taken, the future for a two-state sibility of a Middle East peace attacks upon them that go The minister denied claims of solution becomes very dark.” process. beyond conventional warfare.” the UK having issues with the THE PENINSULA Citizens throng Souq Waqif for Eid dresses DOHA: Garment shops in Souq Waqif are attracting huge crowds due to cheap rates, where many Qatari nationals are buying their new clothes for Eid, an Arabic daily reported yesterday. “Despite a slight increase in the prices of the cloth used for thobe (traditional Qatari attire worn by men) at shops in Souq Waqif due to the growing demand before Eid, the prices are still cheaper compared to those in other outlets,” said Qatari national Sayif Al Anzi. “Demand of thobes grew in the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan because people want to have new dresses for Eid,” said Mohammad Ismail, a salesman at a shop in Souq Waqif. Essentially two brands of garments, Shakibo and Tibo, are in high demand. They are available at almost all outlets at rates starting QR30 per metre, said Ismail. A pair of thobe made from Tibo costs QR590 and one made from Shakibo is available at QR450, he added. The cloth used for thobe plus tailoring charges is avail- able at all outlets in Souq Waqif at QR200, while the same will cost QR300 outside, Al Anzi said. Several Qataris prefer to buy complete roll of cloth which can make up to seven sets of thobes because it is expensive to buy cloth in metres. Only those people who want to make one or two dresses buy cloth in metres, he added. Shakibo and Tibo are popular brands among young Qataris; however elderly people and children prefer other brands. All shops at Souq Waqif are prepared to meet the grow- ing demand for cloth for Eid and said they have enough stocks. THE PENINSULA

Demand for tents grows 65 percent during Ramadan

DOHA: Demand for tents across Qatar has grown 65 percent during Ramadan compared to the previ- ous year, according to the UAE-based Al Baddad International, a leading provider of tents and prefab buildings globally. The increase in market activity during 2013 is attrib- uted to many factors, including an uptake in economic activity, helping attract investment and driving consumer spending across the country. Qatar’s citizens enjoy the highest income per capita in the world; its hospitality sector is growing at a fast pace with the opening of several new units; tourism activity is robust; and foreign and international companies are entering the market to tap its investment opportunities. All of these factors contributed to growth in the tents’ market. The market for tents and prefab buildings in Qatar has witnessed a huge growth over the past few years, reflect- ing the country’s robust construction and infrastructure activity and strong economic performance. Ramadan represents the peak demand period for tents compared to the rest of the year, the company said. “This is largely due to extensive private and charitable activities during the month, which normally sees a growth of 100 percent in demand.” Demand for tents in the hospitality sector was as much as 60 percent, followed by charitable, social and religious activities (20 percent) and private functions (20 per cent), the company said. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 QSC students interact with Nasa expert Video conference with Glenn Research Center explains how astronauts live in spacecraft

Qatar Scientific Club summer camp children interact with Nasa officials via a video conference on the QSC campus. Qassim Rahmatullah

DOHA: Students from different spacecraft. Students were explained with this event was arranged for them to get of summer activities at QSC. Ten percent of them were selected by schools in Qatar had a new experi- the support of videos how astronauts live a feel and know more about spacecraft Al Sada said that QSC is planning to Kahramaa and others from different ence about space and its environment in a spacecraft. and space environment,” said Head of invite a Nasa expert to lecture students. schools, along with some on a visit to through a live lesson by a Nasa expert. They were also shown activities like Public Relations at the QSC, Hashim “We will have various activities in Doha for vacation. Students at the Qatar Scientific Club how astronauts walk, bathe and eat in a Mohammed Al Sada. He was speaking the future with the support of the US Summer activities give an opportunity (QSC) video-conferenced with Dave spacecraft. at a press conference on the sidelines of embassy and Kahramaa. Hopefully, we to students to learn and practise their Mazza from Glenn research Centre in “This is the first such interactive the video conference. will invite someone from Nasa to come creativity in programmes such as short Cleveland, Ohio, in the US. video conference we had with Nasa. The first-of-its-kind event was and lecture.” films, mad science, computer animation, Around 100 students had an interac- We consider the participating students arranged by the US embassy in Qatar Around 400 students are taking science, diving, robots and electronics. tive session with Mazza on space and as future astronauts and scientists and with the support of Kahramaa as part part in month-long summer activities. THE PENINSULA

QIIB marks Ramadan with special offers on personal, vehicle loans DOHA: International Islamic will get the lowest flat profit rate 2.22 percent for vehicle finance. funding. Auto financing will be period of funding without the (Qatar International Islamic of 2.22 percent for the entire “Until the end of Ramadan, our extended to new and used vehicles need for mortgage. Bank or QIIB) has unveiled two period. clients who have been approved without the need for a mortgage. For every QR100,000 vehicle offers to customers to coincide QIIB Deputy CEO, Jamal Al for personal finance will get a The monthly premium for finance, Qataris pay QR1,574 with Ramadan. Jamal (pictured), said: “To bet- reward of 1 percent of QR100,000 Qataris (for a personal finance of over 72 months and expatriates Customers availing new per- ter reflect the values of the Holy or more. Many car dealerships QR100,000) will be QR1,661 for 72 QR2,267 over 48 months. sonal finance of QR100,000 or month of Ramadan on our offer, have come out with offers during months and expats QR2,352 over In eligible cases, finance will be more will get a reward of 1 per- we have decided to give our clients Ramadan. But we have reduced 48 months. extended within one hour. Qatari cent of the amount, which will a reward, equivalent to 1 percent our profit rate to an unprec- Under vehicle finance, approved customers can opt for a grace of be credited to their account and of their personal finance amount edented, lowest flat rate of 2.22 clients will get the lowest flat rate up to six months and expats three those taking new vehicle finance and reduce the profit rate to a flat percent for the entire period of of 2.22 percent for the entire months. THE PENINSULA 06 SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 Thoughts www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pious predecessors in Ramadan

BY SHEIKH SALMAN AL UDAH Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman would take it upon himself to provide 500 people with he Prophet (peace be upon him) food enough to break their fast, during said, “The best of my Ummah the month of Ramadan. Then, on the day would be those of the generation of Eid Al Fitr, he would give each of those Tnearest to mine. Then come those people 100 pieces of silver. nearest to them; then come those nearest to them” (Bukhari and Muslim). WATCHING ONE’S TONGUE We should see the example of the Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (PBUH), his companions, and Prophet (PBUH) said: “For those who do the earliest generation of Muslims if we not abandon false speech and false acts, want to get the maximum benefit from Allah has no need of their abandoning of this blessed month of Ramadan. food and drink.”(Bukhari) We will look at some of the things to Al Muhallab made the following obser- which our pious predecessors used to vation about this Hadith: “This shows pay extra attention during the month that fasting entails refraining from of Ramadan. obscene and false speech, just as it entails refraining from food and drink. Those READING THE QURAN who engage in false or obscene speech Almighty Allah says: “The month of detract from the value of their fast. They Ramadan is that in which the Quran was expose themselves to their Lord’s dis- revealed.” (2:185) pleasure and to the possibility of their For that reason, our pious predeces- fast to be unaccepted. sors used to increase their recitation of The Prophet said: “If someone of you the Quran in Ramadan. Al Aswad ibn starts off the day fasting, they should Yazid used to complete reading the entire avoid obscene speech and ignorant Quran every two nights in Ramadan. He behavior. If someone abuses them or would sleep between Maghrib prayer starts to fight with them, they should and Isha prayer. Outside of Ramadan, reply by saying, “I am fasting; I am fast- he would complete reading the Quran ing.” (Muslim) every six nights. Al Maziri, the most prominent Maliki Said ibn Jubayr would also complete jurist of all time, had the following obser- reading the Quran every two nights in vation about this Hadith, “It is possible Ramadan. It is also narrated that Al that one is recommended to say, “I am Walid used to normally complete read- fasting; I am fasting,” only to remind him ing the Quran every three nights, but on or herself that he or she should refrain the whole, he would complete it 17 times from getting engaged in the exchange of in the month of Ramadan. insults.” Qatadah used to read the whole Quran We should see the example of the Prophet (peace be Umar ibn Al Khattab said: “In every seven days, but in Ramadan he Ramadan one does not abstain only from would take three days to do so. During upon him), his companions, and the earliest generation eating and drinking but also from lying, the last 10 nights of Ramadan, he would from uttering falsehood, from engaging in read the entire Quran every night. of Muslims if we want to get the maximum benefit vain talk, and from swearing.” (Musannaf Al Qasim ibn Ali described his father, Ibn Abi Shaybah) Ibn Asakir, author of The History of from this blessed month of Ramadan. Ali ibn Abi Talib said: “Fasting is not Damascus, as follows: “He used to always to leave off food and drink but rather to perform his prayers in congregation, and leave off lying, uttering falsehood, and he was consistent in reciting the Quran. engaging in vain talk.” (Musannaf Ibn He would always complete a reading of we finished our prayers (i.e. night vigil in the course of seven days (Musannaf breeze. Abi Shaybah) the entire Quran by Friday. However, prayer) in Ramadan, the servants would Ibn Abi Shaybah). Al Zayn ibn Al Munir explained the Abu Dhar Al Ghifari said: “When you in Ramadan, he would do so every day have to rush to prepare food in fear of the Ibn Abbas reported, “Allah’s Messenger description “beneficial breeze” as follows: fast, be on your guard as much as pos- and retreat to the eastern minaret of coming of Fajr.” (Al-Muwatta) (PBUH) was the most generous of all His charity and good treatment for those sible.” (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah) the mosque. Describing Abu Barakat Abdur-Rahman ibn Hurmuz said, “The people in doing good, and he was at his who are the poor and the needy, as well Jabir ibn Abullah said: “When you Hibatullah ibn Mahfuz, Adh-Dhahabi , reciters (leading the prayers) would com- most generosity during the month of as for those who are well-off and possess fast, your hearing, your vision, and your the prominent scholar wrote, “He learned plete the reading of Surat Al Baqarah Ramadan. Jibreel (Angel Gabriel) used to sufficient means, are as general as the tongue should also fast by avoiding lies Islamic law and read the Quran. He was in eight rak’ahs (units of prayer). When meet with him every year throughout the relief brought by a beneficial breeze. and sins. You should not abuse your serv- known for his charity and his good deeds. the reciters took 12 rak’ahs to complete month of Ramadan, so that the Prophet After Maghrib prayer, Ibn Umar used ant. You should maintain your compo- In the month of Ramadan, he would read it, the people regarded it as if the recit- could recite the Quran to him. to break his fast only in the company of sure and dignity on the day you fast. Do the Quran 30 times.” ers were making things easy for them.” Whenever Jibreel met with him, he the poor. Whenever someone came to not make your fasting day the same as (Musannaf Abdul Razzaq and Sunan Al (the Prophet) became more generous him while he was eating and asked him your normal day.” (Musannaf Ibn Abi NIGHT VIGIL PRAYER Bayhaqi) than a beneficial breeze.” (Bukhari and for something, he would take from his Shaybah) Al Saib ibn Yazid said, “Umar ibn Al Nafi reported that Ibn Umar used to Muslim) food what he deemed to be the beggar’s Abu Hurairah said: “When you fast, Khattab ordered Ubayy ibn Ka’ab and pray in his house during the month of Al Muhallab, a famous Maliki scholar, rightful share. Then he would stand up do not act in an ignorant manner and do Tamim Ad-Dari to lead the people in Ramadan. When the people departed explained this Hadith, saying, this shows and leave the rest of the food for that not insult people. If someone acts igno- prayer in Ramadan. They would each from the mosque, he would go off to the blessings of good works and shows person. He would then take what was in rantly toward you, say, ‘I am fasting’.” read hundreds of verses at a go, until the Prophet’s Mosque with a flask of that engaging in some good deeds opens his hand and give it to his family, so that (Musannaf Abdul Razzaq) we had to support ourselves with canes water. He would not leave the mosque the door to performing others. when he woke up in the next morning Mujahid said: “If you avoid two things, because of the length of time we had to again until after Fajr prayer (Sunan Al Doing some good deeds assists one in to resume his fast, he would not have then your fast will be all right. You stand. We would only finish praying close Bayhaqi) further good works. We can see here that eaten anything the night before. must avoid backbiting and lying.” Abu to the time of Fajr prayer.” (Musannaf Imran ibn Hudayr narrated that Abu the blessings of fasting and of meeting During the month of Ramadan, Ibn Al Aaliyah added, “A fasting person is Abdul Razzaq and Sunan Al Bayhaqi) Mijlaz would lead the prayers in Ramadan Jibreel increased the Prophet’s generosity Shihab Az-Zuhri would engage in nothing engaged in worship as long as he or she Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr narrated that for the people in his neighborhood. He and charity, so much so that the Prophet besides reciting the Quran and providing does not backbite someone.” he heard his father say, “By the time would recite the whole Quran in prayer became more generous than a beneficial the poor with food. www.islamtoday.com

soften his speech, feeds the people, continues to fast, More generous and prays at night while the people are asleep.” (Ahmad). All these acts take place in than the wind Ramadan, for in it there are fasting, prayer at night, mams Bukhari and Muslim multiplies in Ramadan. Similarly, and charity. Also, reported that Ibn Abbas, may Allah the Prophet’s generosity increased the fasting person be pleased with him, had said, “The in Ramadan, and indeed he is the is sternly prohib- IProphet (peace be upon him) was man whose personality entails all the ited from evil and the most generous of people. He used attributes mankind seek and vie for. useless speech. to be the most generous in Ramadan This increased generosity of the Thus, perform- when he would meet with angel Jibreal Prophet in Ramadan has several rea- ing all these deeds and study the Quran with him. Angel sons and indications that we have to pay and attaining Jibreal would meet with the Prophet attention to, among them are: such unique boun- every night in Ramadan to teach him 1. Ramadan is an honourable and ties can be easily the Quran. The Prophet was so generous blessed month, and the rewards for gen- attained during when he met with Jibreal, more gener- erosity are multiplied in it. The Prophet Ramadan by the ous than the wind that brings rain.” (PBUH) said, fasting person. Imam Ahmad added to this narration, “The best charity is that given in 5. Charity and “And nothing he was asked for but he Ramadan.” (Tirmithi). fasting are a would give it.” Furthermore, Al Bayhaqi 2. This is a source of help and support, stronger and more reported that ‘Aaishah, may Allah be especially the ones fasting. To encourage effective barrier pleased with her, had said, “When this, the Prophet said, Allah willing. 4. Joining between fasting and giv- that will keep the person away from Ramadan would start, the Prophet “He who feeds a fasting person will 3. Ramadan is the month of giving ing charity leads to entering Paradise, the Fire. As for fasting, the Prophet would release all prisoners of war and gain the same reward as he will, with- and mercy, and in it Allah blesses the by Allah’s Leave and Blessings. The had said, fulfill the need of every person who out decreasing from the fasting person’s believers with forgiveness and being Prophet said, “Fasting is a shield and protection from would ask him for something.” rewards.” (Ahmad). saved from Hell-fire. Therefore, who- “In Paradise there are rooms that their Hellfire” (Ahmad). Generosity and giving are attributes The fasting person abandons food and ever is merciful and giving in Ramadan, inside can be seen from outside and outside He also said regarding charity, that Allah likes for Muslims to have. drink in Ramadan. Thus, when he gives Allah will be even more Merciful and can be seen from inside.” He was asked, “Charity extinguishes the sin just as Also, Allah is the most Generous and others what he is craving for, this sac- Giving, and will bestow upon him count- “For whom are these rooms, O Messenger water extinguishes the fire. The man’s Giving of all. Indeed, Allah’s Generosity rifice would generate greater rewards, less bounties and blessings. of Allah?” He said, “They are for he who prayer late at night has the same effect.” SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Jordan king first head of state in post-coup Egypt UK revokes export licences for Cairo’s military; New Egyptian foreign minister spells out priorities

CAIRO: Jordan’s king yester- day became the first head of state to visit Egypt since the Syria ties to be re-examined army ousted its Islamist presi- dent, whose supporters pressed CAIRO: Cairo will “re-examine” diplomatic ties with Syria protests after a night of deadly that were severed last month under ousted president Mohamed clashes. Mursi, new foreign minister Nabil Fahmy said. King Abdullah II, who faces “Everything will be re-examined,” Fahmy said of the decision challenges at home from Islamists, to sever ties with Syria. “It doesn’t mean they will resume or not was among the first leaders to resume,” he told reporters. “There is no intention of jihad in Syria,” congratulate Egyptians after the he added. Mursi announced on June 15 the “definitive” cutting of military overthrew president relations with Syria, which has been ravaged by more than two years Mohammed Mursi in a popularly of bloody civil war. Egypt closed its embassy in Damascus and shut backed coup on July 3. down the Syrian mission in Cairo after the announcement. The monarch was greeted at The military ousted Mursi on July 3 in a popularly backed coup. Cairo airport by the army-backed During his single year of rule, Mursi’s Islamist-dominated govern- interim prime minister Hazem Al ment had repeatedly called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Beblawi, said official Mena news to step down, and urged the international community to impose a agency. “no-fly zone” over the country. Fahmy also said that he supported He is likely to discuss the a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Middle East peace process, but his visit may also be aimed at con- ferring legitimacy on the newly Security forces raid Iranian TV office installed regime which is fighting a public relations war to burnish CAIRO: Egyptian security forces raided the office of the Iranian its credibility. Al Alam Arabic language satellite channel in Cairo and detained The Jordanian leader’s arrival its director, the outlet reported yesterday. came as thousands of supporters “The security forces also seized equipment and devices from the of the deposed Islamist presi- channel without giving any explanation for these actions,” Al Alam dent continued a sit-in at Cairo’s said on its website. Rabaa Al Adawiya mosque, wav- A security source confirmed their account and said the raid was ing Egyptian flags and carrying conducted because the channel lacked a license. The incident sig- portraits of the toppled leader. naled a return to cooler relations between the two Middle Eastern The Islamists had rallied in powers after an attempt at rapprochement under deposed Egyptian the tens of thousands on Friday, President Mohammed Mursi. AGENCIES with some protests turning vio- lent. Three people were killed in Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour (right) greets Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, the Nile Delta city of Mansura, a yesterday. Brotherhood leaders and frozen headquarters of the Republican hospital official said. their assets, prompting interna- Guard on July 8. The protests, dubbed “Breaking tional concerns. The Brotherhood accuses the the Coup” by Mursi’s Muslim Britain announced it was conference. Egypt also sent an fight for stability. But Mursi’s UN rights chief Navi Pillay army of committing a “massa- Brotherhood, came three days revoking export licences for envoy to African states to con- supporters believe a sustained summoned the Egyptian ambas- cre,” while the military says it was after interim president Adly equipment used by Egypt’s mili- vince them Mursi had been campaign of protests could per- sador in Geneva and requested responding to a “terrorist” attack. Mansour swore in a caretaker tary and police amid concerns it removed by a popular revolution, suade the military to restore him information about those arrested Demonstrations by those cel- cabinet, whose legitimacy the could be used against protesters. he added. briefly ahead of general elections. in connection with the events ebrating Mursi’s ouster have been Islamists have categorically The country’s new foreign min- The Egyptian minister did A vast crowd had gathered at since the July 3 coup, her spokes- far smaller than the mass rallies rejected. ister, Nabil Fahmy, said he would not address Mursi’s fate, after the Rabaa Al Adawiya mosque on man said on Friday. that swept the country in the days The cabinet has faced a mixed prioritise “defending the revolu- European and US calls for the Friday, where Mursi loyalists have Although mostly peaceful, the leading up to the coup. international reaction. The tion abroad”. new government to release him camped out since the week before pro-Mursi protests have resulted The United States has refrained African Union has suspended The ministry would “form from detention. the military overthrew him. in deadly clashes, with the unrest from saying Mursi was the vic- Egypt’s membership, while some a committee to follow what is On Thursday, interim president The deposed Islamist president claiming more than 100 lives. In tim of a coup, which would legally Gulf countries that distrusted published about the revolution Mansour had warned his oppo- has been held in custody since his the worst bloodshed, at least 53 require Washington to freeze Mursi have pledged billions of abroad and to provide sound nents against steering Egypt into overthrow, while the authorities people, mostly Mursi support- some $1.5bn in US military and dollars in aid. information,” Fahmy told a news “the unknown,” saying he would has also detained other senior ers, were killed outside the Cairo economic aid to Cairo. AFP

Turkish police disperse anti-government protesters with water cannons near the entrance of Taksim Square in Istanbul, yesterday. Police fire water cannon at Istanbul protesters

