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ON SATURDAY MARKET CONCERNS UAE ‘offered to fund Israel’s Gaza offensive’

DOHA: The UAE knew in advance of Israel’s plans for an offensive in Gaza and even offered to fund the operation provided the militant Palestinian outfit Hamas was eliminated in the process, Israel’s Channel 2 claimed in a recent report, according to local Arabic daily Al Sharq. The daily says in a report published today that Israel’s leading national TV sta- tion (Channel 2 in Hebrew) disclosed details of secret parleys between the UAE’s foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and his Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, in Paris at the end of last month. Continued on page 4 Gaza deaths from Israel assault soar to 296

GAZA CITY: Fifty-five Gazans were killed yesterday as Israel pressed a major ground offensive in the coastal enclave, raising the overall Palestinian death toll since July 8 to 296, medics said. An Israeli soldier was also killed as troops began an offensive on the Gaza periphery aimed at destroying Hamas’s network of cross-border tunnels, the army said. Israeli television said he died by “friendly fire”. See also page 8 Obama slams Russia over downing of jet

HRABOVE: US President Barack Obama demanded Russia stop supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine after the downing of a Malaysian airline by a surface-to-air missile he said was fired from rebel territory raised the prospect of more sanctions on Moscow. At least one American was among the almost 300 killed, he said, a revelation that raises the stakes in a pivotal incident in deteriorating rela- tions between Russia and the West. See also page 9 Villas for prisoners to meet their families

DOHA: Prisoners in Qatar will soon be able to spend time with their families. According to THE ISSUE Arabic daily Al Raya, the Supply and Logistics Department at the Ministry of Interior is pre- paring two villas where prisoners will be able to stay with their family for a day. Over the past few years, Qatar’s or inaction detrimental to the interests of supervisory body must publish the details The department is now furnishing the villas. capital market has seen steady shareholders. of its investigations into erring companies The initiative is a part of measures to reform Inquires with a cross section of market and their executives. The QFMA reports and rehabilitate prisoners. It will make their growth in terms of turnover, players in Qatar has proved that investors in the public domain do not explain the social integration easier when they complete trading volumes, market want more information about the invest- nature of trading violations, which is their prison term and also help strengthen bonds capitalisation and market ments of their funds. They complain that essential for investors and shareholders, between the prisoners and their families. listed companies often shy away from dis- he argues. The aim is to give prisoners some private time intermediaries. closing details of major deals with other Market experts want QFMA to tighten with their families. The prisoners will be able to entities, which is a clear case of violation its rules and put the details of erring com- meet their families after proving that they are

of market regulations. panies and individuals in the public domain, Pic: Abdul Basit, Design: Abraham Augusthy legally married and passing a health check-up. he number of investors partici- “These companies often prefer to limit explaining the nature of their offences and THE PENINSULA & AGENCIES pating in the market has also their disclosures to a two-line media state- details about the punishment given. increased. Registered investors ment. The media, which is supposed to be Analysts say the market has been wit- Tin Qatar Exchange increased to a major source of information to the inves- nessing unprecedented volatility after the 968,000 in 2013 against 914,000 in 2012, tors, is either not bothered about looking MSCI upgrade story hit it. reflecting an increase in the trading into the details of the deals or they do not Another section of market experts volume. want to offend these companies which are argues that Qatar’s market potential is This is largely attributable to the coun- their major source of advertisement rev- yet to be tapped efficiently. At least one- try’s economic growth. Unfortunately, enues”, says local market analyst Bashir third of the listed companies’ shares do not grievances on the part of investors on a Yousef Kahlout. trade on many days. Few companies hold Ramadan Timing wide range of issues have also been on the Abdullah Al Taher, a Qatari lawyer and regular meetings with analysts or even say PAGErise. Grievances 6 against listed companies market expert, feels that Qatar Financial in advance when their earnings results will Todays Iftar: include misleading, inaccurate and insuffi- Markets Authority (QFMA) needs to get be released. 06:28pm cient disclosure of information and actions tough with violators. He says the market See also page 2 Tomorrow’s Imsak: 03:18am

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BY SATISH KANADY companies that are a major source of advertis- will be released, said another market expert. there is a whole lot of confusion, he added. ing revenue,” he added. Abdallah Al Taher, a Qatari lawyer and finan- The QFMA claims it is serious about market DOHA: Qatar’s capital market stakeholders Kahlout said investors were in the dark about cial expert, said there are laws and regulations monitoring and its guidelines are in line with are increasingly complaining of lack of trans- the details of a series of deals sealed by some of the in place, but they can be internationals standards. parency in corporate disclosures. Given the top listed companies on the local bourse. At least interpreted in many ways. But it needs to walk the talk, said Al Taher. local bourse’s growing volatility, investors and three of them are heavily traded stocks. Without It is not clear which inter- The Authority launched investigations into market experts are pushing for more transpar- knowing the numbers involved in these deals it pretation is adhered to in alleged cases of violations by market players in ency and better corporate financial reporting. is difficult for an investor to decide whether they practice, and consequently Qatar last year. The market supervisory body Investors and fund managers insist this is should sell, buy or hold these stocks. These com- conducted 16 inspections at various organisations, necessary for them to take timely and informed panies include a major lender, a property devel- including some brokerage companies, in 2013. investment decisions. They also argue that better oper and a telecoms sector firm. The QFMA said it had received a number of standards of corporate governance are essential Trading in the shares of a leading conglomerate Institutional investors tend to reports about suspected trade violations last for enhancing value for shareholders. was suspended for several months on the bourse be well-informed on market year. The body recommended appropriate action “For want of adequate market information, we before it resumed a few months ago. Investors against the erring companies to the competent are often unable to determine our clients’ accu- still do not know what trading violation was com- movements and monitor their authority. It submitted 10 reports against vari- rate portfolio positioning at a certain point of mitted by the company and why they were being portfolios on a regular basis. ous companies regarding trading violations. In time. If an advisor is running a client’s portfolio, allowed to resume trading, said another investor. the first quarter of 2013, the body submitted five then accurate and timely information of holdings Shares of at least one-third of the listed Unlike them, retail investors miss reports to the authorities on trading violations. is important, which we often miss in Qatar,” a top companies are not traded on many days. Few the market cues and end up with In 2013, QFMA received eight complaints and financial advisor told The Peninsula. companies hold regular meetings with analysts conducted 25 investigations in suspected cases. During market volatility, it is normal for clients or say in advance when their earnings results big losses. Surprise inspections were conducted at some to seek reassurances that they are not exposed organisations. The authority completed investi- to the hard-hit sectors. gations into all complaints except one, which is “We received calls from panicking investors on pending before the investigation committee. The a day when the Qatar index surged to unprec- regulatory body referred eight cases to the dis- edented levels in May. Honestly, we could not fig- ciplinary action committee, which imposed fines ure out what exactly was going on in the market or issued warnings. that day. We took calls from clients wanting to But investment experts ask why the regula- know their exposure to different stocks, but were tory body is not coming out with the details of unable to explain what exactly had triggered the its investigations and findings. surge,” the advisor said. The QFMA report does not explain the nature It’s not just advisers who want more informa- of trading violations, which is essential for inves- tion. Retail investors, key stakeholders in Qatar’s tors and shareholders of these companies to capital market, are the ones who bear the brunt know. of market volatility. The experts said they did not know if any of “What’s happening now is that those who the firms were involved in serious crimes like are well-informed about the market are mak- insider trading. The authorities must publish the ing money and those who miss the information names of the companies and the nature of the are at a loss. Institutional investors tend to be offences committed by them, they said. well-informed on market movements and monitor During the results season, it is interesting to their portfolios on a regular basis. Unlike them, note that some companies whose net profits have retail investors miss the market cues and end up dropped distribute high dividends and companies with big losses,” said Bashir Yousef Kahlout, a that have delivered better numbers offer rela- local market watcher. tively low dividends to shareholders. There are “Of late, we have seen the prices of some stocks companies with accumulated losses equal to 30 skyrocketing. The shares of some companies have percent of their paid-up capital that distribute risen many times over in less than a year. Another high dividends. These companies never explain set of stocks has suffered a free fall. Market how they manage to offer dividends, and inves- watchers fail to understand the reason behind tors do not know whether to hold or sell their such dramatic shifts for want of sufficient data stocks, Kahlout said. on these companies in the public domain,” he said. Another section of experts said the unprec- “The efficiency of corporate governance is at its edented rise and fall of Arabtec, Dubai’s most lowest ebb in Qatar. Most of the listed companies heavily traded stock, was a warning sign for fail to make a full disclosure of their deals with Qatar. Frenzied trading by local retail investors other entities. They often prefer to limit their and weak corporate disclosures make for a toxic disclosures to two-line media statements. The mix, they said. media, which is supposed to Analysts are of the view that Qatar must be a major source of informa- take a cue from the UAE’s recent decision to tion for investors, is either tighten its market monitoring. Its Securities and not bothered about looking Commodities Authority said last week that it into the details of the deals would set up a technical panel to ensure trans- or does not want to offend parency in share trading and prevent any manip- ulation of stock prices. The expert committee would also monitor the statements of corporate CEOs and securities analysts to make sure they There are laws and regulations are truthful. The committee will also review in place, but can be interpreted sharp market movements and make suitable recommendations. in many ways. It is not clear “We are not asking the companies to make which interpretation is adhered excessive disclosures in the public domain, which might impair their competitiveness. But provid- to in practice, and consequently ing essential information on the company is key there is a whole lot of confusion. for its shareholders. Only with transparency will it be possible for them to deter market manipula- tion and foster efficiency in decisions on alloca- tion of resources,” said a fund manager. THE PENINSULA Illustration: Aby Abraham Home JULY 19, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Ramadan demand makes part-time maids expensive Qatari families pay at least QR300 for a couple of hours every day

DOHA: Soaring demand for permanent maid or maids. manage to get part-time maids away for some reason, rely on part-time maids by Qatari Normally, one must call a independently but there is the part-time maids supplied mostly families this Ramadan has manpower agency at least a risk of the maid being a runa- by manpower agencies as a stop- sent their rates spiralling to week in advance to supply a way worker. gap arrangement. new highs. maid for part-time work. Another Qatari, Abdullah However, in Ramadan a fam- A family needing a trained The rate per hour for part- Salem Al Haamli, said maids ily has a lot of work so it needs maid on an urgent basis for a time maid varies from QR30 to hired part-time on exorbitant part-time help from free-lanc- couple of hours on a Ramadan QR50, but if a family needs a rates are trained and experi- ing maids, she said. day must cough up at least maid for two hours on an urgent enced and know etiquettes. Rates for part-time maids are QR300, local Arabic daily Al basis and there is no advance “They know how to treat and high in the holy month and this Raya reported yesterday. booking, the rate can go up to behave with guests. Such maids entices many regular maids to www.swiss-belhotel.com This is one of the factors QR300. are in high demand during the escape their sponsors and work Tel responsible for making house- A Qatari, Mohamed Hassan fasting month,” said Al Haamli. part-time and make a quick maids run away from their Abu Shar, told the daily he is “And some, if needed urgently, buck, she added. Fax sponsors, the daily said quoting paying QR40 per hour to a maid can command a price of up to The owner of a manpower some Qataris. for part-time work. If it is not QR300 for a couple of hours.” agency, Hassan Al Hakeem, told Qatari families do hectic Ramadan, the rate is normally Ali Hussein Al Nema, another the daily that agencies exploit cooking to host dinners for QR25, he said. Qatari, told the daily that since the situation in the fasting Tel neighbours and relatives and a “There is too much work in a there always is the risk of a maid month and charge heavily for Fax lot of cleaning of the house in family in Ramadan because of having run away from her origi- part-time maids. Ramadan. feasts.” nal sponsor, he didn’t believe in “However, for reasons of This forces most families to Part-time maids are sup- hiring maids part-time. safety and security permanent hire part-time maids so they plied by manpower agencies Fatima Mubarak, yet another maids should be hired by fami- could extend a helping hand to on an hourly, daily, weekly and Qatari, said Qatari families, lies,” he said. Tel the lady of the house and her monthly basis. Some families whose permanent maids run THE PENINSULA Fax

Tollfree Cement demand drops Al Kuwari opens Fax

Tel 40pc in Ramadan Georgia photo Fax DOHA: Demand for cement in of clinkers and 5,500 tonnes of the local market has plunged 40 cement. percent during Ramadan which A French company, FCB, has expo at Katara Tel has prompted cement companies been given contract for setting up Fax to start maintenance work. the factory. The factory will help DOHA: The Minister of The photos highlight Mohamed Al Sulaiti, General increase cement production to Culture, Arts and Heritage social life, economic condi- Manager, Qatar National Cement 20,000 tonnes and 17,000 tonnes H E Dr Hamad bin tions, buildings and land- Company, said the company has of clinkers daily. Abdulaziz Al Kuwari yes- marks in Georgia during Tel utilised this as an opportunity to It will also help coordinate terday opened the ‘Georgia 1905-1915. Fax conduct maintenance of equipment in operations, maintenance and and its Neighbours’ Dr Al Kuwari praised in its factory. improvement in support services. photo exhibition at Qatar QPS’s role in presenting www.doha.hilton.com Maintenance work will enable Al Sulaiti told Al Sharq that Photographic Society friendly countries through the company to meet the busy the company is producing 10,000 (QPS) at Katara. exhibitions and said activi- Tel +974 44233333 season starting from mid-August tonnes of cement to meet demand. Georgian Ambassador ties for the summer season when demand will increase. Demand normally peaks by the Ekaterine Meiering- will start immediately after Fax +974 44233000 The company is setting up a new end of the year and production Mikadze, several diplomats Ramadan and continue factory which is expected to start reaches 20,000 tonnes per day. and QPS members were through September. production in 2016. He said cement companies in present. QPS Vice-President, The new factory, which is fifth, Qatar have capacity to meet entire The exhibition, as part Abdurrahman Al Obeidan, is being set up in Umm Bab to help demand. Ramadan activities in coop- said preparations for the the company meet demand of the He said despite rise in diesel eration with the Georgian exhibition took about six construction sector. prices, the company has managed embassy, features 66 photos months, and Prokudin- Al Sulaiti said the capacity of to maintain cement prices. taken by Sergey Prokudin- Gorsky was selected by the the factory will be 5,000 tonnes THE PENINSULA Gorsky, a photographer who embassy and Library of lived in the 20th century. Congress. QNA Tel Fax

Tel 21-country drive to promote Indo-Pak peace Fax

DOHA: Travelling over 20,000 miles on the road in 17 coun- tries is no easy task, but Star Tel Malik has done that on his Fax mission to promote peace and friendship between Pakistan and India. “I started my journey in London on December 12, 2012 Tel at 12:12:12 and the aim is to Fax promote peace and friendship between Pakistan and India,” Malik told a press conference at Swiss-Belhotel Doha yesterday. Tel The first leg of journey started in London and covered Fax 13 countries — the UK, Belgium, Poland, Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Luxembourg, Tel Italy and Spain. Fax For 54 days, Malik travelled, interacting with Indian and Pakistani people. “Every country I go, I meet Indian and Pakistani communi- ties and record their views on Star Malik in his car in Doha. ABDUL BASIT Indians and Pakistanis living side by side,” he said. Qatar is the 17th in his In 2007, Malik’s life changed families found out, the marriage Pakistan and India. Tel 21-country journey covering dramatically when he was diag- ended in divorce. “At the end of my journey, Fax more than 65 cities. He is in nosed with a rare degenerative “Her story moved me. It made I’m going to auction the car and Doha until Monday as part of eye disorder called kerataconus. me realise how many lives are donate the money to charity,” the second leg of his Middle It was during those eight being affected by the chronic he said. East trip in the six GCC states. months of his recovery, when tension between both neigh- The Honda CRV Peace Tel On his impression of Qatar, he planned his peace road trip. bours even after 65 years, and Mission car bears miniature Fax he said, “It’s a very nice experi- “Initially, I couldn’t see any- some are irrevocably destroyed. flags of the 21 countries Malik ence. It’s my first time in Qatar thing. I withdrew from social That’s when I decided to do intends to traverse. and it’s a beautiful country. The and family life, turned off my something in my own way.” The final destination is India, www.renaissancedoha.com Indian and Pakistani communi- phone, and imprisoned myself Malik, who has a chauffeur where he plans to hand over ties have been very supportive in a room.” company in London, finances his one folder containing peace Tel +974 44195000 of my journey and they wish me One day while listening to a journey so he has to stop after messages from Indians and Fax +974 44195100 luck. radio programme, he heard of each leg to work. Pakistanis he is meeting to a “Whenever I travel, I focus an Indian woman speaking on After his Middle East stint, celebrity with a request to pro- on three things — talking to India-Pakistan relations. he will return to the UK and do mote peace in the region. Pakistani and Indian people, “She said her parents had met a documentary on the Middle A similar set of messages will meeting diplomatic missions in London and married secretly East and work for three months be handed over to a Pakistani and visiting landmarks,” he because one was Pakistani and before he embarks on the final celebrity with a similar request. explained. the other Indian. But when their leg of his trip which will cover THE PENINSULA JULY 19, 2014 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home / Middle East

Emir holds talks QC honours top students in Somalia with Marzouki, Al Bashir DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Qatar Charity picks sponsored orphans who excelled in 2013-14 academic year Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made a phone call to Tunisian DOHA: Qatar Charity’s (QC) and motivate others not lucky to President Moncef Marzouki Somalia office held a honouring win awards this year to achieve and offered condolences fol- ceremony for 145 outstanding excellence and win awards the fol- lowing the killing of soldiers in students from among its spon- lowing year. the terrorist attack in Mount sored orphans. “The number of outstanding Chaambi. The Emir also wished The ceremony was held in orphans this year is double than the injured a speedy recovery. the capital Mogadishu, under last year, and will increase in the The Emir also made a phone the patronage of Somalia’s years to come,” Omar said. call to Sudanese President Ambassador to Qatar, Omar Idris paid tribute to QC for Omar Hassan Al Bashir and Sheikh Idris, and was attended by supporting the Somali people discussed regional and interna- officials from QC partner institu- in general and particularly for tional issues, including Gaza. tions, delegates from Somali civil orphans who lost their parents society organisations and parents. due to civil wars. FM reviews Gaza The students were chosen after Idris said QC is a role model their exams during the school and urged other charities to ben- with counterparts year 2013-2014. efit from its experience. Prizes were distributed by the QC strives to make Somalia DOHA: The Foreign Minister ambassador and the Director of an educated and sophisticated H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed the QC Office. QC’s Nashid Band society free from ignorance, illit- Al Attiyah yesterday received performed. eracy and extremism. It currently a phone call from US Student Raida Ali Mahmoud sponsors 370 university students, Secretary of State John Kerry gave a speech in Arabic, thank- 89 teachers and Holy Quran and discussed developments in ing QC for its efforts and urging mahfez, 25 university professors Gaza and means of reaching a other orphans to be diligent in Some of the students at the ceremony. and scholars and 129 imams and cease-fire agreement between studies and to maintain a good preachers. It also sponsors around the Palestinians and Israelis. moral character. avoid orphanhood by sponsoring the ceremony, and for recog- said the office holds the ceremony 8,000 orphans or around 15 per- Dr Al Attiyah also spoke to The mother of student Saida them, and providing financial nising academic achievements every year to honour sponsored cent of about 50,000 sponsored his French counterpart Laurent Mohamed Farih delivered the support that has allowed them and encouraging ingenuity and orphans who excel academically. orphans, making the charity the Fabius and Norwegian counter- parents’ speech and said QC has to continue studies. excellence. “Through this ceremony the leading humanitarian organisa- part Borge Brende and discussed provided her children with com- She also praised the follow-up Mohammed Hussein Omar, office aims to encourage talented tion in sponsoring orphans. Gaza. QNA prehensive care, helping them care provided by QC, including Manager, QC’s Somalia office, orphans to continue hard work THE PENINSULA

