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Emir hands trophy to Lekhwiya Indian PM Modi Doha Forum arrives in Qatar on June 4

By Sanaullah Ataullah starts today The Peninsula

General Assembly, Argentina’s For- eign Minister Susana Malcorra and DOHA: Prime Minister of India Emir H H Sheikh Nassir bin Abdulaziz Al Nasser the Narendra Modi is arriving in Qatar on Tamim bin Hamad UN High Representative for the Alli- a two-day official visit starting from ance of Civilizations, among others. June 4 at the invitation of the Emir Al Thani will patronise The second plenary session will H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al the opening of the be under the theme “The Middle East: Thani. During the visit, the Prime 16th Doha Forum. Towards more stability and prosper- Minister and the Emir will hold ity” and will see the participation of discussions on bilateral, regional Nikolay Mladenov, UN special Coor- and multilateral issues of mutual dinator for the Middle East Peace interest. process; Dr. Saeb Erakat, Chief Pales- This is the highest-level visit The Peninsula tinian Negotiator, and Anas Al Abdah, from India to Qatar since the visit President of the National Coalition of the then Prime Minister Dr for Syrian Revolutionary and Oppo- Manmohan Singh in 2008, said sition Forces. a report posted on the website of DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin The forum will also discuss eco- the Embassy of India. Hamad Al Thani will patronise the nomic issues in a session titled “The This will be third visit of Modi opening of the 16th Doha Forum at Global Economy: where to?” H E after assuming premiership to GCC the Sheraton Doha Hotel this evening, Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, countries followed by United Arab which is being held under the title Danilo Turk, Candidate for Secre- Emirates (UAE) in August last year “Stability and Prosperity for All.” tary General of United Nations and and Saudi Arabia last month. The Forum is organised by the Former President of Slovenia, and “The detailed schedule of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collab- Carolyn Maloney, member of the US visit will be announced soon”, oration with local and international Congress, are among the speakers. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani handing the trophy to Lekhwiya players after the team Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora research and study centres. Presidents, The forum will also include won the Emir Cup Final at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Lekhwiya won 4-2 on told The Peninsula on telephone international personalities, business- a number of specialised sessions penalties after the game ended in a 2-2 draw. → Report on page 21 yesterday. There has been regu- men and academics are participating including “Global security: Current lar exchange of high-level bilateral in the forum, in which 58 experts will reality and challenge,” “Gulf Secu- visits in the recent past. The Emir speak on different issues like econ- rity: Dialogue instead conflict,” and had visited India in March 2015. The omy, energy, security and defence. “Achievement of the international Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin A number of politicians and experts, agenda for sustainable development Secret service shoots man near White House Khalifa Al Thani had visited India in including Qatar’s Minister of Econ- in light of the current situation of the 1999, 2005 and 2012. omy and Commerce H E Sheikh global economy.” India’s historical and close Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani and Bah- The Fourth Plenary session will be Reuters nesses said. The Secret Service, which silver-coloured gun pointed at relations with Qatar are marked rain’s Foreign Minister Khaled bin on energy under the theme “The global protects the president, briefly locked the ground, said Brett Polivka, a by mutually beneficial commercial Ahmed Al Khalifa are participating status quo: Challenges and opportu- down the White House as a precau- 26-year-old visitor from Texas who exchanges and extensive people to in the three-day forum. nities. Among the speakers in this tion, and Vice President Joe Biden was was standing near the south side of people contacts. Qatar is an impor- The first plenary session under session are Antonio Isa Conde, Minis- WASHINGTON: Law enforcement secured within the White House com- the White House. “A couple officers tant trading partner for India in the the theme “International and ter of Energy and Mines in Dominican officers shot a man who brandished a plex during the lockdown, a White drew their guns, went right at him Gulf region with bilateral trade in regional status quo and the means Republic, Dr Ibrahim Ibrahim, Eco- gun near the White House while Pres- House spokeswoman said. and within two or three seconds 2014-15 exceeding $15bn. It is the to meet the challenges” will feature nomic Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and ident Barack Obama was out golfing, A man who looked to be in we heard a gunshot,” Polivka said. largest supplier of LNG require- Mogens Lykketoft, president of the David Jalagania, Deputy Minister of and the man was taken to hospital in his mid-20s walked to the gate One person in critical condition was ments, accounting for 65% of 70th session of the United Nations foreign Affairs in Georgia. critical condition, officials and wit- of the White House holding a transported to hospital. India’s total imports in 2015-16. US rejects Navy discovers debris Russia proposal for joint air of EgyptAir Jet strikes in Syria Bloomberg disappearance, including a delib- erate act or malfunction, though AFP Egyptian Minister of Aviation Sherif Fathy said the possibility of a terrorist CAIRO: Egyptian authorities said attack is higher than a technical fail- they discovered debris, body parts ure. Flying at cruising altitude through WASHINGTON: The United States and personal belongings from pas- clear skies, the Airbus jet made sud- yesterday rejected a Russian pro- sengers of the doomed EgyptAir den movements before swooping into posal to launch joint air strikes plane that crashed in the Mediterra- a steep descent and losing contact with against militants from next week in nean Sea, all but quashing any hope air-traffic control, according to Greek Syria, but said the two sides were of survivors among the 66 people radar reports. discussing ways to better monitor on board. Pilots sent no emergency signal, a shaky truce. The search by Egyptian forces and their final contact with control- “We do not collaborate or and supporting countries remains lers revealed no signs of distress. The Pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs react to Turkey’s ruling AK Party at the coordinate with the Russians on in progress, the airline said in a lack of communication points to a any operations in Syria,” Pen- parliament in Ankara, yesterday. statement. Among other pieces dis- “brutal” event, said Jean-Paul Troa- tagon spokesman Navy Captain covered were luggage and aircraft dec, the former head of France’s BEA Jeff Davis told reporters, explain- seats. No reference was made to air-safety authority. ing that Washington and Moscow the search for the cockpit-voice and “Normally if there’s a technical have separate military objectives. Turkey lifts immunity for MPs flight-data recorders, which could problem with engines, or a problem “Russian operations are sup- offer valuable clues about what of pressurization, or something else, porting and enabling the Assad downed the Airbus A320 on its flight there are tools that let a pilot warn regime and our focus is solely on AFP lawmakers have the right to full group by Ankara and its Western from Paris to Cairo. he’s got a problem,” Troadec said degrading and defeating ISIL,” immunity from prosecution. allies. Following the collapse of a Salvage teams from Greece and Friday in an interview on French Davis said, referring to the Islamic The bill -- which still needs two-year ceasefire in summer 2015, Egypt have been joined by French radio Europe1. “Nothing of the sort State group. Earlier yesterday, President Recep Tayyip Erdog- Turkey has been waging an intensive investigators to find more debris as happened.” Russian Defence Minister Sergei ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament yes- an’s approval before becoming law offensive against its militants and the authorities seek to piece together Salvage crews will focus on Shoigu suggested the two coun- terday adopted a highly controversial — would lift the immunity of 138 renewed conflict has claimed hun- what happened to the Airbus sin- retrieving the flight and data record- tries launch joint strikes against bill that would lift immunity for doz- deputies from all parties who face dreds of lives. gle-aisle jet. ers, so-called black boxes that Jabhat al-Nusra and other illegal ens of pro-Kurdish and other MPs potential prosecution. The pro-Kurd- In a speech that came as par- The flight lost contact in the mid- store key flight metrics and voices armed groups that do not support and could see them evicted from par- ish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) liament was voting on the measure, dle of the night in the wider area of and sounds from the cockpit that a frail truce brokered by Moscow liament, sparking fresh domestic and says the bill is aimed at expelling its Erdogan lauded the bill as “historic”. the Strabo trench in the so-called can help investigators pinpoint the and Washington in February. international concern. members from parliament. “My people do not want to see Hellenic Arc in the sea south of cause of a crash. The condition of He also proposed that joint The bill was backed by 376 MPs HDP lawmakers are vulnera- guilty lawmakers in this parliament Greece, where waters are as much the debris and the way it is scattered strikes be made against “convoys in the 550-seat legislature, meaning ble to prosecution on allegations of especially the supporters of the sepa- as 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) deep. may also offer early clues about the containing weapons and ammu- it will become law directly without links or even verbal support for the ratist terrorist organisation,” he said. The debris was discovered about 290 possible cause, with a wide field of nition, armed units that illegally being put to a referendum, parlia- outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party Officials say the bill would hon- kilometers (180 miles) north of Alex- small pieces pointing to a mid-air cross the Syrian-Turkish border.” ment speaker Ismail Kahraman said. (PKK), which has waged a three-dec- our existing requests by courts to andria, authorities said earlier. breakup of the plane, while large Only 140 voted against the meas- ade insurgency in the southeast. prosecute sitting members of the Officials aren’t ruling out chunks might suggest the aircraft → See also page 3 ure. Under current law, Turkish The PKK is considered a terrorist parliament. any possible cause for the hit the water largely intact. 02 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 HOME

Take precautions against Mauritius President arrives dusty weather: HMC

allergies and respiratory infections rinse with water. Be especially care- are predicted. ful if you wear contact lenses. Residents are advised HMC recommends people take •During hot weather, always to take basic safety the following precautions during carry a supply of water to keep from precautions this week as dusty weather: being dehydrated. dust storms which can •Avoid going outside, especially •People who are prone to bad during high winds or low visibility allergies should start using their anti- pose health hazards such when the dust levels are particularly histamines during this season, even as sinus allergies and harmful. If unavoidable, spend as lit- before the symptoms start. respiratory infections are tle time outside as possible, and avoid People at high risk of contract- predicted. doing outdoor exercise. Keep your ing respiratory infection including windows and doors closed. infants and young children, the eld- •Cover your nose and mouth with erly, people with a history of asthma, a mask or damp cloth to reduce inha- bronchitis, emphysema or other res- lation of particles of dust when going piratory conditions, people with heart The Peninsula out. disease, pregnant women and peo- •When driving, keep the car’s ple who have to work outdoors, such windows closed, and opt for air con- as construction or delivery workers. ditioning instead of fresh air. Those with chronic conditions DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation •Avoid rubbing your eyes in order should visit their nearest Emergency (HMC) has advised Qatar residents to to prevent eye infection, which is Department or additionally, for chil- President of the Republic of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, is received at the Hamad International take basic health and safety precau- common during this season. Wear dren, a Pediatric Emergency Center Airport by the Minister of Municipality and Environment, H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi. tions this week as dust storms which protective gear such as airtight gog- (PEC) as soon as possible if an infec- The President will attend the three-day Doha Forum which will kick off today. can pose health hazards such as sinus gles. If your eyes become irritated, tion occurs. Doha businessman becomes Kerala lawmaker

By A P Muhammed Afsal strong anti-incumbency wave rout almost a third of Kerala’s net state businessman, P V Abdul Wahab, now at home on the day of polling. Earlier, The Peninsula the United Democratic Front (UDF) domestic product of about Rs3 tril- an MP serving his second term in the continued absence of over six months coalition, Abdullah saved his skin. lion, according to the state’s latest Upper House of the Indian Parlia- cost an NRI his franchise. But exercis- His party, the second biggest con- economic review, quoted by busi- ment, was included in the voters list ing the voting rights without taking stituent in the ruling coalition, also ness daily Mint. in 2004, his political rivals upped the a few days off work is still a dream DOHA: An Indian businessman evaded a massive drubbing. “I am An “ex-Gulf” can often buy, ante against what they saw as a back- for Indian expats. Countries such as who has lived in Doha for the last thrilled, but I treat it with humility become, and own many things but door entry. A CPI-M youth leader even the Philippines facilitate voting for three decades has been voted in to and all praise is to the God almighty,” when it comes to his political rights took Wahab to court without success. their expats in respective embassies. the Legislative Assembly of Kerala, an upbeat Abdullah told The Penin- such as voting and contesting in elec- But things are changing; Two other A total of 15,695 (35.02 percent) Fili- India’s southernmost coastal state, sula over the phone. tions, the odds are against him; there ‘Gulf’ candidates also won the elec- pinos exercised their voting at Doha’s in a closely contested electoral bat- Abdullah started his career as a is political opposition and bureaucratic tion this time around: Manjalamkuzhi Philippine Embassy on May 9 under tle. Parakkal Abdullah (pictured), shop assistant in Doha in 1985. With obstacles. “People deeply entrenched Ali from Perinthalmanna and Tho- the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) of the Indian Union Muslim League hard work and shrewd entrepreneur- in Communism, the states’ leading mas Chandy, who is fondly called system. But any move in that direc- (IUML) defeated his rival candidate, ship he expanded his business with political faith, loves to hate private Kuwait Chandy from Kuttanad. tion is highly unlikely In India given K K Lathika of the Communist Party multiple ventures. He has been active wealth and investors, though the sit- Nevermind contesting elections, the size of diasporas and technical of Indian Marxists (CPI-M) by 1,157 in social work and charity while lead- working in Gulf Arab countries, uations seems to slightly change in just voting itself has been a distant feasibility. According to news reports, votes in the Kuttiadi constituency of ing the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre Kerala rarely nurtures the political recent times,” observes V K Jabir, a dream for many NRIs. It was only by the outgoing Kerala government was North Malabar region. Abdullah won (KMCC) from the front. ambition of returning Gulf migrants. Doha-based Indian journalist. an amendment made six years ago in keen to provide online voting rights to 71,809 of the 157,895 votes cast while For a state where three million— Every year, Gulf expatriates send The NRI (Non-Resident Indian) the Representation of the People Act non-resident Keralites (NRK) in local the incumbent Lathika tailed close almost 10% – of its people work for home more than Rs1 trillion accord- candidates who tried their luck of 1950, which made voting possible body polls last year, but opposition behind with 70,652 votes. a living outside of its territory with ing to data from banks in the state; in in politics faced fierce opposition for Many NRIs. So, voting is possible CPI-M asked the regime not to take In an election which saw a a man from every third household other words, their remittances form and lawsuits. When a Dubai-based in India for NRIs if he happens to be a hasty decision on the matter.

Man held while Graffiti by Qatari artist Ministry denies rumours taking bribe about imported rice from shops The Peninsula The Peninsula

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has denied that a batch of DOHA: The Criminal Investiga- imported rice is not fit for human consumption. tion Department (CID) has arrested The rumour has spread through an anonymous voice recording saying an Asian official for taking bribes that the fourth batch of its rice shipment is expired. from violating shops in exchange The Ministry stressed that it checks all supply of commodities to be sure for removing violations from about its safety, validity and quality through laboratory checks in collabo- records. ration with concerned authorities. The shops which committed The Ministry has urged people to communicate with the Ministry in violations were located at a popu- case they have inquiries or complaints related to validity of goods through lar market. The department received its email: [email protected] , or through Twitter at @MEC_QATAR. information that the man working in a ministry taking bribes from violating shops and restaurants. Investigations revealed his illegal Essebsi’s visit successful by activities and he was caught red handed, the Ministry of interior said all standards: Spokesman on its official Facebook account. The person has admitted to the charges saying he was asking TUNIS: Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi’s official visit to the State of Qatar money from commercial shops as was “successful by all standards,” said the Tunisian Presidential Spokesman bribe to remove their violations. Moez Sinaou , noting that this visit comes within the framework of restor- The police transferred him to the ing Tunisia’s ties Tunisian the GCC States to normal . Public Prosecution to complete the Speaking at a joint press conference with First Adviser for the Pres- investigation. ident of the Republic in Charge of the Follow-up of Economic Reforms Ridha Chalghoum, here today, Sinaou stressed the importance of the relations between Tunisia and Qatar, which was supportive of the Tuni- Graffiti artworks depicting a woman without face covering (top) and in batoola — a traditional face sian revolution . More pedestrian mask worn by women in the region. The varying images were among a series of paintings on a broken He referred of the talks held by President Caid Essebsi with the Emir H H wall at an empty lot along Salwa road created by Qatari artist Mubarak Al Malik, one of the few artists Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, noting that two sides had reviewed bilateral crossings under in the country who displays versatility in several mediums including fine art, sculpture and graffiti art relations between the two countries and discussed the overall developments focusing on traditional Arab symbols. Pic: Qassim R/The Peninsula on the regional and international arenas, exchanged views them , and held study: Ministry consultation on a number of issues of mutual interest.

DOHA: Mohamed Abdullah Al Shahwani Al Hajri, Director of the Ministry of Transportation and Communication office, said that Katara stages ‘Azerbaijan Mugam Night’ the ministry is preparing a com- prehensive study plan to determine how many pedestrian crossings The Peninsula were among those in attendance who The band enthralled the audi- are needed in the country. came to discover and enjoy tradi- ence playing melodic songs with the Al Hajri’s statement was in tional musical compositions by the accompaniment of native Azerbai- reply to a proposal by Fatima Azeri people featuring Mugam, a well- jani musical instruments. Ahmed Al Kuwari, a CMC member. DOHA: Katara in cooperation with known type of Azerbaijani folk music. An exhibition of Azerbaijani art Ashghal has earlier announced the Azerbaijan Embassy staged a A highly complex art form that and handicraft was organised along its plan to build 160 pedestrian musical concert called “Azerbaijan combines classical poetry and with the event. crossings on a number of streets. Mugam Night” on Thursday at the musical improvisation, mugam It showcased carpet weaving, Last year, it implemented an air- Katara Drama Theatre. was declared a Masterpiece of Oral textile printing and silk scarves, conditioned pedestrian crossing A number of ambassadors and and Intangible Cultural Heritage of along with paintings of some of the in Industrial Area. representatives of diplomatic missions Humanity by UNESCO in 2003. most famous Azerbaijani artists. Azerbaijan muscial concert held at Katara on Thursday. MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 03

Protesters break Israel defence into Green Zone and enter Iraq minister quits PM’s office AFP

in spat with PM BAGHDAD: Supporters of Iraqi cleric Muqtada Al Sadr stormed the premier’s office yesterday after and already damaging it.” breaking into the Green Zone for Yaalon said earlier he told the second time in three weeks, Moshe Yaalon said Netanyahu that “following his con- further escalating a long-running governing party had duct in recent developments and in political crisis. light of the lack of trust in him, I am They faced tough resistance been taken over resigning from the government.” He from forces guarding Prime Min- by “extremist and added in a Facebook post, that he ister Haider Al Abadi’s office but was also resigning from Israel’s par- some were able to muscle past and dangerous elements” liament and “taking a time out from temporarily enter the premises, and that he no political life.” though demonstrators were later Yaalon and Netanyahu have pushed back by tear gas, water longer trusted Prime repeatedly butted heads over the cannons, sound bombs and a bar- Minister Benjamin role of the military in public dis- rage of live fire directed into the Netanyahu following course. Netanyahu was enraged air. earlier this month when a sen- A curfew was announced reports that he was ior officer made public comments due to the unrest — which secu- viewed as critical of the government, rity and medical officials said to be replaced. Syrian refugees stroll at a refugee camp in Osmaniye, Turkey, yesterday. while Yaalon backed the general’s wounded at least 58 people, right to freely express his views. including security personnel — Yaalon said he always put Isra- but was soon lifted. el’s security and other interests Sadr followers have been AP above his own, but “unfortunately Hezbollah vows strong presence protesting for weeks demanding I found myself lately in tough dis- reforms and a new government, putes over moral and professional and had warned they would issues with the prime minister and again break into the Green Zone JERUSALEM: Irael’s defence minister several ministers and members of in Syria after commander’s death if progress was not made. announced his resignation yesterday, parliament.” The cleric vowed that “peace- saying the governing party had been Tensions between Yaalon and ful protests” would continue, taken over by “extremist and danger- Netanyahu escalated in March, when 2013. Between 1,000 and 2,000 Hez- Badreddine, who he said “was one warning that “the revolution will ous elements” and that he no longer military leaders criticized a soldier bollah fighters have been killed in of the first to join the resistance in take another form” if there are trusted Prime Minister Benjamin who was caught on video fatally AFP fighting there, other experts say. its beginnings” after it was founded attempts to block them. Netanyahu following reports that he shooting an already-wounded Pal- “Our revenge will be great and in 1982 with help from Iran’s Revo- was to be replaced. estinian attacker. The solider is now final defeat on these terrorist, tak- lutionary Guard. His departure removes a strong on trial for manslaughter. While firi (Sunni extremist) and criminal After climbing up the ranks, Senior Saudi voice of moderation in the Cabi- Yaalon has backed the military, BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Sayyed groups,” said Nasrallah. Badreddine took on “main mili- net and deepens the rift between hard-liners have backed the soldier. Hassan Nasrallah yesterday said Hezbollah has accused Islamist tary responsibilities” at Hezbollah cleric warns Iran the security establishment and the Reports over the past few days his Lebanese Shia movement would extremists of killing Badreddine, but between 1995 and 1999, he said. hardline politicians. indicate that Netanyahu intends to boost its support for Syria’s regime did not name any single group. “When Hezbollah decided to Moshe Yaalon told reporters that appoint former foreign minister Avig- after one of its top commanders was Badreddine was on a US terror enter Syria, the commander was RIYADH: A senior Saudi religious “Israel is a healthy society with a dor Lieberman to the post of defense killed there last week. sanctions blacklist, was a key suspect given the responsibility to lead Hez- leader yesterday warned against “sane majority” that is tolerant of minister. Lieberman, 57, is one of the “We will increase and bolster our in the 2005 assassination in Beirut bollah’s military and security units in those who would “wreak havoc” minorities and strives for a liberal country’s most polarizing politicians. presence in Syria,” Nasrallah said of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Har- Syria,” he said. under the guise of pilgrimage, an and democratic society. Over three decades, he has at times in a speech during a ceremony to iri and was one of the “most wanted” Badreddine was killed in an area apparent swipe at the kingdom’s “But to my great dismay extrem- been Netanyahu’s closest ally and at mark a week since Mustafa Badred- by Israel. technically under the control of the rival Iran. ist and dangerous elements have other times a fierce rival. dine was killed in an artillery attack But Nasrallah said no evi- Syrian army while Hezbollah and The comments by Sheikh Saleh taken over Israel, also over the Likud Netanyahu this week invited near Damascus. dence pointed to Israel — the Shia Iranian fighters are also present bin Abdullah bin Hameed at the party, and are shaking the house and Lieberman’s ultranationalist Yisrael “More commanders than before movement’s sworn enemy — being there. Grand Mosque in Makkah coin- threatening to hurt its inhabitants,” Beteinu party to shore up his shaky will go to Syria. We will be present in involved in the killing. “We reviewed The closest rebel positions were cide with a dispute between Shia he said. parliamentary coalition and nego- different ways and we will continue Israeli flight patterns and movements seven kilometres (four miles) away Iran and Saudi Arabia over this “I fought with all my might tiation teams have been meeting the fight,” he said. and of course what we found on the in the Eastern Ghouta area. year’s Haj. against manifestations of extrem- to hammer out the details of their According to Hezbollah expert site of the explosion,” he said. Syria’s war has killed at least “When Muslims travel to this ism, violence and racism in Israeli alliance. Yaalon’s resignation solid- Waddah Charara, the Shia militant “We have no sign or proof lead- 270,000 people and displaced country as pilgrims they represent society that threatens its sturdi- ifies the takeover of hardliners in group has sent between 5,000 and ing us to the Israelis.” millions since it erupted with anti- their unity and forget their differ- ness and is seeping into the army the party. 6,000 combatants to Syria since Nasrallah paid tribute to government protests in 2011. ences. They recognise that the holy lands are not fields to address their differences and settle scores,” Hameed said during his weekly sermon at Islam’s holiest site. US adds IS branches in Libya, Yemen and Saudi to terror list In comments carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, he accused “aggressors” of trying to exploit the pilgrimage to divert AFP security, the State Department said. It said that while IS’s presence in as well as killing scores of others. terrorism and financial intelligence. attention “from the suffering” in The IS group in Libya also each country “is limited to specific Separately, the Treasury Depart- As one example, Treasury said their own country. was named as a “foreign terrorist geographic locations,” the group’s ment announced sanctions against six that Nayif Salih Salim al-Qaysi had “They want to take advantage organization.” affiliates in all three countries men it accused of providing financial been an AQAP “facilitator” who of the worship season and the WASHINGTON: The United States The designations freeze any US had carried out numerous deadly support to terrorist groups. had not only distributed money gathering of Muslims and the holy has added the Islamic State group’s assets the groups may have and make attacks. It said the move was aimed at and weapons to AQAP fighters and sites for political gain, to wreak branches in Libya, Yemen and Saudi it illegal for any American national to The militant group’s Yemen disrupting the fundraising and sup- allied Yemeni tribal forces, but had havoc and cause chaos, and that Arabia to its global terrorism blacklist knowingly provide those groups or branch claimed responsibility for sui- port networks of Al Qaeda, Al Nusra helped plan militant operations in leads to divisions and sowing dis- and placed six men on its sanctions conspire to provide them with mate- cide bombings in March 2015 against Front, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Yemen. cord,” said the imam. list. rial support or resources. two mosques in Sanaa, killing more Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic Treasury also sanctioned a man in On May 12 Iran said its nation- The three IS branches were The State Department said the than 120 people. State group. Libya who it said provided substantial als will miss the annual Haj in declared “specially designated global three groups emerged as IS branches The IS affiliate in Saudi Arabia The sanctions target “finan- support for the Islamic State group’s September this year and accused terrorists,” a category that imposes in November 2014 when IS leader Abu attacked Shia mosques both there ciers and facilitators responsible for affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula. He Saudi Arabia of “sabotage”. sanctions and penalties on foreign Bakr Al Baghdadi announced he had and in Kuwait, killing more than 50. moving money, weapons and people was accused of moving hundreds of The Haj dispute is the latest persons who pose a serious risk of accepted oaths of allegiance from And the group’s Libyan affiliate on behalf of these terrorist organ- thousands of dollars, as well as weap- strain between the two countries committing acts of terrorism that fighters in Libya, Yemen and Saudi is blamed for kidnapping and exe- izations,” said Adam Szubin, the ons and ammunition, from Libya to which have had no diplomatic threaten US nationals or national Arabia. cuting 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, Treasury’s acting under secretary for the Sinai. relations since January.