ISTANBUL: Turkish police stripped an architects’ and engi- Baton-wielding police broke up fired water cannon yesterday to neers’ association involved in the a crowd of around a thousand fel- disperse hundreds of protesters protests, the TMMOB, of its final low activists who had turned up who gathered to march to Gezi approval authority on urban plan- for the wedding of Nuray Cokol, Park in central Istanbul, which ning projects. a 32-year-old nurse, and Ozgur has been at the heart of fierce What had started as a small Kaya, a 34-year-old electrician, demonstrations against Prime protest against the planned rede- in Gezi Park. Minister Erdogan’s rule. velopment of Gezi Park triggered The wedding guests, veterans of Yesterday’s protests were trig- a nationwide wave of protest last the protests that started on May gered when police blocked access month against Erdogan, accused 31 and rattled Turkey’s govern- to the park where a couple, who by his critics of becoming increas- ment, had turned up to celebrate met during last month’s anti-gov- ingly authoritarian. what the Turkish press has called ernment rallies, were planning to Nuray and Ozgur fell in love “the love story of the uprising”. get married and had posted an invi- behind the barricades of last “Long live the resistance, long tation for guests to attend online. month’s mass anti-government live love,” shouted the protesters- Groups of riot police chased pro- protests in Istanbul, and their cum-wedding guests before police testers down side streets leading wedding ceremony would have backed by water cannon dispersed away from Taksim square where been incomplete without the them. Five people died during the Gezi park is located. Turkish police. So when the cou- three weeks of protests that saw The police intervention was the ple picked the epicentre of the an estimated 2.5 million people first in a week in Istanbul after revolt on Taksim Square as the take to the streets in 80 different protesters marched on Taksim venue to tie the knot yesterday, cities to demand Prime Minister last weekend, angered by a gov- the anti-riot police obliged and Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s resigna- ernment-sponsored bill which provided the water cannon. tion. AGENCIES SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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NGER CONTINUES to surge in America even days after the George Zimmerman acquittal. And it’s an anger fully justified. It’s as clear as Adaylight that Martin died because he was black, and Zimmerman walked free after killing him for the same Egypt’s old guard takes reason. There are facts to support this. When the unarmed 17-year-old was shot dead by neighbourhood watch volunteer on 26 February 2012, the killer wasn’t even arrested for 44 days, having said that he fired in self-defence. Only public reins with Mursi gone cries ensured that Zimmerman was tried for killing, and only public protests ensured that this killing was seen through the prism of race. BY ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER prisoners are blindfolded, handcuffed and “Now they can come back. They should Protests led by civil rights activists were held in more interrogated about their adherence to come back,” Moussa said. Among the than a hundred cities in America yesterday to urge ‘Justice HEN THE military the Brotherhood. liberal and secular activists who have for Trayvon Martin’. The demonstrators called on the ousted Egypt’s first Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Sissi, the man championed Mursi’s ouster as a popu- democratically elected who delivered news of Mursi’s dismissal lar revolution that reflected the public Department of Justice to file a civil rights case against president, Zeinhom on national television, has now assumed will, there is little talk of democratic George Zimmerman, the man who was found not guilty of Hassan Ibrahim the role of deputy prime minister in addi- values. Many say they would like to see second-degree murder of the 17-year-old. Wslaughtered a sheep, hired a DJ and tion to his earlier titles of defense min- religious political parties such as the The Zimmerman case has reignited the debate about threw a block party for his neighbours. ister and commander of Egypt’s armed Brotherhood’s banned. They want the race in the US, which is considered an elephant in the Ibrahim, a former parliamentarian from forces. Few observers doubt that he pulls news media, which they blame for some longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak’s now- the levers behind a facade of civilian rule. of Egypt’s political strife, to adhere to a room everybody tries to ignore. Among those who spoke defunct National Democratic Party, had In the state-run media, the old-guard more restrictive “legal framework.” And for Martin and the black community is President Barack lived through the year of Mohammed rhetoric of Mubarak’s 30-year reign they think Brotherhood leaders should Obama. In a speech after the court verdict, the president Mursi’s rule in blinking disbelief, as if has made a full-throated return, with stay behind bars. While the United suggested that the US was still not “a post-racial society” the whole world had turned upside down. patriotic montages and copious praise States has pushed for Egypt’s various and urged all Americans to try But now, for the armed forces. Private networks factions to reconcile, and for the mili- to understand the Martin case things are have gotten in on the act, too. tary to allow the Brotherhood back into finally getting So far, aside from Brotherhood-led politics, many secular Egyptians recoil The idea that from the perspective of African- back to normal. protests, there’s been little backlash at the idea. all US citizens Americans. “There is a history of Telltale signs of Egypt’s new against the return to the old ways. “‘Reconciliation’ is a very vague term,” racial disparities in the application the old guard power dynamic, Egyptians who once demanded punish- said Shadi Al Ghazaly Harb, a member have an equal of our criminal laws,” he said. “A following the ment for the “feloul” — the so-called of the liberal constitution party, said right to freedom lot of African-American boys are are cropping up July 3 coup that remnants of Mubarak’s regime — say Thursday at a gathering hosted by the painted with a broad brush. If a ousted Mursi, is that a year of disastrous Brotherhood June 30th Front, one of the activist and protection in Egypt’s new eerily familiar. rule has put everything in perspective. groups that mobilised protesters against white male teen was involved in Gone are the “I don’t care if they are feloul, as long Mursi. The United States understands has been badly the same kind of scenario … both cabinet, where Islamist rulers as they fix what the Brotherhood did,” the word from one perspective, he said. mauled by the outcome and the aftermath Mubarak-era from the once- said Mohamed Mahmoud, a locksmith “And we understand it from another.” might have been different.” banned Muslim who voted for Mursi and later joined the “We cannot sit with Brotherhood lead- Martin’s killing. The unprecedented fury figures abound Brotherhood. protests to oust him. ers because now their hands are filled Back are the Eleven out of 34 cabinet ministers with blood,” he said. Harb and other lib- and frustration of the black and Islamists faces of the old are veterans of Mubarak’s regime. Two eral activists said they had few qualms community must lead to positive actions that will make guard, many were members of Mubarak’s National about drafting a new constitution for race relations in the country better, and make the black are absent. closely linked to Democratic Party, a group that was dis- the country without the involvement of community feel equal, free and safe. Whether that will Mubarak’s reign solved after his 2011 fall. Defenders of Islamists. “It’s up to them to get them- happen is not yet certain. Federal prosecutors have said they or to the all-powerful generals. And for the old guard say it’s inevitable that the selves reconciled with the Egyptian peo- are pursuing an investigation into whether Zimmerman, who a seemingly broad array of Egyptians, government will include Mubarak-era ple,” said Ahmed Hawary, a founder of that’s exactly the way they want it. officials because they are the ones actu- the June 30th Front. is part-Hispanic, violated civil rights laws. But lawyers with The overthrow of Mursi has yielded ally qualified to run the country. Egypt’s generals apparently agree. expertise in civil rights have said they think new charges are a new appreciation for military rule in “For over a year, the Muslim Since the coup, Egypt’s new authorities unlikely. Also Florida’s much-criticised stand your ground a country that so recently shunned it Brotherhood government proved to be have cracked down hard on Islamists. law is likely to continue. Governor Rick Scott said he has no and a striking return to the way things incompetent. So we have to work with More than 1,000 Mursi supporters have intention of convening a special legislative session to change were before the 2011 revolution against these experts from the old regime,” said been rounded up for arrest in the past the law, though Obama has suggested that was the wrong a Mubarak regime that was widely Ahmed Sarhan, an aide to Ahmed Shafik, two weeks, at least 535 of whom were considered irredeemably corrupt and the retired air force commander who lost later released. course of action. exploitative. Telltale signs of the old to Mursi by a slim margin in last year’s Charges have ranged from rioting and The world is watching the Zimmerman case, and a guard are cropping up in Egypt’s new election. Amr Moussa, the Mubarak-era blocking roads to incitement and murder. country that prides itself on setting an example for others cabinet, where Mubarak-era figures foreign minister who tried hard to dis- The Muslim Brotherhood said Friday must act in a way that will be seen as just and credible. The abound and Islamists are absent; in the tance himself from the ousted autocrat that eight of the group’s top leaders had idea that all US citizens have an equal right to freedom and halls of the nation’s justice system, where when he ran for president in 2012, said been transferred to a “heavily guarded prosecutors are investigating the nation’s that Mubarak associates who fled into prison,” as thousands of the group’s sup- protection has been badly mauled by Martin’s killing. It’s pre-coup leaders on charges of incite- self-imposed exile after the revolution porters demonstrated across the country. unlikely that the country will recover soon from this injury. • ment; and in darkened jail cells, where should feel safe to return. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Kerry gives peace a chance the day HE Arab League has backed Israeli has turned with innocent eyes He seems more concerned with get- it is almost certainly not, reflects the the plans of US Secretary of to the international community and ting on with the job of revisiting a set immense challenge that Kerry now State John Kerry to restart talks claimed to be frustrated in its search of well-rehearsed and well-tried argu- faces. I am pleased to Tbetween the Palestinians and for peace but rather the victim of Arab ments and seeking a form of words, Israel was born in conflict and has the Israelis, based largely on the peace aggression. undiscovered or previously rejected, thrived in conflict. Its armed forces and announce that we plan advanced by Saudi Arabia in 2002. Every secretary of state before him, that will allow peace talks to proceed. its intelligence services are intertwined Those 11 years have seen further has made some sort of commitment to The backing of the Arab League this with government like snakes. It has a have reached an humiliation and pauperization of the bringing peace to Palestine, but there week will undoubtedly strengthen his citizen army that is on constant alert. agreement that people of the occupied territories, is something different about Kerry. position, because the League is fully Recruits are indoctrinated to believe in the continued construction of illegal Perhaps most obviously, though he has behind the core of the Saudi plan — the horrors Israel faces from the Arab establishes a basis for settlements on the West Bank and traveled to the Middle East himself half the recognition of Israel’s pre-1967 world in general and the Palestinians in resuming direct final- in East Jerusalem, the murderous a dozen times and sent trusted aides borders, in return for the evacuation particular. To defend itself against these siege of the Gaza ghetto, the walling on an almost constant round of lower- of the occupied territories, including looming dangers, Israel demands and status negotiations off of Palestinian territory, the theft of level visits, Kerry has done no mega- East Jerusalem and the resolution of receives billions of dollar of military and between the Palestinian land and water, the dese- phone diplomacy. It appears that he is Palestinian refugee claims. For Israel, economic aid from US taxpayers every cration of mosques and shooting dead not interested in being seen and being that offer of peace and recognition year. Palestinians and the John Kerry of stone-throwing kids. And all the time heard, to be trying to do something. ought to be the highest goal. That ARAB NEWS Israelis. US Secretary of State SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Pakistani Taliban busy on home front Since the new government took power in May, the TTP has sustained its campaign of assassinating secular politicians and killing police personnel.

BY ARIF RAFIQ with information attributed to a third Pakistani militant, who said that fight- he Pakistani Taliban are head- ers from Pakistan — mainly foreigners ing to Syria. At least that’s from Arab countries and Uzbekistan, what a number of unnamed and based in the tribal areas — have been and lesser-known Tehrik- heading to Syria on a relatively informal e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) basis. Tcommanders told various Western news The war in Syria is indeed a compelling outlets this week. But claims that the TTP destination for many Arabs living in the are involved meaningfully in the jihad Pakistani tribal regions. These areas have against the Bashar Al Assad regime are become less hospitable due to a combina- most likely overblown. They also obscure tion of US drone strikes and Pakistani an even more dangerous reality: The TTP military operations. For Pakistani jihad- and its allies in Pakistan are gearing up for ists with the TTP and its partner organi- a long war at home, and Pakistan’s civil sation, the anti-Shia Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and military leadership have no coherent (LeJ), the sectarian aspect of the Syrian strategy to prepare for it. war resonates. As the LeJ has stepped up Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in Pakistan’s tribal region of South Waziristan. There are a number of reasons to be its campaign of killing Shias in Pakistan, sceptical of the reports of TTP participa- its propaganda is increasingly replete So far, the actual impact of the TTP’s abstained from attacking centre-right and demands. The PML-N and PTI, moreover, tion in the Syrian war. First, the TTP’s with angry diatribes against the Syrian rebranding campaign on the discussion Islamist parties that favour talks with the are already at odds over the holding of chief spokesperson, Shahidullah Shahid, regime and its supporters in Tehran. within Pakistan’s jihadist community TTP. an all-parties conference to discuss ter- hasn’t commented on the matter, though The biggest reason why Syria might is unclear. But it would be a mistake to Since the election, the TTP has called rorism, and the PML-N has a history of it is common practice for the TTP to speak draw in some jihadists from Pakistan, underestimate the potential power of the on the latter parties — who still support acrimonious relations with the military. on the record through its spokesperson on however, has to do with how the conflict TTP’s new pivot. The adoption of these talks with the group, despite its murder- With the political leadership in most topics. Second, TTP commanders fits into the eschatological narrative of prophetic traditions by the TTP is par- ous campaign against fellow politicians — Islamabad and Peshawar inclined toward can’t seem to agree on how many fight- many militants. Al Qaeda Central and ticularly clever since they have histori- to separate themselves from the military, appeasing the TTP — and lacking a coher- ers are going to Syria and on what basis. its partners in Pakistan, including the cally been used by jihadists connected to which is keen on maintaining counterin- ent perspective on Pakistan’s terrorism For example, one unnamed TTP TTP, constantly refer to a set of hadith, Pakistani intelligence to create a broader surgency operations in the tribal areas. challenge — the TTP could stifle efforts commander said that 12 TTP-affiliated or sayings attributed to the Prophet narrative for war against India. The TTP, Negotiations between the government to create an effective national counter- “experts” have made their way to Syria, Mohamed, that speak of an end-times in contrast, is using the same traditions and the TTP are currently suspended. If terrorism strategy. While this does not while another said that “hundreds” battle in the Levant led by the Messiah to direct violence toward Islamabad — not and when they resume, however, the TTP mean that the TTP will ever come close of fighters have relocated there from and aided by armed forces from an area New Delhi. will attempt to coax the Pakistan Muslim to its goal of taking over Islamabad, it Pakistan in recent months. There is called Khurasan. These jihadists define What the TTP fears is that with a League-Nawaz (PML-N), which rules at does make it more likely that its war also some disagreement about how TTP the Khurasan region as encompass- weakened Al Qaeda Central and an the federal level, and Khan’s PTI, which in Pakistan will rage on for years — as fighters are being received by the Syrian ing Afghanistan and adjoining parts of Afghanistan without an American pres- rules the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, other jihadists continue their own fight rebels. Mohammed Amin, described as Pakistan. And their noms de guerre, geo- ence as a rallying cry, Pakistani jihadists located near the tribal areas, to agree to in Syria. Since the new Pakistani govern- the TTP’s coordinator for Syria, said that graphical references and physical move- will mend their ways with Pakistani intel- a ceasefire and implement Shariah law. ment took power in May, the TTP has Syrian jihadists have told his group that ments all suggest they believe — or want ligence and go back to attacking India. While the federal government — at sustained its campaign of assassinating “there’s already enough manpower” in others to believe — that they are taking In effect, the TTP is telling them to stay least theoretically — controls military secular politicians, and killing police and Syria and additional foreign personnel part in this prophesied war. put — the main jihad is here at home in operations in the tribal areas, the Khyber security personnel. are unnecessary. But another unnamed The TTP has been reframing its war Pakistan. The TTP will likely fall short Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has Meanwhile, its ally, the Lashkar-e- commander told Pakistan’s Dawn news- against the Pakistani state as Ghazwa-e in their goals to broaden their support authority over the counterinsurgency Jhangvi, have been bombing Shia mosques paper that Abu Omar Al Baghdadi of the Hind, or the Battle of India. Like Al base in Pakistan. More promising are the operations in the Swat region. across the country. For the TTP and its Islamic State in Iraq, an Iraqi militant Qaeda’s use of hadith that mention organisation’s attempts to deepen exist- Both parties — and the PTI, in par- partners in Pakistan, the Great War is group now involved in the Syrian war, Khurasan, the TTP has deployed a set ing divisions within the political class ticular — are vulnerable to TTP pres- at home in Pakistan, where there is a specifically requested the TTP’s support. of prophetic traditions that speak of a and between civilian politicians and the sure because they have refrained from massive, nuclear-armed state to take over This would indeed be remarkable, given Muslim conquest of India, a region the military. In the lead-up to this year’s gen- explicitly criticising the group and have and plenty of Shias to kill. that Al Baghdadi has been dead for three TTP defines as virtually all of South Asia, eral election, the TTP mainly targeted no clear red lines when it comes to accom- WP-BLOOMBERG years. The truth is more likely consistent including most of Pakistan. Pakistan’s secular parties and largely modating the TTP’s social and political Labour may lose the battle if it rests Denuclearised Senate

not having had a reckoning with the Labour augurs better days As the Tories break legacy much earlier, publicly spelling out what aspects of the Blair-Brown inheritance BY IRA SHAPIRO up on a hog-fuelled he aimed to jettison and what he wanted to keep, honour and extend. Instead, each shift he Senate narrowly avoided catastrophe this week, reaching has come gradually, sometimes — as on welfare an agreement at the eleventh hour, and reminding those of high, Labour is full of or immigration — as if dragged out of him us who remember it of how the upper house worked in its under duress. Tbetter days. woes. Three years on, So voters are clear that Miliband believes The Senate’s compromise on the “nuclear option” — Majority Leader the Iraq war was a mistake, but what about Harry Reid’s proposal to change the institution’s rules mid-session on the rest? Do they know where Labour stands handling the nomination of executive-branch appointees — deserves why is it still on the on, say, education? Is the party in favour of praise. Almost every senator, including Reid, knows that changing the free schools and academies, started under Senate rules in the way he proposed could cause incalculable harm. defensive? Blair, or against them? And why was the Likewise, almost every senator, including Minority Leader Mitch most cogent voice against Michael Gove’s now- McConnell, knows that executive-branch nominations should be con- BY JONATHAN FREEDLAND dropped history curriculum Professor Richard firmed by a simple majority vote, not the 60 votes required to overcome Evans rather than the Labour front bench? a filibuster by an intransigent minority party. Credit goes to Reid for mong the Tory tribe it’s all hog Naturally, the leadership don’t recognise this forcing the issue after facing months of unprecedented obstructionism. roasts and summer suits. They picture. And what might look like defensive- But credit is also due to Senate Republicans, who did one of the rar- broke up for the holidays in a sunny ness is born of a strategy, he insists. Neutralise est things in politics: admitted they were wrong and changed course. Amood, cheered by a combative end- the potential negatives — immigration, wel- Compromise is what the Senate achieves when it is working prop- of-term Commons performance from David fare, Europe — now, leaving the path clear erly. Because of its tradition of unlimited debate, requiring unanimous Cameron and the sense that, along with the Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband to a 2015 battle on terms more favourable to consent to conduct business, the Senate seems always to walk a line weather, their fortunes are finally lifting. The Labour. Central will be the economy. between paralysis and chaos. Gary Hart, who served in the Senate in way they see it, they battled through a spring lead is anaemic. With less than two years For all the government’s hopeful, green- the 1970s and ‘80s, once described it as “a kind of controlled madhouse.” that felt like winter and at last they’re getting to go, Labour finds itself perennially on the shoots talk now, the recovery is still ultra- In the ‘70s, when the upper house still functioned effectively, almost their reward. defensive. This week it was Andy Burnham, fragile. After three flatlined years, most every major legislative battle — including President Jimmy Carter’s That confidence begins with some encour- called to account for his record as health people’s standard of living has taken a hit: Ed energy programme, the bailout of Chrysler Corp and the extended pro- aging economic numbers, including this secretary after the Tories wilfully distorted Balls reckons 2015 might be the first time in tection of Alaska’s wilderness — came to a point where the opposition week’s fall in unemployment as well as a wel- the Keogh report into those hospitals that the postwar era that a parliament ends leav- seemed insurmountable and common ground looked to be unreachable. come fall in crime and the long-delayed exit had failed or worse. Last week it was Ed ing a majority of Britons worse off in absolute The Senate will inevitably return to considering its rules and the of Abu Qatada. It’s helped by polls showing Miliband, browbeaten into proposing a change terms than they were at the start. proper scope of the filibuster. For now, though, its goal should be to Labour’s lead in the beatable single digits or to Labour’s union funding arrangements. In Allied to it will be fairness, as changes such regain the once-respected place it held in our political system, serving even, according to the Guardian/ICM survey, recent months, the leader has been pushed as the bedroom tax begin to hurt and with as what Walter Mondale called the “nation’s mediator.” In its best years, reduced to zero. And it is nurtured by the into making speeches on both immigration focus groups consistently viewing Cameron the Senate was a politically demilitarised zone, a governing body that pep talks of Lynton Crosby, the Australian and welfare in order to head off attacks that, and George Osborne as on the side of the rich included conservative Southern Democrats and liberal Northern and campaign guru currently credited with hon- Labour feared, were beginning to bite. few, rather than the squeezed many. Midwestern Republicans striving together and keeping their partisan ing the Tory message, tilting it in a populist It doesn’t help that the Tories are backed As Labour sees it, this is the struggle now interests in check. — and rightward — direction and removing in these assaults by a right-wing media, under way. Both sides want 2015 to be a The Senate’s decline has been long and the downward spiral has anything that might get in the way of its much of which have recently rediscovered many few election. Crosby’s Tories want to accelerated in recent years. In particular, the Senate I knew bore lit- singular focus on immigration, welfare and their message discipline. Or that coalition put Labour on the side of the few, defined as tle resemblance to the dysfunctional group that served in the 112th Labour weakness. Stripping the barnacles off politics leaves Labour forever on the wrong foreigners and skivers. Labour wants to put Congress from 2011 until January of this year. Fortunately, this year the boat, he calls it — and plenty on the Tory end of a battle of two against one. Labour is the Tories on the side of the few, defined as has been different, and better. By the end of 2012, frustration within backbenches believe this new, streamlined grappling with the fate every candidate or millionaires, hedge fund managers and tax- the upper chamber over its polarised and paralysed state had hardened vessel might just take them to victory, or at political party dreads: not defining itself, but avoiding corporate giants. into disgust which then turned into a determination to change. With least power, in 2015. being defined. If that is indeed the coming battle, then the the battle over nominations at least temporarily behind us, we can Some of this is July fever, a feelgood fac- Part of this comes with the territory of Tories are ahead. Even if what looks defensive see signs of the Senate beginning to make a comeback. The passage of tor boosted by the Westminster party cir- opposition, a reactive business by definition. and reactive is, in fact, all part of an ingenious the immigration bill was reminiscent of how the Senate used to work. cuit going alfresco — including that Downing But part of it is blamed on Miliband himself. Labour plan, it feels late and insufficiently Crafting important legislation in the past almost always required the Street fest for Tory MPs hosted by the pre- But the problem surely goes deeper than mere sustained: Miliband acts as if a single speech formation of bipartisan coalitions, such as the Gang of 8, which worked mier. But there is substance too. leadership style. It’s that Labour still spends were enough to shut down a problem when, as to write and pass the immigration bill. It has been heartening to watch The Tories’ biggest current worry, a cabinet too much of its time dealing with aspects of its Blair understood, no message even begins to the Senate function once again as a place where competing interests minister told the Financial Times, is that they past — attempting to shake off a reputation as penetrate until it has been repeated a thou- are heard, hard bargaining occurs and compromises are reached. might get over-excited, turning from “irra- wasteful of the nation’s money or a soft touch sand times. So Labour heads off into the sum- The Senate’s agreements this year go beyond the immigration bill. tional depression to… irrational exuberance”. to newcomers and benefit recipients — that it mer with much to contemplate. “It’s a long Although it was rejected soundly in the House of Representatives, Of course, the flipside of this Tory cheer should have dealt with long ago. game,” says one member of the high command. the Senate passed a farm bill last month, as well as its first budget in is Labour woe. They end the parliamentary Three years on, Miliband is still either Certainly 2015 looks far away. But the shape four years. It also had a serious debate over gun control, even if the season in a state of humid angst. Even those defending or repudiating aspects of Labour’s of the contest is being determined right now. outcome was disappointing. who dismiss the ICM poll as rogue know their record in government. It’s the price he pays for THE GUARDIAN WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Syrian rebels advance on army-held town Assad trying to mass forces on edges of Aleppo province; explosion in central Damascus