Qatar-Nepal ties reviewed ibq hosts Iftar for Hamad General Hospital kids

DOHA: Staff of International Bank of Qatar (ibq) got together with children at the Outpatient Department at Hamad General Hospital and their families for Iftar to reflect the spirit of Ramadan. The event at Four Seasons Doha Hotel was part of the bank’s annual ‘Do Good Deeds’ campaign. The Iftar was followed by entertaining activities, including face painting and performances by children’s favourite mascots who played interactive games Qatar’s Attorney-General Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri met his Nepalese with them and distributed gifts. counterpart Baburam Kunwar in Kathmandu and discussed the estab- Jabra Ghandour, Managing lishment of direct contact between attorney-generals’ offices in both Director, ibq, said: “We are countries to tackle issues of common interest. They also agreed on pleased to have the opportunity holding training courses in Doha for Nepalese prosecutors. Dr Al Marri to share Ramadan values and the Officials at the event. also met the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Hari spirit of giving with such a special segment of our society – children. to something very special and not from their daily routine, and we to enjoy the evening.” Prasad Neupane and agreed on establishing direct communication “We wanted to treat children only an Iftar; something different can see that they were very happy THE PENINSULA between their offices. UAE ‘was aware of Israeli offensive’ Continued from page 1 his country’s keenness to fund Both leaders met on the sly in Israeli’s Gaza offensive provided Hariri urges lawmakers to elect president Paris on the sidelines of a meeting the Hamas movement was anni- of a meeting of foreign ministers hilated since it had close links to BEIRUT: Former prime min- Hariri’s Sunni-led March 14 alli- a president was the first step been in self-imposed exile between from the GCC states and Jordan the Muslim Brotherhood. ister Saad Al Hariri yesterday ance and Hezbollah’s March 8 to resolving the political dead- France and Saudi Arabia. He has with US Secretary of State John According to Al Sharq, Channel called on lawmakers to elect coalition. lock and would open the way to feared attack since his govern- Kerry. 2 reported that just a few days a president after nearly two Lebanon’s sectarian ten- Lebanon holding parliamentary ment was toppled in 2011 by the Israel’s foreign minister was ago there was a meeting between months of a power vacuum in sions have been worsened by elections on time. March 8 coalition. also in the city. Sheikh Abdullah and an Israeli Lebanon. the three-year-old war in Syria, “We want parliamentary elec- Elections have been delayed The meeting was to discuss minister in Abu Dhabi. He also demanded that Shia which pits overwhelmingly Sunni tions on schedule, and we do not once — they were supposed to be the situation in the Middle East, Sheikh Abdullah’s Security movement Hezbollah pull out of rebels against President Bashar want an extension for parlia- held in June last year but post- including the Palestinian issue. Adviser, Mohamed Dahlan, the war in neighbouring Syria. Al Assad, a member of the Shia- ment. But the entrance to the poned until November. Under Al Sharq said the UAE was was also present. Dahlan, a Lebanon has not had a presi- derived Alawite minority, and parliamentary elections is elect- Lebanon’s political system, the aware of Israeli’s planned mili- Palestinian, is a former Fatah dent since May because politi- allied Shia groups, including ing a president — today before president must be a Maronite tary action in Gaza beforehand member expelled from the party cians have been unable to agree Hezbollah. tomorrow.” Christian, the prime minister a and Al Nahyan, at his meet- and Gaza and now lives in the on a candidate that would satisfy Al Hariri told his supporters by Al Hariri, seen as one of the few Sunni and the speaker of parlia- ing with Lieberman, expressed UAE. THE PENINSULA the two main political blocs — Al televised broadcast that electing leaders of Lebanon’s Sunnis, has ment a Shia. REUTERS

People donate money on a Palestinian flag, during a protest against Israel’s military operation in Gaza Strip, in Khartoum yesterday. Sudan protesters call for ‘jihad’ in Gaza KHARTOUM: About 200 people in Islamist-run protesters called, according to witnesses. Sudan yesterday called for “jihad” at a demon- Israel began an offensive against Hamas-ruled stration against an Israeli assault on Hamas in Gaza on July 8 to stamp out cross-border rocket fire. the Gaza Strip. More than 260 Palestinians have been killed. The peaceful demonstration took place outside Israeli ground operations began on Thursday night the Grand Mosque in central Khartoum following to smash Hamas’ network of cross-border tunnels. Friday prayers. Israeli officials have long accused Sudan of serving “Jihad! Jihad against America! Jihad in Gaza!” the as a base of support for Islamist Hamas. AFP JULY 19, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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F ISRAEL thinks there is no price to pay for its massacre of defenseless Gazans, it’s badly mistaken. Each Israeli missile falling on Gaza, taking the lives of women Iand children, is also a direct hit on Israel’s reputation in the Western world. In this social media age when truth can’t Missiles aplenty, it’s a miracle be hidden and every action is analysed, Israeli arguments justifying the assault on Palestinians are weak. The Jewish state has been banking on its standard explanation in times more planes are not shot down like this: that it’s doing so to defend itself. The soaring Palestinian death toll and the killing of children and women, and the near lack of casualty on the Israeli side, have punched BY JAMES KITFIELD was able to land the damaged plane. In missing the aircraft with SA-7 mis- deep holes in this argument. Even if there is a truce and the two earlier attacks in the recent months, siles. That attack and the proliferation current operation ends, the images of crying children and N AN unstable world, sophisti- rebels downed two military helicopters of the weapons prompted the Israelis women would continue to haunt world consciousness, thus cated weapons once only wielded with missiles, killing 23 soldiers includ- to develop the “SkyShield” defense sys- strengthening anti-Israeli sentiment and anti-Israel boycott by nation-states are increasingly ing a Ukrainian general. tem for commercial airliners. It protects movements. Ifalling into the hands of extrem- Stinger man-portable missiles may aircraft against shoulder-launched mis- ists, rebels and other non-state actors. also threaten the U.S. Army crews of siles, especially during takeoffs and land- Along with the unprecedented Israeli atrocities, Just this week, Hamas has fired long- Apache helicopter gunships recently ings, when the aircraft are vulnerable to the current attack exposes two more things: first, the range missiles from Gaza into Israel dispatched to Baghdad to secure the short-range missiles. Earlier this year, unprecedented disunity among Arabs which has contributed cities, well-armed Islamic extremists airport and defend the U.S. embassy. Israeli officials said SkyShield was finally to the operation, and secondly, the failure of the West in northern Iraq are pushing back the Intelligence reports say that the Islamic ready to deploy. to denounce the Israeli action in deserving terms. It’s army, and a Malaysia Airlines passenger State organization, also known as ISIS, A report by the Arms Control unfortunate that some Arab countries are seeing Palestinians jet was shot down over Ukraine. In fact, has likely captured U.S.-made Stingers. Association estimates that 47 non- commercial airliners — long targeted by In seizing major cities such as Mosul and state groups worldwide now possess as Hamas and Fatah supporters, instead of seeing them militants — may be the most vulnerable Tikrit, and overrunning four Iraqi army MANPADS, which have already been as victims of Israeli aggression. In that sense, Israel has marks out there. As these arms prolif- divisions, Islamic State fighters have used in 50 attacks against civilian succeeded in dividing Palestinians. Palestinian unity is erate, it’s fortunate that more of them reportedly taken control of two major aircraft that have killed nearly 1,000 one thing which the Benjamin haven’t been shot down. weapons depots, where Stingers were civilians. In 1994, a MANPADS attack Netanyahu government is US intelligence officials have con- likely stored along with other sophisti- downed an aircraft carrying the lead- determined to destroy and Hamas firmed that the cated U.S.-manufactured armaments. ers of Rwanda and Burundi, sparking a The Israeli Malaysian flight American officials know how much genocide that killed more than 800,000 is his key target. Unfortunately, was bought down havoc their missiles can wreak in the Rwandans. A 2005 report by the RAND missiles falling sections of Arabs too find Hamas in an area of wrong hands. After the fall of Moammar Corporation estimated that the direct on Gaza are as an enemy. In an unstable Eastern Ukraine Gadhafi in Libya in 2011, his arsenals costs of a single successful missile attack Fifty-five Gazans were killed controlled by were looted of as many as 15,000 port- on a commercial airliner could approach also taking yesterday as Israel pressed a world, pro-Russian sep- able surface-to-air missiles, most of $1 billion, and ultimately climb higher aratists, quite them Russian-made SA-7s. U.S. offi- to as much as $16 billion if it depressed major ground offensive, raising a toll on the sophisticated possibly by a cials found the prospect so alarming demand among the flying public for an the overall Palestinian death toll weapons once long-range, BUK that they mounted a $40 million “buy extended period. Jewish country’s since July 8 to 296. The latest surface-to-air back” program for the missing Libyan “The proliferation of MANPADS has reputation in the Palestinian deaths included three only wielded by missile battery. MANPADS, much as the CIA had pur- been a major concern for a long time, but West. members of a family killed in an nation-states These self-pro- chased back Stingers given to the Afghan as the custody of large stockpiles of these Israeli strike in southern Gaza’s pelled air defense mujahedeen in their fight against the weapons comes into question the threat are increasingly platforms boast Soviets during the 1980s. The Stingers to civil aviation definitely increases,” Rafah, as well as a 21-year- their own radars ultimately destroyed more than 250 said Daryl Kimball, executive director old man also killed in Rafah, falling into and have an Soviet military aircraft in Afghanistan of the Arms Control Association. “The emergency services spokesman operational range and turned the tide of the war, but as Malaysian airliner suggests that along Ashraf Al Qudra. Witnesses said the 21-year-old was killed in the hands of of roughly 72,000 recently as 2005, the CIA was still try- with the MANPADS threat we now the same air strike, but Qudra did not immediately confirm extremists, rebels feet. Journalists ing to buy back Stingers missing from have seen a much more sophisticated that. An Israeli soldier was also killed as troops began an recently reported the conflict. surface-to-air missile used to attack a and other non- seeing a BUK bat- Despite the US buy-back pro- civilian airliner, and that system is in offensive on the Gaza periphery aimed at destroying Hamas’s tery in the rebel- gramme, Gadhafi’s SA-7 MANPADS the arsenal of both Russia and Ukraine,” network of cross-border tunnels. state actors. controlled region were later discovered by both Algerian he added. The one that hit the cruising- The international community needs to work seriously to of the crash. and Egyptian authorities. In January, altitude Malaysia flight was a military end the conflict. There are reports that Hamas is setting Because the Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula grade weapon, but shoulder-mounted terms for a ceasefire. As diplomatic efforts to end the conflict Malaysian airliner was flying at roughly shot down an Egyptian military helicop- versions now controlled by militants 33,000 feet and in excess of 600 miles- ter with one of the missiles, killing five around the world mean that any low- continued in Cairo and at the UN, Hamas wants prisoners an-hour, the Boeing 777 was well out soldiers. Hamas also claims that it also flying jet in the wrong airspace could released and the easing of the blockade on Gaza by both Israel of the range of the shoulder-fired, possesses MANPADS. add to the death toll. and Egypt. man-portable air defense systems that The threat that these missiles pose to Kitfield is a senior fellow at the The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is leaving today the Ukrainian rebels also wield. But civil aviation is not hypothetical. In 2002, Center for the Study of the Presidency for the Middle East to help mediate the conflict. The focus Ukrainian officials have confirmed that al-Qaida-linked terrorists in Mombasa, and Congress, and a contributing editor should be on achieving a ceasefire as early as possible. All one of their military jets was hit by a Kenya, targeted an Israeli charter flight at National Journal and Atlantic Media’s rebel-fired MANPAD, though the pilot with 261 people onboard, narrowly Defense One. WP-BLOOMBERG sides need to make concessions to prevent more bloodshed. The other side Quote of Grim polio figures the day

T IS indeed a damning milestone. for the country. In comparison, in And while the military operation in woefully inadequate. For example, As reported on Thursday, the Afghanistan, which is much less North Waziristan has caused a tragic there seems to be no organised effort country has detected its 94th developed than Pakistan where exodus of IDPs, it has also thrown to vaccinate passengers or check The downing of a Ipolio case this year, surpassing state infrastructure is concerned, up an opportunity to immunise the for certificates at airports, despite Malaysian jetliner last year’s total cases reported. If only seven cases have been reported children who were out of reach WHO’s call for immunisation of all this trend continues and with a little this year. What is troubling is that thanks to the vaccination ‘ban’ travellers to and from Pakistan issued certainly will be a over five months to go before the most of these have been traced imposed by militants in parts of Fata. last month. The world’s concerns year ends, we could be heading to Pakistan. The vast majority of The state must target IDP camps as must not be taken lightly. If strains of wake-up call for for an alarmingly high number of cases in this country — 70 so far well as the cities and towns where polio originating in Pakistan are dis- total polio cases for 2014. And with — have been reported from Fata, displaced families are settling in order covered elsewhere, travel restrictions Europe and the international pressure building on though a surprisingly high number to vaccinate children with multiple will only get tougher. At the same world that there are Pakistan thanks to our reputation (seven cases) have been reported doses. time, we must not ignore the core as a polio ‘exporter’, such a high from Karachi. This gives the state a However, as the number of cases problem: ensuring every vulnerable consequences to an number of cases could translate fair idea about the key geographic reported so far proves, the official child is immunised. escalating conflict in into even greater global isolation areas vaccinators must focus on. response to the polio crisis has been DAWN Barack Obama eastern Ukraine. US President JULY 19, 2014 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Why China’s Xi envies Russia’s Putin the desire for closer relations with the Moscow stands European Union or Nato (as he has done so effectively in Ukraine). Putin also has far more leeway to to pay a relatively indulge in foreign policy brinkman- ship. Fourteen years ago, he took over a Russia reeling and weak after the low cost for political and economic turmoil of the 1990s. Consolidating power was a mat- indulging in ter of taming a few powerful and deeply unpopular business tycoons. His seizure of Crimea has merely served to cement behaviour that irks his sky-high popularity ratings among a Russian public exultant over Crimea’s the Americans, ‘return.’ The political payoff from Putin’s land grab has been enormous. Having long since dispatched his potential rivals, while the stakes he looks out on a political landscape that is completely under his control. Xi faces a dramatically different for Beijing are dynamic. His government’s popularity among his own people draws less upon a far higher. sense of nationalistic grievance than on the material achievements of the past 35 years of economic reform. Seeking BY ISAAC STONE FISH & confrontation could put that at risk. In CHRISTIAN CARYL office for just under two years, Xi is still spending enormous amounts of time and t’s been a season of love for Russia effort consolidating his position. and China. A two-day May sum- Especially conspicuous has been his mit in Shanghai culminated in a massive corruption crackdown: he has $400bn gas deal; in an interview reportedly instituted an unprecedented with Chinese state media before A file photo of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (left) meeting China’s President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation investigation into former security czar Ithe visit, Russian President Vladimir Organisation summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in June 2012. Zhou Yongkang, and is probably car- Putin said that Russia-China cooperation rying out the biggest purge in China’s had reached its highest level in history. with which it has territorial disputes. neighbourhood is worried as well. Pew, Washington and Beijing is addition- military, the People’s Liberation Army, in And at a meeting this week on the side- But while both clearly have imperial in a survey of global opinions released ally complicated by the intricate finan- decades. These are analogous of Putin’s lines of the BRICs Summit in Brazil, he ambitions, Putin has the freer hand to act. on July 14, found that “in all 11 Asian cial ties and the enormous volume of efforts to tame his oligarch opponents in and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Xi is bound by the reality of his neigh- nations polled, roughly half or more say trade between the two countries. Sino- the early years of this century — putting to deepen the relationship even further. bourhood. China has the bad luck to be they are concerned that territorial dis- American trade last year totalled $562bn; Xi a decade behind the career of his lead- After decades of hostility during the Cold hemmed in by US allies along its eastern putes between China and its neighbours trade between Russia and the United ing frenemy. War, Beijing and Moscow have realised seaboard, from Japan and South Korea to will lead to a military conflict.” States, by contrast, was a paltry $37bn. To be sure, things aren’t necessar- that many of their interests align more the north, to Taiwan and the Philippines in Putin does not face the same con- Moscow accordingly stands to pay a rela- ily rosy for Putin. Economic growth is closely than with those of the United the south. Its southern flank is not much straints, because Nato isn’t what it used tively low cost for indulging in behaviour already slowing dramatically; a decline States. What’s more, there’s kinship in better: India strongly prefers the United to be. The end of the Cold War has left that irks the Americans, while the stakes in prosperity for the average Russian the fact that both countries are locked in States to China, and so does strategically many of its European members apathetic for China are far higher. could wipe out all of that hard-earned territorial disputes with their neighbours. important Myanmar. Vietnam, which sits about defence, and only a few maintain And then there’s the “soft power” con- patriotic euphoria in short order. As for Russia, of course, recently annexed the on China’s southeast border, is also drawing defence budgets at the needed levels. The ferred by language and culture. Of all the Xi, he probably has at least eight more Ukrainian territory of Crimea, continues closer to the US as antagonism towards European Union is heavily dependent on countries surrounding China, Taiwan is years in office — he may yet cast himself to sponsor a rebel movement in eastern China grows. energy imports from Russia, while its the only one with a majority Chinese in the mould of Mao Zedong. Ukraine, and aids separatist enclaves Xi can’t push too hard in Vietnam member nations are deeply divided on population or the shared language of That, however, is unlikely. No mat- in other former Soviet republics such because that could encourage the policy towards Moscow — divisions that Mandarin. Ethnic Chinese communi- ter how many officials he purges, Xi is as Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan. In Association of Southeast Asian Nations Putin happily exploits. In stark contrast ties in the countries surrounding China still bound by the surprisingly stable early May, Beijing dispatched a billion- (Asean), a regional grouping made up to Asean, no EU countries have open ter- are wealthy, but small and marginal- Communist Party system of collective dollar oil rig to waters in the South China mostly of US allies,to close ranks against ritorial disputes with Moscow, so none ised. By contrast, the Russian language leadership, put in place over the past few Sea claimed by both China and Vietnam. him — a process that already seems to feel directly threatened. remains a powerful force in the belt of decades to prevent the excesses of Mao’s Chinese naval vessels reportedly rammed be happening. Of the 10 Asean mem- Intentionally or not, the Obama admin- ex-Soviet countries surrounding Russia, rule from returning. As a result, Xi is still at least one Vietnamese patrol boat while bers, five have territorial disputes with istration has repeatedly signalled that it and Moscow has used this advantage to just “the first among equals” in regard bombarding others with water cannons. China, and relations are strained. In is far more worried about the long-term powerful effect, hammering home its to his six comrades in the Politburo A Chinese foreign ministry official said February, Philippine President Benigno strategic risks posed by a rising China claims with the help of state-controlled Standing Committee, China’s top deci- China had shown “utmost restraint” in Aquino compared China’s territorial than by the activities of Moscow. Earlier TV broadcasts far beyond its borders. sion-making body. In other words, no the confrontation — though China has push to Nazi Germany’s annexation of this year, Obama dismissed Russia as a Putin can use his close cultural ties matter how much he may want to, Xi been turning up the pressure dramati- the Sudetenland — not a comforting “regional power” acting out of weakness to Russian minorities in the former won’t be stripping off his shirt like the cally not only against Vietnam, but also comparison for a country trying to por- — a categorisation that clearly doesn’t countries of the USSR to destabilise any macho Putin anytime soon. several other Southeast Asian countries tray its rise as peaceful. The rest of the fit China. The relationship between leaders in those nations who express WP-BLOOMBERG

