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Rousing welcome for Barshim at Bayt Qatar Emir congratulates Health & safety President of Afghanistan practitioners in DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to President of Afghanistan, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, on high demand his country’s Independence Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister and Interior yesterday. He was speaking on the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin sidelines of the inaugural ‘PHASE Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also Based on the Construction Occupational Safety sent cables to President Dr. Ghani. Philippine Overseas and Health Summit’ — a major high- Employment light of the year-round programme of the organisation which marks its Social security Administration 10th anniversary this year. Thousands of Filipino safety website, there are practitioners have benefited from beneficiaries up hundreds of job PHASE’s training programmes. orders from Qatar “There are lots of success sto- DOHA: Data from the Ministry ries. You will be surprised how of Development Planning and in the field of health these people progressed from simple Statistics shows that the number and safety. employees to safety supervisors and of social security beneficiaries assistant safety managers while some increased in June to 12, 969 from are working with consultants with 12, 315 in May. The number in April Qatar’s star high jumper Mutaz Ezza Barshim is given a rousing welcome by citizens of Qatar and bigger salaries because of what they was 12,223 and 12,516 in March. By Raynald C Rivera have learned and applied through Brazil as he arrives at Bayt Qatar at Rio yesterday. Barshim won Qatar’s first Olympic silver medal Social security in the first six The Peninsula various programmes of the organisa- after clearing 2.36m on Tuesday. → Report on page 2 months of this year amounted to tion. There are thousands of Filipino QR453,849, Al Sharq reports. safety practitioners in Qatar, includ- ing around 4,000 who are members DOHA: There is an increasing of our organisation,” he said. demand for health and safety prac- The number could further titioners in Qatar as the country increase with the thousands of visas Turkey detains 18 cabinet staff in coup probe witnesses a huge boom in the con- available for Filipinos who would opt struction sector, says an expert. to seek employment in Qatar. “The Leo S Dote, President, Philip- ambassador and I recently met Min- pine Association of Safety Engineers ister for Administrative Development, Reuters 40,000 people in its investigation Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet targets close to Erdogan. (PHASE) – Qatar, said with the huge Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr. Issa into the putsch it says was orches- Simsek said the government was in Authorities also detained dozens demand in the field which promises Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi and he said trated by US-based Muslim cleric talks with banks to cut off funding to of academics and issued 145 arrest higher pay, some decide to shift their there are 77,000 visas available for Fethullah Gulen. He denies the firms linked to Gulen. “The cutting warrants for university staff in oper- career paths towards a job in health Filipinos,” said David Des T Dicang, ANKARA: Turkish authorities yester- charges. off of terror financing... is critical,” he ations focused on Istanbul University and safety. Labour Attaché at the Embassy. day detained 18 cabinet employees The detentions were part of a told broadcaster TRT Haber. “We are and Konya in central Turkey. “There is an increase in demand “We are happy that the host on orders of the Ankara Public Pros- joint investigation by the Ankara talking about a few hundred compa- At Istanbul University, 44 aca- for safety practitioners and at the country appreciates the hard work ecutor’s Office as part of a probe into police department into anti-smug- nies, this is not enough to impact the demics were held and their rooms same time the recognition and of Filipinos,” Dicang told the sum- the July 15 defeated coup. gling and organised crime and the economy seriously.” and homes were being searched. value for Filipinos in the field has mit. Based on the Philippine Overseas Dozens of bank inspectors and Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office, The 29 bank inspectors were Another 18 of their colleagues were increased. Not all of us in PHASE Employment Administration website, academics were also held as the gov- state-run Anadolu Agency said. from the BDDK watchdog and held set to be detained. Prosecutors in are safety practitioners, there are there are hundreds of job orders from ernment vowed to cut off financing to Prime Ministry experts are on suspicion of making “irregular” Konya issued arrest warrants for those who shifted careers to health Qatar in the field of health and safety. companies suspected of having ties among the suspects, who will be investigations into the account of a 83 academics, of whom 29 were and safety with the higher pay, to the failed coup. referred to the court after completing government-related foundation and detained in an operation stretching they get,” Dote told The Peninsula → Continued on page 2 Turkey has detained some procedures at the police department. those of business people, including across 17 provinces. New civil defence Complaints by three centre in Al Wakrah Russian cruise missiles target Aleppo to open next year people must to register BEIRUT: Russian warships in the The Peninsula Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo yes- food poisoning cases terday, a further sign of Moscow’s DOHA: A new civil defence centre broadening military effort in Syria under construction in Al Wakrah is days after it began to fly bombing By Sidi Mohamed will report to the authorities, so the expected to open during the second missions from an airbase in Iran. The Peninsula restaurant removes the meal before quarter of next year. Russian air power had helped inspectors arrive,” he said, adding The total area of the centre is Syrian President Bashar Al Assad consumers should report about food around 130,00 square meters. The make steady advances against rebels violations secretly. three-storey building will have a car seeking to oust him since Moscow’s DOHA: Some people, who experi- Zaidan said most complaints park in its basement within a space intervention a year ago, but a recent ence stomach pain after eating at involved hair strands or other things of 5,000 square meters, and other insurgent advance in Aleppo has restaurants, fear about food poison- found in food. facilities, including a building for checked that momentum. ing as the number of such cases rises “Our inspection campaign maintenance, Al Sharq reports. Russia’s three cruise missile during summer months. is continuing. Four days ago, we The centre is part of projects being launches were its first against However, Majeed Borhan caught a shop selling expired sweets developed in Al Wakrah and other targets in Syria from the Mediter- Zaidan, Head, Health Control Sec- and measures to be undertaken are new civil defence centres across the ranean, with previous ones made tion, Al Rayyan Municipality, said being decided.” country. from its Caspian Sea fleet. food poisoning cases in the munic- He advised people not to leave The Ministry of Interior’s General Russia’s Defence Ministry said ipality area were not many and all fresh food, particularly meat, in the Directorate of Logistics and Supplies the strikes targeted the Islam- complaints did not mean there was car for a long time. signed a contract in June last year ist militant group Jabhat Fatah Al food poisoning. “Some people complain that with Nawras Engineering Company -Sham, known as the Nusra Front “A minimum of three people they bought meat with foul smell for the construction of the centre in until it broke formal ties with Al should have eaten the same food at but they had left it in their car for, Al Wakrah. Qaeda last month before play- the same time to complain, other- maybe, two or three hours. Such ing a big role in the sudden rebel A rocket being launched from a Russian corvette in the Mediterranean wise we can’t say it is a case of food food should be stored properly. advances in Aleppo. Sea at Jabhat Fateh Al Sham militant targets in Syria. poisoning,” he explained. As soon as they reach home, they The upsurge in fighting and air- He said the municipality was should keep such food in the refrig- strikes in and around the city, split receiving complaints of food poi- erator as room temperature will between government-held west Fiercest clashes between rebels including strikes in Aleppo that soning when in fact most were cases spoil it.” MEDAL STANDINGS and rebel-held eastern sectors, has and the Syrian army and allied destroyed a tank, a vehicle loaded of stomach pain. On Eid Al-Adha preparations, Countries G S B T prompted growing international militias were continuing in the with ammunition and three mortar A complaint lodged by only one Zaidan said they are planning to concern, galvanised by pictures southwest of Aleppo, the UK-based emplacements, and killed dozens person cannot be taken into account increase the number of veterinari- United States 37 34 32 103 on Thursday of a dazed, bloodied Syrian Observatory for Human of rebel fighters, a military source and made as basis to take action ans at Al Rayyan abattoirs who will Great Britain 23 21 13 57 boy, Omran. The plight of civilians Rights said, adding air strikes and said. against a restaurant, he added. work in two shifts. China 22 18 25 65 in Aleppo has been aggravated in shelling in and around the city had Some 40 people in need of “The problem is that people “We will also ask Widam Food Russia 13 15 19 47 besieged areas by dire shortages killed 422 civilians, including 142 medical attention were evacuated complain after two or three days, Company to bring security person- of basic goods, leading World Food children, this month. from the besieged towns of Fouah, how can we investigate? nel to manage disputes. Germany 13 8 13 34 Programme to warn of a “night- Syrian warplanes had carried in Idlib province, and Madaya, near “Sometimes a complainant Japan 12 6 21 39 marish” situation. out 46 sorties in the last 24 hours, Damascus. warns the restaurant that he/she → Continued on page 2 02 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 HOME QOC celebrates Barshim’s silver in Bayt Qatar

Brazilian and Qatari crowds came together to wave Qatari flags and share in the celebration in the true spirit of Olympism.

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RIO DE JANEIRO: The Qatar Olympic Com- mittee (QOC) celebrated one of the proudest moments in its history yesterday by welcom- ing high jumper Mutaz Barshim to Bayt Qatar as the nation’s first Olympic silver medalist. QOC President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and Secretary-General Dr. Thani Abdulrahman Al Kuwari joined the ceremony in the souq area of QOC’s hospi- tality house. Brazilian and Qatari crowds came together to wave Qatari flags and share in the celebration in the true spirit of Olympism. Qatar Olympic Committee President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and Barshim entered the souq behind the Secretary-General Dr. Thani Abdulrahman Al Kuwari join Barshim and other memebrs bicycle used in the Rio 2016 opening cere- of Qatar Team to celebrate the milestone. (BELOW) A fan celebrates Barshim’s success. mony and received huge cheers. He was then welcomed to stage and shown a surprise film with the highlights of his victory, before sil- ver confetti was fired into the air. Barshim said: “When I was young, I used to watch my father and other great athletes and dreamt of standing on the podium at the Olympic Games. “Today, at the age of 25, I celebrate win- ning my second Olympic medal and for me that is such a blessing. It was a great compe- tition and having HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani in the crowd supporting me every step of the way was extra motivation. “Not only that, but the first call I received after the competition was from Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. “None of this would have been possible without the help of my parents, everyone in my country and God. “I felt like the whole nation was behind me, supporting me every step of the way. This medal is for each and every one of you! I’m Crowds welcoming Barshim at Bayt Qatar. incredibly happy. Thank you!” The 25-year-old cleared 2.36m, second only to Canada’s Derek Drouin who jumped achievement in Bayt Qatar, with the citizens for Mutaz and all our athletes, and we hope cocktail reception at Bayt Qatar’s illustrious library as part of its legacy after Rio 2016. a season best 2.38m in an intense final at the of Rio, as it represents our main goal of unit- that tonight has given him a piece of Qatar Athletes Lounge, along with Sheikh Joaan, Dr. Bayt Qatar has seen an incredibly warm Olympic Stadium, where Ukraine’s Bohdan ing people in celebration of sport. to keep with him ahead of his three remain- Al Kuwari and other members of the Qatari welcome by Rio’s residents, with tickets sell- Bondarenko took the bronze medal clearing “We hope that his silver medal is a step- ing competitions before he returns to Qatar delegation. ing out until the end of the Games after four a height of 2.33m. Dr. Al Kuwari said: “All of ping stone for him to even greater things and later this year.” After the Games, the historical Casa Daros days of opening. All ticket proceeds will be us at QOC are extremely proud of Mutaz and an inspiration to Qatari youth to always aspire Immediately after the ceremony, the star building, which houses Bayt Qatar, will be donated to Brazilian NGO Futuro Olimpico, his achievement — a historic first for Qatar. for more. high jumper was presented with a flag signed turned into a bilingual school and QOC will which aims to support Rio’s promising young “We are very pleased to celebrate his “Bayt Qatar is a home away from home by the Qatari delegation and later attended a contribute to construction of the school’s athletes. Dote urges Filipinos to elevate safety level Widam responsible for abattoirs: Zaidan Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 PHASE is the third organisation in said. Safety and health luminaries were He assured the organisation of the Qatar and the only safety entity is recog- invited to discuss topics, including ‘Phys- “Widam is responsible for the abat- Philippine Overseas Labour Office’s sup- nized by the prestigious UK-based IIRSM ics of Falling’; ‘Managing Occupational toirs, while the municipality is the port and encouraged them to continue which has 37 members, majority of which Health Risks in Construction Industry’; supervising authority,” Zaidan aded. providing programmes for Filipino safety are companies and training centres. ‘Safety Profession – A Calling’; ‘Hear- Some people told this daily earlier practitioners to cope with the competi- About 100 participants took part at ing Conservation’; and ‘Fire Safety in that the two abattoirs in Al Rayyan were tion in the sector. the summit at Governor West Bay Suites Construction’. very old and did not meet people’s needs. “As leaders we want to elevate the and Residences. “Safety is everyone’s responsibility They were not equipped with new cutting level of safety practice among Filipinos “The purpose of the summit is to bring and is a very noble profession. It’s about machines and the air conditioners were Leo S Dote, President of Philippine Association of at the international level, and recently Filipino safety and non-safety practition- saving one person’s life so that another not properly maintained. Safety Engineers (PHASE) – Qatar, addressing the we were recognised and accepted by ers together and get them more interested person will save another’s life not because They urged Widam to improve the First PHASE Construction Occupational Safety and International Institute of Risk and Safety in the construction industry knowing that he is dying but because he needs to be safe condition of abattoirs and said there was Health Summit at Governor West Bay Suites and Management (IIRSM) as a corporate mem- the bulk of workers coming in Qatar now in everything he does in the construction no waiting areas and people wait inside Residences yesterday. ber,” said Dote. are mostly in the construction sector, “ he industry and elsewhere,” said Dote. the slaughtering rooms. HEC Paris students gain insights during trips to France and Germany

The Peninsula executive community, professors campus, getting the chance to sit with and EMBA students. some of the students, meeting some “Visiting our main campus in professors and having discussions Paris provides any group of our with them and getting the opportu- DOHA: The Strategic Business Unit Qatar participants with an interna- nity to visit some famous European Management (SBUM) Class of 2017 tional experience and an opportunity companies and enterprises.” Cohort 1 at HEC Paris in Qatar con- to further network with peers and Javier, Operations Manager, Atel- sidered their recent educational gain information about HEC Paris,” ier 101, said the trip was important for trip to world-renowned institutions said Laoucine Kerbache, Dean and him, especially the HEC Paris main in France and Germany a valuable CEO, HEC Paris in Qatar. campus visit, since the majority of experience. In the second part of the trip, the his colleagues are French nationals. Seven students joined the 10-day students went to Germany, especially Javier said learning is more trip — Abdulaziz Abdulla, Abdulmo- in Stuttgart, Ingolstadt and Munich, imposed through collaboration and hsin Alyafei, Khalid Bader Alyafei, to visit world-class automobile plants personal experience by meeting Michael Javier, Mohammad Al Shagh- like Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, and intellectual people from different dari, Nasser Salem, and Moustafa BMW. walks of life. Alseyrafi. “By attending such trips, par- Khalid Bader Al Yafei, Operation They initiated the trip, supported ticipants are able to gain first-hand Manager, Qatar National Library, by HEC Paris in Doha and sponsored experience of the business world and said: “I think this educational trip by Salam International. speak with those in the profession opened many doors for us as master The trip started in Paris where about their experiences,” said Nora students. It helped us gain and share The students at HEC Paris main campus. they visited HEC Paris main campus Kerbache, Director, Institutional and knowledge and get exposure to the and offices in Central Paris Executive Alumni Relations, Middle East. French culture and businesses.” classmates since it was a chance for some of the prestigious companies compromises 14 modules in areas, Education Facilities. The team toured Alyafei, Senior Planning Engi- Al Shaghdari, IT Analyst, Occi- me to get to know them better. We in Europe and the world and know including leadership, marketing, the 340-acre campus, visited the his- neer, Qatar Petroleum, said, “The visit dental Petroleum of Qatar, said: “It are living a busy life and we barely about their strategies and success strategy and other core subject mat- toric building, Le Château, and met was an opportunity for us and will was an exciting opportunity for me have time to communicate. stories.” ters. The class is made up of 50 future HEC alumni, summer school, HEC not be repeated — visiting the main to participate in the trip with my “It is a great opportunity to visit The SBUM programme leaders of whom majority are Qataris. MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 03

Omran, one child among millions traumatised by Syria war

AFP done something wrong. “There are Barack Obama and his Russian 2012. Regime warplanes, backed by half of the 600,000 people living thousands of stories of wounded chil- counterpart Vladimir Putin, deep in Russia’s air force since September under siege in the country. Despite the dren whose limbs have been blown discussion. In another, the toddler 2015, bombard the eastern districts “There are millions of kids who international outcry, off, with wounds to the stomach and occupies the seat held by Syria at the while rebel groups fire rockets into are in a state of shock as a result of BEIRUT: Haggard and covered in head,” said Dr Abu Al Baraa. Arab League, as if to criticise interna- the west. violence because of the horrors they blood, little Omran’s blank stare Dr Abu Al Baraa A bombing raid on the rebel- tional inaction on the crisis. Of the estimated 250,000 peo- witness,” she added. shook the world. But across war-torn said nothing would held district of Salhin in Aleppo And Sudanese artist Khaled ple still living in the eastern parts of According to Unicef, a third of Syria, thousands of children like him change. “The world killed seven people on Thursday and Albaih drew Omran near Aylan the city, 100,000 are children, said Syrian children have only known are traumatised by daily life under wounded many more, he added. “One Kurdi, the three-year-old whose Juliette Touma from the UN children war, born after the conflict erupted bombs and siege. can see videos of child was wounded in the chest and tiny body washed up on a Turkish agency (Unicef). Omran’s photo- in March 2011 and forced to grow “up The footage of the shell-shocked children every day head. We tried to stop the bleeding beach in September after a desper- graph “is a reminder of how horrific too fast and way ahead of their time”. four-year-old made headlines and give him a transfusion, but he ate attempt by his family to reach the war in Syria is and how brutal Yesterday, 13 sick children were around the world and was dubbed on YouTube, the was in critical condition and he died.” Europe by boat. the impact on children is,” she said. among 18 people evacuated from the by Washington “the real face” of Syr- children dying in the “He was almost six years old. These “Choices for Syrian children,” “This photo should shake the con- besieged town of Madaya. The cases ia’s five-year war. are the cases we see every day.” reads the bold text over the picture. science of the world.” included children with meningitis and “Omran’s case isn’t rare — we raids, stuck under the Despite the international out- Omran’s blank stare is captioned with More than 290,000 people have malnutrition, two babies with blood treat dozens of cases like him every rubble. But the world cry, Dr Abu Al Baraa said nothing “if you stay,” and Aylan’s crumpled been killed since Syria’s conflict poisoning and a pregnant woman day, with wounds that are typically would change. “The world can see body with “if you leave”. broke out, including nearly 15,000 whose baby died in her womb. worse,” Dr Abu al-Baraa, a pae- isn’t focusing on this. videos of children every day on Online supporters of Syrian Pres- children. At least 2.8 million Syr- The Syrian Arab Red Crescent diatrician in a rebel-held eastern These are just empty YouTube, the children dying in the ident Bashar Al Assad, meanwhile, ian children — some in their home confirmed in a tweet that it was evac- neighbourhood of Aleppo, said. words.” raids, stuck under the rubble. But shared photographs of children country, others living as refugees in uating “36 humanitarian cases” from The footage from activists at the the world isn’t focusing on this. wounded in rebel fire on govern- neighbouring countries — are with- Madaya and two government-held Aleppo Media Centre shows Omran These are just empty words.” ment-held parts of Aleppo city. out school. towns, Kafraya and Fuaa, in north- sitting quietly in an ambulance, his tiny hand and seems surprised to see Omran’s haunting photo has Once Syria’s economic hub, Across Syria at least six mil- western Idlib province. Under a bare, dust-covered feet barely reach- blood on his fingers — then wipes sparked a series of caricatures and Aleppo has been divided by gov- lion children are in urgent need of UN-brokered agreement, aid deliv- ing the edge of the orange chair. it off on the orange chair with the edited images. In one, Omran sits ernment control in the west and humanitarian assistance, Touma eries to and evacuations from the He touches his forehead with a timidity of a child who feels he has unassumingly between US President opposition fighters in the east since said, adding that children make up towns always occur simultaneously. Three Syrian kids Syrian Kurds evacuate city as drown as boat sinks off Libyan coast battle with Assad intensifies Reuters