Palestinian graduates Libya’s Haftar says won’t work with unity govt until militias disbanded

Reuters fighters from Islamic State. that Seraj relies on militia and we Western powers see Fayaz refuse them. An army cannot unify Seraj, the head of the Government with militias so they must be disman- of National Accord (GNA), as the best tled. It’s unthinkable to work with PARIS: It would be “unthinkable” hope of unifying political and armed these armed factions.” for eastern Libyan forces to join a factions to take on Islamic State. The Haftar leads the Libyan National UN-backed unity government until government arrived in Tripoli in late Army (LNA), but his role in any militias aligned to it have been dis- March and is still trying to establish national military force as a possi- banded, General Khalifa Haftar, who its authority. ble defence minister or army chief heads up troops in the east, said in an He urged the east last week to has become one of the most divisive interview broadcast yesterday. join a unified military command problems in unifying the two sides. A December unity deal was centre to coordinate efforts against For two years Haftar has been meant to end the divide between Islamic State and asked major pow- waging a campaign, primarily in rival governments in the capital ers to ease a United Nations Security Benghazi, the biggest city of the Tripoli and the east who have vied Council arms embargo for his east, against Islamist militants for control over the country and its administration. and other former rebels who view oil resources since 2014, backed by “Firstly, We have no links with him as an Egyptian-backed relic competing factions, who helped oust Mr Seraj and the Presidential Council of the old regime with presidential Muammar Gaddafi five years ago. which he leads is not recognised by ambitions. But in an ominous early sign of a the parliament (in the east),” Haftar “Daesh does not have the capac- Palestinian students during their graduation ceremony at the end of the academic year at Birzeit possible new showdown, eastern and told i-Tele news channel in an inter- ity to face the Libyan armed forces, western factions have sent separate view in Libya. but the battle could take time,” Haftar University in the West Bank town of Birzeit, near Ramallah, yesterday. armoured columns towards Gaddafi’s “Secondly, on this unified com- said, using the Arabic acronym for home town Sirte, now in the hands of mand centre, I would like to stress Islamic State. 04 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Upscale fire South Korean After Duterte, missionary bludgeoned mayor-elect to death offers bounties AP

MANILA: A Christian missionary encourage vigilante killings, Osmena from South Korea was bludg- said: “I’m not going to suppress vig- eoned to death with a spade and Tomas Osmena, ilantes.” Osmena’s pledge comes a cooking gas tank yesterday by a incoming mayor of after Duterte, the longtime mayor of robber who broke into his home southern Davao city, won the May southeast of the Philippine capi- central Cebu city 9 presidential elections in a land- tal, police said. said he would pay slide largely due to a controversial Sim Jae-jok, 57, woke up at law-and-order platform headlined dawn, apparently to jog and pre- policemen $1,060 for by a vow to kill tens of thousands pare for morning prayers, but each criminal they of criminals. saw the robber in his kitchen at Duterte vowed during the cam- his home in Taytay town in Rizal kill and 5,000 pesos paign to wipe out crime within six province, police investigator Hec- for each one they months by unleashing security forces Firemen look on at the black smoke after a building caught fire at it’s 19th floor in Baclaran, Paranaque tor Cardinales said. wound. with shoot-to-kill orders. city, metro Manila, Philippines, yesterday. The two scuffled and a neigh- He said 100,000 criminals would bor saw through a window the die in his crackdown, and that so robber repeatedly hitting the many bodies would be dumped in Korean in the head with a cook- Manila Bay that the fish there would ing gas tank, he said. AFP grow fat from feeding on them. Since “She could hear the loud thuds winning the election, Duterte also Bangladesh doctor hacked to as the robber hit the victim,” Car- said he would bring back the death dinales said. penalty, with hanging as his pre- The wooden handle of the MANILA: The incoming mayor of ferred method of execution. death in suspected Islamist attack blood-stained spade was found a major Philippine city said yester- Osmena, a member of a power- broken after the attack, he said. day that he was offering bounties to ful family and a former Cebu mayor, The victim’s Korean wife police to kill criminals, deepening said: “I’m not encouraged by him. But locked herself in a bedroom and concerns of extra-judicial deaths I think he is doing the right thing.” Reuters spot, and his companion, identified has seen a surge of attacks on athe- the robber tried but failed to get under the rule of president-elect Osmena said the bounties would as Saifuzzaman, 45, suffered seri- ist bloggers, academics, members of in, muttering “Here I come, here I Rodrigo Duterte. not come from government funds ous wounds. Police found a bloody religious minorities and foreign aid come” to threaten her, Cardinales Tomas Osmena, incoming mayor but would not disclose their source. machete at the scene. workers. At least 26 people have been said by telephone. of central Cebu city said he would Osmena already gave a reward DHAKA: Machete-wielding assail- “We suspect Islamist militants are killed including five secular bloggers, He said the wife was still too pay policemen $1,060 for each crim- this week of 20,000 pesos to a Cebu ants hacked to death a village doctor behind the attack,” Chowdhury said. a publisher and two gay right cam- shocked to talk. inal they kill and 5,000 pesos for policeman who wounded two rob- and wounded a university teacher in Police were checking whether the paigners have been among those The robber was apparently each one they wound. bers in a gun battle, Superintendent Bangladesh yesterday, in what police victims had any particular enemies milled since February 2015. able to take a laptop computer “If you kill a criminal in the line Oscar Monteroyo of the Cebu police suspected was the latest in a series or if other factors could have been Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subconti- and a cellphone from the two- of duty, (you’ll be rewarded), no civil relations office said. Duterte’s attacks by Islamists in the majority- a motive but media reported asso- nent has claimed some of he attacks. story brick house, Cardinales said. questions asked. I’m there to assist spokesman, Salvador Panelo, said Muslim nation. ciates of the doctor saying he had Members of Islamic State have also Thieves apparently have bro- the police, not to prosecute them,” the incoming president would The attackers rode a motorcycle, a reputation for progressive views. claimed responsibility for some ken into the house in the past Osmena said. not allow extra-judicial killings, which they used to block the victims’ Friends of the wounded university attacks, including the killings of two but the couple did not report the “That is my purpose: to instill though he declined to condemn the motorcycle in the western district of teacher said he too was known for foreigners last year, and a university break-ins, he said. fear in the criminals. If they want bounties. Kushtia, 245km from Dhaka, said being progressive-minded. professor and a Hindu last month. Investigators plan to check to commit crimes, they get into war “Maybe mayor Osmena is just district police chief Mohammad The doctor was on his way to a Police announced $23,000 rewards whether two security cameras with me. I will see to it that they will joking, attempting a new gimmick so Sahabuddin Chowdhury. weekly free clinic he operated when for information leading to the arrest at a neighboring house captured be casualties.” that his administration will be pop- The homeopathic doctor, Mir he was attacked. Over the past year, of 6 militants of a banned group images of the robber, who wore a Asked if such rewards might ular. To each his own,” Panelo said. Sanaur Rahman, 55, was killed on the the South Asian nation of 160 million called Ansarullah Bangla Team. bonnet and gloves, Cardinales said. North Korea urges South to accept military talks offer

AFP North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party Commission said urgent steps were the complete absence of direct propaganda broadcasts, and prevent commission said. Seoul insists it will -- the first event of its kind for more needed to overcome the current “cat- communication between the two activists floating anti-North leaflets only consider engaging in substan- than 35 years. astrophic state” of inter-Korean ties. countries after the North announced over the border by balloon. tive dialogue with Pyongyang if the At the time, Seoul dismissed the “South Korea must actively in February it was cutting the last two After the January 6 nuclear test, regime takes a tangible step towards SEOUL: North Korea urged South proposal as meaningless propaganda respond to our proposal to hold mil- remaining hotlines with the South. the South began blasting a mix of denuclearisation. Korea yesterday to accept leader Kim -- noting that the lion’s share of Kim’s itary talks,” the letter said, adding The hotlines themselves were news, propaganda messages and The North has repeatedly said its Jong-un’s proposal for military talks speech had been devoted to talk- that peace could not be achieved at never used for conversational diplo- Korean pop music across the border nuclear arsenal is not up for nego- and ease tensions that surged after the ing up the North’s nuclear weapons “gunpoint”. macy, but they were key to setting using giant banks of loudspeakers. tiation. Amid the nuclear tests and North’s fourth nuclear test in January. programme. “We are proposing to put all issues up meetings where such discussions “South Korea must clearly rec- personal targeting the Korean penin- Kim had offered the military dia- In an “open letter” published of interest on the table to openly dis- could take place. The letter also ognise that only dialogue and sula fell into the grip of tension and logue during a marathon speech to yesterday by the official KCNA news cuss and resolve them,” it said. demanded that Seoul halt all “hos- negotiation will lead to progress other countries started involving in the recently concluded congress of agency, the North’s National Defence The “open letter” format reflects tile actions” such as loudspeaker in North-South relations,” the it to end the issue. Abe ‘outraged’ over US arrest after Okinawa death

AFP who has a record of calling for glo- country are stationed there, and discipline to prevent such crimes bal denuclearisation, has been rapes and other crimes by serv- and reduce the US footprint on well received in Japan but the ice personnel have sparked local the island. But continued crimes issue of the heavy US military protests in the past. by American personnel remain a TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo presence on Okinawa has long In 1995 the abduction of a potent rallying point for Okina- Abe yesterday expressed “outrage” been a periodic thorn in the side 12-year-old girl by three US serv- wans and others in Japan who after the arrest of a US military base of relations. icemen sparked massive protests, oppose the presence of the bases employee linked to the suspicious More than half of the 47,000 prompting Washington to pledge on the crowded island, where pac- death of a woman in Okinawa, a US military personnel in the efforts to strengthen troop ifist sentiment runs high. week before a high-profile visit to Japan by President Barack Obama. The southern island was the site of a brutal World War II battle but is now considered a strategic linch- pin by hosting numerous US military bases that support the two countries’ decades-long security alliance. “I feel extremely strong outrage,” Abe told reporters at his office, call- ing on the US to take action. Okinawan police arrested Ken- neth Franklin Shinzato for allegedly disposing of the woman’s body in a weed-covered area in southern Okinawa, a spokesman said. Local media said the man, a US citizen and former US Marine, lives in southern Okinawa and works at the US Kadena Air Base. Police reportedly suspect that the vic- tim, identified as 20-year-old Rina Shimabukuro and who had been missing since late April, was mur- dered. Obama is due in Japan next week for a two-day summit of Group of Seven countries which concludes yesterday, before venturing the same day Hiroshima -- becoming Protesters shot slogans before US Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa, southwestern Japan, the only sitting US president to visit the world’s first atomic bombed city. yesterday, after an American employed at the US Air Force base admitted having killed a young The Hiroshima visit by Obama, Okinawan woman. ASIA / AFRICA SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 05 Beijing warns Ansar Dine claims Mali Taiwan’s new ambush

AFP president BAMAKO: Islamist group Ansar Dine claimed responsibility for an ambush in northeastern Mali quo with Beijing, authorities there that killed five Chadian UN peace- are highly suspicious of her and her keepers. Independence is the Democratic Progressive Party, which “Our mujahideens attacked greatest disaster for is traditionally pro-independence. soldiers working in the interna- “If ‘independence’ is pursued, it tional alliance against us,” a senior the development of will be impossible to have peace and member of the jihadist group, peace in the Taiwan stability in the Taiwan Straits,” the Nourredine Ag Muhamed, said. Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) said in “Many enemies” were killed, straits, says China a statement after Tsai was sworn in. he added, without giving a pre- “Independence is the greatest cise toll. The peacekeepers were disaster for the peaceful development attacked Wednesday as they were of peace in the Taiwan straits and the escorting a convoy in Aguelhok in AFP peaceful development of cross-straits the Kidal region. Taiwan’s new President Tsai Ing-wen (left) and Vice-President Chen Chien-jen wave during her inauguration relations,” it said. Relations with Bei- They hit a landmine and then jing have already cooled since Tsai ceremony in Taipei, yesterday. came under sustained gunfire, won the presidency, with China according to a statement on the TAIPEI: Beijing warned Taiwan’s putting pressure on her to back its UN Mali mission’s social media new president Tsai Ing-wen against “one China” message -- the bedrock accounts. Five Chadian peace- seeking independence yesterday, of the thaw under outgoing leader Ma China urged to drop historical baggage keepers were killed and three cautioning that peace would be Ying-jeou. others wounded, according to the “impossible” if she made any moves Tsai and the DPP have never rec- UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA). to formally break away. ognised the concept and she showed Wednesday’s attack was the The remarks came just hours no sign of changing that stance in her Reuters looking across the Taiwan Strait for China. “Cross-Strait relations have worst since a February assault on after Tsai’s inauguration speech speech, clearly irking Beijing. anti-Beijing sentiment that could fur- become an integral part of building the MINUSMA camp in Kidal by struck a conciliatory note, call- Tsai took office as the island’s ther sour economic ties. regional peace and collective secu- Malian Islamist group Ansar Dine ing for a “positive dialogue” with first female president after win- Tsai’s Democratic Progressive rity,” she told thousands outside the in which seven Guineans were China on fraught cross-strait ties ning a landslide victory in January TAIPEI: Taiwan’s new president Party (DPP), which has traditionally presidential office. killed. in her much-anticipated address. to defeat the ruling Kuomintang, urged China yesterday to “drop the favoured independence, won parlia- “The two governing parties across The Mali mission is the most China and Taiwan split in 1949 after ending an eight-year rapproche- baggage of history” in an otherwise mentary and presidential elections the Strait must set aside the baggage dangerous active deployment for the Kuomintang nationalist forces ment with Beijing under Ma.Voters conciliatory inauguration speech that by a landslide in January on a voter of history and engage in positive dia- UN peacekeepers and it has been lost a civil war to the Communists, felt Ma had moved too close to China Beijing’s Communist Party rulers had backlash against creeping depend- logue for the benefit of the people on hit by sharp internal tensions since although Taiwan has never declared and Tsai swept in with a campaign been watching for any move towards ence on China. It takes over after eight both sides.” China, which has never its launch in July 2013. an official breakaway. to restore Taiwanese pride. But she independence. years under China-friendly Nation- renounced force to take control of So far, 59 peacekeepers have But Beijing still sees self-rul- sought to cast Taiwan as a force for President Tsai Ing-wen was sworn alist Ma Ying-jeou. Tsai, Taiwan’s what it considers a renegade province, been killed while on active serv- ing Taiwan as part of its territory peace in front of a jubilant crowd of in with Taiwan’s export-driven econ- first woman president, said Taiwan said this month the new Taiwan gov- ice, while another four have died awaiting reunification. While Tsai more than 20,000 at the presiden- omy on the ropes and China, which would play a responsible role and be ernment would be to blame for any in friendly fire incidents, UN fig- has pledged to maintain the status tial palace in Taipei. views the self-ruled island as its own, a “staunch guardian of peace” with crisis that might erupt. ures show. 500,000 flee homes as Sri Lanka flood misery worsens

AFP assistance came in from overseas. home appliances amounting to PickMe added an “air lift” button to “We have already got some $7.5m. The actual loss is much, much their app so that marooned users can assistance from our friends in the more.” Diluka Ishani, who was being give their coordinates to the airforce. international community,” he said looked after at a school where the It was not clear how many had used COLOMBO: Desperate Sri Lankans in a televised address. military provided meals and bed- the free airforce lift. clambered onto rubber dinghies “Now I want to ask private ding, described how her family India said it was sending two and makeshift rafts yesterday to individuals, companies and non- managed to escape the floods but naval ships and an aircraft loaded escape monster floods in the cap- governmental organisations to had lost virtually everytng. with emergency supplies, including ital Colombo as officials said half a help in anyway you can to help “We started moving to higher medicine, tents and mobile toilets. million people had fled their homes the victims.” The national Disaster ground as the water level went up Sri Lanka’s cricket team, who across the island. Management Centre (DMC) said 21 and then we found we had no other are on tour in England, announced The heaviest rains in a quarter of of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts had been place to go to,” the mother-of- a donation of $7,000 for victims and a century have pounded Sri Lanka affected. Around 300,000 people two said in Colombo’s Kolonnawa wore black armbands during the first since last weekend, triggering huge had been moved to safe shelters suburb. Test at Headingley. landslides that have buried some while a further 200,000 were stay- Her family had first fled to The meteorological department victims in up to15 metres of mud. ing with friends or family. higher ground near their home but says the rains have been caused by More than 60 people known “Our information is that about became marooned and had to be a depression in the Bay of Bengal, to have died so far amid fears that half a million people have been plucked to safety on a small navy ahead of the arrival of the southwest number could spike with many more driven out of their homes,” Finance boat. “The navy saved our lives, monsoon. reported missing. Minister Ravi Karunanayake told but we lost all our belongings. The The worst-hit areas were in President Maithripala Sirisena reporters. “The (state-owned) Insur- house is ruined as the water went Colombo’s northeastern suburbs Sri Lankan residents wade through floodwaters in the Kolonnawa suburb urged people to provide shelter and ance Corporation alone received above our roof.” along the Kelani river, which began of Colombo, yesterday. donate cash or food as offers of claims against flooded cars and Private taxi hailing company bursting its banks on Thursday.

Gunmen abduct 20 villagers near AU urges international Second abducted Chibok girl rescued S Sudan border police force for Burundi AFP Army spokesman Colonel Sani were abducted on 14th April 2014 by Usman said she was among 97 the Boko Haram terrorists,” he added. AFP women and children rescued by “Her name is Miss Serah Luka,” troops and civilian vigilantes in the he added. The student, who is AFP help boost security and ensure “pro- LAGOS: A second Chibok schoolgirl Damboa area of Borno state. believed to be a Christian pastor’s tection of people in those areas most abducted by Boko Haram more than “We are glad to state that among daughter, said she was “at the school KAMPALA: Gunmen in northern affected by violence and which con- two years ago has been found dur- those rescued is a girl believed to at the time they were abducted” and Uganda have abducted 20 villag- tinue to witness it.” ing military operations in northeast be one of the Chibok Government that she was from Madagali, in neigh- ers close to the border with South ADDIS ABABA: An African Union The report, from the African Nigeria, the army said yesterday. (Girls) Secondary School girls that bouring Adamawa state, Usman said. Sudan, Ugandan police said yes- human rights report called on yes- Commission on Human and Peo- terday, expressing fears they were terday for an international police ples’ Rights, was presented to the AU captured by a militia from their force and more military and rights earlier this month but only released war-torn neighbour. observers to be sent to troubled publicly yesterday. The rare attack took place in Burundi. The AU investigators also called Determined move the early hours of Tuesday in the The AU rights investigators said for the “reopening of the various Yumbe district of Uganda’s north- it was “necessary that, apart from independent radio stations that ern West Nile region, which lies strengthening AU human rights were arbitrarily closed down” and close to the porous border with monitors and military observers, to “reverse the collective closure of South Sudan.“Police received the an international police mission is the 10 civil society organisations that information that 20 civilians were deployed.” play a key role in the promotion and abducted by suspected militia Last year the AU proposed a protection of human rights.” members from South Sudan,” local 5,000-strong peacekeeping force but The report was based on a week- police chief Ignatius Otong said. the pan-African bloc buckled in the long mission in December 2015, He did not say why a South face of opposition from Bujumbura. during which time the investiga- Sudan group was suspected, but Hundreds have been killed and a tors’ movement was limited due to said Uganda security forces were quarter of a million people have left “an eruption of major fighting” in working with their counterparts Burundi since President Pierre Nku- the capital. across the border. runziza’s controversial decision in “The major consequence of these “The group responsible April 2015 to run for a third term, a limitations is that the delegation for abducting will pay and the vote he won in July. could not establish the exact iden- abducted will be rescued,” Otong Anti-government protests were tity of the perpetrators of the human said. Civil war erupted in South brutally quashed and killings and rights violations,” it admitted. Sudan in December 2013 but attacks have become a regular fea- Many of the abuses detailed in South Korean rescue members, wearing chemical protective suits, participate in an anti-terror drill as rebel chief Riek Machar returned ture in the troubled country as the the 58-page report were therefore to the capital last month as part of political crisis grinds on. based on existing media and rights part of a disaster management exercise at the COEX shopping and exhibition centre in Seoul, yesterday. a peace deal. The AU said the police would reports. 06 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 PAKISTAN

Morning blues 3 attackers die in Pakistan applies premature blast to join Nuclear AFP PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan yesterday acci- dentally detonated his vest while Suppliers Group riding a motorcycle on an empty road, killing himself and two other militants also on bike, police said. items, goods and services for a The incident took place in Sufaid full range of nuclear applications Sang suburb near Peshawar, where The Nuclear Suppliers for peaceful uses,” Pakistan’s for- the trio were likely planning an Group is a 48-nation eign ministry said in a statement attack, a senior police official said. announcing its formal application. “Their plan was foiled when club dedicated to The campaign for India’s mem- the suicide vest of one suicide curbing nuclear arms bership is viewed as carrying risk bomber detonated prematurely,” of antagonising Pakistan as well as Kashif Zulfiqar said. proliferation. its ally China, which could veto any “Their target was not known application by India. but they were moving towards China could also insist, as a con- an area where there are several dition of India’s membership, that police and military check posts,” Reuters Pakistan also be allowed to join, a he added. Police defused a jacket potential hard sell due to Islama- fitted on the body of a second bad’s development of new tactical would-be bomber and recovered a Residents ride camels along a street during sunrise in Lahore yesterday. nuclear weapons. Kalashnikov rifle, eight hand gre- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made “Pakistan has stressed the need nades and hundreds of live bullets. a formal application to join a club for NSG to adopt a non-discrimina- of nuclear trading nations, the for- tory criteria-based approach for NSG eign ministry said yesterday, a move membership of the countries that have likely to lead to a showdown in the never been party to the nuclear Non- group which has also been facing Proliferation Treaty (NPT),” Pakistan’s US House seeks to tighten curbs on Pakistan aid calls to induct India as a member. foreign ministry added. The Nuclear Suppliers Group Neither India nor Pakistan has (NSG) is a 48-nation club dedicated signed the NPT, generally seen as to curbing nuclear arms prolifera- a prerequisite to NSG membership. Reuters Authorisation Act, or NDAA, passed Afghanistan’s government to fight the leaders and mid-level operatives. tion by controlling the export and US President Barack Obama by the House of Representatives would network along their border. Another required that the Sec- re-transfer of materials that could urged Pakistan last October to avoid block $450m in aid to Islamabad unless As they finalised the 2017 version retary of Defense certify Pakistan is foster nuclear weapons development. developments in its nuclear weap- it does more to fight the network, which of the annual bill, House members not using its military or any funds or Pakistan’s application will add ons programme that could increase WASHINGTON: US lawmakers are lawmakers see as a major threat to US added three amendments related to equipment provided by the US to per- to long-running tensions with India. risks and instability. Washington has looking to use a defence policy bill to forces in Afghanistan. Pakistan. All passed by unanimous secute minority groups. Diplomats quietly launched a new been concerned about Pakistan’s increase restrictions on military aid The bill requires the Pentagon voice vote. And a third added a “sense of push last year to induct India into the development of new nuclear weap- for Pakistan, expressing frustration to certify that Pakistan is conduct- One added a fourth require- Congress” that Shakil Afridi is an club last year. ons systems, including small tactical with what they see as Islamabad’s ing military operations to disrupt the ment to the release of the aid, that international hero and calls for his “Pakistan has the expertise, nuclear weapons, and has been try- failure to crack down on Afghani- Haqqani network, not letting the net- the administration certify Pakistan release from prison. Afridi is a Paki- manpower, infrastructure, as well as ing to persuade Islamabad to make a stan’s militant Haqqani network. work use North Waziristan as a safe has shown progress in arresting and stani doctor believed to have helped the ability to supply NSG controlled unilateral declaration of “restraint”. The $602bn National Defence haven and actively coordinating with prosecuting Haqqani network senior the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden.