As Israel attacks Gaza, Jews elsewhere get hit What’s the role of Ukraine In the long term, Israel has to find a rebels in MH17 crash? lasting peace with the Palestinians BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY here is one important reason Ukrainian authorities are so sure that pro-Russian rebels shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet: and its neighbours. An account on the Russian social network Vkontakte, which relays official dispatches from insurgent military leader Igor BY JOHN LLOYD T attack further inflamed tensions Girkin, aka Strelkov, boasted about the rebels shooting down a plane that were already running high at about the time of the crash. s the death toll in Gaza since before the latest violence The Boeing 777, on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with rises, so does anger in Gaza. In May, four people died 295 people on board, crashed between the village of Grabovo and the against Israel — and when a gunman opened fire in a mining town of Thorez in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Air Asometimes, by exten- Jewish museum in Brussels. Many traffic controllers lost touch with it at 4.20pm local time, pravda.com. sion, Jews — in Europe and of those interviewed said they ua reported. elsewhere. were not surprised, given the rise The Vkontakte account reported at 5.37pm Moscow time (4.37 in We should mark how unique in the level of verbal and some Donetsk) that a large plane identified as an Antonov An-26 transport this is. There’s a very large, and physical violence against Belgian plane, “has just been shot down near Snizhne,” a town close to where often very rich, Russian commu- Jews in the past decade. the Malaysia Airlines plane went down. This appears to be an edited nity in London — and there are no France, home to half a million version of a gloating post that is available only in screenshots now attacks on Russians or their man- Jewish citizens, has seen rising (I have one). In that initial version, the post went on: “We warned Trucks transport Israeli tanks on a road leading to southern Israel. sions, restaurants or churches rates of emigration to Israel, the them not to fly in our skies. And here’s a video of another bird going because of the Russian seizure of United States and the United down. The bird fell behind a coal heap, residential areas were not hit, Crimea and sponsorship of upris- Kingdom. So pronounced has this was much higher). But rising columnist Jeffrey Goldberg dis- peaceful people did not suffer.” The most realistic version of events is ings in eastern Ukraine. become that two senior French violence can and apparently does cusses the “justifications” he that the rebels thought they were aiming a ground-to-air missile at People from Sri Lanka didn’t ministers, Foreign Minister coexist with a general fall in dis- has heard for the killing of a Ukrainian transport plane. The government is using such planes to live in fear when their govern- Laurent Fabius and Interior approval of Jews. In their article, Muhammad Abu Khudeir, a young drop supplies to servicemen surrounded in a rebel-held area not far ment was pounding the Tamil Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, the French ministers mention the Palestinian, allegedly by a group from where Flight MH17 crashed. Tigers into submission, with thou- authored an article contend- strong growth in far right politics of Jews looking for revenge for the Even if new information surfaces absolving the trigger-happy sands of deaths. Chinese visitors ing that violence and incidents since the early 2000s. The far- killing of three Jewish teenagers. Strelkov and his men, there is no denying the fact that the conflict in are undisturbed by reaction to against Jews in France had been right groups are not always anti- He cites a piece by Rabbi David eastern Ukraine is their doing. Strelkov’s top cadre includes military their government’s suppression falling — and that, while recent Semitic, however. Wolpe of Los Angeles, in which re-enactment enthusiasts like himself who have fought in numerous of dissent in Tibet and its jailing incidents were wholly unaccept- Yet since they are pressed into the rabbi asks people to “please local conflicts just because they like it. Both sides have more weapons of dissidents. And quite right, too. able, the fear that prompts the having an attitude toward Israel, don’t say but. The words after than they know how to use. Who knows what Russians, Sri uprooting of families and busi- politically active Jews have to ‘but’ invalidate everything that Ukraine never expected to fight a war at all, especially not with Lankans or Chinese abroad think nesses was unwarranted. navigate the rapids of events with comes before. As — ‘he’s a nice Russian nationalist fighters, apparently backed and armed by Russia. about their governments’ actions? Tensions, they wrote, especially some care. person but he does steal from the It was started by these fighters and by local insurgents unhappy about Jews, by contrast, are held emanating from immigrants and Those who do will often fall company.’ See? ‘But’ is a meaning the Ukrainian nationalist government in Kiev. It is a battle of amateurs responsible by large numbers of new citizens from North Africa, back on a defensiveness: Yes, the duster, sweeping all that comes and semiprofessionals — an emotional, dirty, ad-hoc war and a major non-Jews in Western democratic rose after the financial crisis killings are awful, but the coun- before it.” accident waiting to happen. countries for Israeli actions. of 2008 but were being actively try is surrounded by enemies, and What Wolpe says can be taken The only solution is for professionals to intervene, separate the That’s all Jews, whatever their combatted. Hamas and other groups who as a broader lesson for the entire sides and oversee their disarmament. If the downing of Flight MH17 views on the Israeli response to The French ministers are wish to destroy Israel are now region. There is no “but” to justify proves to be the work of participants in the conflict, the United Nations the rockets fired on Israel from somewhat right. A Pew report able to send missiles to the coun- attacks on either side. will have cause to send in peacekeeping troops. If Russian President Gaza. Sometimes, the reac- based on polling showed that anti- try’s urban centres — what would In the long term, Israel has Vladimir Putin resists that, he will be as guilty as those responsible tion goes much further than Semitism in some countries had any country do? There’s truth to to find a lasting peace with the for the crash. disapproval. fallen, and that those saying that that. The problem, though, is in Palestinians, and its neighbours. The other alternative is for shocked politicians in Russia, Ukraine Over this past weekend, a syn- they didn’t like Jews had fallen in that tricky word “but.” So, too, do those on the other side. and the West to agree that the conflict should end immediately. agogue in Paris was firebombed, some cases to quite low levels — to Because there are plenty of The moral lessons seem clear. Strelkov and his fighters, however, are not quite the Putin puppets and there were a couple of small 7 percent in the United Kingdom “buts” on the other side, too. And Reality, of course, is more diffi- they are often thought to be. They have their own scores to settle demonstrations featuring signs and — the lowest — to 5 percent in many Jews understand that. cult, but there is no other way. with the Kremlin and nothing to lose. I doubt that the fighting can be saying “Death to Jews.” The Germany (disapproval of Muslims In a lucid article in The Atlantic, REUTERS stopped by political means. WP-BLOOMBERG JULY 19, 2014 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Israel cuts 51 killed; Gaza deaths soar to 296 diplomatic Israel steps up ground offensive as family of 8 killed in shelling; UN chief heads to region presence in

GAZA CITY: Fifty-one Gazans Many of the deaths were in were killed yesterday as Israel southern Khan Yunis and Rafah, Turkey pressed a major ground offen- where a five-month-old baby was sive in the coastal enclave, among those killed. ISTANBUL/JERUSALEM: raising the overall Palestinian Figures provided by the Gaza- Israel said yesterday it was death toll since July 8 to 296, based Palestinian Centre for reducing its diplomatic pres- medics said. Human Rights show civilians ence in Turkey after protesters An Israeli soldier was also account for more than 80 per- angered by its ground offensive killed as troops began an offen- cent of the victims of Israel’s into Gaza pelted its consulate sive on the Gaza periphery aimed assault since July 8 to halt rocket in Istanbul with stones and at destroying Hamas’ network of fire by militants of the Islamist draped Palestinian flags on cross-border tunnels, the army movement Hamas which con- the ambassador’s residence in said. Israeli television said he died trols the coastal strip. At least Ankara. by “friendly fire”. 2,200 Palestinians have also been The Israeli Foreign Ministry The latest Palestinian deaths wounded. accused Prime Minister Tayyip included three members of a Since the Israeli operation Erdogan of “incitement”, say- family killed in an Israeli strike began, more than 1,207 rock- ing it was ordering the return of in southern Gaza’s Rafah, as well ets fired from Gaza have struck diplomats’ families and trimming as a 21-year-old man also killed Israel, and another 333 have been staffing to a minimum. in Rafah, emergency services shot down by the country’s Iron Erdogan had accused the spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra. Dome air defence system, army Jewish state on Wednesday of Witnesses said the 21-year-old figures show. On the Israeli side, terrorising the region and lik- was killed in the same air strike, a civilian was killed by rocket fire ened an Israeli MP and mem- but Qudra did not immediately earlier this week, while four oth- ber of the governing coalition to confirm that. ers were seriously injured. Hitler. Yesterday he said there Shortly before, eight members Meanwhile, UN chief Ban would be no improvement in of a single family — two men, two Ki-moon headed to the region to A convoy of Israeli armoured personnel carriers move towards the Israeli-Gaza border yesterday. relations between the two coun- women and four children — were bolster efforts to clinch a truce. tries while he or his administra- killed in tank shelling on their Earlier, US President Barack tion remained in charge. home in northern Gaza’s Beit Obama said he had telephoned “Israel has always been oppres- Hanun. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Abbas asks France to lobby sive, and continues to oppress. Qudra gave the names of the Netanyahu to voice concerns Hence, as Turkey, I cannot children as Hania, Ahlam, Samih about the crisis and Palestinian think of positive developments and Musa — two girls and two President Mahmoud Abbas met with Israel as long as I hold this boys. And four children ranging foreign leaders for talks. Hamas allies for ceasefire duty,” Erdogan told reporters in in age from two to 13 years old In the face of Israel’s land, sea Istanbul. were killed in tank shelling east and air offensive, the Islamist CAIRO: Palestinian President Ankara. Egyptian President Qatar in the process, Palestinian He also criticised the West and of Gaza City, Qudra said. movement Hamas remained defi- Mahmoud Abbas reached out for Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who over- officials said. the Muslim world for what he Among them were brothers ant and warned the Jewish state French help yesterday to lobby threw the Muslim Brotherhood “We demand a complete agree- said was their silence in the face Emad Alwan, seven, and Qasem it would “drown in the swamp of Hamas’s regional allies to influ- from power last year, has sought ment and the end of the siege. The of “inhumane attacks”. Alwan, four. Gaza.” ence it into accepting a truce to isolate Hamas allies and ini- Egyptians respond that Israel “Westerners may say I am In the southern city of Rafah a The UN said that Secretary with Israel, French Foreign tially demanded that the militants can’t accept this,” said a senior stirring up tensions, but I have man was killed by tank shelling, General Ban Ki-moon would fly Minister Laurent Fabius said. unconditionally accept a truce Hamas official. “Abbas asked me the mission of winning the con- and in Khan Yunis, a 23-year-old to the region today in a bid to end Egypt-mediated talks to end to end the 11-day war, as Israel to contact the Turks and Qataris sent of people and God.” died of wounds sustained earlier the violence. the escalating Gaza Strip war already had. with whom we have good rela- Israel stepped up its land in the week. “The secretary general is pre- have faltered, with Hamas insist- The truce stipulated a cease- tions, because they themselves offensive in the Gaza Strip with A tank shelling late yester- pared to do his part. He will ing on a comprehensive cease- fire first, followed by easing can exert a particular influence artillery, tanks and gunboats day killed a young man in Rafah, leave for the region tomorrow fire that would end the Israeli restrictions on border crossings on Hamas,” Fabius said. after Hamas rejected a proposed and an air strike in Khan Yunis to express solidarity with the blockade of the coastal enclave, and negotiations later — some- “There can be influences that truce and kept firing rockets into shortly before killed two brothers Israelis and Palestinians,” Under Palestinian officials said. thing Hamas says it cannot trust I hope can let Hamas accept the Israeli territory. 28-year-old Ghassan Abu Ezb and Secretary-General for politi- Abbas asked France to lobby Israel to commit to. Cairo has ceasefire that it has refused,” Palestinian President 19-year-old Mohammed Abu Ezb. cal affairs Jeffrey Feltman told Hamas allies Qatar and Turkey worked instead to bolster the role Fabius said. Later he told report- Mahmoud Abbas met Turkish A separate Khan Yunis strike emergency talks at the Security to pressure the militants into of Abbas — its ally based in the ers that he called Qatari Foreign President Abdullah Gul in killed another young man earlier Council. He said Ban would help accepting the truce, Fabius told West Bank and rival to Hamas Minister H E Khaled Al Attiyah. Istanbul and said that Palestinian in the day. The deaths raised the Israelis and Palestinians “in coor- reporters after meeting the — in reaching a deal to end the “He said that in his view, authorities were working with toll in Gaza during the 11 days dination with regional and inter- Palestinian leader in Cairo. conflict which has killed at least Hamas hopes for there to be nego- the international community of the conflict to 296, as Israel national actors, end the violence He said he had called his Qatari 292 Palestinians since July 8. tiation points before a ceasefire, and brotherly Muslim countries pressed a ground operation it and find a way forward.” counterpart after Abbas’ request Egypt has also rejected demands especially relating to the block- towards an immediate ceasefire. announced on Thursday night. AFP and added he would also contact by Hamas to involve Turkey and ade,” Fabius said. AFP Early yesterday, Turkish riot police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse protesters outside the Israeli mission in Istanbul, but did not intervene in Ankara, where windows of the ambassador’s residence were Iran nuclear deadline extended to November 24 smashed, local media reported. “Die out murderer Jew” had VIENNA: Iran and six world significant differences on major and how to address the coun- But it remains uncertain as soon as possible. been scrawled on the wall across powers yesterday agreed to a sticking points. “We have reached try’s suspected past atomic bomb whether four more months of After years of rising tension from the consulate in Istanbul. four-month extension of nego- an agreement to extend the research. The negotiations began high-stakes talks will yield a final between Iran and the West and “Israel strongly protests the tiations on a long-term nuclear talks till November 24,” a senior in February in Vienna. agreement, since the underlying fears of a new Middle East war, blatant breach of diplomatic deal that would gradually end Iranian diplomat told Reuters on The talks are taking place differences remain significant last year’s election of a pragma- regulations ... which were grossly sanctions on Tehran in exchange condition of anonymity. Several because of a preliminary agree- after six rounds of meetings this tist, Hassan Rouhani, as Iran’s violated by the Turkish authori- for curbs on its nuclear pro- Western diplomats echoed his ment reached in Geneva in year. Western nations fear Iran’s president led to a thaw in ties that ties and security services during gramme, diplomats close to the remarks. November 2013 that gave Iran lim- nuclear programme may be aimed resulted in November’s diplomatic the demonstrations,” a statement talks said. It has been clear for days that ited sanctions relief in exchange at developing a nuclear weapons breakthrough. from the Israeli Foreign Ministry Iran, the United States, Britain, Iran and the six powers would for halting some nuclear activities capability. Tehran denies this. But Iran’s new government said. France, Germany, Russia and miss the Sunday deadline to reach and created time and space for The powers want Iran to sig- still insists that the country has a Around 3,000 people poured China had set a July 20 deadline an accord due to disagreements the negotiation of a comprehen- nificantly scale back its nuclear right to develop a nuclear energy onto the streets of Istanbul to complete a long-term agree- on a number of key issues in the sive deal to end the decade-long enrichment programme to make programme that includes the pro- after Friday prayers, chanting ment that would resolve the discussions. dispute. sure it cannot yield nuclear duction of atomic fuel. The West anti-Israel slogans and waving decade-old dispute over Tehran’s Among the issues dividing them The negotiations on a long- bombs. Iran wants sanctions that fears that this fuel, if further Palestinian flags, while passing nuclear ambitions. But diplomats are the permissible scope of Iran’s term deal were likely to resume have severely damaged its oil- processed, could also be used to cars honked in support. said they were unable to overcome nuclear fuel production capacity in September, diplomats said. dependent economy to be lifted make bombs. REUTERS REUTERS

Consoling mothers Attack on Saudi to Iraq recalls UN delivers first aid to avenge US drones, envoy to Jordan says Al Qaeda BAGHDAD: Baghdad yesterday besieged Syrian town DUBAI: Al Qaeda in Yemen said it had recalled its ambas- has said that its attack on a sador to Jordan, two days after Saudi border point earlier this Sunni Iraqi leaders meeting in GENEVA: The United Nations said activist Nur Bitar. The UN month was in revenge for pro- Amman described a jihadist-led has delivered life-saving aid Security Council on Monday viding US drones with “land insurgency sweeping parts of to thousands of people in adopted a resolution authoris- and sky” to target militants, Iraq as a “popular revolt”. the besieged Syrian town of ing humanitarian convoys to SITE Intelligence said. “Iraq decides to withdraw its Moadamiyet Al Sham for the Syria without the consent of Al Qaeda in the Arabian ambassador from the Jordanian first time since early 2012, the Damascus regime, to help Peninsula had already claimed capital Amman for consulta- humanitarian agencies said more than one million civilians responsibility for the July 5 opera- tions,” the foreign ministry said yesterday. in rebel-held areas. tion in which six militants, and in a statement on its website, A spokeswoman for the World Unicef spokesman Chris Tidey five officers on the two sides of without giving a reason for the Food Programme said aid work- said the aid group had delivered the border were killed. move. ers with food and hygiene supplies hundreds of food items and 40,000 After initially saying the Iraqi Sunni leaders in exile on managed to enter the embattled bars of soap to the town, where a attack was in revenge for Wednesday downplayed a Sunni town, 10 kilometres (six miles) truce between Syrian rebels and Islamist “female captives” held Islamist uprising led by Islamic south-west of Damascus, on July government troops has been in in Saudi prisons, the jihadist State (IS) militants, portraying the 14. “As of July 17, a total of 2,900 place since December last year. group now says it was also for violence as a fightback against an family food rations were deliv- “Conditions in Moadamiyet are the “disgraceful actions” of Saudi oppressive Shia-led government. ered in support of 14,500 peo- extremely harsh and there have authorities by helping US drone IS fighters spearheaded an ple,” spokeswoman Elisabeth been reported cases of death by strikes, the US-based monitor- offensive that began in the Iraqi Byrs said, adding the mission to starvation,” said Tidey. ing group said. city of Mosul on June 9, and has bring aid to the town had been The activist Nur said that ever In a statement posted online since swept large parts of the extended for three days. since the truce went into effect Thursday, AQAP accused Saudi country’s northern and western But despite the effort an activ- many residents who had fled Arabia of “opening the land and provinces. Around 300 Sunni ist speaking from Syria said the Moadamiyet al-Sham returned sky of the Peninsula of Prophet Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki comforts the crying wives of sol- clerics, tribal leaders, insurgent food aid was not enough. to the town, believing it was safe Mohammed (peace be upon diers, killed by terrorists in Mount Chaambi earlier in the week, during a commanders and businessmen “The amount of aid is so scarce and that life would be possible him) to American drones,” SITE symbolic funeral at the Sejoumi cemetery in the capital Tunis, yesterday. attended the meeting. that it won’t be enough for resi- there again. reported. AFP AFP dents of Moadamiyet al-Sham,” AFP JULY 19, 2014 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY US points to Ukraine rebels for plane crash OSCE team denied full access to crash site; 182 bodies recovered so far; one of plane’s black boxes found GRABOVE, UKRAINE: The United States yesterday built a case that pro-Moscow sepa- ratists downed a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine with a sur- face-to-air missile, killing all 298 people on board — with the possible technical assistance of Russians. The first international moni- tors struggled to gain adequate access at the gruesome crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, which is strewn with bodies and wreckage. Shock and grief at the trag- edy turned to fury and vows that justice would be done, as heart- rending stories began to emerge of the men, women and children aboard the doomed Boeing 777. US President Barack Obama presented the latest conclusions of US intelligence analysts about the “unspeakable” carnage. He cranked up political pres- sure on President Vladimir Putin to take action, and on Europe to do more to punish his actions in Ukraine. A pro-Russia militant holds up a stuffed toy found in the debris at the site of the crash of a Malaysian airliner in “Evidence indicates that the Grabove, in rebel-held east Ukraine, yesterday. RIGHT: Pro-Russia militants stop the convoy of the Organisation plane was shot down by a surface- for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine at the crash site. to-air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by planes, or they claim, shoot down Admiral John Kirby said: “It causes of the crash but to make Russian-backed separatists inside fighter jets without sophisticated strains credulity that (the mis- sure the perimeters of the site of Ukraine,” Obama said. equipment and sophisticated sile) can be used by separatists were secured and to oversee the Obama said he did not yet training, and that is coming from without some measure of Russian handling of the victims’ remains. want to draw definitive conclu- Russia,” Obama said. support and assistance.” Swiss OSCE representative to a conference in Australia, to conflict in eastern Ukraine,” sions about what exactly hap- Samantha Power, the US A group of international Thomas Greminger said 17 moni- Dutch families off on holiday, to Obama said. pened to Flight MH-17, but said ambassador to the UN, said the observers from the Organisation tors had very limited access to the Muslims headed home to celebrate The UN Security Council unani- only a sophisticated missile could complexity of the SA-11 missile for Security and Cooperation in site for 75 minutes, but had with- Eid with family. mously demanded a “full, thorough destroy a passenger jet flying at Washington believes was used in Europe were able to gain partial drawn to the city of Donetsk for Dutch Prime Minister Mark and independent investigation” over 30,000 feet. the attack would likely preclude access to one of the crash sites but security reasons. Rutte promised that those respon- at the start of a meeting on the He said previous attacks by it being solely operated by sepa- were blocked from going further “We call on all those who have sible for shooting down the jet Ukraine crisis that saw fraught separatists on government air- ratist forces. by armed rebels “for their own” influence on the actors on the would not get away with it. exchanges between Western coun- craft in Ukraine suggested the “Thus we cannot rule out tech- safety. ground to make sure that this “Should it emerge that it was an tries and Russia. rebels had benefited from Russian nical assistance from Russian The OSCE team — which was access improves,” Greminger said. attack, I will personally see to it Local rescue workers said that technical expertise. personnel in operating the sys- already on the ground monitoring The world was reeling from the that the perpetrators are brought at least one of the plane’s black “A group of separatists can’t tems,” Power said. the fighting in Ukraine — said they shock loss of hundreds of civilians to justice,” Rutte said. boxes had been found, but the shoot down military transport Pentagon spokesman Rear were not there to investigate the — from AIDS researchers en route Local authorities said 182 bod- whereabouts of the vital data ies had been recovered from the recorder were unknown. crash site but dozens of severely Comments attributed to a pro- mutilated corpses remained scat- Russian rebel chief suggested his Why were not all airlines avoiding Ukraine? tered about. men may have downed the plane Malaysia Airlines said 283 pas- by mistake, believing it to be a SYDNEY: Qantas Airways and long-distance flights from Europe routes some time ago, but did not The International Air sengers and 15 crew were aboard Ukrainian army transport air- several other airlines altered to southeast Asia. specify when, and a source famil- Transport Association said air- the plane — including, at last craft. Ukraine released recordings their flight paths some time But the fact that a handful of iar with the situation said British lines depended on governments count, 189 Dutch nationals, 44 of what they said was an inter- ago to avoid Ukrainian airspace companies decided to circumnavi- Airways had also been avoiding and air traffic control authori- Malaysians, 27 Australians and cepted call between an insurgent after fighting flared up in the gate the disputed territory under- the area where the flight went ties to advise which air space was 12 Indonesians. commander and a Russian intel- region, raising questions about lined inconsistencies in airlines’ down. available for flight, and that safety Obama revealed that one dual ligence officer as they realised they why others did not do the same. approach to passenger safety. The European Aviation Safety was carriers’ “top priority”. US-Dutch national was also killed. had shot down a passenger jet. The issue of whether to avoid Aviation experts said piecemeal Agency did issue a safety bul- German authorities warned Diplomatic manoeuvring quick- Putin said Ukraine bore respon- flying over conflict zones has come and potentially conflicting advice letin, accompanied by recom- the country’s 144 aviation com- ened yesterday — and with it pres- sibility for the crash but stated he into sharp focus after the down- from aviation regulators further mendations from both the UN’s panies against flying over eastern sure on Moscow mounted, with was in contact with Ukrainian ing of Malaysian Airlines Flight confused the situation, and called International Civil Aviation Ukraine. Obama blaming Russia for creat- leader Petro Poroshenko and Kiev MH17 on Thursday, killing all 298 for clearer guidance on which Organisation and Brussels-based Ukrainian authorities had ing the conditions in which the jet to achieve “long-term peace”. people on board. areas to avoid. Eurocontrol, on April 3, advising closed the flight path from the was shot down. Separatist leaders ruled out a International civil aviation reg- In addition to Qantas, Air that Crimean airspace should be ground to around 32,000 feet, The US leader prodded Europe truce to allow the plane probe to ulators had imposed no restric- Berlin, Asiana Airlines, Korean avoided. Russia annexed Crimea according to Eurocontrol, the to do more to restrain Putin, who go ahead and clashes continued tions on crossing an area where Air Lines and Taiwan’s China from Ukraine in March. agency responsible for coordi- he said had the power to rein in yesterday, with local authorities pro-Russian rebels are fight- Airlines decided to avoid But those directives did not nating European airspace. Flight separatists but refused to use it. saying 20 civilians were killed in ing Ukrainian forces, and the Ukrainian airspace several apply to the airspace over Ukraine MH17 was flying 1,000 feet above “I think that this certainly will the rebel-held city of Lugansk, majority of carriers had contin- months ago. being traversed by Flight MH17 that. be a wake-up call for Europe and some 100 kilometres to the north- ued to use a route popular with Cathay Pacific changed its when it was brought down. REUTERS the world that there are conse- east of the crash site. quences to an escalation of the AFP