Reuters all the while the regime escalates in of Hasaka city since last year. this way,” he said. It is the second major eruption of ROME: Three Syrian children The YPG and Syrian government fighting between the YPG and Syr- drowned along with three adults have mostly avoided confrontation ian government fighters this year. In when a wooden boat trying to BEIRUT: Syrian Kurdish authori- during the multi-sided war that has April, the sides fought several days carry war refugees to Europe ties evacuated thousands of civilians turned Syria into a patchwork of of lethal battles in Qamishli, north capsized off the coast of Libya, a from Kurdish areas of a city in north- areas held by the state and an array of Hasaka city. It is also mostly YPG- humanitarian rescue group said eastern Syria on a second day of of armed factions. held. The Syrian Observatory for yesterday. government air strikes yesterday, Assad, backed by Russia and Human Rights said Kurdish forces The bodies of two girls, aged a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG Iran, has focused mostly on fight- had gained ground in the southern eight months and five years, militia said. ing Sunni Arab rebels who have part of the city. were pulled out of the sea about This week’s fighting in Hasaka, been battling to oust him in west- Rami Abdulrahman, Observatory 22 nautical miles from Libya on which is divided into zones of Kurd- ern Syria with support from director, said the fighting began this Thursday after the small vessel ish and Syrian government control, countries including Turkey, Saudi week after pro-government militia- packed with 27 Syrians flipped marks the most violent confronta- Arabia and the United States. The men detained a number of Kurdish over and sank, the Migrant tion between the YPG and Damascus Syrian and Russian air forces are youths, a step that had followed Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) in more than five years of civil war, routinely deployed in the war in advances by Kurdish security forces humanitarian group said. YPG spokesman Redur Xelil said. western Syria. towards government-held areas. The bodies of two women and Dozens of civilians have been The YPG, or People’s Protection Naser Haj Mansour, a Kurdish one man were also recovered, but killed in the last 48 hours, he said. Units, has prioritised carving out official in the YPG-affiliated Syria a five-year-old boy who was on the The YPG is at the heart of a US-led and safeguarding predominantly Democratic Forces alliance, said boat when it sank was not found, campaign against Islamic State in Kurdish regions of northern Syria. Kurdish forces had taken some MOAS reported. MOAS operates two Syria, and controls swathes of the The group has ties to the Kurdistan additional positions including an rescue boats in the Mediterranean north where Kurdish groups have Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey. economics college. Sea between Italy and Libya. set up their own government. While the YPG controls most The Observatory said many A fishing boat and a ship Most of those evacuated were of the northeast, the Syrian civilians were fleeing areas affected operated by humanitarian women and children. “Whoever can government has maintained foot- by the fighting to safety, and hospi- group Proactiva Open Arms col- bear arms is fighting the regime and holds in the cities of Hasaka and tals in Kurdish areas of the city did lected the 21 survivors, who are Syrian Kurdish civilians flee reported shelling in the northeastern governorate its gangs,” Xelil said. “Our situation Qamishli at the border with Tur- not have enough blood and medi- now being taken to aboard the is so far defensive but it will change key. The YPG has controlled most cines to treat the wounded. of Hasakah, towards the city of Qameshli, yesterday. Responder, a MOAS boat.

Coalition ‘regrets’ MSF decision to Libya hospital overwhelmed by wounded in anti-IS fight evacuate staff AFP final push to retake Sirte from the Pro-GNA forces entered Sirte on was booby-trapped,” he said from forces allowed IS to plant booby traps from Yemen jihadists, according to pro-govern- June 9 and have faced a barrage of his bed in one of the hospital’s over- and mines that can cause critical ment forces. sniper fire, suicide bombings and crowded wards. “As he turned to injuries that in many cases require Equipped with just 120 beds and booby traps. More than 350 pro-GNA leave he stepped on a mine that he amputations. Reuters MISRATA: The entrance hall of Mis- a reduced medical team, the hospital fighters have been killed and nearly hadn’t seen. It blew up, killing him “The situation on the front rata’s only hospital is crammed with is desperate for more support. “One 2,000 wounded in the battle, accord- and wounding us.” depends entirely on the situation at beds reserved for fighters wounded day we treated 160 wounded,” said ing to medical sources. Abu Grin, wounded in a hand Misrata Central Hospital, because of DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition in the battle to oust the Islamic State hospital spokesman Akram Gliwan. Most of the wounded end up at and a leg, was evacuated to Misrata. the strain on the medical team and expressed deep regret over a group from its crumbling Libyan “Where should we put them? What the hospital in Misrata, Libya’s third The hospital’s lack of beds is “one of our limited bed space,” he said. decision by Medecins Sans Fron- stronghold Sirte. should we do? We have to cope with city, located 190km from the front the reasons the battle’s end has been He appealed to the international tieres (MSF) to evacuate staff from Every day it receives dozens of the limited space and staff we’ve got.” line. Mohammed Abu Grin, 28, was delayed,” General Mohamad Ghassri, community to support the hospital, northern Yemen and said it was casualties, many with severe shrap- Forces allied with Libya’s Gov- hit by shrapnel when a mine blew up a spokesman for the pro-GNA forces, which he said received 97 wounded trying to set up “urgent meetings” nel and bullet wounds, while also ernment of National Accord (GNA) as his unit searched a booby-trapped said. “We have to clear some of the fighters on Wednesday alone. The with the medical aid group. trying to serve Misrata’s half a million -- including Misrata’s powerful mili- house in Sirte. wounded from the hospital before we operating theatre worked until MSF said on Thursday that it residents. The situation at Misrata tias—have been battling to clear the “My brother was leading the can start with a new offensive,” he said. morning, and 40 patients were trans- was evacuating its staff from six Central Hospital is having a direct jihadists from their coastal strong- group. He saw a thin wire connected Gliwan, the hospital spokesman, ferred to private clinics for further hospitals in northern Yemen after impact on the offensive, delaying a hold since mid-May. to a mine and realised that the house said delays in assaults by pro-GNA treatment. a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a health facility operated by the group killing 19 people. “The coalition to support the legitimacy in Yemen expressed Clashes in Nablus British-Australian man held in its deep regret over MSF deci- sion to evacuate its staff from six hospitals in northern Yemen and asserts its appreciation for the Dubai over charity support work the group is undertaking with the Yemeni people in these difficult circumstances,” the coa- AFP Brett Richards said his brother had also men- lition said in a statement carried tioned the name of the US-registered “Keep Qambar by Saudi state news agency SPA. Warm” charity, which supports the Charahi Qambar The coalition said it was refugee camp near Kabul, in an interview with local committed to respecting inter- LONDON: A British-Australian man has been media. “He pointed to their website on his social national humanitarian law in detained in Dubai for highlighting the work of an media and talked about it in the press, about the all its operations in Yemen and Afghan refugee charity on social media, a campaign conditions in the camp. That was his crime, appar- had set up an independent team group and his brother said yesterday. ently,” Brett Richards said. He added: “It came as a to investigate incidents in which Scott Richards, 41, was arrested on July 28 and shock to everybody. I’m sure he didn’t think what civilians are killed. has been held at Al Murraqabat police station ever he was doing was illegal. Not for a second. “The coalition is seeking to since, without being charged and without access “It wasn’t an act of defiance. He was just trying to hold urgent meetings with MSF to a lawyer, according to UK-based support group help people.” Stirling said the detention of Richards to find a way on how to jointly Detained in Dubai. The father-of-two is accused of was “a breach of international human rights stand- find a solution to this situation,” breaching a new law on promoting foreign charities, ards”. “He’s been denied bail on three occasions. We’re the statement said. according to the support group’s founder, Radha waiting for them to drop the case or at least go to court MSF is one of handful of Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces during protest Stirling, who is also a long-time friend of Richards. so we can defend it,” she said. She said Richards was international medical aid groups in support of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, at Huwara village in Nablus, “The police have said that they’re investigating “not doing well”. “He’s concerned that he’ll be at the operating on the ground in Yemen West Bank. Earlier, Palestinian police searching for weapons clashed with him for breaching the charity law by sharing infor- police station for the next year. The fear of that is and brought one of world’s poorest gunmen in Nablus, leaving four people dead. mation about a charity registered outside the United difficult to live with. “And the conditions are horri- countries close to famine. Arab Emirates on Facebook,” she said. ble. He’s becoming more desperate as time goes on.” 04 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / AFRICA

Nigeria foils hijacking Green campaign of merchant tanker

and militancy, a spokesman said been launched into the incident. on Thursday. Ship hijackings have become Official said the navy Commodore Christian Eze- more frequent since President deployed a warship kobe said in a statement the navy Muhammadu Buhari took office in deployed a warship after receiving Nigeria last year and announced after receiving a a distress call on Wednesday that plans to wind down an amnesty to distress call that pirates were about to hijack the MT former militants in the delta region. Vectis Osprey 20 nautical miles off Previously, payments were pirates were about to Bonny in southern Rivers state. offered in exchange for an end to the hijack the merchant “NNS Nwamba engaged the violence, which included the kidnap- attackers on approaching the ves- ping of oil workers and sabotage of tanker. sel which made them abandon their pipelines that plagued the region in mission due to superior fire power,” the 2000s. he said. A new militant group the Niger AFP “To this end, naval special forces Delta Avengers (NDA), however, has onboard the warship embarked and been blamed for a wave of deadly rescued the crew who locked up attacks on pipelines since the begin- LAGOS: The Nigerian navy has themselves in a citadel in the mer- ning of the year. foiled a pirate attack on a Brit- chant tanker,” he said. The NDA says it wants more A policeman walks past members of an Ivory Coast’s association of victims of toxic waste holding ish-flagged merchant vessel off Officer Ezekobe said both the wealth for residents of the region in a banner as they protest yesterday, in Abidjan, 10 years after an international oil-trader dumped the coast of the oil-rich west Afri- crew and cargo of the vessel were addition to self-determination and 500 tonnes of toxic waste which has led to the death of 17 people and harming of 100,000 others. can country, a hotbed of piracy safe while an investigation had political autonomy. S Africa oppn takes UN condemns rights curbs in Thailand

AFP the continued, mounting constraints through the prime minister’s office control of Pretoria on the democratic space in Thai- after the vote he accused unnamed land, and call for a prompt return foreign elements of harbouring Mali authorities BANGKOK: The United Nations to civilian rule,” Ravina Shamdasani, “malicious intent”. AFP of white-minority rule in 1994 that condemned “mounting” rights spokeswoman for the UN High Com- “All these interferences have release radio host Pretoria is not headed by a mayor restrictions in junta-ruled Thailand missioner for Human Rights, said. inevitably led us to have contempt from the African National Congress yesterday, calling on the kingdom’s The UN’s statement echoed simi- for the sentiments of those who after protests JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s (ANC). generals to quickly return power lar criticism by the United States and claim to be ‘friends’ of Thailand,” ruling ANC lost control of the cap- The DA topped the August 3 following the passing of a new mil- the European Union since the vote. the statement read. BAMAKO: Mali authori- ital Pretoria for the first time since municipal election in the capital, itary-crafted constitution. Former army chief turned Prime Thailand has been bitterly divided ties yesterday released the end of apartheid two decades taking 93 of 214 council seats to Thai voters cast ballots in favour Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha has ever since the military launched a a prominent talk show ago, as an opposition councillor was the ANC’s 89. of a new charter -- the country’s promised to hold fresh elections at coup in 2006 that toppled Thaksin radio host from prison elected mayor on Friday. Nationally, the party of Nelson twentieth -- in a referendum ear- the end of 2017 but only if condi- Shinawatra as prime minister. after his arrest sparked Solly Msimanga, 36, of the Mandela suffered its worst result lier this month that was hailed by tions are calm. His previous election Years of competing protests and protests in the capi- liberal centre-right Democratic Alli- in 22 years in the municipal vote, the junta as an endorsement of their deadlines have slipped. instability followed, resulting even- tal Bamako in which one ance (DA), was elected unopposed garnering less than 54 percent of two years in power. Shamdasani said at least 115 peo- tually in the 2014 coup that ousted person was shot dead at a city council meeting following ballots cast -- an eight percentage Some 61% of voters approved ple were arrested or charged for the government of Thaksin’s sister and others wounded. nationwide municipal ballots ear- point drop from the last local poll the document although independ- expressing views about the consti- Yingluck. Mohamed Youssouf lier this month. in 2011. ent campaigning and open debate tution ahead of the referendum. The Shinawatra clan have won Bathily, who often attacks ANC councillors, aggrieved at The municipal elections were was curbed ahead of the polls and She urged Thailand to “drop all all general elections since 2001 policies of the govern- their loss of power, heckled Msi- largely seen as a referendum on turnout was subdued compared to charges” and release from jail those by promising greater wealth and ment of President Ibrahim manga as he addressed the council. President Jacob Zuma, whose rule general elections at 59% being punished for expressing an opportunity to the nation’s poor, Boubacar Keïta on his “The people decided which way of Africa’s most advanced economy The UN said restrictions on opinion. especially in the long neglected radio show, was arrested they want the city to go, and it was has been dogged by scandal. freedom of expression and political Prayut has previously hit out at north and northeast. But his par- on Monday on accusations not the direction that it has been Of the country’s six most popu- assembly put in place since the 2014 foreign criticism of his government, ties were loathed by a Bangkok elite of commiting an outrage taking in the last... years,” Msimanga lous cities, the ANC won an outright coup “actually increased” ahead of the most authoritarian Thai admin- and by southern voters -- backed by against public decency. said in his inaugural speech. majority in only one: Durban, the referendum. istration in decades. the military establishment -- who The specific reason for his It is the first time since the end Zuma’s traditional stronghold. “We are very concerned about In a terse message released accused him of corruption. arrest was not clear. DR Congo 100 villagers injured pardons 24 after TV show dispute political prisoners KINSHASA: DR Congo’s government announced AFP and attacking each other with sticks pardons for 24 people and knives. considered political pris- “Two men got involved into oners by the opposition, DHAKA: A brawl broke out between an argument over the story of the in a bid to ease tensions villagers in eastern Bangladesh episode, which later turned into a ahead of a presidential arguing over the plot of an Indian group skirmish,” local police chief election set for November. fantasy television serial, leaving 100 Yasinul Haque said. Opposition had people injured, police said yesterday. “During the fight, the angry demanded the release of The villagers had gathered at a mob vandalised the restaurant 26 prisoners as a precon- restaurant in Habiganj district on and continued the fight on Thurs- dition for participation in Wednesday night to watch Kiran- day morning,” he said. talks on the election with mala, a famous Bengali-language At least 100 people were President Joseph Kabila. show about a warrior princess who injured during the brawl in the vil- “The government saves mankind from evil, when the lage 176km north-east of Dhaka, decided that we can lift dispute erupted. Haque said, with 15 requiring hos- the measures to allow Police fired rubber bullets and pital treatment. these people to be imme- tear gas to disperse the crowd as the “It is very sad we are fighting diately liberated with the argument escalated throughout the over mere acting. Channels should exception of two cases,” night, with angry viewers vandal- be filtered,” Facebook user Aminur Justice Minister said. ising the restaurant in Dhol village Rahman wrote.