Open air comfort Senior Al Qaeda commander Lawmakers seek among 14 dead 450% salary raise in raids

Internews increase of 450 percent along with Reuters a sizeable increase in their travel allowances and an increase in the amount of business class air tickets LAHORE: Pakistani security ISLAMABAD: It was somehow fit- for them and their family members. forces have killed a senior Al ting that Pakistani parliamentarians When the report was tabled, Qaeda commander and 13 other should choose one of the most tax- Speaker Ayaz Sadiq asked members militants this week in raids aimed ing sittings of the National Assembly of the house to vote ‘Aye’ three times, at weeding violent Islamists out of to petition the government for a sal- chiefly for the benefit of Finance the heartland province of Punjab, ary raise. Minister Ishaq Dar, who was also security officials said yesterday. Meanwhile, passing a constitu- present in the house. The two raids in the south tional amendment and going back and “Dar, I think this matter is of Punjab were part of a sweep- forth over modalities of a parliamen- related to you,” he remarked before ing operation that authorities tary committee on the Panamagate the report was adopted. Explain- launched after a suicide bomber investigation, PML-N MNA Chaud- ing the purpose of the proposed killed 72 people and wounded hry Mahmood Bashir Virk tabled a amendments, Virk said that mem- Cleaners and bus drivers sleep on vehicles in Lahore, yesterday. hundreds in Punjab’s provincial standing committee report on the sal- bers of parliament enjoyed a high capital of Lahore on Easter Sunday. ary and allowances of the NA speaker, standing in society, “so they should For years militants have held Senate chairman, deputy speaker, get a pay that reflects this standing”. sway in remote northwestern deputy chairman and members of He said that the salary of an MNA or regions on the Afghan border but both houses of parliament. senator, including basic allowances, some have also established net- Members of the Standing Com- was around Rs 60, 000, adding that Change in Senate election system ruled out works in Punjab. . mittee on Rules of Procedure and this was not sufficient to meet most The Counter-Terrorism Privileges had recommended that members’ costs. “Members of parlia- Department (CTD), which carried salaries of members of parliament ment have constituency duties, travel Internews The committee has finalised 10 Daud Khan Achakzai, who said only out the sweeps with intelligence should be brought at par with the requirements and other business to recommendations. Three recommen- an independent MPA of relevant agencies, identified the Al Qaeda maximum remuneration given to attend to, which cannot be met in the dations were adopted, including two province or an independent MNA in commander as Tayyab Nawaz, and a federal secretary in grade 22, as meagre sum that is currently paid to by Senator Mohsin Leghari, who sug- case of Islamabad can recommend said he was killed on Thursday well as enhancing the allowances them. MNAs also have the right to ISLAMABAD: There is no need to gested that a person contesting for a name of an independent senator. with seven other Al Qaeda mili- and medical facilities. live with dignity,” he said. change the existing system of election Senate from any province should be The recommendations said the tants in the city of Multan. The committee also approved He had to table the report for the Senate, the Senate Commit- national identity card’s holder of that existing mode of election for the Sen- Six Al Qaeda operatives were two draft bills, seeking to amend the because disciplinary action was tee said after concluding its meetings. province or its resident for the past ate adheres to intention of legislature killed a day earlier in Muzaf- Chairman and the Speaker (Salaries, being taken against the erstwhile The committee tasked to discuss five years. to create the second chamber for pro- fargarh district of Punjab, the Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975, chairman of the committee on Rules mode of election for senators final- He also suggested that the voting viding adequate representation to department said. One department and the Members of Parliament (Sal- of Procedure and Privileges, PML-N ised its recommendations yesterday. criteria for people contesting from federating units. It said the existing official said the eight men killed aries and Allowances) Act, 1974. MNA Chaudhry Asadur Rehman. It said any amendment to convert Islamabad should be clarified and the system needed reformation to make in Multan had been planning an Under the proposed amend- Just as proceedings began, a mem- indirect elections into direct elections term ‘resident’ of Islamabad needed it transparent. The name of an MNA/ attack on a university, similar to ments, lawmakers have asked that ber drew the Speaker’s attention to an would be against the basic structure a clear definition. The third recom- MPA voting in the Senate elections one in January in which 20 peo- their current salary be raised from incident, where Rehman had misbe- of the Constitution. mendation adopted was by Senator should be printed on the ballot paper. ple were killed. around Rs 36,000 to Rs 200,000 an haved with the NA secretary. Karachi readies itself to beat the heat

Reuters organisation Edhi Foundation. with disasters that scientists say will Shah said nearly 200 first When the heat wave struck in the become more common in the future. response centres have been set up summer of 2015, hospitals, morgues Pakistan’s meteorological office is across the city, offering basic heat- and graveyards in the city of 20 mil- not predicting a repeat of last year’s stroke treatment to stabilise patients. KARACHI: Pakistani grave digger lion people were overwhelmed, and extreme conditions, but, like Baloch There are also 700 makeshift relief Shahid Baloch is taking no chances. day labourers and the elderly were in the cemetery, officials are prepar- centres, dishing out drinking water Like many people in Karachi, he the biggest victims of the searing heat. ing for the worst just in case. and rehydration salts. was caught out by the severity of last Temperatures hit 44 degrees “It will not get out of control the “This will save lives. It’s a comfort,” summer’s heat wave which killed Celsius, their highest since 1981 way it happen last year,” said Karachi said street vendor Muhammad Mah- more than 1,300 people, and has hired and above normal summer levels of Commissioner Asif Hyder Shah, add- mood. Edhi Foundation, at the heart a digger to excavate three elongated around 37 degrees Celsius. ing that nearly 60 hospitals now have of efforts to limit the suffering caused trenches big enough for 300 bodies. Intervention by the army and spare capacity for 1,850 heat wave by the heat wave last year, said it was “Thanks to God, we are better charity groups staved off an even patients. Last year patients slept on expanding its fleet of ambulances, prepared this year,” said Baloch, 28, worse disaster, locals said, but the floors and long queues formed out- anchoring extra shelves in its morgue who works with three brothers at the crisis exposed shortcomings of Paki- side Karachi’s main hospitals at the freezer and buying ice machines to A girl drinks water at a water distribution point on a street corner as Karachi cemetery run by charitable stani emergency services in coping peak of the heat wave. keep patients and corpses cool. preparations are made in case of another heatwave in Karachi. INDIA SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 07

Shepherd on street Domestic air NIA arrests IM passenger terrorist at traffic rises IANS

Delhi airport NEW DELHI: Domestic air pas- senger traffic rose 20.93 percent in April to 79.32 lakh from 65.59 lakh registered during the correspond- The operative was ing month of last year, official data showed yesterday. wanted on charges During March, the air passen- of conspiring to ger traffic had surged by 25.25 percent to 78.72 lakh. stage terror attacks Data furnished by aviation at various places in regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that India. passenger traffic during the Jan- A nomad leads his cattle on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, yesterday. uary-April period grew by 23.22 in Bhatkal in Karnataka, he was percent. “Passengers carried by wanted on charges of conspiring domestic airlines during Janu- IANS to stage terror attacks at various ary-April 2016 were 309.35 lakhs places in India. From Dubai, Sid- as against 251.05 lakhs during the dibapa allegedly recruited young corresponding period of previous Indians for the Indian Mujahideen Trinamool Congress increases vote year thereby registering a growth NEW DELHI: A senior operative of and funded their activities. of 23.22 percent,” the DGCA said the Indian Mujahideen, Abdul Wahid The NIA told the court that Sid- in its monthly statistical analysis. Siddibapa (pictured), was arrested dibapa had been in touch with Further, the data on the on- after he flew in here in what was said other Indian Mujahideen operatives share; LF and BJP slump in Bengal time performance showed IndiGo to be “a carefully calibrated opera- through electronic communication. leading the industry with 88.5 tion”. A court later sent Siddibapa to “He was responsible in provid- percent punctuality at four major a week’s custody with the National ing tactical, material and financial airports of Bengaluru, Delhi, Investigation Agency (NIA), which support to IM members in planning, IANS in alliance with the Congress by oust- But the performance of the part- Hyderabad and Mumbai. made the arrest at the Indira Gandhi preparing and organising terrorist ing the 34-year-old Left Front regime, ners of the new alliance was not It was followed by Vistara International Airport in New Delhi. activities,” said a NIA source. Banerjee’s party had contested 226 uniform. Contesting in 193 seats and (84.9), Jet Airways and JetL- But NIA officials denied reports He also reportedly played an seats to pick up 184 seats, securing lending support to associate parties ite (83.3), SpiceJet (82.4), and Air that Siddibapa, a cousin of Indian important function in raising funds KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee- 38.93 percent of the votes. and independents in 11 others, the India’s domestic operations (79.3) Mujahideen co-founder Yasin for the Indian Mujahideen. “He is one led Trinamool Congress not only On the other hand, the Left Front- Left’s share plummeted to 32 seats being on schedule. Meanwhile, Air Bhatkal, was deported from Dubai. of the oldest and senior most mem- came up with a sparkling show by Congress alliance that was formed from the 62 it had won in 2011. The Pegasus had the highest number “It was a carefully calibrated bers of the group,” the source said. conquering 211 of the 294 West Ben- with much hype ahead of the polls combine’s vote share stood at 26.2 of cancellations at 14.22 percent operation. It is clarified that Wahid But Siddibapa’s defence counsel gal assembly seats, but also increased and threw a challenge to the Trina- percent as against the 41 percent it followed by Trujet (1.34), Air Costa has not been deported or extra- opposed the NIA plea and said his its vote percentage by 5.6 percent mool, finished a poor second with 77 had garnered five years back when (0.97), Air India’s domestic opera- dited,” NIA’s Inspector General SK name was not on any list including compared to the Lok Sabha elec- seats pocketing about 38.5 percent it contested in all 294 seats. tions (0.74), Jet Airways (0.69). Singh said. He declined to say from the wanted criminal list. tions two years back. of the votes. The LF is now - for the first time “The overall cancellation rate where Siddibapa arrived. A Red Corner Notice was issued The Trinamool, which had gar- The drop in vote share compared in 39 years - not even in a posi- of scheduled domestic airlines for Additional Sessions Judge for him in December 2013. Siddibapa nered 39.3 percent votes in 2014, to that obtained by the LF-Congress tion to win a Rajya Sabha seat on the month of April 2016 has been Rakesh Pandit sent Siddibapa, was wanted for his alleged involve- boosted the figure to 44.9 percent, fighting the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 its own strength. According to the 0.44 percent,” the aviation regu- described as the financial brain of ment in the July 2006 Mumbai serial an analysis of the results announced separately was marginal - about 0.81 poll arithmatic, for victory, a Rajya lator said. According to the data, the terror outfit, to seven days of cus- blasts, the 2008 Delhi blasts and the on Thursday revealed. percent. In 2014, the LF had bagged Sabha candidate has to get 42 first a total of 674 passenger related tody with NIA. 2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium blast In the 2011 assembly elections, 29.71 percent and the Congress 9.6 choice votes in Bengal in the bien- complaints had been received A resident of Maqdoom colony in Benguluru. where Trinamool stormed to power percent, respectively. nial elections. last month.

Obama to meet Modi on June 7 Delhi urges Sonam showcases Kalyan’s Beijing to stop AFP The Indian prime minister had to discussing progress made on our diamond-studded Jhumkas previously been invited to address a climate change and clean energy joint meeting of the US Congress on partnership, security and defense work in PoK June 8. “The visit will highlight the cooperation, and economic growth The Peninsula WASHINGTON: US President Barack deepening of the US-India relation- priorities.” IANS Obama will meet with Indian Prime ship in key areas since the president’s It would be Modi’s second White Minister Narendra Modi at the White visit to New Delhi in January 2015,” House visit since September 2014 House on June 7, press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. after his Hindu nationalist party won NEW DELHI: India has asked DOHA: Kalyan Jewellers’ global Earnest announced yesterday. “The president looks forward a sweeping victory at the polls. China to stop all work in parts brand ambassador – Sonam Kapoor of Jammu and Kashmir occu- (pictured) – showcased an exqui- pied by Pakistan, the external site pair of Polki diamond-studded affairs ministry said, yesterday. Jhumkas at the Amfar Gala yester- “Pakistan-occupied Jammu and day at Cannes Film Festival 2016. Holy dip Kashmir is an integral part of The design team at Kalyan Jew- India,” external affairs ministry ellers specially handcrafted two spokesperson Vikas Swarup said pairs of Jhumkas for Sonam Kapoor’s trajectory, we are thrilled to demon- at his weekly media briefing here. first ever Amfar dinner. strate to the world the rich cultural “Chinese activities in Paki- These Jhumkas comprise an heritage of India at the 2016 Cannes stan-occupied Jammu and intricate crafting of diamonds, Red Film Festival. We are proud that our Kashmir have been taken up with Rubies and queen-sized Pearls designers could help craft an elegant the Chinese side, including at the within a pattern of temple jewel- piece of jewellery for our new brand highest level,” he said. lery with beautiful flowers, petals ambassador”. SWarup was responding to and deities. Kalyan recently launched a Polki a question on India’s stand on The first pair of Jhumkas worn collection in the name of “ Tejasvi” Chinese activities in the China- by Sonam weighs 144.44 Carats with and has an in-house collection Pakistan Economic Corridor, a a combination of Polki diamonds of ‘Nimah’ – Heritage jewellery. These large part of which falls within 6.95 Carats, diamonds of 2 Carats, Jhumkkas are a combination of these Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Rubies- 1.63 Carats and Pearls – two product ranges. Kashmir. 41.05 Carats. And the second jhumka As per the information available, China is believed to have made pair will be 93.31 CT with a combina- The Cannes Festival (French: Festi- huge investments and is spon- tion of Polki diamonds of 7.26 Carats, val de Cannes), named until 2002 as soring development projects in diamonds of 1.32 Carats, Rubies 0 .65 the International Film Festival (Fes- Pakistan-controlled Jammu and Carats and Pearl 30.45 Carats. tival international du film). It is also Kashmir, including in the volatile Rajesh Kalyanaraman, Execu- known in English as the Cannes Film Shia-dominated Gilgit-Baltistan tive Director, Inventory and Finance, Festival which is an annual film fes- area. “We have asked them (the Kalyan Jewellers, said, “Sonam tival held in Cannes, France. Chinese side) to cease all activities Kapoor is the face of Indian fash- It previews new films of all gen- Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the Shipra river at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, yesterday. in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and ion to global audiences. As Kalyan res, including documentaries, from Kashmir,” Swarup said. Jewellers pursues a global growth around the world. City in Rajasthan reaches record 51 degrees as heatwave continues

AFP the hottest temperature ever recorded treated to cold baths and given elec- states have ordered schools to break The heatwave comes as India sector that employs about 60 per- in the country... 51 degrees in Phalodi,” trolytes to prevent dehydration. for summer earlier than normal due to faces its worst water crisis in dec- cent of the population. said BP Yadav, a director of the India Demand for electricity in the city the heatwave. Temperatures in north- ades, with about 330 million people, But the monsoon is only forecast Meteorological Department (IMD). of 25 million people surged to a record ern India regularly hit the high 40s in or a quarter of the population, suf- to hit the southern state of Kerala on NEW DELHI: Temperatures have Hundreds of people die every year high on Thursday as sweltering resi- May and June, but topping 50 degrees fering from drought after two weak June 7 -- six days later than usual -- soared to a scorching 51 degrees Cel- from the heat in India, with May and dents turned on their air conditioners. is unusual. monsoons. Drinking water is running before sweeping across the country. sius in one Indian city, meteorologists June usually the hottest months. Police officers on the beat were India declares a heatwave when short in many states and poor rains That means it will be weeks before said yesterday, with the ferocious heat The latest record high came as the given oral rehydration solution and the maximum temperature reaches 45 have prompted extreme measures, the cooling rains reach India’s arid setting a new national record. IMD issued warnings of “severe heat special “cooling scarves” contain- degrees Celsius, or five degrees higher including stationing armed guards at plains. The dry conditions have aided Northern Phalodi, in the desert wave” conditions across large parts of ing water-absorbent crystals to keep than the average for the area in previ- reservoirs and sending water trains to the spread of forest fires that recently state of Rajasthan, wilted as the India’s north and west, including the their body temperature down, local ous years. Ahmedabad city in Gujarat the worst-affected regions. swept through the hills of northern mercury reached a new high, equiv- capital Delhi, where temperatures hit papers reported. The capital’s hos- state recorded its hottest day in a cen- Officials have forecast an above- Uttarakhand and part of Himachal alent to 123.8 Fahrenheit, beating a 47 degrees Celsius earlier this week. pitals have seen a spike in cases of tury when the mercury touched 48 average monsoon this year, offering Pradesh states, which draw tens of 60-year-old record. “Thursday was Zoo animals in the capital were heatstroke, while authorities in many degrees Celsius. hope for the struggling agriculture thousands of tourists every year. 08 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Helping Libya Zika can’t stop the Rio

he international community has finally come around to helping the unity government in Libya, albeit reluctantly and insufficiently. At a summit in Olympics in August TVienna on Monday, the world powers agreed to do more to prop up the UN-recognised government in Tripoli led by Fayez Sarraj which faces collapse in the absence of By John Tozzi and Ira adverse health outcomes will be covering about $1 billion in poten- immediate help. The summit agreed to supply some arms to the Boudway low, in a relatively low-risk part of For Brazil, however, tial claims. Most of that exposure is new government and to train a 2,000-strong presidential guard. Bloomberg Brazil at a low-risk time of year,” held by a handful of large reinsur- according to a May 10 editorial in the postponement ers, including Munich Re, Swiss Re, Unlike in Syria, where an ongoing conflict which has destroyed the journal Lancet Infectious Dis- or cancellation of and Hannover Re. If, for instance, a the country is being ignored by the international community eases. The virus is concentrated in terrorist attack or natural disaster despite fervent pleas for help by the Syrian opposition, the hould the Olympics pro- Brazil’s northeast, not in Rio, and the Olympics may were to prevent all or some of the Libyan situation has elicited Western interest and concern due ceed in Rio de Janeiro in Olympic sites will be targeted for further destabilize games, they would cover the losses to its proximity to Europe. Chaos and instability in Libya have August as planned? With mosquito control with spraying and the troubled nation. of organizers, the host nation, TV an immediate and direct impact on Europe, and there are two the lighting of the torch set elimination of standing water, the networks, and other contract hold- to take place in less than journal wrote. The country is in its ers for money already spent on the threats that require urgent solution. First, the Islamic State Sthree months, a handful of medi- The US Centres for Disease Con- event, not to mention lost revenue. deepest recession is spreading in Libya, threatening the security of Europe and cal experts are calling for the games trol and the WHO have advised Infectious disease risks usu- the world, and second, there is an to be postponed or moved, citing pregnant women not to travel to on record and ally require separate, additional upsurge of people smuggling from the the risk of globalizing a Zika epi- areas where Zika is circulating. After consumed by a coverage. Most of the insurance Nato must Libyan coastline to the Mediterranean. demic that’s been mostly limited Attaran’s article appeared, a state- political crisis with contracts were signed four years Strengthening the unity government in to the Americas. ment from the WHO reiterated that ago, and when insurers decide to get support Libya is the only viable solution to these Amir Attaran, a professor of law advice. Other visitors should take the impeachment reinsurance, as many do for risks the unity and medicine at the University of steps to avoid being bitten and should trial of President this large, that generally happens threats. The inevitability of this action Ottawa, argued last week in the Har- use condoms or abstain from sex at the same time as the initial con- government has dawned on Europe now though it vard Public Health Review that the because men can transmit Zika to Dilma Rousseff. tract. Zika wasn’t high on the radar in Libya to could have averted the current chaos games “must not proceed.” Among sex partners. “The games will take four years ago, so the agreements in Libya through timely action after pregnant women, Zika can trigger place during Brazil’s wintertime, probably didn’t mention it. bring peace Muammar Gaddafi was toppled. severe birth defects that include when there are fewer active mos- in 2014, and Brazilians made 9 mil- Moreover, Zika was first discov- and stability Libya has never stabilised after microcephaly, when babies are born quitoes and the risk of being bitten lion trips abroad. Attaran said much ered in monkeys in 1947. Since the with abnormally small heads. It has is lower,” the WHO noted. of that travel, however, was within disease has been known for almost the overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011 back to the also been linked to neurological In an e-mail, a spokesman for the region where Zika has already 70 years, it is considered a preex- country. because rival militias took up arms for disorders, including Guillain-Barré the International Olympic Commit- spread, while the Olympics will bring isting condition. control. The government in Tripoli was Syndrome. Attaran suggested that tee said only that it is following the people from all over the planet. He “Once it’s already in the public weakened by an uprising in Benghazi by August, the epidemic in Rio will WHO’s guidance and working to said the question of broader restric- domain, it’s deemed a preexisting and the rise of militias in other areas, be worse than currently predicted. minimize any risk to visitors. tions “needs further study. I think condition and would, de facto, be and the Islamic State used the vacuum to build and expand its “It cannot possibly help to send a There have been more than that case could exist.” excluded from all policies anyway,” presence. Part of the blame for the current state of affairs goes half-million travellers into Rio from 1,300 cases (PDF) of microceph- In past infectious outbreaks such Duxbury said. The IOC or NBCU- places that would not normally have aly “potentially associated” with as the Sars scare in 2003, most of niversal Media LLC can’t easily go to Nato because it failed to facilitate the transition to a new strong travel connections with Rio Zika, almost all in Brazil, accord- the economic damage came not and buy Zika coverage now. “It is government in Libya after helping to topple Gaddafi through its and therefore set up new dissemi- ing to the WHO. The true extent from the disease itself but from generally too late. I can’t speak for air campaigns. nation channels,” Attaran said in an of Zika’s health burden is hard to the attendant disruption to com- all insurers, but for most—and cer- Now there is a dire need to make the unity government in interview. He echoed Arthur Cap- ascertain, because cases may go merce and travel. “The fact is that tainly for Munich Re—it would be Tripoli work. A failure would result in a permanent division of lan, a professor of bioethics at New unreported, and months may pass the Rio Olympics are going to go too late now.” the country. The political battle between the UN-recognised York University’s Langone Medical before a woman infected during forward and no amount of sensa- It all depends on the wording Center, who in February suggested pregnancy gives birth. No one can tionalism will stop it,” Lawrence of contracts. “You can sometimes Tripoli government and the Tobruk-based parliament loyal to postponing the games by from six say for sure what the risk of Zika in Gostin, director of the O’Neill Insti- see specific viruses listed as being General Khalifa Haftar in the east is threatening economic chaos to 12 months. Rio will be three months from now. tute for National and Global Health deemed preexisting and so there- if the rival government carries out its threat to flood the country Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D N Attaran contends that cases of Law at Georgetown Law, wrote in fore, anything outside that would with billions of dollars worth of its own currency. Two central H) cited Attaran’s commentary in a dengue, a virus transmitted by the an e-mail. Suspending the games be covered,” he said. If a policy were banks launching two conflicting currencies, which are not May 17 letter urging the World Health same mosquitoes, are unexpect- “could bring an already weakened to leave Zika off a list of this kind, interchangeable in banks, will worsen inflation and destabilise Organization (PDF) to evaluate the edly high in Rio this year, and Zika economic and political system to a the insurer would have to pay in the economy. risks of holding the Olympics this may not wane in the southern hemi- point of near collapse.” the event the games didn’t happen year. “All of the efforts underway sphere’s winter, as expected. If even Gostin conceded that systemic for fear of the disease, but Duxbury Nato still remains divided on the nature of help to Libya. to prevent Zika are at risk of being a few travellers introduce the virus instability may serve to amplify doubts there’s much risk of this kind Libyans also will not like a direct military intervention by its undone if the Olympic Games spurs to new countries, he warned, the the spread of Zika, noting Brazil’s for the insurers. forces. But it must work closely with the unity government in a global outbreak,” she wrote. result would be “a full-blown glo- struggles with mosquito control. All of this is counter to Atta- Tripoli and give the latter every help to make its writ run across For Brazil, however, the post- bal health disaster.” “What is urgently needed is for ran’s claim that “unless those with a the country. ponement or cancellation of the If the threat is as grave as his the international community, led financial stake in the Games planned Olympics may further destabilise language implies, is there a case for by the WHO, to declare an all-out poorly, they will have cancellation the troubled nation. The country is shutting down travel more broadly? war on the mosquito population insurance, legal escape clauses for in its deepest recession on record Perhaps, but the spread of Zika in in Rio. That has not happened,” he force majeure, and an exit strategy.” and consumed by a political cri- this fashion has been underway for wrote. “The failure to do everything Duxbury is confident the games sis with the impeachment trial of some time. “There are lots of peo- possible to control and even elimi- will go on. Despite Rousseff’s trib- Quote of the day President Dilma Rousseff. It is spend- ple getting off aeroplanes today nate the mosquito population in Rio ulations and the threat of Zika, he ing almost $10bn to host the first in Zika-infected countries,” said is a national embarrassment. But doesn’t see Rio as significantly My people do not want Olympic Games in South America, William Schaffner, a professor of more than that, it is an utter inter- more at risk, from an insurance money it can ill afford to waste. This infectious diseases and preventive national failure.” perspective, than Sochi, London, to see guilty lawmakers is especially the case because it’s medicine at Vanderbilt University Though unlikely, if the IOC and or Greece were at a similar stage, in this parliament unlikely that insurers would make in Nashville, Tenn. “We’ve had sev- Brazil were to seriously consider or than Brazil’s World Cup compe- especially the supporters anyone associated with the games eral hundred introductions of Zika moving or cancelling the games, tition was two years ago. He ticked of the separatist terrorist whole over Zika-induced cancel- into the US already.” they would do so with the knowl- off other calamities that were sup- lation claims. Put in perspective, the Olympics edge that it might be a total loss. posed to stop past sporting events: organisation. Attaran and Caplan may be in won’t present a massive increase in Andrew Duxbury, an underwrit- traffic-choked London, strikes in the minority among public health visitors to Brazil compared with its ing manager in the UK branch of South Africa, and security fears in experts, as many agree that putting regular tourism and travel num- Munich Re, said his company is cov- Greece after the attacks of Septem- Recep Tayyip Erdogan off the games because of Zika is a bers. The games are expected to ering about $200 million in potential ber 11, 2001. Turkey President step too far. The evidence available bring from 350,000 to 500,000 losses for stakeholders in this sum- “I think it’s a typical case,” he so far suggests that “risk of expo- foreign visitors to Rio, while Bra- mer’s games. He estimated that the said of the Rio games. “We’re used sure to Zika virus and subsequent zil had 6.4 million foreign visitors insurance industry as a whole is to seeing this cycle.”