Boko Haram Islamists kill many in new attack Court clears Berlusconi MAIDUGURI: Boko Haram completely defenceless after the “They killed many people. remain,” said resident Ahmed MILAN: An Italian appeals his palatial home near Milan. gunmen killed many people in security forces pulled out of the Women and children fled into Buba. “The destruction is mas- court unexpectedly overturned He was also charged with abus- an attack in the restive north- area following a militant attack the bush,” said an official with the sive... This is the worst attack by Silvio Berlusconi’s conviction ing his authority to get El Mahroug east, throwing explosives into two weeks ago. Damboa local government, who Boko Haram on Damboa.” on charges of abuse of office and released from police custody over residential homes and shooting In the latest violence, the requested anonymity. Those who escaped of the over- paying for sex with a minor, in unrelated theft accusations. dead civilians who tried to sur- extremists struck just before sun- “Those who could not flee sur- night raid fled to the state capital a significant legal victory for the In a brief statement read out render, an official and witnesses down on Thursday, while locals rendered and were killed by the Maiduguri and sought shelter in former prime minister. in court, the judges fully acquit- said yesterday. prepared to break the Ramadan insurgents,” he added. the palace of the area’s top cleric, The Milan court yesterday ted Berlusconi on both charges. Residents in the town of fast, and rampaged with no resist- “Most houses in the town Umar Garbai El-Kanemi. threw out a guilty verdict handed Their ruling could be overturned Damboa said they were left ance until 5 am, witnesses said. have been burnt. Only a few still AFP down last year by a lower tribunal, if prosecutors lodge a final appeal which had sentenced Berlusconi to with Italy’s top court. seven years in jail and banned him Even so, the verdict came as from holding public office. a huge relief to the embattled Berlusconi was accused of pay- 77 year-old, who has suffered a Pope seeks justice ing for sex with former teen- series of reverses, including being age nightclub dancer Kharima forced to serve a one-year com- for Argentina El Mahroug, better known munity service sentence in an old under her stage name “Ruby people’s home after a conviction attack victims the Heartstealer”, during for tax fraud last year. “bunga bunga” erotic parties at REUTERS BUENOS AIRES: Pope Francis called yesterday for jus- tice to be done in the unsolved bombing at a Jewish centre in Argentina that killed 85 people No Murdoch bid for newspaper group and wounded 300 others two decades ago. NEW YORK: Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has indicated he “I’ve said before that Buenos won’t bid for the newspaper group that includes the Los Angeles Aires is a city that needs to Times, saying he would be barred under US cross-ownership rules. weep, that still hasn’t cried Murdoch made the comments on Twitter on Thursday, just days enough,” the pope said in a after Tribune Co. approved a spinoff of its newspaper division — includ- recorded message played at com- ing the big Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune dailies — for August 4. memorations of the anniversary. “Sorry can’t buy Trib group or LA Times — cross-ownership laws Pope Francis served as arch- from another age still in place,” he tweeted. bishop of Buenos Aires before US regulators have for now put off discussion on easing the rules becoming pope and was aux- that bar ownership of both television stations and newspapers in the iliary bishop of the city when same markets. the bomb exploded at the Murdoch last year split his empire into two firms including News Argentine Jewish Charities Hundreds of people hold placards demanding justice for victims of a bomb attack against a Jewish centre that Corp, which operates the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers Federation on July 18, 1994. killed 85 people and injured 300, during the commemoration of its 20th anniversary, in Buenos Aires yesterday. around the world, and the television-film group 21st Century Fox. AFP AFP JULY 19, 2014 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia

FROM LEFT: The grieving Indonesian family of Hendry Se, a passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shows a graduation photograph of Hendry at their residence in Medan, on Sumatra island; relatives of another passenger react over the news at Kuala Lumpur International Airport; Malaysian youth light candles during a candlelight vigil for passengers and crew of MH17, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Shock in Asia at loss of Malaysia plane Leaders call for prompt and independent probe and punishment for those responsible

SYDNEY: The loss of a second shot at with military weapons, it Minister Tony Abbott urging have had time to comprehend this transparent investigation take Japan’s prime minister held a Malaysia Airlines plane within was a violation of international Russia to cooperate fully with horrific event”, he added. place to establish what caused meeting of his National Security six months left Asia-Pacific law and “even the laws of war”. any inquiry. “Shocked and saddened to hear the crash,” the ministry said of Council in the wake of the crash, nations shocked and saddened “Because of this, if the investi- “As things stand this looks less about the crash,” said Singapore the latest incident. and offered Tokyo’s help to pin- yesterday, prompting calls for gation proves that this is what did like an accident than a crime,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong New Zealand Foreign Minister point the cause. a full investigation and a day of indeed happen, Indonesia hopes Abbott told parliament, follow- on his Facebook page. Murray McCully also called for a “The cause must be determined, mourning in Australia. those responsible are sanctioned ing an emergency meeting of the Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign full investigation as he confirmed and the international community All 298 people on board Flight and handed a heavy punish- government’s national security Affairs said it stood in solidar- one citizen, normally resident in must clarify what happened,” MH17 en route to Kuala Lumpur ment,” he said in a televised press committee. ity with its neighbour Malaysia, Australia, was on MH17 and had Shinzo Abe told reporters. from Amsterdam died when the conference. Abbott, who called it a “grim which is still reeling from the been travelling with her Dutch Japanese leaders expressed plane crashed near a Ukrainian He urged Indonesians to avoid day for our country”, said flags loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight husband. shock at the fatal accident. “If village on Thursday. American flights over war and conflict zones, would be flown at half-mast today MH370 due to unknown causes A British woman who was the Malaysian airliner was actu- officials believe it was shot down including Ukraine, the Ukraine- on all government buildings as a in March. a long-time resident of New ally shot down, the international over Ukrainian airspace. Russia border and the Gaza Strip. mark of respect. That plane, which was carry- Zealand was also among the community needs to strongly Among those on the plane were Australia, which said 28 of A service marking a national ing 239 people, is thought to have victims, he added. “We call for condemn such a flagrant act,” 12 Indonesians, and that coun- its nationals were on board day of mourning would be held crashed in the Indian Ocean but independent investigators to be Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida try’s President Susilo Bambang the doomed flight, also wants a at a later time “when the families no sign of it has yet been found. allowed access to the crash site,” said in a statement. Yudhoyono said if the plane was full investigation, with Prime of those who have lost their lives “It is important that a full and McCully said in a statement. AFP

Strongest typhoon in 40 years kills one in south China Taiwan court

BEIJING: A super typhoon the official Xinhua news agency By mid-evening yesterday, it had ordered fishermen back to The outer bands of the storm imprisons slammed into China yesterday, reported, when a man was killed the storm had made landfall port while all airports, train sta- lashed Hong Kong overnight with killing one person, as the govern- by debris as his house collapsed. in Guangdong province on the tions and ports had been closed. heavy rain and strong winds, but ex-prosecutor ment ordered an all-out effort to State-run China Central mainland. It was likely to hit the State media said access to all the city was spared a direct hit as prevent loss of life from a storm Television in news bulletins southwestern Guangxi region late scenic spots on the island, which the typhoon tracked west towards TAIPEI: A former Taiwanese that has already killed at least showed images of wind-whipped yesterday. styles itself as China’s answer to Hainan. prosecutor was sentenced yes- 64 people in the Philippines. trees in Hainan and high waves Waves could reach up to 13 Hawaii, had been closed, and more Typhoons are common at this terday to 12 years in prison on Typhoon Rammasun, with churned up by the typhoon. metres high in northern parts than 70,000 people evacuated. time of year in the South China corruption charges for taking winds of up to 180 kph, made The typhoon, which is shap- of the South China Sea and resi- Premier Li Keqiang said peo- Sea, picking up strength from the bribes to cover up gambling landfall at Wenchang city on south ing up to be the strongest to hit dents are being warned away from ple’s lives must come first in the warm waters and dissipating over businesses, a court said. China’s island province of Hainan Hainan in more than 40 years, coastal areas, Xinhua said. severe situation, the Hainan gov- land. Chen Yu-chen, formally a last afternoon, the National will bring heavy rain throughout “Strong Typhoon Rammasun is ernment said. Flooding across a large swathe member of the High Prosecutors’ Meteorological Center said on its the weekend before moving south- too frightening,” wrote one poster “Prevent any accidents that of southern China in the past Office, was found guilty of accept- website. west and weakening on Monday, on Chinese social media, adding it may be caused (by the typhoon) week has already killed at least ing nearly Tw$24m from an It claimed its first victim in the Xinhua state news agency “came ashore with fierce winds.” and reduce disaster losses as much 34 people. operator of video gaming and China soon after coming ashore, said. The Hainan government said as possible,” it cited Li as saying. AGENCIES gambling businesses near Taipei city from late 1999 to 2006, said the Taipei district court. Israeli flag on fire Chen was convicted of taking money from businessman Shih Yung-hua in return for dropping Ousted Thai PM vows not to flee charges against him, and for pres- suring other prosecutors to stop investigating him, the court said BANGKOK: Thailand’s prison for a corruption conviction. Court’s Criminal Division in a statement. She can appeal deposed former prime minister But Yingluck insisted that she for Persons Holding Political the ruling. Yingluck Shinawatra yester- would not follow in her brother’s Positions. Chen became the first female day ruled out going into self- footsteps. Yingluck insisted again on prosecutor to be charged with exile to avoid possible criminal “I am a Thai citizen who should her innocence and questioned corruption last year in a case that charges, after the country’s have rights and freedoms like any whether the commission’s probe the authorities have described as junta gave her permission to other Thais. I want to reassure met international standards. “gravely damaging the reputation travel overseas. you that I will not abandon my “The investigation is very fast of prosecutors and dealing a deep In her first news conference fellow Thais and I’m ready to unlike other political cases,” she blow to the public confidence in since the army seized power in come back to Thailand,” she said. said. the judiciary.” May, Yingluck said she would fly Yingluck, who was indicted for Yingluck said the panel “chose The case came to light after to Paris for a “private trip.” dereliction of duty a day after to hear one-sided facts” by con- Shih alerted the authorities, and She is expected to attend the she was removed from office, sidering testimony from her he was exempted from prison for 65th birthday party of her elder could face criminal charges opponents while rejecting other turning himself in, the court said. brother, the fugitive former pre- linked to a loss-making rice sub- key witnesses. Taiwan has been rocked by a mier Thaksin Shinawatra, on July sidy scheme. The junta said Thursday that string of high-profile corruption 26. The National Anti-Corruption Yingluck had been given approval cases involving top officials in Thaksin, a billionaire tycoon Commission said Thursday that to leave the country for the first recent years, including ex-presi- turned populist politician, was it was forwarding that case to time since the coup because she dent Chen Shui-bian, who is cur- ousted in an earlier coup in 2006 the attorney general’s office for had not opposed the military rently serving a 20-year jail term and later fled Thailand to avoid possible referral to the Supreme takeover. AFP on graft convictions. AFP Bangladeshi activists set fire to an Israeli national flag during a protest against the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Dhaka, yesterday. S Korean military endorses $8.2bn home-built fighters Sri Lanka jails ‘influential’ killers of British tourist COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan Freedom Alliance, and three who gave evidence despite threats was fitting prosthetic limbs. SEOUL: South Korea’s Joint a statement that they had ruling party politician and others guilty on all 16 counts and intimidation. Hotel manager Tharanga Peiris Chiefs of Staff endorsed a endorsed a twin-engine fighter three accomplices were yester- that included culpable homicide, “Whilst our family and friends told the court earlier this year plan yesterday for the coun- jet to be developed for delivery day sentenced to 20 years in jail attempted murder and rape. find it difficult to come to terms that she tried to stop him going to try to design its own mid-level starting in 2025. KAI makes for murdering a British holiday- The four men were ordered with the tragic loss, I hope today the aid of another hotel guest who fighter jet, which a state think the T-50 family of jets, South maker on Christmas Eve and to pay a total of 800,000 rupees can bring some comfort to every- was being beaten by the politician tank estimated will cost up to Korea’s first home-built light raping his Russian partner. as compensation to the Russian one involved that we achieved the and his gang. $8.2bn to develop. trainer and fighter, which The Colombo High Court said woman, who cannot be named, as justice we set out for,” an emo- Another hotel guest said that Dubbed the KF-X pro- was codeveloped by Lockheed town council chief Sampath well as fines of 20,000 rupees each. tional Nasser said, reading from the attackers had “behaved like gramme, the fighter jet is Martin. South Korea is also Vidanapathirana was guilty of All six of them were indicted in a prepared statement. animals” and went on a ram- expected to be built by the buying F-35 fighters from killing 32-year-old Khuram December after repeated allega- He fought back tears inside page, smashing plates, glasses, country’s sole jet builder, Korea Lockheed Martin. Shaikh, an International Red tions that there was an unneces- the courtroom and outside as car windows and toppling a three- Aerospace Industries Ltd KAI sold 12 T-50 variants Cross aid worker, who had tried to sary delay in bringing the case to he spoke to reporters while the wheeled taxi parked outside. (KAI), after being codeveloped to the Philippines for around stop a brawl at a southern beach court, leading to suspicions they accused appeared smiling and Shaikh’s girlfriend, who was with Lockheed Martin Corp, $420m in March, after previ- resort on December 24, 2011. were being shielded by their polit- chatting with police jail guards. knocked unconscious after a two people with direct knowl- ously exporting the jets to Iraq After 33 days of hearing evi- ical connections. The Briton was holidaying brutal assault, returned to Sri edge of the matter said. and Indonesia. dence, judge Rohini Walgama tShaikh’s brother Nasser in Sri Lanka during a break Lanka this year to give evidence The Joint Chiefs said in REUTERS found Vidanapathirana, a member applauded the “bravery and defi- from his job in the Palestinian and identified one of her attackers of President Mahinda Rajapakse’s ance” of Sri Lankan witnesses territory of Gaza, where he in court. AFP JULY 19, 2014 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Unity urged in South China Sea dispute Philippines working towards a meeting of claimants meeting before Asean ministerial summit

MANILA: The Philippines is also have claims in the sea, which Thailand’s acting foreign minister, scores of vessels from both coun- cooperation, whenever possible, a meeting of claimant states pushing for a meeting among is traversed each year by ship- Sihasak Phuangketkeow. tries regularly squared off around and the need for self-restraint on but Brunei failed to attend, and four Southeast Asian nations borne trade worth about $5tr. “We don’t have any dates yet the platform. the part of all parties.” also skipped a meeting in Kuala with conflicting claims to Albert del Rosario said the and it’s a work in progress.” China removed the oil rig this Thailand is helping to coordi- Lumpur in late March, saying it waters in the South China Sea Philippines wanted to hold Del Rosario also visited Brunei, week after completing three nate between Asean and China, was not in its national interest to so that they can hammer out a talks with Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia and Vietnam early this months of exploration work. The Sihasak said, adding it has done do so. Manila is trying to revive common stand in dealings with Vietnam before foreign minis- month to drum up support for the rig’s departure was welcomed by its best to move the dialogue for- the talks. China, Manila’s foreign minis- ters from regional grouping the meeting. Jakarta had a separate Washington, which had decried ward, particularly in efforts to The Philippines has filed an ter said yesterday. Association of Southeast Asian proposal for an Asean-China its initial deployment as a “pro- agree on a code of conduct in the arbitration case against China Manila is waging a territo- Nations (Asean) meet for an dialogue to defuse tension after vocative” act. South China Sea. before the UN tribunal in Hague, rial dispute with China over the annual conference in Myanmar Beijing placed an oil rig in dis- “We are certainly concerned Efforts since December 2012 seeking clarification of its 200- Spratlys and the Scarborough next month. puted waters in May. with the situation,” Thailand’s to launch talks among the four mile Exclusive Economic Zone Shoal in the South China Sea, “We are working towards hav- China’s May 2 deployment Sihasak told reporters. Southeast Asian nations with in the South China Sea. Manila an area believed to be rich in oil ing a possibility of claimants of the rig in waters claimed by “We do want to see a de-esca- claims on the South China expects the court to rule in its and natural gas deposits as well meeting before the Asean min- Vietnam set off deadly anti-Chi- lation of tension. We have to Sea have been unable to reach favour within a year after China as fisheries resources. Brunei, isterial meetings,” Del Rosario nese riots in Vietnam, followed see all sides engaging in confi- consensus. ignored the arbitration case. Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan told reporters after talks with by numerous ship collisions after dence-building measures, more In February, Manila hosted REUTERS