A suspect (centre) in Thailand’s recent bomb attacks on tourist resort towns is taken out of a van before being escorted to the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, yesterday. Food aid demand in NE Nigeria 15 suspects ‘not-linked’ to Thai blasts could double in a month: UN AFP chief also appeared to back that But Major General Chayaphol assertion. Chatchaidej, a senior official at the AFP in Nigeria -- caused by low oil efforts to keep it around 200 The bombs were highly unusual Office of Police Strategy said that prices and surging inflation -- against the dollar. BANGKOK: A group of 15 suspects in a country where foreigners and “they were not involved.” could see that number rise to 5.5 In northeastern Borno state, detained by the Thai military inves- tourist towns are rarely caught up in “There is no evidence linking GENEVA: The number of people in million “next month”, Luescher the epicentre of the Boko Haram tigating last week’s deadly tourist the country’s frequent bouts of polit- them to the bomb attacks in the northeast Nigeria who need food said. insurgency, “prices have gone resort attacks was not involved in the ical violence. seven southern provinces based on aid could nearly double within a “We are so concerned about up 50 to 100 percent,” Luescher blasts, police said yesterday, adding Investigators have been under our investigation, although some of month, as the Boko Haram insur- where this crisis is going,” she added. to confusion surrounding the case. pressure to make quick arrests given them are involved with lese majeste gency and economic pressures added. The United Nations and other The junta said Thursday the tourism is so crucial to the economy. (royal defamation) and arms traf- intensify suffering, the UN said Nigeria’s economy remains humanitarian agencies have detainees had been held during their The group appeared at a Bang- ficking,” he said. yesterday. overwhelmingly reliant on oil pro- increasingly sounded the alarm investigation into the bombing spree, kok police station yesterday escorted Instead he described them as a A crisis fuelled by years of duction and the collapse in crude over the extent of the crisis facing which hit tourist towns in the south, by soldiers -- the first time they splinter faction of the anti-junta Red radical Islamist violence has left prices has reverberated across the civilians in the northeast. killing four and wounding dozens, have been seen in public -- to hear Shirt movement loyal to ousted Thai more than three million people in country. UN refugee agency spokesman including Europeans. the charges against them. Two are premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who the northeast “in a state of mod- The naira currency fell to a Adrian Edwards called the situa- But yesterday, police officials women and many of the men are in was toppled by the military in the erate or severe food insecurity,” record low this week, approach- tion “catastrophic”. said the group -- many of whom are their 60s and 70s. year 2006. said Bettina Luescher, spokes- ing 350 against the dollar. Boko Haram has been blamed elderly -- had instead set up an ille- Thai media had run multiple He said the network called itself woman for the UN’s World Food The naira has lost nearly 40 for some 20,000 deaths and dis- gal network aimed at overthrowing reports quoting anonymous inves- the Revolutionary Front of Democ- Programme. percent of its value since June 20, placing more than 2.6 million the regime and were unconnected tigators as saying the group helped racy party -- a previously unheard But tough economic conditions when the government abandoned people since 2009. to last week’s attacks. Deputy junta coordinate the recent attacks. of group. ASIA / PHILIPPINES SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 05 Rebel leaders vow to return home from Oslo

May on a promise to negotiate the end communist leaders who had been Five rebel leaders still of two long-running insurgencies, by in jail for decades. Muslims and communists. Security forces feared the rebel in detention hope to “We will return home after the leaders could take advantage of join the 17 traveling to peace talks in Oslo,” Benito Tiam- the peace talks to stay overseas, or zon, the highest ranking leader of use them as a pretext to consolidate Oslo for the talks. the Communist Party of the Phil- their ranks and rebuild their guer- ippines said, hours after he and his rilla army. wife, Wilma, were freed from a police In 1987, the founder of the com- Reuters prison house. munist party, Jose Maria Sison, went “We were released from jail to the Netherlands months after being to take part in the peace talks and freed from nine years of detention, MANILA: Seventeen communist we are serious about it,” he added but never returned. guerrilla leaders in the Philippines, recently. He sought asylum in Utrecht and granted bail by the courts to attend “The negotiations in Oslo are only has lived there for nearly 30 years. peace talks next week in Norway, one part of the process and there “This is the first and only time we vowed yesterday to return home are other talks happening in other have a president determined to push Communist rebel leaders Benito Tiamzon (centre right) and his wife Wilma (centre left), raise clinched fists after the five-day negotiations rather venues.” genuine reforms,” said Tiamzon, as they arrive at a rally outside the gates of the police headquarters in Manila, yesterday. than flee. Talks brokered by Norway “This gave the communists con- Seven weeks in office have between the government and the fidence that current talks have better He said the two sides hoped constitutional reforms, among other Oslo for the talks. More than 500 earned President Rodrigo Duterte Maoist-led rebels’ National Dem- prospects to end nearly 50 years of to negotiate a ceasefire in talks, issues. political prisoners are still in deten- a reputation as an implacable foe of ocratic Front stalled in 2012 over conflict that has killed more than which begin on Monday, and will Five rebel leaders still in deten- tion, Muslim rebel leaders among drug dealers, but he was elected in the government’s refusal to free 40,000 people,” he added. discuss political, economic and tion hope to join the 17 traveling to them. Duterte rejects criticism over extra-judicial killings

Reuters came to power after winning a May “This is simply unfair, especially anti-narcotics officials to explain Wednesday, directing his statements Two foreigners election on a vow to wipe out drugs to the hardworking men and women the “unprecedented” rise in the body to opposition senators. and warning traffickers they risked in uniform who risk their lives and count. This week, he also told police held over Bali MANILA: Philippine President death if they did not mend their ways. limbs to win the war against drugs.” Duterte responded by warn- officers not to be intimidated by a Rodrigo Duterte rejected yesterday The United Nations this week Police have said many of the ing legislators not to interfere with suggestion from de Lima that the cop’s murder criticism from the United Nations called on the government to protect dead drugs suspects were shot while his campaign, saying they could be United Nations might be asked to about a surge in killings of suspected all people from targeted killing and resisting arrest or were killed by rival killed if they blocked efforts aimed look into the surge of extrajudicial DENPASAR: Indonesian drug traffickers and denied govern- extrajudicial executions. gang members. at improving the country. killings. police yesterday detained ment responsibility, his spokesman “The president...decries the attri- A staunch critic of the president, “Be careful with me because “Do not investigate us as if we are an Australian woman and said. bution of killings to the Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, will next week when I say I will do it for my coun- criminals,” Duterte said in a speech a British man over the About 900 suspected drug traf- government,” presidential spokes- start a congressional inquiry into the try, I will do it even if I have to kill you to police. brutal murder of a police- fickers have been killed since Duterte man Ernesto Abella said. killings, summoning top police and or be killed in the process,” he said on “Let the police do their duty.” man on a popular Bali beach. Traffic police officer Wayan Sudarsa was found dead in his uni- Australia upset over form early Wednesday on Kuta beach, in the south of the resort island, with wounds to his head and Vietnam’s handling neck. “A smashed beer bot- tle and smashed-up of war ceremony surfboard were found near him, we suspect those were used in the AFP attack,” Bali police chief Sugeng Priyanto said. Petty crime is com- SYDNEY: Australia’s Malcolm Turn- mon on the island, bull (pictured) yesterday said he although grisly murders was “very disappointed” that hun- are rare. dreds of Vietnam war veterans were unable to attend 50th anniversary commemorations at a key battle site MH17 criminal after plans were changed at the last minute. probe results More than 1,000 Vietnam war veterans and their families had trav- out next month elled from Australia to the Southeast Asian nation to attend a ceremony THE HAGUE: Initial results on Thursday, only for the Vietnam- “We respect the right of the Viet- from a criminal probe into ese government to cancel the event namese government to determine the downing of a Malaysia the day before. what ceremonies and observances Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (left) and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping wait for Myanmar Airlines flight MH17 over Prime Minister Turnbull, who are held in their country, but to war-torn Ukraine two delegates to arrive for a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, yesterday. spent an hour speaking to his change the rules literally the day years ago will be revealed Vietnamese counterpart on the before was very unreasonable,” he next month, Dutch prose- issue, said the initial ban was later said. cutors said yesterday. reversed but in the end only 700 A force of just 108 Austral- The results are China to ‘support Myanmar talks’ veterans had been allowed access ian soldiers held off an assault by expected to shed light on to the site on Thursday. around 2,000 Viet Cong and North the exact type of missile “We’re very disappointed that Vietnamese fighters at Long Tan in used to shoot down the AFP “China attaches great impor- share “a very important border along not all of the Australian veterans 1966. jetliner in July 2014, kill- tance to developing relations with which there are many ethnic armed and their families were able to go Eighteen Australians died in ing all 298 passengers and Myanmar,” Xi said. groups;” she added. to the Long Tan complex,” Turnbull action and 24 were wounded while crew on board, and exactly BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jin- Myanmar will hold a long- Several complex ethnic conflicts said recently. at least 250 Vietnamese fighters where it was fired from. ping promised to support Myanmar’s planned conference with armed -- with some groups fighting the “What happened was that about perished. “We informed vic- peace process yesterday as he met ethnic groups later this month, with government for decades -- simmer 700 Australian and New Zealand Australia has said the 50th anni- tims’ relatives that we with the country’s de facto leader Suu Kyi targeting peace as a prel- across Myanmar’s poor and milita- veterans did attend the Long Tan versary plans had been under way will have a new meeting Aung San Suu Kyi in Beijing ahead ude to rebooting the economy after rised borderlands, hampering efforts area... (to) reverently commemo- withVietnam for 18 months and Vet- on September 28 where of historic talks with armed groups her party won a landslide election to build up the country’s economy rate that battle.” erans Affairs Minister Dan Tehan the results of the crimi- near the countries’ troubled joint victory. after the end of junta rule. (Battle of) Long Tan was the described the abrupt cancellation of nal investigation will be border. “As a good neighbour, China will Some of the groups have ethnic most costly single battle fought by events as “a kick in the guts”. unveiled,” said Wim de During the sitdown between do everything possible to promote and cultural links to the neighbour- Australian soldiers in the Vietnam Australia’s Foreign Ministry said Bruin, spokesman for the the leaders Xi pledged to “play a our peace process,” Suu Kyi said ing Chinese province of Yunnan, and War. that Vietnamese authorities would Dutch public prosecutor’s constructive role in promoting recently. the porous border is notorious for Turnbull said Australia under- allow further access to the Long office. Myanmar’s peace process” the offi- China’s goodwill was particu- trade in drugs, arms and precious stood that the conflict was “a very Tan Cross site yesterday with strict cial Xinhua news agency reported. larly important as the two countries stones. sensitive issue in Vietnam” conditions. 177 Indonesians carrying Philippine passports apprehended

AP also apprehended as the passen- pilgrimage under a quota the Saudi Morente ordered the immediate their identities prior to deportation, passports allegedly provided by cor- gers were about to leave for Medina, government reserves for Filipino filing of immigration charges against and with the Department of Foreign rupt officials handling the pilgrimage. Immigration Commissioner Jaime pilgrims. them for misrepresenting themselves Affairs and other law enforce- Saudi Arabia applies strict coun- MANILA: Immigration authorities at Morente said. The immigration chief said the as Filipinos and for being undesira- ment agencies in investigating the try quotas to manage crowd safety Manila’s airport intercepted 177 Indo- “The real but fraudulently passengers’ identities were revealed ble aliens. fraudulent issuance of Philippines for the hajj, which Islam requires of nesians carrying Philippine passports obtained passports were allegedly because they could not speak any They are being detained at the passports, he added. all-able bodied Muslims at least once. before they boarded a flight yester- provided by the group’s Filipino Philippine language or dialect. bureau’s detention center in subur- The immigration bureau said it But the quota is far exceeded day to Saudi Arabia. escorts,” Morente said. They later admitted to be Indo- ban Taguig City. investigated and monitored the group by demand in Indonesia, which is Five Filipinos escorting the Indo- The Indonesians allegedly paid nesians who arrived in the country The bureau is coordinating with after President Rodrigo Duterte said the world’s most populous Muslim nesians on a hajj pilgrimage were $6,000 to $10,000 each to join the separately as tourists. the Indonesian Embassy to establish foreigners were using Philippine country. 06 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 PAKISTAN Sharif eyes ‘enhanced’ defence ties with Turkey

Muhendisilik (STM) -- in the port city and Turkey in the field of indige- of Karachi, Sharif said the induction nous warship construction and other The fleet tanker is of the fleet would play an important defense sector products. We hope a true testament to role in catering to the logistic needs there will be more cooperation with our efforts towards of Pakistan’s navy. the Turkish government and compa- The design of 17,000-tonne nies in this field”, he added. indigenisation vessel was prepared by Turkey and Sharif observed that Islamabad and self-reliance, executed in Karachi Shipyard. and Ankara had stood alongside “This is another testimony to each other in testing times. and enhanced increasing cooperation between “Joint ventures like the construc- collaboration with Pakistan and Turkey. It will be tion of this fleet tanker will further remembered as a symbol of the strengthen our mutual bonds char- Turkey: PM time-tested Pakistan-Turkey friend- acterized by faith, common heritage, ship”, Sharif noted. shared civilisation and commonal- “The fleet tanker is a true tes- ity of interests”, he added. Anatolia tament to our efforts towards Pakistan was among the first indigenization and self-reliance, countries which supported the and enhanced collaboration with Turkish people and security forces KARACHI: Pakistan’s Prime Minis- our brothers in Turkey”, he added against July 15’s defeated military ter Nawaz Sharif said yesterday his recently. coup. country wanted “enhanced” defence He said Pakistan would continue The country’s upper house, sector collaboration with Turkey, to collaborate with the Turkish gov- the Senate, and lower house, the particularly in the maritime field. ernment and companies to build National Assembly also passed Addressing the launch of Paki- more ships. separate resolutions condemning stan’s largest warship fleet tanker “This initiative will certainly the attempted coup, throwing their A fleet tanker which is manufactured by a collaborative work with Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence and Turkish -- built in collaboration with Turk- open more opportunities for fur- weight behind Turkey’s democratic ish firm Savunma Teknolojileri ther cooperation between Pakistan government. defence technology corporation being launched in Karachi navy shipyard, yesterday. Hoax calls flood govt’s Man takes ‘revenge’ by stabbing 17 women

AFP Mohammad Ali, 22, targeted hospital nurse, who died this week.” Ali said his only target was anti-terrorism helpline women in the streets at random from Ali told officers his mother had women of any age, and described late January until this month, police died when he was young and his how he would lay in wait and attack ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani man has investigator Malik Zulfiqar Hussain father married again, but that the whenever the opportunity arose, Internews helpline - operated and managed stabbed 17 women this year, killing said. second wife had mistreated him. according to Hussain. by Nacta round the clock - and the one, in a misogynistic spree because “He told police, ‘I hate women, He has been charged with mur- Women in deeply conservative problems it faces. he wanted “revenge” for a cruel step- I was taking revenge.’ He has con- der and attempt to murder, Hussain Pakistan have fought for their rights ISLAMABAD: Flooded by ‘hoax Participants of the said meet- mother, police in the garrison city of fessed to injuring 17 women. He had added. A second police official con- for years, in a patriarchal society calls’, the National Counter- ing were told that despite a shortage Rawalpindi said yesterday. used a knife. One of them was a firmed the account. where so-called “honour” killings. Terrorism Authority’s (Nacta) of resources, including officers anti-terrorism helpline in Pakistan and trained staff, the authority has become something of a joke as continues to operate the helpline the widespread misuse of a service which can respond to any possible meant to tackle the menace of ter- threat of terrorism country-wide, Tea for sale rorism continues to go unpunished. through the relevant law enforc- According to data on calls ment agencies. received in just the first 20 days of Ghani, taking serious notice July 2016, only 41 out of a total 8,305 of the situation, reiterated Nacta’s calls were found to be legitimate ambition to minimise the suffering Court halts Lahore and actionable. This was revealed of the traumatised nation, which during a Nacta meeting with its has been the victim of a long war metro work near national coordinator Ihsan Ghani. on terrorism. The meeting was attended by The national coordinator also monuments members, directors general and decided to make an appeal to the directors of the authority and dealt people not to make hoax calls to LAHORE: A Pakistani with progress on Nacta-driven initi- the all-important helpline, which courbanned construc- atives. The only action taken against was not only a waste of precious tion of the country’s first this mischief was the identification resources, but could may result rapid mass transit system of 75 most frequent callers, who had up in the irreparable loss of life for within 61 metres of his- made more than 50 calls each; their many innocent people, which may toric buildings in the city mobile phone SIMs were blocked include members of the pranksters’ of Lahore, in a victory for after the matter was taken up with own family or friends, he added. heritage campaigners. the Pakistan Telecommunication The authority has decided to Campaigners had authority (PTA). make the names and numbers of argued that the Chinese- Undeterred by the interactive such irresponsible persons public, funded metro project, voice response (IVR) message, which in order to make them accountable most of which will be ele- warns callers that “legal action can to society so they are embarrassed vated, would endanger be initiated for providing the wrong by their family and friends for mak- sites including the Mughal information”, a large number of ing hoax calls the 1717 helpline. Fort, the Shalimar Gar- people continue to indulge in the The helpline was established in dens - a UNESCO World practice of making prank calls. December 2014, just days after the Heritage Site - a 19th cen- An Afghan vendor prepares tea as he waits for customers at a market in Kabul, yesterday. The meeting was also apprised ghastly attack on the Army Public tury British-built church of the performance of the 1717 School in Peshawar. and the Victorian-era General Post Office. “We are very much concerned about heritage in the city. The court has UNDP and Balochistan ink accepted our arguments Refugees under financial constraints and ordered construc- tion to stop,” said Azhar Siddique, a lawyer and Internews cost-sharing agreement petitioner in the case.