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels An improvised explosive device advanced on the northern town hit a central neighbourhood of of Khan Al Assal yesterday, Damascus on Saturday, killing activists said, and appeared one person and wounding several close to seizing one of the last others, according to the Britain- towns in western part of Aleppo based Observatory, which has a province still held by President network of activists across SYria. Bashar Al Assad’s forces. Activists also said that several The army has been attempt- rockets hit the central Abbassid ing a slow build-up of troops Square of the city, damaging sev- around the province in order to eral buildings. retake Aleppo city, once Syria’s In recent weeks the rebels have biggest commercial hub. So far been making slow but persistent Assad’s push has been dogged by progress in Deraa province in the rebel counter-attacks, although south thanks to a fresh but inter- a string of government victories mittent influx of weapons coming elsewhere in Syria has shifted the in from neighbouring Jordan. battlefield tide in his favour after In Aleppo, near the Turkish more than two years of bloodshed. border, hardline Islamist rebels — Elsewhere in northern Syria, some of them linked to Al Qaeda Assad’s forces launched a third — appear to be leading the fight day of heavy air strikes on the to seize Khan Al Assal, according town of Saraqeb in Idlib prov- to activists in the area who asked ince. The Syrian Observatory for not to be named. Human Rights said that by late Western powers like the United afternoon, jets had already flown States are alarmed about the 12 raids over the town. Initial rising power of radical Islamist counts said five had been killed groups, particularly since yesterday, three of them children. Washington has pledged to offer Neighbouring Idlib and Aleppo military support to Assad’s oppo- provinces are regions in north- nents. No military aid has been ern Syria that have become a given yet due to political deadlock stronghold for rebels fighting to over the Islamist issue in the U.S. end four decades of rule by the Congress. Assad family. “Perhaps the Islamists are try- It was unclear why Saraqeb has ing to stay out of the spotlight. been so heavily targeted, but some They’ve been regrouping and local activists suggested this was naming themselves with num- retaliation for a rebel capture of bers, things like ‘the 9th Division’ a nearby army checkpoint. and so on, but these are the same Others posited that the army Syrian volunteers try to evacuate 10-year-old Mahmud Fayad, trapped under the rubble of a destroyed house after a barrel bomb was dropped from an Islamist radical groups like the was trying to hammer areas near air force helicopter, in Saraqeb, northwestern Syria, yesterday. Islamic State of Iraq and Sham a critical road leading to Aleppo or the Islamic Front to Liberate in order to distract the rebels and Syria,” one opposition activist be able to bring in supplies to its more than 100,000 people since a border town near Lebanon capital and his stronghold on southern borders where rebels said, declining to be named. forces. March 2011, according to the straddling supply lines between the Mediterranean coast, before have a foothold. Assad’s forces have responded Rebels have been blockading Observatory, and have destroyed Damascus and Syria’s seacoast. focusing on other regions. Around Damascus, the army to the rebel advance on Khan al- government-held areas in Aleppo ancient buildings and artefacts Hezbollah-backed Syrian has made gains in the countryside Assal with a string of air raids in city, Syria’s largest urban centre. across the major Arab state. forces have been bearing down BLAST IN DAMASCUS but has faced an uptick of rebel the area that set alight swathes Aleppo has been mired in a bloody Assad’s forces have been on the hard on rebel pockets around While his forces seem to be bomb attacks inside the capital of nearby farmland, according to stalemate since rebels launched offensive since last month when Damascus and other parts of the nearing that goal around Homs in recent weeks. The rebels often the Observatory. an offensive in the province last the army, backed by militants central province of Homs, part and on the outskirts of the use car bombs and other explo- It counted at least 12 soldiers year. Street protests-turned- from the powerful Lebanese guer- of a strategy to cement control capital, they have made little sives to hit at areas where they and four rebels killed in the latest insurgency in Syria have killed rilla group Hezbollah, recaptured of a belt of territory between the progress around the northern and have a weaker presence. fighting. REUTERS

Iranian president in Kerbala Norwegian woman appeals UAE jail sentence after rape charge

OSLO/DUBAI: A Norwegian indecent behaviour.” woman said yesterday that she According to Kathrine was “nervous and tense” as she Raadim, the foreign minister’s risked 16 months in jail after political advisor, it is out of the she reported being raped by a question for Norway to react by coworker in the United Arab recalling its ambassador to the Emirates. United Arab Emirates. Marte Dalelv, 24 (pictured), “We would risk worsening said she remained hopeful that Dalelv’s situation in the midst she would succeed in an appeal of her appeal. I think everyone against the ruling by a Dubai is better off with Norway having court that convicted her this a diplomatic presence there,” she week of extramarital sex, per- She said that Norwegian told NTB. jury and consuming alcohol authorities have agreed to pay The Norwegian opposition, without a licence. for legal fees after she spent however, demanded more robust “I am very nervous and tense. 55,000 Norwegian kronor action by the government. But I hope for the best and I (¤7,000) on legal assistance. “The least the Norwegian take one day at a time. I just Norway’s Foreign Minister authorities can do is to let her Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to the shrine of Imam Abbas in Kerbala, 110km south have to get through this,” she Espen Barth Eide was trying stay at the embassy in Abu of Baghdad, yesterday. said by telephone from Dubai. to reach his counterpart in the Dhabi, where she cannot be Calling the sentence “very Gulf nation about the case. apprehended,” said Per Willy harsh”, she said she immedi- With communication slowed Amundsen, a parliamentarian ately filed an appeal, adding down by the month-long from the conservative Progress a new hearing is scheduled Ramadan holiday and Friday Party. Wave of blasts kills 65 in Baghdad September 5. Dalelv reported prayers, he had not been able to Dalelv herself said she would the rape to police in the United establish contact by late in the prefer to stay in Dubai rather Arab Emirates in March and day, according to Norwegian than moving to Abu Dhabi. BAGHDAD: A wave of bomb- residents turned out to shop and people inside a crowded Sunni was immediately detained, being news agency NTB. “I feel safe here and I know ings in Baghdad province relax in cafes after iftar, the mosque north of Baghdad, as Iraq released four days later with “It seems very strange that a the place well. I have received a killed 65 people and wounded meal that breaks the daily fast struggles to contain its worst vio- the assistance of Norwegian person who reports rape is sen- lot of help from the Norwegian 190 yesterday, officials said, during the Muslim holy month lence since 2008. diplomats. tenced for acts which in our part consul in Dubai and I have vis- pushing the death toll for July of Ramadan. In the deadliest Iraq has faced years of attacks Dalelv, who has been stay- of the world is not even a crime,” ited the Norwegian embassy in past 500. attacks, two car bombs killed 12 by militants, but analysts say ing at the Norwegian Seamen’s he said, according to NTB. Abu Dhabi and gotten advice Twelve car bombs and a road- people in the Karrada, while two widespread discontent among Church in Dubai for the past “The case illustrates the there,” she said. side bomb struck Baghdad, while car bombs and a roadside bomb members of its Sunni minority, several months, emphasised she deeper problem that women “But I don’t want to move another bomb hit Madain to the hit Zafraniyah, both areas in cen- which the government has failed did not want to criticise the gov- all over the world are subjected there. That could be seen as if I south of the capital, a police colo- tral Baghdad. to address, has fuelled this year’s ernment of the UAE. to: First of all that they are not am a criminal hiding from jus- nel and a medical official said. Yesterday’s attacks came a day surge in unrest. “They have their legal system. believed when they tell their tice. I cannot leave the country The bombs struck as Baghdad after a suicide bomber killed 20 AFP I just want to get fair treat- story, and secondly that it is pos- anyway, since they have taken ment,” she said. sible to be punished for so-called my passport.” AFP

Algeria kills two Qaeda leaders Saudi suspect in bomb plots trained others: US ALGIERS: Algerian spe- WASHINGTON: The United comments to date about Ibrahim intelligence, Pistole said Asiri was in planning strikes on the United not seen previously. cial forces have shot dead four States believes the Saudi man Hassan al-Asiri and the thwarted believed to have trained a small States in 2009 and 2010, plots Asiri also used a double-initia- Islamist militants, including suspected of designing under- May 2012 plot by Al Qaeda in the number of people. He added that that included the failed bombing tion system for igniting the bomb two deputies to the leader of wear bombs for al Qaeda’s Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, to the intelligence was “credible.” of a Detroit-bound airliner on and enclosed the device in caulk al Qaeda’s North African wing Yemeni affiliate has trained a blow up a plane with an under- Believed to be in his early 30s, Christmas Day in 2009. to prevent leakage of any explo- AQIM, a security source said. small number of people on his wear bomb. “There is intelligence Asiri, who survived a US drone The Detroit plot was discovered sive vapors that could be detected The raid on Friday night in advanced bomb-making tech- that he has unfortunately trained missile attack in 2011, has drawn only when the explosive sewn into by airport equipment or bomb- the region of Bouira, east of the niques, a senior US official said others and there’s a lot of effort scrutiny for his skill at fashioning the bomber’s underwear misfired sniffing dogs, Pistole said. “He capital, also uncovered a cache yesterday. to identify those folks,” Pistole hard-to-detect bombs and hiding as the airliner flew over US ter- gave (the presumed attacker) of money that was likely to have The remarks by John Pistole, told the Aspen Security Forum them in clothing or equipment. ritory. Pistole said Asiri’s 2012 instructions to get on the plane ... been paid to secure the freedom who heads the US Transportation in Colorado. He became an urgent priority attempt utilized a more sophisti- and fly to the US and blow himself of Western hostages, said the Security Administration, were Asked by Reuters after- for Western counterterrorism cated device using a new type of up over the US,” he said. source. REUTERS some of the most detailed public ward about the nature of that officials after his suspected role explosive the United States had REUTERS SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Peaceful US Caracas says rallies against Taryvon Martin ends moves to judgement

MIAMI, FLORIDA: Hundreds of people attended better US ties peaceful vigils in several US cities yesterday to protest a not-guilty verdict in the shooting death of unarmed Response to Power’s remarks black teenager Trayvon Martin. CARACAS: Venezuela said it asylum to Edward Snowden, the The protests — called to was ending efforts to improve former US intelligence contrac- press for federal action in the ties with Washington after the tor wanted by Washington for emotionally charged case — Obama administration’s nomi- disclosing details of secret sur- drew small but fervent crowds nee for envoy to the United veillance programs. in New York, Washington and Nations vowed to oppose what During a Senate conformation Miami where the slain teen’s she called a crackdown on hearing this week, Power prom- father spoke. civil society in the “repressive” ised to stand up against “repres- “The death of my son, we OPEC nation. sive regimes”, and said that meant believe, has to make changes in In an echo of the many bust- “contesting the crackdown on our society and repeal the laws ups between the two countries civil society being carried out in that allow to kill somebody just during the late Hugo Chavez’s countries like Cuba, Iran, Russia, because someone thinks (he) 14-year rule, President Nicolas and Venezuela.” is suspect,” Tracy Martin said Maduro has demanded an apol- The Foreign Ministry in in Miami. ogy and said the United States Caracas said her comments were Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny (centre-right) addresses supporters and journalists upon his arrival Superstar couple Jay Z and had no moral right to criticise his “interventionist,” and that the at Moscow railway station yesterday. Beyonce joined a crowd of sev- government. United Nations had often recog- eral thousand at a Manhattan The Foreign Ministry said nized Venezuela’s “solid system of rally addressed by Trayvon’s Samantha Power’s remarks had constitutional guarantees” that mother, Sybrina Fulton, and contradicted “in tone and con- ensured its citizens’ fundamental Freed Russian opposition leader civil rights leader Al Sharpton. tent” what it said US Secretary rights. Briefly overcome with emo- of State John Kerry told his “By contrast, the whole world is tion as she thanked the crowd Venezuelan counterpart, Elias constantly expressing its concern for turning out, Fulton vowed Jaua, at a rare meeting just last over repressive practices carried Navalny vows to run for mayor to keep fighting to ensure her month. out by the United States,” the son’s death leads to meaningful “The Bolivarian Republic of ministry said. MOSCOW: Top opposition “Navalny’s brother”. say campaigning for the high-pro- change but pleaded for cam- Venezuela is terminating the “They include the violation leader Alexei Navalny tri- “Ahead of us is a big, difficult file post will boost the opposition paigners to ensure the protests process that was started during of human rights at the illegal umphantly returned home to electoral campaign. Seven weeks leader’s popularity. did not spill over into unrest. the conversation in Guatemala, prison in Guantanamo, the kill- Russia’s capital yesterday after of non-stop work and it’s just the “Let’s fight for political power “Trayvon would be proud,” which was aimed at regularis- ing of civilians by drones, and the his unexpected release from start,” he said. in the country,” he said, pumping she told the crowd. “Not only ing our diplomatic relations,” the lamentable persecution unleashed prison, saying he would push Navalny was suddenly released his fist in the air and leading the do I have to do what I have to ministry said late on Friday in against Edward Snowden.” ahead with a bid to become on Friday pending an appeal of crowd. Navalny’s sentencing to do for Trayvon, I’m going to a statement. Maduro has often It said the 30-year-old former Moscow mayor. his five-year sentence on fraud five years in a penal colony by a work for your children as well.” clashed with Washington since he National Security Agency con- The chief opponent of President charges and has about a month Kirov court on Thursday sparked In Miami, between 300 and narrowly won an election in April tractor was subjected to “the most Vladimir Putin stepped off an to campaign, but it is unclear protests in Moscow and Saint 500 people turned out for the that was triggered by the death of fierce repression” for exercising overnight train from the provin- whether he will have enough Petersburg from supporters of rally outside the city’s civic his mentor Chavez from cancer. his right to denounce US prac- cial city of Kirov with his wife time to actually participate in the the 37-year-old who led unprec- centre, wearing T-shirts with At times, the former bus tices “that violate, among oth- Yulia to a crowd of hundreds of September 8 ballot. edented demonstrations against pictures of Trayvon and mes- driver and union negotiator has ers, the right to privacy of all the supporters chanting his name as The guilty verdict disqualifies Putin in 2011-12. Police said yes- sages like “We want justice, appeared to want better ties with world’s people.” dozens of riot police stood watch. Navalny from politics, and the terday that vandalism charges equal justice.” the United States, and both Jaua A better relationship could only “We are going to run and we restriction will come into force if would be pursued against whoever The protests came a day and Kerry had talked positively be built, it added, by practicing will win,” Navalny said through a or when the verdict is upheld on scrawled grafitti such as “Putin after President Barack Obama about their meeting. “mutual respect and absolute and megaphone to roars of approval appeal. Although opinion polls say is gay” and “Putin is a thief” on publicly identified with the But relations have frayed fast total recognition of the principles from the crowd, many of whom Navalny has almost no chance of the parliament building during slain 17-year-old. since then, with Maduro becom- of sovereignty and self-determi- clutched flowers and wore white beating the incumbent pro-Krem- the rallies. AFP ing the world’s first leader to offer nation.” REUTERS T-shirts reading “Navalny” or lin mayor in the ballot, observers AFP SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Switzerland Five jailed for Italy shipwreck quake because Sentences range from two years ten months to one year six minths; captain’s trial on of geothermal

ROME, LATIUM: An Italian In the recordings, when the exploration court yesterday accepted plea crew realises the vessel is bearing bargains ranging from 18 to 34 down on rocks jutting out of the GENEVA: Geothermal explo- months in prison for five sus- sea near Giglio, Schettino can be ration was the likely cause of pects in the Costa Concordia heard yelling “hard to port” while a 3.6 magnitude earthquake cruise ship disaster, media Ambrosio appears to yell “hard to yesterday in northeastern reported. starboard”. Switzerland, authorities said. The five include Roberto The helmsman, who did not Further seismic activity can- Ferrarini, the director of ship speak English or Italian flu- not be ruled out in the region in owner Costa Crociere’s crisis unit, ently, is heard asking “hard to the coming days, the seismology Jacob Rusli Bin, the luxury liner’s starboard?” department of the Zurich Federal Indonesian helmsman, as well as By the time Schettino had Polytechnic School (EPFZ) said in a deputy of Captain Francesco repeated his order it was too late a statement. Schettino and two other crew to right the Concordia’s course. Experts “manually” recorded members. The luxurious liner crashed yesterday’s quake at 5.30am Schettino, who is accused into the Giglio rocks on the (0330 GMT) at a depth of four of multiple manslaughter and night of January 13, 2012, with kilometres near the city of St abandoning ship, is currently the 4,229 people from 70 countries on Gallen. only one standing trial for the board, keeling over and sparking a “The quake is probably directly deadly accident off Giglio island panicked and delayed evacuation linked to trials and stimulation in Tuscany which claimed 32 lives which saw some people forced to activities during the drilling in January 2012. throw themselves into the cold involved in a geothermal project On Wednesday, when waters. at St Gallen, where several Schettino’s trial opened, his law- On Thursday, the court admit- mini-quakes have already been yers requested a sentencing deal ted a new video as evidence in the recorded in recent days,” the of three years and five months trial. Prosecutors said the footage EPFZ statement said. in prison for admitting respon- from surveillance cameras aboard “The quake was widely felt in sibility but were refused. They the ship would show what hap- the region,” it added. renewed the request yesterday. pened during the various stages Police said no damage had been Civil plaintiffs who want to see of the disaster — from the crash reported. The work has been tem- justice served for their lost loved to the evacuation order and the porarily halted, the Swiss news ones have expressed fury over the ship’s capsizing. agency ATS reported. clemency offered to Schettino’s It is also expected to confirm The project, which began in co-defendants. exactly what time Schettino left March, is aimed at finding water “We were expecting this but the ship. He has been accused of at a temperature of 140 degrees these plea bargains are unfair. heading for shore while terrified Celsius nearly 4,500 metres below They and Schettino are obvi- passengers were still trapped on the surface to build a geothermal ously not getting the same treat- The rescue operation of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia at Giglio harbour on November 6, 2012. board, but he insists he fell onto plant that would serve half the ment. He should not be the only the roof of a lifeboat when the buildings of St Gallen. culprit,” Daniele Bocciolini, one ship rolled and was carried to Geothermal drilling in late of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, told La months in prison. Rusli Bin, the liner’s Indonesian Audio from the ship’s black box land against his will. 2006 and early 2007 in northern Repubblica newspaper. Manrico Giampedroni, the helmsman who misunderstood the revealed the chaos on the bridge The Grosseto court set the next Switzerland near Basel caused Under the plea agreements cabin service director, faces two captain’s orders at the moment on the night of the shipwreck, hearings in Schettino’s trial for a series of earthquakes, some accepted by the court in Grosseto years and six months in prison, of the crash, received a year and when Rusli Bin was steering the September 23 to 27. The video greater than magnitude 3, leading in the central Tuscany region, while captain’s deputy Ciro eight months in jail and officer huge liner and Schettino had will be shown in court during the to the scrapping of the project to Ferrarini received the longest Ambrosio got one year and 11 Silvia Coronica got one year and ordered a risky “salute” manoeu- hearings to follow. build Switzerland’s first geother- sentence of two years and 10 months. six months, the shortest sentence. vre near the island. AFP mal plant. AFP

Veteran White House scribe dies at 92 Violence after French cops check veiled woman WASHINGTON: PARIS: Six people were It is illegal in France for women who was entirely veiled. Some 250 the man, who gave his name as nationwide violence led to the Helen Thomas arrested after overnight vio- to wear full face veils in public but people who collected outside the Sofiane, told iTele. “Trappes is a imposition of a state of emergency. (pictured), the lence that erupted in a Paris the law is contested in the mainly Trappes police station on Friday big family. When you attack us In Trappes, as cleanup crews longtime dean of suburb after police checked the Muslim suburbs that ring major night threw stones and other we’re going to respond.” cleared away shattered glass from the White House identity of a woman wearing a cities — where tensions reign in projectiles and destroyed prop- Police said order was restored bus shelters, burned trash bins press corps who Muslim veil, French authorities relations between residents and erty before being repelled by riot by daybreak in Trappes, an area and stones littering the pavement, covered US presi- said yesterday. police. police in the early hours yester- of grim housing estates, but that the chief administrator of the dents from John Public disturbances have In Trappes, a gritty suburb day, a police statement said. reinforcements sent in overnight department (county) of Yvelines F Kennedy to shaken depressed, largely immi- southwest of Paris, police said a A witness said the crowd called would remain in coming hours described the suburb as “calm Barack Obama, grant quarters of major French crowd gathered in response to the on police to release the husband to help ensure calm. Authorities and serene.” “We will maintain died yesterday. She was 92. cities at regular intervals for arrest on Thursday of a man who but were “insulted” by authorities. dealing with immigrant unrest this calm in the coming hours,” Thomas “died yesterday morn- years, often triggered by resent- had assaulted a police officer dur- “They (the police) didn’t want fear a repeat of riots in 2005, Prefect Erard Corbin de Mangoux ing at her Washington apartment ment over spot police checks. ing an identity check on his wife, to listen and it got out of control,” France’s worst for 40 years, when told journalists. REUTERS after a long illness. She would have been 93 next month,” the Gridiron Club said. Thomas was a former president National hues and first female member of the club, a Washington journalistic institution. From her front row Northern Cyprus calls for seat in the White House press room, Thomas was a formida- ble, sharp-tongued inquisitor of every US president she covered. single identity for Cypriots She was such a fixture, she had the unique privilege of a front BY LESTER Turkey occupied the row seat with her own name on JANSZ northern part of the it. Thomas’ passing triggered a internationally recognised torrent of tributes, including one NICOSIA: Northern Republic of Cyprus after its from Obama. Cyprus or the Turkish invasion in 1974, and later “Helen was a true pioneer, Republic of Northern on the Turkish Cypriot opening doors and breaking Cyprus (TRNC) yes- community unilaterally down barriers for generations of terday marked its declared independence women in journalism,” he said in a 39th anniversary forming the TRNC. statement. AFP observed as Peace and During a press briefing Freedom Day at the ahead of the anniversary, Zimbabwe arrests Dr Kucuk Boulevard TRNC Foreign Minister here with President Kutlay Erk called for a human rights lawyer Dervis Eroglu as the single international iden- chief guest. tity for the Cypriot people. HARARE: Zimbabwean police Dr Eroglu said the He said that with every yesterday arrested a promi- Turkish Cypriot people Celebrations marking the anniversary of Northern Cyprus. new president elected to nent rights lawyer running for established a sovereign the southern part of the parliament against President state on their own ter- island, there was renewed Robert Mugabe’s party in July ritory after struggling for freedom with the support hope that it was the leadership that would resolve 31 polls, a lawyers group said. of Turkey and added that the media should play the long dispute. Arnold Tsunga, vying for a seat a pivotal role in making the voice of the Turkish “Our leader has repeatedly said that he is ready to in the eastern city of Mutare, was Cypriot people heard throughout the world. start negotiations and finalise a solution during his detained together with his cam- The Cyprus dispute is the result of a conflict term of presidency. He has two more years to go. So paign team allegedly for hold- between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, over we hope Mr Anastasiades will come to the negotia- ing an unauthorised rally, the the Turkish occupied northern part of Cyprus. tion table in good faith to resolve the problem,” Erk Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Initially, with the annexation of the island by the told The Peninsula. Rights said. British Empire, the “Cyprus dispute” was identified Erk said he hoped that president Nicos “They are currently detained as the conflict between the people of Cyprus and the Anastasiades would be able to resolve the financial at Dangamvura police station British Crown regarding the Cypriots’ demand for issues and restructure the economy of the south by and the police have indicated self determination. The row, however, finally shifted the coming autumn and commence negotiations in their intention to transfer from a colonial dispute to an ethnic one between finding a solution to the Cyprus dispute. them to Mutare Central Police Turkish and Greek islanders. THE PENINSULA Station,” the group said in a statement. Police were not available to comment. Tsunga is running for the Movement for Democratic Change of Prime Minister Morgan 12 held for assaulting Georgia opposition leaders Tsvangirai, Mugabe’s archrival. The lawyers association said TBILISI: Georgia police yes- atmosphere ahead of October arrived at Zugdidi Drama another MDC activist and law- terday arrested 12 people as presidential polls, officials said. Theatre for a party conference The columns of Saint Jacques church are decorated with the colours yer, Jacob Mafume, was barred opposition leaders were mobbed Protesters threw stones at held as part of primaries to elect of the Belgium flag on the eve of National Day, near the Royal Palace from holding a campaign rally in and assaulted in the western leaders of the United National a presidential candidate for the in Brussels, yesterday. a Harare suburb. AFP town of Zugdidi amid a tense Movement party when they forthcoming polls. AFP SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Malaysia detains 14 trade deal protesters Obama bills pact as ‘21st-century’ type of trade agreement to ensure labour and environmental standards