New army chief vows to support soldiers in West Philippine Sea MANILA: Newly-installed City. Catapang said the latest by Marines stationed in BRP Armed Forces chief Lt Gen re-supply operations in the West Sierra Madre, a grounded ship Gregorio Catapang vowed to Philippine Sea went smoothly. that serves as a Philippine mili- find ways to support soldiers “We hope the same will hap- tary detachment. securing Philippine territo- pen under out watch,” Catapang The presence of Chinese ships ries in the West Philippine said. has prodded the military to air- Sea (South China Sea) amid “If we need to re-supply our drop the supplies using islander China’s efforts to shore up its soldiers in our occupied islands, and nomad planes. presence in the area. we will immediately give what Catapang also gave assurance Catapang, who assumed as they need,” the military chief that the Philippines won’t lose head of the 125,000-strong mili- said. Recto (Reed) Bank to Chinese tary yesterday, said they would China has stationed ships intruders. continue with their re-supply in various areas in the West The military, Catapang said, operations and protect the Philippine Sea, including those would continue to monitor the country’s territorial integrity that are within the Philippines’ area as the government taps without being provocative. exclusive economic zone, to diplomatic channels to address “We will just maintain our assert its territorial claims. the territorial row. presence because our man- Last March, Chinese ships “We will report what is hap- date is to protect our territo- twice blocked Philippine ves- pening in the area and then we rial interest in the area and sels that were on a re-supply will follow whatever orders will we will find ways and means mission to the Ayungin Shoal, be given to us by the Department to improve our re-supply to our an area 105 nautical miles from of Foreign Affairs,” Catapang President Aquino inspects a guard of honour during a change of command ceremony at the Armed Forces of the soldiers there,” he told report- mainland Palawan. added. Philippines headquarters yesterday. ers in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon The shoal is being guarded THE PHILIPPINE STAR Mother, two kids die in MH17 crash MANILA: The Department It also appears that the families of the three victims,” of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Filipinos are based in the Jose said. announced yesterday that Netherlands, Jose added, as Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 a Filipino mother, her son shown by their passport records. crashed in eastern Ukraine on a and daughter were among “The address that they gave flight from Amsterdam to Kuala the 298 people on board the in their passport application [is] Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Netherlands,” he said. The plane was carrying 298 that crashed in Ukraine on Jose said the DFA will allow people—comprising 283 passen- Thursday night. the Malaysia Airlines to notify gers, including three infants, and At a televised press briefing, the victims’ families, as the air 15 crew members. DFA Spokesperson Charles Jose carrier has requested. Malacañang has extended its said they have the names of the “If they are not able to do so condolences to the families of three Filipinos, but these could and they request us, then we will the three Filipino fatalities and not yet be released pending noti- assist them in notifying [the vic- of the other passengers. fication of the victims’ next of tims’] next of kin,” Jose said. “The Philippines joins kin. The DFA official assured that the entire global commu- Jose said the names were based the government will be updated nity in expressing its deep- on the flight manifest and that on the status of the various est sympathies,” Presidential they received the information investigations of the plane crash. Communications Operations earlier today from the Malaysia He said the Philippine embassy Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr Airlines. in Kuala Lumpur is closely coor- said in a statement. “It appears that they are a dinating with the main office of “The Government is one with family of three, the mother and the Malaysia Airline. the international community in her two offspring,” Jose said. “Our embassies in Kuala calling for a thorough and swift He revealed that the mother is Lumpur and in the Hague are inquiry on this incident,” the a middle-aged woman while her both prepared to extend all Palace official added. children are young adults. the necessary assistance to the THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Water shortage $92m ship deal signed with Indonesia MANILA: Indonesian ship- builder PT PAL confirmed yes- terday that it has signed the contract to supply two strategic sealifts vessel to the Philippine Navy. PT PAL’s executive Edy Andarto told British defence publication IHS Jane’s that the Philippine government has granted a $92m contract for the vessels, to be delivered starting next year. PT PAL was the only bidder left for the programme. The strategic sealift vessels, also known as landing platform docks, can be used for civil-mil- itary operations and for trans- porting large number of soldiers, logistics and supplies. Each of the vessels can also accommodate Residents queue with plastic containers to collect drinking water after three helicopters. Typhoon Rammasun battered the town of Rosario, Cavite City, for two Nine companies bought bid days, yesterday. They repaired homes and have begun assessing dam- documents for the project but age to infrastructure. only two of them submitted offers. THE PHILIPPINE STAR JULY 19, 2014 Pakistan / Afghanistan www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 12 ON SATURDAY Rebels kill 8 soldiers in North Waziristan Checkpoint attacked with rocket-propelled grenades

PESHAWAR: Militants killed they used to launch attacks in Frontier Corps men were killed eight members of a government Afghanistan. and three others injured in the paramilitary force in a midnight North Waziristan was con- attack in the region's Jamrud attack on a security checkpoint sidered the key stronghold of subdivision. in Pakistan's restive northwest, the Taliban after other areas in Khyber is about 48 kilometres security officials said yesterday. Pakistan had been mostly cleared north of North Waziristan, and The militants bombarded the of militants. also borders Afghanistan. checkpoint with rocket-propelled But residents say most mili- The paramilitary forces of grenades, two senior military offi- tants moved out before the Pakistan consist of various organ- cials said, before overrunning and Pakistani army announced its isations constitutionally charged ransacking it. Local residents said offensive last month, raising fears with safeguarding Pakistan from the gunfire began around mid- that they may now be beefing up external and internal threats as night and continued for at least their presence in other areas. well as maintaining internal law two hours. "The militants displaced from and order. Their current strength The attack, for which no mili- North Waziristan have returned is approximately over 420,000 tant group has so far claimed to the Khyber agency and started personnel. responsibility, comes amid a mili- attacks on security forces," said The paramilitary forces can tary offensive to push the Taliban one security official. be divided into three catego- out of North Waziristan, a remote The Khyber Agency is part of ries, performing three distinct northwestern region near the the semi-autonomous areas where roles: Firstly the armed security border with Afghanistan. tribal law holds sway instead of forces (the Rangers and Frontier Nato has long urged the mili- Pakistan's judicial system, and the Corps), secondly a reserve force tary to take action against Taliban government is represented by a (the National Guard), and thirdly safe havens in North Waziristan, political agent. the Maritime Security Agency. Pakistani policemen gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Peshawar yesterday. where many groups had bases Eight members of the state-run REUTERS US citizen held Military did not support fixing Taliban ambush Karzai for carrying security team in Paktia ammunition Afghan exit date: US official ISLAMABAD: A United KABUL: Dozens of armed for air and ground support, that States citizen was arrested at insurgents attacked a convoy were quickly deployed repelling Islamabad airport yesterday WASHINGTON: US mili- head of the US Marine Corps. after 2017. But no one recom- carrying a presidential secu- the assailants. Unfortunately four for attempting to board a plane tary officials would have pre- The White House announced in mended zero,” he said. rity team in southeastern guards were injured in the fight- carrying ammunition, Pakistan ferred the United States not May that if a bilateral troop deal “Every military leader would Afghanistan yesterday, spark- ing which lasted for some hours,” officials said, in the second such announce a date for ending its is signed in time, it plans to keep want to have the conditions on ing a gun battle in which four Faizi said. case since May. troop presence in Afghanistan, a residual force of 9,800 soldiers the ground and the assumptions guards were wounded, an offi- The convoy pushed ahead The man, who was identified as the White House did in May, in Afghanistan after the current be revalidated as a transition cial said. despite the attack, Faizi added, by police and airport security as the outgoing commander of US international military mission takes place,” he said. The militants ambushed the facing two more ambushes a US security trainer, was pass- forces there said on Thursday. ends in December. As foreign troops leave, convoy as it travelled through by insurgents on the way, but ing through security checks at General Joe Dunford, com- That force would gradually Afghanistan’s military is taking the volatile southeastern Paktia reached its destination without Benazir Bhutto International mander of US and Nato troops be reduced and by the end of charge of the fight against Taliban province ahead of a planned by sustaining any further casualties. Airport when he was caught with in Afghanistan, was asked 2016 there would be only a small and other militants, even as the President Hamid Karzai to Urgun A security source in the region 15 rounds for a 9mm handgun. at a Senate committee hear- number of soldiers left at the US country grapples with uncertainty district, where a devastating sui- said four vehicles of the presi- Muhammad Fayaz, a police ing whether President Barack embassy under the authority of resulting from a disputed second cide attack killed 41 on Tuesday. dent’s security convoy were also officer deputed at the airport, Obama’s announcement that the US ambassador, as the United round of presidential voting last The attack underlines the frag- damaged by rocket fire. said: “The Airport Security Force almost all US troops would be States had in Baghdad after its month. ile security situation Afghanistan The main highway connecting (ASF) has handed over to us a gone by 2017 had damaged morale 2011 withdrawal from Iraq. Dunford said Afghan security faces as Nato progressively with- Kabul to Afghanistan’s southern US national after recovering a among Afghan soldiers. McCain asked whether any forces, while greatly improved, draws its 50,000 remaining com- regions is often the sight of insur- magazine and 15 bullets from him. “I think all of us in uniform, to senior military leaders had rec- may be unable to conduct effec- bat troops, leaving local forces gent ambushes. “The bullets and magazine were include the Afghans, would have ommended setting a fixed date for tive operations against militants to battle a resilient Taliban It was not clear how the discovered through a scanning preferred that that be a bit more a full pullout of the US military when the United States departs. insurgency. insurgent ambush yesterday had machine.” ambiguous,” Dunford said. force, and whether Dunford would “There’s no doubt that the “The security team was travel- affected Hamid Karzai’s planned An airport security official said He was responding to a ques- have preferred that future troops Afghan forces today would not ling to Urgun district to prepare trip to the region, with Faizi that the man was set to travel tion by Republican Senator John levels be based on evolving secu- be capable of conducting the kind for the president’s visit there,” insisting he will visit “soon”. by Etihad flight EY-232 from McCain Of Arizona, a persistent rity conditions. of operations we’re conducting to top presidential spokesman Aimal The attack in Urgun took place Islamabad to Abu Dhabi and critic of Obama’s Afghanistan pol- “None that I know of, senator. pressure on the network” of mil- Faizi said. in a bustling market place and was onward to the United States. icy, during a hearing on Dunford’s And - and I think we still plan to itants in Afghanistan, Dunford “When they were ambushed, one of the deadliest in the war-torn AFP nomination to become the next have, as you know, some presence said. REUTERS they fought back and called in country for months. AFP Afghan vote audit Zardari’s PPP India urged not to set to push for conditions for talks mid-term poll ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has “We have no confirmation that LAHORE: The Pakistan asked India not to set any con- any Indian soldier was killed, but People’s Party led by former ditions for talks, reiterating certainly the fire was returned.” president Asif Ali Zardari its stance that all outstand- She said Pakistan strongly has expressed willingness to ing disputes between the two condemned the recent terrorist join efforts for mid-term polls countries should be resolved attacks in Afghanistan, includ- because it believes the last through dialogue. ing the one in Paktika province, year’s general elections were “You cannot have dialogue in which a large number of inno- ‘massively rigged’. and at the same time impose cent civilians, including children, “We are on the same page with preconditions,” Foreign Office have lost their lives. the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on spokesperson Tasnim Aslam She added that Pakistan has its demand for mid-term polls said yesterday. welcomed the amicable solution because the PPP was the first She was asked to comment on reached regarding the com- party which raised a voice against Indian defence minister’s recent plaints of fraud in the second the country’s most rigged elec- remarks who had said that the round of Afghan presidential tions. However, we have decided early conclusion of the trial of elections. to press the Nawaz government in the Mumbai attack accused was Referring to the widespread a non-violent way,” PPP Secretary mandatory for normalisation of media coverage of a Pakistani General Latif Khosa said. relations and continuation of journalist in Afghanistan, Yesterday, he said PPP would dialogue and expressed his desire Aslam said the matter had formally ask Prime Minister to settle all issues, including the been actively pursued with the Nawaz Sharif to invite all parties to issue of Jammu and Kashmir, in Afghan authorities ever since it evolve a transparent mechanism so a peaceful manner. was brought to the ministry’s that no party could point a finger at Aslam said the trial of the notice. the fairness of elections in future. Mumbai case accused was Contacts were established “We demand that new election continuing and not held up. with the Afghan authorities at Election workers count ballot papers for an audit of the presidential run-off in Kabul yesterday. The Independent commission and biometric system “Unlike this, however, the trial various levels and in all these Election Commission said it would bring ballot boxes from almost 23,000 polling stations to Kabul and each should be in place before the next of the accused in the Samjhota contacts, they were asked to ballot would be examined. elections,” he said. terrorist attack in which release Faizullah Khan on “The PML-N government Pakistanis were the victims, is humanitarian grounds. should invite the PTI to discuss not progressing.” The Afghan authorities, at the matter of verification of votes “I am not saying that we various levels, promised to help in controversial constituencies. want to hold up progress on one in the case. The long march may eventually because of the other. But we do “Due to these hectic efforts, KP province plans food subsidy force the government to go for expect that Pakistanis who have the most serious charges against mid-term polls. been victims of terrorists would Faizullah Khan were dropped. ISLAMABAD: The Khyber purpose in the provincial budget, proclaimed to be “an agricultural “We want to see accountability also get justice.” The consulate is now in the proc- Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provin- Advocate General (AG) KP Abdul country”. of those behind the massive rig- Answering a question about ess of filing an appeal against the cial government is planning to Latif Yousufzai told a two-judge Baloch moved the applica- ging and if the PML-N govern- a cross-fire incident between court verdict. launch a scheme aimed at pro- Supreme Court bench headed by tion last year after receiving a ment thinks that the PPP will Pakistan and India and reported I wish to underscore that this viding subsidised wheat flour Justice Ejaz Afzal. letter from Chakwal resident support it on its fake mandate it killing of one Indian soldier, the case is being pursued as a matter and cooking oil to the most The bench was hearing an Malik Mohammad Nazeer who is seriously mistaken,” Khosa said. spokesperson said there had of priority and we will continue impoverished segments of application filed by Jamaat-i- complained in the letter that a Asif Ali Zardari had recently been intermittent and unpro- our efforts with the Afghan side society. Islami Secretary General Liaquat kilogramme of flour was selling asked the government to enter- voked firing from the Indian at the legal and political levels to The scheme is expected to be Baloch, on the plight of hapless in the open market for Rs42/kg, tain the request of the PTI to ver- side on the working boundary secure early release of Faizullah unveiled by the provincial gov- citizens who are being forced to as opposed to Rs13/kg just five ify votes in four constituencies and in Sialkot which resulted in inju- Khan,” she said. ernment on July 22 and Rs7bn buy flour at exorbitant prices years ago. advised Sharif to act like a prime ries to two Pakistani soldiers. INTERNEWS has been earmarked for the despite the fact that Pakistan is INTERNEWS minister. INTERNEWS JULY 19, 2014 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY Health sector Firefighter dies, five hurt in high-rise blaze MUMBAI: A firefighter was killed and five were injured yesterday when the top two riddled with floors of a 22-storey building that houses the office of film star Hrithik Roshan went up in flames. The incident, which started as graft: Minister a routine fire call soon became a major operation as 11 firefight- ers were trapped, necessitating a helicopter rescue operation by Campaign begins to clean system the Navy and the Coast Guard in the afternoon. NEW DELHI: India’s health- in the Himalayas. The deceased fireman, iden- care system is riddled with cor- Several Indian doctors and edi- tified as Nitin Inglekar, was ruption and the national drug tors of BMJ followed up with their trapped along with 10 colleagues approvals agency is a “snakepit articles in late June, exposing the in the thick smoke billowing on of vested interests”, the health sleaze problem faced by patients the top of the Lotus Business minister said, backing a rising and the industry. park building in suburban tide of criticism by doctors of Berger’s column, ‘Corruption Andheri (West) and succumbed, unethical practices. ruins the doctor-patient relation- an official of BMC Disaster Harsh Vardhan’s remarks came ship in India’, said kickbacks and Control said. after leading doctors and advo- bribes oil every part of the health- There was no escape route for cacy groups joined hands to eradi- care apparatus. “It is no surprise the firefighters trapped on the cate corruption from the $74bn that investigations and proce- terrace as the flames and thick healthcare industry, forming anti- dures are abused as a means of smoke blown by the strong winds graft panels at hospitals and writ- milking patients,” Berger wrote. hampered fire-fighting. ing open letters to Prime Minister The column made Samiran As the situation became seri- Narendra Modi’s government. Nundy, 76, a leading gastroenter- ous and there was no way to save “I am more aware than any- ologists, feel “ashamed”, forcing them, civic authorities requested body else of the corruption that him to put his experiences into help from the Navy and Coast F irefighters (right) huddle together on the edge of the burning building as they await rescue by Indian Navy and is eating into the entrails of every writing after working in the pub- Guard. Coast Guard helicopters in Mumbai yesterday. aspect of governance, including lic and private sectors for almost The Coast Guard deployed a the health system,” Vardhan, a four decades. Chetak helicopter and the Navy is reported to be serious. 21st floor and the flames quickly when a majority of the office doctor, told Indian Express news- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, a sent a Sea King helicopter to res- Inglekar belonged to Borivali spread to the 22nd floor, officials complexes had not yet opened for paper. “I have inherited a poi- multi-speciality facility in the cue the firefighters. They were Unit of Mumbai Fire Brigade and said, adding it was brought under work. Forty fire tenders battled soned chalice.” capital, has formed a committee rushed to R N Cooper Hospital was among the first group which control at 4pm. the flames even as a few people Practices such as taking kick- for ethical practices under Nundy, for first-aid or treatment as responded to the fire call. The fire, the cause of which is on the lower floors were evacu- backs for referring patients to a listing new guidelines for doctors required. The condition of three The blaze was noticed on the not known, broke out at 10am ated. IANS particular test centre or receiving to curb corruption. gifts from companies for prescrib- “Many doctors may be opposed ing their drugs are widespread. to having this body because they India this week capped the think it will interfere with their Central University prices of more than 100 drugs practice,” Nundy said. No new taxes in Delhi budget used to treat diseases ranging The All India Institute of of Kerala holds from diabetes to HIV, in a move Medical Sciences in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Finance The budget proposes Rs260 the budget,” he said. likely to hit the profit margins of has launched an initiative Minister Arun Jaitley yester- crore power subsidy for small “Considering the increased first convocation drug firms. ‘Society for Less Investigative day presented Delhi’s Rs36,776 consumers, ranging from number of accident and trauma KASARGOD: President Though the industry is growing Medicine’ to deter doctors from crore budget for fiscal 2014- Rs0.80-Rs1.20 per unit, four new cases, 110 mobile ambulances will Pranab Mukherjee yester- at 15 percent annually, according advising patients to take unneces- 15 in parliament, proposing sewage treatment plants, 50 dialy- be deployed.” day expressed happiness over to consulting firm PwC, public sary tests. a new speciality hospital and sis centres and Rs2,400 crore for In the interim budget pre- progress made by Central spending on healthcare has stag- Advocacy group People’s Health 100 ambulances for accident education. The maximum amount sented by the United Progressive University of Kerala here in a nated at about 1 percent of GDP Movement has written an open victims, keeping tax rates — Rs3,702 crore — was set aside Alliance government, the state short span of time. for years. That compares to 3 letter to Vardhan, seeking inter- unchanged. for the transport sector, followed was allotted an outlay of Rs32,732 The university braved initial percent in China and 8.3 percent vention to eliminate corruption The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by an allocation of Rs2,724 crore crore. The central assistance has limitations of infrastructure in the US, according to a World from the private health sector. dismissed the budget as “betrayal” for the health sector. been kept at Rs349 crore, Rs682 and support facilities to start Bank database for 2012. The response to articles has of the people of Delhi, saying the The task, normally carried out crore lower than the previous academic activities with two The anti-corruption debate overwhelmed BMJ’s India editor ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the state assembly, had to be year’s Rs1,031 crore. post-graduate programmes, said gained momentum after Anita Jain, who said the journal (BJP) cannot be credited with not taken up by the union finance In the budget, Rs1,249.20 crore Mukherjee, Chief Guest at the Australian doctor David Berger will continue to focus on edito- introducing fresh taxes as under minister as the state is under was sanctioned for the water first convocation. wrote a column for British Medical rials to raise awareness of such president’s rule, no new tax is lev- president’s rule. Jaitley said the sector. Budget proposals on “It is commendable that within Journal (BMJ) in May, describing practices. “This (new panel) is for ied when the budget is presented city-state will also get community power subsidy come against the two years of receiving this perma- his encounters with corrupt pro- the next generation. Merit should in parliament. toilets for slum dwellers, more backdrop of a revision of tariff nent site for a campus, the insti- fessionals when he worked as a be rewarded, not crookedness,” The Congress called the budget night shelters and low-floor buses. announced by the regulator the tution has succeeded in creating volunteer at a charitable hospital Nundy said. REUTERS as “directionless.” “No new taxes have been levied in day before. IANS the essential minimum infra- structure to shift five academic departments and the administra- tive wing,” he said. “I am pleased to name the campus ‘Tejaswini Hills’ after 40 injured, 100 the river in the region, Tejaswini, Top court acquits Surat bomb blasts convicts which means radiant,” he said. tents burned in The university has six schools, Amarnath clashes NEW DELHI: The Supreme the (now repealed Terrorist and district superintendent of police TADA review committee said so. 17 teaching and research depart- Court yesterday acquitted all Disruptive Activities (Prevention) could be exercised by the govern- However, they were reinserted at ments and over 600 students and SRINAGAR: More than 40 11 people convicted of January Act) TADA must be held to have ment or the additional police com- the instance of police at a later 100 faculty members. people were injured in clashes and April 1993 bomb blasts in been vitiated on that account.” missioner, Surat, in the instant stage. Mukherjee also expressed hap- between security forces and Gujarat’s Surat in which an The investigating agency did case. Our answer is in the nega- The contention of the Gujarat piness at the proposed School of protesters in Baltal base camp eight-year-old boy was killed not take permission of the dis- tive,” said Justice Thakur. government was that initially Medicine and Public Health by of the Amarnath Yatra in and many people were injured. trict police chief before record- The court said the exercise of when TADA was invoked, there the university. “This is a welcome Jammu and Kashmir after a A bench of Justice T S Thakur ing information for offences under authority vested in the district was no provision in the anti- initiative. The school should be a scuffle between a local pony and Justice C Nagappan said: “The TADA which was mandatory and superintendent of police by any terror law that mandated prior platform for higher learning and operator and a cook turned vio- requirement of a mandatory stat- could not be waived, the court authority higher in rank or lower approval of the district superin- research in all systems of medi- lent, police said. utory provision having been vio- said in its judgment. is “legally impermissible”. tendent of police and this provi- cine, with emphasis on commu- Around 100 tents and half lated, the trial and conviction of “The question is whether the In both cases, police invoked sion was inserted later. nity healthcare and affordable a dozen ‘langars’ (community the petitioners for offences under power of approval vested in the TADA but later withdrew after IANS medical treatment.” IANS kitchens) were torched. Around 20 protesters and as many secu- rity personnel were hurt. Six people, including two Anti-school protest Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, have been Odisha’s top Maoist arrested for instigating violence. The trouble erupted after the cook reportedly stabbed the pony- wallah, who was shifted to a hos- Sabyasachi Panda held pital in Srinagar. After news of the incident BHUBANESWAR: Odisha’s the Maoists for the ashram spread, pony-wallahs assembled most wanted Maoist leader killings. in Baltal and started pelting Sabyasachi Panda was arrested Police raided a Maoist hide- stones at security forces, includ- yesterday in the state’s Ganjam out on the basis of intelligence ing local police and CRPF. district. inputs and nabbed Panda from CRPF said the protesters Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Berhampur town, 179km from torched the langars, and locals congratulated police and reiter- state capital Bhubaneswar, claimed CRPF troopers torched ated his appeal to the rebels to Director General of Police Sanjeev the tents of local residents. shun violence. Marik said. Inspector General of Police, “Sabyasachi Panda was involved “It was an intelligence-based Kashmir, Abdul Ghani Mir, flew in the Nayagarh and R Udayagiri operation under Amitabha to Baltal in a helicopter to super- armoury lootings, killing Swami Thakur, Deputy Inspector vise efforts to bring the situation Laxmanananda Saraswati, abduc- General of Police in Berhampur. under control. tion of two Italians and in many There was a raid at a specific The Ganderbal district where other cases, leading to the killing area and he was arrested,” Marik the Baltal camp is situated was of 25 security personnel and 34 added. gripped with tension. Mir said the civilians,” Patnaik told reporters. The Italians were kidnapped situation was under control and Panda was wanted in more than by Panda’s group in Kandhamal all pilgrims were safe. 50 cases, including the murder of district in 2012 and released days Because of the tension, secu- Saraswati and four of his aides at after the government promised to rity forces did not allow passage his ashram in Kandhamal district fulfil his demands. of pilgrims to Baltal and lodged in 2008 that triggered communal The state government had them at Manigam transit camp violence in the region. announced a reward of Rs5 lakh in Ganderbal for the day. At least 38 people were killed on him. Panda continued activi- Governor N N Vohra, also and over 25,000 Christians were ties by forming his group after Chairman of Shri Amarnathji forced to flee after their homes the outlawed Communist Party of Shrine Board which conducts Members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad try to break down the barricade in a protest against the school were attacked by mobs, who India-Maoist expelled him about the pilgrimage, appealed for calm. management over the abuse of a six-year-old schoolgirl, in Bangalore yesterday. accused Christians of killing two years ago. IANS Saraswati, although police blamed IANS JULY 19, 2014 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