Internews Under the agreement, UNDP PESHAWAR: Burgeoning pressure will mobilize additional resources Pakistan to from the authorities has put Afghan to scale-up the programme. “The nationals under considerable finan- ISLAMABAD: The United Nations communities involved in the first plant 100 million cial pressure. A large number of Development Programme (UNDP) phase of RAHA lag considerably in unregistered Afghans, who once and the Government of Balochistan terms of human development and saplings in 5 years lived peacefully in different areas yesterday signed a cost-sharing infrastructure compared to the of Pakistan, now face difficulties in agreement worth Rs100m to pro- rest of Pakistan,” said Marc-Andr’ finding a place to live in the wake of vide assistance and support to Franche. ISLAMABAD: Secretary of orders for their repatriation. impoverished areas which have “Building social cohesion, Climate Change Ministry of The United Nations High Com- experienced the social, economic stronger livelihoods, essential Pakistan Syed Abu Ahmad mission for Refugees (UNHCR) is and environmental impacts of host- infrastructure and social and envi- Akif said the provinces fol- already engaged in repatriation ing refugees from Afghanistan since ronmental protections helped build lowed the directives of the of registered Afghans. It has pro- 1979. their resilience despite the strain federal government the vided departing refugees a standard This is a continuation of the Ref- caused by an influx of refugees plan to plant 100 million package of around $400 per head. ugee Affected and Hosting Areas needing assistance.” saplings in next five years However, such packages or facilities An Afghan refugee family arrives at the UNHCR repatriation centre (RAHA) project, which developed Using Euro 40.5 million in would have been initiated in the monsoon season. have not been extended to unregis- on the outskirts of Peshawar, as they prepares to return to her home infra-structure and built social funding from the European Union, He said half of the tered Afghan refugees. country after fleeing civil war and Taliban rule. cohesion in 12 districts, benefiting RAHA expanded from 23 to 102 In this regard, a 100-member 1.35 million people in Balochistan union councils in Balochistan and funds for ‘Green Paki- delegation of Afghan refugees is Ghani about the problems and hard- $400. The UNHCR has also extended and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, directly ben- stan Programme’ would going to meet Afghan President Dr ships of returning families. edible and non-edible support to inces with EU funding, a statement efiting 54 per cent of the population, be arranged by the prov- Ashraf Ghani in Kabul next week. In light of this, the Afghan gov- repatriating Afghan families.” of the UNDP issued here said. against a target of 60 per cent in inces and remaining half The delegation seeks to resolve the ernment is likely to announce a Earlier, Refugees Repatriation The extension will seek to these areas between 2011 and 2015. would be provided by the problems of all the Afghan nation- package. “The Afghan government Minister Syed Muhammad Alam make up for shortfalls in achieving Under this project, over 4,100 federal government. als who are going back to their has already announced the allot- Balkhi had promised to extend the original targets in Balochistan community organisations were According to the motherland. ment of a residential plot to each maximum facilities to repatriating province. formed to lead local development record, the ministry of Abdul Hameed Jalili, a Pesha- family who possesses a POR card. families. This was said during his last The agreement was signed by agendas, and community and major climate change wrote war-based Afghan diplomat, has Meanwhile, unregistered Afghans visit to Pakistan, but the claims are Marc-Andr’ Franche, the outgo- infrastructure schemes benefited letters to the provincial said the delegates included leading are given a green card on entrance yet to materialise. ing UNDP Country Director; Dr over 584,000 people. governments to provide elders, traders, transporters, aca- to Afghanistan at Torkham. Gulab Said, an Afghan national Hamid Khan Achakzai, the Balo- Clean drinking water and edu- the details of the ini- demics and other members of the “UNHCR has already announced who returned to Jalalabad, said chistan Minister for Planning and cation projects benefited 717,000 tiatives to be taken to community. a 100% increase in cash assistance,” over the telephone that there is no Development; and Daud Barrech, people in both provinces, while ensure implementation of According to Jalili, the delegates he said. “The registered refugee’s arrangement for the repatriating Balochistan Additional Chief Sec- reforestation led to nearly half a the programme. are going to brief President Ashraf package has increased from $200 to families. retary for Development. million trees planted. INDIA SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 07 Govt to set up team to improve innovation ranking

IANS He made the statement while index ranking by 15 places over last Noting that India ranks first in address, Sitharaman said that “in a was becoming a centre for innovation releasing the Global Innovation Index year to 66th place in 2016, following its region and second among BRICS country where resources are scarce, and in the last few years over 1,500 2016 Report at an event hosted jointly five previous years of decline in posi- emerging economies in innovation, you have to adapt to ‘jugaad’.” multinationals had relocated their by the Niti Aayog, the Department of tion, the report said. the report co-editor and Dean of Cor- Refuting observations about R&D centres to places like Bengaluru, NEW DELHI: The government yes- Industrial Policy and Promotion and “I commit myself to the govern- nell University in the US, Soumitra Indian innovation being capable of Hyderabad, Pune and Gurgaon. terday announced that a team would Industry chamber CII. ment’s assistance and facilitation to Dutta, said India needed to improve only “jugaad”, the minister said: “I “India needs innovation for pro- be set up to advise on how to further “This team, which will include improve India’s innovation ranking in the areas of branding and invest- am sorry. No, that was only a sur- viding things like drinking water, improve India’a ranking in the glo- members from both the govern- next year,” the minister said, adding ment in the areas of R&D and in vival technique.” sewage and improved seeds and pro- bal index of countries in the sphere ment and outside, will not reinvent the composition of the committee human capital. Citing the example of India’s Mars ductivity in agriculture. India needs of innovations. the wheel, but will go into the report, would be announced in a few days. “Branding currently emphasises Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called innovation to satisfy the needs of a “I am announcing that from the identify challenges and weaknesses The Global Innovation Index India’s strength in frugal innova- Mangalyaan, she asked: “Isn’t that billion people,” he said. department (of Commerce) a team to India’s innovation and what the ranks innovation performance of tion or ‘jugaad’. Instead, the country frugal? Keep your expenses optimum, Director General of the World would be formed that would look at government can do -- where it should 128 countries based on 82 indicators. should reposition as a leader in inno- but also come out with something Intellectual Property Organisation repositioning India in the sphere of step in and where it should step back The 2016 report said India vation, knowledge and technology,” that is going to make a difference.” (WIPO) Francis Gurrey lauded India’s innovations,” Commerce Minister and away,” Sitharaman said. showed weakness in the indices of Dutta said. In his address at the event, Niti efforts in innovation, particularly Nirmala Sitharaman said here. India has this year improved its business environment and education. Referring to “jugaad” in her Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said India being a vast and diverse country. Army to resume Surgeons leave surgical clip operations in inside body THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Health Minister south Kashmir KK Shailaja has sought a probe into an incident where surgeons at a hos- corps in Srinagar. pital allegedly forgot a He also said that no sanction surgical instrument in A strict curfew had been given for a raid at Khrew the abdominal cavity of a and a series of village of southern Pulwama dis- woman during a hysterec- trict on Wednesday night. A teacher, tomy operation. communication Shabir Ahmad Mongu, 30, was The minister has blackouts have failed allegedly beaten to death by sol- also assured of action in diers during the raid. the case. The error was to stop six weeks of “What happened is highly noticed when the oper- protests, as residents regrettable. The army has already ation theatre staff at the have struggled to ordered an inquiry into the inci- Nedumangad taluk hos- dent,” the Northern Command chief pital started counting cope with shortages said. their instruments after The army commander, who is of food, medicine and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (left) meets with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New a 45-year-old woman the senior most army officer in the underwent a surgery to other necessities. state, said the worst sufferers of the Delhi, yesterday. remove her uterus, and present crisis in the Valley were the they found a surgical clip Kashmiri people. missing. In the meantime, government Turkey briefs Gulen’s role in coup plot They rushed the IANS forces in Kashmir fired tear gas woman for an X-ray and shotguns as thousands of peo- examination that revealed ple defied a toughening security IANS including the recent coup attempt,” relevant Indian authorities to inves- the missing piece was crackdown to protest against rule sources here said following a meet- tigate the matter. The entire gamut of lying in her abdomen. JAMMU: Lieutenant General DS in the disputed Himalayan region. ing between the two ministers. bilateral relations as well as impor- The surgery was carried Hooda, General Officer Com- At least 40 civilians were reportedly “In this context, the Turkish side tant global and regional issues of out on Thursday morning. manding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of injured, one critically. NEW DELHI: After Turkey requested briefed about the role of Fethullah mutual interest was discussed, it is the Army’s Northern Command, Tens of thousands of govern- India to take action against oganisa- Gulen-led organisation FETO in the learnt “On the multilateral front, yesterday said the army will soon ment forces patrolled the region tions and educational institutions in attempted coup,” they said. there were discussions on the need Calcutta HC resume anti-militancy operations and erected barbed wire and steel India which are affiliated to Fethul- At least 40,030 persons have for reform in UN Security Council,” in south Kashmir areas that were barricades on roads in an attempt to lah Gulen, Turkish Foreign Minister been detained and 20,355 others the sources said. extends stay suspended due to the law and order prevent protests after Friday Mus- Mevlut Cavusoglu yesterday briefed arrested in the aftermath of the coup “India’s application for member- situation. lim prayers. External Affairs Minister Sushma on attempt on July 15, in which 237 lives ship in the Nuclear Suppliers Group on Narada probe The army was always ready to A strict curfew and a series of the role of the Muslim cleric’s organ- were lost. (NSG) also featured in the discus- assist the civil administration and communication blackouts have isation in last month’s coup attempt Turkey has accused US-based sions,” they said, adding that Turkey KOLKATA: The Calcutta will respond to such request imme- failed to stop six weeks of protests, in his country. Gulen of organising the failed coup. confirmed support for this as it had High Court yesterday diately whenever it is made, General as residents have struggled to cope “There were discussions on the The External Affairs Minis- earlier for India’s membership in the extended the interim stay Hooda told the media at the Badami with shortages of food, medicine terrorist attacks in Turkey and the try said on Thursday that Turkey’s Missile Technology Control Regime on the West Bengal gov- Bagh headquarters of the army’s 15 and other necessities. internal developments in Turkey, request has been passed on to (MTCR). ernment ordered probe into the Narada sting operation in which sev- eral leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress were Artistic genius purportedly seen taking 80 percent of doctors bribe. The division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and A. Baner- serve in urban areas jee which put the probe on hold on August 5, extended it till August 26. IANS “India has got world class private health- The matter will be care sector and only one-third of the population heard on August 26 next. can access this. There is a huge mismatch which Hearing multiple lit- needs to covered. Healthcare sector needs to igations seeking an NEW DELHI: Nearly 75 percent of dispensa- establish its base in sub-urban and rural places independent probe in the ries, 60 percent of hospitals and 80 percent of as well,” Singh said. matter, the bench had put doctors are located in urban areas, serving only The report also pointed out that non-com- on hold the probe con- 28 percent of the Indian populace, says a new municable diseases (NCDs) account for nearly tending that when it was report released by KPMG and the Organisation 60 per cent of deaths in India annually and the looking into the matter, a of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). country is estimated to lose $4.58 trillion by parallel investigation can- The survey was released at the Fifth Health- 2030 due to them. not be held by the police. care Access Summit - act on NCDs organised by “Awareness about NCDs needs to be created OPPI and supported by Ministry of Health and among people living in rural areas and not just Family Welfare and the Department of Pharma- cities to reduce the growing percentage. Changes Govt offers ceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers in lifestyle is a major reason, physical activities here yesterday. have gone down and therefore healthy routine office to UN’s Speaking at the event Jitendra Singh, Minister should be adopted,” Singh emphasised. NCDs of State for Prime Minister’s Office and Devel- like diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, chronic French artist Marko Clement paints a mural of a tiger on a wall in Bengaluru, WIPO premises opment of North Eastern Region, pointed out at lung diseases and cancer are not just restricted yesterday. the mismatch in rural and urban areas in the to urban but gradually spreading to rural, north NEW DELHI: India has healthcare sector. and northeastern parts of the country. formally requested UN agency World Intellec- tual Property Organisation (WIPO) to open an office in the country and is Court frames charges against former coal secretary & others ready to offer premises free of cost for this pur- pose, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said IANS ers as also against company Vikash Central Bureau of Investiga- criminal conspiracy, cheating, crimi- allocation in September 2012. yesterday. Metal and Power Limited (VMPL). tion Special Judge Bharat Parashar nal breach of trust and under various The CBI had filed a closure India’s offer was con- After the accused pleaded not framed charges against Gupta, acts under the provisions of the Pre- report, saying the charges against veyed by Sitharaman guilty and claimed trial, the court former Coal Ministry Joint Secretary vention of Corruption Act against the VMPL or its directors or even against to WIPO Director Gen- NEW DELHI: Paving the way for fixed September 9 for further hear- KS Kropha, another ministry official accused. the public servants could not be sub- eral Francis Gurrey at a trial in a coal block allocation case, ing in the case pertaining to alleged KC Samria, the company VMPL and A first information report was stantiated during the probe. meeting here, an Indian a CBI court here yesterday framed irregularities in the allocation of its Managing Director Vikash Patni registered against VMPL and its offi- However, the court on October commerce ministry state- charges of cheating and criminal Moira and Madhujore (North and and its authorised signatory Anand cials, accusing them of making false 15, 2014, refused to accept the clo- ment said. conspiracy against former Coal South) coal blocks in West Bengal to Mallick. claims related to land allocation to sure report and ordered the CBI to Secretary HC Gupta and four oth- the private firm VMPL. 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EDITORIAL Merger deal hits roadblock Under siege in Aleppo, any kind ne of the potential mega-mergers of the year, the $130bn worth planned merger between the US chemicals giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, has hit a roadblock after the market watchdog raised a red flag of day-to-day life is impossible over the deal. The European Commission-Trade has Oordered an investigation into the announced merger as it believes that the deal would lead to alter the existing rulebook of market Afghanistan have led the pro- “He didn’t talk. He didn’t competition. The EU trade commission doubts that the merger would government counterattacks move,” Abdelsalam said. “He just limit competition for supplies that are crucial to Europe’s farmers. against the eastern areas, while Winning control stood there in disbelief.” The merger plan has also sparked fears from farmers in the US. Syrian and Russian planes target of the entire city Shortly after that, in early An initial market investigation carried out by the EU Commission hospitals and just about anything is a goal that has July, government forces cut off has identified concerns that the creation of the world’s largest that moves there, including cars the main supply road to eastern integrated crop protection and seeds company would reduce and people walking to the mar- eluded both sides Aleppo and imposed a blockade competition which could have an impact on price, quality, choice ket, residents say. since rebel forces on the area. People began run- and innovation. “There’s no mercy from ning out of food, Abdelsalam Margrethe Vestager, the EU Trade Commissioner in charge of the sky,” said Issam Ghazal, a stormed it in 2012, recalled, hoarding all they could. competition policy said last week that the Commission needs to 50-year-old resident of the east- and the fierceness Abdelsalam began restrict- make sure that the proposed merger does not lead to higher prices ern district of Al Zeydiya. of this summer’s ing his meals to a piece of bread, or less innovation for these products. The livelihood of farmers By Hugh Naylor The situation has prompted cheese and, if he could get it, depended on access to seeds and crop The Washington Post dire warnings from aid groups battles underscores canned tuna. Fruit and vegeta- and U.N. officials. bles all but vanished. The EU trade protection products at competitive prices, how much both still she said. The Commission is in the process “In Aleppo, we risk seeing The siege has had a trauma- he past four years a humanitarian catastrophe tizing effect, he said. He recalled commission of addressing the concerns that the see it as a potential have been hell for unprecedented in the over five seeing one woman, a mother doubts that creation of the world’s largest integrated game-changer in Aleppo native Mohib years of bloodshed and suffer- who had recently lost her hus- the merger crop protection and seeds company Abdelsalam, as Syr- ing in the Syrian conflict,” UN the war. band during a bombing, using would limit would reduce competition which could ia’s civil war left Secretary General Ban Ki-moon paper scraps and pieces of wood have an impact on price, quality, choice Tthousands dead and reduced said Tuesday. to bring a pan to boil in the mid- competition and innovation. Dow and DuPont entire neighborhoods to rubble Such distant expressions of dle of the street. Her three young for supplies are important innovators in the crop in opposition-held areas of his concern mean little to Abdel- them dead, and then waking up children sat around her as she that are crucial protection industry, which is characterised home town. But this summer, salam. He feels as if the rest of the on the ground. I passed out. It was prepared what he thought was a to Europe’s by a limited number of global companies the 26-year-old rebel said, life world has left him to deal alone too much,” Abdelsalam said. meal. “But when I looked at what with significant R&D capabilities. The got even worse. A burst of inten- with catastrophes like the one He, nevertheless, pulled him- she was boiling, it was just water,” farmers. transaction would lead to the elimination sified fighting has rocked the that engulfed his family on June self together and helped retrieve he said. “It was like she was pre- of one of the few companies able to flash-point northern city, long 23, about the time forces loyal to the bodies. During the conflict, tending that she was cooking develop and launch new active ingredients. divided between rebel districts Syrian President Bashar Al Assad he said, he had developed strong food for her kids, but she wasn’t Other potential areas of concern include access to seed technologies. in the east and government-con- were beginning their attempt to nerves while volunteering as a pretending.” Three agriculture advocacy groups have urged the US Office of trolled areas in the west. cement the encirclement of east- first responder during scores of Before the war, Abdelsalam the Attorney General to challenge the proposed merger between The 300,000 residents of the ern Aleppo. similar incidents in the rebel- worked repairing computers and DuPont and Dow because of possible antitrust violations. eastern enclaves suddenly faced At about 8 a.m. that day, controlled part of the city. cellphones. As the peaceful upris- The American Antitrust Institute (AAI), Food & Water Watch a punishing siege and worsen- Abdelsalam said, he received a What he cannot forget, ing of 2011 turned into armed ing shortages of food, water and phone call telling him to rush to though, he said, is the sight of his conflict, he said, he felt compelled (F&WW) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) last week sent a drugs amid a surge in attacks by his family home in the Meyesr 40-year-old brother Moham- to help the rebellion drive govern- letter to US Principal Deputy Attorney General Renata Hess. The government and Russian fighter neighborhood. A rocket had med, who somehow emerged ment forces out of Aleppo. three groups alleged the merger would consolidate an already jets. For Abdelsalam, an emer- smashed into it, and casualties unscathed from the rubble. During the war years, he has shrinking industry, diminishing innovation, raise prices and reduce gency responder who lost four were likely, the caller said. Mohammed, an elementary- regularly posted on his Facebook choices for farmers and consumers. family members to a bombing in When he arrived, he saw school Arabic teacher before page video footage captured on AAI, F&WW and NFU believe that additional merger activity, June, the horrors have become nothing but rubble where the the war, just stood there, Abdel- his cellphone of the aftermath of including Dow-DuPont, could harm innovation competition in almost unbearable. building he had grown up in had salam recalled, as he watched government air raids. From time two fundamental ways: By eliminating head-to-head competition “You don’t understand,” he stood. Under it lay the bodies of a scrum of shouting men pick to time, he said, he has fought in important parallel-path R&D and by reducing the field of rivals said, speaking via Skype. “Now his sister-in-law, 35-year-old through concrete and rebar to alongside various rebel groups needed for pro-competitive stacking, the organizations wrote. it’s like any kind of day-to-day life Samar, and her three children: pry out his wife and children, in the city. One such time was The EU Commission’s latest investigation plans could exacerbate is impossible.” Abdelsalam, 13, Ahmed, 11, and whose crushed, limp bodies were earlier this month, when he said the already strained transatlantic relations over EU inquiries into The ongoing fighting appears Aya, 9. “I just remember seeing smeared with dust and blood. he helped fellow rebels launch a corporate America’s business practices. European Commission’s to be building into an important surprise offensive to break the past investigations into big US deals have sparked intense debate battle in Aleppo, Syria’s largest siege of eastern Aleppo. He has between Washington and Brussels. The new investigation comes as city before conflict erupted five also worked since to bring in food, both the US and EU are reviewing ChemChina’s $44bn takeover of years ago, killing 400,000 people medicine and fuel from rebel- Swiss agribusiness Syngenta. across the country and displac- held Idlib province to the west. ing millions. It is a dangerous journey, he Winning control of the entire said, with Russian and govern- city is a goal that has eluded both ment aircraft targeting anything sides since rebel forces stormed that seems to be moving in and it in 2012, and the fierceness of out of rebel parts of Aleppo. this summer’s battles under- He takes obscure routes, Quote of the day scores how much both still see it driving at night with headlights Judging by all accounts, our as a potential game-changer in turned off to avoid detection. “We the war. For residents, though, the call it the way of death,” he said. partners in Kiev have decided stakes are more immediate - and But it is the only way to bring to escalate the situation. measured in daily suffering. sustenance to rebel areas of Aleppo. We are all familiar with this Rebel fighters this month A few days ago, a rocket exploded method of escalation. It managed to partially lift the near the Ford Explorer he was rid- government blockade of their ing in. The vehicle was destroyed, goes back a long way and strongholds in the city. Now those but he and the other passenger has sometimes been used fighters — some of them linked to were not injured, he said. successfully but not always. Al Qaeda — are expanding their Abdelsalam does not expect offensive to shell and besiege gov- such luck to continue. But, he said, ernment-run neighborhoods, he must continue with the dan- Vladimir Putin which are also experiencing gerous missions so that desperate Russian President water and food shortages. residents can eat. “It’s either we A Syrian man covered with soil and dust running through the Meanwhile, Shia militants fight the regime and win, or we from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and streets in northern Aleppo after an airstrike. die trying,” he said.