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian percent of the world’s economy. Eleven protesters were Independent news portal The has billed the pact as a “21st- conclude the pact before the Asia police yesterday detained 14 US Vice President Joe Biden arrested outside the resort where Malaysian Insider quoted police century” type of trade deal that Pacific Economic Cooperation people protesting against ongo- said Thursday in Washington that trade officials are meeting yes- as saying the protesters defied would ensure labour and environ- summit in Bali in October. ing negotiations for a huge he aimed for completion of the terday, said Syukri Razab, a coor- orders to disperse and were being mental standards while creating Malaysia relies heavily on trans-Pacific free trade deal, an Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) dinator with human rights group tested for drug use. US jobs by opening up markets trade, but US-Malaysia free activist said. this year. Suaram. Biden, who arrives in Asia on within the dynamic Asia-Pacific trade talks have been bogged Delegations from Asia-Pacific Malaysian activists have staged Three others were arrested Monday for a one-week official region. down in sensitive areas includ- countries, Latin America and the several protests against the deal, later outside a police station visit to India and Singapore, has Delegations from Australia, ing the Southeast Asian nation’s US have been meeting in the capi- fearing it will compromise the where the protesters were said the TPP will be the perfect Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, system of affirmative action for tal of eastern Sabah state since country’s sovereignty and calling detained, he said. vehicle for updating global trade Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Muslim Malays who dominate Monday to forge ahead with the on the government to disclose Police could not immediately standards. Peru, Singapore, the United the multi-racial population. pact, which would encompass 40 details on the agreement. be reached for further details. US President Barack Obama States and Vietnam hope to AFP Emergency Poll campaign ends rule lifted YANGON: Myanmar yes- Cambodia opposition terday lifted a state of emer- gency imposed in a riot-hit area in March where dozens of people were killed in reli- slams ‘intimidation’ gious violence, state media PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition yesterday condemned said. The order was revoked political “intimidation” ahead of elections, after a gunman fired a “as peace and stability has shot at the party’s headquarters. already been restored” in Nobody was hurt in the incident, which took place in the early hours the town of Meiktila and of yesterday when the offices of the Cambodia National Rescue Party surrounding areas, accord- (CNRP) in Phnom Penh were closed for the night. ing to a notice in the New The party accused people in power of being behind the attack and Light of Myanmar newspa- denounced it as an attempt to scare the opposition ahead of July 28 per. Officially 44 people were general elections. killed in the Buddhist-Muslim It came a day after tens of thousands of people greeted opposition clashes in Meiktila, although leader Sam Rainsy on his return from self-imposed exile to help his some fear the toll was much party fight to end Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nearly three decades in higher. Rights groups have power. accused the security forces The French-educated former banker fled in 2009 to avoid charges of being too slow to stop the he contends were politically motivated but received a royal pardon violence. earlier this month. The party said in a statement that the incident was “to intimidate Probe into and to cause instability and chaos” ahead of the polls. National police spokesman Kirt Chantharith confirmed the attack quarry blast by the unidentified gunman and said police had collected a bullet. Hun Sen is one of Southeast Asia’s longest-serving leaders. KUALA LUMPUR: The His Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won the last two polls by a Wak Quarry in Bandar Seri landslide amid allegations of fraud and election irregularities. Alam near here have ceased His government is regularly accused of suppressing political freedoms operations pending a probe and muzzling activists. by the authorities following Rainsy, who is seen as the main challenger to Hun Sen, has been the Friday afternoon explo- removed from the electoral register and as a result is unable to run as sion which killed a Nepalese a candidate this month unless parliament amends the law. production operator. It is Supporters of ruling Liberal Democratic Party clinch their fists and shout slogans during the final election cam- In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Rainsy warned that demon- learnt that a stop work order paign in Tokyo yesterday. strations might break out if he is not allow to stand in the polls. has been issued until further AFP notice. Some 14 factories and 18 cars were damaged. All the factories located 500 metres from the quarry site were also forced to stop operations Taiwan’s Ma re-elected due to damages to the factory and the power curt when the Tenaga Nasional sub-station ruling party chairman was also damaged by the fly- ing boulders. Seri Alam police TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President urban renewal project. chief Superintendent Roslan Ma Ying-jeou was overwhelm- Thousands demonstrated in Zainuddin said 39 police ingly re-elected chairman of the Taipei for justice for a corporal reports were lodged regard- ruling party yesterday, amid who died after alleged abuse in ing the explosion. corruption scandals involving the military. Hung Chung-chiu top officials and public anger at died from heatstroke, appar- Thai rice ‘not his government. ently caused by being forced to Ma, the sole candidate in the exercise excessively. While Ma contaminated’ election, took around 200,000 was casting his ballot at a poll- votes -- over 90 percent of the ing station in Taipei yesterday, BANGKOK: Thai Prime total cast -- a spokesman for the protesters shouted outside to Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Kuomintang (KMT) party said. voice their anger at a construc- yesterday reaffirmed that his The election was open to KMT tion project in central Taiwan, country’s rice is not contami- party members throughout the which will see homes torn down nated, saying that she has country. Ma vowed to reform the for redevelopment. ordered for the inspection party when unveiling his candi- It followed incidents on Friday of rice quality to ease public dacy last month in the wake of night where eggs were thrown at worries. The prime minister corruption cases implicating top his campaign offices in two cities. gave assurances in her weekly party officials and his close aides. Ma became president in 2008 televised address following The voting came as the KMT after winning a sweeping victory reports and rumours about government faces mounting pub- in the polls and was reelected for contaminated rice. He said lic anger over a fatal military a second and final four-year term Thai rice had not had such abuse case and a controversial in January 2012. AFP problems. AGENCIES Manila stance on sea row hailed

MANILA: The government under President its forces in the West Philippine Sea. She said the Benigno Aquino III just needs to continue what Aquino administration is already doing its best to it has been doing so far in the ongoing West solve the issue. Philippine Sea dispute even while China’s “bully- “I think the government is doing the best that it ing” and verbal attacks go on, a political analyst can under the circumstances. Let’s continue with said. what we have and as much as possible, we deal with Dr Clarita Carlos, foreign policy expert and a it in a non-military manner,” said Carlos, who is also political science professor at the University of the a consultant at the Department of Foreign Affairs Philippines, said the government needs only to and a former president of the National Defence respond accordingly to China’s remarks since the College of the Philippines. Asian giant is only employing psychological play. In his speech during the Independence Day cel- Carlos said China will soon get tired of its own ebrations last June 12, Aquino vowed to defend game. Philippine territory through non-violent means and China claims indisputable, historical sovereignty to upgrade the military amid the on-going dispute over nearly the entire South China Sea through its with China. nine-dash line claim, prompting the Philippines to “As we stand for our rights, we must continue seek legal recourse through international arbitration exhibiting the values Filipinos are known for: before a United Nations tribunal, which has decided Aggression does not run in our veins, but neither will to start hearing the case. we back down from any challenge. And while we will Meantime, China, which has refused to join protect our rights and continue to build consensus the arbitration, has also continued with its verbal with all parties to promote calm and understanding, attacks even against Filipino officials, branding the we must also increase the capabilities of our Armed Philippines as the provocateur in the sea dispute Forces,” said Aquino. and accusing it of allegedly continuing “to play up Carlos also urged the government to play the “eco- the issue of the South China Sea, distort the facts nomic card” in the on-going territorial row. She and smear China.” said the government should ban Beijing in project Manila has responded to China’s verbal attacks, biddings and in exporting products here since China saying its accusations are baseless and urging it to had also prohibited Philippine products such as follow the rule of law. bananas and mangoes. “Let’s be smart and also use Amid the sea dispute and verbal tussle, Carlos the economic card,” she said. disagrees that the country should also intensify THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Karzai decree Iftar gathering takes Kabul closer to polls Law to alleviate international concerns

KABUL: President Hamid laws, seen as crucial to proving Karzai yesterday approved the that the 12-year war and billions second of two new election laws of dollars of aid money have not designed to pave the way for been in vain. smooth transition of power in Afghanistan is due to elect a new Afghanistan next year. president and council members for Karzai’s signature on the law, its 34 provinces on April 5, with which determines how presiden- Karzai barred from running after tial and provincial elections will serving a maximum two terms. be run, is expected to alleviate A corrupt election and a con- international concerns that the tested result would undermine ballot could be delayed or its cred- efforts to establish a functioning ibility could be at risk. state in Afghanistan, where some His office said Karzai’s decree fear the risk of another civil war meant the law had come into as Taliban rebels fight to regain immediate effect. power. It remains unclear who Karzai approved a bill giv- will run for president. ing more power and independ- Among a long list of possible ence to the electoral complaints candidates are Qayum Karzai, watchdog, which was integral to the president’s brother, Omar unmasking massive fraud at the Daudzai, a former chief of staff, last presidential election in 2009. and warlord-turned-governor Donor nations have been press- Atta Mohammad Noor. ing Kabul to pass the election AFP Men distribute food to the faithful as they break fast in Herat yesterday.

28 rebels, six Tourists flock Pakistan Kashmir valley troops killed

NEELUM VALLEY: Success India, Pakistanis are discovering enemies of Pakistan. After it hap- there is no fear of terrorism,” said There are now 115 registered ISLAMABAD: At least 28 stories can be rare in Pakistan, the snow-capped peaks, glaciers, pened, we received a lot of calls Waqar. guest houses in the Neelum val- militants and six security but business is booming in one lakes and lush-green meadows of from our relatives from Karachi, India and Pakistan have ley, local deputy commissioner personnel were killed when Kashmir tourist spot as the the Neelum valley. but we are safe and enjoying our- fought two wars over Kashmir, a Mohammad Farid said, compared security forces clashed with region rebuilds after a devastat- Known locally as “Paradise on selves,” said Munazza. Muslim-majority region claimed to none in 2010. the militants in Khyber ing earthquake and shrugs off Earth,” the valley is 114 kilome- Local tourism ministry official in full by both sides. The authorities say they have Agency and FR Kohat, north associations with violence. tres (70 miles) east of the base Shehla Waqar says 600,000 peo- Sporadic clashes killed six sol- stepped up security after the west of Pakistan, last night. Hundreds of thousands of camp where gunmen shot dead ple visited Neelum last year com- diers in January and February, climbers were killed in Gilgit- Security forces said that 10 Pakistani tourists drawn to the American, Chinese, Lithuanian, pared to 130,000 in 2010, before but officials on both sides have Baltistan, but because tourists extremists were killed when lakes and glaciers of the Neelum Slovakian and Ukranian climb- the Chinese built a road linking kept tensions in check and in Kashmir are Pakistani rather security personnel battled valley are injecting desperately ers in June. the area to Muzaffarabad, the Pakistan’s newly elected prime than foreign, they are not braced with the terrorists in Akka needed money into one of the It was the worst attack on for- capital of Pakistani-administered minister, Nawaz Sharif, has put for a serious knock-on effect. Khel area of Bara Tehsil poorest parts of the country. eigners in Pakistan for a decade, Kashmir. improving relations with India “We have strict instructions and also destroyed their two Westerners stopped coming but in neighbouring Kashmir, few “There is an influx of tourists in at the cornerstone of his foreign that all government and private hideouts. to the Himalayas of Pakistani- Pakistanis are worried. the area because we have a very policy. guest houses are to close their Two security men were Kashmir years ago, put off by its “There is a bit of fear there, but beautiful road from Muzaffarabad By contrast, Taliban attacks in main gates at 10pm,” Kashmir also killed during the clashes, reputation as a training ground overall we are enjoying ourselves to the Neelum Valley,” she said the northwest -- where mountain tourism minister Abdul Salam Pakistan’s Geo News reported for Islamist militant groups and and we will stay according to our The nearby Line of Control resorts have in the past sucked Butt said. yesterday. the risk of sporadic conflict with plan,” said Mohammad Amir, a slices apart the Indian and domestic tourism away from “No doubt this incident has Eighteen militants have India. lawyer on holiday with his family Pakistani-held zones of the Kashmir -- and the impact of damaged international tourism so far been killed in ongoing But with a new road built from southern Punjab. Himalayan region where a cease- crippling power cuts pushing peo- in Pakistan, but it won’t affect clashes in Kharmatang area by the Chinese after the 2005 Munazza Tariq, a university fire has held since November ple towards balmier climes is also Kashmir because we host domes- of FR Kohat while Pakistan earthquake killed 73,000 peo- student from Karachi, agrees. 2003. driving visitor numbers higher, tic tourists,” he added. Air Force fighter jets pounded ple and a ceasefire holding with “This was carried out by “This area is very peaceful and Waqar said. AFP militant compounds and razed two hideouts. During the battle, four secu- Food from charity rity men were also killed in FR Kohat. Elders ban women from Prep school for shopping alone in bazaars girls blown up ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen blew up a prepara- PESHAWAR: Tribal elders “Those who will visit mar- tory school for girls last and Islamic clerics in northwest kets without male relatives night in northwest Pakistan. Pakistan have barred women will be handed over to police,” According to Pakistani police, from shopping in bazaars with- Mirzaqeem said. the gunmen planted explo- out a male relative, elders and “They spread vulgarity and sives in the main gate of a an official said yesterday. spoil men’s fasting in Ramadan,” preparatory school for girls The decision was taken Mirzaqeem said, adding that the located at Hassan Khel area on Friday in the Karak dis- ban would be publicised using in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The trict of conservative Khyber local mosques loudspeakers. bomb went off, destroying Pakhtunkhwa province, which The decision had been taken two classrooms and partially borders the restive tribal areas due to the sanctity of the holy damaging other parts of the along the Afghan border. month, the cleric said -- it is not building. No casualties have “We have decided that women clear whether it will be lifted been reported yet. will not visit bazaars with- after Ramadan. out a male relative,” Maulana A senior government official in Plane lands to Mirzaqeem, a cleric and tribal Karak confirmed the move. elder, said by telephone. REUTERS save passenger An Afghan woman receives food from a charity group in Herat. ISLAMABAD: Better sense prevailed and a human life was saved, when acri- monies and red tape were Pakistan’s female climber set aside, and the Pakistan Taliban-style edict for women government allowed a for- eign airline flight to make to conquer seven summits an emergency landing in raises alarm in Afghan district Karachi to save the life of a ISLAMABAD: There is a peak that stands above the rest on seriously ill Indian national. each of the seven continents and scaling all the seven sum- Syed Akbaruddin, a spokes- mits is regarded as one of the world’s biggest mountaineering KABUL: One of Afghan Deh Salah, near Panshir, was the top religious panel, the Ulema man for the Indian Ministry achievements. President Hamid Karzai’s main a bastion of anti-Taliban senti- Council, and an adviser to the of External Affairs, said, The jubilant and committed Samina Khayal Baig, the first Pakistani religious advisers will not over- ment prior to the ousting of the president, said late on Friday. “Our officials in Karachi have women who recently scaled the world’s highest mountain Mount turn a decree issued by cler- austere Islamist government by Residents of Deh Salah expressed their gratitude Everest, has now set her eyes at mountaineering challenge of con- ics in the north, reimposing the US-backed Northern Alliance described the order as a “fatwa”, to Pakistani authorities.” quering seven summits. Taliban-style curbs on women, in 2001. or religious edict, although only According to the Mumbai “I’m extremely anxious to accomplish this task on behalf of my in another sign of returning But the eight article decree, senior clerics in Kabul should Mirror, on June 24, Vasant country and all the women who live here. My experience to ascend conservatism as Nato forces issued late in June, bars women issue such a binding religious Bodale 76, a resident of Mount Everest has taught me that if you have the will and focus, you leave the country. from leaving home without a male order. Thane, his wife Nalini, 72, and can achieve what you want,” she said. Just days after the United relative, while shutting cosmetic But underscoring opposition to her brother Vijay Phadnis, She said that she could not describe her feelings when she hoisted States launched a $200m pro- shops on the pretext they were the edict, a mayor was shot dead did not have Pakistani visas, national flag atop Mount Everest. gramme to boost the role of being used for prostitution - an by a teenaed shop owner while when Pakistani authorities “I just felt proud to have accomplished that feat for my country,” women in Afghanistan, a senior accusation residents and police trying to enforce the order, which allowed them to disembark in she remarked. member of the country’s top reli- reject. also barred women from clinics Karachi. Vasant had suffered The 21-year old from a small town of Shimshal Hunza Valley said gious leaders’ panel said he would “There is no way these shops without a male escort, threaten- a severe heart attack and was that the love and warmth, which she got on her return from the world’s not intervene over a draconian could have stayed open. Shops ing unspecified “punishments” if in a serious condition. highest peak had encouraged her to mount the seven summits. edict issued by clerics in the Deh are for business, not adultery,” they disobeyed. AGENCIES INTERNEWS Salah region of Baghlan province. Enayatullah Baligh, a member of REUTERS SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

BJP chief’s Insecticide remarks on English stir in meal that controversy NEW DELHI: The chief of India’s main opposition party has stirred controversy by say- ing the English language is hurting the country and its rich killed pupils culture. Rajnath Singh, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said widespread use of English School headmistress still absconding has stymied growth of Sanskrit, an ancient and ceremonial lan- PATNA: Oil used to cook a available in the market,” Kumar guage mostly restricted to Hindu school lunch that killed 23 added. religious texts. pupils in eastern India con- He said he did not have an “The English language has tained a “highly toxic”, con- explanation as to why the chemi- caused a great loss to the coun- centrated form of insecticide, a cal was so highly concentrated. try. We are losing our language, forensic report and police said Many of the 23 victims, aged our culture as there are hardly yesterday. four to 12, from Gandaman vil- any people who speak Sanskrit The children died after eating lage in Bihar, were buried on a now,” Singh was quoted as saying lentils, potatoes and rice cooked playing field adjacent to the pri- by the Times of India newspaper Schoolchildren recovering from food poisoning receive medical treatment at the Patna Medical College and at the school last Tuesday with mary school that served the free yesterday. Hospital in Patna yesterday. oil containing an agricultural school lunch — the only meal of Rival political leaders and insecticide that was five times the the day for a number of the poor analysts slammed Singh’s com- strength sold in the market, the youngsters. 10 kids who did not eat the curry “There is no trace of her. The Educators see the scheme as ments, made on Thursday, as report said. Some 24 children and a cook were safe. administration has decided to a way to increase school attend- “regressive”. “The report has found orga- are still being treated in hospi- Parents of several children told attach her property to put pres- ance, in a country where almost “Rajnath Singh’s deliberate yet nophosphorus in oil samples tal, but medical officials said they officials that their children fell ill sure on her to come forward,” half of all young children are bizarre, regressive statement on collected from the school where were believed to be out of danger. due to poisonous vegetable. “Some Saran Superintendent of Police undernourished. English confirms that the BJP the midday meal was prepared Kumar would not be drawn on children, who consumed only rice Sujit Kumar said. But children throughout the lives in the Jurassic Age,” politi- and consumed by the children,” whether the insecticide had been and pulses, did not fall ill,” they According to district officials country often suffer from food cal analyst Sanjay Jha wrote on Ravinder Kumar, a senior police deliberately added to the oil. said. probing the incident, Meena Devi poisoning due to poor hygiene in Twitter. officer, told reporters in Bihar’s “It is a matter of investigation A government inquiry report had forced the cook to use the kitchens and occasionally sub- The ruling Congress party state capital Patna. how and where this poisonous has blamed Meena Devi, abscond- “toxic” oil despite the latter’s com- standard food. Police said they said Singh’s comments reeked of “It was observed by the sci- substance got mixed into the oil,” ing headmistress of the govern- plaint that it had a pungent smell. had earlier raided the home of hypocrisy. entists of the Forensic Science he told reporters. “The insecticide ment primary school, for the India runs the world’s larg- the headmistress, Meena Kumari, “On one side, their (political) Laboratory. The poisonous sub- was highly toxic,” he added. deaths. est school feeding programme, who fled with her husband and vision document is outsourced stance in the oil samples was more Chandrasekhar Singh, a doctor The headmistress remained on involving 120 million children, brother-in-law when they saw to people who don’t speak any than five times the (concentration in a government hospital in Saran, the run yesterday as the police and Bihar is one of India’s most children falling ill in the school. language other than English. Is of the) commercial preparation who treated several children said hunt for her continued. populated and poorest states. AGENCIES this medievalism or hypocrisy?” said Congress spokesman Manish Tewari. “English represents, for most Indians, the language of opportu- nity, while their mother tongues Six get life terms for are often the language of expres- sion,” the Times of India said in a Kashmir highway reopens front-page report. “The BJP chief should see SRINAGAR: The Jammu- closed for the last three days. arrested on Thursday, have not gang rape of tourist English as cause for celebra- Srinagar highway was opened The Amarnath Yatra, which been released so far. tion rather than mourning,” the as the situation remained had remained suspended for the Life is gradually limping back NEW DELHI: Six men accused was camping with her husband. English-language daily said. largely peaceful in the cur- last two days because of the clo- to normal in the Ramban district, in the gang rape and robbery Her 30-year-old husband The BJP president yester- few bound Valley yesterday sure of the highway, would also where four people were allegedly of a 39-year-old Swiss woman was tied up as the woman was day said he had nothing against and the authorities decided to resumed today, according to offi- killed and 43 injured in firing by cyclist holidaying in India were assaulted and the pair were also learning English and expressions lift the curbs from most areas cial sources. Border Security Force (BSF) on sentenced to life terms yester- robbed, according to police. in that language. today. The restrictions followed Sporadic clashes occurred protesters on Thursday. day by a fast-track court. Only four of the six men were Writing on Twitter, he urged alleged killings by security in Pulwama and Kupwara dis- Over 30 people were injured in “All the accused have been con- charged with gang-rape because people to watch a video recording forces in Ramban district and tricts, but the authorities said no subsequent clashes between secu- victed and we are satisfied with testimony from the victim said of his nearly 17-minute speech at public protests. serious incident of violence was rity forces and stone pelting mobs the judgement,” said the public two of them were “only present Delhi’s Constitution Club, during “The situation remained largely reported from anywhere in the on Friday in Srinagar city and prosecutor in the case, Rajendra at the crime scene”, according to a function to highlight the impor- peaceful in the Valley today. state yesterday. other places in the Valley, where Tiwari, after the court ruling in M L Dhody, a Datia police officer. tance of the cow. Curfew would be lifted tomor- Separatist leaders, including people blocked roads and stoned central India, the Press Trust The other two accused were Although he says in the video row from most areas. However, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer passing vehicles. of India and other local media charged with assault and robbery that there was nothing wrong restrictions would remain in force Farooq and Muhammad Nayeem Trouble had erupted in Gool reported. but still received life-sentences at in learning or communicat- in some sensitive areas,” a police Khan, were placed under house village in Ramban district on The six sentenced to life were the court in Datia district. ing in English, he adds that a officer said here. arrest in Srinagar to prevent their Thursday when villagers, alleging detained soon after the attack on Five of the men were farmers problem arises when people get Authorities also restored participation in protests. desecration of a mosque and beat- the Swiss woman in mid-March in their twenties while the sixth Anglicised and feel proud of car- traffic on the strategic Jammu- Two other senior separa- ing up of the local imam by BSF in a remote, forested area of was 19 at the time of the attack, rying English books while travel- Srinagar highway last evening tist leaders, Muhammad Yasin personnel, stormed a BSF camp. Datia district in central Madhya police said. ling by air or train. after the highway remained Malik and Shabir Shah, who were IANS Pradesh state where the victim AFP AGENCIES