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By Sarah Young, Costas Pitas and the same time, the “Leave” campaign has Elizabeth Piper found it easier to point to the drawbacks Reuters of EU membership than define the advan- tages of quitting. The critical tone has not gone down well in Hastings. Williams, the deeply raeme Williams is sure of only undecided voter who is also chairman of one thing as Britain heads for the local Hastings Conservative associa- a momentous referendum on tion, said simply: “It’s always the negative whether to stay in the Euro- side of things.” Martin, the small business pean Union: He hasn’t a clue owner, said: “The ‘stay’ campaign don’t Gwhich way to vote. “I’m sitting completely seem to be selling me the idea of why we on the fence,” said Williams, a 62-year- should stay.” Equally, when Michael Gove, old freelance commercial photographer. a leading Conservative and supporter of “Decision-wise, I am definitely completely Brexit, said that Britain could leave the undecided about which is the right way EU and still be part of a large free trade to go.” zone, Martin was unconvinced, describ- To make up his mind, Williams said ing the Brexit campaign as “fantasists”. that he needs “the right information” Such disillusion makes sentiment — but that neither side in the debate is volatile and may affect the number of providing it. Many people in his home voters who turn out on June 23 — which town of Hastings, a historic spot on the could be crucial to the outcome. The UK’s south coast where invaders from sceptics tend to be older people, who are France arrived in 1066, feel the same more likely to vote. Europhiles include way, he said. many young people wary of Cameron He may well be right. According to and the Conservative government, and recent opinion polls, up to a fifth of Brit- less likely to vote. According to an Opin- ish voters remain undecided on how to ium poll for The Observer newspaper in cast their ballot in the referendum on June A Union Jack flag flutters next to European Union flags. March, just 12 percent of those aged 25 23. On that day they will face the ques- to 34 thought EU membership an impor- tion: “Should the United Kingdom remain tant issue, compared with 53 percent of a member of the European Union or leave he said. “One is the straight proportion what it might be. “They (the Leave cam- by John Curtice, a professor of politics and those aged over 65. the European Union?” It’s a binary choice, of people who say they don’t know (how paign) don’t have a picture of what it’ll be Senior Research Fellow at NatCen Social Such factors make the role of the but not a simple one. Instead it’s shot to vote), and the other is the proportion like when we leave, if we leave,” he said Research, found that the majority of Brit- opposition Labour party important through with feelings about nationhood, of people who say they may change their when first interviewed in April. Equally, ons (65 percent) are sceptical of the EU because many young voters may fol- identity and culture, as well as economics. mind. And when you add both of those he found claims by the Conservative gov- and want it to have less power; yet only low its lead. Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour How voters answer the referendum together you realise that the race is still ernment that leaving the EU would wreak 30 percent want to leave. leader, has declared his support for Brit- question will help shape the future of the definitely wide open.” economic damage to be too simplistic. What explains this dichotomy? Cur- ain remaining in Europe, but is seen by UK and the EU. A British exit — Brexit A town of 90,000 overlooking the And like many others Reuters spoke to, tice highlighted two factors: Cultural and critics as half-hearted. Corbyn has long — could rock financial markets, sink English Channel, Hastings illustrates he was unconvinced by an official leaflet, economic concerns. Many Britons dislike harboured doubts about the EU and voted EU hopes of closer integration and roil Britain’s confusion over Europe in sev- despatched to all households, making the the EU on cultural grounds, according to against EU membership when Britain last relations between the United States and eral ways. It encapsulates national case for Britain to stay in the EU. the study. Nearly half (47 percent) thought had a referendum on the subject in 1975. Britain. Yet a vote to remain is no guaran- sovereignty: This is the place that gave its Suspicion of politicians runs deep, being a member of the EU undermined However, there is little sign of tee of calm: It could trigger a new phase name to the battle where William the Con- including of Boris Johnson, a popular Con- Britain’s identity and nearly two-thirds Cameron and Corbyn working closely for Europe, with some countries pressing queror of Normandy defeated England’s servative who initially sat on the fence (65 percent) said they would like Britain’s together — even though they are both for more integration and others seeking King Harold 950 years ago. Yet it’s closer before belatedly backing Brexit. Lucy relationship with the EU to be “looser.” aiming at the same goal. For Beth the flexibility sought by Britain. Polls to France than London, and has benefited McCarthy, a 40-year-old project manager At the same time, however, 40 percent O’Brien, a 24-year-old who works at show the referendum battle is volatile from EU funds. for a charity, said: “Take Boris, he’s not to of Britons also believed that leaving the a BMX bike park in Hastings, the lack but close, with most finding voters fairly Since the late 1970s, Hastings has been be trusted. And George (Osborne, the UK EU would harm the country’s economy of dynamism leaves her unsure how to evenly split. One YouGov poll this month a political bellwether. At general elections, Chancellor and supporter of Britain stay- and only 24 percent thought leaving would vote. “It feels like they (politicians) don’t had 44 percent in favour of remaining and whichever party won in Hastings went on ing in the EU), he just wants to be Prime make Britain better off economically. believe what they’re selling,” she said. 40 percent in favour of leaving, while an to form the national government, and now Minister eventually. It’s farcical. So I don’t Curtice concluded that economic fears “So why should I buy it?” ICM poll had 43 percent for remaining and the town broadly reflects the EU debate. think you can really trust them. I don’t over leaving trump the widespread cul- The closeness of the polls suggests the 47 percent for leaving. The Undecideds A study by the polling company YouGov think that they have our best interests at tural antipathy to the EU. While voters race will go to the wire. Anand Menon, will likely determine the outcome. rated opinions on the EU in East Sussex, heart whatever they’re arguing.” Even concerned about the cultural conse- professor of European politics and foreign Andrew Hawkins, Chairman and the county where Hastings lies, as “mixed, the intervention of US President Barack quences of EU membership are very likely affairs at King’s College, London, believes founder of polling firm ComRes, said the leaning eurosceptic.” Obama, who last month urged Britain to to be sceptical about the EU, he says, such many voters will change their minds as referendum was unusually unpredicta- Some of its residents are taking a keen stay in the EU, seemed to have little effect. voters are only likely to want to leave if the referendum nears. He argues that, ble. “I think there are two angles to this,” interest in the referendum: One recent In the days after Obama spoke in they are convinced that leaving would unlike general elections, the usual sta- debate passionately discussed everything favour of Britain remaining in the EU, make Britain economically better off. bilising factors of loyalty to a particular from whether vacuum cleaners had been opinion polls showed support for Brexit The referendum campaigns kicked party or social group are absent. made less powerful because of EU rules to held relatively steady. According to an off after Prime Minister David Cameron Among the undecided voters of Hast- whether Britain would regain more con- ICM poll on April 26, Brexiteers led with struck a deal on February 19 with other ings, there were hints that in the end a fear trol over fishing — a key local industry 46 percent support against 44 percent of EU nations that he said gave Britain “spe- of leaving the EU for the unknown will — if it voted for Brexit. voters wanting to stay in the EU. Some cial status” in the union. Britain would be sway people. When first interviewed in Polls show the referendum battle is Among those making up their minds later polls, however, showed the “Remain” permanently exempt from the EU’s cen- mid April, Duffey, the coffee shop owner, is small business owner Howard Martin, camp ahead, and Betfair, a betting com- tral aim of “ever closer union,” he said, said she would probably make up her volatile but close, with most finding 53, who said he had voted for all Britain’s pany, put the odds of Britain remaining in and “never part of a European superstate”. mind only when “standing in the polling voters fairly evenly split. One YouGov main political parties over the years. In the EU at higher than 70 percent. Armed with that and other conces- booth.” And O’Brien, the 24-year-old, said: Martin’s view, much of the debate over Behind the confusion and uncer- sions, Cameron, whose party has long “I’ll probably just close my eyes and put poll this month had 44 percent in Brexit has focused, wrongly, on the vexed tainty lie deeply conflicting feelings about had a strong eurosceptic streak, set about an X in the box.” favour of remaining and 40 percent issue of migration. Proponents of leaving the EU, judging by a study published in arguing for Britain to stay in the EU. His Later both said they were leaning the EU see Brexit as a way of limiting the February by NatCen Social Research, a team in Downing Street coordinates towards voting to stay in the EU. “I am in favour of leaving, while an ICM poll high levels of immigration that Britain has long-established independent agency. with the leading “Remain” group, Britain probably going to vote to stay in to be had 43 percent for remaining and 47 faced over the past 15 years. For Martin, The findings differ from opinion polls Stronger In Europe. fair,” said O’Brien. “I don’t see many pros percent for leaving. The Undecideds migrant numbers are more a matter of because the study is not a snapshot but While the campaign has extolled to changing; I just see a lot of cons that policing borders properly. draws on the large-scale 2015 British positive aspects of EU membership, it could happen. There are potential pros, will likely determine the outcome. Instead, he’s more worried about the Social Attitudes survey, which was con- has also focused on what it says would but there’s no guarantee for those pros. economic impact of Brexit, but unclear of ducted over months. An analysis written be the hefty economic cost of leaving. At “So why take the risk?” Obama’s Hiroshima visit looks to future amid charges of selective amnesia

By Linda Sieg and Matt instantly and about 140,000 by the atrocities. Asian neighbours China fact that Japanese soldiers commit- with Russia in his first term and last Spetalnick end of the year. Nagasaki was hit on and South Korea often complain Japan ted atrocities and the Japanese nation year’s nuclear pact with Iran. Reuters August 9 and Japan surrendered six needs to be more sincerely repentant as a whole committed the war of Japan stresses its unique status days later. A majority of Americans about the war, despite its numerous aggression. as the only nation to suffer atomic see the bombings as having been nec- past apologies. Somehow, they are trying to san- attacks and advocates disarma- essary to end the war and save US and “Part of the subtext is telling this itise Japanese war conduct,” said ment, but nonetheless relies on the apan and the United States are Japanese lives, although many histori- and future Japanese leaders that ‘If Hiroshima historian Yuki Tanaka. US nuclear umbrella as an extended presenting US President Barack ans question that view. Most Japanese I can go to Hiroshima and take flak Nuclear disarmament proponents deterrent. And Tokyo has long taken Obama’s visit to Hiroshima as an believe they were unjustified. for it at home, you can certainly do a meanwhile hope Obama’s visit will the position that nuclear arms would A majority of affirmation of a strong alliance Officials in both countries have little more to own up to what Japan breath fresh life into a stalled process. not violate its pacifist constitution, Jand a step towards world denu- made clear they want to stress the did,” said one US official. The visit “At a time when, frankly, momen- although it rules out possessing them. Americans see clearisation, but critics see selective present and future, not dig into the was hotly debated in the White House, tum is stalled, this visit will be an Ultimately, Obama’s visit may be the bombings amnesia and paradoxes on nuclear past, even as the two leaders hon- not least because of fear of domestic opportunity to reactivate that,” Hiro- a sort of Rorschach test, a psycholog- policy. our all victims of the war. “It is an blowback in an election year. shima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki told ical inkblot test in which viewers see as having been Aides have said Obama will not important landmark in a continuing The Abe administration has Reuters, adding insistence on an apol- what they are predisposed to per- necessary to end apologise when he becomes the first process of paying homage to the vic- affirmed past government apologies ogy might have prevented Obama ceive. “Anti-Obama-ites will call it sitting US president to tour the site of tims of war in general and the atomic but asserts that future generations from making the trip. an ‘apology tour’ even if there is no the war and save the world’s first atomic bombing next bombing in particular, in the process should not have to apologise for the But critics note Obama has made apology,” said Massachusetts Insti- US and Japanese Friday, accompanied by Prime Min- of trying to eliminate nuclear weap- wartime sins of their forebears. scant progress towards nuclear dis- tute of Technology political science lives, although ister Shinzo Abe. ons in the world,” former Japanese “We are successfully proceeding armament and is spending heavily professor Richard Samuels. Nor is Obama, who won the Nobel diplomat Sadaaki Numata said. with (US-Japan) reconciliation. As for to modernise the US atomic arsenal. “Japanese nationalists will declare many historians Peace Prize in 2009 partly for making “... Both sides worked hard to shift how the war came about, leave it to “Arguably, a nuclear-free world is less vindication of the empire and of the question that view. nuclear non-proliferation a centre- the focus to a forward-looking agenda the historians,” said former Japanese likely now that when Obama actu- Japanese people, even if the president piece of his agenda, expected to that has resonance worldwide.” diplomat Kunihiko Miyake. ally took office,” Richard Fontaine, an insists we are all culpable for war and Most Japanese address the debate over whether the Even without an apology, some Critics argue that by not apologis- Asia adviser under former president its effects, and pacifists will imagine believe they were dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima hope that Obama’s visit will highlight ing, Obama will allow Japan to stick to George W Bush, told a conference. this is a step toward the end of nuclear and Nagasaki was justified. the huge human cost of the bombings the narrative that paints it as a victim. Obama’s aides counter that he has weapons despite new US investments unjustified. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima and pressure Japan to own up more “What the Japanese govern- secured concrete achievements, such and Japan’s open embrace of the on August 6, 1945, killed thousands forthrightly to its responsibilities and ment is doing now is denying the as a new nuclear arms control deal nuclear deterrent.”

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Buckingham Juncker warns UK of Brexit consequences Palace trespasser pleads guilty AFP Juncker’s intervention comes after “What will enrage, and disori- and “Leave” on 45 percent, exclud- US President Barack Obama used a entate, EU elites is the UK’s success ing undecideds. visit to London last month to urge The United Kingdom outside the union,” he said. Some of Britain’s leading actors, AP Britain not to leave the European will have to accept There was no immediate reac- including Benedict Cumberbatch, LONDON: European Commission Union when it votes in a referendum tion to Juncker’s comments from the Keira Knightley, Patrick Stewart, chief Jean-Claude Juncker said yes- on June 23 and after warnings from being considered a “Leave” camp, but he is not a popular Helena Bonham Carter and Chiwetel LONDON: A man convicted of terday that “deserters” from the EU the International Monetary Fund and third party, who we figure in eurosceptic circles, viewed Ejiofor, entered the debate yesterday murder for beating a homeless would have to accept being outsiders, the Bank of England of the economic as the man behind a push towards with a warning against a “leap into man to death climbed over a wall in his strongest warning yet against risks of going it alone. won’t be bending greater EU integration. the unknown”. In a joint letter, 282 and wandered around the grounds Britain voting to leave the bloc next Prime Minister David Cameron over backwards Former London mayor Boris John- people from the worlds of film, music of Buckingham Palace while month. “Deserters won’t be welcomed has also warned of the economic and son, , sparked outrage last weekend and literature cited William Shake- Queen Elizabeth II was at home, with open arms,” he told French security risks of leaving the bloc, but for, the European by saying the EU was behaving like speare and David Bowie to claim that British prosecutors said yesterday. newspaper Le Monde. opponents insist Britain will thrive. Commission chief Adolf Hitler in trying to create a Euro- British creativity “inspires and influ- Dennis Hennessy, 41, pleaded “The United Kingdom will have Justice Secretary Michael Gove, a said. pean superstate. With just over a month ences the rest of the world”. guilty to trespass during an to accept being considered a third leading Brexit campaigner, has con- to go, the latest opinion polls suggest the “We believe that being part of the appearance yesterday at Westmin- party, who we won’t be bending over ceded that Britain may no longer have “Remain” camp is in the lead. EU bolsters Britain’s leading role on ster Magistrates’ Court in London. backwards for,” he said. “That is not a access to the single market but says it In a speech last month, Gove denied A compilation of the six latest the world stage. Let’s not become an He was arrested in the pal- threat, but our relations will no longer will be in other EU countries’ interests that Britain was “destined for a bleak, polls by the What UK Thinks research outsider shouting from the wings,” ace grounds. Police said he was be as they are today”. to maintain strong trade ties. impoverished future on the outside”. project puts “Remain” on 55 percent they said. not armed and claimed security measures had “worked effectively.” Prosecutor Tom Nicholson told the court that Hennessy walked around gardens for about 10 min- Germany seeks jail In a different ‘role’ utes toward the palace before being arrested. As he was detained, he asked “Is Ma’am in?” — a cour- for former SS guard tesy term used for the queen. In a police interview, he said had “walked through the gardens admiring the view.” Nicholson said AFP “I am sorry”. He admitted to the the intrusion triggered a police court that he knew prisoners were sweep with dogs and a helicopter being shot, gassed and their bodies and caused the royal family “sig- burned at the death camp in occu- nificant inconvenience.” BERLIN: German prosecutors pied Poland, but that he had been The prosecutor said Hen- yesterday sought six years’ impris- “silent all my life” about the atroci- nessy had killed a homeless onment for a 94-year-old former ties because he was ashamed. man in 1992, when he was 17. SS guard on trial for complicity in More than one million Euro- He was convicted of murder in 170,000 murders at Auschwitz. pean Jews were killed at the camp 1993 and released from prison Reinhold Hanning stands accused in occupied Poland, and among the on parole in 2002. of having watched over the selection 6,500 former SS personnel at Ausch- Defence lawyer Sikander of which prisoners were fit for labour, witz who survived the war, fewer Choudry said Hennessy had been and which should be sent to the gas than 50 have been convicted. drinking before the palace break- chambers.He is also deemed to have Hanning’s trial came on heels of in. He said Hennessy decided to been aware of the regular mass shoot- a case last year against Oskar Groen- scale the palace wall but “did not ing of inmates at the camp, as well as ing, dubbed the “Bookkeeper of have any malicious intent towards the systematic starvation of prisoners. Auschwitz”. Groening was sentenced the royal family.” “The defendant contributed to to four years in prison, though he But Judge Howard Riddle said the extermination aim of the camp,” was previously cleared by German “we simply don’t know why he chief prosecutor Andreas Brendel authorities. But the legal foundation was there, and that makes it a told the court in Detmold. for prosecuting ex-Nazis changed matter of considerable concern.” “We owe it to the victims to pur- in 2011 with the German convic- Riddle sentenced Hennessy to sue the crimes even today,” he said. tion of former death camp guard British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) and British Labour Party politician Tessa Jowell recreate four months in prison for tres- Hanning in April broke his John Demjanjuk, solely on the basis the famous cover shot of the Beatles album, Abbey Road while on a visit to Abbey Road studios in passing and two months, to run silence on his time at Auschwitz 70 of his having worked at the Sobibor London, yesterday. concurrently, for damaging an years after the war, telling victims camp in occupied Poland. alarm system. Austria’s far-right marches on amid lacklustre protests Swedish authorities hold

AFP with a right-wing president, where The far-right power grab also and doesn’t have France’s left tradi- talks after telecoms sabotage anti-Semitism and fascism can grow,” prompted international sanctions tion. Politicians fear there could be said a young protester who identified and turned Austria into an EU pariah. a backlash from anti-Hofer cam- himself only as Tom. “I don’t want his- But times have changed, with paigns,” Hajek said. Reuters Two telecoms masts have been VIENNA: Organisers had expected tory to repeat itself,” he said. support for populist and eurosceptic Older generations say they are damaged in the last few weeks and several thousand people, but in the Teacher Peter Jungmann deplored parties surging across the continent worried about their country’s politi- a computer glitch grounded planes end just 400 showed up at Vienna’s what he called the “fear-mongering” after a crisis-packed year fuelled cal development. across much of Sweden, while tech- Hofburg palace to protest Austria’s over migrants and perceived growing by the migrant crisis and rising “I’ve lived through the war and STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s civil emer- nical problems knocked out Swedish presidential far-right contender Nor- inequality. His biggest worry was the unemployment. although I really don’t like van der gency agency held a crisis meeting railways’ booking system. bert Hofer. negative impact Hofer’s victory would In addition, Hofer has managed Bellen, I cannot bring myself to yesterday to discuss a number of The spate of unexplained techni- The lacklustre turnout is a further have on “Austria’s image abroad”. to present himself as the FPOe’s vote for Hofer, he’s dangerous “ said cases of suspected sabotage involv- cal problems and apparent attempts sign that the left has struggled to rally EU leaders including European “friendly face”, pushing populist 91-year-old Margarethe Kiesewet- ing telecommunications masts and a to damage telecommunications against the seemingly unstoppable Commission chief Jean-Claude themes like anti-immigration with a ter from the small market town of computer outage that grounded air equipment have fanned fears that rise of populist Freedom Party (FPOe), Juncker have voiced concern at the winning smile instead of the inflam- Mattsee near Salzburg, an FPOe traffic across much of the country. Sweden’s infrastructure is being whose candidate could win Sunday’s turn of events in Austria. But for now matory rhetoric used by party leader stronghold. “Many of my peers feel The incidents have reignited tested by foreign security services. run-off vote against Green-backed their criticism echoes through largely Heinz-Christian Strache. the same. This election forces us to fears of foreign spies and the read- Wilhelm Agrell, professor in economics professor Alexander van empty streets in Vienna, which have Saying you’re an FPOe supporter not vote for, but against someone.” iness of Sweden’s depleted security intelligence analysis at Lund Univer- der Bellen. seen no anti-Hofer action in the lead- is no longer necessarily considered Van der Bellen, himself a child of services to confront them in a coun- sity, hinted at a possible Russian link. Demonstrators who had mus- up to tomorrow’s vote, except for the politically incorrect. the war, has also warned that Hof- try on the frontline of increased “The scenario resembles the tered the energy to join rally outside occasional swastika drawn on elec- For political expert Peter Hajek, er’s presidency would pose a threat Western tensions with Russia. picture of so-called hybrid war- the majestic white palace—seat of toral billboards. “Hofer is not like the Front National’s to democracy. The Civil Contingencies Agency fare which has developed since the the presidential office and the place In 2000, more than 150,000 people ex-leader Jean-Marie Le Pen” whose “As you know, I am 72-year-old (MSB) has said it has no grounds Crimea operation in 2014,” he said where Adolf Hitler gave his infa- had marched in the Austrian capi- potential win in 2002 mobilised and I’ve experienced how Austria so far to believe various cases are referring to Russian forces’ seizure mous “Anschluss” speech in 1938 tal against the FPOe—then led by the France and helped Jacques Chirac rose from the ruins of World War II, related but its decision to hold a of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula. —held up signs reading “No Nazi in late, SS-admiring Joerg Haider—after secure a second presidency in the caused by the madness of national- “national coordination” meeting The Russian Foreign Ministry did the Hofburg”. it entered a much-maligned coalition runoff with a whopping 82 percent. ism,” he said at a press conference highlights the growing sense of pub- not responded to the allegations of “I don’t want to live in a country with the centre-right People’s Party. “Austria is a conservative country yesterday morning. lic unease prompted by the incidents. possible Russian involvement.

Poland’s ruling party defiant Rare works as Brussels steps up pressure

Reuters impose their will on Poles,” Szydlo was the first use ever of the com- said. “I am the prime minister of the mission’s Rule of Law framework. Polish government, and my compa- In theory, an EU decision that triots’ opinion is and always will be Poland had breached the standards WARSAW: Poland’s prime minister supreme. I am a European, but above could eventually lead to sanctions appeared to escalate a conflict with all I am a Pole.” such as the suspension of Poland’s the European Commission yesterday, The row stems from changes voting rights in the EU. declaring Poland is a sovereign state that Poland’s newly elected gov- The government has signalled and will not bow to external pressure. ernment imposed on the country’s that the differences between two The European Union’s executive constitutional court late last year, sides had narrowed, although it said it arm is investigating whether Poland is which increased the size of majori- would need more time to resolve the violating rule of law, and it said it would ties required for rulings and changed issue. It has agreed to reverse some send its criticisms to Warsaw by Mon- the order in which cases are heard. but not all of the changes affecting day unless it saw significant progress The EU said those changes the court. on problems it has identified. undermined the court’s inde- But PiS also argues it has an elec- That drew a heated response pendence, and it responded in toral mandate to carry out changes it from Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, January with an unprecedented deems necessary. And it says the top who said in a speech to parliament inquiry into whether the govern- court had been too closely allied with A gallery assistant poses amongst a selection of illuminated manuscripts including The Hortus Eystensis that Poland will “never yield to any ment, formed by the eurosceptic the former centrist, pro-EU govern- by Basil Belser (right) during a photo call for the Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts auction at ultimatum.” “The Polish govern- Law and Justice party (PiS), has ment. Szydlo’s speech suggests its Christies in London, Britain yesterday. ment will never allow for anyone to breached democratic standards. It position may be hardening. EUROPE SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 11 Nato to hold talks with Russia before alliance summit

Pressed by some of Nato’s 28 ensure a much quicker response in the member states to try again, Stolten- event of a repeat of the Ukraine crisis. In April, the Nato berg said yesterday that alliance A key component involves putting Russia Council held foreign ministers had agreed to more troops and equipment into east- explore if another NRC was possible. ern Europe to reassure allies there its first meeting “We have agreed on the message will not be left in the lurch, a move since June 2014 of dialogue and defence... based on Russia says threatens its security. that, there was broad agreement Poland has pressed especially hard but the talks yesterday that Nato should convene for Nato to take a tough line on Moscow ended in profound a new meeting of the NRC before our amid fears Russia wants to re-establish next summit in July,” he told report- its Cold War sphere of influence. disagreements. ers alongside European Union foreign Some member states however affairs head Federica Mogherini. have been nervous about ending up “We will now start to look at the in a new Cold War, and Germany in modalities and practical arrangements,” particular has urged using the NRC Agencies he added. Russian Foreign Minister to talk with Moscow—if only to show Sergei Lavrov chided Stoltenberg for the alliance’s good faith. making the announcement so pub- Nato diplomatic sources said oth- licly without consulting Russia first. ers were unenthusiastic but prepared BRUSSELS: Nato said yesterday it will “Why would he say such a thing?” to go along in order to preserve unity. hold formal talks with Russia before Lavrov said. “The Russia- Nato Coun- A senior US official said it was a landmark July summit in Warsaw cil works on the basis of consensus. not clear if there would be another endorses the alliance’s biggest mili- If they wanted to discuss it, let them NRC before the Warsaw summit US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) talks with Sweden Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom during a Nato tary build-up since the end of the Cold discuss it with us and not go straight “but the United States does not mind War, to counter a more assertive Russia. for the microphone.” either way”. foreign ministers meeting at the Nato headquarters in Brussels, yesterday. In April, the Nato Russia Coun- Stung by Russia’s Ukraine interven- “Maintaining dialogue is good but cil (NRC) held its first meeting since tion and annexation of Crimea, US-led we won’t resume practical coop- the Resolute Support mission that yesterday that military planners support for the Afghan army and June 2014 but the talks ended in “pro- Nato cut all practical cooperation with eration—joint exercises etc—until trains, advises and assists Afghani- now will work out details of the pro- police. Nato officials hope that by found disagreements” over Ukraine Moscow but the NRC was kept open as Ukraine is resolved,” said the offi- stan’s security forces and institutions longed mission, including the regions July, they will have sufficient finan- and other issues, although alliance a potential channel of communication. cial, who asked not to be named. beyond 2016. of Afghanistan affected. cial commitments locked in through chief Jens Stoltenberg said at the time At the same time, the alliance Nato foreign ministers and alli- Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said ministers also the year 2020. The previous round of it was a useful exchange. began a major military revamp to ance partners agreed to extend Stoltenberg told a news conference reviewed international financial pledges expires in 2017.