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n the course of American history, a relatively shortlist of naturalised cit- izens have been stripped of their US citizenship and the rights that come with it, then forced out of the country. IThese individuals have, in the eyes of the US government, so violated the laws of this country, so completely embraced an ideology counter to national interests or offered such critical support to enemy causes, that the pact between the individ- ual and the nation has been irrevocably broken. Republican presidential nomi- nee Donald Trump may have just offered Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer during his address in Denver, Colorado. a potential addendum to that list. His name is Seddique Mateen. He is the father of Omar Mateen, the gun- label of US citizen is not. In fact, if put made to freed slaves. Trump seemed to to a violation of the Geneva Conventions reparations. This is a country founded, in man who shot and killed 49 people in into action, Trump’s ideas would cre- think the idea that he would want to do and the most common international part, on the pursuit of religious freedom. an Orlando nightclub. Seddique Mateen ate a US citizenry far whiter and more this in such a way that millions of mostly understanding of human rights. And Trump’s latest version of his immi- is also a naturalised US citizen, spot- Christian than exists today. One year ago, Latino, black and Asian children, born It would punish, or at least require no gration ban simply exchanges codified ted at a Hillary Clinton campaign event Trump suggested that the 14th Amend- in the United States to undocumented particular care with the lives of, people religious group guilt for guilt by way of last week. And he’s a man about whom ment should be tweaked. Trump and his parents, would be disinherited, utterly who may have no involvement in terror- national origin. Trump was speaking during a Fox News supporters claimed that as written, the stripped of the benefits of clear citizen- ism or knowledge of terrorist plans, and This, of course, brings us to this week’s town hall aired Wednesday night when 14th Amendment had become a legal ship in any country, would be regarded as might not even subscribe to the ideolo- Fox News town hall. After Trump illumi- the GOP nominee said he would “throw means for undocumented immigrants no big deal. These are not small matters. gies behind them. This is the assigning of nated a national-security-related rationale him out.” It’s not clear if the “out” in ques- to best the United States. A constitutional Natural born citizenship would become group guilt in a way that violates inter- for systematic racial profiling, Fox News’s tion here is out of the country or out of addendum establishing the US citizen- revocable, en masse. This is the stuff of national law. Trump made no distinction Sean Hannity turned the conversation to a hypothetical Trump campaign event. ship of slaves and their progeny, equal wars, riots and other possibilities nearly between the families of terrorists in ter- Mateen. As The Fix’s Aaron Blake wrote: However, this much is clear: Trump has rights for all citizens - natural born and unfathomable. This is why both the liber- ritory controlled by the Islamic State and “Hannity also asked Trump about Orlando spent much of the past 14 months arguing naturalised — has been systematically tarian publication Reason and the liberal those who live inside the United States. nightclub shooter Omar Mateen’s father, in favour of an edit of US citizenship, its abused by undocumented immigrants, magazine Mother Jones described the That same month, Trump suggested Seddique Mateen, who was seated behind almost uniform permanency, the rights they insisted. idea in alarming terms. a ban on Muslim immigration, then disa- Hillary Clinton at a rally last week. “ ‘What it guarantees and who should be a ben- Right now, if undocumented immi- Flash forward to December 2015, vowed it, then seemed to embrace it, only do we do when we find somebody that has eficiary of those rights. grants can simply make it to the United when Trump suggested yet another to later disclaim it again. The proposal extreme views?’ Hannity asked. ‘Do we The list of people, groups and things States and reproduce, those immigrants simple solution to a complex set of prob- was paired with a plan to collectively throw them the hell out?’ Trump has described as a kind of insuf- create new US citizens, children Trump lems: how to combat the Islamic State house or somehow closely monitor all “Trump said he would throw Seddique ficient, suspect or rightfully dismissible calls “anchor babies.” These children, while minimizing civilian casualties, of the nation’s Muslim residents and Mateen out, though it’s not clear whether “other” is long. Very long. But the sub- according to Trump (but virtually no rep- preventing domestic terrorism and dis- citizens. Trump compared his idea to he meant from a rally or — as Hannity set of people, groups, actions and ideas utable review of social safety net data suading lone-wolf actors who subscribe Franklin D Roosevelt’s decision to force appeared to intend — from the United that, to Trump, should not retain the or US law), are almost certain to place to extremist ideologies. Japanese Americans into internment States. “ ‘I’d throw him out,’ Trump said, intense, long-running demands on all Show no mercy, Trump basically said. camps during World War II. according to a transcript. ‘If you look at sorts of publicly financed programs and Kill terrorists — and their families, too: Trump’s 21st-century update was a him, I’d throw him out. You know, I looked What he was describing was a resources to which they have no right. “The other thing with the terrorists is possible database of US Muslims. You at him. And you look, he’s smiling. ...’ “ But in suggesting that the country you have to take out their families, when know, for easy tracking. Over the past Granted, Trump might have been rewrite of the rules by which take another look at the 14th Amendment, you get these terrorists, you have to take few weeks, Trump has explained that talking about giving Mateen the boot most black Americans derive their Trump was not just riffing on a little law. out their families. ... They care about their under a Trump administration, his Mus- from any Trump event. But given the past He was suggesting an edit of the legal root lives, don’t kid yourself. When they say lim ban would, in fact, become a ban on year, the idea that Trump might also have citizenship and right to demand of American equality. they don’t care about their lives, you have immigration from countries with a his- been talking about booting Mateen from equal protection under the law, and What he was describing was a rewrite to take out their families.” tory of terrorism. Japanese internment is the country isn’t without basis. of the rules by which most black Ameri- This was a window inside the mind of so widely recognized as a decision so out basically the only reparation ever cans derive their citizenship and right to Trump. This, as the conservative National of step with US law, custom and the rights Janell Ross is a reporter for The Fix who made to freed slaves. demand equal protection under the law, Review, PolitiFact and many other media of American citizens that decades later, writes about race, gender, immigration and and basically the only reparation ever outlets pointed out, would also amount the federal government paid survivors inequality. America can’t turn its back on Asia By Yoichi Funabashi and While Trump is right to question vacuum and establish its own Sino- another country. years prior to the proposal, Japan and Chung Min Lee whether many US allies are essen- centric order. Of course, we don’t really know South Korea cooperated on opposing The Washington Post tially free-riders, this can’t be said of Second, both Japan and South how Trump would approach Asia in the plan, and their joint efforts were either Japan or South Korea. Korea have been exemplary part- the White House. As president, Trump successful. Likewise today, Tokyo As the world’s third- and 11th- ners in the fight against nuclear says unpredictability would be his and Seoul’s priority should be to largest economies, respectively, proliferation. Indeed, while Trump secret weapon — rather than tell- build on last year’s thaw in ties by s the world watches the US Japan and South Korea assume a has suggested that Tokyo and Seoul ing allies and adversaries what the scheduling a first full state visit and presidential election with significant portion of the cost of should consider their own nuclear United States would do in a given sit- bilateral summit between Japanese The Obama Abewilderment and unease, stationing US forces within their bor- options in the face of a nuclearised uation, he hopes to gain the upper Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South administration has America’s allies in Asia are particu- ders. Japan pays about $4.5bn a year North Korea, the best way to counter hand by keeping them guessing. Korean President Park Geun-hye. larly concerned about the possibility in base-related expenses, while South Pyongyang is through robust alliances On the face of it, Trump is com- The Obama administration made clear that the of US disengagement from the region. Korea contributes about $870m - 75 with the United States, including an bating what political scientist has made clear that the United United States’ destiny In Japan and South Korea — Amer- percent and 40 percent of the total ironclad nuclear umbrella. Stephen Walt called a “credibility States’ destiny is inseparably tied ica’s most important allies in the costs, respectively. Enticing as it may seem, a nuclear addiction” that can leave the United to the Asia-Pacific, but the tone of is inseparably tied Asia-Pacific — the rise of Donald For the United States, it is cheaper South Korea and Japan would trigger States entangled in costly wars just the current election may render a to the Asia-Pacific, Trump, along with inward- looking to station troops in these Asian a regional nuclear arms race, cripple to reaffirm its resolve. post-Obama “rebalance to Asia” rhetoric from others across the US nations than it would be to house their alliances with the United States The United States has made untenable. Japan and South Korea but the tone of the political spectrum, has been seen them at home. Equally important, and lead to a much more aggressive mistakes, but credibility is vital in cannot assume that the United States current election may as an indication of a broader shift in these two allies are major markets China and Russia. a world of uncertainty — especially will make the rational choice of render a post-Obama public sentiment. Tokyo and Seoul for US arms exports. Third, Japan and South Korea in Asia. President Barack Obama’s placing its bets on Asia as the dom- fear that many Americans believe According to the Stockholm are both committed to fostering administration has demonstrated inant region of economic growth in “rebalance to Asia” that withdrawal from international International Peace Research free trade and the rules-based lib- that credibility need not be pur- the 21st century. untenable. Japan alliances and institutions can, to use Institute, from 2014 to 2015, Japan eral international order that the chased through force; it can come As the linchpins of the US alliance Trump’s formulation, “make Amer- imported $741 million and South United States created and benefits from articulating clear strategies in the Asia-Pacific, Japan and South and South Korea ica great again.” Korea $470m worth of arms from from the most. that give other nations confidence Korea will need to work together to cannot assume that Isolationism and protection- the United States. Political candidates from both the the United States will follow through. convince policymakers in the United ism took a firm hold on US politics So how do Japan and South Korea Republican and Democratic parties Even if Trump loses in November, States that an America First policy the United States will during the primaries. In his foreign make the United States strong? First have convinced the public that the Japan and South Korea must wake to would result only in what Trump make the rational policy speeches, Trump declared that and foremost, through alliances Trans-Pacific Partnership would the negative long-term impact that might call a “tremendous” loss — for choice of placing its “America First” would be the over- that demonstrate the importance of hurt the US economy, when in real- his campaign could have on Amer- the United States, its closest allies and riding theme of his administration, shared democratic values, interop- ity the United States would gain the ica’s politics. History offers a lesson the world. bets on Asia as the and the Asia-Pacific doesn’t appear to erable military capabilities and deep most from the agreement, with ana- as to what their response should be. dominant region of register in his worldview at all. economic linkages. lysts estimating that real incomes After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, Yoichi Funabashi is chairman of the But a US withdrawal or fun- Absent partnerships with Japan would increase by $131bn and annual then-presidential candidate Jimmy Rebuild Japan Initiative. Chung Min economic growth in damentally reduced US military and South Korea, not to mention exports by $357bn. Carter called for a total pullout of US Lee is a professor of international the 21st century. presence in Asia would not only Australia, the United States would The TPP would allow the United troops from the Korean Peninsula. relations at Yonsei University in undermine regional security; it would have no real presence across the States to continue to set the rules of Acknowledging a shared fear of Seoul and a nonresident senior asso- also ultimately weaken the United Asia-Pacific. In such an instance, the road on trade, rather than being US disengagement from the region, ciate at the Carnegie Endowment for States at home and abroad. China would quickly move to fill the subjected to a regime designed by and despite rocky relations in the International Peace.

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schools and universities, court- better served by expanding integra- rooms, demonstrations and behind tion efforts. “You have to convince The call by Thomas the wheel. people to no longer want (the burqa). de Maiziere comes He told reporters that the full- We must ensure that Muslims and face veil “does not belong in our migrants emancipate themselves but as Chancellor cosmopolitan country”, adding that will take time.” Angela Merkel’s that it was “not a security issue but News website Spiegel Online an integration issue”. The minister was more forceful in its opposition, government attempts acknowledged that the burqa was saying that German conservatives to address public not a common sight on German “apparently have so little faith in the fears surrounding streets, calling the proposed ban a attractiveness of values such as indi- “preventive measure”. vidual freedom and equal rights that last year’s record “Of course the issue of the full they think bans are necessary”. influx of nearly 1.1 veil stands for the question which “With a burqa ban, Germany role certain branches of Islam play ends up on a par with Iran and Saudi million migrants in Germany,” he said. Arabia — countries where the gov- and refugees, most De Maiziere did not say when ernment decides what a woman can he would put forward a draft bill, wear in public.” from predominantly acknowledging that the Social Dem- De Maiziere’s position represents ocrats (SPD), junior partners in the a compromise with hardliners ahead Muslim countries. A combination of file pictures shows Muslim women wearing various types of Islamic veils — a Hijab (top ruling coalition, had reservations of two pivotal regional polls next about the move. month in which the right-wing pop- left), a Niqab (top right) a Tchador (down left) and a Burqa. But he indicated that outlaw- ulist Alternative for Germany (AfD) AFP ing the burqa only under certain party looks set to make strong gains. circumstances — as opposed to the Just last week he had rejected a Status of Islamic veils in Europe blanket ban favoured by the hard call from conservative state inte- right of Merkel’s Christian Union bloc rior ministers for a sweeping burqa BERLIN: Germany’s interior min- — would be likely to win approval in ban, saying: “We can’t ban every- AFP Belgium under the Constitution. ister yesterday proposed partially parliament. thing that we reject, and I reject the banning the full-face burqa Islamic Merkel’s right-left “grand coa- wearing of the burqa.” The wearing of the full veil is gov- Britain veil, as a debate on integration rages lition” holds an overwhelming He made the comments on erned by a June 1, 2011 law. It prohibits after two jihadist attacks and ahead majority in the Bundestag lower August 11 as he unveiled tough new PARIS: As Germany proposed par- “appearing in places accessible to the There is no law in Britain restrict- of key state elections. house but faces a general election anti-terror measures after two tially banning the full-face burqa, public with a face masked or hidden, ing the wearing of garments for The call by Thomas de Maiziere in a year’s time. attacks in Germany last month here is the status of the Islamic gar- in whole or in part, in such a way as religious reasons. However in March comes as Chancellor Angela Mer- In an interview with a regional claimed by the Islamic State group. ment — also known as a burqa or to be unidentifiable”. Exceptions exist, 2007 the education ministry pub- kel’s government attempts to address newspaper this week, Merkel under- They included a controversial nijab — in other European countries. in particular where the workplace lished directives allowing directors public fears surrounding last year’s lined her objections to the burqa. proposal to strip jihadist fighters requires the face to be hidden, or for of public establishments and denomi- record influx of nearly 1.1 million “From my point of view, a woman of their German nationality, as well France the carnival season. national schools to ban the niqab veil. migrants and refugees, most from who is entirely veiled has hardly any as to speed up deportations of con- Judges have on occasion refused to predominantly Muslim countries. chance at integrating,” she said. victed criminal migrants and boost The first European country to ban Italy hear veiled women because they It also echoed a controversial However Bilkey Oney, a Turk- police resources. the full-veil in public spaces with a could not verify their identity. decision by several French towns ish-born integration expert from the The AfD in particular has law “banning the hiding of the face in A 1975 law aimed at protecting in recent weeks to outlaw burkinis, SPD, said a burqa ban was too blunt attempted to link the record influx public spaces”, the law was adopted on public order makes it illegal to cover The Netherlands the full-body Islamic swimsuit, at an instrument to fight radicalisation. of migrants and refugees last year to October 11, 201O and applied on April one’s face in public places and the a highly sensitive time for relations “In France they long ago out- an increased threat of terrorism — 11, 2011. The European Court of Human provision applies to the veil, as well as There is legislation for approval with the Muslim community follow- lawed the burqa but it apparently an argument Merkel sharply rejected Rights in 2014 upheld the burqa ban, motorcycle helmets and other masks. before parliament to ban the wearing ing a series of Islamist attacks. couldn’t stop a single terror attack. this week on the campaign trail in rejecting arguments that outlawing The anti-immigrant Northern League of burqas, helmets and face masks in De Maiziere, one of Merkel’s However I don’t like the mental- her home district. full-face veils breached religious free- has said this week it plans to present education, public transport, health- closest allies, said after a meeting ity behind a burqa either — it is a “The phenomenon of Islamist dom. The law has resulted in around a draft law in September more spe- care and government buildings. The with regional counterparts from piece of clothing that no emanci- terrorism by IS is not something that 1,500 arrests in the past five years. Over cifically aimed at banning the burqa, bill was proposed by Interior Minister his conservative bloc that the burqa pated woman can accept,” she told came to us with the refugees — it was the summer of 2016, several French niqab and the burkini. However, the Ronald Plasterk last year, as he believed ban would cover “places where it is the daily Die Welt. already there,” she said, referring towns have also taken the controversial government has said it is not in favour clothing that covered the face hindered necessary for our society’s coexist- She said that rather than regu- to the threat posed by homegrown decision to ban burkinis, the full-body of legislation on the issue on grounds communication in public services and ence” including government offices, lating clothing, Germany would be militants. Islamic swimsuit. of freedom of religion guaranteed could pose a security threat.