Uddhav Thackeray denies making Modi-related remark BJP leader killed in Tamil Nadu; shutdown tomorrow NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena head Uddhav Thackeray yesterday CHENNAI: V Ramesh, Monday. Ramesh was a patriot at the murder spot when he vis- Radhakrishnan said BJP leader denied making any remarks on the projection of Gujarat Chief Bharatiya Janata Party’s state and did not have any professional ited it at around 4.30-5 am on Venkaiah Naidu will be going to Minister Narendra Modi as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate general secretary, was hacked enemies. He is the fourth Hindu Saturday. Salem, about 335km from here, of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. to death in a Tamil Nadu town leader to be killed within a year.” “The murder evidence could to pay his respects. Thackeray said that it was for the BJP to decide on its prime on Friday night, prompting BJP Radhakrishnan said Ramesh have been erased,” he remarked. “Gujarat Chief Minister ministerial candidate and then consult allies like the Shiv Sena to call for a state-wide general had escaped an earlier attack on K T Raghavan, a spokesperson Narendra Modi, party leader and the Akali Dal. strike tomorrow to protest his his life and his car was burnt. of state BJP, said: “There seems Arun Jaitely and others spoke to The Shiv Sena chief said that his statement on Friday that the murder. “There is a concerted attack to be a concerted targeting of the me and asked about the details,” country needed a reliable face was in the context of the Congress Ramesh, 52, a practicing char- on Hindu leaders in the state and second-line leadership of Hindu Radhakrishnan said. which was ruling the country. He blamed the media for misread- tered accountant, was killed near the government is not taking any organisations in the state.” Ramesh was twice the gen- ing his statement. his office in Salem at around 10 serious action to put an end to “BJP’s medical wing secretary eral secretary of the Tamil Nadu He said he conveyed his best wishes to Modi when he visited his pm by unknown assailants. this. Last month Hindu Munnani V Aravind was killed in Vellore in BJP and was also a trustee at the residence after being appointed head of the BJP’s central campaign Condemning the killing, BJP state secretary Vellaiayappan 2012. Recently Hindu Munnani Chennai Port Trust. committee. state leader Pon Radhakrishnan was murdered in the state,” leader Vellaiappan was killed. The He is survived by his wife Subha said: “The party has called for Radhakrishnan added. police seems to be having no clue and a teenaged daughter. Karnataka ex-governor Khan dies a state wide general strike on He said there was no policeman about the killers,” Raghavan said. IANS

BANGALORE: Karnataka yesterday declared a three-day mourning for former union minister and former state governor Khursheed Alam Khan, who passed away in New Delhi. The national flag will fly at half mast on all government build- ings and no official celebrations will be held in the mourning period that will end on July 22, an official statement said. Delhi crawls as heavy Khan, father of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and son-in-law of late president Zakir Hussain, was Karnataka governor between 1991 and 1999. rain causes flooding “People of Karnataka will cherish his services,” Governor H R Bhardwaj said in his condolence message. NEW DELHI: A heavy down- degrees Celsius, three notches pour caused flooding and below average, while the minimum Lawmaker injured in bomb blast brought parts of the Indian dropped to 23 degrees Celsius, capital to a virtual standstill four notches below average. More KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress legislator in West Bengal for hours yesterday as several rain is forecast for today. yesterday claimed that he was hospitalised after bombs were roads got submerged under A combination of waterlogged hurled at his vehicle. Police are inquiring into the incident after rainwater, stranding vehicles. roads, uprooted trees and broken the lawmaker’s complaint. Two Metro stations were shut down vehicles resulted in chaos Lawmaker Gulshan Mallick alleged the mob attack by supporters due to flooding. on roads for hours. of rival parties took place in Gabberia village of Panchla constitu- The capital received 123 mm of Massive traffic jams were ency in Howrah district. rain from 11.30 am to 5.30 pm, one reported from across the city He said in his complaint that he was also fired upon by miscre- of the heaviest spells in the last 10 and the worst affected was cen- ants affiliated to the Congress and the Communist Party of India- years, according to the meteoro- tral Delhi. A man rides a motorcycle through a flooded street after heavy monsoon Marxist. “They tried to murder me. My security guard rescued logical office. The rain exposed the The Delhi Metro service rains in New Delhi yesterday. me by firing four rounds in the air to disperse the mob,” he said. poor drainage system of the city remained largely unaffected but Police said a case had been registered on the basis of Mallick’s and the inadequate anti-flooding two stations were shut down Northern Railway services Parts of Delhi airport too complaint. measures taken by civic agencies. for over an hour due to flood- were hit as 13 trains which were were flooded but the air traffic IANS The rain brought down the ing caused by rainwater seeping to pass through Delhi got delayed remained largely unaffected. maximum temperature to 31.1 through the roof. due to flooding at some stations. IANS SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

Influential British PRAYER TIME PERFORMANCE OF THE comedian Mel News in Numbers ECONOMY, 1995CHART: to 1 2013 Fajr (Dawn) 3:29 Smith dies 2 Shorook (Sunrise) 4:55 LONDON: British comedian Zuhr (Noon) 11:40 Mel Smith (pictured), who Asr (Afternoon) 3:06 became a household name in Britain for a series of television Maghrib (Sunset) 6:27 sketch shows in the 1970s and Isha (Night) 7:57 80s which colleagues said had inspired a generation of comics, has died of a heart attack, his agent said yesterday. WEATHER Smith, who died on Friday aged 60, found fame starring in Weather hugely popular shows “Not The Today Monday Tuesday Conditions: Nine O’clock News” and “Alas Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Smith and Jones”, and went on Gross Capital Formation which is an indicator Hot with slight to direct the films “Bean” and dust to dusty at “The Tall Guy”. of investment in fixed assets and durable goods places. “I still can’t believe this has High: 41° High: 43° High: 43° happened,” said Griff Rhys Jones, increased in nominal terms from QR 9bn to QR 199bn, Low: 33° Low: 33° Low: 32° his comedy partner in his best- known TV shows. “To everybody showing a 22-fold increase, and an annual increase who ever met him, Mel was a of 20pc. In real terms, the growth rate was 17.6pc. force for life. He was a gentle- DOHA - SUN & SEA man and a scholar, a gambler and The ratio of gross capital formation to GDP (also a wit.” SUN TIDE SEA Together, they formed known as the investment rate) was on average 32pc SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND Talkback, a highly success- ful independent TV production 04:58 18:21 02:00 & 16:30 08:30 & 23:30 10-20 / 22 KT house that spawned many hit Gross Capital Formation (GCF) at current and British comedies including the THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW “Ali G” series, which gave Sacha constant 2004 prices, 1995 - 2012 Baron Cohen his first big televi- HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER sion break. GCF at current prices GCF at constant 2004 prices Current prices y-o-y change Real Growth rate 100% MUSCAT 33/30 Partly cloudy 35/29 Partly cloudy Talkback was sold to Pearson 300,000 Value in QR m KUWAIT 47/33 Clear 46/33 Clear TV in 2000 for £62m ($95m). “Mel Smith’s contribution BAHRAIN 40/33 Partly cloudy 40/33 Partly cloudy to British comedy cannot be 80% SANAA 30/19 Partly cloudy 30/18 Chance of storm overstated,” said Tony Hall, the 250,000 RIYADH 46/32 Partly cloudy 45/32 Clear Director General of the BBC. DUBAI 43/33 Partly cloudy 41/32 Partly cloudy “On screen he helped to define 60% BAGHDAD 43/29 Clear 44/29 Clear a new style of comedy from the 200,000 late 1970s that continues to influ- 40% ence people to this day.” TODAY TOMORROW THE WORLD REUTERS 150,000 HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER 20%

ATHENS 32/24 Clear 30/23 Clear 100,000 WASHINGTON 31/25 T-storms 31/25 T-storms 0% SYDNEY 17/07 Clear 18/09 Clear LONDON 30/20 Chance of rain 33/21 Chance of storm 50,000 PARIS 32/22 Partly cloudy 34/24 Partly cloudy -20% ISTANBUL 26/21 Clear 24/19 Clear MANILA 31/25 T-storms 31/25 T-storms 0 -4-40%0% DHAKA 34/27 Chance of storm 35/27 Mostly cloudy 1995995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 DELHI 32/25 T-storms 31/25 Chance of storm YearY Year ISLAMABAD 34/25 Chance of storm 33/24 Chance of storm Source : http://www.qsa.gov.qa/ Nazi-themed cafe sparks outrage Silliness reigns online BANDUNG: From a paint- His collection is on display ing hung high on a blood-red for diners and includes a water amid wait for royal baby wall, Adolf Hitler peers down on canteen, bayonet, goggles and a young students eating schnitzel lantern, most of them bought LONDON: From royal baby have also jumped on the royal baby and slurping German beer in online. name generators to intermi- bandwagon. Indonesia’s Nazi-themed cafe. “We’re living in Indonesia and nably dull live-feeds of a hos- One bookmaker — taking bets The Soldatenkaffee (“The Indonesians weren’t tortured in pital door — the longer Britain on everything from the future Soldiers’ Cafe”) opened its doors the Holocaust, so we don’t really waits for Prince William’s wife monarch’s name to its possible in the western Javanese city of care,” said mining company Catherine to give birth, the more hair colour — dressed four men as Bandung in 2011, named after employee Arya Setya, eating a nonsense the Internet provides. grotesque “adult babies” and sent the popular hangout for soldiers plate of spaghetti at the cafe with Bored web users can while them onto London’s underground in Germany and occupied Paris his girlfriend. away hours creating ghastly train network, where they drew during World War II. But now that news of the cafe’s photomontages of what the lit- shudders from commuters. Eerier than the gas mask canis- existence has reached a wider tle heir will look like — taking Meanwhile The Sun, Britain’s ters and battle flags bearing swas- audience, it has sparked outrage Kate’s hair, for example, adding top-selling newspaper, decided on tikas is the more than two years’ among Jewish communities in William’s nose and the ears of Friday to play a trick on the bored silence that has followed the cafe’s other parts of the world. grandfather Prince Charles. photographers camped outside the grand launch. “The Simon Wiesenthal Elsewhere, a slew of royal baby hospital. When the cafe opened no one Center is reaching out to senior name generators offer the chance It sent two passable royal looka- voiced offence at the waiters and Indonesian diplomats to express to create an unlikely monicker for likes to the Lindo Wing, where guests dressed as Nazi soldiers — on behalf of our 400,000 members the newborn. they were frantically snapped as the Holocaust is weak on the radar and victims of the Nazi Holocaust “Avoid pointless, time-wasting they walked up the steps — only to in Indonesia, where the Jewish our outrage and disgust,” Rabbi speculation over the name of turn around and reveal that they community numbers a mere 20 Abraham Cooper, from the Los the new royal baby, by using this were actors wearing Sun t-shirts. people. But a recent report about Angeles-based Jewish human handy name generator!” suggests The burst of creativity was per- Soldatenkaffee in the English- rights group, said by email. satirical website The Poke, inviting haps inspired by antics on the pre- language Jakarta Globe newspaper “We expect that all appropri- users to create “aristocratic” mon- vious day, when a feminist activist triggered angry responses online ate measures will be taken to close ickers by adding their birthplace briefly took the Sun’s hospital live- and prompted Bandung deputy down this business celebrating a to the name of their pet. cam “hostage” to protest against mayor Ayi Vivananda to summon genocidal ideology that at its core With the world’s media camped the tabloid’s use of topless models. the owner for a meeting. denigrates people of colour and all outside Kate’s London hospital in As the first royal baby born “We need to ask him first in non-Aryans,” he wrote. preparation for the birth, several into the social media era, there detail what his real intentions are. While he does not deny the broadcasters are now offering riv- is of course a daily avalanche of But what is clear is that Bandung Holocaust happened, he said mak- eting dawn-til-dusk online cover- tweets on its impending arrival city will not allow anyone here ing the tragedy taboo was hypo- age of the “Great Kate Wait”. — including several accounts inciting racial hatred,” he said on critical. “If we want to speak up Occasionally there is a ripple dedicated to royal baby news, or Thursday. about humanity, why don’t they of excitement when a pedestrian indeed the lack of it. The cafe’s creator and owner, stop wars in this world now, like walks past the cameras trained on “Do we have a #RoyalBaby Henry Mulyana, said he did not in Afghanistan? War always claims the doors of the Lindo Wing at St yet? Follow for frequent updates!” intend to bring back memories of so many lives,” he said. Mary’s hospital. says the @RoyalBabyYet account. the Holocaust but was not sur- However, when contacted Dozens of royal-themed smart- Scintillating posts include: “Not prised to be branded a “bad guy”. yesterday, Mulyana said he had phone apps are also available — just yet, no.” “I don’t idolise Hitler, I simply decided to close down the cafe including ones that allow you to Rumours that Kate may have adore the soldiers’ paraphernalia,” temporarily, refusing to give fur- Adolf Hitler peers down on Indonesian-style fried rice on a table at the transform photographs of your gone into labour cause regular Mulyana, a Christian, said at the ther details. own children into little princes flurries of excitement on Twitter. Soldatenkaffee in Bandung. cafe on Tuesday. AFP and princesses. Other Twitter users have There are also plenty of smart- expressed sympathy for the royal phone games inspired by the mother-to-be, remarking that the future monarch, including “Royal huge bank of cameras outside the Baby Slot Machine” and “Royal hospital must make her feel like a Baby Run”. panda giving birth at a zoo. Schindler’s list up for sale on eBay for $3m “Select your royal and run as Naturally, the royal foetus has far as you can!” says the latter. several spoof Twitter accounts LOS ANGELES: An origi- industrialist’s right-hand man any bidders until the last day Schindler’s List is the only one Players must prevent a tiny figure of its own offering “live updates” nal copy of the list of Jews Itzhak Stern, Gary Zimet of -- or probably the last five or 10 ever on the market,” the eBay list- of Prince William, with his baby in from the womb, while other fake Oskar Schindler saved from the momentsintime.com said. minutes.” ing states. Others are in museums his arms, from falling in a ditch. royal accounts have also been giv- Holocaust is up for sale on eBay, “Stern’s nephew (in Israel) sold Zimet and his partner Eric in Israel and the United States. Skilled players can win cred- ing their views on the subject. with the starting bid set at $3m, it roughly three years ago to the Gazin, who listed the document The auction is set to end on July its that “unlock” other royals “Still no sign of the Royal Baby,” a Los Angeles auctioneer said current owner, who bought it as on his gazinauctions eBay page, 28 at 6 pm Los Angeles time (July — Charles being the cheapest char- sighs @Charles_HRH, which has on Friday. an investment,” said Zimet, who opted to use the popular Internet 29 0100 GMT). Interested bidders acter, followed by Kate, William’s some 353,000 followers. “One The 14-page typewritten list, declined to give details about the auction site because of its global are asked to provide information brother Prince Harry and even assumes it’s being delivered by bearing the names of 801 men, seller. reach. so they can be pre-screened. Queen Elizabeth II herself. Royal Mail.” originated with the German He added: “I don’t anticipate “This exceedingly rare original AFP Savvy advertisers, meanwhile, AFP Sunday 21 July 2013 12 Ramadan 1434 Volume 18 Number 5767 Price: QR2

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MOSCOW: The G20 yesterday communique added. The state- fully endorsed an action plan ment stopped short of giving a set out by the OECD to clamp deadline for implementation of down on tax avoidance which the action plan. The OECD had its creators say could lead to the previously said it could be imple- biggest change in the global tax mented by 2014. system since the 1920s. But the statement added: “We The Organisation for Economic look forward to regular reporting Cooperation and Development on the development of proposals.” (OECD) presented G20 finance Companies in the spotlight in ministers and central bank chiefs the last months for using these with the plan at their meeting in legal, but controversial, methods Moscow, aiming to stop big mul- of booking profits include US giants tinationals using theoretically Google, Amazon and Starbucks. legal schemes to pay as little tax The OECD said in its plan Members of the QBA pose for a group picture. as possible. that a proper rule system was The issue has gathered impor- needed as the current frame- tance at a time of economic dif- work was “consensus-based” and ficulty, with governments keen risked being entirely undermined, Two new members in QBA board to use every means to rake in as especially as the digital economy much cash into depleted budgets becomes ever more important. DOHA: The Qatari Business- planning to form specialized com- represent them in the 28th Board The names of the two additional as they can. Actions proposed by the OECD men’s Association (QBA) is set to mittees representing different meeting and the 4th General members to the current board The OECD plan aims at creat- include requiring taxpayers to meet with the newly appointed business sectors for the growth Assembly. will be announced shortly. ing a broad super-national sys- disclose their aggressive tax plan- Minister of Economy and Trade and development of all the sectors Present at the meeting were It said that the specialised tem of regulation that will remove ning arrangements to the fiscal H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim uniformly. Sheikh Mohammed bin Faisal committees, intending to work the incentive for companies to authorities but also making dis- bin Mohammed Al Thani to dis- The General Assembly, headed bin Qassim Al Thani, Ebrahim on detailed economic studies use practises like registering in a pute resolution mechanisms more cuss challenges faced by the pri- by Sheikh Faisal, was attended Al Neama, Ibrahim Al Jaidah, of each sector of the economy, third country to pay a minimum effective. “(The plan) sets forth 15 vate sector businesses. The elite by QBA’s First Deputy Chairman Dr Hussein Al Abdulla, Salah Al will deliver specialized papers of tax and other schemes. actions that would result in most business association is also look- Hussein Ibrahim Al Fardan; Jaidah, Maqbool Habeeb Khalfan, highlighting the importance of “We fully endorse the ambitious fundamental changes in the tax ing forward to form specialized Second Deputy Chairman Sheikh Nasser Sulieman Al Haidar, Nabil each sector, their contribution and comprehensive Action Plan systems since the 1920s,” said committees to address issues of Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani; Abu Issa, Khalid Al Mannai had to Qatar’s economy and the chal- submitted at the request of the OECD Secretary General Angel the private businesses, said the Secretary General Issa Abu Issa, authorized Sherida Saad Jubran lenges and opportunities avail- G20 by the OECD,” the G20 said Gurria as he presented the plan Chairman of QBA here recently. and Board Member Sherida Saad Al Kaabi to represent him in able in each sector. The papers in its final statement. on Friday. Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Jubran Al Kaabi. the 4th General Assembly, and will be submitted to higher “Ensuring that all taxpayers “We must address this so that Thani, speaking to The Peninsula Whereas Abdullah bin Nasser Khalifa Al Suwaidi has authorised authorities for discussion and pay their fair share of taxes is multinationals pay their fair on the sidelines of the QBA’s Al Misnad, QBA’s Board member Sheikh Faisal to represent him in cooperation. a high priority in the context of share,” he added. French Finance 4th General Assembly (July 16), has authorised Sheikh Khalid to the meeting. QBA had conducted its 28th fiscal sustainability, promoting Minister Pierre Moscovici said said: “We would like to cooper- represent him in both the 28th Apart from ratifying the rou- Board meeting prior to the growth, and the needs of devel- that under the current system ate and communicate with the Board meeting and the 4th tine activities of the General General assembly, where the oping countries to build capacity some big companies were getting Minister to convey the aspira- General Assembly, and Omar Assembly, QBA members ree- Board discussed QBA’s previous for financing development.” away with paying just 3-4 percent tions of Qatari businesses so that Al Manna (Board member) lected the current board with no activities, ratification of the 2013 “Tax avoidance, harmful prac- tax, something that could not be we can work together achieving and Sheikh Hamad bin Thani change in the structure. However, budget and discussed the associa- tices and aggressive tax plan- justified to ordinary citizens. the combined goals.” Al Thani (Board member) had the Board decided to increase the tion’s upcoming events. ning have to be tackled,” the AFP He also added that QBA both authorised Sheikh Faisal to Board members from nine to 11. THE PENINSULA