GE profits up; Danone enters East Africa market Shell pulls out eyes July retail finance IPO of Block-D NEW YORK: General Electric yesterday reported higher sec- ond-quarter earnings following gains in most industrial seg- ments as it targets late July for a stock listing of its North after dry well American retail finance arm. Net earnings for GE, consid- ered a proxy for US industrials, came in at $3.5bn, up 13.2 percent Dutch firm to work with other projects from the year-ago period. GE notched higher profits in six DOHA/MILAN/LONDON: of its seven industrial segments, Royal Dutch Shell has aban- including the two largest areas, doned plans to explore for gas power and water, and aviation. in Qatar’s Block D after recent The conglomerate said it drilling failed to turn up com- expects to raise $3.1bn in the ini- mercial volumes at its majority- tial public offering of its North owned QSD-1 well, two sources American retail finance arm, with knowledge of the matter Synchrony Financial. said. GE will offer 15 percent of the Shell said earlier yesterday that unit in the sale to public markets, A boy looks at Brookside dairy milk products displayed on a shelf inside the Nakumatt Lifestyle supermarket it had wrapped up activity at the a first step in a plan to exit the in Kenya’s capital Nairobi yesterday. French food group Danone said it was buying a 40 percent stake in well after the negative result, business in late 2015. Brookside, East Africa’s top dairy producer, as part of plans to expand in new markets while growth is weak while adding that it remained GE chief executive Jeff Immelt in Europe and the economy slows in China. committed to future plans in aims for three-fourths of GE’s Qatar. earnings to come from industrial The gas-rich Qatar has been a segments by 2016, with the rest major source of production growth coming from finance. Lending Oman plans Bulgarian bank rescue at Shell for over three years, since will continue to work on other profits previously accounted for the major invested $20bn to build Qatari projects,” one of the two as much as 45 percent of earnings. one of the world’s biggest liquefied Qatar Petroleum sources said, The split-off of the retail SOFIA: Bulgarian finance fraud sparked a three-day run meanwhile to reach a political natural gas (LNG) export plants while the other said Shell had finance arm is a key part of ministry officials held talks yes- on the bank. Depositors with- agreement that would provide as well as a cutting edge gas-to- been out of the D license for “boldly repositioning the company terday with Oman’s sovereign drew about 1.0 billion leva (¤511m, state funds for CCB to keep it liquids facility, Pearl. months. for the future,” Immelt said. wealth fund on the chances of $691m) during the panic, which from becoming the first bank to Shell’s exit from the 8,089 sq A third source said Shell Another facet of GE’s makeo- recapitalising the fourth-larg- almost sparked a new banking go bankrupt since a crisis in 1996- km license area may also disap- planned on additional develop- ver is to successfully integrate est Bulgarian bank, CCB, which crisis in the EU’s poorest country. 7, when 14 went under. point Qatar Petroleum, which ment drilling in the North Field Alstom’s power and gas business is on the brink of collapse. CCB’s main shareholder is the Central bank governor Ivan was to be the off-taker of any gas to replace slowing output from into the US giant after a $16.8 Finance Minister Petar businessman Tsvetan Vasilev, who Iskrov has said that documents produced. existing wells. billion GE proposal was accepted Chobanov and the head of Oman’s owns slightly more than half of the related to 3.5 billion leva in loans Part of the Block D concession Earlier, Shell said its Block-D in June by the French industrial fund Abdul Salam Al Murshidi bank’s capital and has blamed a made by CCB are missing and extends beneath Qatar’s prized exploratory well “reached total giant and approved by the French confirmed in a phone call “their former partner for the allegations. have “probably been destroyed”. North Field, the world’s biggest depth as planned; however, it did government following a number of readiness to find a working solu- The talks with Oman were the first Chobanov’s statement said on gas field that feeds giant liquefac- not encounter commercial vol- concessions. GE said the Alstom tion for the bank,” Chobanov’s sign that the bank might be saved. Friday that “shareholders will tion trains. Qatar is the world’s umes of hydrocarbons”. deal is targeted to close in 2015. office said in a statement. Bulgaria is bound by an arrange- be given a chance to provide the top LNG exporter. The QSD-1 project is 75 per- Immelt cited strong orders in The Omani fund owns 30 per- ment with the International necessary resources — capital and “Shell only pulled out of that cent owned by Shell and 25 per- aviation and said the company’s cent of the Corporate Commercial Monetary Fund that prevents the liquidity — and state institutions section of the North Field (that cent by PetroChina. oil and gas business was well- Bank, which was shut on June 20 central bank from lending money will step in... only if the share- overlaps with Block D), and they REUTERS positioned. AFP after media reports of alleged to private banks. Sofia has failed holders fail.” AFP

African expansion Volvo Trucks AbbVie buys drugmaker Cyprus takes reports profit control of ‘money surge as layoffs Shire for $54bn laundering’ bank continue LONDON: Shire to reduce AbbVie’s effective tax NICOSIA: The Cyprus Central Pharmaceuticals has accepted a rate to about 13 percent by 2016, Bank said yesterday it had taken STOCKHOLM: Swedish £32bn ($54bn, ¤40bn) takeover according to the statement. control of the local operation of heavy truck and construction bid from AbbVie, the two com- Nearing midday in London, FBME bank after Washington equipment maker Volvo Trucks panies announced yesterday, in Shire’s share price jumped 1.66 accused it of being a prime reported strongly growing prof- a deal aimed at slashing the US percent to £48.86 on the capital’s money laundering facility. its in the second quarter as the giant’s tax bill. FTSE 100 index, which was down The US Treasury’s Financial company continued to shed jobs. The takeover, priced with a 0.41 percent in value. AbbVie said Crimes Enforcement Network But it reported a sharp fall in 53.0-percent premium for Shire that it will “maintain a strong (FinCEN) this week named the Chinese market for construc- stock, comes after Ireland-based commitment” to growing the Tanzanian-based FBME Bank tion equipment. Shire reversed its opposition to a shareholder dividend and imple- Ltd., which has offices in Cyprus, Net profit was up by 22 percent deal earlier this week. menting a “significant” share as a “foreign financial institution to 2.472bn kronor, $362m) com- “The boards of AbbVie and repurchase scheme. of primary money laundering pared to the level a year earlier, Shire are pleased to announce Shire Pharmaceuticals, which concern”. while revenue was little changed that they have reached agree- is listed in London and New York “The Central Bank of Cyprus at 72.601 billion kronor. ment on the terms of a recom- but based in Dublin, is a special- announces that, under the powers “An important part of our mended combination of Shire ist in drugs for the treatment of conferred by law, today (Friday) strategy is the efficiency program, with AbbVie,” the two firms said attention-deficit disorder and took over management of the which we launched last year,” in a statement. The offer, com- rare diseases. operations of the branch FBME chief executive Olof Persson said prising £24.44 in cash and 0.8960 “The transaction will create a Bank Ltd in Cyprus,” the Bank in a statement. “The programme AbbVie share per Shire share, is well-positioned and focused spe- said in a brief statement. is progressing according to plan.” the same as the proposal received cialty biopharmaceutical com- FBME transacts over 90 per- The group announced 2,000 job by the group last Sunday. pany, with sustainable leadership cent of its global banking busi- cuts in October 2013 and another The companies added that the positions within areas of unmet ness through branches in Cyprus, 2,400 in February, hoping to bid was worth the equivalent of need, including immunology, rare according to Washington. boost profitability. The firm had £53.19 per Shire share, which rep- diseases, neuroscience, metabolic FinCEN director Jennifer reduced its number of employees The logos of Ford and Mazda Motor Co are seen at the company’s resents a premium of 53 percent diseases and liver disease and Shasky Calvery said in a state- by 1,200 at the end of the second assembly plant in Pretoria yesterday. Ford Motor Co announced 17 to the closing share price on May multiple emerging oncology pro- ment earlier this week that quarter since the cost-cutting new vehicles for Sub-Saharan Africa, as carmakers jostle for position 2, one day before AbbVie’s initial grammes,” the statement added. FBME promotes itself “on the plan started last year. AFP in one of the last major markets where potential growth remains largely proposal. The deal was expected AFP basis of its weak Anti-Money untapped. Laundering controls in order to attract illicit finance business from the darkest corners of the criminal underworld”. Its declaration as a primary money laundering concern, she Australia wants G20 reforms to boost global growth added, effectively shuts FBME off from the US financial system and SYDNEY: Business leaders target over five years that finance a significant opportunity cost.” adding another Germany to the growth and jobs creation. “These “is a necessary step to disrupt the in Australia yesterday called ministers agreed to in February. The recommendations call for global economy”, the B20 said. 20 recommendations fit in nicely bank’s efforts”. on G20 leading economies to “What we are recommending the free flow of goods, services, At the same time, increasing with our overarching goal,” Hockey “FBME changed its coun- implement recommendations is mostly new structural reform labour and capital, an effec- investments in infrastructure to said. try of incorporation numerous on structural reforms and free measures that would deliver on tive and transparent regulatory fill an estimated gap of between The senior leaders of some times, partly due to its inability trade that could boost global the G20 growth target and form framework, as well as struc- US$15-20 trillion by 2030 could of the world’s most high-profile to adhere to regulatory require- growth by US$3.4 trillion and a blueprint for sustainable eco- tural reforms that would boost unlock US$6 trillion in economic companies, such as Royal Dutch ments. It has established itself create millions of jobs. nomic growth in the medium- trade and lift infrastructure activity every year and create up Shell, General Electric and BHP with a nominal headquarters in The business chiefs, who are in term,” B20 Australia chair investment. to 100 million jobs, the business Billiton, also called on G20 gov- Tanzania,” said Calvery. Sydney for a two-day B20 sum- Richard Goyder said. Moves towards freer trade leaders said. Australian Treasurer ernments to tackle fraud and “FBME has taken active steps mit, said their list of 20 recom- “If G20 countries commit to could boost global GDP by US$3.4 Joe Hockey welcomed the recom- bribery through measures such to evade oversight by the Cypriot mendations — if adopted by G20 these reforms, the gains will be trillion and support more than mendations, saying they supported as introducing or strengthening regulatory authorities in the leaders — would help them exceed large, but a failure by any of the 50 million jobs across the G20 the G20’s goal under Australia’s national independent corruption recent past,” she added. the 2.0 percent additional GDP G20 countries to commit will mean nations, which “would be akin to presidency this year of driving authorities. AFP AFP JULY 19, 2014 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY European markets mixed as global tension swells Low inflation can hit European growth: IMF chief

NEW YORK/LONDON: conflict in Gaza... might suggest inflation can seriously under- European stock markets closed that investor sentiment is largely mine growth,” said Lagarde, who with mixed results yesterday, immune to geopolitical risks. recently hinted that the 3.6 per- as edgy investors reacted to the “But we remain wary. The cent global growth forecast for crash of a Malaysian passenger Ukraine crisis in particular could 2014 might have to be trimmed. plane in Ukraine that killed still unfold in many ways.” The “good news,” Lagarde said, almost 300 people and an Israeli In midday trading in New York, was that “European economies assault in Gaza. US stocks benefitted from bet- are beginning to emerge from When a volatile week of trading ter-than-expected IBM earnings the crisis.” finally wound to a close, London’s and generally good results from In Asia, markets had fallen for benchmark FTSE 100 had gained Google. The Dow Jones Industrial the most part after the disaster 0.17 percent on the day to 6,749.45 Average was up 0.29 percent at in Ukraine sparked geopolitical points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 17,025.94. tensions. Hong Kong dropped 0.28 index was 0.35 percent lower at The broad-based S&P 500 percent, Tokyo sank 1.0 percent 9,720.02 while the Paris CAC 40 gained 0.40 percent at 1,966.01, and Seoul slid 0.07 percent, while added 0.44 percent to 4,335.31. while the tech-rich Nasdaq Sydney ended 0.17 percent higher. Milan’s stock index rose by 0.65 Composite Index climbed 0.57 Airline stocks retreated, led by percent, but the index in Madrid percent to 4,388.43. a slump in already under-pres- Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. gave up 0.15 percent. Meanwhile, the IMF warned sure Malaysia Airlines as the Wall Street rose a day after the that the Ukrainian economy was company faced up to its second euros, while Lufthansa’s stock pro-Russian rebels have in the barrel yesterday from $106.99 S&P 500 suffered its worst decline being badly damaged by the crisis major disaster in four months. was 1.06 percent lower at 14.45 past downed Ukrainian aircraft. for the August contract one week since April 10, while European there, and said it now expected Shares in Malaysia Airlines euros in Frankfurt. Many countries in Asia, Europe earlier. shares underwent more selling the economy to shrink by 6.5 tumbled more than 11 percent on On Friday, US President and the Americas have demanded On foreign exchange markets, after falling heavily on Thursday. percent this year instead of 5.0 the news, a little more than four Barack Obama termed the crash an independent, unimpeded inter- the European single currency They shed most of the day’s losses percent. months after flight MH370 went “an outrage of unspeakable pro- national inquiry into the crash. slipped to $1.3512, from $1.3525 to close slightly lower in a late- In Paris, IMF chief Christine missing with hundreds on board portions”. He added: “Evidence In bond markets, the rate on late Thursday in New York. day surge, and the S&P rallied 1 Lagarde warned that low inflation in a remote part of the Indian indicates that the plane was shot the benchmark 10-year German The British pound fell to percent to recoup most of its prior could damage growth in Europe Ocean. down by a surface-to-air missile Bund stood at 1.155 percent when $1.7071 from $1.7100 on Thursday. day losses. and urged the European Central On Thursday, the Malaysian that was launched from an area government debt trades closed, up The euro edged up to 79.15 pence A Capital Economics research Bank to maintain a flexible policy. Airlines Boeing 777 smashed into that is controlled by Russian- from 1.149 percent on Thursday. from 79.09 pence. In commodity note said: “The relatively muted The former French economy cornfields in a separatist-held backed separatists inside of Oil prices also gained deals, gold advanced to $1,307.25 market reaction in the financial minister also urged caution region of eastern Ukraine, kill- Ukraine.” meanwhile, and on London’s per ounce from $1,302.50 on markets so far to the latest tragic over asset prices, which she said ing all 298 passengers and crew. While underscoring that the Intercontinental Exchange, Brent Thursday, when it had spiked by turn in the crisis in Ukraine — could be too high in relation to In Paris, shares in Air France- full picture had yet to emerge, North Sea crude for delivery in $20 at one stage following the as well as the escalation of the fundamentals. “Obstinately low KLM fell by 2.08 percent to 8.59 Obama also highlighted that the September rose to $107.66 per plane crash. AGENCIES