Merkel to raise concerns Regiment protest Bulgaria president won’t contest over Turkey’s democracy October election

AFP and other lawmakers of their parlia- Reuters mentary immunity and drive them out of the legislature. Lawmakers from the pro-Kurd- SOFIA: Bulgaria’s president will BERLIN: German Chancellor ish Peoples’ Democratic Party are not run for a second term in Octo- Angela Merkel will raise concerns particularly vulnerable to prosecu- ber’s election, he said yesterday, over democracy in Turkey when tion on allegations of links or even just days after he decided to chal- she meets President Recep Tayyip verbal support for outlawed Kurdis- lenge parliament’s rejection of his Erdogan next week, her spokesman tan Workers Party (PKK). veto on a change to voting rules. said yesterday, as Ankara began a Seibert said the German gov- Reformist Rosen Plevneliev final vote on a contentious bill lift- ernment is “very concerned about tried to counter growing populist ing parliamentary immunity. the increasing political polarisation, and nationalist movements in Bul- “For domestic stability of every the polarisation of domestic politi- garia, that called for closer links democracy, it is important for every cal debate” in Turkey. with Russia, by pushing ahead as relevant group in society to be also “We see freedom of press and quickly as possible with its integra- represented in parliament. The sit- opinion playing a central role in tion into Nato and European Union. uation will certainly be raised by every healthy democracy, and “I do not agree with meaning- the chancellor on the sidelines of that applies not only to work of the ful reforms in the country like the humanitarian summit with Tur- media, but also to public expression judicial reform and the anti-cor- key’s president,” said Steffen Seibert. of all citizens who wish to participate Members of the Ukrainian national guard “Azov” regiment and activists of the Azov civil corp take ruption law giving way to political Turkey’s parliament was voting in political and societal debate, and part in a protest against local elections in pro-Russian rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine under the machinations over the forthcom- behind closed doors on a bill that that applies particularly also to their Minsk peace agreement, in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. ing elections,” he said. could strip dozens of pro-Kurdish elected representatives,” he said. “I cannot accept anti- democratic actions seeking political legitimisation through the convenient explanation the Norway’s presidential election campaign Paris attacks suspect refuses to answer questions has already started.” On Thursday, his ruling centre- greenhouse gas right GERB party asked him to delay his plans to challenge parliament in emissions rise AP silence. While Abdeslam didn’t give a Abdeslam would decide to talk soon, Abdeslam, a French citizen of the Constitutional Court, promising direct reason, Berton said he was “dis- but said there was no date set for new Moroccan origin, was handed a half- that it would change articles in the turbed” by 24-hour video surveillance questioning. Berton described his cli- dozen preliminary terrorism charges election code relating to Bulgarians in his maximum-security cell in the ent as weakened by his isolation and after his transfer on April 27 from Bel- voting rights abroad. Reuters PARIS: The last known survivor of Fleury-Merogis prison outside Paris. the constant surveillance. gium, where he was arrested after GERB, however, also rejected the team that carried out last Novem- “He can’t bear being watched on “Other than me, he sees no one,” four months on the run. Plevneliev’s veto in an attempt to ber’s Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, video 24 hours a day,” Berton told Berton said. “He doesn’t speak. ... He He is the only suspect still alive maintain the minority govern- OSLO: Norway’s greenhouse gas refused to talk during questioning reporters. “It bothers him, and that is in total isolation. That necessarily believed to have played a direct role in ment’s stability after a centre-left emissions rose by 1.5 percent last yesterday by anti-terror judges amid doesn’t make him want to collabo- has very strong repercussions on his the November 13 bloodshed at a con- party withdrew its support last year, lifted by the oil and gas sec- frustration at 24-hour video surveil- rate with the judicial investigation.” psyche and personality.” cert hall, stadium and Parisian cafes, week over disagreements on tor and industry, making it harder lance of his cell, his lawyer said. Berton called the surveillance Authorities and families of attack which killed 130 people. The other policy and the changes to the for Oslo to keep promises of deep The questioning session ended illegal and said he would ask the Jus- victims had hoped Abdeslam’s tes- attackers died in suicide bombings election code. cuts to limit global warming, offi- abruptly, dashing French authorities’ tice Ministry to stop it. He called it a timony would shed light on how IS or under police fire. Plevneliev, elected president in cial data showed yesterday. hopes that Abdeslam would provide political measure “simply to reassure plotted the attacks, solve mysteries Abdeslam’s precise role in the 2011, had won popular acclaim as Emissions rose to equivalent of clues about the Islamic State group’s public opinion.” that remain about what exactly hap- attacks has never been clear. The construction minister for a high- 53.9 million tonnes of carbon diox- strategies and what exactly happened Abdeslam had said last month he pened on November 13, and identify Paris prosecutor has said he was way building project. ide from 53.2 million in 2014 and November. 13. wanted to explain his path to radical- others who might have been involved, equipped as a suicide bomber, but None of the other parties has were above 51.9 million in bench- Abdeslam’s lawyer, Frank Ber- isation and his role in the November or support networks still hiding in the abandoned his plans and fled to Bel- yet to announce its candidate for mark year of 1990, preliminary ton, said his client invoked his right to 13 attacks. Berton expressed hope that shadows. gium, where he had grown up. the elections. Statistics Norway data showed. The rise makes climate goals of the government’s ever tougher. Last year, Oslo said it would cut emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030 from Fears of record low turnout as 1990 levels as part of a UN agreement on climate change reached in Paris in December. Many opposition politicians disaffected Cyprus goes to polls say powerful oil and gas sec- tor often gets priority. Norway has often bought emissions quo- tas abroad to make up for a lack AFP might gain from the protest vote. five in the outgoing legislature. of progress in cutting domestic A spate of corruption scandals in That could spell a more fractious emissions. Two days back, Norway public office and parliament’s han- and unpredictable parliament. awarded 10 oil licences to energy dling of a eurozone bailout agreement “All small parties in Cyprus companies, opening new acreage NICOSIA: Cypriots go to the polls for the island have sparked wide- are hardline parties on the Cyprus for exploration for the first time in tomorrow to elect a new parliament spread anger and prompted many question and mainly driven by the two decades. but there are fears that swathes of dis- Cypriots to mull defying the statu- personal ambitions of their leaders,” “Norway has an ambitious cli- affected voters will stay away, making tory requirement to vote. said Faustmann. “The extreme right- mate policy,” Environment Minister the political landscape more fractured. “Frustration with the political wing party ELAM will gain votes but Vidar Helgesen said yesterday. “We The two largest parties, ruling right- elite and the perceived insignifi- it is expected not to pass the 3.6 per- have to prepare ourselves for more wing Disy and communist opposition cance of the election could lead to cent threshold,” he added. Ballot boxes lined up at an indoor sports stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus, climate measures in future.” Akel, have spent most of the campaign a very low turnout,” Hubert Faust- Progress on UN-brokered Helgesen said emissions trying to persuade their disillusioned mann, professor of history and Cyprus peace talks has not been an yesterday. Half a million Cypriots go to the polls tomorrow. would be between 17 and 20 mil- rank and file to turn out and vote. political science at the University issue because both the major parties lion tonnes higher by 2020 without They are trying to mobilise their of Nicosia, said. support reunification of the divided significant impact,” Faustmann said. centre-right Diko and socialist Edek existing measures such as pen- traditional supporters to ensure Even though the threshold to enter island under a federal roof. “Within the presidential system of oppose a federal deal and believe alties for carbon emissions that abstentions do not reach an unprec- parliament has been raised from 1.8 “As far as the solution of the Cyprus, the parliament is irrelevant as the Greek Cypriot side has made too Norway was among the first to edented 30 percent which would hurt percent to 3.6 percent, a possible eight Cyprus problem is concerned, far as the negotiations are concerned.” many concessions in UN-backed introduce in the 1990s. larger parties while smaller parties parties could get in, compared with the elections will not have any Smaller, hardline parties such as talks with the Turkish Cypriots. 12 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 AMERICAS

Trump says Democratic Cameron invited nomination race him to visit UK Reuters over: Hillary WASHINGTON: Presidential can- didate Donald Trump said yesterday British Prime Minister David Cam- eron had asked him to visit and that he believes presumptive Republican might accept the invitation, an appar- nominee Trump is qualified to be ent easing of tensions between the Since winning key president, Clinton said, “No, I do not.” presumptive Republican Party nom- primaries in March, Sanders’s campaign responded inee and the leader of a major US ally. by saying voters have “grow- Trump, in an interview with Hillary Clinton ing doubts” about Clinton. Trump MSNBC, said Cameron extended the and her campaign issued a statement saying: “She has invitation to visit 10 Downing Street bad judgment and is unfit to serve as two days ago and that he “might do have increasingly president at this delicate and diffi- it.” He gave no other details, includ- expressed cult time in our country’s history.” ing when the visit might occur. Since winning key primaries in Representatives of Cameron’s confidence in her March that solidified her advantage office could not be reached for com- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters as he arrives at a fundraising event in ability to secure the in the nomination contest, Clinton ment to confirm the invitation. Lawrenceville, New Jersey. nomination. and her campaign have increasingly Trump’s comments followed a expressed confidence in her ability transatlantic exchange between the to secure the nomination. But her Trump, it is clear that millions of campaign and Democratic National in California and I’m sure she was two men over Cameron’s comments latest assessment is her most defin- Americans have growing doubts about Committee chairwoman Debbie responding to him,” Randi Weingarten, criticising the New York real estate Bloomberg itive declaration to date. the Clinton campaign.” Wasserman Schultz then publicly president of the American Federation mogul’s call for a temporary ban on It follows days of Democratic Simmering divisions among Dem- turned against one another. of Teachers and a Democratic super- Muslims entering the United States. Party upheaval when Trump is mov- ocrats reached a boil last weekend Sanders also reacted to Clinton’s delegate backing Clinton, said of the In December, Cameron called ing to consolidate Republicans around when some Sanders backers lashed narrow win in Kentucky’s primary CNN interview. Trump “divisive, stupid and wrong” WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton him by naming prospective Supreme out at a Nevada state party convention and his clear win in Oregon by vow- Weingarten said she and other and suggested Trump would unite essentially declared the Demo- Court nominees embraced by con- where they felt the rules and leaders ing to keep fighting “until the last Clinton backers must now “calm Britain against him if he visited the cratic nomination race over, moving servatives, and as new polls suggest unfairly favoured Clinton. Some hurled ballot is cast.” He told supporters the waters” for the sake of unity and United Kingdom. to quash concerns about an upris- that if general election were held today profanity and death threats at the state that he still has the “possibility” of respect Sanders’s right to keep cam- After Trump clinched his party’s ing by Bernie Sanders’s supporters Trump could edge out Clinton. party chairwoman, stirring fears about overtaking Clinton in pledged dele- paigning. At the same time, she said, nomination this month, Cameron and refocus Democrats on defeat- “In the past three weeks voters violence and disunity at the national gates—an assertion Clinton’s team it’s appropriate for Clinton to respond acknowledged the achievement but ing Republican Donald Trump, who in Indiana, West Virginia and Ore- convention in July. and other Democrats say gives his to Sanders by “saying what’s prob- said he stood by his earlier comments she called unqualified to hold the gon disagreed with Clinton,” Sanders Sanders, under pressure to con- backers false hope and a misunder- ably obvious. It’s mathematically and would not apologise. nation’s highest office. spokesman Michael Briggs said. “We demn their approach, issued a standing of the process. Clinton now impossible for Bernie to secure the Trump fired back this week, saying “I will be the nominee for my expect voters in the remaining eight statement that blamed Democratic has about 96 percent of the delegates nomination.” he was likely not to have a good rela- party,” the former secretary of contests also will disagree. And with Party establishment for fueling his and superdelegates needed to clinch Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Mar- tionship with Cameron. But the next state said in an interview with CNN. almost every national and state poll supporters’ anger, inserting a general the nomination, according to a media yland Democrat and Clinton backer, day he said he expected to have “a good “That is already done. There is no showing Sanders doing much, much condemnation of violence into the group estimate. said: “I believe that Hillary will be the relationship” and yesterday Trump said way I won’t be.” Asked whether she better than Clinton against Donald middle of his response. The Sanders “Bernie raised this in his speech nominee. She’s certainly there.” Cameron had invited him to London. Mexico to analyse bones in search of missing students Mediators push for ‘talks’

AFP as well as sandals and pieces of cloth- said early yesterday that the remains roiled this troubled region for the ing, according to a statement from the will be examined to determine if they better part of two years. to calm Venezuela crisis prosecutor’s office in the impover- came from the missing students. Prosecutors believe that Iguala ished southern state of Guerrero. There was no immediate con- police abducted the students and IGUALA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA, The remains were found late firmation of any link with the delivered them to a drug gang, which AFP and Leonel Fernandez. They have MEXICO: Mexico will analyse skel- Tuesday in the small town of El missing male students who were killed them, incinerated their bodies been in Caracas since Tuesday, at etal remains from an undetermined Mirador alongside a road linking the enrolled at a rural teachers’ col- at a garbage dump in the nearby town the invitation of Maduro. Early yes- number of individuals that were towns of Coacoyula and Apipilulco, lege in Guerrero. of Cocula, and tossed their remains terday, they had separate meetings found not far from where 43 Mex- they said. In September 2014, police in into a river. CARACAS: Foreign mediators try- with the Venezuelan president and ican students went missing nearly News reports said the bone frag- the southern city of Iguala attacked Independent experts last month ing to bring crisis-hit Venezuela back with opposition leaders. two years ago, officials said early ments appeared to be from at least a group of buses which had been released a scathing report however from the abyss announced a bid to Operating under the aegis of yesterday. four people, and may have been hijacked by the students for use in a alleging “severe irregularities” in how get embattled President Nicolas Union of South American Nations, Investigators found bone frag- burned. They were reportedly found protest. the government has conducted the Maduro’s government and the oppo- a body meant to defuse regional cri- ments including skulls, shin bones, after an anonymous tip-off. The students vanished with- investigation, including its handling sition to sit down for talks. ses and promote cooperation, they jawbones and teeth of various people, The Mexican prosecutor’s office out a trace in a mystery that has of evidence. But the “national dialogue” ini- were to have participated in a “truth tiative, unveiled by former Spanish commission” set up last month by prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Maduro. But their remit changed Zapatero in a Caracas news con- with the climbing political tensions. ference, will be an uphill one given On Wednesday, anti-Maduro pro- Macri vetoes Victory bring smiles the unrelenting antagonism and tests in two dozen Venezuelan cities obstinancy shown so far by both including Caracas resulted in some anti-layoff law sides, and Venezuela’s economic 30 arrests and half a dozen police meltdown. reportedly injured. In the capital, “It is a long, hard and difficult riot police fired tear gas to prevent in Argentina path,” Zapatero admitted, urging some 1,000 protesters reaching the support from the international com- National Electoral Council (CNE) to munity. We must be prudent” about demand it validate a petition meant AFP the chances of success, he said. to trigger the recall referendum. The opposition coalition issued The opposition says there are a statement saying the talks must more than 1.8 million signatures on BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s focus on a recall referendum that the petition—far more than needed President Mauricio Macri fought it is orchestrating against Maduro. for the vote to take place—and back against his opponents yes- But Maduro has previously dis- accuses the CNE of stalling. terday in his quest to reform Latin missed the proposed vote as “not The opposition leader has called America’s third-biggest economy, valid” and vowed it will not go on the army to join his side and for the vetoing their bid to curb his unpop- ahead. The attempted mediation is public to defy Maduro’s state of emer- ular job cuts. Lawmakers handed taking place under a national state gency. “The people want to RECALL the conservative president his first of emergency ordered by Maduro but you!” Capriles tweeted at Maduro. legislative setback by passing a law rejected by the opposition-control- The Venezuelan president has aiming to protect workers against led congress. vowed to harden the emergency a wave of layoffs. Venezuela’s military will also be measures if violence challenges his “I am going to veto the law, conducting war games ordered by authority. which for me is an anti-jobs meas- Maduro today to show preparedness “I will not hesitate” to ratchet up ure,” Macri said yesterday. His against what he says are mounting the state of emergency “to fight for critics say the cuts are worsen- Inhabitants of Chiloe Island celebrate after reaching an agreement with the Chilean government internal and foreign security threats, the peace and security of this coun- ing hardship for working families following three weeks of protest due to a ban on fishing in connection to the red tide phenomenon particularly from the United States. try,” Maduro had earlier said. already hit by high inflation and affecting a large part of the region’s coast, in Ancud, Chile. The red tide is caused by the excessive Zapatero is leading the medi- His decree came into effect this Macri’s recent cuts to utility sub- proliferation of microalgae with high concentrations of toxins, which can cause illness in humans and ation team, which also comprises week for an initial period of 60 days, sidies. Macri says the measures are animals. former presidents of Panama and the but Maduro has said it will probably needed to strengthen the economy Dominican Republic, Martin Torrijos be renewed through next year. in the medium term. He said yesterday the oppo- sition-controlled Congress “is proposing laws that freeze employ- ment” and “will bring more poverty.” The reform would have Wind shift aids Canadian firefighters to control blaze allowed laid-off workers to appeal for reinstatement or double com- pensation for the next six months. Reuters Alberta wildfire officer Chad Morrison Alberta’s GDP is expected to take The joint-venture Syncrude restarted limited operations at its Macri has been rolling back the said cooler weather and rain would aid a hit as a result of the fire, the gov- project told customers to expect no Kearl site, which was unaffected policies of his leftist predecessors efforts to get it under control. ernment said this week, and comes further crude shipments for May, trad- by the fires. The return to full since he took office in December. “We saw a trace of rain this morn- on the back of a two-year slump in ing sources said yesterday, extending operations depends on a number Labor unions say 155,000 CALGARY, ALBERTA: Firefighters ing, so that’s actually helped our global crude prices. a force majeure on crude production of factors, including safety and air workers have lost their jobs in the made progress against wildfire in firefighting efforts,” he added. Credit agency S&P lowered its from earlier in the month. quality, it said. public and private sectors since he Fort McMurray region of Alberta as The blaze, which hit Fort McMur- debt rating for Alberta to AA from AA+ Syncrude spokesman Will Gibson The fire destroyed a 665-room came to power. The government a shift in winds pushed it away from ray in early May, surged north. It early yesterday, citing a weak budget- declined to comment on deliveries. lodge for oil sands workers, but offi- has said it laid off 11,000 public communities and oil sands facilities. forced the evacuation of 8,000 oil ary performance and high debt. “We are not making any oil and cials said early yesterday there was no workers in the first quarter of this The massive blaze has charred sands workers, destroyed a work Morrison said the fire burned near will not have forecasts for some time,” further threat to facilities. Even so, a year. Some union leaders threat- 1.2 million acres, up from 483,000 camp and prolonged a shutdown that Suncor Energy’s base plant and the he said. mandatory evacuation order remains ened to call a general strike if on Wednesday. It moved to the neigh- has cut Canadian oil output by a mil- Syncrude facility, but fire breaks held Still, in an encouraging sign, in place at 19 work camps north of Macri vetoed the bill. bouring province of Saskatchewan, but lion barrels a day. and the threat has diminished. Imperial Oil said yesterday it had Fort McMurray. BREAK TIME SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 13

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ONLINE CHART BUST DC Comics universe Big creation www.thepeninsulaqatar.com on display

Reuters MOST READ LOS ANGELES: Superman and Batman Parakkal Abdulla, Doha Businessman, were brought together to lead a host of 1 becomes Kerala lawmaker DC Comics’ heroes and villains in a new exhibit on the Warner Bros’ studio back- Qatar and South Africa lot in Los Angeles. 2 sign deals The interactive experience, entitled “DC Universe: The Exhibit,” offers access Qatar University symposium reviews to Batman’s secret Batlab in the Batcave 3 cytometry to assess tumours as seen in the film “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” and the chance to try on the white gloves worn by Lex Luthor and pick up the glowing, green, ‘deadly’ TWEET OF THE DAY Kryptonite. KISS rocker Gene Simmons was among the early fans checking out the exhibit, and admitted to being a geek when it comes to comics. “The idea of Superman was invented in America. The idea that you could come from someplace else and scale the heights.” The exhibit featuring the props and costumes will be open through- out the summer ahead of the August 5th A life-size model of a Stegosaurus is on display in a park of prehistoric animals following its opening release of antihero movie “Suicide Squad,” on the premises of the Veszprem Zoo in Veszprem, 108km southwest of Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. starring Will Smith. Clapton returns to blues roots on new album

AFP album amid persistent talk that he will which featured his hits “Lay Down 20th-century pianist and singer Leroy INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY soon retire. Sally,” “Cocaine” and “Wonderful Carr. Clapton brings to the song -- and He declared himself fed up with Tonight.” Clapton had initially worked the album — his signature deliberate, touring in 2014 but last year played a with Johns, a fellow Briton, largely melodious licks, a characteristic of the Lekhwiya team cele- NEW YORK: In his first album as a series of shows for his 70th birthday because of a contractual dispute that blues in the vein of the late B.B. King. brates after the Emir septuagenarian, guitar virtuoso Eric at New York’s Madison Square Garden kept the guitarist away from his artis- Clapton’s two original tracks, “Spi- Cup final at Jassim Clapton is revisiting the blues roots that and London’s Royal Albert Hall. tic base of the United States. ral” and “Catch the Blues,” both heavily Bin Hamad Stadium shaped his distinctive sound. “I Still Do” marks the first time in But if the former member of Cream reference the musical heritage. in Doha yesterday. On “I Still Do,” the artist’s 23rd stu- nearly four decades that the 71-year- and The Yardbirds further cemented his Clapton turns to a lighter, airy feel Lekhwiya won the dio album which comes out yesterday, old worked with producer Glyn Johns, reputation as a chart-topping rocker on “I Will Be There,” driven by the har- final 4-2 on penalties Clapton revisits songs by blues greats a force behind the classic rock sound of with “Slowhand,” “I Still Do” returns mony of a backing vocalist and a deep, after regulation time but has also recorded two original bands including The Who, Led Zeppe- firmly to the blues. rich-toned guitar solo. ended in a 2-2 draw. songs which have a strikingly similar lin, The Rolling Stones and The Eagles. He opens the album with “Ala- But the song has also set off a guess- PICS: Mohd Obaidaly feel. Clapton, who often makes lists of Johns produced one of Clapton’s bama Woman Blues,” a standard ing game as to the identity of Clapton’s the greatest living guitarists, put out the most-loved albums, 1977’s “Slowhand,” written by the highly influential early collaborator. Six American Mendoza spotlights Manila war maps up family’s poverty in Ma Rosa

for auction Reuters it’s quite alarming because it comes to a way of life,” Mendoza told Reu- AFP ters on Thursday. “The small-time FRANCE: Against the glamorous drug selling and all that is happening backdrop of the French Mediter- and it’s quite alarming and some- ranean resort of Cannes, prolific thing needs to be done. That’s why FRANCE: Six maps from the Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s I decided to make a story out of this American War of Independence, latest offering at the world’s biggest situation.” Mendoza believes the which helped convince George film festival is an exploration into the story has wider appeal as the Philip- Washington to make a crucial difficult living conditions of a poor pines is not the only country plagued change in strategy, go up for auc- family in Manila. by corruption. tion in a French chateau next “Ma’ Rosa,” which premiered “It’s a painful truth,” the film- month. this week at the Cannes Film Fes- maker said. “There is a lot of bigger Descendants of the Count of tival, tells the story of Rosa Reyes corruption that is happening all Rochambeau, who led the French (Jaclyn Jose), a woman who owns a over the world maybe on a differ- A picture provided by Technical Climbing Club of Myanmar yesterday shows Myanmar mountaineers and expeditionary force to support the convenience store in a poor neigh- ent scale.” sherpas on their way to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Nepal. Americans in the war against the bourhood of Philippines’ capital “Ma’ Rosa” is among 21 films English, discovered the metic- Manila, making ends meet with her competing for the festival’s coveted ulously drawn maps in an attic. husband Nestor (Julio Diaz) by sell- top Palme d’Or prize, which will be They include detailed renderings ing drugs. awarded on Sunday. Nepali woman beats own record of New York, Boston Harbour, Both are detained at a police Mendoza, 55, who previously Chesapeake Bay and Portsmouth. station after their home is raided, won the best director award at The maps will go up for auction leaving their three children to find Cannes in 2009 for “Kinatay,” said for most Everest summits on June 13 in the spectacular sur- the money needed to pay off corrupt that showcasing a film in the festi- roundings of the Chateau d’Artigny police officers in order to free their val’s main film competition would at Montbazon, near the central parents. “This situation is really hap- help get the world to think about the town of Tours. pening back in the Philippines and topics of the film. AFP deciding to make a comeback, 16 Tibetan side, unlike most climbers “With these maps you can years after she first scaled the world’s who begin their ascent from Ever- smell the gunpowder,” said auc- tallest peak. est base camp in Nepal, the easiest tioneer Aymeric Rouillac. “Lhakpa summited Everest at and most popular route. Sherpa has “These are the maps that KATHMANDU: A Nepali mountain- 5:00am today for the seventh time,” said she eventually wants to beat allowed Rochambeau to convince eer broke her own world record for said Svetlana Nujoom, program man- the record held by male climber George Washington of the superi- the maximum number of Everest ager of 7 Summits Adventure, which Apa Sherpa which stands at 21 total ority of the English positions...,” he summits by a woman after scaling organised her expedition. summits. explained. The maps showed the the peak for the seventh time yes- In an interview, Sherpa said she Her record caps a success- fortifications and the positions of terday, her expedition company said. intended to summit Everest twice this ful season for climbing on Everest, the English forces. The daughter of a yak herder, season, although Nujoom was unable which has seen around 300 summits Washington abandoned plans 43-year-old Lhakpa Sherpa worked to confirm whether she still planned since last week, ending a years-long to attack New York and instead as a porter and kitchen hand on trek- a second bid before weather condi- drought after two disasters. Nine moved on Virginia, where the king and mountaineering expeditions tions worsen by the end of the month. Nepalis last week became the first French fleet gave the independ- when she was young, before becom- “The team is descending at the group of climbers in three years to ence forces a strategic advantage, ing a climber herself. moment and I am not sure if she will summit the peak, paving the way for Rouillac added. In 1781, Washing- The mother-of-three retired go back up this season,” Nujoom others to follow. Hundreds of climb- ton’s soldiers, with the support of Filipino director Brillante Mendoza during a photocall for the film from climbing after her sixth sum- told said. Sherpa, who works as a ers abandoned their expeditions last the French force, won a series of mit of the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) part-time housekeeper in the United year after an earthquake-triggered key battles, including the ones at “Ma’Rosa” at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern high Mount Everest in 2006 before States, scaled the peak from its avalanche Chesapeake and Yorktown. 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Egypt to become ‘energy self-sufficient’ by 2020

self-sufficient to meet the growing infrastructure projects, efficient and Siemens is working power demands. reliable electricity will be essential The Beni Suef plant will start sup- to powering this development,” said on a war-footing to plying its electricity to the national the minister, adding that “the Beni complete three power grid by year-end. Upon comple- Suef plant, alongside Siemens’ other tion, the plant will provide 4.8GW of power projects in the country, will generation plants in power, enough for around 15 million definitely make an important con- Egypt. Egyptians. tribution towards sustainable power Demonstrating the company’s supply in Egypt.” commitment to a strict implementa- Speaking about the power plant, tion schedule, a ceremony was held Willi Meixner, CEO of the Siemens By Mohammad Shoeb by Siemens at the 500,000-square- Division Power & Gas, said that with The Peninsula metre Beni Suef site in the presence its local partners, Siemens would of Egyptian Minister of Electricity build three natural gas-fired com- and Renewable Energy Dr Mohamed bined cycle power plants with a total CAIRO: The German tech giant Sie- Shaker. capacity of 14.4 GW. mens is working on a war-footing Two of the 400 megawatt (MW) The Beni Suef power plant with to complete three power generating turbines and six 500 kilovolt (kV) total capacity of 4.4 GW will be con- plants in Beni Suef, El Borolus and the generator transformers were placed nected to the national grid within 19 new administrative capital in Egypt. on their foundations, marking an months – from signing to service – The plants will enhance Egypt’s important milestone towards the which is six months faster than the power generation capacity by 50 per- commissioning of the plant. The plant world benchmark. cent and create more than 30,000 is set to become the world’s biggest “Thanks to innovative technol- jobs, said Siemens officials. gas-fired combined-cycle power plant ogy, our energy projects in Egypt are Speaking at a ceremony, the offi- complex when completed. set to transform the power landscape cials said that when completed, the “Today, we celebrate an impor- – boosting power generation by 50 Siemens and its partners celebrate an important milestone at the Beni Suef power plant project in Egypt, plants would add 16.4 gigawatts (GW) tant milestone in the modernisation percent, creating thousands of jobs as the first four H-class gas turbines arrive on site. to Egypt’s national grid by 2020. This of Egypt’s energy infrastructure and and resulting in $1.3bn in fuel savings would boost the country’s power I am sure that many other mile- annually,” Meixner added. capacity with surplus energy. stones will follow,” said Dr Mohamed With the arrival of Egypt’s first Siersdorfer, CEO of Siemens Middle and local partners, we create long- the German company will also build Egypt had awarded Siemens Shaker. H-class gas turbines, Siemens has East. “Today’s milestone in Beni Suef term value and jobs for the people 12 wind farms in the Gulf of Suez and with €8bn (QR33bn) record energy “Egypt is undergoing economic launched its new branding cam- is a perfect example of what we call of Egypt – and beyond”, explained West Nile regions. About 600 turbines orders last year to increase the coun- transformation and as the coun- paign in Egypt and the Middle East, ingenuity for life. With our engineer- Siersdorfer. will be erected, with an installed try’s power generation, making it try embarks on a series of ambitious titled ’Ingenuity for life’, said Dietmar ing expertise, our power of innovation In addition to the gas-fired plants, capacity of 2GW.