Nice becomes London Underground prepares for night Tube Greece hears asylum claim latest French city of Turkish ‘coup’ officer to ban burkini AFP Turkey had formally requested the extradition of the men on suspicion AFP of involvement in the failed coup. The men deny the accusations. ATHENS: Greece yesterday heard The asylum service said the NICE: Nice has become the lat- the asylum claim of the first of eight cases will “follow a totally normal est French seaside resort to ban Turkish military officers who fled procedure” despite pressure from the burkini, the body-concealing their country after the failed coup Ankara to hand the men over, with Islamic swimsuit that has sparked on July 15, the asylum service said. the issue threatening to strain ties heated debate in secular France, Captain Feridun Coban pre- between the uneasy Nato allies. Ath- city officials said yesterday. sented himself at the headquarters ens, which depends on Ankara’s good Using language similar to of the asylum service in Athens will to stem the flood of migrants and bans imposed in a string of other early yesterday and spent nearly refugees coming onto its territory fol- towns on the French Riviera, the five hours there, the group’s law- lowing a deal with the EU in March, city barred apparel that “overtly yer Stavroula Tomara said. has been embarrassed by the affair. manifests adherence to a religion His fellow officers — three cap- Meanwhile, the justice ministry at a time when France and places tains, two commanders and two confirmed it had handed over Anka- of worship are the target of terror- sergeants, who along with Coban ra’s demand for their extradition ist attacks”. are accused by Turkey of involve- to the prosecution service. Exam- The ban in Nice ban referred ment in the coup — will have their ination of the request could take specifically to last month’s Bastille cases heard from Monday. several months, a judicial source London Underground passengers travel on Central line in London, England, yesterday. Transport Day truck attack in the city that The men requested asylum said. In late July, a court in Alexan- for London is all set to start a 24-hour Tube service on Victoria and Central lines as demand has claimed 85 lives as well as the mur- in Greece after landing a military droupoli sentenced the eight — who soared over recent years, with passenger numbers up by around 70 percent since 2000. der 12 days later of a Catholic priest helicopter in the northern city of face a military trial in their home- near the northern city of Rouen. Fif- Alexandroupoli, four days after the land if sent back — to suspended teen towns in the southeast, as well attempted government takeover on two-month prison terms for illegal as others elsewhere in France, have July 15. No decision will be made in entry. The eight claim they will not already banned the burkini includ- their cases for “two or three months”, receive a fair trial in Turkey, where ing nearby film festival host city according to the asylum service. the authorities have detained tens of Cannes, where three women were Putin flies into Crimea amid war games Greece said yesterday that thousands of people over the coup. each fined ¤38 ($43) under the ban at the weekend. Nice’s deputy mayor Chris- Reuters could be used as a pretext for a new a long way and has sometimes been tian Estrosi, from the centre-right Russian invasion. used successfully but not always. I Republicans party, wrote in a let- The Russian leader has used hope that this won’t be a final choice Hollande may run in polls again ter to Prime Minister Manuel Valls threatening rhetoric, promising ... and that common sense will pre- on Tuesday that “hiding the face BELBEK AIR BASE, CRIMEA/ unspecified “counter-measures”, vail,” he added. or wearing a full-body costume to MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin flew and has built up troops ahead of a On Thursday, Russian naval and AFP years without a personal life,” he go to the beach is not in keeping into annexed Crimea yesterday a big military exercise next month. land forces practiced swiftly mov- said. “But I do have the desire” to with our ideal of social relations”. day after staging war games there, He addressed the crisis again ing military hardware and troops to stand for re-election, he said. “That Valls came under fire after say- and said he hoped Ukraine would yesterday, opening a meeting of his Crimea, already one of the world’s is my personal inclination.” ing on Wednesday that the burkini see “common sense” when it came Security Council at an air base near most militarised areas, in a logistics PARIS: French President Francois He added, though: “I would not was “not compatible with the values to resolving a diplomatic crisis over the naval port of Sevastopol on his exercise that foreshadows larger war Hollande says he may run in next make the choice of putting my name of France and the Republic”. the peninsula. first visit to Crimea since he made games planned for next month. year’s elections provided he sees a forward if the signs are that it could The Socialist premier cited the Two years after Russian troops the initial accusations. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, chance of winning, but would quit not lead to a possibility of victory.” tensions in France after the jihad- seized the peninsula, it is again the “It is clear that we have gathered around 2,500 troops and up to 350 politics if he lost, according to a “If I lost, I would quit politics.” ist attacks to justify his support for focus of international tension, after for a well known reason after the armoured vehicles were involved book published yesterday. The president celebrated his the mayors who barred a garment the Russian president accused Kiev infamous incident, after we thwarted in the exercise, which unfolded as Quoted by journalists Antonin 62nd birthday on August 12. that he said was “founded on the last week of sending saboteurs who attempts by groups of Ukrainian tensions have also flared in eastern Andre and Karim Rissouli in “Con- “When you get beyond 60, the subjugation of women”. France’s clashed with Russian troops. army saboteurs to break into (our) Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro versations Privees avec le President” years have a different value. I also Human Rights League accused Kiev, which has also fought a two territory,” he said. Poroshenko said on Thursday that (Private Conversations with the know what the weight of the (presi- Valls of “participating in the stig- year war against pro-Russian sep- “Judging by all accounts, our part- he did not rule out introducing mar- President), Hollande highlighted dential) task is. It’s true, it could also matisation of a category of French aratists in two eastern provinces, ners in Kiev have decided to escalate tial law and a new wave of military the strain of politics, the burden of be a kind of freedom not to do it...” people who have become suspect denies the border incident ever took the situation. We are all familiar with mobilisation if the east Ukraine con- high office and the passing of time. Hollande said, apparently musing by virtue of their faith”. place and calls it a fabrication that this method of escalation. It goes back flict worsened. “I know what it’s like... to spend out loud. AMERICAS SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 11 Trump campaign manager Manafort resigns

It came in a week when Trump head of conservative website Breit- this week, has denied any wrong- according to a person close to the has already reshuffled top cam- bart News, Stephen Bannon, as chief doing. The allegations about the campaign. Both, the person said, Questions have arisen paign leaders, effectively demoting executive of the campaign in a move payments were first made in The had grown uncomfortable with Man- about Manafort’s Manafort, and has tried to be more that bolstered his combative image. New York Times on Monday. afort. Manafort had been brought in disciplined and on message as he Trump also promoted adviser Kelly- John Feehery, a Republican initially at Kushner’s urging, the per- previous work for seeks to reset his campaign against anne Conway, a data-driven political strategist, said it would have been son said. A spokesman for Kushner the political party of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for analyst, to campaign manager. unsustainable for Manafort to stay declined to comment. the Kremlin-backed the Nov. 8 election. The shake-up meant a reduced on after Wednesday’s hires. Karlyn Bowman, a senior fel- A person close to the campaign role for Manafort, who had been “Too many cooks in the kitchen,” low and research coordinator at the former Ukrainian said Trump had been unhappy brought in to try to bring a more pro- Feehery said. “I think any time you American Enterprise Institute think leader, Viktor with Manafort for a variety of rea- fessional touch but who had struggled have too many hands on the steering tank, said Trump still had some time sons. Trump’s son, Eric Trump, said to rein in Trump’s freewheeling ways. wheel it leads to confusion in a cam- to turn around his campaign, noting Yanukovich. unflattering headlines about Man- “This morning Paul Manafort paign. And the Ukrainian stuff was the news came as many Americans afort were taking a toll. “I think my offered, and I accepted, his resigna- becoming a real distraction.” were enjoying summer vacations. father didn’t want to be, you know, tion from the campaign,” Trump said Although the hiring of Bannon The final stretch of the protracted distracted by, you know, whatever in a statement yesterday. was taken as a signal that Trump campaign traditionally starts after Reuters things that, you know, Paul was deal- “I am very appreciative for his would not hold back in his aggres- Labour Day, which falls on Sept. 5 ing with,” Eric Trump told Fox News, great work in helping to get us where sive, unorthodox campaign manner, this year. while also praising Manafort’s work we are today, and in particular his Trump offered rare words of regret “I’m not sure the public pays a lot for the campaign. work guiding us through the dele- on Thursday for causing offense with of attention to inside campaign sto- NEW YORK: Paul Manafort (pic- Questions have arisen about But the New York businessman, gate and convention process. Paul is his take-no-prisoners style. ries,” she said. “But that said, Trump tured) resigned as chairman of Manafort’s previous work for the who has never held elected office, a true professional and I wish him the Reading from a teleprompter, he has clearly been having significant Donald Trump’s US presidential cam- political party of the Kremlin-backed has also been embroiled in a series greatest success,” Trump said. told supporters in North Carolina problems in the polls and he needed paign yesterday, no longer enjoying former Ukrainian leader, Viktor of controversies in recent weeks and Manafort has come under scru- that he had sometimes misspoken. “I to do something differently and the full confidence of a Republican Yanukovich. has lagged Clinton in opinion polls. tiny over his work with pro-Russian regret it,” he said, “particularly where perhaps this is the beginning of the candidate who is trying to boost his Manafort, who first joined the In a similar shake-up in June, political groups in Ukraine. Earlier on it may have caused personal pain.” attempt.” flagging White House bid. campaign in March, had presided Manafort took over the running of Friday, a Ukrainian lawmaker offered In recent days, Trump’s son- The current RealClearPolitics Trump said in a statement he had over a period in which Trump had the campaign after Trump fired Corey more details of what he said were in-law, Jared Kushner, had been average of national opinion polls accepted Manafort’s resignation, but formally sealed the Republican pres- Lewandowski as campaign manager. records of cash payments allocated searching for someone to join puts Clinton 6 percentage points did not offer an explanation for the idential nomination after seeing off On Wednesday, Trump over- to Manafort by Yanukovich’s party. the campaign whom both he and ahead of Trump, at 47.2 percent to departure. 16 rivals. hauled his campaign team, hiring the Manafort, in a statement earlier Trump could agree was trustworthy, Trump’s 41.7 percent. Trump ‘regrets’ offending people with how he speaks

AFP Clinton leads Trump 47 percent to their vote, the result for them will be 41.2 percent, according to the Real amazing,” he said. Clear Politics polling average, fol- And he began his speech with a lowing weeks of errors that have message to the people of Louisiana, CHARLOTTE: Donald Trump made alienated establishment Republi- a state that has been hit with historic a rare act of contrition, saying he cans and seen his own supporters flooding in recent days. “We are one regretted offending people with his tear their hair out. country, one people, and we will have harsh way of speaking. On Wednesday, Trump appointed together one great future,” Trump told The Republican nominee made right-wing news executive Stephen the crowd. He still stressed his stand- the gesture at his first rally since Bannon as campaign CEO and pro- ard campaign pillars of building a wall ordering a shakeup in his cam- moted pollster Kellyanne Conway to along the border with Mexico, keep- paign to save his struggling White campaign manager. ing out undocumented foreigners and House bid. “Sometimes in the heat of The change was seen as a demo- opposing international trade accords. debate and speaking on a multitude tion for campaign chairman Paul And he also depicted himself of issues, you don’t choose the right Manafort, who has been pushing as an agent of change compared to words or you say the wrong thing,” Trump, among other changes, to Clinton, whom he dismissed as an Trump told a rally in Charlotte, North use a teleprompter when he gives old-fashioned Washington insider, Carolina. speeches as a way to stay on message while promising to strengthen “I have done that. And believe it — and not ad-lib himself into saying US ethics rules to fight influence Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks with flood victims outside Greenwell Springs Baptist or not, I regret it,” he said, drawing something offensive or wrong. peddling. laughs and applause from the crowd. Bannon’s Breitbart News web- Following the speech, Democrats Church in Louisiana yesterday. “I do regret it. Particularly, where it site is virulently anti-Clinton and his scoffed at the idea of a more toler- may have caused personal pain.” He appointment was seen as Trump’s ant and consensus-oriented Trump. added: “Too much is at stake for us to way of thumbing his nose at Repub- “That apology tonight is simply a Trump visits flood-ravaged Louisiana be consumed with these issues, but lican leaders who have been urging well-written phrase until he tells us one thing, I can promise you this, I him to tone down the shoot-from- which of his many offensive, bully- will always tell you the truth.” the-hip style of speech he used ing and divisive comments he regrets AFp some in Louisiana for not visiting the “Instead, we hope he’ll consider The New York billionaire’s multi- effectively in the primaries. — and changes his tune altogether,” southern state reeling from the after- volunteering or making a sizable ple self-inflicted wounds of late have On Thursday, Trump did speak said Christina Reynolds, a Clinton math of massive flooding. donation to the LA (Louisiana) Flood left him trailing in virtually every with a teleprompter and veered from campaign spokeswoman. Some 40,000 homes were Relief Fund to help the victims of this battleground state. One of the biggest the invisible screens only to ham- But the “new” Trump — disci- CHICAGO: Republican presidential impacted by inundating waters and storm,” a statement read. missteps was clashing repeatedly mer away at a given point he wanted plined and serious — was already nominee Donald Trump visited Lou- more than 86,000 people had so far The president stayed on vaca- with the parents of an Army cap- to make. On substantive issues, he gaining traction with fans. “I loved isiana yesterday, as rescue crews and registered for federal aid—with that tion during the disaster, including tain killed in Iraq. reached out to US minorities, in par- the tone,” said Annette Fitch, 55, a residents of the US state worked to number expected to grow. Trump and playing golf on Wednesday, but was Critics accused him last week of ticular blacks. “Nearly four in ten customer service representative who recover from historic floods that left Pence first met with disaster relief said to be getting daily updates on inciting violence against his Dem- African-American children are living was at the speech. 13 people dead. volunteers at a church outside of the the situation. ocratic opponent Hillary Clinton in in poverty. I will not rest until chil- But another supporter, 71-year Trump and his vice presidential state capital Baton Rouge. “Obama should recognise that a remark about the right to bear dren of every color in this country old high school principal Hans Peter nominee Mike Pence toured some of Louisiana Governor John Bel leadership involves symbolism as arms, and media reports have are fully included in the American Plotseneder, said he regretted the the flood-ravaged areas and meet Edwards’s office said it was not well as substance. In times of pro- swirled about a campaign in crisis Dream,” Trump said. candidate had lost “a little bit of per- with local Republican leaders. informed of Trump’s visit. It wel- found need, people need to see their and a candidate apparently inca- “If African-American voters give sonal touch.” “I hope he doesn’t get The visit came after days of criti- comed the candidate, “but not for a president up close,” The Advocate pable of reeling in crass remarks. Donald Trump a chance by giving me too PC,” he said. cism of President Barack Obama from photo-op.” newspaper said in an editorial. Firefighters make gains in Southern California 5 new Zika cases in tourist hotspot Miami Beach AP feeling,” she said as she lounged in a lawn chair under a tree outside an AFP town in Miami Beach and in the evacuation center. Miami neighborhood of Wynwood. Meanwhile, a new fire broke In most people, Zika causes only SAN BERNARDINO: Firefighters out in rural Santa Barbara County, mild symptoms but in pregnant were on the offensive yesterday as quickly surging to about 600 acres MIAMI: Five new cases of Zika have women it can cause microcephaly, they worked to expand significant and prompting the evacuation of a been found in tourist hotspot Miami a deformation in which babies are gains against a huge wildfire that pair of campgrounds. Beach, signaling that local trans- born with abnormally small brains chased thousands of people from In the southern Sierra Nevada, mission of a virus blamed for birth and heads. their homes in Southern California. another blaze feeding on dense defects is spreading, Florida offi- Officials had previously “We’ve got the ball, we’re on the timber in Sequoia National Forest cials said yesterday. said Zika was spreading in a move,” fire information officer Bob exploded to nearly 15 square miles. “This means we have a new one-square-mile zone north of Poole said. The fire has scorched Tiny hamlets in Kern and Tulare area” of local transmission, Gov- downtown Miami called Wynwood, nearly 58 square miles and was 26 counties were evacuated. ernor Rick Scott said at a press where more than two dozen people percent contained as it entered its During five years of drought, conference. The Florida Health were believed to have been infected fourth day in mountains and desert California’s wildlands have seen a Department said five individuals by mosquitoes carrying the virus. 60 miles east of Los Angeles. continuous streak of destructive and had been confirmed as cases of Zika has also been linked to Poole said it was “spectacular” sometimes deadly fires. No deaths local Zika transmission in a sec- a disorder known as Guillain- to make progress so quickly against have been reported in the latest fire. tion of Miami Beach. Barre syndrome, which can lead to such a big fire that had firefighters A helicopter drops fire water on a burning hillside in Keenbrook, California. The dry vegetation is like fire- Florida now has 36 cases of nervous system problems such as on the defensive for the first 1½ days. wood, said fire information officer locally transmitted Zika virus, weakness and paralysis. Plans were underway to demo- haven’t burned in 70 years, fire orders at the height of the fire. A Sean Collins. Wildfires across the which is typically spread by mos- The spread of Zika in the Miami bilise some of the nearly 1,600 behavior analyst Brendan Ripley small number of evacuees have been country in recent years have grown quitoes but also by sexual contact. area has raised alarms that visitors firefighters. “Crews really buttoned said. Elsewhere, the fire’s growth was allowed to return home, but Pitassi more ferocious and expensive to The size of the zone in Miami may avoid the popular tourist resort. up some areas. But the possibility is limited because flames had reduced could not say when all the evacua- fight. Last year’s fire season set Beach where active Zika trans- Yesterday, Miami Mayor Tomas still there for explosive growth,” said the land to a moonscape. tions would be lifted. a record with more than 15,625 mission is occurring is just under 1.5 Regalado said that 15 public events Brad Pitassi, another fire spokesman. “The fire burned so intensely Among those waiting to return square miles of land charred. It square miles (3.9 square kilometers). in Wynwood had been cancelled in One area of concern was south- that there’s no fuels left for it to move was Lisa Gregory, who didn’t know was also the costliest on record The Centers for Disease Control the past 10 days and cancellations east of the ski town of Wrightwood, again,” Pitassi said. Some 82,000 whether her house was still stand- with $2.1bn spent to fight fires from and Prevention warned pregnant were running through September where old-growth brush and trees residents were under evacuation ing. The uncertainty “is an awful Alaska to Florida. women to stay out of that part of and October. 12 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS

Chicago police US to phase out federal use of private prisons recommend firing of 7 cops for-profit prisons, the department contracting with private companies safety and quality than government- private prison companies. for false reports said it planned a gradual phase-out in 1997 at a time of severe prison run prisons, Burns said. In a statement, US Immigration Thirteen of the by letting contracts expire or by scal- over-crowding. The greater impact of the Jus- and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal government’s ing them back to a level consistent Yates said private prisons, long tice Department decision may be its branch of DHS in charge of deten- AP with recent declines in the US prison seen as a growth industry in a coun- trickle-down effect on state prison tion facilities for migrants, said, “ICE 146 prisons are population. try where the prison population has systems, which house the majority uses these various models to meet the privately run. The phase-out of private contrac- quadrupled since 1980, had failed to of U.S. prisoners. agency’s detention needs while pro- CHICAGO: Seven Chicago police Together, those tors is in line with President Barack provide any substantial cost savings. “This is an important and tecting taxpayer resources.” officers should be fired for filing Obama’s efforts to reform the US “Private prisons served an groundbreaking decision,” David The statement made no men- false reports in the fatal shoot- 13 housed 22,600 criminal justice system, which he has important role during a difficult Fathi, director of the American Civil tion of a move to close privately run ing of black teenager Laquan inmates as of said incarcerates too many people, period, but time has shown that they Liberties Union’s National Prison migrant detention facilities. McDonald in 2014, the police particularly minorities. compare poorly to our own Bureau Project, said in a statement. Yates said in a memo that the superintendent said, in a move December 2015, In 2015, the United States held 25 facilities,” she said. “The ACLU applauds today’s number of federal prisoners in pri- aimed at repairing the reputa- down from about percent of the world’s prisoners even GEO Group said it was disap- decision and calls on other agencies vate facilities is expected to fall by 50 tion of a department dogged by though it only accounts for 5 percent pointed by the announcement, but — both state and federal — to stop percent by May 2017 from the popu- decades of cover-ups and scandal. 40,000 in 2014. of the world’s population, according said the impact of the decision was handing control of prisons to for- lation’s peak in 2013. The release last year of offi- to the White House. not imminent. profit companies.” Height Securities industry ana- cial police reports that directly The decision, announced by Dep- “At the federal level, GEO’s facil- The Justice Department has no lyst Daniel Hanson said both GEO contradicted video evidence of uty Attorney General Sally Yates in a ities have a proven track record of direct authority over the privately and Corrections Corp would need McDonald’s shooting by a white Reuters memo, followed a report last week by providing cost-effective, high-qual- run state prisons that housed more to update their financial outlooks police officer turned a spotlight the Justice Department’s inspector ity services,” the company said in a than 91,000 inmates as of 2014. Nor after the Justice Department news. In on longstanding concerns about general that criticized private prisons statement. does Justice have authority over a research note, he called the depart- a “code of silence” in Chicago’s for failing to maintain the same level Corrections Corp spokesman immigration detention facilities ment’s goal of ending private prison police force, in which officers WASHINGTON: The US Justice of safety and security as facilities run Jonathan Burns said Thursday’s run separately by private companies contracting “more aspirational than stay quiet about or conceal pos- Department announced plans to by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. announcement only affects 7 per- under contract to the Department of attainable,” however. sible misconduct by colleagues. phase out its use of privately oper- Thirteen of the federal govern- cent of CCA’s business and that the Homeland Security (DHS). “In an austere era of discre- Superintendent Eddie John- ated prisons, calling them less safe ment’s 146 prisons are privately run. inspector general’s report “has sig- Detention Watch Network, tionary budgeting, we believe it is son said in a statement that after and a poor substitute for govern- Together, those 13 housed 22,600 nificant flaws.” an immigrant advocacy group, unlikely that (the Bureau of Prisons) reviewing documents, video and ment-run facilities. inmates as of December 2015, down “Numerous independent studies” called on DHS to follow the Jus- can afford the increased costs asso- other evidence, he was accepting In a move hailed by civil rights from about 40,000 in 2014. have shown Correction Corp’s facili- tice Department’s lead by phasing ciated with meaningfully reducing the recommendation of the city’s groups and longstanding critics of The Bureau of Prisons began ties to be “equal or better” in terms of out immigrant-only prisons run by contracts,” Hanson said. inspector general to fire seven officers because of their accounts of the incident. The officers vio- lated Rule 14, which prohibits “making a false report, written US sought ‘leverage’ with Fatal collision or oral,” said Johnson. He did not name the seven officers. Johnson will take his recom- $400m payment to Iran mendation to the city’s police board, which will make the final decision. The process typically takes about seven months, so any AFP Department had said the prisoner decision to fire the officers isn’t release and delivery of money were likely until next year. completely separate, although Kirby Johnson became the super- acknowledged Thursday that the intendent after Mayor Rahm WASHINGTON: The United States two were in fact related. Emanuel fired Garry McCarthy acknowledged that it waited for “I’m saying that the events because of the McDonald shooting Iran to release American prison- came together simultaneously... it video and his recommendation ers before delivering $400m in would have been foolish, impru- marks the single biggest deci- cash that it owed the country, but dent, irresponsible for us not to try sion he has made for a department again insisted the payment was to maintain maximum leverage,” long dogged by suspicions that it not ransom. Kirby said. The ordeal has set off a condones or covers up the brutal- Republicans including Don- tidal wave of condemnation from ity and misconduct of its officers. ald Trump pounced on Thursday’s Republicans, who have questioned Dean Angelo Sr, the head admission as proof that President the timing of the two events and of the Chicago police union, Barack Obama’s government had said the government paid ransom defended the officers. He said misled the American people. “With for the prisoner release. their interpretation of what concerns that Iran may renege on Republican presidential Trump unfolded may have been accu- the prisoner release... we of course was quick to attack. “Speaking of lies, rate from their perspective, noting sought to retain maximum leverage we now know from the State Depart- that perceptions can be affected in until after American citizens were ment announcement that President high-stress situations, like shoot- released,” State Department spokes- Obama lied about the $400m in cash ings. But community activists One of the two buses involved in an accident is seen in Newark yesterday. Two commuter buses man John Kirby told reporters. “That that was flown to Iran,” he told a rally praised Johnson’s announcement, was our top priority,” he said. in Thursday in North Carolina. slammed into each other in the heart of New Jersey’s largest city, killing one of the drivers and injuring saying the rare move shows he is In January, five American pris- “He denied it was for the hos- 18 people, seven critically. serious about overhauling depart- oners were released as Washington tages, but it was. He said we don’t ment practices. granted clemency to seven Iranians pay ransom, but he did. He lied and withdrew arrest warrants for about the hostages - openly and 14 others. Immediately thereafter, blatantly,” Trump said. Trump’s the US helped airlift $400m worth opponent in the race for the White of Swiss francs and euros to Iran. House, former secretary of state Hil- Mexico police ‘executed’ 22 people in raid last year The US government insists that lary Clinton, was no longer serving money was meant to settle an old debt as the nation’s top diplomat when stemming from a military purchase the accord came into effect. by Iran. The money was delivered on Still, Trump senior communica- Reuters At least 42 suspected gang mem- Gonzalez said police lied about “We knew this was what hap- January 17, just one day after a land- tions advisor Jason Miller said that bers were killed and one police their role during the incident at the pened right from the start, we knew mark nuclear deal between Tehran “by helping put together a deal that officer died in an incident that raised ranch, where they moved 7 bodies our sons were victims of abuse by the and world powers took effect. ultimately sent $400m to Iran that questions due to the one-sided death and shifted weapons to manipulate authorities,” said Margarito Romero, “We were able to conclude mul- was likely used to fund terrorism, MEXICO CITY: Some 22 suspected toll, one of the highest since Presi- the crime scene. Police also tortured father of one man who died that day. tiple strands of diplomacy within Clinton has proven herself unfit to gang members were arbitrarily exe- dent Enrique Pena Nieto took office two people they arrested, and burned “They should have been arrested, not a 24 hour period, including imple- be president of the United States.” cuted in a confrontation with police in 2012, pledging to put an end to two bodies, Gonzalez added. murdered ...even if some of them mentation of the nuclear deal, the House speaker Paul Ryan said in western Mexico last year, Mexico’s years of gangland violence. The CNDH report is a fresh blow were members of the cartel, that is prisoner talks and a settlement of an Obama had set a dangerous prece- National Human Rights Commission “As a result of the investigation to Pena Nieto, whose approval rat- no excuse.” outstanding Hague tribunal claim,” dent. “Today the State Department said, the latest grim example of rights done by this organization, based on ing has fallen to an all-time low over In a news conference, Renato Kirby said, referring to the money admitted what we’ve long suspected abuses by security forces. technical and scientific tests ... we perceptions he has failed to tackle Sales, Mexico’s national security claimed by Iran. — that the president and his adminis- In May last year, federal police established facts that imply grave rampant crime and corruption. commissioner, did not accept police “It’s already publicly known tration have been misleading us since launched a raid against suspected human rights violations attributa- Rights groups say that although carried out executions. He said the that we returned to Iran its $400m January about whether he ransomed members of the Jalisco New Gener- ble to public servants of the federal Mexico’s security forces face grave investigation was continuing, and in that same time period as part of the freedom of the Americans unjust ation Cartel (JNG) holed up in a ranch police,” Raul Gonzalez, the pres- dangers in their fight against often urged Congress to pass laws on the Hague settlement agreement,” imprisoned in Iran,” America’s top near the small town of Tanhuato in the ident of the CNDH, told a news brutal cartels, it is vital they hold when security forces can fire their he said. In early August, the State elected Republican said. violent western state of Michoacan. conference. themselves to higher standards. weapons.

Wizard world UN chief: Moral responsibility to help Haiti cholera victims

Reuters for Disease Control and Prevention dehydration and death, and is said UN peacekeepers from Nepal, caused by poor sanitation. where cholera is endemic, were the “The Secretary-General deeply likely cause of the outbreak of the regrets the terrible suffering the peo- UNITED NATIONS: United Nations water-borne disease. The peace- ple of Haiti have endured as a result Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon keepers on mission in Haiti were of the cholera epidemic,” Haq said. believes the world body has a moral stationed near a river and discharged Ban had been seeking $2.2 responsibility to help Haiti’s chol- raw sewage. billion for a 10-year cholera-elim- era victims and their families and is “The United Nations has a moral ination campaign that he started in working to develop “material assist- responsibility to the victims of the December 2012 with the presidents ance” for them, his spokesman said cholera epidemic and for support- of Haiti and the neighboring Domin- yesterday. ing Haiti in overcoming the epidemic ican Republic. But less than a quarter On Thursday, the UN made its and building sound water, sanitation has been raised, U.N. data showed. first acknowledgment of its possi- and health systems,” U.N. spokesman Ban is now working to develop a ble involvement in the introduction Farhan Haq told reporters on Friday. new response that will be presented of cholera to Haiti six years ago that Cholera, which had not been within two months, Haq said. UN figures showed has killed more documented in Haiti in almost He described it as “a package Attendees dressed in a variety of costumes take part in the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2016 than 9,000 Haitians and infected 100 years before the 2010 out- that would provide material assist- at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center in Chicago. 770,000. break, is an infection that causes ance and support to those Haitians A 2011 study by the US Centers severe diarrhea that can lead to most directly affected by cholera”. CLASSIFIEDS SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 13

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UN remarks on Haiti cholera a “groundbreaking” HONG KONG: The newest addition to Hong 2 step to justice, say lawyers Kong’s cafe scene is taking a soft approach to business -- with 12 resident rabbits for custom- Desertification eating into agricultural ers to pet. 3 land in India, satellite images show The “Rabbitland” bunnies munch on grass while visitors coo over them between sips of tea and bites of toasted sandwich. Tucked away on the third floor of a high-rise TWEET OF THE DAY in the busy commercial district of Causeway Bay, the cafe says it gives people who have no room to keep a pet in space-starved Hong Kong the chance to bond with the fluffy animals. Most of the rabbits have been abandoned by previous owners. Hong Kong already has a number of “cat cafes”, but this is the first one for rabbits, inspired by a similar shop in Japan. A customer (left) takes a photo as her friend offers food to a rabbit standing on its hind legs at the “I like how soft they are and like their fur and how gentle they are when you feed them,” “Rabbitland” cafe in the district of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, yesterday. says Natalie Chan, 11, whose mother had brought her to find out more about keeping rabbits as she wants one as a pet. Co-founder Teddy Chui, 29, not for sale, but Chui says a visit here if they want to buy a rabbit, so There are a list of rules about how to behave says anyone who does not obey helps children understand what they know it’s not all about playing around the animals, including not picking them the rules is asked to leave. looking after one would involve. with them -- it’s a lot of work and up or pulling their ears. The “Rabbitland” bunnies are “A lot of parents bring their kids responsibility,” says Chui.

INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY Shakespeare in many guises at Edinburgh Festival

Hedaya Malak Reuters at the world’s largest annual cultural Shakespeare, who died in 1616, Juliet” is told in Chinese operatic style. Wahba of Egypt event are testament to his continued wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets which The festival also offers an animated and Kimia Aliza- popularity and versatility. have been translated into over 80 lan- version of “The Tempest” and a French- deh Zenoorin of EDINBURGH: Rapping, drunkenness Dozens of reimaginings of Shake- guages and are performed the world language “Twelfth Night” set at a 1970s Iran stand on the and “Star Wars” are some of the twists speare’s work at the festival include over. A British Council survey earlier seaside resort. podium with their given to William Shakespeare’s plays at “Measure for Measure” in a mesmeric this year found he is internationally “Measure for Measure” as per- bronze medals in the Edinburgh festival this year, mark- and critically acclaimed Russian-lan- known and understood, but more pop- formed by “Shit-Faced Shakespeare” Taekwondo Wom- ing the 400th anniversary of his death. guage staging. In a different version, ular in non-English speaking countries. has toured Britain and the US for seven en’s -57kg in Rio de It may not always be clear whether the actor playing villain Angelo says One Edinburgh version of “A Mid- years, winning sell-out runs due to its Janeiro, Brazil. the treatment of the English play- his lines in a rap style and grabs a “vic- summer Night’s Dream” has King of unique approach: before every per- wright’s work is homage, mockery or tim” from the audience to be dressed the Fairies Oberon as Obi-Wan Kenobi formance one cast member is chosen a mixture of both, but packed theatres up as a nun. from Star Wars, while “Romeo and to get drunk before going on stage.

Interactive tree Old hunting weapons found Scientists turn to satellite images

IANS “We don’t think that throwing is the sole, to map poverty or even primary, function of these spheroids, but these results show that this function is an option that warrants reconsidering as a IANS NEW YORK: Researchers have discovered potential use for this long-lived, multipur- the purpose of a large number of spherical pose tool,” Bingham noted. stone artifacts found at a major archaeolog- The research, which combines knowl- WASHINGTON: Locating people ical site in South Africa. edge about how modern humans perceive an living in poverty, such as through These stones, which date from between object’s “throwing affordance” with math- door-to-door surveys, sometimes 1.8 million and 70,000 years ago, -- previ- ematical analysis and evaluation of these is difficult. Therefore, scien- ously thought by some to be used as tools stones as projectiles for throwing, appeared tists are now turning to satellite -- served instead as weapons for defence in the journal Scientific Reports. images. and hunting, according to a study. Using these methods, the researchers In a study published on Thurs- These stones puzzled archaeologists used computational models to analyse 55 day in the US journal Science, since they were unearthed at the Cave of ball-shaped stone objects from the South researchers from the Stanford Hearths in South Africa’s Makapan Valley African site, finding that 81 per cent of the University used machine learning nearly 30 years ago. stones were the optimal size, weight and -- the science of designing com- Previous research by archaeologists shape for hitting a target at a 25-metre puter algorithms that learn from suggested that spherical stones were used distance. data -- to extract information as percussive tools for shaping or grinding The stones are about the size of tennis about poverty from high-reso- other materials. balls but much heavier. lution satellite imagery, Xinhua “Our study suggests that the throwing The team also simulated the projectile news agency reported. of stones played a key role in the evolution motions the spheroids would undergo if They found the newly devel- of hunting,” said one of the study authors thrown by an expert, as well as estimated oped approach was able to “make Visitors standing under an interactive illuminated tree sculpture entitled “Samara” by Geoffrey Bingham, Professor in the Indiana the probability of these projectiles causing fairly accurate predictions” of artists Max Pagel and Jonathan Hwang during a preview of the Singapore Night Festival. University Bloomington College of Arts and damage to a medium-sized prey such as an impoverished areas across five Sciences in the US. impala. African countries: Nigeria, Tanza- nia, Uganda, Malawi, and Rwanda. “Our method, which requires only publicly available data, could transform efforts to track US astronauts begin spacewalk to install new docking port and target poverty in developing countries,” the researchers said in their paper. AFP their way outside the orbiting labo- to be installed in 2018. ISS operations space station. The docking adaptor is for her. She has already practiced According to World Bank data ratory to begin the work of attaching integration manager Kenneth Todd more sophisticated than past equip- the necessary maneuvers, including from 2000 to 2010, 39 out of 59 an international docking adaptor, called Friday’s installation a “very ment because it will allow automatic mating the cables, in Nasa’s neutral African countries conducted less MIAMI: With more private spaceship launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon significant milestone on the path parking instead of the current grap- buoyancy laboratory in Houston. than two surveys, from which traffic expected at the International cargo ship last month. to establishing commercial crew ple and berthing process, which is She is the 12th woman to walk nationally representative poverty Space Station in the coming years, Nasa describes the gear as “a capability.” managed by astronauts. in space. A series of spacewalks measures could be constructed. two US astronauts embarked on a metaphorical gateway to a future” Built by Boeing, the circular It also has fittings that will ena- last year have helped prepare the Overall, surveys are costly, spacewalk yesterday to install a spe- that will allow a new generation of adaptor measures around 42 inches ble the space station to share power groundwork for the adaptor’s arrival. infrequent, and cannot always cial parking spot for them. US spacecraft -- the first since the (one meter) tall and about 63 inches and data with the spacecraft. Wil- Late Wednesday, the space sta- reach countries or regions within The spacewalk began at 8:04 space shuttle program ended in 2011 wide. The adaptors will work with liams is making his fourth career tion’s robotic arm pulled the docking countries, for instance, due to (1204 GMT) when Americans Jeff Wil- -- to carry astronauts to the space Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and spacewalk. He has accumulated 19 adaptor from the trunk of the SpaceX armed conflict. Recent studies liams and Kate Rubins switched their station. The docking adaptor will be SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, two space- hours of spacewalk time in his life. Dragon cargo ship, placing it next to showed that satellite data cap- spacesuits to internal battery power. the first of two such additions to the ships under construction that are The spacewalk is Rubins’s first.But the station’s Harmony module for turing nightlights can be used to Shortly afterward, they made space station. The second is expected planned to ferry astronauts to the the work will be hardly brand new installation. predict wealth in a given area. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 11,320.39 -88.36 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,544.80 -52.90 PTS Uber buys self-driving Fed’s Williams startup Otto; FTSE100 6,858.95 -10.01 PTS sees September teams with Volvo BRENT $48.42 +$0.20 rate hike

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Oversupply concerns resurface as oil up on Opec talks

strong support for oil with renewed of 8.61 mb/d speculation that Opec is seriously as it expects The second week of considering curbing its output. The higher out- August saw strong statement by Minister of Energy and put with the support for oil with Industry and current Opec President expected H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada increase renewed speculation that Opec would discuss the possi- in drilling that Opec is seriously bilities of “oil production freeze” in later during September, along with a weak US dol- this year. Its considering curbing lar after flat US retail data, pushed 2017, US oil its output. oil to enjoy the best week since April production 2016, KAMCO’s oil market monthly forecast was report for August noted. also raised On the production side, Saudi from 8.2 Arabia reportedly produced at record mb/d to 8.31 The Peninsula pace during July breaking the out- mb/d. The put record it set last year in June-15. agency also However, a majority of the increase Crude also declined at a similar pace will further decline leading to fur- highlighting July production of 8.57 lowered the average US oil price in production was primarily aimed during the month. ther pressure on oil prices. mb/d, a decline of 180 tb/d and the forecast for 2016 to $41.16/b from DOHA: A slew of developments kept at domestic consumption in order Oil supply concerns continued The latest American Petroleum lowest level since April 2014. In the $43.57/b and for 2017 to $51.58/b the global oil market on its heels to deal with the seasonal summer during July led by developments Institute (API) report highlighted the report, the EIA raised the production from $52.15/b. during this month that included a demand where electricity con- on rising crude inventories in the biggest crude inventory in over the forecast for US oil producers indicat- Average Opec monthly oil price 2.1 million increase in US crude oil sumption is at its peak in the region. US and across the globe, including past three months with an increase ing a slower than expected decline in declined for the first time in over six inventory during the week end- Average Opec monthly oil price China, as well as rising oil produc- of 2.1million barrels. US oil output as US oil producers are months during July-16 to $ 42.68/b, ing August 5. Rig count also saw the declined for the first time in over six tion or resilient oil production in The US Energy Information proving more resilient to oil prices. a 6.9 percent decline as compared biggest jump in 2016 and rose for the months during July to $ 42.68/b, a 6.9 the US. Moreover, there is a looming Administration’s (EIA) short term The agency raised US oil produc- to the previous month. Brent and seventh straight week. percent decline as compared to the concern that as the seasonal main- energy outlook also pointed to fig- tion forecast to average at 8.73 mb/d Kuwait Crude also declined at a sim- The second week of August saw previous month. Brent and Kuwait tenance kicks in the US, oil demand ures not supportive of oil prices while in 2016, up from its previous forecast ilar pace during the month.