Croatia launches oil and gas Ailing Russian loan market hit by fresh US sanctions exploration tender LONDON: New US sanc- Gazprombank, and state-owned Lynch, Citi, Goldman Sachs and that equity and long-term debt with a $2bn oil prepayment deal tions imposed on Russia for its bank Vnesheconombank (VEB). JP Morgan are among the consor- with maturities of 90 days or more that it is raising with Swiss ZAGREB: Croatia yesterday- actions in Ukraine will make Thomson Reuters LPC data tium of international banks that from US entities were affected. energy trading company Vitol. launched an international ten- it more difficult for Russian shows the four companies have a lent it the maturing $1.2bn. This means that US banks Banks were also due to sign der for oil and gas exploration companies to refinance exist- combined $32.3bn of syndicated Dutch bank ING, which will be unable to lend to the $1bn a $1.5-2bn loan for listed state- in the east of the country that ing international loans and has loans outstanding in the next five was also part of the consor- one-year loan that Gazprombank backed bank VTB before the new would hopefully bring invest- dashed hopes that Russia’s syn- years, which could be difficult to tium, declined to comment on is currently seeking. “At best sanctions were announced on ments to revive its sluggish dicated loan market is reopen- refinance. Gazprombank. A spokesman said there will be a very long pause Wednesday. economy. ing, bankers said. The move could also close the ING had been reducing some of its on Gazprombank, but I expect in That deal was set to re-open The tender follows the one Washington announced market for other Russian loans exposures in Russia and Ukraine reality it will be off the agenda,” the Russian loan market, as it launched by the European Union’s its toughest sanctions yet on that are currently in the market but remained committed to both a senior loan banker said. was the first Russian loan to newest member in April, for Wednesday, which directly tar- and make it impossible to raise countries. It could simply repay the loan, include US banks since Russia exploration and drilling for oil and get several Russian companies any new loans. “We are looking at our expo- as VEB did at the end of April annexed the Crimea. The deal is gas reserves in the Adriatic, which and financial institutions with Gazprombank is the most sures as a result of the situation with a $2.5bn loan it had origi- now expected to be put on hold raised concerns of environmental close ties to Russian President immediate casualty of the fresh in the Ukraine and Russia, but we nally planned to refinance. as US banks reassess their abil- groups in the tourism-oriented Vladimir Putin. sanctions. The bank is seeking a have a long history in both Russia Slavneft, which is part-owned ity to lend. “I suspect there will country. The companies include Russia’s $1 billion, one-year loan to refi- and the Ukraine and intend to by Rosneft, has mandated be delays on VTB; people need to A total of six exploratory largest oil producer, Rosneft , nance one of $1.2bn that is due to remain a long term player there,” Raiffeisen Bank International to digest the implications of what areas in the Drava and Sava riv- its second-largest gas producer, mature in September. a spokesman said. Gazprombank arrange a new $500m loan. has happened,” the senior loan ers basins and eastern Croatia Novatek, its third largest bank, Bank of America Merrill said in a statement on Thursday Rosneft is also in the market banker said. REUTERS of between 2,100 to 2,600 sq km (811 to 1,005 sq miles) are being tendered, Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak said yesterday. Wholesale jump The area was the main one for oil and gas production in Croatia since the 1970s but it has failed to Forbes sold to live up to its potentials, he said in a statement. The tender was to conclude on February 18, 2015 but then be fol- Asian investors lowed by two more, the minister added. NEW YORK: The publisher Integrated Asset Management “High interest of key global of the US business magazine (Asia) Limited founded by Tak players in oil and gas business (for Forbes said yesterday a con- Cheung Yam. Another investor, exploration in Adriatic) ... proved trolling stake in the group had Wayne Hsieh, is the co-founder of that Croatia can and should be the been sold to a Hong Kong-based ASUSTeK Computer Inc., which regional leader in energy” supply, investment consortium. makes the Asus brand of personal Vrdoljak said. Forbes Media will remain pri- computers and electronics. He is According to local media vately held and US-based, but a based in Singapore. reports, Russian energy giant majority stake is being sold to the The amount of the investment Gazprom chief Alexei Miller, newly formed Integrated Whale was not disclosed by Forbes, but on a visit to Zagreb earlier Media Investments, based in the New York Times said it will be this month, expressed interest Hong Kong. some $475m. in drilling exploratory wells in The Forbes family will retain Under the deal, Elevation Croatia. “a significant ownership stake” in Partners, which includes U2 More than 40 firms, including the company under the plan and singer Bono and which has had Gazprom and the US oil giant New cars at the Toyota plant in Cambridge, Ontario. Canadian wholesale sales jumped by an unexpectedly will continue to participate in its a minority stake in Forbes since Exxon Mobil, were interested in high 2.2 percent in May, Statistics Canada data indicated yesterday. The motor vehicles and parts sub sector operations. Steve Forbes, grand- 2006, will divest from the group. the 29 exploration blocks in the rose 9.8 percent in May, accounting for most of the overall month-on-month gain. son of the company’s founder, will The magazine, known for its Adriatic, local media reported. maintain his role as chairman and rankings of wealthy Americans Croatia’s economy has not editor-in-chief under the plan, and global business leaders, was grown since 2008, and according which brings new capital into the launched in 1917 by Scottish to the World Bank, business activ- Coal India union to oppose stake sale publishing group. immigrant BC Forbes. It was run ity is tipped to stagnate this year “This is a major milestone for by his son Malcolm Forbes before as well. the company and our family, and being taken over by Steve Forbes, The former Yugoslav repub- NEW DELHI: Unions repre- ending March 31 to keep the def- of the company would eventually we’re pleased to partner with a a onetime presidential candidate. lic produces about 60 percent of senting workers at Coal India icit under control. “We will not lead to jobs cuts. The unions are forward-looking investor group The magazine has some six its own natural gas, while the Ltd, the world’s largest coal allow the government to sell any also opposed to Power and Coal to further drive the evolution million readers in the United remaining 40 percent comes from miner, will oppose any move to stake and will hit the streets if Minister Piyush Goyal’s order to and growth of this exceptional States and international editions Russia. sell a stake in the state-owned needed,” said D D Ramanandan, Coal India to reduce the volume company,” Steve Forbes said in a published in 21 languages, which Croatia imports 80 percent of company as part of the new vice president of the All India of coal sold through electronic statement. brings the number of global read- its annual oil needs, while average government’s plan to shore up Coal Workers Federation, one of auctions that fetch higher prices, “Our partners respect our ers to some 75 million. annual domestic oil production is its finances, a union leader said five unions representing workers Ramanandan said. brand and values, and support our The investor group “will pro- 500,000 tons. yesterday. at the company. Goyal said last month selling longstanding mission of champi- vide capital, as well as financial Officials here emphasise The government, which has a Union leaders representing less via auction will help improve oning entrepreneurship and free and operational expertise, and Croatia’s good oil and gas infra- 90 percent stake in the company more than 350,000 Coal India supplies to fuel-starved but debt- market capitalism through qual- intends to leverage its interna- structure, including the Adriatic whose total value is about $40bn, workers will meet on August 31 ridden power firms. Ramanandan ity, independent business journal- tional relationships to strate- pipeline system JANAF, access is considering the sale of a 10 per- in the western city of Pune to dis- said it was a plan to help “the big ism. The best evidence of their gically enlarge Forbes Media’s to a network of refineries in cent stake, according to official cuss their strategy. industrialists get cheap coal”. commitment to what we stand reach on a global scale,” accord- the region as well as ports and sources. Last year unions successfully Coal India, which produced 462 for is their insistence on the con- ing to the statement. “The group shipyards along the coast as the Prime Minister Narendra blocked the previous government’s million tonnes in its last fiscal tinued involvement of the Forbes supports Forbes Media’s ongo- country’s main advantages for Modi’s administration is look- move to sell a 10 percent stake year, sells about 7 percent through family, the current management ing transformation into a global investors. ing to raise a record $10.5 billion of the company. Workers fear e-auction, mainly to cement and and our highly talented edito- media, branding and technology AFP from asset sales this fiscal year divestment or any restructuring other industries. REUTERS rial team.” The group is led by company.” AFP

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HOYLAKE, ENGLAND: US Masters champion Bubba Garcia on fire at Hoylake Watson was itching to get home to Florida after plunging to a four-over-par tally of 148 in World No.1 Scott and Woods struggle in second round at British Open the second round of the British Open yesterday. The big-hitting American HOYLAKE, England: Rory done on the homeward stretch was two strokes adrift of the McIlroy recovered from an British Open with four birdies in six holes after projected cut line but, with the early hiccup to lead a European the turn briefly joining McIlroy at wind strengths changeable on the charge at the British Open yes- Second Round the top of the leaderboard. north-west coast of England, it is terday while Sergio Garcia pro- “I think the wind actually Northern by no means certain he will miss vided the fireworks at a blustery Leaderboard helped me a little bit really Ireland’s the halfway guillotine. Royal Liverpool course. because of the way I shape the “I can’t wait to get back to R McIlroy (Northern Ireland) - 10 15 Rory McIlroy Northern Irishman McIlroy, ball I could commit to it,” said observes see my wife and child,” Watson S Garcia (Spain) - 6 18 the overnight leader, stumbled Coetzee, 28 yesterday, who chal- a male told reporters after shooting a to a bogey on the first hole but lenged strongly at Sandwich three level-par 72 at Royal Liverpool. F Molinari (Italy) - 6 18 pheasant was then a model of control as he years ago when he finished in a “If I make the cut, if somehow a R Fowler - 6 18 on the 8th picked up three shots to lead on tie for 15th. miracle happens, I’ll be ready to eight-under with nine holes of his R Moore - 6 18 For the second day in a row green during go tomorrow and be pumped up second round remaining. D Johnson - 6 14 three-times champion Woods his second about it. round, on day The 25-year-old, looking to L Oosthuizen (South Africa) - 6 14 made a hash of the opening two “But I don’t let stuff linger, I’m two of the win the Open for the first time, G Coetzee (South Africa) - 5 18 holes. not that kind of a person. I’ve got birdied the fifth and the sixth The 38-year-old, who had 2014 British more issues to worry about than and moved two clear with a putt J Furyk - 5 18 played only two competitive Open Golf missed putts.” into the centre of the hole on rounds since back surgery in Championship Watson will probably spend the the eighth after the green was With winds gusting at 20mph March coming into the Open, hit at Royal rest of the day watching the golf invaded by a pheasant. for the earlier starters, there was a shocking tee shot on the first, Liverpool coverage on television ... as long as Popular Spaniard Garcia also very little movement on the lea- finding deep rough down the left, Golf Course he can cope with the commentary. bogeyed the first but then holed derboard although South Africa’s and after a circuitous route to the at Hoylake, “Some coverage is no fun to his approach shot at the second George Coetzee made light of green and seeing his bogey putt North West watch,” he explained. for an eagle two that produced a stiffening breezes to sail up the lip out he had to suck up a six. England, “Guys are trying their hardest huge roar from packed galleries. leaderboard with a barrage of Another bogey followed on the yesterday. but we always hear, ‘Oh, that’s Garcia gained shots on the fifth birdies. next hole as dropped back to level terrible, he said. and the 10th, both par-fives, and Coetzee, at five under, was the par for the tournament. “There’s too much negative was two shots behind McIlroy early clubhouse leader after his He was also in trouble in stuff going on in the world, not along with Italian Francesco second round 69. long grass at the back of the just golf. I just can’t watch that Molinari. With Tiger Woods (pictured third green but a masterful chip stuff.” left) struggling to make an allowed him to avoid another Watson, who mixed five bird- impression, Jim Furyk was lead- dropped shot before he parred under going into the weekend. second day in a row the American ies with five bogeys in his round ing the American challenge on the next eight holes. “The last 36 of the major is drove out of bounds, although this yesterday, said he liked to stay on five-under with five holes of his Several big names trying to going to be a grind,” Scott, who time he still managed a par-five an even-keel about golf, and life second round still to play. kick start their challenges early was hoping for tough weather at the 10th with his replacement in general. After the calm conditions of yesterday suffered frustration. conditions, told reporters. ball. “The whole year is about rejoic- Thursday, when McIlroy made the World number one Adam Scott, Defending champion Phil US Masters champion Bubba ing for me,” added the shot-mak- early running, the par-72 coastal who began the day two shots off Mickelson, who fell in love with Watson was itching to get home ing left-hander who also won the links was far less benevolent as the lead, dropped shots at the links golf last year when he tri- to Florida after plunging to a Masters in 2012. the players returned to action. second and third holes, both par umphed in Muirfield after 19 four-over-par tally of 148. The “Sometimes you can get too By late morning, only five fours into the wind, although he failed Open attempts, eagled the big-hitting American was two pumped up and you’re the great- players had broken par on the did earn one back at the fifth. fifth hole on his way to a two- strokes adrift of the projected cut est golfer. Sometimes you can get outward nine but birthday boy The Australian ended the day under 70 that kept him just about line after a level-par 72. too much bad talk when you think Coetzee showed what could be with a couple of birdies to sit three in touch on level par. For the REUTERS you’re the worst. REUTERS

German Open Men’s Singles Hamilton fastest in German GP practice

Quarter-final HOCKENHEIM, Germany: now. So we’re really trying to get Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton shrugged off that right,” said Hamilton. German Grand from Mercedes Results on-track temperatures of over He added that the hot condi- AMG (front) and Results from the German Open 50 degrees to clock the fastest Prix Free Practice tions had made it a challenging lap in practice for this weekend’s day also for the soft compound Spanish Formula men’s singles quarter-final One driver matches yesterday. German Grand Prix, the Briton Times Pirelli tyres used. outpacing Mercedes team-mate “It was difficult to find the bal- Fernando Alonso Philipp Kohlschreiber 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:18.341, from Ferrari in and championship leader Nico 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:18.365, ance with the track being so hot (Germany) bt Lukas Rosol Rosberg. - and it’s quite a tricky circuit in action during the (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-4. 3. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing On a scorching hot day at the 1:18.443 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Scuderia general,” he said. first free practice David Ferrer (Spain) bt Pablo Hockenheim circuit, with air Ferrari 1:18.887, 5. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) “The car’s a little bit different session at the Andujar (Spain) 6-0, 6-2. temperatures touching 34 degrees McLaren Mercedes 1:18.960, 6. Felipe now because everyone’s made Hockenheimring Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) Celsius and the track tempera- Massa (BRA) Williams 1:19.024, 7. Jenson some changes. The set-up is in a race track in bt Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 6-1, ture reaching 58 degrees, the Button (GBR) McLaren Mercedes 1:19.221, different direction to what we had Hockenheim, 7-5. Mercedes men were again in a 8. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing in the past, but it’s still good fun Germany, Alexander Zverev (Germany) class of their own as they con- 1:19.248, 9. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Scuderia to drive.” yesterday. bt Tobias Kamke (Germany) tinued their battle for this year’s Ferrari 1:19.329, 10. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Rosberg said he felt that the 0-6, 7-5, 6-3. world championship. Williams 1:19.385, 11. Adrian Sutil (GER) loss of FRIC would change the Hamilton, who cut Rosberg’s Sauber 1:19.417, 12. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Toro order that had dominated the was fifth for the improving slower than the Mercedes men. Swedish Open championship lead to four points Rosso 1:19.452, 13. Sergio Perez (MEX) Force opening half of the season. McLaren team ahead of Felipe “Unlike other Fridays I don’t by winning the British Grand Prix India 1:19.581, 14. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) “For sure it will shuffle things Massa, of Williams, Jenson think we have got half a second Women’s Singles two weeks ago when the German Force India 1:19.593, 15. Jean-Eric Vergne around a little bit without this Button in the second McLaren in the car,” said Ricciardo. suffered his first retirement of the (FRA) Toro Rosso 1:19.760 FRIC system. There are some and defending four-time cham- “We have extracted pretty Quarter-final season, clocked a best lap of one new challenges now -- to re- pion Sebastian Vettel in the sec- much all of it today -- so let’s see.” minute 18.341 seconds. admitted they faced a challenge balance the car and figure my ond Red Bull. The session saw the conditions Results That put him 0.024 seconds to retain their competitive advan- way out to get happy in the car,” Two-time champion Fernando take their toll on some teams ahead of Rosberg. tage after running without their said Rosberg who arrived at Alonso was down in ninth for with Japanese Kamui Kobayashi Results from the Swedish Open “That was ok, pretty good,” said FRIC suspension system. Hockenheim buoyed by a new Ferrari after a promising morn- of Caterham suffering a close women’s singles quarter-final Hamilton. It was the first time they, or contract and his recent wedding. ing session. encounter with danger when his matches yesterday. “The temperatures are so high any team, had run without the Australian Daniel Ricciardo Ricciardo said he felt he and car burst into flames. Mona Barthel (Germany) bt that it was very difficult with ‘front to rear interlinked sus- was third fastest in the leading his Red Bull team had done their He jumped clear as smoke Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6-2, 7-6 the tyres, but we learned a lot in pension system’, dubbed as FRIC, Red Bull, once again proving he utmost on Friday and had held poured from the rear of his car (4). that session. As usual qualifying is used to help with self-levelling of has the pace to deserve his place nothing back, as they had on some and then ran back with several Chanelle Scheepers (South going to be very important like it the car during a lap of the track. among the elite, ahead of Kimi previous Friday practice days this marshals, armed with fire extin- Africa) bt Lara Arruabarrena is at every circuit we go to.” “Finding the sweet spot with Raikkonen of Ferrari. year. guishers, to extinguish the flames. Vecino (Spain) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Hamilton and Rosberg the car is just in a different place Danish rookie Jan Magnussen He was only a tenth of a second AFP Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) bt Alexandra Panova (Russia) 6-3, 6-2. Schumacher’s wife Wolff shows mettle as F1 lady

Istanbul Cup HOCKENHEIM, Germany: headlines as the first woman offers hope for future Susie Wolff (pictured) showed driver to take part in a grand prix Women’s Singles she could mix it with the men weekend in 22 years. HOCKENHEIM, Germany: blew us all away. Good to know and be a fast lady of Formula Friday’s session at sweltering Quarter-final Michael Schumacher’s wife that together we made it through One yesterday but whether she Hockenheim was her last oppor- Corinna has thanked fans of the hardest time. can break down more barriers tunity, with the wife of Mercedes Results the Formula One great for their “Now we are facing a phase remains a question with no easy motorsport head Toto not cur- Results from the Istanbul Cup support through the dark days which will presumably take a long answer. rently scheduled to appear in the women’s Singles quarter-final of his fight for life after a skiing time. We trust that - as for so “That’s the million dollar ques- car again this season, and she was matches yesterday accident and offered hope for many years in F1 - time will be tion, what comes next?,” she told determined to make the most of Roberta Vinci (Italy) bt his future recovery. Michael’s ally in the fight.” reporters after completing 22 laps it. Kurumi Nara (Japan) 6-0, 6-2. “The German Grand Prix Schumacher suffered severe and setting the 15th best time of Massa in the team’s other race “It all felt fantastic, the team gives me the perfect opportunity head injuries when he slammed 22 drivers taking part in first car. Head of performance engi- did such a good job in getting me Kristina Mladenovic (France) to cordially thank you all for the against a rock in a ski accident in practice at the German Grand neering Rob Smedley said she did ready for today,” said the 31-year- bt Francesca Schiavone (Italy) good wishes and positive energies the French Alps last December. Prix. “a really good job, worked well and old. “Certainly time in the car 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. you keep sending to Michael,” she The 45-year-old is currently Wolff’s best time in the drove sensibly” but inevitably counts for a lot because the more Ana Konjuh (Croatia) bt said in a message published in the in hospital in Lausanne, near Williams usually used by Valtteri Wolff wanted more. laps you do the better it feels, and Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-4, programme for tomorrow’s race. his Swiss home, after spending Bottas was only two tenths slower At Silverstone, her home race with every lap out there it felt 1-6, 6-1. “I have to say your sympathies months in a coma. REUTERS than Brazilian veteran Felipe two weeks ago, Wolff had made better and better.” REUTERS JULY 19, 2014 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY Lahm goes out at the top German captain stuns his nation by quitting international football