Boeing confident about Dreamliner; Japan wins rights Qatar’s Emerging Market status to explore for rare to benefit asset managers no orders cancelled, says Johnson metals in Pacific TOKYO: Japan yesterday DOHA: The MSCI’s decision international and local/regional BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB 41 “unfulfilled orders” (24 said it had won the rights to to elevate Qatar from Frontier asset management companies to Dreamliners and 17 of 777s) to explore for cobalt-rich crusts in Market to Emerging Market benefit from the elevation of the DOHA: Problems encountered be delivered over the next three the Pacific, a move that could status will significantly benefit MSCI UAE and Qatar Indices. by Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner are years, including nine new orders reduce its dependence on China Asset Management companies. Taking a three-to-five year view, glitches that any new airplane for 777s which were confirmed at for rare metals. A survey, jointly conducted by almost half of respondents think goes through, and the company the Paris Air Show. A government press release strategic research company that the elevation of the Indices is confident about its perform- Boeing sees Qatar as an impor- said the International Seabed “Insight Discovery” and Zawya could result in an asset price bub- ance as no airline has cancelled tant market, so it opened its Doha Authority (ISA) had approved in June/July2013, shows that the ble somewhere in the GCC region. any orders, a senior official of office in 2010. Since then the com- Japan’s plan to probe a global Index compiler’s decision Over one third of survey Boeing said here on Thursday. pany has been striving to deepen 3,000-square-kilometre area to enhance Qatar Indices to its respondents identify each of Boeing Middle East President its foothold in Qatar. He hinted beneath international waters off universe of Emerging Markets Kuwait and Oman as being the Jeffrey Johnson (pictured) said: that the company has plans to the isolated Japanese coral atoll is a very positive development. GCC markets that are most likely “Any new aeroplane has had a few diversify its business portfolio by of Minamitorishima. The area is Almost all of the 141 investors to be the next that are elevated challenges to get through, and 787 cooperating with the government. located 600km off the atoll which and other market participants by MSCI to Emerging Markets is no exception. We are confident but no company has cancelled any “We are also looking forward lies 1,850km south of Tokyo. surveyed think that flows of funds status. Over 80 percent of sur- about the technology and perform- orders despite the Dreamliner to be a partner to become more The Japan Oil, Gas and Metals to Qatar and UAE (another mar- vey respondents think that the ance of the plane, and in future it grabbing headlines for wrong rea- valuable to the government too. National Corporation, acting on ket elevated along with Qatar) decision in relation to Qatar and will set standards for the industry.” sons, that too so frequently. We already do quite a bit of main- the government’s behalf, is due to will increase. UAE will accelerate the reclassifi- He added that 787s enjoy popu- “We haven’t had any order tenance services for the Qatari sign a formal contract with the However, there is a diversity of cation of Saudi Arabia’s Tadawful larity among airline operators due cancellation from any operators. Emiri Air Force,” said Johnson. ISA covering 15 years of explora- views as to which asset manage- market. to its “cutting-edge technology, I think customers like Qatar In March, Boeing signed a tion rights, the statement said. ment companies will benefit the The asset management com- fuel efficiency and other competi- Airways are still very happy with two-year agreement with Qatar Cobalt-rich crusts are presumed most from the elevation. Some panies mentioned by respond- tive advantages”. the fleet. And we are also discuss- Computing Research Institute to cover the seabed between 1,000 58 percent of survey respondents ents as benefitting the most from Since the launch of 787, Boeing ing with our customers to address for a joint project called ‘Data and 2,000 metres down, contain- believe that the main beneficiaries this development included a wide has delivered more than 50 any issues that they have,” said Analytics Research’ to examine ing such rare metals as manga- will be international asset man- array of local and regional firms. Dreamliners to several airlines Johnson. ways to better recognise pat- nese, cobalt, nickel and platinum, agement companies that have a In total, over 30 companies were including Qatar Airways, but all He added: “We are pretty good terns, correlations and anoma- according to the statement. local presence in the GCC coun- mentioned as being significant were grounded for months after about the performance. It is 20 lies in massive amounts of data Resources-poor Japan needs tries and which offer regional beneficiaries. some of the 787 airplanes caught percent more fuel efficient, and produced by aerospace systems. the metals for its high-tech com- funds. Another 33 percent iden- A total of 141 professionals fire due to problems in batteries. has many distinguished techno- “The Dreamliner is going to set ponents, including lithium-ion tify local/regional asset manage- working within Mena partici- The world’s leading aircraft logical features apart from the 70 standards for aeroplanes in health batteries and automobile engines. ment companies. The remaining 9 pated in the survey. 60 percent of manufacturer has 126 orders for percent bigger windows providing management system. The data China, the world’s leading supplier percent think that the main win- the respondents were based in the the plane from the Middle East, much better views. All these fea- linked to Boeing’s operation cen- of rare metals and rare earths, ners will be international asset UAE. The other respondents are including 30 from Qatar Airways. tures make it a special aeroplane.” tres will help take decisions in real has used its position as diplo- management companies which do widely dispersed across the Mena Out of these confirmed orders only QA is one of the biggest cus- time… Once the little quarks are matic leverage at a time when not have a regional presence but region, while five percent are based six Dreamliners have been deliv- tomers of Boeing in the region. worked out, Dreamliner will pro- it is locked in a row with Japan which can offer regional funds. in each of Qatar and Kuwait and 8 ered to QA, and the rest are due to It already has a big fleet of vide an awesome performance.” over Tokyo-controlled islands in Substantial numbers of percent in Saudi Arabia. be fulfilled over the next few years, Boeing planes, in addition to THE PENINSULA the East China Sea. AFP respondents expect both THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Credit squeeze may dampen growth in China: QNB Group

DOHA: The Chinese authorities’ pol- result in a moderate slowdown in eco- also led to fraud, risky lending practices Following this experience, both the its annual growth target (7.5 percent) for icy to squeeze excessive credit expan- nomic growth in the second half of 2013 and usury, particularly in shadow bank- PBC and the government have pledged the first time since the Asian financial sion may dampen economic growth in to 6 percent-7 percent, which would ing which remains unregulated by the to continue to provide liquidity injec- crisis 15 years ago. the second half of 2013, according to undermine China’s ability to attain its authorities. tions to support the financial system. Overall, despite much of the credit QNB Group. China has experienced a growth target of 7.5 percent for the year Given these conditions the PBC has With that, overnight Shibor has moder- crunch being over, challenges remain for very rapid increase in financial credit as whole. since May started to tighten liquidity ated to 3 percent on July 18. In particular, the Chinese financial system, according over the last decade driven both by China has experienced very strong conditions and credit regulations, hoping the PBC has refrained from selling bills to QNB Group. China’s government has commercial banks as well as other credit growth in the last few years, which to stem out bad lending practices partic- to withdraw funds from the interbank vowed to ensure credit growth supports nonbank institutions. went to finance its extensive infrastruc- ularly in shadow banking. Unfortunately, market since June 20, providing relief the real economy and to control the flow of Earlier this year, the Chinese central ture and housing investment. Credit from the impact has been rather different. The for banks that have been having trouble new money into industries struggling with bank (the People’s Bank of China or the banking sector reached 132 percent overnight Shanghai interbank borrowing finding funds to finance their short-term overcapacity. However, ensuring financial PBC) determined that credit expansion of GDP at end-2012, from 103 percent at rate (the Shibor), rose from 2.2 percent operations in the previous weeks. stability may prove challenging, given that has become excessive and is undermining end-2008. on May 15 to an all-time high at 13.4 per- Most economists expect credit growth latent nonperforming loans in the system China’s financial stability. In response, it On top of this, non-bank institutions, cent on June 20. In addition, data through to slow in the coming months, in large need to be identified and absorbed. started squeezing liquidity and tightening like collective credit cooperatives, infor- end-June 2013 suggest that the credit part owing to the liquidity squeeze and The corresponding reduction in credit credit regulations. While there is some mal loans and wealth management prod- squeeze has led to a decline in funding to tougher credit regulations. One con- to the economy will inevitably lead to merit to the PBC’s concerns about exces- ucts (generally called “shadow banking”) corporate clients through the traditional sequence of the squeeze will be slower slower economic growth in the second sive credit expansion, the consequence of have added another 33 percent of GDP banking sector, while shadow banking economic growth. A series of recent half of 2013. Over the medium term, how- the PBC policy has been a jump in over- to this large credit expansion. This has continues to thrive. This has moderated economic indicators, from construction ever, QNB Group remains optimistic that night interest rates and a reduction in contributed to China having the fastest real GDP growth to 7.5 percent in the to bank lending and export growth, all Chinese economic growth will continue credit to corporate clients. average growth rate in the world dur- second quarter of 2013, notwithstanding point to lower economic activity, suggest- at a brisk pace. According to QNB Group, this may ing the last few years. However, it has a large increase in private consumption. ing that China is at risk of slipping below THE PENINSULA Detroit bonds drop Judge seeks to withdraw bankruptcy petition

DETROIT: Investors dumped His office said motions seeking crisis and tackle its $18.5bn in Detroit’s municipal bonds a day emergency consideration were long-term debt, acknowledged after the city’s historic bank- expected to be filed later. that court battles over the need ruptcy filing even as a ruling Orr, meanwhile, filed a motion for a bankruptcy filing could be in state court raised questions with Federal Bankruptcy Court protracted and difficult. about whether the bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, who was A first test in a Chapter 9 will stand up to court review. appointed on Friday to oversee bankruptcy proceeding is whether Attempts by Michigan the Detroit case, requesting a the city has explored other rea- Governor Rick Snyder and hearing as soon as Tuesday on his sonable options before filing, and Detroit’s Emergency Manager request to place lawsuits aimed at the city will “have an eligibility Kevyn Orr to put a positive spin derailing the city’s Chapter 9 pro- fight, I suspect” over the decision, on the largest municipal bank- ceedings on hold. The emergency Orr said. ruptcy in US history failed to manager’s motion also asked the In the bankruptcy filing, Orr reassure investors. Prices on judge to rule on deadlines, sched- stated he has set an objective to some Detroit bonds plunged and ules, notification lists and other conclude the bankruptcy process there were wider declines in the procedural matters. no later than September 2014. $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal bond Ken Klee, a bankruptcy lawyer “I’ve got 15 months left on my market. at Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff Stern tenure,” Orr said. “I promised The state court judge in LLP, said the Judge Aquilina’s the governor that we were going Michigan’s capital of Lansing orders could be coming too late to try and get this done within ordered Orr to withdraw the in the Detroit bankruptcy case. the time frame provided by the A file picture of workers removing the Dexia bank logo from its headquarters in Brussels after the Belgian part bankruptcy petition because the “The state judge could not order statute.” Judge Rhodes of the US of the bank was nationalised. The Franco-Belgian banking group could face further troubles because of the state law that allowed Snyder Detroit to dismiss the case or District Court for the Eastern bankruptcy declared by Detroit. In 2006, Dexia was among several European banks that invested in financial to approve the bankruptcy vio- Kevyn Orr to dismiss it, because District of Michigan was assigned products offered by Detroit to help finance its pension fund. The lender could now face losses up to $131m, lated the Michigan Constitution. once it’s filed the automatic stay to oversee the Detroit case, which according to the Belga news agency. The governor lacks the power under the bankruptcy code kicks involves thousands of creditors. to “diminish or impair pension in, to protect the city and its Bankruptcy experts expect the vote of Detroit’s city council. 25 percent in the past decade month, had sought to prevent benefits,” according to the ruling employees from lawsuits,” he said. case could last years and cost tens Detroit, a former manufac- to 700,000. Under the state a filing. But on Thursday, Orr by Ingham County Circuit Court Neither Snyder nor Orr could of millions of dollars. turing powerhouse and cradle law that created the emergency filed the bankruptcy petition, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. necessarily be compelled to with- Under the 2012 Michigan law of the US automotive indus- manager position, Detroit could with Snyder’s permission, just Michigan Attorney General draw the city’s petition at this that created the emergency man- try, has struggled for decades not file for bankruptcy with- minutes before Judge Aquilina Bill Schuette, acting on behalf of juncture, he added. Orr, who was ager position, Orr’s term is lim- as companies moved or closed, out the governor’s approval. was set to rule on a petition to Snyder, quickly filed an appeal appointed by Snyder in March to ited to 18 months, after which he crime became rampant and its Lawsuits by pension funds and stop the process. with the state appeals court. try to resolve the city’s financial can be removed by a two-thirds population shriveled by about city workers, filed earlier this REUTERS Public finances show UK on track for borrowing goal

LONDON: Britain’s government Britain’s opposition Labour party kept remains on track to meet its politi- up its attacks on the government for fail- cally sensitive budget goals for the ing to spur quicker growth which would current tax year, data showed on have brought in more revenues. Friday, although a weak economy is “These disappointing figures show still keeping borrowing at historically that our stalled economy has led to def- high levels. icit reduction grinding to a halt,” said Deficit reduction is the central eco- lawmaker Chris Leslie, a Labour spokes- nomic policy of Britain’s Conservative- man on the economy. led coalition. When it came to power in While revisions showed borrowing May 2010, Britain’s budget deficit was in 2012/13 was more than £2bn lower 11 percent of annual economic output, than estimated last month — at £116.5bn one of the highest for a major economy. or 7.4 percent of GDP — this is little Stripping out various one-off effects, changed from the 7.7 percent recorded public borrowing totalled £35.9bn in 2011/12. Whether there is a signifi- ($54.6bn) in the first three months of cant reduction in borrowing this year the 2013-14 tax year, the same as in will hinge on growth finally starting to April-June 2012, the Office for National pick up — for which economists see some Statistics said. promising signs. This is despite the fact that the ONS “The better economic backdrop should revised up May borrowing by more than help reduce benefit outflows and lift £2bn, after it decided an earlier official receipts over the months ahead,” said estimate of £3.2bn in future tax revenue Investec economist Victoria Clarke. from secret Swiss bank accounts looked Economists were less positive about the too optimistic. detail of June’s public finances release. Nonetheless, the government is still The government’s preferred measure well-placed to meet forecasts from its of public sector net borrowing, which budget watchdog that it will borrow no excludes some of the effects of bailing out more than £120bn in the current tax Britain’s banks in 2008, came in at £8.5bn, year, equivalent to 7.5 percent of eco- £0.5bn above economists’ average forecast. nomic output, economists said. On an underlying basis, which additionally “Peering through the fog caused by the strips out receipts from interest paid to various distortions, the underlying public the Bank of England on its £375bn bond finances appear to be essentially on track holdings and cash from the Royal Mail’s ... to meet the government’s targets,” said pension scheme, June borrowing was Howard Archer, chief UK economist at £12.4bn, up from £11.9bn last year. IHS Global Insight. The ONS said a statement from the Finance minister George Osborne, in Swiss Bankers Association this month Moscow for a meeting of leaders from the “cast significant doubt” on an official G20 group of major economies, was also estimate that Britain would receive upbeat. “We’ve had a good set of public £3.2bn from a deal to recoup unpaid tax finance numbers and what they confirm from British residents’ secret Swiss bank is a longer term trend, which is Britain accounts. getting on top of its debts,” he said. Britain’s finance ministry promoted the deal last year as a major step in its DEFICIT REDUCTION STALLED campaign to tackle tax avoidance and The data does not alter the broader evasion - something Osborne hopes to picture that deficit reduction has stalled pursue further in Moscow as part of for more than a year due to weak eco- his chairmanship of the G7 group of nomic growth. advanced economies. REUTERS SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Azeri Socar eyes stake in Turkish fuel market Talks to end by early August

ISTANBUL: Azeri Socar is Turkey imports almost all of in talks with Austrian OMV’s its energy needs, which are ris- Petrol Ofisi to buy into its avia- ing rapidly. tion fuel business, industry It is set to overtake Britain sources said, as the state energy within a decade as Europe’s third company aims to expand into biggest electricity consumer. Jet Turkey’s fast-growing fuel sector. fuel demand is set to soar due to A source close to the SOCAR- growing passenger traffic, which is Petrol Ofisi talks said negotiations likely to get a big boost towards the had been under way for some time end of the decade when Istanbul’s and were likely to be concluded in planned third airport opens. early August. It was not clear how Turkey hopes the ¤22bn much of a stake Socar might take ($29bn) airport will become one in Petrol Ofisi. of the world’s largest, handling Petrol Ofisi declined to com- 150 million passengers per year, ment on the talks or to give fig- more than double the current ures for its share of the Turkish traffic of all Turkish airports. fuel market. Socar already has In the first half of this year, A bank clerk counts Chinese yuan notes at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei. major investments in Turkey. more than 66 million passengers It owns Turkish petrochemical passed through Turkey’s airports, company Petkim and is building over 15 percent more than in the a $5bn refinery in western Turkey same period last year. Half of Rates: China’s banks warned to be prudent in partnership with Turcas Petrol them arrived at Istanbul airports. to supply Petkim and meet boom- OMV first entered the Turkish BEIJING: Chinese banks took institutions to “construct percent in the first quarter and freeing up of the system, such as ing domestic demand. energy market in 2006 when it control of setting loan interest improved pricing mechanisms”, 7.9 percent from the last quarter the removal of a cap on deposit The Azeri company also con- bought shares in Petrol Ofisi, rates yesterday as the country’s raise levels of service, maintain of 2012. The figures this year have rates, the state-run China Daily trols the $8bn Trans-Anatolian Turkey’s largest chain of petrol central bank warned them to be normal lending and “strengthen so far proved disappointing after newspaper reported yesterday. natural gas pipeline project, aimed stations. It then increased its prudent and alert to credit risks. interest rate risk management”. the 7.8 percent growth seen in “The liquidity crunch in the at taking Azeri gas to Turkey and stake in the company to 97 per- The People’s Bank of China Under the reform, the central 2012 — itself the worst in 13 years. interbank market in June has markets in Europe. cent in 2010. (PBoC) announced on Friday bank removed a lower limit on Analysts described the meas- shown that banks haven’t equipped A subsidiary of Socar, Socar The company has been active in that it was lifting controls on loan lending rates, which had previ- ure as a positive and symbolic step themselves with mature liquidity Turkey Petrol Enerji Dagitim, the jet fuel market for more than interest rates effective Saturday, ously been set at 70 percent of its toward liberalisation of China’s still management,” Cao said. “They are obtained a licence for fuel distri- four decades, it said on its web- framing the move as a way to fixed benchmark rate. highly controlled financial system. not ready for more substantial bution earlier this year, Turkish site, supplying more than 140,000 lower financing costs for busi- But it said it would not adjust “The government is signalling a deregulation on interest rates.” energy watchdog records show. aircraft a year at over 100 domes- nesses and support China’s long- current restrictions on deposit and commitment to letting market A cash crunch spooked Chinese The company has snapped up at tic and international airlines. term economic restructuring. mortgage rates, the latter in order forces play a greater role in deter- financial markets late last month least four members of staff from Turkey’s sole refiner Tupras In a statement on its website to promote “healthy development mining financial conditions,” econ- before the PBoC, which had ordered Petrol Ofisi’s downstream team, sold about 3.3 million tonnes of yesterday, the central bank said of the housing market”. The move omists at Capital Economics wrote banks to strengthen liquidity man- who handled aviation, commer- jet fuel into the domestic market that loan interest rates should be to give banks control of loan inter- in a report on Friday. agement, moved to calm nerves cial bunkering and marine sales, last year, a rise of around 20 per- set “on the basis of market sup- est rates comes as growth in the “In the long-run this should with an offer of support. industry sources said. cent from 2011. Analysts say the ply and demand”, while taking world’s second-largest economy has encourage lenders to pay more The brief turmoil underscored “Socar’s been eyeing Turkey’s refiner’s sales on average account account of “credit risk”. slowed this year, setting off alarm attention to credit risks and rising concerns over excessive retail sector for some time, obvi- for at least 55 to 60 percent of “Financial institutions must bells among analysts about pros- improve the allocation of credit.” lending by banks and other weak- ously for the growth story, and Turkey’s total market for refined actively adapt to the market pects for the rest of 2013. Cao Yuanzheng, chief econo- nesses in China’s financial system, it looks like they’re slowly mak- oil products but in jet fuel its mar- price-setting method” for fixing Gross domestic product mist at the Bank of China, cau- including opaque non-bank forms ing their way,” an industry source ket share could be higher. the rates, it said. expanded at 7.5 percent in the tioned that banks need more of lending, often called “shadow close to the company said. REUTERS The central bank also told second quarter, down from 7.7 time to gear up for any further finance”. AFP Microsoft, ValueAct in talks NEW YORK/SEATTLE: Mem- Microsoft shares as of March, has held the chief executive job bers of Microsoft Corp’s board which is 0.4 percent of total shares since 2000 and shows no signs of have held talks with ValueAct outstanding, but it is believed to relinquishing it. Ballmer, 57, once Capital Management LP in be buying more. remarked that he envisaged stay- recent days over the activ- The fund, co-founded by finance ing on until his youngest child goes ist shareholder’s demands to industry veteran Jeff Ubben in to college, which would be around secure a seat on the company’s 2000, has made a reputation for 2017 or 2018, but since then he has board, two sources close to the building stakes in companies not publicly addressed the matter. matter said. and working with management ValueAct and Microsoft ValueAct, which wants a say in in private to change fundamen- declined to comment. The soft- the way the world’s largest soft- tal strategy. ValueAct’s other ware company has previously said ware company is adapting to the major holdings include Adobe there is a CEO succession plan new world of mobile computing, Systems Inc, Motorola Solutions in place, but has declined to give is seeking to nominate a person Inc and Valeant Pharmaceuticals details of it. from its own organisation, the International Inc. Microsoft’s huge stock drop on sources said. In recent months a number Friday, prompted by its financial The news comes as Microsoft of Microsoft’s top institu- results and a $900m write-down had its biggest sell-off in four tional investors have contacted on the value of unsold Surface years, wiping $34bn off its mar- ValueAct, expressing concern tablets, provoked fresh skepticism ket value, after quarterly results over management execution and of Ballmer’s new plan to reshape were hit by weak demand for its strategy, the sources said. Microsoft around devices and latest Windows system and poor High among the issues in the services. “The recent reorgani- sales of its Surface tablet. talks, which the sources described zation does not fix the tablet or San Francisco-based ValueAct, as ongoing, is the apparent lack smartphone problem,” Nomura which manages more than $10bn of succession planning at the top analyst Rick Sherlund said. for clients, owned 33 million of the company. Steve Ballmer REUTERS

Tourism rebounds in Greece

A tourist swims in the pool of a luxury hotel as the Acropolis hill is seen in the background in Athens. Foreign tourists are returning to Greece’s sun-drenched islands and ancient temples, central bank data showed, boosting hopes that the key sector may help the crisis-hit country pull itself out of a severe economic recession. SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday German investor confidence China’s GDP grows just 7.5pc as UK home prices up by £833 a month unexpectedly drops in July output and investment dip LONDON: House prices are rising in every BERLIN: German investor confidence BEIJING: The global economy may no longer part of the UK with a typical three-bed semi unexpectedly dropped in July, adding to be able to rely on China to be the growth now selling for £10,000 more than last signs that the Europe’s largest economy engine it’s been in the past. China’s official year, official figures showed yesterday. An is struggling to gather strength. The ZEW statistics agency announced the world’s US stock futures slip after increase of 2.9 percent in the year to May Center for European Economic Research in second-largest economy grew 7.5pc in the record close 2013, up from 2.6 per cent in April, valued Mannheim said its index of investor and analyst second quarter as industrial production and the average property at £239,000. In May expectations, which aims to predict economic fixed asset investment continued to dip. WASHINGTON: US stock futures last year this stood at £229,000, the Office developments six months in advance, fell to pointed to a lower open on for National Statistics house price index 36.3 from 38.5 in June. That’s the first decline Wall Street on Friday, a day found. So there was an average rise of £833 in three months. Economists forecast a gain to Singapore exports fall in after benchmark indexes rose a month over the year. 40, according to the median of 37 estimates in longest slump since crisis to record high, with investors a Bloomberg News (GRZEWI) survey. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s exports awaiting earnings from Honeywell in June extended the longest International Inc. and General run of declines since the global Electric Co. financial crisis, suggesting the India’s debt-GDP ratio to fall island’s economic growth last steadily to touch 42.3pc by 2016 quarter may be lower than the government initially estimated. NEW DELHI: The Indian government’s debt liability as a percentage of the gross domestic product is likely to fall in Brazil’s real opens stronger on Jobs confidence slumps in SA the coming years to touch 42.3 percent central bank forex focus automobile industry by 2015-16 from 45.9 last year, as the SAO PAULO: Brazil’s currency JOHANNESBURG: The Motor Trade ongoing fiscal consolidation process strengthened against the dollar for a Association’s annual employment will give stability to the economy. With second day on Friday after the central confidence survey has recorded the the government’s medium-term fiscal bank signalled it would work to halt lowest result in its seven-year history, consolidation plan targeting to curb the declines in the real, and after the a feat being blamed on a downturn deficit to 3 per cent by 2016-17 from 4.9 Federal Reserve eased concerns the in economic conditions driven by percent last fiscal, the debt-GDP ratio of S&P affirms Australia’s AAA US would soon reverse its easy-money political uncertainty and frugal the central government is expected to credit rating policies. The real opened on Friday households pulling back on spending decline in the coming years. SYDNEY: Ratings agency Standard in South Africa. at BRL2.2224 per dollar, somewhat & Poor’s has reaffirmed Australia’s stronger than the previous day’s close triple-A credit rating just months of BRL2.2231, according to Tullet away from the federal election. Prebon via FactSet. Standard & Poor’s issued the rating despite a recent fall in the country’s trade and a steep decline in the dollar in recent months.