Samsung leads with 23.2% Oil prices slip as focus smartphone sale in Q1 returns to oversupply

QNA Reuters production, although output is grad- ually returning. Libyan output has also been hit SEOUL: Samsung Electronics, took by internal conflict. the lead in the global smartphone LONDON: Oil prices slipped yes- Some analysts said they market in the first quarter of the terday as a strong dollar and recent expected oil prices to come further year on the back of a new product gains incentivised investors to off recent highs, correcting their lineup and a stronger foothold in cash in, while focus shifted again recent upwards trend. emerging markets, industry data to swelling global inventories that “We feel that markets have showed yesterday. have cushioned the impact from moved too high, too far, too soon,” Samsung Electronics sold 81.18 unplanned supply outages. Harry Tchilinguirian, lead oil and Volunteer mentors and teachers with the officials. Million smartphone units around Global benchmark Brent crude commodities strategist at French the globe in the January-March prices traded down 30 cents at bank BNP Paribas in London, told period, taking up 23.2% of the total. $48.51 a barrel at 1404 GMT. Reuters’ Global Oil Forum. But its first-quarter market Bedaya Centre and Qatar Shell US West Texas Intermediate “The combination of a stronger presence marks a decline from (WTI) crude futures traded at $47.91 dollar, still excess supply over the previous year’s 24.1%, accord- a barrel, down 25 cents day on the demand and ongoing overhang ing to the data compiled by market day. of inventories can be expected to researcher Gartner. honour volunteer mentors The dollar was on course for a put strong downward pressure on Its archrival Apple Inc. third straight weekly gain yesterday prices.” accounted for 14.8% of the global on hints the United States is getting He said oil prices could fall to smartphone market to ship 51.62 closer to raising interest rates. the mid to high $30-a-barrel range. Million units during the first quar- The Peninsula in the minds of young people, who and is made up of two parts compris- A stronger dollar makes it more Meanwhile, Russian Energy ter, also down from the previous will be tomorrow’s business leaders ing: the Ethical Business Challenge, expensive for investors to hold Minister Alexander Novak said yes- year’s 17.9 % presence, the data and will essentially help diversify which tests participants’ ability to greenback-denominated commod- terday that Opec was unlikely take showed. Qatar’s economy”, Said Moza Fahri, balance the economic, environmental ities like oil futures. any decisions on coordinated action “Samsung’s Galaxy S7 series DOHA: Bedaya Centre and Qatar a volunteer mentor, who volunteered and social performance of their com- “Despite supply disruptions, regarding the oil market at its meet- phones and renewed portfolio Shell have recognised volunteer men- her time to mentor schools in North- pany; and the Business Simulation there is still oversupply and large ing early next month. positioned it as a strong competi- tors and teachers, for contributing to ern Communities. element which familiarises students inventories. Investors have prob- Some of the largest global oil tor in the smartphone market, and the success of ‘Enterprise Challenge All volunteer mentors and teach- with general business concepts from ably shifted focus,” said Hans van producers, including Russia and more so in the emerging markets Qatar’ 2015-2016, during a ceremony ers were also awarded certificates of inception through to trading, finance, Cleef, senior energy economist at Saudi Arabia, failed to reach agree- where it has been facing fierce held at The Diplomatic Club in Doha. appreciation in recognition of their sales, marketing and production. ABN AMRO in Amsterdam. ment in April to freeze oil production competition from local manufac- Volunteer mentors and teachers continuous efforts to support the “We are extremely pleased with Oil prices had been supported in in a deal which was thought would turers,” said Gartner. of the winning teams received special ‘Enterprise Challenge Qatar’. Rima Al the positive response from volunteer recent days by growing supply dis- help to speed up the market rebal- In contrast, Chinese rivals awards and certificates of appreci- Homsi was recognised as The ‘Mentor mentors, schools, and universities alike. ruptions in oil producing countries ancing by three to six months. sharply expanded their market ation in recognition of their efforts of the Year’, for her efforts and ded- By inspiring the youth to become future like Nigeria, Canada and Libya. Novak told reporters in Russian shares in the first quarter, aided by and dedication to the growing suc- ication as a volunteer mentor for the business leaders, this programme con- In Nigeria, militant activity Black Sea resort of Sochi yester- rising demand for budget smart- cess of the programme in schools and programme who worked with many tributes to building a thriving private has cut oil exports to a more than day that currently, he saw global phones. Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo universities. schools across Qatar. sector in Qatar,” said Shikha Al Anoud 22-year low of under 1.4 b/d. supply exceeding demand by some grew in China taking market share “As a mentor, I feel proud that I The ‘Enterprise Challenge Qatar’ Al Thani, Vice Chairman of Bedaya In Canada, production has also 1.5m b/d, with a forecast of an aver- from players such as Lenovo and was able to make a positive impact programme has different tiers for Center’s board and Qatar Country been cut as wildfires forced clo- age oil price in 2016 at $40-50 per Samsung. by planting the entrepreneurial seed high school and university students, Manager for Silatech. sures of around 1m barrels in daily barrel. 18 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 BUSINESS China moves to clean up online finance industry

banking institution and kept separate chairman of P2P platform eLoan The plan outlines from a P2P platform’s own corporate told Reuters. He said eLoan’s business funds. Firms must also set up “fire- dropped by a third after the Ezubao stricter rules for peer- walls” to manage transactions with fraud was exposed. to-peer platforms, affiliates. Internet lending has made head- “The online finance sector has lines not just in China recently, with where lending entered a tough period this year,” the US Department of Justice investi- quadrupled last year Wang Zhijian, CEO of FuYin, a Shang- gating San Francisco-based Lending hai-based P2P platform, said at a Club Corp which has admitted falsi- to $67bn. financial forum yesterday. fying documentation when selling a “Good platforms welcome govern- package of loans. ment regulation for a simple reason: China’s cabinet is urging the 14 Reuters without good rules, bad players push ministries to work together and share out good players,” said Wang, adding a information to clean up the online lack of regulation forced all platforms finance sector, the sources said. BEIJING: China’s government has into unfair competition. The government is also calling for approved a plan to clean up the coun- In February, authorities arrested the establishment of a centralised reg- try’s online financial sector, according 21 officials of Ezubao, once China’s istration system for Internet financial to people with direct knowledge of biggest P2P lending platform, which products and a unified platform for the matter, including rules to limit collected $7.6bn inside two years from Internet bank accounts. the activities of P2P lending firms, more than 900,000 investors. The plan restricts what online the source of recent fraud scandals. It used savvy marketing, author- financial platforms can do with- The plan, drafted by China’s ities said, to fund “a complete Ponzi out a licence - from raising cash to central bank, follows a mid-April scheme” that used investor funds to fund real estate projects to engaging video-conference with 14 ministries support a lavish lifestyle for company in financial services such as asset and regulators organised by the State executives. management. Council, the country’s cabinet, which Last month, police arrested It also creates additional respon- approved the plan document seen by 21 executives at Zhongjin Capital sibilities, such as a requirement to the sources. Management - a high-profile Shang- match a client’s risk profile to the A customer counts Yuan banknotes at a market in Beijing, China. It outlines stricter rules for peer- hai-based platform that promised investment products they sell. to-peer (P2P) platforms, where retail investors double-digit returns The plan also forbids false adver- An inter-government body led and Urban-Rural Development. China’s central bank and State lending quadrupled last year to 440 for short-term projects - accusing tising of financial products, and by the central bank is also being The plan calls for those ministries Council did not immediately respond billion yuan ($67bn), according to Cit- them of “illegal fundraising.” prohibits non-financial companies set up, with representatives from and departments to complete their to requests for comment. igroup research, forbidding them from “These big cases are neither from registering names includ- the banking, securities and insur- field investigations by July and finish The contents of the plan docu- holding clients’ capital in-house. online finance nor P2P. They are ing “finance”, “asset management”, ance regulators, along with the State a sector-wide clean-up by November. ment also appeared on social media Instead, client funds must be frauds covered in the name of P2P “P2P”, “payments”, “fund”, and “trad- Administration for Industry and Com- The cabinet intends to issue a report in China yesterday, and in Chinese deposited with a qualified third-party and online finance,” Wang Sicong, ing exchange”. merce and the Ministry of Housing by next March. media earlier. Adidas eyes football stars in big US drive Chinese firm’s bid for

Reuters King said he was firmly focused Nike’s share of the US sports- robot maker poses on “winning the locker room” but wear market rose to 21.1 percent in wants to tie performance and lifestyle 2015 from 20.1 percent in 2014, while together: “We’re a brand that can take Under Armour was up at 3.9 percent BERLIN: Adidas wants to sign dozens care of you when you play your game from 3.5 percent and Adidas rose to dilemma for Merkel of deals with US sports stars in com- and we can also make you look cool 3.4 percent from 3.3 percent, accord- ing years, hoping that will provide a when you come off the pitch.” ing to Euromonitor data. more lasting boost to sales than the Adidas has already lured some Adidas fell behind Under Armour current fashion fad for its retro sneak- top athletes away from Nike, includ- in 2014 after spending years in the Reuters ers, its North America head said. ing Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay No.2 spot behind leader Nike. Since falling into third place in Packers football team and James After years of trying to steer its the United States behind Nike and Harden of the Houston Rockets, US business from its headquarters in Under Armour, the German firm helping the brand regain popular- southern Germany, Adidas has given BERLIN: A $5bn bid by Chinese has regained some ground in recent ity among its main target audience King more autonomy and has moved home appliance maker Midea Group months after raising marketing of 14-18 year-olds. top executives, marketers and design- to buy German industrial robot man- spending in the world’s top sports- The drive to sign hundreds of US ers to the firm’s US base in Portland, ufacturer Kuka AG poses a dilemma wear market. sports stars comes at a time that Nike also home to Nike. for Angela Merkel (pictured). Mark King (pictured) has put a big “The more grounded that we are is threatening Adidas’ dominance in It is designing more shoes spe- The conservative chancellor focus on signing top athletes in sports in America, in American sports, the the soccer business, reportedly being cifically for the US market and has champions domestic innovation like American football, basketball and more success we’re going to have.” on the brink of replacing the German poached three top footwear designers of the so-called industrial internet baseball since he took over as presi- Adidas this month reported a 31 firm as shirt sponsors for English side from Nike, who will run a new crea- and her ruling coalition has made dent of the region for Adidas in 2014, percent jump in first-quarter sales of Chelsea. tive studio in Brooklyn, New York, to “Industrie 4.0”, the digitisation of after more than a decade running the its core brand in North America, driven King said Adidas’ market share for be opened in September. industry, a core part of its strategy company’s golf business. by the popularity of retro shoes such as American football cleats, or studded Adidas has already had strong for building Germany’s economic He said Adidas wants to sponsor Superstar and Stan Smith. shoes, had already risen significantly, feedback from retailers for running future. 250 National Football League (NFL) But some analysts are con- helped by a partnership with rapper models due to hit stores early next Germany also has a lead in Both Merkel and SPD leader players by 2020, up from 95 now, plus cerned that the company could be left Snoop Dogg who launched eye-catch- year and priced at between $80 and the cutting-edge technology that Sigmar Gabriel are committed to 100 National Basketball Association exposed to the fickle winds of fashion ing shoes in March with a dollar bill $100, less expensive than most of its would be passed to Midea if it buys Industrie 4.0, which is being pro- players (NBA), up from about 70 now. fads if it does not do more to estab- pattern and shiny gold soles. shoes. Kuka, but Merkel is loathe to med- moted by his Economy Ministry. “When you do well in football lish its credentials in US sports. “The While basketball is proving King said these lower-priced run- dle in takeovers, even if the suitor The United States leads the field in the United States, it is like doing risk is that it is very easy to make the tougher, King said he was also opti- ning shoes would be a major driver is foreign. in software and data, but Germany well in soccer in Germany,” King, an brand tired when focusing too much mistic. He said many retailers were of growth for the company. “Retail “I think the government is con- sees China as the leading hardware American who appeared as a busi- on fashion. Adidas is definitely hot in keen to help the German firm break customers are starting to feel like Adi- cerned about how we can keep producer. It believes its industry can ness role model on reality show the United States now, but it is hot in Nike’s stranglehold on the sport and das is part of the American business this (industrial) leadership, but so retain its prowess only if it fuses IT “The Apprentice”, said in a phone fashion and fashion can fade away,” players were enthusiastic about his and not imported from somewhere far I don’t see a very coordinated into manufacturing processes to use interview. said Berenberg analyst Zuzanna Pusz. company’s springy “Boost” shoe soles. outside.” approach of protecting this leader- data to the greatest effect. ship because that’s not the way we Germany depends on manu- do industrial policy in Germany,” facturing for a larger share of the said Mikko Huotari, an analyst at the economy than any of its western Europe’s largest Mercator Institute for China Stud- European neighbours, with tens of Medicines to Venezuela ies in Berlin. thousands of family-owned busi- goldmine ‘can “Despite the strategic considera- nesses building the bedrock of its tions that might play a role, it’s very export-driven success. raise output’ clear that the German government Along with industrial giants will continue to be open to Chinese Siemens and Bosch, Merkel’s gov- AFP capital or any kind of capital that is ernment has seen Kuka with its flowing into Germany.” robot technology as a model for Merkel has said nothing in public German pioneering in what is of Midea’s bid, which was launched known as the fourth industrial HELSINKI: Europe’s largest gold- on Wednesday and valued Kuka at revolution. mine will be allowed to increase its around €4.5bn ($5.05bn). One of Kuka’s strengths is in the production by 45 percent despite Michael Fuchs, deputy leader communication between robots and a recent toxic leak, Finland’s High of the coalition group in Germany’s people, an area of innovation that Court ruled yesterday. lower house of parliament, indicated will allow “big data” to help gener- The mine, located in Kittila in shortly after the bid was announced ate new products to meet customers’ Finland’s northern wilderness, is that the government would not inter- wishes. owned by Canada-based Agnico vene to stop it. Kuka Chief Executive Till Reu- Eagle Mines. The company had But government sources also ter has welcomed a pledge from sought authorisation to increase say Berlin will examine how critical Midea that the company will remain production in 2011, but local envi- Kuka’s technology is for the digitisa- independent. ronmentalists had challenged its tion of industry. A reform of Germany’s foreign request in court. Merkel praised Kuka as a model trade law in 2008 gave the gov- The court approved the mine’s for Germany’s industrial future as it ernment the right of veto to protect request to boost its annual produc- computerises manufacturing when strategic companies. But such is Ber- tion from 1.1 to 1.6 million tonness she visited its plant in the Bavarian lin’s commitment to free trade that of un-enriched gold ore but also town of Augsburg in March 2015. it would have to present grave mis- ordered it to reduce emissions. “I think here is an exciting piece givings to prevent a takeover on such The mine’s waste lagoon had of German production for ‘Industrie grounds. in September begun leaking water 4.0’,” she said. When in 2014 Canada-based containing antimony, sulphate and “We must develop this further, if BlackBerry took over Duessel- chloride. “We have been plugging we want to stay in front.” dorf-based Secusmart, a maker of up the leak and it’s under control... Merkel, whose Christian Dem- encrypted communication devices There is some leaching but by no ocratic Union (CDU) and their for the German government, Berlin means more than what is normal A Locatel pharmacy employee talks over the phone with a custumer in Miami, Florida. Locatel is one Bavarian allies govern with the left- was able to win some guarantees for a well-functioning dam,” the leaning Social Democrats (SPD), said but did not want to endanger the of the pharmacies in South Florida that accept prescriptions from doctors in Venezuela and ships mine’s chief Mikko Korteniemi said a month earlier that the next 10 years takeover. medicines to the South American country, which is suffering from shortages of medicines and basic The High Court’s ordered the would decide “whether we remain a In 2012, however, Merkel blocked company to reduce its antimony foods. These pharmacies have been overwhelmed by orders from Venezuela. leading industrial nation or whether a merger between BAE Systems and emissions. we perhaps do not make the change.” EADS to create a defence giant. BUSINESS SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 19

IMF approves Currency wars $2.9bn loan for Tunisia and growth AFP

WASHINGTON: The Interna- tional Monetary Fund approved a top G7 agenda $2.9bn loan to Tunisia yesterday to help the country implement eco- nomic and financial reforms. The official said the yen’s strengthening 48-month loan program aims at A senior US Treasury did not justify Tokyo manipulating supporting the government’s five- its currency. year plan to further stabilize the official warned “The notion that exchange rate economy, reform the civil service against Tokyo’s bid to targeting is being used creates a and other public institutions, and whole different set of questions in improve the climate for business, tame the resurgent terms of reason for it,” the official the IMF said in a statement. yen. told reporters. The money is expected to be “If the perception or the reality released to the Tunisian govern- is that (intervention) is for gaining ment in nine stages, including unfair advantage, that is very disrup- about $320m released immedi- AFP tive to the global economic system.” ately with the announcement. French Finance Minister Michel Tunisia’s economy has not Sapin has also waved off the idea of strongly rebounded in the wake of SENDAI, JAPAN: A deep divide countries gaining a trade advan- the 2011 revolt that ousted the cor- European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici (second right) and other leaders attend the first over currency policy bubbled over tage by manipulating their own rupt government of strongman Zine at a G7 meeting in Japan yester- currencies. session of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting in Sendai, northern Japan, yesterday. El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked the day as a senior US Treasury official “Today we are in a cooperation Arab Spring uprisings across North warned against Tokyo’s bid to tame phase, and not in an intervention or monetary easing are necessary, but quake-tsunami. Other items being reach a positive conclusion because Africa and the Middle East. the resurgent yen. a currency war phase,” he told AFP not enough,” said Ivan Tselichtchev, discussed include terrorist financing it is simply in everyone’s interest to Its economic growth slowed to Japan, which is hosting the in an interview. an economics professor at Japan’s and offshore tax havens at the heart do so,” Moscovici told a news brief- 0.8 percent last year from 2.3 per- two-day talks, is keen to win an The G7 group -- also including Niigata University of Management. of the Panama Papers investigation. ing at the G7 meeting. cent in 2014, and unemployment endorsement for its position that fis- Britain, Canada, and Italy -- is also “The G7 has to do more to pursue A debt relief deal for Greece and “We’re very close, very, very nationwide stood at 15 percent at cal stimulus is the way to kickstart focused on using the talks to ham- structural reforms, to raise economic Britain’s referendum on its future close.” the end of last year. the world economy, after a rally in mer out a strategy for keeping a efficiency... to boost investment, in the European Union are also hot However, finding agreement on In Doha on Thursday, President the yen hit exporters and worsened global recession at bay. including investment from large topics. how the group can stimulate their Beji Caid Essebsi said the govern- a slowdown at home. In April, the International Mon- emerging countries.” European Economic Affairs Com- own economies, and global growth, ment has been forced to divert But Tokyo’s recent threat of a etary Fund cut its world growth US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, missioner Pierre Moscovici said could be a different story. some $4bn away from the econ- market intervention to reverse the forecast for the third time in less Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen, negotiators were “very close” to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo omy to fight terrorism. “It could rally is putting it on a collision course than a year, as a slowdown in European Central Bank president reaching an agreement over cash- Abe’s pitch for large-scale stimulus have been invested in economic with its G7 counterparts, including China and other emerging econo- Mario Draghi and IMF chief Chris- strapped Greece. spending got a cool response from matters but unfortunately in this the United States and Germany, mies raised fears that the worst was tine Lagarde are among the others at “We are approaching a crucial German Chancellor Angela Merkel situation it was necessary to give which have ruled out such moves. yet to come. the meetings in a hot spring resort in moment in these discussions and I and British Prime Minister David a priority to fighting terrorism and Yesterday, a senior US Treasury “Proactive financial policies and Sendai, an area battered by the 2011 am confident and hopeful that we can Cameron this month. achieving security,” he said. Ford recalls over 48,000 SUVs in India Bayer’s Monsanto deal faces

QNA vehicles made between April 2013 40-per-cent rear seat backrest might and June 2014 were being recalled have been assembled with bolts that to install a new bundle clip on the do not meet Ford’s material specifi- mega backlash in Germany fuel and brake lines, Ford India Pri- cation, potentially causing the bolts NEW DELHI: At least 48,700 units vate Ltd said in a statement. to break,” it said. of Ford Motor Company’s EcoSport Another 700 EcoSport vehicles The company said there had been compact sports utility vehicle were fitted with a 60/40 rear folding seat, no customer complaints, accidents Bloomberg A merger would “strengthen the Glyphosate is another product being recalled in India to fix faulty made between January and Febru- or injuries as a result of these con- economic power of genetic engineer- provoking heated debate in Germany, fuel and brake lines and rear folding ary 2016 were also being recalled, cerns. Launched in 2013 in India, ing in Germany, which we see as very with many wary of the potential seats, the automaker said yesterday. dpa reported. Ford EcoSport is the automaker’s problematic as the majority of the health impacts. Nine of 14 letters-to- A total of 48,000 EcoSport diesel “On certain vehicles, the best-selling car in the country. BERLIN: Bayer’s proposed mega deal population in Germany is opposed to the-editor published in Thursday’s to buy Monsanto is likely to create a the technology,” said Elvira Drobin- Sueddeutsche Zeitung, one of the mega public relations challenge for ski-Weiss, the lawmaker responsible country’s biggest newspapers, dealt the German company at home. for formulating policy positions on with glyphosate, most of them against Bayer faces a backlash against genetic engineering for the Social the continued use of the herbicide. Deutsche Bahn plan Germany’s biggest planned acqui- Democrats. Several German hardware store sition because of two products from BASF SE four years ago aban- chains, including Hornbach Bau- the St Louis-based company that doned research into genetically markt AG, Obi and REWE Group’s are widely detested in the country: modified crops in Germany, citing a Toom, stopped selling products using genetically modified seeds and the lack of acceptance of the technology glyphosate last year in the wake of a weedkiller Roundup, which uses a in many parts of Europe from con- report from the World Health Organ- compound called glyphosate that sumers, farmers and politicians. The ization’s International Agency for some believe can cause cancer. German company moved the unit to Research on Cancer saying the weed- “Germans view Monsanto as the the US and halted development of killer is probably carcinogenic. A joint main example of American corpo- products targeted for Europe to focus position paper released this week by rate evil,” said Heike Moldenhauer, on crops for the Americas and Asia. committees from the World Health a biotechnology expert at German “There’s virtually no market for Organization and United Nations dis- environmental group BUND. “It may genetically modified seeds in Europe agreed with that assessment. not be such a good idea to take over because they’re so unpopular,” said Merkel’s governing coalition is Monsanto as that means incorporat- Dirk Zimmermann, a GMO expert squabbling about whether to back ing its bad reputation, which would at Greenpeace in Hamburg. A deal reauthorizing the chemical’s use in also make Bayer more vulnerable.” combining Bayer and Monsanto the European Union when the cur- A German Environment Ministry would “hurt the future of sustaina- rent approval runs out in June. The study released last month found 75 ble agriculture.” chancellor and her agriculture min- percent of citizens are against genetic Bayer is no stranger to the public ister support the continued use of the engineering of plants and animals. outcry that crop chemicals can cause herbicide but many Social Democrats Aware of voter suspicions, members and has been under fire itself for the have come out against it, meaning of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior use of two chemicals that some claim the government hasn’t been able to coalition partner, the Social Demo- are responsible for the dying off of take a position on the matter in EU crats, have already come out against bees. The Leverkusen-based com- discussions. the deal, which would turn Bayer into pany has already enlisted two large The opposition Green Party is the biggest supplier of farm chemi- PR firms to advise on the takeover against using glyphosate, said Renate CEO of German railway giant Deutsche Bahn (DB) Ruediger Grube and Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller cals. Monsanto, which has a market and potential backlash, according Kuenast, Germany’s former agricul- give a thumbs up as they pose with refugees who will be training to qualify for jobs as apprentices value of $42 billion, said Thursday to people familiar with the matter. ture minister and now head of the with DB, at the Friedrichsfelde S-Bahn depot in Berlin, yesterday. it’s studying the offer. Neither party Bayer declined to comment on its justice and consumer protection has disclosed the terms. strategy. committee in parliament. Food prices set to double on population surge and water scarcity