BERLIN: Germany captain for club side Bayern Munich. Philipp Lahm stunned his “There is hardly a better fare- Factfile homeland yesterday by quit- well than to be a world cham- Date of birth: November 11, ting international soccer at the pion at the peak of your career,” 1983 (age 30) age of 30, five days after leading Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Place of birth: Munich, West Germany his side to World Cup victory in Rummenigge said of Lahm’s Louis van Gaal Brazil. retirement on the club website Height: 1.70m (5 feet 7 inches) “During last season I made a (www.fcbayern.de). Position: Full back/defensive decision to end my international “But for the national team, it midfielder career after the World Cup,” will not be easy to replace Lahm Senior international debut: vs Van Gaal Lahm wrote in an open letter as a player, captain and a man.” Croatia (2-1), February 18, 2004 on the German soccer federation Despite the old adage saying Last international appearance: website (www.dfb.de). you should always go out on top, vs Argentina World Cup final, “I shared my decision with Bayern acknowledged on their gives kids July 13, 2014 (Germany 1-0 aet) Germany coach Joachim Loew at website that Lahm’s decision had International caps: 113 breakfast on Monday. I am happy taken them by surprise. and thankful that the end of my Many German fans also reacted International goals: 5 chance to national team career coincided with disbelief on Twitter given Clubs: Bayern Munich 1995-to with winning the World Cup in Lahm’s relatively young age to date (on loan to VfB Stuttgart Brazil. quit the international scene. 2003-2005) shine “I have been on holiday for the Germany’s dominant perform- Honours: International: World past three days and here have had ance in Brazil, including a 7-1 Cup (2014), third place (2006, the quiet and time to mentally thrashing of the hosts in the semi- 2010). European Championships: LONDON: Louis van Gaal will come to terms with the end of my finals, also suggested an assault on finalist (2008), semi-final (2012) take a close look at Manchester national team career. A heartfelt Euro 2016 glory was well within Club: Champions League (2013), United’s next generation of thank you for a wonderful time.” their and Lahm’s reach. 2 finals (2010, 2012); Club World talent after including several Lahm’s decision came as a Lahm, who started his Cup (2013); European Supercup youngsters in his squad for the shock to German soccer federa- Germany career in February (2013); German Championships club’s pre-season tour to the tion (DFB) president Wolfgang 2004, was one of the top players in (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014); United States. Niersbach. Brazil as he effortlessly switched German Cups (2006, 2008, 2010, Van Gaal is keen to see what “Philipp called me this morning between midfield and right back. 2013, 2014); German League United’s youth academy has to Cup (2007); German Supercups and personally told me the news,” He barely made a mistake all offer and, with a handful of first- (2010, 2012) Niersbach said. “Very quickly into month and was among the nomi- team stars missing the tour as the conversation I realised that nees for the player of the tourna- Lahm has had to battle back they recover from the World it was futile to try to change his ment award. from serious injury several Cup, the Dutchman has opted to times. On his return from mind. The Bayern captain has enjoyed pack his 25-man group with raw Stuttgart to Bayern, he had a “He was not only an outstand- a stellar career having also led his rookies. torn cruciate ligament which ing player in his 10 years with the club side to a Champions League, kept him out for six months. Joining United’s new manager national team but always a per- Bundesliga and German Cup tre- At the same time he also had a on yesterday’s flight to the States fect role model. I thanked him for ble in 2013. stress fracture of his foot. were goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, all that he has done for the DFB.” Another member of the 21, left-back Tyler Blackett, 20, Bayern imposed its then biggest Lahm’s success and gravi- German World Cup-winning team ever disciplinary fine against centre-back Michael Keane, tas was such that even German who could hang up his interna- Lahm in November 2009, 21, defender Reece James, 20, Chancellor Angela Merkel com- tional boots is 36-year-old striker reported to be more than 25,000 forward Jesse Lingard, 21, and mented on his decision. Miroslav Klose. euros, for giving a newspaper striker Will Keane, 21. “I’d like to express my respect Niersbach had indicated in Rio interview in which he criticised Among the established play- for what he achieved with the de Janeiro that he would be will- the club transfer policy and its ers travelling are Wayne Rooney, national team,” she said. ing to allow Klose to have a fare- tactics. He was made club cap- David De Gea and Juan Mata, Lahm, who picked up the last well appearance on home soil if Philipp Lahm holds the World Cup trophy during a victory parade for tain in 2011 and led the team to while van Gaal’s two new signings of his 113 caps in the 1-0 World the Lazio man decided to quit and Germany’s national football team at Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate their 2013 Champions League, — England left-back Luke Shaw German title and German Cup Cup final victory over Argentina the same offer is highly likely to on Tuesday. and Spanish midfielder Ander on Sunday, will continue playing be made to Lahm. REUTERS triple triumph. Herrera — are also included. Robin van Persie, Javier Hernandez, Marouane Fellaini and Adnan Januzaj are on holi- FIFA lifts Nigeria suspension UEFA bans Atletico’s day after the World Cup, with Michael Carrick a notable absen- tee after undergoing ankle sur- Simeone, Real’s Xabi gery that will sideline the England from international football midfielder for up to three months. United will play the first match ZURICH: Nigeria’s suspension GENEVA: European football’s of their tour against Los Angeles from international football was governing body UEFA yesterday Galaxy next Thursday before tak- lifted yesterday, world govern- banned Atletico Madrid coach ing on Roma, Inter Milan and ing body FIFA said. Diego Simeone and Real Madrid Real Madrid in the International The African country was midfielder Xabi Alonso for one Champions Cup. banned earlier this month due to match for disciplinary offences If they make the final, they will government interference in the during the Champions League play a fifth match in Miami on national federation’s affairs. final in May. August 4. “FIFA has noted that the court Simeone was hit with the pen- The tour will be a big chance proceedings and order prevent- alty for having charged onto the for the likes of Tom Cleverley, ing the President of the NFF, the pitch at the end of the match Darren Fletcher, Ashley Young, NFF Executive Committee mem- during a verbal clash with Real’s Shinji Kagawa and Nani to prove bers and the NFF Congress from French defender Raphael Varane. to van Gaal that they deserve to running the affairs of Nigerian He will be banned from remain Old Trafford. football that prompted the sus- the bench for Atletico’s next The fate of Bebe already pension have been withdrawn,” a A file picture of Nigerian players celebrating after scoring a goal against European match, which will come appears to be sealed, though, after FIFA statement said. Ethiopia during a 2014 World Cup qualifying play-off match in Calabar. at the beginning of the 2014-15 the winger was left out along with “As statutory order has been Champions League group stage in French left-back Patrice Evra, reinstated at the NFF and the sports minister to appoint a care- against Rwanda set for this week- September. who is expected to join Juventus. legitimate bodies reinstalled, taker administrator, who swiftly end had already been shifted to Real beat their arch-rivals 4-1 Brazilian midfielder Anderson FIFA has decided to lift the sus- called new elections. NFF presi- July 27. after extra time in the May 24 is absent with a calf injury, but pension as of today...” dent Aminu Maigari was also African governments for dec- final in Lisbon, and UEFA opened Chris Smalling, Phil Jones and Nigeria’s reinstatement comes detained by police on his arrival ades dictated the leadership of a disciplinary probe in the wake Jonny Evans will hope to stake after a reversal of the decision back from Brazil, but later their individual football associa- of the game. their claims to be first-choice to oust senior members of the released. tions until the practice was out- Xabi Alonso was sanctioned centre-backs following the Xabi Alonso (top), Diego Simeone country’s football federation Following discussions between lawed by FIFA. for misconduct, and will serve departures of Rio Ferdinand and (NFF) following allegations of a Nigerian government delegation Drastic changes like those in his suspension during the UEFA cards during matches. Nemanja Vidic. corruption. and FIFA, the court order has Nigeria are now rare, although fel- Super Cup final between Madrid Real picked up five, thereby Herrera, who joined United A regional high court had been revoked and the executive low World Cup finalists Cameroon and Europa League winners receiving a fine of 18,000 euros from Athletic Bilbao last month, ordered the dismissal of the returned to their positions. were suspended by FIFA last year Sevilla on August 12 in Cardiff, ($24,344), while Atletico’s seven is looking forward to his first NFF executive two weeks ago, a Nigeria will now be able to send before being reinstated. UEFA said. cards led to a penalty of 21,000 taste of United’s huge global day after the Super Eagles were a team to the Under-20 Women’s Their federation is now being In addition, Atletico and Real euros. The fines also sanctioned appeal when they touch down in eliminated from the World Cup World Cup in Canada starting run by a ‘normalisation commit- were each fined for improper the behaviour of both clubs’ fans, North America. by France in the last-16. on August 5, while their CAF tee’ after the last president was team conduct — a penalty faced who set off fireworks in the sta- “It will be a new experience The court also mandated the Under-17 Championship qualifier jailed for fraud. REUTERS by teams who receive five or more dium. AFP for me because it will be my first time outside Europe. All the people have told me there is a lot of United fans in America Qatar move up FIFA rankings and I can’t wait to play in front of them,” he told MUTV. DOHA: Qatar has jumped to The United States who be hosted next year from January “I am very happy and really 86 in the FIFA world rank- impressed with their pre-quarter- 17 to February 8. enjoying being at the club and in ings, their highest-ever climb in final run, fell two places to 15th. On October 14, Qatar will play the city. The first couple of weeks recent years. In the Asian rankings, Japan a friendly against Australia in here have been great. Ranked 100 at the end of last are number one followed by Iran. Doha. “Training has been good, simi- month’s FIFA rankings, Qatar Uzbekistan are placed third while The friendly is part of lar to at Bilbao in that we train have jumped an unprecedented Korea are fourth and UAE are Australia’s preparation for the a lot with the ball. The coaches 14 spots. placed fifth. 2015 Asia Cup, which will be held want us to have the ball and keep Qatar, now coached by Djamel Qatar, who are ranked number in Australia. possession, which is great for the Belmadi, have accumulated 361 11 in Asia, will play Morocco, the The Aussies, who were knocked players.” Arsenal have signed France points. hosts of the 2015 Africa Cup of out of the first round of the World Yaya Toure has no intention of Earlier, van Gaal said he right back Mathieu Debuchy Just four days after winning the Nations, in a friendly match in Cup 2014, will also face Belgium leaving Premier League champions wanted to see changes made to from Newcastle United for an FIFA World Cup for the fourth September, an official source said in a friendly on September 4. Manchester City and is looking the club’s plush Carrington train- undisclosed fee, the London club time, Germany jumped to number on Thursday. Despite a strong showing in the forward to the new season with ing ground because he it was too said on Thursday. The 28-year-old one. The match will take place in World Cup, Australia lost all them, he said yesterday. “The windy. has been recruited as a ready- Germany deposed 2010 FIFA Casablanca on September 3 and three of its matches. fans have always been good to “The facility needs a little more World Cup champions Spain from then Morocco will meet Libya in Qatar will then take part in intimacy,” the new manager said made replacement for Bacary me, they’ve always been good to the top spot, according to the lat- Marrakech four days later. the GCC Cup in Saudi Arabia in of the site to the west of the city. Sagna. my family,” Toure said. est standings. The Africa Cup of Nations will November. THE PENINSULA AFP JULY 19, 2014 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Flower sees ‘challenge’ in Ballance, Kumar leave Test Pakistan role

LAHORE: New Pakistan bat- ting coach Grant Flower said improving the side’s faltering hitters would be a “challenge” as poised as Cook fails again he assumed the role yesterday. The 43-year-old joined on a two-year contract after a success- Batsman Ballance scores 110 for hosts; Indian pacer takes four wickets ful coaching stint with his native Zimbabwe, which ended back in 2012. LONDON: England captain Dhoni off Kumar who has looked His task is to improve Alastair Cook suffered yet at home in England despite play- Pakistan’s fortunes at the crease another failure with the bat as ing all his six Tests before this which have flopped recently, most Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept India series in India. notably last year’s 3-0 Test white- on top on the second day of the Cook’s exit meant it was now wash against South Africa when second Test at Lord’s yesterday. 26 innings since he had scored the they were bowled out for just 49. Fast-medium bowler Kumar did last of his England record 25 Test “We all know how talented the the bulk of the damage with an hundreds, with his tally for the players are and I rate them high. impressive return of four for 46 calendar year standing at a mere But maybe sometime they don’t in 23 overs, his haul including all 107 runs in eight innings. get most of their talent out and I of the top four England batsmen The 29-year-old’s poor run of am here to coach them,” Flower as the home side reached stumps form has also coincided with an said. on 219 for six. England slump that has seen the The younger brother of accom- That left them 76 runs behind team go nine Tests without a win. plished Zimbabwean batsman India’s first innings 295 after Cook For most of his 29-ball innings Andy, who coached England until had fallen for just 10. spanning 40 minutes, Cook looked last year, said he would not have Only Gary Ballance (110) and assured. taken the job if he didn’t think he Moeen Ali (32) offered much in But, not moving his feet, Cook could make a difference. the way of resistance in a fifth- nicked a good length Kumar ball “The challenge of being in a wicket stand of 98 after England, that swung away through to wick- different place brought me here,” despite an easing pitch and a sun- etkeeper Dhoni. Australia-born Grant said at his introductory drenched day making conditions opener Sam Robson, dropped in press conference. for batting far less difficult than the slips on seven, squandered His stint starts in earnest on on Thursday, slumped to 113 for his reprieve by driving loosely at next month’s tour of Sri Lanka four. a wide Kumar ball and was caught when he teams up with new head Cook was caught behind by behind having made 17. coach Waqar Younis. opposing skipper Mahendra Singh Since the third of his three Flower played 67 Tests and England’s Gary Ballance celebrates his century during play on the second day of the second Test against 221 one-day internationals for India at Lord’s in London, yesterday. RIGHT: India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivers a ball during the day’s play. Zimbabwe. Scoreboard He said he was determined to get the most out of the batsmen India (I innings): 5-40-2; Moeen 14-2-38-1. Ashes centuries at Chester-le- yesterday. Ballance was fortunate Yorkshire batsman’s 104 not out at his disposal. M Vijay c Ballance b Plunkett ...... 24 England (I innings): Street last year, Ian Bell had when, on 32, he edged medium- against Sri Lanka last month. “I do know some of the play- S Dhawan c Ballance b Anderson ...... 7 A Cook c Dhoni b Kumar ...... 10 completed only four fifties and pacer Stuart Binny between Ali’s painstaking two-hour ers and know their constraints as C Pujara b Stokes ...... 28 S Robson c Dhoni b Kumar ...... 17 no hundreds in 17 Test innings Dhoni and first slip for what was knock came to an end when he well and some areas where I need V Kohli c Prior b Anderson ...... 25 G Ballance c Dhoni b Kumar ...... 110 prior to Friday’s knock. a keeper’s catch. was lbw to a fellow part-time to work on”. A Rahane c and b Anderson ...... 103 I Bell c Jadeja b Kumar ...... 16 Bell had made just 16 when, But he made the most of his spinner in Murali Vijay. “Another best thing about M S Dhoni c Prior b Broad ...... 1 J Root lbw Jadeja ...... 13 trying to evade a short ball from luck in a composed display that Ballance followed soon after- Pakistan batting is their flare, I R Jadeja lbw Moeen...... 3 Moeen Ali lbw Vijay ...... 32 Kumar, he gloved a gentle catch saw him accelerate to a hundred. wards when, with India having would never want to take it out S Binny lbw Anderson ...... 9 L Plunkett (batting) ...... 4 to third slip. The Zimbabwe born-left taken the new ball, he was well from any of them,” he said before B Kumar b Broad ...... 36 M Prior (batting) ...... 2 Joe Root, fresh from his 154 hander drove and cut Binny for caught down the legside by Dhoni adding: M Shami c Cook b Stokes ...... 19 Extras (W-2, NB-3, LB-9, B-1) ...... 15 not out in the drawn first Test at two fours in as many balls to go off Kumar to end a five-hour stay “So may be its just about fine- I Sharma (not out) ...... 12 Total (for 6 wkts) ...... 219 Trent Bridge, came in facing yet to 93 before two more fours off at the crease. India had been in tuning with some of the batsman Extras (NB-1, B-17, LB-10) ...... 28 Fall of wickets: 1-22 2-31 3-70 4-113 5-211 another salvage mission. the same bowler, a clip off his legs dire straits at 145 for seven. and getting them to play with Total (all out) ...... 295 6-214. The 23-year-old’s last two Tests and an on-drive, saw Ballance to But England let them off the more consistency.” Fall of wickets: 1-11 2-48 3-86 4-113 5-123 Bowling: Kumar 23-9-46-4; Shami 15-5-33- at Lord’s had yielded scores of 180 a hundred in 186 balls including hook as India doubled their total Pakistan will play two Tests 6-128 7-145 8-235 9-275 10-295. 0 (w-1; nb-2); Sharma 17-5-32-0 (w-1, nb-1); against Australia in 2013 and 200 14 fours. to 290 for nine at Thursday’s and three one-day internationals Bowling: Anderson 23-7-60-4; Broad 22-5- Binny 10-0-45-0; Jadeja 18-1-41-1; Vijay 3-0- not out against Sri Lanka last It was the 24-year-old’s second close, with Ajinkya Rahane mak- against Sri Lanka after a break of 79-2; Plunkett 15-5-51-1 (nb-1); Stokes 17.4- 12-1. month. But Root was lbw for 13 to hundred in five Tests and second ing a superb 103 in his maiden almost three months from com- left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja in as many at Lord’s after the Test innings at Lord’s. AFP petitive cricket. AFP Mathews leads from front South Africa’s Dale Steyn (centre) celebrates with team-mates to rescue SL on Steyn’s day Hashim Amla (left) and AB GALLE: Sri Lanka captain de Villiers after Angelo Mathews weathered Scoreboard dismissing a fiery spell of reverse swing Sri Lankan South Africa (I innings): ...... 455-9 decl bowling from Dayle Steyn to Sri Lanka (I innings): batsman take his team past the follow- Dilruwan K Silva c Philander b Steyn ...... 8 on mark on the third day of the U Tharanga st de Kock b Duminy ...... 83 Perera during first Test against South Africa K Sangakkara b Morkel ...... 24 the third yesterday. M Jayawardene lbw Steyn ...... 3 day of the Mathews scored a defiant 89 L Thirimanne c de Kock b Steyn ...... 38 opening Test off 182 balls with 14 fours and a A Mathews b Tahir ...... 89 at the Galle six before, while attempting to D Chandimal c Petersen b Steyn ...... 6 International shield the tail, he went for a slog D Perera c de Kock b Steyn ...... 0 Cricket sweep off Imran Tahir and was R Herath (batting)...... 12 Stadium bowled. S Lakmal c de Kock b Morkel ...... 6 in Galle, Mathews and Rangana Herath Extras (LB-7, B-4, W-2, NB-1) ...... 14 yesterday. shared an eighth- wicket part- Total (for 9 wkts) ...... 283 nership of 71 off 117 balls that Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-98, 3-104, 4-136, saved Sri Lanka after Steyn had 5-190, 6-200, 7-201, 8-272. reduced them to 201-7 replying Bowling: Steyn 21-6-50-5; Philander 15-6- to South Africa’s first innings of 31-0 (1nb); Morkel 17-9-45-2; Tahir 25-5- 455-9 declared. 74-1; Duminy 15-4-47-1; Elgar 7-1-25-0. Herath was unbeaten on 12 Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews plays a shot during the third day of at stumps having lost Suranga the opening Test against South Africa at the Galle International Cricket Hosts Zimbabwe outwit Lakmal for six off the last ball control. Steyn sent back Lahiru Stadium in Galle, yesterday. of the day to Morne Morkel to Thirimanne for 38 flashing at Quinton de Kock behind the a delivery outside off stump to Afghanistan by 6 wickets wicket. present De Kock with an easy session to be 182 for four wickets fall of the home side’s two most Sri Lanka trailed South Africa catch and ending a threatening at tea. The wicket of left-handed experienced batsmen, Kumar BULAWAYO: A quick-fire 70 top-scoring for the visitors with by 172 runs. partnership of 54 with Mathews. opener Tharanga, making a Sangakkara for 24 and Mahela at more than a run a ball from a patient 65 from 85 balls. “Bowling on the sub-continent Steyn then dismissed Dinesh return to test cricket after nearly Jayawardene for three. Sean Williams lifted Zimbabwe Captain Mohammad Nabi (55) is so hard,” said Steyn after the Chandimal for six and Dilruwan seven years out of the side, was Sangakkara and Tharanga had to a comfortable six-wicket and opener Noor Ali Zadran (43) close. Perera for a duck off successive South Africa’s only success in the added 59 for the second wicket win over Afghanistan in the also made good contributions, but “But I kind of enjoy that chal- overs to claim his 23rd five-for in middle session. before the former dragged a short first One Day International at the Afghans were not helped by lenge, and this is one of the an innings as Sri Lanka slid from Tharanga was beaten by a well- ball from Morne Morkel onto his Q ue en s Sp or ts Club i n Bu l awayo, three run outs in their innings. few places in the world where I 190-4 to 201-7. flighted delivery from off-spinner stumps while attempting a pull yesterday. Pick of the home bowlers was haven’t taken five-fors. Chandimal pulled a short ball JP Duminy as he advanced down shot just two balls after play had Williams, who blasted eight seamer Tendai Chatara who col- “I’m lucky - I am short, skiddy, straight to Alviro Petersen at mid the wicket and was stumped by resumed. fours and a six off his 65 balls, fell lected two for 37 in his eight overs. so my bouncer doesn’t get up. wicket and Perera was caught off De Kock after hitting 14 fours and Paceman Steyn added to South just before the target of 224 was Zimbabwe were always up with And if there is a little something the inside edge by De Kock. a six in his 155-ball knock. Africa’s joy when he picked up his reached by the home side as they the run rate and besides Williams, on the ball, whether it’s reversing Mathews edged Sri Lanka Thirimanne and Mathews second wicket of the morning, raced to victory with 28 balls to captain Brandon Taylor chipped or just swinging, I always have a closer to getting past the follow- deprived the South African trapping Jayawardene lbw off the spare in the first ever meeting in with 43 and opener Sikandar chance.” on mark by hitting Morne Morkel bowlers from making any fur- last ball before the lunch break. between the two nations. Raza 42 not out after he had left Sri Lanka were rocked in the for five successive fours in an over ther breakthroughs, putting up Steyn had earlier accounted Zimbabwe won the toss and the field retired hurt, only to final session by Steyn who picked that cost 20 runs. staunch resistance against a var- for opener Kaushal Silva (eight), elected to field, restricting their return later in the innings. up three wickets for eight runs Sri Lanka fought back ied attack of pace and spin. who was tempted into a hook shot tourists to 223 for nine in their 50 The second match is at the off five overs, three of them maid- after losing the wicket of Upul A brief rain interruption in and caught by a diving Vernon overs, with Samiullah Shenwari same venue tomorrow.REUTERS ens, to put South Africa firmly in Tharanga for 83 in the afternoon the morning was followed by the Philander at fine leg. REUTERS JULY 19, 2014 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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