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Wrestling Golden Mellouli makes chiefs hope to wow IOC from Ancient history in open water Olympia ATHENS: International wrestling president Nenad Swimming: America’s Anderson wins women’s 5-km event in Barcelona Lalovic hopes showcasing the modern face of the sport in a tournament at Ancient BARCELONA: Tunisia’s Olympia will convince the Oussama Mellouli became the IOC to include wrestling at first swimmer to win Olympic the 2020 Games. and world titles in both the In a move that stunned the pool and open water when he sporting world, the International sprinted to a narrow victory Olympic Committee (IOC) took in the 5-km event in Barcelona wrestling off the programme yesterday. in February, though it later The 29-year-old North African joined baseball/softball and powered around the two laps of squash as the world championship harbour one of three course at the end of the Rambla sports to be tourist drag in the heart of the considered Catalan capital in 53 minutes 30.4 for inclusion seconds. in 2020. Canada’s Eric Hedlin was The IOC just over a second behind with will elect a time of 53:31.6 to take silver the win- and Thomas Lurz of Germany, ning sport International who has dominated the event for at its session Wrestling almost a decade, was third with in Buenos Federation 53.32.2. Aires on president Nenad “I didn’t expect to win the 5km,” September 8. Lalovic Mellouli told reporters, adding Serb that he had planned to take a Lalovic, year off after last year’s London who was elected president of Olympics, when he won the mara- The Greek synchronised swimming team compete in the technical teams preliminary round during the synchronised swimming competition in the the International Wrestling thon (10-km) and took bronze in FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, yesterday. RIGHT: Winner Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia kisses his gold medal after Federation (FILA) after a the 1,500 metres freestyle. competing in the men’s 5km open water swimming category at the FINA Swimming World Championships at Port Vell. vote of no confidence triggered “I did take six months off and the resignation of Raphael got back into training not too long Martinetti, said the one-off ago,” he said. “To be on top of the metres freestyle gold at the 2008 women’s 5-km event. On a swel- world championship medal, fol- “My plan for the second half of tournament would deliver a world is quite exciting for me.” Beijing Olympics and won the tering morning, the 21-year-old lows the silver she won last year the race was to get beside Poliana message to the IOC. Mellouli won the 800 metres same event at the 2009 world came home in 56:34.2 seconds as a member of the US Olympic and draft off of her,” she added “This is the first time that freestyle world title in Melbourne championships in Rome. with Okimoto, who led for much 10-km open water team. yesterday. such an event has been organ- in 2007 but was stripped of American Haley Anderson of the second lap, a mere 0.2 sec- “I have experience doing 10km She explained: “I waited for the ised and we hope that it will his medal and banned for 18 claimed the first gold of the world onds back and her compatriot but the 5km is half the dis- perfect moment to spring ahead. send a powerful symbolic mes- months after testing positive for championships earlier yesterday- Ana Cunha some 10 seconds tance and double the fun,” she You don’t really know how much sage, as well as a tangible one, amphetamines. when she pipped Brazil’s Poliana behind in third. told reporters after her race in you have left, but it was a good about the importance of the He returned to win 1,500 Okimoto to the line to win the Anderson’s success, her first Barcelona. finish.” REUTERS sport to the Olympics and its place as a stunning spectacle,” Lalovic said. Wrestlers from around the world including Britain, Iran, Russia and the United States, MotoGP: Lorenzo, Pedrosa fit will gather at Olympia, in the Western Peloponnese area of Greece, today to participate in the event. to race at the US Grand Prix “The Greek government have played a major part in helping NEW YORK: MotoGP world champion Jorge at Sachsenring after sustaining a small fracture in to set it up .... and we are con- Lorenzo and rival Dani Pedrosa were passed fit his left collarbone during practice, sat out the first fident that it can provide the to race in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca yes- session at Laguna Seca but clocked the 11th fastest climax to the huge efforts we terday having suffered injuries in heavy crashes time in the second. have made since February in at the previous round in Germany. Championship leader Marc Marquez, who won the our Save Olympic Wrestling The Spanish pair, in strong contention in the German Grand Prix last week, topped the timesheet campaign,” added Lalovic, who championship midway through the season, were in the second session with a lap of one minute 22.04 will lead the federation’s final cleared to race by the California circuit’s chief medi- seconds on his Honda after Briton Cal Crutchlow presentation to the IOC in cal officer and each made a tentative return in yes- was fastest in the earlier session, pushing his non- Argentina. terday’s practice. works Tech3 Yamaha around the track in one minute Dani Pedrosa of Spain Team speaks with One of the main criticisms of Yamaha-rider Lorenzo, who broke his collarbone 22.757 seconds. journalists in the paddock during the wrestling is that the technical during practice at the Dutch Grand Prix last month Seven-times world champion Valentino Rossi was MotoGP Red Bull US Grand Prix Free and tactical side of the sport and missed the German Grand Prix last week after fourth fastest in the second session on his Yamaha. Practice at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca makes for cagey matches that another practice crash, posted the sixth fastest time Italian Andrea Iannone was ruled out of today’s in Monterey, California, yesterday. INSET: are not the most thrilling for in yesterday’s second practice session after warming race at Laguna Seca after dislocating his shoulder Jorge Lorenzo of Spain smiles during an viewers. up with the 11th quickest lap in the first. at the Sachsenring and was not be replaced by his interview. Lalovic, however, believes Honda’s Pedrosa, who also missed last week’s race Pramac Ducati team. REUTERS that new rules passed by the FILA in May encourage wres- tlers to be more aggressive and attack-minded, which in turn will make for a more exciting Crusaders crush Reds spectacle. Doubront shines in Red Sox’s win “Wrestling is an ancient sport which is in need of mod- BOSTON: Pitcher Felix ernising, and with the new rules to reach semi-finals Doubront, who hasn’t lost since we have introduced, will surely June 8, won his third straight make it more spectacular as CHRISTCHURCH: Centre Ryan Crotty scored a brace of tries start combining with three well as easier to understand Toronto Blue and Dan Carter ran riot as the Canterbury Crusaders demolished relievers on a five-hitter that for the average spectator,” said the Queensland Reds 38-9 in Christchurch yesterday to storm into carried the Boston Red Sox to Jays’ Jose Lalovic. Super Rugby’s semi-finals. a 4-2 victory over the depleted Bautista “Generally we are optimis- Crotty combined with Carter in a glittering partnership to score a New York Yankees. celebrates his tic that we can remain in the try in each half, and the New Zealand flyhalf helped himself to another Doubront, 7-3 with a 1.56 ERA home run with Olympics but rest assured our as the home side tore the Reds’ defence to shreds on a chilly night at over his last six starts, had a no- team-mate fight does not end there. We AMI stadium. hitter through four innings and Jose Reyes want to make sure we are there Winger Tom Marshall scored a fourth try as the Crusaders set up left with one out in the seventh (right) against in the long term so that is why a last-four showdown with either the defending champion Chiefs in after throwing 95 pitches on a the Tampa Bay we have changed the rules and Hamilton or the Bulls in South Africa. steamy night. Rays in Toronto, sought to modernise.” Carter, in majestic form at the business end of the season, came off Junichi Tazawa, Craig Breslow yesterday. Greek Wrestling Federation 10 minutes early after a dominant 20-point game, shortly after the and Koji Uehara finished up President Kostas Thanos crowd welcomed back All Blacks captain Richie McCaw, who came as the Red Sox snapped a two- described the IOC’s decision to off the bench for his first Super Rugby appearance this season after game losing streak and handed drop the sport as “sacrilege”. a long sabbatical. the Yankees, making their first “It is a great honour to host The Crusaders’ next opponents will be decided by the second qualify- 2013 visit to Fenway, their third such an event at the birthplace ing final today, when the ACT Brumbies host the Bloemfontein-based straight loss. Rays came from behind to defeat of the Olympic Games,” said Cheetahs in Canberra. Elsewhere, Andre Ethier led off the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5. Baseball Results Thanos. A win for the Brumbies would send them to South Africa to face the top of the ninth inning with a Desmond Jennings followed LA Dodgers 3 Washington 2 “We are excited and feel con- the Bulls in the semi-finals, leaving the Crusaders to face the Chiefs homer against Washington closer Roberts’ single with a double Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 5 fident this event will echo to the in Hamilton. If the Cheetahs manage an upset, they would go to New Rafael Soriano to break a 2-2 tie against right-handed reliever world the historic importance Boston 4 NY Yankees 2 Zealand while the Crusaders would make the long trip to Pretoria. and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Steve Delabar to add an extra of the sport of wrestling as an The Crusaders, seeking a record eighth title in the short history of the Nationals 3-2. run in the eighth as Price (4-5) Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 3 integral part of the Modern the southern hemisphere competition, will have little reason to fear Ethier, hitless in his previous picked up his third win in four Philadelphia 13 NY Mets 8 Olympic Games as it was for whoever they face next weekend, having smashed both the Chiefs and eight at-bats, smashed a breaking starts since returning from the Baltimore 3 Texas 1 the ancient Games,” he added. Bulls during the regular season. ball low and inside on a 1-2 count disabled list. Atlanta 6 Chicago White Sox 4 Wrestling, which featured The Reds defeated the Crusaders for their maiden Super Rugby title just over the wall in right field for Brandon Phillips’ bases-loaded Kansas City 1 Detroit 0 in the first modern Games in in 2011, and came into the match talking tough about breaking a win his sixth homer of the year. double drove home three runs 1896 and all editions since apart Milwaukee 2 Miami 0 drought in Christchurch dating back to 1999. The Dodgers (48-47) have now during a four-run fifth inning in from 1900, was also a sport of Within 11 minutes they trailed 10-0, and headed into the halftime won seven of their last nine games the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 victory Minnesota 3 Cleveland 2 the ancient games in Olympia. beak down 21-6, demoralised after being smashed at the breakdown and the Nationals (48-48) have over Pittsburgh. Seattle 10 Houston 7 Wrestlers at the event and cut to pieces by the Crusaders’ jet-heeled backs. dropped six of their last eight. Reds starter Mike Leake (9-4) St Louis 9 San Diego 6 will have the rare opportu- The visitors’ scoring was confined to three penalty goals to New Ryan Roberts singled in the go- picked up the victory despite Chicago Cubs 3 Colorado 1 nity to walk the grounds of Zealand-born Quade Cooper, who was jeered by the Christchurch crowd ahead run in the eighth inning and allowing solo homers to Starling LA Angels 4 Oakland 1 Ancient Olympia, including the with every touch of the ball and completely outclassed by opposing left-hander David Price pitched Marte, Andrew McCutchen and San Francisco 2 Arizona 0 Palaestra. REUTERS flyhalf Carter. REUTERS seven innings as the Tampa Bay Russell Martin. REUTERS SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Welbeck and Lingard star in Man United win The EPL champs crush Australia’s A-League All Stars 5-1

SYDNEY, New South Wales: Danny Welbeck and Jesse Bring on the Lingard scored doubles as Manchester United hit form on their Asian pre-season tour mind games, with a 5-1 win over Australia’s A-League All Stars in Sydney yesterday. says Moyes English Champions United Qatar’s Eldar Memisevic (in white) takes a shot during his side’s IHF shrugged off speculation over SYDNEY: David Moyes said he Men’s Junior World Championhip match against Switzerland in Ljubuski, Wayne Rooney’s playing future was looking forward to playing Bosnia and Herzegovina, yesterday. at Old Trafford in a command- “mind games” with his Chelsea ing display, with Dutch ace Robin counterpart Jose Mourinho and van Persie adding the icing with other Premier League bosses United’s fifth goal minutes from after getting his first win as full-time after coming on as a Manchester United manager in second-half substitute. a pre-season friendly yesterday. Qatar miss out It was David Moyes’ first win The Scot and his new club have in charge since taking over from been forced to spend the week Alex Ferguson at the end of last reiterating that Wayne Rooney season. was not for sale after the England Moyes’ reign at Manchester striker was “angered and con- on last-16 spot United began with an embar- Danny Welbeck (right) of Manchester United breaks clear during the fused” by comments his manager rassing upset when the Premier friendly tour match against the Foxtel A-league All Stars in Sydney, made last weekend. League champions slumped to yesterday. The public relations battle was a 1-0 defeat against Thailand’s made all the harder when Chelsea despite victory Singha All Star XI in Bangkok manager Mourinho came in with last Saturday, but there was no Beauchamp made a last-ditch He did not disappoint the a bid for Rooney, a move which repeat in Sydney. tackle to deny Zaha and nearing capacity crowd when he scored some saw as typical troublemak- LJUBUSKI, Bosnia and Selvedin Omahic equalled the United dominated possession, half-time Welbeck got in behind in the 87th minute after having ing by the Portuguese who enjoyed Herzegovina: Qatar defeated score for the first time (9-9) in with Michael Carrick and Tom the defence, but Covic blocked his his initial shot blocked. many a mental tussle with Alex Switzerland 29-27 in their the 20th while Maamoun Saad Cleverley controlling the midfield shot with his feet. The Dutch international striker Ferguson. last group B match of the IHF increased it to 10-9 two minutes and pinning the All Stars in their Michael Keane, who came on was a huge hit at Old Trafford Asked whether he was looking Junior World Championship at later. half for much of the game before for Rio Ferdinand at half-time, last season after switching from forward to similar “mind games” the Gradska Sportska Dvorana From then on, the two teams 83,127 fans at Sydney’s Olympic gave Albanian striker Besart Arsenal and was the Golden Boot with managers such as Mourinho Indoor Hall in Ljubuski, Bosnia fought inch for inch and were tied stadium. Berisha enough room to fire past winner in England’s top flight, in the season ahead, Moyes said and Herzegovina. 12-12 at half-time. United had a couple of early the diving Anders Lindegaard banging in a total of 30 goals in his upbringing predisposed him However, Switzerland pro- Qatari players were a trans- chances before they went ahead for the All Stars’ only goal in the 48 appearances. to it. gressed to the second round formed lot in the second half. in the 11th minute when Welbeck 52nd minute. Van Persie only joined the “Sounds like your accent’s like on better goal difference (-2 to Memisevic, Kamalaldin Mallash played in Lingard, who finished But United’s response was swift team’s pre-season tour this week mine,” he told his Scottish ques- Qatar’s -5). and Omahic kept the scores tick- clinically past the exposed Covic. three minutes later when Giggs in Sydney after missing last tioner. “If you’re from Glasgow Germany, Croatia and the ing and Qatar took a 19-17 lead Such was the pressure on the played in the impressive Lingard, weekend’s loss in Bangkok. you quite enjoy those sort of Netherlands had already quali- by the 40th. home defence that United soon who scored his second goal of the Welbeck, a constant attacking things. So bring it on.” fied to the round of 16. Memisevic, who had not played doubled their lead when Lingard night with a thumping drive into threat throughout the match, Although Moyes had said Qatar’s chances had become the first two matches with an combined with veteran Ryan the top right corner for 3-1. raced through and had his repeatedly that results were not difficult even before the match ankle injury, went down in the Giggs, who deftly set up Welbeck Van Persie was greeted with shot cleared off the line before important on the tour, he was began. In yesterday’s first game, 45th. But he was back on his to finish sweetly for a 2-0 lead in a huge roar when he came into he scored his second goal and clearly happier with United’s the Netherlands beat Algeria (30- feet soon after receiving medical the 34th minute. the match just after the hour for United’s fourth with a 70th- 5-1 victory over an A-League All 24) to reach four points. attention. All Stars defender Michael Giggs. minute header off a corner. AFP Stars team . REUTERS Qatar, on two points and having Hadi Hamdoon was given a a -7 goal difference, had to beat harsh two-minute suspension and Germany Reds struggle to the Swiss (zero goal difference) Switzerland took advantage of the EU court rules UK and by at least eight goals to progress. situation to go up 21-20. The players, knowing fully well Zovko substituted goalkeeper considering bid defeat Indonesia the difficult task ahead, attacked- Abdulaziz Althafiri with Grco from the start. Mirnes and he made an impact for Euro 2024 XI in friendly Belgium can keep World Swiss goalkeeper Nikola by saving a few shots. Portner defused two moves Omahic was shown a red card through the right flank and they in the 55th for three two-minute BERLIN: German Football JAKARTA, Daerah Khusus Cup football on free TV scored from the counterattack. violations, the last being a foul on Federation (DFB) president Ibukota Jakarta: Liverpool Qatar were always within two Luca Spengler. Wolfgang Niersbach says defeated Indonesia XI in a pre- LONDON: Britain and Belgium can keep major sports events like goals of the Europeans, but they Despite missing their key his country are considering season friendly yesterday, with football’s World Cup on free TV, the European Union’s top court could not take the lead. player, Qatar fought bravely a bid to host the European the frustrated Reds finally scor- ruled, rejecting appeals from the sport’s governing bodies that Swiss star Kevin Jud kept scor- to complete a 29-27 win, but it Championships in 2024. ing a second goal after strug- wanted to sell them instead to cash-rich pay TV companies. ing regularly. wasn’t quite enough to ensure In an interview published gling to break through a solid FIFA, world football ruling body, and UEFA, its European counter- It did not help when three them safe passage. yesterday, Niersbach told wall of defence. part, had challenged existing rules saying all 64 games in the World Qatari players — Firas Chaieb, Zovko said the team should now Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper The Indonesia XI, made up of Cup must be shown on free-to-air channels in Britain and Belgium Eldar Memisevic and Abdulaziz concentrate on the President’s that Germany would consider mostly of national team players, to ensure as many viewers as possible can watch. In Britain, the rule Al Shammari — all received Cup, for positions 17 to 20. bidding for the tournament if lost in front of a home crowd in also applies to the European championship. yellow cards within the first 10 “We played well and won, but they are not chosen to host the the capital Jakarta, but gave a FIFA and UEFA argued the regulation deprived them of revenues minutes. it wasn’t enough to get us to the final phase -- the semi-finals and solid performance that ended 2-0. from selling rights to their most popular events. In Britain, the rules But Tareq Alkhateeb, whom next round. We shouldn’t dwell final -- of the Europe-wide 2020 The stalls in the cavernous mean the World Cup finals and Euro tournaments are shared between Qatar coach Dragan Zovko intro- on the past. We should think of competition. Gelora Bung Karno Stadium the BBC and ITV. In Belgium, public broadcasters VRT (Dutch) and duced early in the first half, kept finishing as high as possible now,” “If we look at the European were a sea of red from both RTBF (French) have the World Cup rights. Qatar’s scoreboard ticking. And he said. THE PENINSULA map, we can say with assurance Liverpool and Indonesia jerseys, “The Court dismisses the appeals brought by FIFA and UEFA in -- and not arrogance -- that we with Indonesia fans cheering each their entirety,” the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice said. have the ability to organise such time striker Titus Bonay touched FIFA, which earned more than $2.4bn in TV rights from the 2010 a complex tournament,” he said. the ball. World Cup in South Africa, said it was disappointed with the court However, any such bid would be Despite the loss, Indonesian decision. Golf: Confused McIlroy dependant on Germany’s level of followers seemed pleased at the FIFA said its policy was to ensure that a national team’s games participation in the hosting of the result -- more dignified than their were on free TV in their home country, as well as the opening match, 2020 tournament, which will take team’s 7-0 defeat to Arsenal last semi-finals and finals of a World Cup. Other games in the month-long place across 13 countries. AFP week. AFP tournament could be left to pay TV. REUTERS prepares to play his Sheikh Jassim Cup way out of slump GULLANE, Scotland: Rory McIlroy will try to play his way out LEFT: An Al of a dramatic form slump with a heavy schedule of tournaments in Arabi player the United States including his PGA Championship title defence in (in white) drib- New York next month. bles the ball The world number two sloped out of the British Open on Friday, past his Al looking a dejected figure after dismal rounds of 79 and 75 meant he Rayyan oppo- missed the cut in the third major of the season for the first time. nent during the The 24-year-old McIlroy complained of feeling “brain-dead” on the Muirfield links but he did at least try to explain the causes of his Sheikh Jassim problems. Cup match at “I don’t know if I can single out one thing,” he told reporters. “I Qatar Sports think it’s been a combination of things to be honest. Club, yester- “I think the schedule hasn’t been quite right, the swing hasn’t been day. RIGHT: quite right. A combination of those has led to, I guess, sloppy play, not Mohammed sharp enough.” Montari (29) McIlroy admitted he was struggling with his game and is taking a few of Eljaish cel- days off before the Aug. 1-4 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, ebrates with Ohio, one of six tournaments he is playing in the next eight weeks. team-mates “I’m going to look forward to Akron, four really good competitive after scoring rounds there,” he said. “It’s a great prep for the PGA. It’s a place I’ve a goal dur- done well before.” ing his side’s McIlroy, twice a major champion and former world number one, said match against he was happy with his preparations for the British Open. Al Shamal at Al “I can’t really be disappointed in myself because I don’t feel like Ahli Stadium. I’ve done anything wrong in terms of like under- preparing,” he said. PICTURES BY: “I’ve done everything I could. It just didn’t work out for me.” “I guess I have a clearer picture of what I need to work on and what ABDUL BASIT/ I need to do to put things right,” said McIlroy. KAMMUTTY VP “Sometimes this game can feel further away than it actually is. And obviously at the end of yesterday it couldn’t have felt much further away,” he added. REUTERS SUNDAY 21 JULY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