Reuters demand for food is going up tre- 2008, the report said, when extreme volatility in food production, Halle record highs late 2015, in the face of “What this provides is a litmus mendously because of population weather events hit major grain pro- added, meaning food prices will rolling heat waves and poor rains over test,” said Ivo Mulder, economics growth,” he told the Thomson Reu- ducing regions the year earlier, become more unstable in the com- key growing areas. advisor at UNEP. “We are overusing ters Foundation. causing spikes in the demand and ing years. Using models from data across what is available for us and we don’t LONDON: Swelling populations and “[Food production] is becom- cost of food. “The real game-changer comes 110 countries, the study found that if really know what the magnitude of demand for food combined with ever ing more unstable because climate The higher prices led to social when you factor in the environmen- the cost of food doubled, household the risk is.” scarcer water and land resources change is affecting production, in and political unrest in North Africa, tal constraints - climate change, land spending would increase by more While higher income countries, could lead to a doubling of food prices the context of growing land and water the Middle East and South East and scarcity and water scarcity, and all of than 10 percent in 37 countries. like the United States, could ben- and trigger civil unrest in some devel- scarcity. There’s very little leeway South Asia. these are linked,” said Halle. Five African countries - Benin, efit from food price hikes, Mulder oping countries, a new report says. between supply and demand.” The report published this week by Drought is becoming more fre- Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and said, their high demand for meat- Demand for food with a higher In the past, countries were able to GFN and the United Nations Environ- quent and severe in places like Ghana - would be the worst affected based products is contributing to the environmental impact, such as meat, meet those demands by growing more ment Programme (UNEP)said most of southern Africa, and that - combined in terms of highest percentage loss problem. has surged as emerging countries like food on more land. But this has come the same countries, namely Morocco, with the recent El Nino phenomenon to GDP. “It’s important to be honest about China and India grow in size and in at a cost, Halle said, since the planet Bangladesh, Tunisia and Indonesia, - is taking a heavy toll on rural lives The major emerging economies of the types of risks that countries face,” wealth, said Martin Halle, policy is now running out of water and ara- are again at risk if food prices were to and economies. China and India are forecast to lose he said. “Because even if developed analyst at Global Footprint Network ble land. increase in the next few years. For example, maize prices in $161bn and $49bn in gross domes- countries are less exposed than devel- (GFN). The last time the world saw a Climate change and extreme South Africa, the continent’s top pro- tic product (GDP) respectively with a oping countries, it doesn’t mean there “A few things are very clear: the severe food crisis was in 2007 and weather patterns will further increase ducer of the staple crop, reached near doubling of food commodity prices. is no risk at all.” 20 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Irresistible force that Mario Draghi reaches ECB stimulus dominates currency markets is back milestone with long road ahead

By Lukanyo Mnyanda this week, speculation officials Bloomberg will act sooner rather than later hurt emerging-market currencies and stocks. “There’s a frighteningly fine line he global currency market between higher US rates being a is no longer its own mas- healthy sign that the economy can Tter. Rather than being led by cope with Fed policy normaliza- economic data or monetary pol- tion and their being a trigger for icy, emerging-market exchange yet another round of risk aversion, rates are the most closely tied to particularly in emerging markets,” moves in stocks and commodi- said Kit Juckes, a London-based ties since at least 2013. When they strategist at Societe Generale SA. fall, it’s almost certain the yen will That may cause “the traditional rise, and vice versa. The pattern rush of money into the yen as it known among traders as risk-on, seeks a safe haven,” he said. risk-off is back. The 120-day correlation At its most forceful, it can between an index of 20 emerg- blindly cleave financial markets ing-market currencies and a global in two—categorizing everything stocks gauge is at 0.6, close to its from the dollar to the dong as either level on April 8, which was the a haven or a “risk asset” and dic- highest since December 2013, tating how they move in response data compiled by Bloomberg show. to news or events, regardless of the Since a reading of 1 would mean fundamentals. It’s dogging markets the two were in lockstep, the fig- By Piotr Skolimowski at a press conference in Frankfurt after the In retrospect, the September 2014 press again—just as it did in the wake ure shows that, more often than Bloomberg Governing Council cut interest rates and conference was a good example of how the of the 2008 financial crisis—as not, the currencies are moving in decided to start a private-sector bond-buying ECB has had to go further than it expected investors come to terms with the line with equities. That’s signifi- program, adding to a previously announced to battle the threat of deflation. Draghi also distorting effects of central banks’ cant because investors tend to view bank-lending plan. While the opening state- said interest rates were “at the lower bound, quantitative easing. stocks as a higher risk than assets ario Draghi is discovering that ment, which is agreed by the council, referred where technical adjustments are not going That means getting the big pic- such as government bonds. the European Central Bank’s only to the measures having a “sizable” impact to be possible any longer.” They were cut ture right can take precedence over The link with commodities purchasing power isn’t as on the balance sheet, the president went fur- again in December 2015 and March 2016. local insight—which HSBC Hold- climbed to an almost six-year strong as he had hoped. Less ther when asked what that meant. The same media briefing saw the release ings Plc says makes it harder for high of 0.7 this month. In late 2014, than two years since the ECB The ECB aimed to “significantly steer the of ECB economic forecasts which predicted skillful money managers to dis- neither asset had a significant cor- Mpresident said he would boost the institution’s size of our balance sheet toward the dimen- inflation would rise to an average 1.4 per- tinguish themselves. relation with emerging-market balance sheet to €3 trillion ($3.4 trillion) to sions it used to have at the beginning of 2012,” cent in 2016. The projection as of March “We are going from a QE world to currencies. revive inflation, he has reached that way-point he said. He repeated the line in testimony to this year was that it’ll be just 0.1 percent, a risk-on, risk-off world,” said David “There’s no doubt about it: that and is on the verge of setting a new record. the European Parliament in November 2014, climbing to 1.6 percent in 2018. One factor Bloom, London-based head of glo- whole risk-on, risk-off game is one Unfortunately, inflation has only worsened. and it was in the opening statement for his may be a lack of economic reforms by gov- bal currency strategy at Europe’s that is back in vogue,” said Chris The disappointing outcome so far — December policy press conference. ernments. In 2014, Draghi was saying they biggest bank. “At the moment, it Scicluna, London-based head of partly the result of an unforeseen plunge The wording signaled assets would rise “clearly need to gain momentum.” This year feels like a risk-off environment.” economic research at Daiwa Cap- in oil prices and a China-led slowdown in to more than €3 trillion from €2 trillion at he called them “essential” and the Governing The recent peak in many of the ital Markets Europe Ltd., who also the global economy — suggests the central the time. They reached €3.03 trillion as of Council criticized the pace of implementa- correlations between currencies analyses currencies at the unit of bank’s asset base will rise further before con- May 13 this year and look set to pass the June tion at both European and national levels. and other assets came earlier this Japan’s second-largest brokerage. sumer-price growth is back in the comfort 2012 high of €3.1 trillion within weeks. Yet Coeure, who is attending the Group of year after a stocks rout wiped $9 “We saw that even in the first quar- zone. It’s also a cautionary tale against setting the inflation rate, already a worryingly weak Seven meetings in Japan with Draghi, said trillion from global equities. ter when we had that heightened out policy milestones in an era where mon- 0.3 percent in September 2014, slid as low in an interview published Friday that mone- Now the links are increasing risk-off period.” etary instruments are struggling to succeed. as minus 0.6 percent by the following Jan- tary policy “cannot create long-term growth.” again as investors prepare for a The correlation between the “The effectiveness of the tools, certainly the uary and was minus 0.2 percent last month. The responsibility for that lies with dem- multitude of challenges, from dollar-yen rate and stocks reached signaling capacity of the The ECB’s goal is to keep consumer-price ocratically elected governments, he said. next month’s UK referendum on 0.7 in February, the most since ECB, isn’t what they antic- growth just under 2 percent and its own fore- Meanwhile, the pace of balance-sheet European Union membership and Bloomberg began collating the ipated it would be,” said casts show the undershoot will continue for growth picked up with the start of quan- Federal Reserve meeting to the data in 1987, and is at 0.5 now. That Karen Ward, an econo- at least another two years. titative easing in March 2015, and again US election in November. The re- means Japan’s currency tends to mist at HSBC Holdings Plc Draghi’s decision to set the target for the in April this year when the program was emergence of a binary market may weaken as equities rally. in London. “It would have balance-sheet expansion didn’t go down well expanded by a third to 80 billion euros a already be hurting investors, with Scicluna cautioned that mon- been worse if they hadn’t with some of his colleagues at the time. One month. QE is currently set to run through currency funds failing to turn a etary stimulus remains important. done it, and the external governor almost spilled his coffee on hear- March 2017, though economists surveyed profit in 2016. Though the Fed has started rais- environment has blunted ing the comment, according to a person with by Bloomberg have predicted it’ll probably Risk-on, risk-off is only likely to ing rates, the Bank of Japan and the effectiveness. But him at the time of the announcement. Exec- be extended. A second series of ultra-cheap get stronger as the Fed gets closer European Central Bank are still The ECB’s goal is to we’re increasingly seeing utive Board member Benoit Coeure said in loans to banks will start in June. to raising interest rates. When the adding to their unprecedented QE. keep consumer-price that many of the problems November 2014 the goal was “not an aim In short, there is probably plenty of minutes of the central bank’s most “I wouldn’t assume that cen- in Europe can’t be fixed in itself.” Bundesbank President Jens Wei- growth in assets to come. They could recent meeting were published tral banks are finished,” he said. growth just under with monetary policy.” dmann told reporters the following month approach 4 trillion euros by March, according 2% Draghi’s pledge dates that he didn’t consider it “a sensible mone- to Nick Matthews, head of European eco- back to September 2014, tary policy strategy.” nomic research at Nomura International Plc. Richest lithium nation risks being left behind in Tesla-led boom

By Eduardo Thomson all of it in brine held in the vast salt flats of the joint venture in neighbouring Argentina which holding companies. The series of quarrels has Bloomberg Atacama desert. For now though, it’s neighbour- is targeting production of 40,000 metric tons led Ponce to hire a unit of Itau Unibanco Hold- ing Argentina that looks to be moving faster per year of lithium carbonate by 2019. ing SA to invite bids for his controlling stake to capture surging demand, rather than the That’s not all the company is doing amid in one of those holding companies. As Chile normally investor-friendly Chile. New Argen- its spat with the Chilean state. In April, SQM bickers, Argentina may surpass it in the next he electric-car revolution is here and tine President Mauricio Macri has removed said it will seek to block an expansion project few years as a lithium producer. Chile is looking to ramp up production currency and capital controls and a mineral by rival Albemarle in Chile, citing concern Australia’s Orocobre Ltd, with backing Tof the lithium the industry needs for bat- export tax to lure investment. that the operation will have a bearing on its from Toyota Motor Corp, produced 2,232 teries. Or it would be, but for a bitter dispute “This bickering and this back and forth own environmental procedures. tonnes in the first quarter from its Salar de between the government and the former son- in Chile is detrimental” to production, said Corfo had announced a 27-year contract Olaroz in northern Argentina and is expected in-law of a military dictator. Chris Berry, president of research firm House with the Baton Rouge-based Albemarle in to reach full capacity in September. Admiralty After Chile’s government moved to with- Mountain Partners LLC and editor of the Dis- February to expand production in exchange Resources NL is in the pre-production phase As of last year, Chile held draw its license to exploit one of the world’s ruptive Discoveries newsletter. At the same for a royalty of about 40 percent of sales. The at the Salar de Rincon, Galaxy Resources Ltd. 54 percent of the world’s largest deposits, Soc Quimica & Minera de time “the political climate in other parts of state agency declined to comment. SQM didn’t is developing the Sal de Vida salt-bed project Chile SA opted to invest in a lithium project the world is changing — and the case in point respond an e-mail with questions. and Lithium Americas Corp is working with known lithium reserves, across the Andes in Argentina and is trying to is Argentina.” The dispute between SQM and the gov- SQM on the Cauchari venture, according to a almost all of it in brine block a project by Albemarle Corp. in Chile. Sales from SQM’s lithium operations rose ernment doesn’t come out of the blue. In 2012, presentation from the Argentine government. held in the vast salt flats SQM is controlled by Julio Ponce, the former 62 percent in the first quarter as prices surged. an auction that awarded SQM rights to pro- SQM agreed to pay $25m to Lithium Ameri- husband of the late dictator Augusto Pinoc- The metal and its derivatives accounted for 41 duce an additional 100,000 tons of lithium cas for 50 percent of that project, which will of the Atacama desert. het’s daughter. percent of gross profit, the mining company was annulled after a review discovered that begin construction in 2017. Demand for lithium is soaring as Tesla reported Wednesday, up from 19 percent a the company failed to meet all requirements. Prices for lithium carbonate at 99.5 percent Motors Inc. prepares to start production of year earlier. And controversies continue. The company purity in China more than tripled in the last its mass-market Model 3 battery-powered Government agency Corfo, which is legally has sacked its CEO for an illegal campaign- 12 months to 168,000 yuan (about $26,000) car and Chevrolet prepares an all-electric the owner of mining concessions that SQM financing scandal that has tainted almost all per ton from 49,000 yuan, according to Asian “Volt”. The soft, silver-white metal is also used exploits in the Salar de Atacama salt-flat, is the country’s political parties. At the same Metal. In 2015, Chile produced about 35 per- in cell phones. seeking to rescind the rights, alleging the com- time, Julio Ponce is fighting in courts a fine of cent of global lithium output totalling 200,000 As of last year, Chile held 54 percent of pany has underpaid. SQM said the accusations about $70 million imposed by the securities tons, according to estimates from consultancy the world’s known lithium reserves, almost are unfounded and subsequently announced a regulator for illegal trading in shares of SQM’s Stormcrow Capital Ltd. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 23 PAGE | 24 DDjokovic, Nadal on Man United look forr ssemi-finale collision redemption in FA course in Paris Cup final showdownwn

SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 • 14 SHA’BAAN 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Lekhwiya are Emir Cup champions

Visitors script dramatic title win in a penalty shootout following a spirited fightback in the second half at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

By Rizwan Rehmat The Peninsula

DOHA: Gu t s y L e k h w i y a y e s t e r d a y scripted a dramatic fightback to win their maiden Emir Cup title after a penalty shootout against hosts Al Sadd at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. Lekhwiya scored all of their four penalties after both sides ended 2-2 in regulation time. Nam Tae-hee scored the deci- sive penalty after team-mates Alain Dioko, Luiz Martin and Chico Flores fired home with ease Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim and Lekhwiya’s Nam Tae-hee celebrates his team’s second goal against Al Sadd in the Emir Cup final at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Nadir Belhadj missed their spot kicks in Doha yesterday. Lekhwiya won the final 4-2 on penalties after regulation time ended in a 2-2 draw. PICS: BAHER AMIN to see Lekhwiya seal a 4-2 win in the penalty shootout. Earlier, Baghdad Bounedjah (62) Lekhwiya’s goalkeeper Lacoumet an umarked Al Hadyos who failed to and Abdulkareem Hassan (67) scored Amin charged out of the his comfort collect the ball with only goalkeeper EMIR CUP for the home side that was aiming to zone and when Al Haydos chipped the Amine to beat. CHAMPIONS complete a hat-trick of Emir Cup title ball in the air, the former produced a In the 18th minute, goalkeeper Al Sadd 3-2 Qatar SC wins. spectacular diving punch to clear the outran Bounedjah and charged way 2001: However, Lekhwiya saw Flores ball away for a corner. out of the box to clear the ball that 2002: Al-Ittihad 4-1 Al Sadd (70) and Nam (77) produced two sec- In the 15th minute, Al Sadd’s Pedro could have proved dangerous for 2003: Al Sadd 2-1 Al Ahli ond-half goals to force a penalty Miguel was seemingly brought down Lekhwiya. 2004: Al Rayyan 3-2 Qatar SC shootout to decide the winner. by the Lekhwiya’s Khalid Muftah but A couple of minutes later, Lekhwi- 2005: Al Sadd 0-0 Al Wakrah Club After a few short electric passing the referee waved play on. ya’s Musa Mohammed was slapped (aet, 5-4 pens) from both sides, Lekhwiya’s Dioko Seconds later, Pedro clipped a ball with a yellow card for bringing down 2006: Al Rayyan 1-1 Al-Gharafa broke free of his marker Morteza for Belhadj who shot wildly to end a Qatar’s Under-13 captain and Al Sadd (aet, 5-3 pens) Mohammedjan and took aim at the threatening move. star Abdulkaeem Hassan. Al Sadd goalkeeper who parried the Two minutes later, Al Sadd The stoppage caused a bit of a 2007: Al Sadd 0-0 Al-Khor (aet, 5-4 pens) ball away. strike force was once again all over delay to what was fast becoming a In the 8th minute, Al Sadd man- Lekhwiya like a rash but the visitors feisty contest between the two side. 2008: Umm-Salal Sports Club 2-2 aged a breakaway move through thwarted another goal-scoring threat. In the 30th minute, defender Has- Al-Gharafa (aet, 4-1 pens) Hassan Al Haydos who charged Baghdad Bounedjah slipped past two san jumped high for a corner kick but 2009: Al-Gharafa 2-1 Al Rayyan towards the Lekhwiya goal. defenders before slipping the ball to his snap-header missed the Lekhwiya 2010: Al Rayyan 1-0 Umm-Salal goal post narrowly. Sports Club Four minutes later, Belmadi 2011: Al Rayyan 2-1 Al-Gharafa QUOTES FROM THE EMIR CUP FINAL replaced Musa with Ismail Moham- 2012: Al-Gharafa 0-0 Al Sadd (aet, med. Musa, who brought down 5-4 pens) Ahmed Yasser Hassan, was hurt in the process We have fought all the way. We did our best. We deserved to win since we resulting in a free-kick. 2013: Al Rayyan 2-1 Al Sadd never gave up. We have been dreaming of winning the Emir Cup. We are Barca legend Xavi curled in a 2014: Al Sadd 3-0 Al-Sailiya delighted that day has arrived. Our dream is realised. We had worked so beautiful free-kick that missed the 2015: Al Sadd 2-1 El Jaish hard. It was a team effort. We got new people also. We planned really well. Lekhwiya goalpost by a few inches. It shows that hard work pays. We have covered our bases well and took out 2016: Lekhwiya 2-2 Al Sadd (aet Two minutes from the first-half 4-2 pens) the negatives. Now we will keep fighting in every game. whistle, Lekhwiya striker Dioko fired Mohammed Musa a hurriedly taken shot that sailed disappointment of the home fans. We worked like never before. You didn’t get to see that. The second half was away without causing harm as jaded At the one-hour mark, Al Sadd’s Lekhwiya’s Khalid Muftah (in red) and Al really tough and it was great to be part of that. What we were told by the coach, legs started to give way to clumsy Pedro blocked a ferocious shot Sadd’s Hassan Al Haydos battle for the ball. we took that to heart. We played according to how the coach planned for us. football. from Dioko that hit the home side’s Khaled Muftah Four minutes into the second half, defender and the ball flew away for a This was a tough game and we had a difficult time to play in this heat. The Lekhwiya’s Karim Boudiaf aimed for corner. A minute later, Xavi unleashed After scores of runs, Al Sadd’s shadowed by Flores in his own box. last 20 minutes were so tough. It was a tough final. But we hung in there. a long-range from the edge of the Al a powerful long-range shot that quick-mover Bounedjah scored the Five minutes later, Hassan pro- Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud Sadd but his shot was flicked away swung and sailed above the Lekhwiya first goal in the 63rd minute, the first duced a well-taken snap-header from home goalkeeper Saad Al Dosari. crossbar. of four in the next 14 minutes. close range on a free-kick to give Al The players played with responsibility. I wasn’t sure that we’d win. We could Three minutes later, Al Sadd’s Seconds later, Ferreira brought in The Algerian forward deflected a Sadd a 2-0 cushion. have lost also. The rivals were so tough today. But let me be honest, we had Hassan tried a similar shot which Ibrahim in place of Ali Asadallah in a smartly-placed pass past Lekhwiya Al Sadd barely settled down after weak moments. But we kept on fighting. We didn’t give up in the second half. also missed its target much to the the 62nd minute. goalkeeper Amine despite being scoring their second goal when Flores Djamel Belmadi headed home from close range off a Congrats to Lekhwiya. It was a very hard match. We believed we can win. We corner kick to reduce the deficit in the never gave up. I know Lekhwiya will not give up. We kept fighting. 70th minute. Flores got a cut also above his left eye in the process. PENALTIES Flores came back with a band- Al Sadd aged head and produced another 1 Xavi - Goal (to left of GK) snap-header which was picked up 2 Khalfan Ibrahim - Missed - (Saved by GK) by Al Sadd goalkeeper Amine in the 75th minute. 3 Nadir Belhadj (misses right goalpost) Lekhwiya’s Korean import and 4 Ibrahim Majed - Goal (left of GK) vastly experienced Nam curled in 5 Not needed a stunning shot from the edge of Lekhwiya Lekhwiya box to produce the equal- 1 Alain Dioko - Goal (right of GK) iser in the 77th minute. 2 Luiz Martin - Goal (right of GK) Goals: Al Sadd 2 Baghdad Bounedjah (62) 3 Chico Flores - Goal (right of GK) and Abdulkareem Hassan (67) 4 Nam Tae-hee - Goal (right of GK) Lekhwiya 2 Chico Flores (70) Nam 5 Not needed Tae-hee (77) 22 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 SPORT Lekhwiya corner Emir Cup glory

The hero behind Lekhwiya’s victory, Lecoumet Amin (left) about to make a save against Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim.