Scoreboard

England (I innings): ...... 361 Australia (I innings): ...... 128 England (II innings): Root’s 178 powers England A N Cook b Siddle ...... 8 J E Root (batting) ...... 178 J L Trott b Siddle ...... 0 K P Pietersen c Rogers b Siddle ...... 5 The opener scores stylish century as hosts stretch lead to 566 runs T T Bresnan c Rogers b Pattinson ...... 38 I R Bell c Rogers b Smith ...... 74 J M Bairstow (batting) ...... 11 LONDON: Joe Root’s unbeaten Extras (B-11, LB-8) ...... 19 178 left Australia needing to Total (for 5 wkts) ...... 333 make cricket history if they To bat: M J Prior, S C J Broad, G P Swann, J were to prevent England going M Anderson. 2-0 up with three to play in the Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-22, 3-30, 4-129, Ashes. 5-282. England were 333 for five in England’s Bowling: R J Harris 16-4-28-0; S R Watson their second innings, a colossal Joe Root 12-5-25-0; P M Siddle 21-6-65-3; J L Pat- lead of 566 runs, at stumps on acknowledges tinson 20-8-42-1; S P D Smith 14-0-65-1; A the third day of the second Test the crowd at Lord’s yesterday. C Agar 27-4-89-0. as he leaves Root’s century, the second of the field after his eight-match Test career, was exactly the kind of large or ‘daddy scoring 178 hundred’ so beloved of England not out on the batting coach and former Test third day of opener Graham Gooch. the second Ashes-holders England lost just Ashes cricket two wickets in a near-ideal day Test against for the hosts and, with so much Australia at time left in the match, the lack Lord’s cricket of a declaration from captain ground in Alastair Cook was no surprise. north London Long before yesterday’s close, yesterday. It Australia needed to surpass the was Root’s world record fourth innings win- second Test ning total of 418 for seven made hundred of by the West Indies against them his career. at St John’s in 2002/03 if they were to cause a stunning upset. Given Australia were bowled out for just 128 in their first innings, their prospects were decidedly unpromising. This was the 22-year-old Root’s first Test hundred as an opener after the Yorkshireman made 104 Importantly, Root was not five-match series after last week’s Bresnan batted solidly for more went Bell’s way. At tea, Root was against New Zealand as a middle- fazed by watching England col- 14-run victory at Trent Bridge, than three hours until he pulled 97 not out. order batsman on his Headingley lapse to 30 for three on Friday as resumed yesterday on 31 for a Pattinson bouncer straight to But he betrayed no sign of the home ground in May. Peter Siddle’s treble strike gave three, already 264 runs in front. Chris Rogers in front of square. nervous 90s and soon after the That century, in a match in Australia a glimmer of hope. Root, 18 not out overnight, In a series already full of interval cut teenage left-arm which then Test opener Nick Together with Yorkshire col- eased the first ball, from Siddle, Decision Review System contro- spinner Ashton Agar for his 12th Compton struggled, persuaded league Tim Bresnan, who made through midwicket for four. versies, there was one more added four to complete a chanceless 247- England to promote Root to the an admirable 38 as nightwatch- After two days of blazing sun- yesterday when Bell, on three, ball hundred. top of the order, where he bats for man, he put on 99 before sharing shine, conditions were overcast edged Ryan Harris low towards Root, in a perfectly paced Yorkshire. a fifth-wicket stand of 153 with for the first time and offering Steven Smith at gully. innings, then upped the tempo The selectors’ confidence in first-innings century-maker Ian a hint of swing. Root, however, Smith appealed immediately with a succession of stylish Australia’s captain Michael Clarke Root’s temperament and ability Bell (74). drove James Pattinson through for a catch but, with the umpires boundaries. reacts to another England boundary was justified by an innings span- Jonny Bairstow, another the covers for four. and Bell uncertain, the decision Bell fell when he pulled Smith during play on the third day of the ning 110 overs and nearly eight Yorkshireman, was 11 not out at And when Root reached 70, was passed to third umpire Tony straight to Rogers at midwicket second Ashes cricket Test at Lord’s hours at the crease that was a stumps after helping Root add an he became the first batsman this Hill. but Root put the leg-spinner in cricket ground yesterday. lesson in Test-match batting to unbroken 51 for the sixth wicket. English season to score 1,000 As is often the case, replays his place by pulling him for two Australia’s fallible top order. England, 1-0 up in the first-class runs. were inconclusive and the verdict sixes in three balls. REUTERS Kohli backs Sangakkara shines as young squad ahead of Sri Lanka hammer SA Zimbabwe tour COLOMBO: Former skipper Scoreboard MUMBAI: Virat Kohli is Kumar Sangakkara smashed his upbeat about taking on the ODI highest one-day score of 169 off SRI LANKA J P Duminy C Sangakkara b Eranga ...... 15 captaincy for a full series for the 137 balls as Sri Lanka thrashed U Tharanga b Morkel ...... 43 A B De Villiers b Herath ...... 23 first time during India’s tour of South Africa by 180 runs in the T Dilshan b Morris ...... 10 F Du Plessis c Chandimal b Perera ...... 4 Zimbabwe later this month, and first one-day international in K Sangakkara c Duminy b Phangiso ...... 169 D Miller b Dilshan ...... 14 is confident of his young team’s Colombo yesterday. M Jayawardene c Ingram b Morkel ...... 42 R Peterson C Theranga b Perara ...... 29 chances. The veteran left-hander’s 16th L Thirimanne c Peterson b McLaren ...... 17 R McLaren c Perera b Dilshan ...... 4 Under the new selection panel, one-day century steered Sri T Perera (not out) ...... 16 C Morris (not out) ...... 9 India has begun to phase out sev- Lanka to a commanding 320-5 D Chandimal (not out) ...... 1 M Morkel c Thirimanne b Herath ...... 0 eral senior players - the recent after the hosts were sent in to Extras (B-1, LB-5, W-15, NB-1) ...... 22 A Phangiso st Sangakarra b Herath ...... 0 Champions Trophy success was bat in the day-night game at the Total (for 5 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 320 Extras (B-4, LB-7, W-2) ...... 13 achieved without the likes of Premadasa Stadium. Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-93, 3-167, 4-290, Total (all out in 31.5 overs) ...... 140 Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, South Africa were shot out for 5-303. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-29, 3-73, 4-75, 5-82, Virender Sehwag and Zaheer 140 in reply, the innings lasting Bowling: M Morkel 10-2-34-2 (w4); C Morris 6-103, 7-119, 8-138, 9-138, 10-140. Khan. just 31.5 overs, to leave Sri Lanka 9-0-80-1 (w6); R McLaren 10-0-69-1 (nb1, Bowling: L Malinga 4-1-21-1; S Eran- On the Zimbabwe tour, it will with a 1-0 lead in the five-match w2); R Peterson 5-0-30-0; JP Duminy 7-0-51- ga-5-0-27-1; T Perera 7-0-31-3; R Herath be an even more inexperienced series. 0 (w1); A Phangiso 9-0-50-1 (w1). 8.5-1-25-3; T Dilshan 5-0-11-2; J Mubarak team as India will be without the Thirty-five-year-old SOUTH AFRICA 2-0-14-0. services of regular captain MS Sangakkara chippped in with two C Ingram b Malinga ...... 0 Result: Sri Lanka won by 180 runs. Dhoni and frontline spinner R catches and a stumping, earn- A Petersen c Sangakkara b Perera ...... 29 Sri Lanka lead the five-match series 1-0. Ashwin. ing him the Man-of-the-Match The squad will also be missing award, as Rangana Herath and regular players like Bhuvneshwar Thisara Perera picked up three building the innings,” he said. “I Aussie chiefs Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Ishant wickets each. stuck in there and there was good Sharma. Sangakkara celebrated his support from Upul and Mahela.” investigate “I don’t think experience mat- 350th one-day match by surpass- South African captain AB de ters, especially in (the) limited ing his previous best score of 138 Villers said the huge defeat was obscene tweet overs game,” Kohli said at a pro- not out, against India in 2005, hard to accept, but vowed to fight motional event in Mumbai. after Tillakaratne Dilshan fell back. LONDON: Cricket Australia “You need eleven players who cheaply in the fourth over. “It is not the end of the series,” chiefs were forced to investi- are hungry for success, who are Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara put on 70 for the he said. “I know my boys will fight gate an obscene message on the hardworking and whose vision Sangakkara plays second wicket with opener Upul back. There are not a lot of posi- organisation’s official Twitter is victory. All fifteen players are Tharanga (43), 74 for the third tives we can take from the game, feed which slammed a contro- a shot during strong and it is a strong unit, with Mahela Jayawardene (42) but we can only improve from versial decision to give England their first One which is good,” he added in a story and 123 for the fourth in which here. star Ian Bell not out during the Day International posted on www.cricinfo.com. Lahiru Thirimanne’s contribution “We were way below par, but I second Test at Lord’s yesterday. match against India are currently the No.1 was just 17. know what the players are capa- Australia thought they had South Africa ranked ODI side, and have con- He finally holed out in the deep ble of. We will come back because dismissed Bell for just three runs in Colombo vincingly won four of their last in the penultimate over of the we want to win the series.” before tea on the third day when yesterday. five series. innings, after 18 boundaries and Fast bowler Morne Morkel, Steve Smith claimed a catch at Sangakkara “If we continue this way, it will six sixes. who recovered in time from a gully off Ryan Harris. scored 169 as Sri be a good time for Indian cricket. Sangakkara said the two-paced thigh injury to play the match, But Bell believed there was Lanka won by 180 It would make a lot of people wicket was not easy to bat on at was South Africa’s most impres- some doubt as to whether the ball runs. happy.” the start. sive bowler with 2-34 from his 10 had reached Smith on the full and When asked whether he was “It was about staying there and overs. REUTERS stood his ground. fazed by the expectations and The on-field umpires called pressure of leading the Indian for the third umpire Tony Hill to team, Kohli said: “I always like Top scores by Sri Lanka batsmen in ODIs adjudicate and he decided there to lead form the front and set Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Opposition Venue was too much uncertainty to an example for whoever is play- ST Jayasuriya 189 161 21 4 vs India Sharjah award the catch. ing with me or around me. I like U Tharanga 174* 159 19 3 vs India Kingston Soon after, a crudely-phrased taking responsibilities. That is a K Sangakkara 169 137 18 6 vs South Africa Colombo tweet appeared on CA’s official natural thing for me.” TM Dilshan 160* 165 11 3 vs India Hobart feed, reading: “That decision Kohli said he was also happy TM Dilshan 160 124 20 3 vs India Rajkot sucked ass #bull****”. that allrounder Parvez Rasool It was swiftly removed by CA’s was included in the squad, the ST Jayasuriya 157 104 24 1 vs Netherlands Amstelveen media team at Lord’s, and an first cricketer from Jammu and ST Jayasuriya 152 99 20 4 vs England Leeds investigation has been launched. Kashmir to be selected in the ST Jayasuriya 151* 120 17 4 vs India Mumbai REUTERS national team. AGENCIES Sunday 21 July 2013 12 Ramadan 1434 Volume 18 Number 5767 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Froome on Westwood moves two clear brink of Tour triumph; Woods stays in contention, tied second with compatriot Mahan Quintana GULLANE, United Kingdom: Lee Westwood will take a two- British Open wins stage stroke lead into today’s climax to the British Open after he Scores SEMNOZ, France: Chris and Tiger Woods duelled for Froome virtually sealed his the lead throughout yesterday’s GULLANE, United maiden Tour de France title third round. Kingdom: Collated third with yet another strong climb- Playing together in the penul- round scores in the 142nd ing performance in yester- timate pairing, they both quickly British Open played at par-71 day’s penultimate stage won by sped past overnight leader Miguel Muirfield yesterday:- Colombia’s Nairo Quintana. Angel Jimenez of Spain and then 210 Lee Westwood (ENG) 72-68-70 Britain’s Froome leads went head-to-head over the 212 Hunter Mahan (USA) 72-72-68, Tiger Quintana by 5:03 overall, with mighty Muirfield links on another Woods (USA) 69-71-72 Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez jump- sun-drenched afternoon. 213 Adam Scott (AUS) 71-72-70 ing into third 5:47 off the pace At the end of it, 40-year-old after Alberto Contador, the 2007 214 Ryan Moore (USA) 72-70-72, Zach Englishman Westwood was the and 2009 champion, slipped out Johnson (USA) 66-75-73, Ángel Cabrera winner thanks to a pivotal 17th (ARG) 69-72-73, Henrik Stenson (SWE) of the top three when he cracked hole when he birdied, while Woods 70-70-74 in the final ascent of the 125-km bogeyed for a two-stroke swing. 20th stage. 215 Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69-74-72, Phil Hunter Mahan of the United Contador, who was drip- Mickelson (USA) 69-74-72 States was the only other player ping with sweat on the slopes to stay under par, by the smallest 216 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 68-79-69, of Semnoz, is fourth 7:10 behind of margins, thanks to a 68 and he Sergio García (ESP) 75-73-68, Miguel Froome going into today’s final will go out with Westwood in the Ángel Jiménez (ESP) 68-71-77, Dustin stage, a festive parade from final pairing today. Johnson (USA) 68-72-76, Hideki Versailles to Paris with only the Woods will partner Masters Matsuyama (JPN) 71-73-72, Jamie final sprint being contested. Donaldson (WAL) 74-71-71, Jason Day champion Adam Scott of Barring a crash, Team Sky’s (AUS) 73-71-72 Australia, who was alone on level Froome will succeed compatriot par after a 70. 217 Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 67-74-76 and team-mate Bradley Wiggins. On a day of fluctuating for- 218 Johnson Wagner (USA) 73-72-73, Justin “I think for the GC (general tunes, the best golfers in the Leonard (USA) 74-70-74, Richard Sterne classification), this time it’s done,” world again grappled with the (RSA) 75-75-68, Ernie Els (RSA) 74-74- said Froome. “Tomorrow will be 70, Martin Kaymer (GER) 72-74-72, Ian deep pot bunkers, bouncy fair- Tiger Woods of the US (left) and Lee Westwood of England wait on the third tee during the third round of the for the sprinters. We, are done.” Poulter (ENG) 72-71-75 ways and super-fast greens that British Open at Muirfield in Scotland, yesterday. Slovakian Peter Sagan is set are the mark of the famed East 219 Danny Willett (ENG) 75-72-72, Thomas to retain the green jersey after Lothian links. Bjorn (DEN) 73-74-72, Charl Schwartzel opening an unassailable lead in Some succeeded and will con- charge, sinking a monster putt for Westwood chipped and single- par was a quartet of Swede (RSA) 75-68-76, Shingo Katayama the points classification over test for golf’s supreme title today, eagle from the edge of the fifth putted for a birdie and a two- Henrik Stenson (74), Angel (JPN) 73-77-69, Keegan Bradley (USA) Mark Cavendish, who will look others failed and will make up the green and adding a birdie at the stroke swing. Cabrera of Argentina (73), and 75-74-70, Matt Kuchar (USA) 74-73-72, to claim his fifth straight win on numbers in the final round. seventh to lead by three. If the record books are any- Americans Zach Johnson (73) and Jordan Spieth (USA) 69-74-76, Graeme the Champs-Elysées today. At the start of the day Jimenez But he bogeyed the next two thing to go by that could be a fatal Ryan Moore (72). McDowell (NIR) 75-71-73, Darren Clarke Quintana is also about to of Spain was leading by one with holes, and he and Woods made blow to Woods who has never won Still well in contention were (NIR) 72-71-76 secure the white jersey for the a quartet of Woods, Westwood, the turn tied at two under. a major when trailing going into four-time major winner Phil 220 Bud Cauley (USA) 74-75-71, Ken Duke best Under-25 rider as well as Henrik Stenson and Dustin Westwood nudged ahead again the final round. Mickelson, who had a 72 to stand (USA) 70-77-73, Harris English (USA) the polka-dot jersey for the best Johnson breathing hotly down thanks to a majestic mid-iron For Westwood it will be the at two over, level with Francesco 74-71-75, Tom Lehman (USA) 68-77- climber. his neck. approach shot to six feet at the chance to finally win a major tro- Molinari (72), with Sergio Garcia 75, Bubba Watson (USA) 70-73-77, “I can’t ask for more. I almost In the space of two holes Woods 14th, but a wayward four-iron at phy at the 62nd time of asking and (68), Brandt Snedeker (69) and Todd Hamilton (USA) 69-81-70, Grégory have everything, it’s fantastic. was ahead thanks to a 18-foot the par-three 16th saw the duo he would be the first Englishman Jason Day (72) among those Bourdy (FRA) 76-70-74, Webb Simpson Thank you to my team mates birdie putt followed by a missed back level again. to win The Open since Nick Faldo perched on three over. (USA) 73-70-77, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) and my sports directors, who four-footer from Jimenez minutes The final twist came at the par- did so at the same gold course 21 Defending champion Ernie Els 71-74-75, Paul Lawrie (SCO) 81-69-70, have helped me achieve this,” the later. five 17th where Woods bunkered years ago. of South Africa had a 70 to get to Carl Pettersson (SWE) 74-76-70, Steven 23-year-old, Colombia’s first stage Westwood then went on a his second and took a bogey while Finishing the day at one over five over. AFP Tiley (ENG) 72-75-73 winner said. AFP

Serena reaches Bastad final Qualifier Delbonis stuns Federer in semis

BASTAD, Sweden: World HAMBURG: Roger Federer number one Serena Williams was stunned by Argentine racked up her 50th win of qualifier Federico Delbonis, Argentina’s the year yesterday when she the world number 114, in the Federico Delbonis cruised past Klara Zakopalova Hamburg claycourt semi-finals celebrates his of the Czech Republic to reach yesterday as the 17-time Grand the Swedish Open final. Slam title winner suffered victory during Williams showed little mercy another worrying loss. the semi-final as she swept to a 6-4, 6-0 vic- The former world number one match against tory to set up a clash with home went down 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/4) to Switzerland’s player Johanna Larsson in the the 22-year-old Delbonis with Roger Federer at final today. the defeat coming just a month the Hamburg Open Larsson, ranked 76th in the after Federer was knocked out at Am Rothenbaum world, had earlier dismissed of Wimbledon by Ukraine’s world in Hamburg, Italy’s Flavia Panetta, but the number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky in Germany, world number 103 pushed her the second round. yesterday. RIGHT: all the way before the Swede tri- Delbonis will play Fabio Fognini Federer reacts umphed 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. in today’s final after the Italian during the match. The 24-year-old Swedish player 12th seed reached his second suc- will be appearing in the third cessive final by beating Spain’s WTA final of her career, having Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (7/1). already lost in Bastad in 2011 and “I think he was a bit better in Portoroz the previous year. than me today,” said Federer. Slam quarter-final appearances. to win the title tomorrow. It’s dis- left-handed Delbonis, saving three French Open winner Williams, “It’s clearly a pity I couldn’t win Federer had twice been pushed appointing, but defeats like that break points in his opening serv- ATP Hamburg meanwhile, will be contesting her either of the sets because I was to three sets on his way to the happen sometimes. ice game and another in the sixth. 69th final at the age of 31. starting to feel better towards the semi-finals of the Hamburg clay- “Unfortunately, I couldn’t make The Swiss had one chance to Open “I was hardly making mistakes end of the match. But unfortu- court event. it to the final, but nevertheless, I break Delbonis in the seventh Semi-finals: Fabio Fognini (ITA x12) bt in the first set. I have to figure out nately I couldn’t push him further “I don’t think it had much to did have four good matches and game as the Argentine’s compo- Nicolas Almagro (ESP x3) 6-4, 7-6 (7/1); a way to continue that tennis for and create more chances.” do with the racket today,” said these are the kind of matches I sure slipped slightly and he let in Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Roger Federer more than one set, and I’m defi- Yesterday’s defeat will put the Federer. need.” costly unforced errors. (SUI x1) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/4). nitely going to go back and watch 31-year-old Federer under more “I tried everything I could at The Swiss squandered an early Federer was denied as Delbonis the film,” Williams said. pressure to justify that he can still this tournament. It’s been a dif- break lead against Delbonis and closed down the net, though, and The Olympic champion added: be a major force in the sport. ficult week throughout. But I’m saved two set points in the 12th again came out on the wrong WTA Sweden “In the second set she started He came into Hamburg, where happy I fought through many game to force a tie-break. side in the tie-break. Successive playing a lot better. She was being he had triumphed four times, matches. It gives me the matches He was unable to convert his groundstroke errors from Federer Results more aggressive, and I started ranked at five in the world his I was looking for. only set point at 6-5 and Delbonis at 4-4 gave Delbonis two match Women’s singles Semi-finals: Serena making some errors on a few key lowest position since 2003 after “I was clearly hoping, after took his fourth opportunity with points and he converted his first Williams (USA x1) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE points. I think that was a turning his Wimbledon humiliation winning a tough one yesterday, to a smash. as Federer netted a forehand. x3) 6-0, 6-4; Johanna Larsson (SWE x8) bt point. I’m happy I could close it last month brought to an end somehow get through today and Federer was put under pres- “I feel like I’m dreaming,” said Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. out though.” AFP a run of 36 consecutive Grand then give myself an opportunity sure early in the second set by the Delbonis. AFP