Lekhwiya players celebrate after the penalty shoot-out which ensured their victory against Al Sadd in the Emir Cup final played at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium yesterday. Pictures by: Baher / The Peninsula

Delhi win last Anderson heroics topple ball thriller Sri Lankan batting line-up Agencies

Agencies England’s James NAYA RAIPUR: Riding on Karun Anderson (left) Nair’s unbeaten 83, Delhi Dare- celebrates devils not only beat Sunrisers LEEDS: James Anderson recorded his dismissing Hyderabad by six wickets but also best Test figures at Headingley as Sri Sri Lanka kept themselves in the hunt for the Lanka were made to follow-on on the skipper Angelo Indian Premier League (IPL) play- second day of the first Test against Eng- Mathews during offs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan land yesterday. their first Test Singh International Cricket Sta- Sri Lanka were dismissed for just 91 dium yesterday. in reply to England’s first innings 298, a cricket match Earlier, Skipper David Warner deficit of 207 runs. at Leeds headlined with a fine 73-run Anderson, England’s all-time lead- yesterday. knock to pull Sunrisers Hyderabad ing Test wicket-taker, took five for 16 in to 158 for 7, but the total proved to 11.4 overs including a spell of four for one be not enough 20 overs later. in 29 balls. New-ball partner Stuart Broad had figures of four for 21. SCOREBOARD Only Sri Lanka captain Angelo Math- ews (34) and Lahiru Thirimanne (22) Jamaica’s Usain Bolt SUNRISERS HYDERABAD offered much resistance with the bat. competes in the D A Warner c Mishra b Brathwaite 73 Wicket-keeper Jonathan Bairstow men’s 100m race S Dhawan (run out) 10 held five catches after scoring 140 ear- of the IAAF Ostrava D J Hooda (run out) 1 lier yesterday. Golden Spike athletics Yuvraj Singh b Brathwaite 10 Sri Lanka were one without loss off in Ostrava, Czech M C Henriques c Negi b Duminy 18 two balls in their second innings when Republic yesterday. bad light forced an early close despite the E Morgan c Brathwaite b Coulter-Nile 14 SCOREBOARD Bolt clocked 9.98 floodlights being switched on. seconds to win the N V Ojha (not out) 16 Broad had Karunaratne out for a England (I innings): D Chandimal c Vince b Stokes 15 race. B Kumar (run out) 13 duck, Silva was then caught behind off A Cook c Chandimal b Shanaka 16 A Mathews lbw Anderson 34 Extras (B-1, LB-1, W-1) 3 a sharply rising ball from Anderson for 11. A Hales c Chameera b Herath 86 L Thirimanne c Finn b Broad 22 Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs)158 Kusal Mendis also fell for a duck. N Compton c Thirimanne b Shanaka 0 D Shanaka c Bairstow b Anderson 0 Mathews fell lbw to Andersonand his Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-48, 3-66, 4-105, J Root c Mendis b Shanaka 0 R Herath c Stokes b Anderson 1 exit saw Anderson move past India great 5-117, 6-132, 7-158. Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 Test wickers and J Vince c Mendis b Eranga 9 D Chameera c Finn b Broad 2 Bolt wins 100m at Bowling: Z Khan 4-0-26-0; J Yadav 4-0- into sixth place in the all-time list. B Stokes c Mathews b Pradeep 12 S Eranga c Bairstow b Anderson 1

37-0; N M Coulter-Nile 4-0-36-1; C R Test debutant Dasun Shanaka then J Bairstow c Pradeep b Chameera 140 N Pradeep (not out) 0 Brathwaite 4-0-27-2 (1w); A Mishra 3-0- fell for a golden duck, Rangana Herath M Ali c Mendis b Chameera 0 Extras (NB-5) 5 21-0; J P Duminy 1-0-9-1. blocked the next ball but he too fell to S Broad b Chameera 2 Total (all out) 91 Ostrava in 9.98sec DELHI DAREDEVILS Anderson. Broad then dismissed Dush- S Finn st Chandimal b Herath 17 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-12, 3-12, 4-43, 5-77, Q de Kock c Ojha b Sran 2 matha Chameera and Thirimanne with J Anderson (not out) 1 6-81, 7-83, 8-90, 9-91, 10-91. R R Pant (run out) 32 the aid of diving low catches by the 6ft AFP the 100m world record at 9.58 sec- 7in Steven Finn at mid-off and mid-on Extras (LB-8, W-4, NB-3) 15 Bowling: Anderson 11.4-6-16-5; Broad 10-1- K K Nair (not out) 83 onds and the world 200m record to leave Sri Lanka 91 for nine. Total (all out) 298 21-4 (2nb); Stokes 7-2-25-1 (1nb); Vince 1-0- of 19.19. Bolt will defend his 100m, J P Duminy c Warner b Sran 17 And that became 91 all out when Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-49, 3-51, 4-70, 5-83, 10-0; Finn 7-0-19-0 (2nb). OSTRAVA: Usain Bolt won the 100 200m and 4x100m titles from 2008 C R Brathwaite c Sran b M Rahman10 Eranga was caught down the legside by 6-224, 7-231, 8-233, 9-289, 10-298. Sri Lanka (II innings): metres at the Czech Golden Spike and 2012 in Rio, seeking to become S V Samson (not out) 3 Bairstow off Anderson. Bowling: Eranga 19-4-68-1 (2nb, 1w)); Pra- D Karunaratne (batting) 0 event in 9.98 seconds yesterday, in the first athlete ever to grab three Extras (LB-4, W-10) 14 England, who lost the toss, resumed his second race this season in the consecutive Olympic golds in the yesterday on 171 for five. Alex Hales was deep 19-7-56-1 (1w); Mathews 11-2-31-0 (1nb); K Silva (batting) 0 run-up to August’s Rio Olympics. three events. Total (for 4 wkts in 20 overs)161 71 not out, with Bairstow unbeaten on 54. Chameera 17-0-64-3 (1w); Shanaka 13-3-46-3 Extras (LB-1) 1 Bolt said earlier this week he Before the Caymans meet, Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-82, 3-117, 4-143. Bairstow, however should have been (1w); Herath 11.3-1-25-2. Total (for no loss) 1 would be happy with 9.8 seconds, Bolt took a long break from racing Bowling: B Kumar 4-0-33-0 (3w); B B out for 70 -- half his eventual score -- Sri Lanka (I innings): Bowling: Anderson 0.2-0-0-0. following a tight hamstring he had following the Beijing World Cham- when Nuwan Pradeep dropped a caught Sran 4-0-34-2 (1w); Mustafizur Rahman D Karunaratne c Bairstow b Broad 0 Match position: Sri Lanka, following on, are suffered at the Cayman Invitational pionships last August, where he won 4-0-24-1 (2w); MC Henriques 2-0-18-0; D and bowled chance off a checked drive. K Silva c Bairstow b Anderson 11 206 runs behind England with all 10 second- Meet last week when he clocked the 100m and 200m races in addi- J Hooda 2-0-16-0; K V Sharma 3-0-25-0; Hales and Bairstow took their sixth- K Mendis c Bairstow b Broad 0 innings wickets standing. 10.05 seconds. tion to helping Jamaica dominate the Yuvraj Singh 1-0-7-0. wicket stand to 141 before Bairstow The 29-year-old Jamaican owns 4x100m relay. reached his second Test century. SPORT SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 23

Rutherford Charlo twins, Lara top to host long jump event in super welterweight his backyard showdowns

Reuters AFP SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT TODAY WOBURN SANDS: Olympic gold LOS ANGELES: Unbeaten identi- medallist Greg Rutherford is plan- cal US twin brothers Jermall and ning to continue trying to set new Jermell Charlo and Cuban-born the night, we’ll both have our hands long jump world records after the American Erislandy Lara are the raised.” Rio Olympics - from his own back- feature attractions in today’s world Jermall Charlo took the title last yard. super welterweight title showdown September from fellow American The 29-year-old Briton, who triple-header at Las Vegas. Cornelius Bundrage and defended will be in Brazil this summer to The 154-pound (69.8kg) divi- the crown two months later against defend the gold he won four years World number one Novak sion’s three main crowns are at compatriot Wilky Campfort. Now ago in London, has built a champi- Djokovic (right) shakes hands stake in the 12-round bouts, which he faces another US fighter in Trout, onship-standard run-up and pit at with Rafael Nadal of Spain includes Lara defending his World who ruled in the division for two his home in Woburn Sands, Bed- after winning the 2016 Qatar Boxing Association crown in a years. fordshire, and has invited some Open men’s single tennis final rematch with Vanes Martirosyan. Lara, a 33-year-old southpaw, of the sport’s best exponents to a match in this file photo. Jermall Charlo defends his Inter- fought to a deadlock with Marti- competition. national Boxing Federation crown rosyan in 2012. The 30-year-old Olympic triple jump cham- against former champion Austin Armenian-American was cut over pion Christian Taylor, Olympic Trout, while twin Jermell faces John the left eye by an accidental head silver medallist Mitchell Watt, Jackson for the vacant World Boxing butt in the ninth round, resulting in IAAF world championship silver Council crown. a technical draw. medallist Fabrice Lapierre have The Charlo brothers, 26, could “I felt I was a better fighter than confirmed their participation. become the first twins to own world him the first time and I’m a little bet- “We’ll do a field of six, after the Djokovic, Nadal on titles in the same weight division. ter in almost every area since,” Lara Olympics. If I don’t set the record “We never dreamed of being able said. “I’m definitely prepared to do in my own back garden there is to make history on the same night what I do and that’s win.” something wrong,” Rutherford told and on the same card together,” Jer- Lara, 22-2-2 with 13 knockouts, reporters ahead of the start of the mell Charlo said. “It makes it even makes the third defense of the crown Great CityGames in Manchester. more intense. The stakes are much he won from American Ishe Smith by “My competitors are some of semi-final collision bigger. This is special.” unanimous decision in 2014. He kept my closest friends and we have a Jermall Charlo, 23-0 with 18 the crown by decisioning Dominican lot of fun.” knockouts, has retired 16 of his past Delvin Rodriguez and stopping Slov- One person who is not being 17 foes inside the distance while Jer- enian Jan Zaveck last year. invited is four-time long jump mell, 27-0 with 12 knockouts, has Martirosyan, 36-2 with one draw Olympic champion Carl Lewis gone the distance in four of his past and 21 knockouts, takes his first shot who, along with world-record five starts entering his first world at one of the major titles. holder Mike Powell, has been course in Paris title fight. “This is definitely the most highly critical of the sport’s “We’ve always planned on mak- important fight of my career. It’s do standards. ing history and the time is now,” said or die,” said Martirosyan. “Win and “I don’t think I want Carl Lewis Kyrgios of Australia is a potential Jermall Charlo. “I need him to go in I move 10 steps forward. Lose and I anywhere near my house,” Ruther- STARS TO COLLIDE AT last-eight match-up should Nishikori there and do his job and at the end of go 10 steps backwards. ford said. The reigning world FRENCH OPEN SEMIS stumble. The 52-year-old Powell is number one and The Japanese fifth seed has never planning to attempt a comeback Spanish superstar got past the quarter-finals in Paris but at Rio 2016 but Rutherford dis- Berdych in the last-eight while he was runner-up to Nadal this year on missed his chances entirely. are lined-up for 50th could tackle volatile Australian Ber- clay in Barcelona and a semi-final Rutherford, who took the gold meeting as Serena nard Tomic in the fourth round. loser to Djokovic in Madrid and Rome. McLaren to oversee in London with a jump of 8.31 Tomic was accused by the Serb of Wawrinka opens against Lukas metres, said he wanted his home eyes 22nd Slam lacking commitment after a tame exit Rosol, the Czech who shocked Nadal competition to raise the profile of at the Madrid Masters last month. at Wimbledon in 2012, while his the sport. Nadal, who lost to Djokovic in potential last-eight rival would be Sochi investigation the quarter-finals in 2015, had origi- Canada’s Milos Raonic. AFP nally been set to be seeded at five until In the women’s draw, defending 2009 champion Roger Federer with- champion and top seed Serena Wil- AP doping lab used for the Sochi Games, drew through injury on Thursday. liams, bidding for a fourth Paris title, with help from people he believed to Zika leads USA Nadal starts his French Open starts against Slovakia’s Magdalena be officers of the Russian security PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Rafael against big-serving Sam Groth of Aus- Rybarikova, the world number 76. services. Swimming Nadal could meet for the 50th time tralia with a potential quarter-final The 27-year-old Slovak has never SYDNEY: World Anti-Doping Agency “60 Minutes” also aired a report after they were placed on a French against home hope, and two-time made it beyond the second round in president Craig Reedie has appointed last week with a whistleblower who Open semi-final collision course yes- semi-finalist, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Paris. Richard McLaren as the independent said he sent 200 emails and 50 let- to skip terday. With his 30th birthday just around Williams, just one short of Steffi overseer of an investigation into alle- ters about Russian doping to WADA, World number one and top seed the corner, Nadal has arguably the Graf’s Open era record of 22 majors, gations of state-sponsored doping at but was told the agency didn’t have Puerto Rico Djokovic, who turns 29 on the open- toughest draw of the top men but will could face 2010 champion Francesca the 2014 Sochi Olympics. the power to investigate inside the ing day of the tournament on Sunday, be buoyed by a recent return to form Schiavone in the third round. Reedie issued a statement late country. CBS later reported that the needs a Roland Garros title to com- which saw him claim the Monte Carlo Former world number one and Thursday saying McLaren, a long- FBI was looking into allegations sur- AP plete a career Grand Slam after losing and Barcelona titles. two-time Australian Open win- standing member of the Court of rounding Russian doping. three finals in four years, including Italy’s Fabio Fognini, who came ner Victoria Azarenka is a potential Arbitration for Sport and a member Russian sports minister Vitaly last season to Stan Wawrinka. back from two sets down to beat quarter-final foe for the 34-year-old of WADA’s three-person independent Mutko acknowledged that Russia ATLANTA: Concerned about Should Djokovic and nine-time Nadal at the US Open last year, is a American. commission which exposed wide- has a problem with doping, and said the threat of the Zika virus, USA French Open champion Nadal meet possible third round opponent. Fifth seed Azarenka, a semi-final- spread doping in Russian track and Russia was “ashamed” in a column Swimming has moved a pre-Olym- in the last-four it will be their 50th Rising Austrian Dominic Thiem, ist in 2013, opens against Italy’s Karin field, would investigate allegations for The Sunday Times. But he did not pic training camp from Puerto Rico career clash in a rivalry which began the man who knocked Federer out Knapp. Second seed Agnieszka Rad- published by CBS’ “60 Minutes” and admit any involvement by the Russian to Atlanta. in 2006 at Roland Garros. in Rome, is lying in wait in the round wanska is scheduled to face 2014 the New York Times in the relation to government. Other Russian officials A person familiar with the Djokovic has the edge at 26-23, of 16. runner-up Simona Halep in the last the Sochi Olympics. have firmly denied the allegations situation said a letter went out claiming the pair’s last seven Murray, fresh from beating Djok- eight. A WADA report last year outlined and have threatened to sue the Times. Thursday to national team ath- encounters. ovic in the Rome Masters final, will Radwanska, yet to get past the a state-sponsored doping scheme in Russian and U.S. prosecutors are letes and coaches telling them of Top seed Djokovic, bidding for meet a qualifier in the first round quarter-finals, takes on Serbia’s Russia. Then, in an interview pub- also investigating the allegations. the change. The person spoke to a 12th career major, starts his cam- with a potential quarter-final against Bojana Jovanovski first up. lished last week in the Times, Grigory Russia will learn on June 17 The Associated Press on condition paign against Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun, Japan’s Kei Nishikori. Australian Open champion Angel- Rodchenkov, the former head of the whether its athletics federation has of anonymity because the matter the world number 100 who made the Murray has been handed a rel- ique Kerber, the third seed, is lined up Russian lab now living in Los Ange- met the reform criteria to return to had not been discussed publicly. Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2010. atively smooth path although a for a last-eight duel with 2015 semi- les, said that he switched tainted competition in time for the Rio de The U.S. team is still sched- Djokovic is seeded to face Tomas mouth-watering clash with Nick finalist Timea Bacsinszky. urine samples for clean ones at the Janeiro Olympics. uled to hold a training camp in San Antonio from July 11-21. After that, the team had been planning to make a stop in Puerto Rico for sev- eral more days of training before Iannone fastest in free practice for Italian MotoGP Bodyguard not needed in traveling on to Rio de Janeiro. The Olympic swimming com- petition begins August 6. Rossi’s backyard: Marquez USA Swimming’s decision follows a move by Major League Baseball to shift two regular- Reuters that the governing International season games out of San Juan Motorcycling Federation (FIM) because of players’ concerns about intervened, saying it was poison- the virus. The May 30-31 series ing the sport. between the Marlins and the Pitts- MUGELLO: Spanish rider Marc Mar- The Mugello circuit, which burgh Pirates will now be played quez says MotoGP has gone too far hosts the sixth round of the season, in Miami. in providing bodyguards for him- is usually a sea of tens of thousands The Zika virus is carried by self and compatriot Jorge Lorenzo of Rossi fans and series promoters mosquitoes and has been linked to as protection from Italian fans at Dorna had laid on extra security microcephaly, a condition in which rival Valentino Rossi’s home grand for the Spanish riders. babies are born with undersized prix this weekend. Marquez and Lorenzo both brains and skulls. There are also Honda’s two times world said it was not needed inside concerns that it might contribute champion Marquez had a head- the already secure paddock but to the Guillain-Barre syndrome in line-grabbing feud with Yamaha’s Marquez, speaking to Spanish adults. Rossi last season after they clashed reporters, went further. The outbreak has been one of on the track in an incident that sent “Since I got to Italy all I have the major headptdesaches fac- the Italian great to the back of the been asked for has been auto- ing Olympic organizers as they grid for the deciding race. graphs and photos,” he said. prepare for South America’s first Nine times champion Rossi “When I left the motorhome I Olympics. They insist that precau- then spoke of a ‘Spanish stitch up’, found someone who looked like a tions will be taken to keep athletes Italian rider Andrea Iannone steers his Ducati during the second Free Practice session ahead of the accusing Marquez of helping Yama- bodyguard. I thought ‘it can’t be’. safe and point to the onset of win- Italian motorcycling Grand Prix at the Mugello racetrack yesterday. Iannone posted the fastest time ha’s Lorenzo to win the title. Lorenzo leads Marquez in the ter in Brazil as being helpful in following the first two free practice runs yesterday. The spat became so intense championship by five points with reducing the mosquito population. before the final race in Valencia Rossi third and 12 off the pace. 24 SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016

English Football James’ League proposes Man United look for redemption triple-double major shake-up powers Cavs Reuters in FA Cup final showdown past Raptors LONDON: The Football League has proposed introducing a fifth division as part of a revamp that Agencies would involve the biggest shake- Van Gaal’s side aims up of the English game since the Premier League was founded in for first trophy since CLEVELAND: LeBron James 1992. 2004 as in-form recorded his 15th post-season Clubs are being asked to triple-double as he moved past consider a reorganisation into Palace looking to Shaquille O’Neal into fourth place five divisions of 20 teams from make history Crystal on the all-time post-season scor- the start of the 2019-20 sea- Palace ing list in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ son, the Football League, which manager 108-89 victory over the Toronto has 72 members, announced Alan Raptors in Game 2 of the Eastern in a statement on its website AFP Pardew Conference finals on Thursday. (www.football-league.co.uk) on James had 23 points, 11 Thursday. rebounds and 11 assists. Kyrie If adopted, it would mean the FA CUP WINNERS Irving scored 26 points and Kevin Football League becoming a four- LONDON: Manchester United will Love had 19 points for the Cavs. division competition below the attempt to salvage something from DeMar DeRozan scored 22 Premier League, including a new their tumultuous season -- and 2015: Arsenal points to top Toronto, and James League Three, with 100 clubs in potentially keep manager Louis van 2014: Arsenal Johnson, Terrence Ross and Cory the professional game. Gaal in a job -- in today’s FA Cup final 2013: Wigan Athletic Joseph scored 11 apiece. At present, the bottom two against Crystal Palace. 2012: Chelsea Kyle Lowry scored 10 points teams in League Two are rele- After failing to qualify for the 2011: Manchester City on 4-of-14 shooting for the Rap- gated but under the proposal they Champions League for the second 2010: Chelsea tors, who go home in an 0-2 deficit would not go down at the end of time in three years, the Wembley 2009: Chelsea for the first time this post-season. the 2018-19 season. showpiece represents United’s last 2008: Portsmouth Game 3 is today in Toronto. Instead, six more clubs would chance to make good on a campaign 2007: Chelsea The Cavs scored 16 of the final join the Football League as well of stagnant football and simmering 2006: Liverpool 18 points in the first half after the as the two promoted from the fan dissent. 2005: Arsenal game was tied at 46 with 4:05 left National League. Van Gaal was booed as he in the second quarter. 2004: Manchester United The League said the proposal addressed supporters following The Raptors missed their last 2003: Arsenal stemmed from English football’s Tuesday’s 3-1 home win over Bourne- nine shots of the half while each 2002: Arsenal concerns about the congested fix- mouth and although victory against member of the Cavs’ Big Three ture list and the move enjoyed the Palace would give United their first 2001: Liverpool took turns extending the lead. support ‘in principle’ of the Pre- significant piece of silverware since 2000: Chelsea Lowry again struggled through mier League and FA. Alex Ferguson left in 2013, reports 1999: Manchester United a miserable shooting night, missing The revamp, which would suggest that his days at Old Trafford 1998: Arsenal seven of his first eight shots before reduce fixture congestion by are numbered regardless. 1997: Chelsea finally making a three-pointer cutting the number of midweek “I think the interests of the club 1996: Manchester United with 8:31 left in the third quarter. games, was in a discussion doc- are much more important than the 1995: Everton He was 5-for-20 shooting ument sent to clubs ahead of next manager,” Van Gaal said on Thurs- 1994: Manchester United in this series prior to that bas- month’s annual general meeting day when asked how the outcome of 1993: Arsenal Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal with Chris Smalling ket, including missing his first (AGM). Saturday’s game might impact on his 1992: Liverpool during a training session ahead of their FA Cup final match against 11 3-point attempts. He did not Ninety percent of the 72 clubs future. 1991: Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace. attempt his first three throws in must support the proposal, with a “Of course, you have put your the series until the fourth quarter decision to be made at the League’s own aims. (Winning the FA Cup) is Thursday. AGM next year. one I have always had. But close is not his future. the line was Ferguson. rior to the 1990 form in the cup, notably eliminating The Cavs continue to storm The biggest impact would be enough. You have to win it. Early victories over lower-league final, Ferguson had gone three and a Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham through the East with little resist- felt by the Football League clubs, “I have read that the last FA Cup sides Sheffield United, Derby County half years without a trophy, but fol- Hotspur and Watford, and now find ance. While the Golden State whose games would be cut from (won by United) is 2004, so also for and Shrewsbury Town came during a lowing a gripping 3-3 draw, a solitary themselves on the brink of a historic Warriors and Oklahoma City 46 to 38 per season, but Harvey Manchester United it is a big title.” dismal run of three wins in 13 league goal by left-back Lee Martin earned achievement. Thunder continue to fight in the asked them to take a “broader view While United have not won the games, when criticism of the Dutch- United a 1-0 victory in the replay. “It would be good for football, for West, the Cavs are winning play- of English football”. FA Cup since 2004, when they beat man was at its fiercest. One of the players who traipsed the DNA of this club, to win a trophy,” off games by an average of more There was a negative reaction Millwall 3-0 in Cardiff, victory today The quarter-final against West from the pitch in Palace’s unfamil- said Pardew. than 12 points. from the lower league clubs with would see them equal Arsenal’s tally Ham United brought both the relief of iar black and yellow change strip was “We play street football, with Tristan Thompson had nine Accrington Stanley owner Andrew of 12 successes in the competition -- a Anthony Martial’s 83rd-minute equal- 28-year-old midfielder Alan Pardew, players from different roots. This points and 12 rebounds for the Holt telling Sky Sports he could not record they once held outright. iser in the first game at Old Trafford who is now the south London club’s group has the opportunity to put Cavs, and Channing Frye scored see “any sense” in the proposals As well as giving Van Gaal a first and the morale boost of an assured manager. something permanent there -- the 10 points off the bench. and Bradford City joint-chair- trophy in English football, it would 2-1 victory in the replay. Martial pro- Pardew etched his name in Pal- first major trophy for this club.” Cleveland reserve guard Mat- man Mark Lawn calling the ideas also enable Wayne Rooney, the cap- vided another moment to savour in ace folklore by netting an extra-time Aside from Wales midfielder Joe thew Dellavedova limped out of “ridiculous”. tain, and Michael Carrick to claim last month’s semi-final against Ever- winner against Liverpool in the semi- Ledley, who fractured his fibula in the the game after turning his ankle in The League said the proposal the only top-level medals that have ton, driving into the box from the left finals and 26 years later, he is seeking 2-1 league win over Stoke two weeks the second half and did not return. would need ‘whole game’ support eluded them during their spells at in stoppage time to net a deliriously to steer the club to their first major ago, Pardew has a fully fit squad at as concerns about fixture conges- the club. celebrated winner. trophy. Following a strong start to his disposal. Marcos Rojo, Matteo tion were shared by the Premier Van Gaal already has reason to If Van Gaal is looking for posi- the season, Palace won just two of Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin League and the FA who wanted thank the tournament, for it has pro- tive omens, it will not have escaped their final 21 league games, which have returned to training for United to boost the success of clubs in vided several melodious moments his attention that the last under-fire saw them finish 15th in the Premier after brief spells on the sidelines, Hertl, Jones Europe and England’s national this season amid the steady back- United manager to go into an FA Cup League. while Marouane Fellaini is available teams at all levels. ground hum of speculation about final against Palace with his neck on But they have shown superb again after a three-match suspension. star as Sharks down Blues

Indonesia beat S. Korea to reach Thomas Cup final AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: A two-goal display from Czech star Tomas AFP good singles, so why not?” said Hertl and a second consecutive Ginting, when asked if Indonesia shutout from goalie Martin Jones had a chance of winning the final. proved the difference as the San Indonesia will contest their Jose Sharks defeated the St.Louis KUNSHAN: Indonesia beat South first Thomas Cup final since 2010 Blues 3-0 on Thursday. Korea 3-1 yesterday to reach the against either Lee Chong Wei’s San Jose’s victory at the SAP Thomas Cup final and raise hopes Malaysia or Denmark, who played Center gave the Californian team of their first victory in 14 years in a later yesterday. a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven competition they once dominated. In the women’s Uber Cup Western Conference final series as Indonesia, who have won the competition, Olympic champion they prepare for Game Four today. men’s team tournament a record 13 Li Xuerui led China into the final Just as he had done in Game times, proved too strong for South as she won a hard-fought three- Two, Jones produced another Korea, who stunned hosts China a gamer against India’s Saina goaltending masterclass against day earlier. Nehwal. a blunted Blues offense. Son Wan-ho, who beat world The world number three strug- Jones finished with 22 saves, number one Chen Long in a pul- gled to her find her groove but two days after making 26 stops sating quarter-final, glided past eventually established a rhythm, in the Sharks win in Game Two Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 21-10, prevailing 21-15, 12-21, 21-17 on Tuesday. Sharks coach Peter 21-16 to put South Korea ahead. against the 2012 Olympic bronze DeBoer said his team had taken But Indonesia rallied in medallist. time to adapt to the Blues new- the following match, with Wang Shixian snuffed out a look tactical line-up. Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra late, second-game surge from Center Joe Thornton was the Setiawan securing a 21-15, 21-12 India’s Pusarla V. Sindhu to architect, spotting an unmarked win over Lee Yong-dae and Yoo win 21-13, 23-21 before doubles Hertl and threading through a per- Yeon-seong. duo Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei fect pass along the boards. Anthony Ginting put South clinched the tie 21-6, 21-6 against Hertl coolly walked out front Jonatan Christie of Indonesia hits a Korea on the brink with a 21-18, Jwala Gutta and Nelakurihi Sikki before tucking away his finish return against Son Wan Ho of South 21-18 victory over Lee Dong- Reddy. between the pads of Blues goal- Korea during their men’s semi final Keun before doubles pair Angga “Japan and Korea are both very tender Brian Elliott. Elliott had Pratama and Ricky Karanda strong teams,” said Zhao of China’s another night to forget, leaking three group match in the Thomas Cup Suwardi beat Kim Gi-jung and possible finals opponent. “I hope goals from 14 shots. The Sharks had badminton tournament in Kunshan, Kim Sa-rang 21-15, 21-18. the China women’s team can play taken a two-goal lead in the second eastern China’s Jiangsu Province “We have good doubles and together and win every point.” period when Joonas Donskoi forced yesterday. a turnover, allowing Logan Couture to launch the counter-attack.