Opel set to slash All eyes on Yellen to provide workers’ shifts as SWFs pull $16.2bn Fed’s clarity on rate hike plan Brexit slows sales from external AFP Reuters closer to overcoming headwinds managers in Q2 including low oil prices. BERLIN: German carmaker Opel After Britain’s vote in late June to will have to cut hours for its fac- leave the European Union, eurozone tory workers as demand for WASHINGTON: Will they or won’t economies are still on alert for any certain models falls in the wake Reuters equities mandates, with passive S&P they? The debate over whether the signs of a knock-on effect on senti- of Brexit, a spokesman said yes- 500 equity funds bearing the brunt US Federal Reserve is readying an ment as well as output and orders terday. Factories in Ruesselsheim, of the selling. In total, equity funds interest rate hike will get its ump- registered by manufacturing and near Frankfurt, and Eisenach in lost $8.6bn. This selling occurred teenth airing over the coming week, services companies. central Germany — where a total LONDON: Sovereign wealth funds despite strong gains in global stocks with all eyes on Chair Janet Yellen No clear damage has come to the of about 5,000 workers produce pulled $16.2bn from third-party with the S&P 500 .SPX up 7 percent (pictured) to provide some clarity. fore so far, giving the European Cen- the Insignia and Corsa models asset managers in the second quar- this year to record highs, while the Amid conflicting signals from the tral Bank some breathing space as —will be affected. “We cannot ter according to the latest data from benchmark world equity index is up Fed in recent days, central bankers it remains in ‘wait-and-see’ mode confirm the exact number of days” research firm eVestment, up from a 4 percent. from around the world will gather and avoids stoking expectations for that will be cut, the spokesman revised $10.1bn in the first quarter. Overall, fixed income funds lost from August 25 for an annual meet- further stimulus too far, despite sig- said. “That will depend heavily on The outflows were the sec- $7.5bn, with some $3.2bn pulled ing in the mountains of Jackson Hole, naling its willingness to act. the sales volume of the Insignia ond largest in five years, exceeded from US mandates and $2.7bn from Wyoming, with Yellen due to speak A composite PMI index read- and the Corsa in the UK.” only by the $22bn withdrawn by global strategies. the following day. ing for the eurozone on Tuesday is Opel, owned by US auto giant sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in Laurelli highlighted the move A recent batch of strong US broadly expected to reflect busi- General Motors, sells more cars the third quarter of 2015, when oil away from inflation-sensitive bond employment readings have yielded nesses’ continued resilience to the in Britain under its Vauxhall prices LCOc1 tumbled around 25 products with accelerating redemp- upbeat views from some Fed policy- Brexit vote, even as growth in activ- brand than in any other Euro- percent. tions from US and global products, makers suggesting rates could rise ity stays muted. pean country. But slowing sales Peter Laurelli, global head which lost $1.5bn and almost $3bn as soon as September, though mixed Meanwhile, a closely-watched and the weaker pound are likely to of research at eVestment, which respectively. “This could be a sign messages from the bank’s latest confidence index by Germany’s take a bite out of the car manufac- collates data from 4,400 firms there is lack of faith from the SWF meeting have clouded the outlook. US inflation. Uncertainty over its Ifo think-tank released on Thurs- turer’s financial results this year, managing money on behalf of community of the effectiveness of Minutes from the July 26-27 pol- position now has knocked the US day should not produce any sharp potentially stalling its emerging institutional investors, said SWF global central bank monetary policy icy meeting showed rate setters were dollar, leaving it close to eight-week changes. “Forthcoming eurozone recovery after years of hard times. flows to external money managers to stimulate inflation, or for contin- split over the necessity of tightening lows against the euro. PMIs as well as the German Ifo The pound suffered a sharp appeared “highly correlated” to glo- ued concentrated efforts to do so,” policy soon, with some arguing that New York Fed President Wil- business climate should keep mov- drop in the days following Brit- bal commodity prices, particularly he said. more economic data was needed, liam Dudley, a close ally of Yellen’s, ing sideways,” Commerzbank chief ain’s vote on June 23 to leave oil prices. “Continued redemptions Even emerging market debt including on the pace of hiring, was among those sounding a more economist Jorg Kramer said in a the European Union, and some could be a sign SWFs expect contin- funds, which have attracted other before envisaging a hike. confident note in recent days on a note. A second reading of UK out- observers expect the currency to ued pressure on commodity prices investors in recent weeks because Yellen is likely to cement expec- possible near-term rate hike, citing put data for the second quarter, after fall further against the euro. in coming quarters,” he said. of their higher yields, suffered SWF tations for a slow pace of rate broad progress in the US economy. a preliminary release showed gross That squeezes Opel, which The second-quarter data also redemptions of just under $1.6bn. increases. A smattering of surveys and domestic product expanded by 0.6 sells many cars manufactured on revealed the highest proportion of Asia Pacific equity was one of “Yellen could provide her cur- data in the coming week will add percent, should give further steers on the continent in Britain -- despite external managers reporting SWF the few areas to see modest inflows, rent assessment of the outlook for to that picture, with readings due how business investment and con- its two factories in the island net outflows, at 72 percent, com- attracting $748m. This was mainly job growth, inflation and economic on Tuesday on how new home sales sumer spending performed in the nation. GM reported its first quar- pared with just 28 percent reporting driven by net inflows of $757m into growth, and indicate whether cau- progressed in July in the United run-up to the Brexit vote. terly profit in Europe since 2011 net inflows. Malaysia equity funds. Overall EM tion is still appropriate or whether a States, followed by data on existing In Japan, also increasingly under between April and June this year. The depth of the sell-off reflects equity mandates lost just over $1bn. rate hike might be on the horizon,” home sales and June house prices scrutiny over its struggle to hit its 2 But Brexit could hold the the fact that countries such as Rus- “It is apparent that SWFs economists at HSBC said in a note. on Wednesday. percent consumer price target, infla- group back from booking a profit sia and Saudi Arabia, which are continue to allocate to external The Fed raised interest rates in Further details on US factory tion data for July is due on Aug. 26. across Europe for a whole year heavily reliant on oil exports to managers for niche strategies,” Lau- December for the first time in almost performance, via Markit’s prelim- Analysts at Standard Chartered said — its stated objective which has generate income, have raided their relli said, noting three consecutive a decade, but has since kept them on inary Purchasing Managers’ Index headline inflation was expected to eluded the company over the past rainy day funds to close budget gaps. quarters of growing allocations to hold amid signs of faltering growth (PMI) on Tuesday, will provide more remain negative, falling 0.4 percent 16 years — it warned at the end The eVestment data showed that Malaysian equity and consistent in the world economy and subdued clues as to whether the sector is any year-on-year. of July. over $7bn was withdrawn from US allocations to EM infrastructure. 18 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS Uber buys startup Otto; partners with Volvo

1 percent of Uber’s valuation, if cer- tain technical targets are met, said Forms a $300m the source. alliance with Volvo Recently, that valuation was about $68bn, placing the value of the Car Group to develop deal at about $680m. Current Otto self-driving cars. employees would get a fifth of profits Uber earns from a self-driving truck- ing business, if those targets are met, the source said. Current Otto employees would Reuters get a fifth of profits Uber earns from a self-driving trucking business. Anthony Levandowski, one of Otto’s co-founders, will lead Uber’s WASHINGTON: Ride service Uber self-driving efforts in San Francisco, Technologies Inc said it acquired Palo Alto and Pittsburgh, Kalan- self-driving trucks startup Otto and ick said on the company’s website. formed a $300m alliance with Volvo Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis That includes personal transporta- Car Group to develop self-driving Kalanick (pictured) wrote in a blog- tion such as ride-hailing services, as cars. post. “To do it well is incredibly hard, well as delivery services and truck- Uber’s moves reflect its eagerness as I realized on my first visit to a car ing, Kalanick said. to advance self-driving technology. If manufacturing plant several years Levandowski was one of four its ambitions are realized, these vehi- ago.” founders of Otto, each of whom cles could over time reduce its biggest Uber, which has a research center worked at Alphabet Inc’s Google and cost, paying drivers. in Pittsburgh, will by the end of this its self-driving programme. Uber would also be positioned to month begin a pilot programme in The Uber-Volvo partnership Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone in central London. expand into the trucking industry, which trusted Uber customers will will allow Uber to pool resources which had revenue of about $726.4bn be able to use their phones to sum- with the Swedish-based carmaker, in the United States in 2015, accord- mon a self-driving car for use in a owned by China’s Geely, into initially Uber will buy Volvos and then will enable trucks to drive around at 1.5 million globally in more than ing to trade data. downtown Pittsburgh, according to developing the autonomous driving install its own driverless control sys- the clock, leaving humans to rest, 450 cities. Carpooling firms have formed a source with knowledge of Uber’s capabilities of Volvo’s flagship XC90 tem. Some of the Volvos will join a do paperwork and take controls only A spokesman for US safety reg- alliances with large automakers, such plans. SUV model. The investment will be handful of Ford Motor Co (F.N) Fusion while going on and off highways. ulator National Highway Traffic as General Motors Co and ride-hail- It will be the first time members shared roughly equally by the two sedans that will be used to start the Over the long-term, Uber and Safety Administration said it “con- ing service Lyft, to accelerate those of the public will be able to use self- companies. There was no timeline pilot program that combines self- rivals such as Lyft could cut the cost tinues to engage with all entities that efforts, which depend on software driving vehicles. A driver trained to given for the alliance, but the source driving and ride-hailing in downtown of paying drivers if they can gradu- are developing, testing and deploy- and hardware working together to handle the autonomous cars will be said the goal is to develop a fully self- Pittsburgh. ally incorporate self-driving cars into ing automated technologies to ensure give a vehicle the right reflexes in behind the wheel to step in if needed. driving car by 2021, and that Uber, So far Otto has tested self-driving their fleets. But at least for now, said that they are advancing road safety.” traffic. “Partnership is crucial to our The purchase of Otto, a start-up which does not plan to make its own trucks for highway use only. the source familiar with the Uber- Federal guidelines will be issued self-driving strategy because Uber company less than a year old with vehicle, will align with other auto- Developers hope for productivity Otto agreement, Uber will expand its soon on development and testing of has no experience making cars,” fewer than 100 employees, will be for makers over time. gains with the new technology that driver network, which now stands “highly automated vehicles,” he said.

Coca-Cola halts Boardroom deal India plant over aims to end Viacom pollution issue power struggle AFP

LUCKNOW: Coca-Cola has tem- AFP Dauman and board member George porarily halted operations at a Abrams, have alleged in court that bottling plant in northern India Shari Redstone effectively controls over alleged environmental vio- her ailing father and is making a lations, an ongoing controversy SAN FRANCISCO: The end of a nasty power grab for his $40bn media which has dogged its factories in power struggle at Viacom appeared empire. It includes entertainment the country. at hand early yesterday with word of conglomerate Viacom which is home The beverages giant said it had a boardroom deal in which 93-year- to the Paramount Pictures movie stu- voluntarily suspended manufac- old media mogul Sumner Redstone dio, and television group CBS. turing at its Dasna plant near New remains atop his empire while chief Dauman and Abrams sought in Delhi while the local environmen- executive Philippe Dauman is shown a Massachusetts court to speed up tal authority investigates. the door. their fight against being dismissed Activists say the factory in A source close to the matter said as trustees of National Amusements Uttar Pradesh state contaminates that board members were “negoti- Trust, which controls Sumner Red- groundwater meant for farmers ating productively” but the deal had stone’s National Amusements holding A woman exits the Viacom Inc headquarters in New York. and pollutes the soil, and that yet to be sealed. Various media out- company. They asked the court to sewage is not properly treated. lets, including the Wall Street Journal, quickly order a medical examina- “We received a commu- were reporting that Dauman agreed tion of Redstone, alleging he is not A judge in Delaware last month ex-girlfriend Manuela Herzer who Dauman would temporarily nication from Uttar Pradesh to resign in exchange for a $72m sev- mentally competent to make busi- gave the green light for a separate alleged he was incapable of mak- remain non-executive chairman of State Pollution Control Board erance package. ness decisions and that he was trial over the removal of five Viacom ing the decision to kick her out of the board, having a chance to pitch (UPPCB) and submitted a detailed Under terms of the deal, Dauman being manipulated by his daughter, board members, including Dauman. his house, and requested that she be his plan to sell as much as 49 percent response,” Hindustan Coca-Cola would end legal battles against Red- who was supposedly behind their The trial, scheduled for October, reappointed his caretaker. of Paramount Pictures, according to Beverages, which bottles drinks stone and his daughter, Shari. dismissals. would examine Redstone’s ability Long considered very close to the reports. in India for the US giant, said in The litigation threatened to make “He is a 93-year-old man suf- to manage his operations. tycoon, Dauman was ousted in recent That plan is said to be one of the a statement. public details about the health of fering from overwhelming physical “National Amusements exer- months from positions managing the main points of contention with the “To show our commitment the elder Redstone, whose fitness ailments, including an inability to cised its indisputable rights as family fortune. Redstone family. to compliance with regulatory and mental status had already been speak, stand, walk, eat, write or Viacom’s majority shareholder to According to US media, Dauman Many investors, however, have norms, we decided to temporarily questioned in legal proceedings by read,” they alleged. make changes to Viacom’s board,” a would leave his post immediately been critical of Dauman for not suspend manufacturing at Dasna a former companion who described “He suffers from a progressive spokesperson said at the time. under terms of the deal, with com- reacting more effectively to the rise plant,” it said. him as “a living ghost.” neurological disease characterized And in California, a judge pany insider Tom Dooley becoming of online video and a slide in the Some 54 plants produce fizzy Viacom’s management, led by by dementia.” dismissed a suit by Redstone’s interim chief executive. Viacom share price. drinks in India for Coca-Cola, which has eyed expansion in the world’s second-most populous country where income levels are rising. But the Atlanta-based com- VW eyes transportation deals to boost self-driving car plans pany has met stiff opposition from activists who have waged a more than decade-long battle against it in India over alleged environ- Reuters said Jungwirth who joined VW last cities for its autonomous vehicle pro- mental offences. November when it was struggling gramme as the United States and “We conducted an inspection with the aftermath of its Diesel emis- China are likely to push harder than and based on the findings, the sions scandal. Europe to authorise the operation of UPPCB has withheld the consent FRANKFURT: Volkswagen is plan- VW, through its Audi luxury self-driving cars. “I expect the first to operate this Coca-Cola Plant ning further acquisitions in the flagship brand, has committed to such vehicles to hit the market in the in Dasna for some valid reasons,” market for new transportation developing a fully self-driving car next 3-5 years,” said Jungwirth. SR Sachan, chief environmental technologies and services, a leading rather than working on incremen- Wolfsburg-based VW may use officer at the Uttar Pradesh envi- manager at the German carmaker tal autonomous-drive features that the Paris Motor Show on Sept. 29-30 ronmental board said, without said, as it seeks to make up ground would occasionally require the to update industry observers on its giving further details. after its emissions scandal. intervention of the driver. To help digital transformation, Jungwirth Amit Srivastava, who leads the Europe’s largest automaker, speed its development of self-driv- said, without being more specific. India Resource Center, an activist which had been reluctant to com- ing cars, the manager said VW will VW has moved to embrace new group that has targeted Coca-Cola mit to new industry trends like car “massively expand” its presence in technologies as part of its recovery for years, said the company’s sharing, is also looking for more Silicon Valley where it is setting up from its worst business crisis when action did not go far enough. “This alliances with technology firms centres for future design and autono- it was found to have cheated emis- is not really a victory because of as it tries to capture new business mous driving alongside its electronics sions tests. all the pending issues such as the post-Dieselgate, Volkswagen (VW) research lab. VW will be at the fore- Chief Executive Matthias Mueller polluted groundwater and soil, as digital chief Johann Jungwirth said. front of carmakers rolling out fully said in June VW would hire another well as the loss of livelihood for “Yes, there are further opportuni- automated driverless vehicles for 1,000 software engineers. Two the contract workers and farm- ties” for purchases, Jungwirth said A general view of the factory of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, northern commercial ride-sharing no later months on, the carmaker has more ers in the area,” Srivastava said. in an interview. “We have quite a few Germany. than 2021, according to Jungwirth. applicants than vacancies with the “There is a lot more that needs to things in the pipeline,” he said, with- It is a competitive field. Uber post-Dieselgate strategic shift acting be done to remediate the problems out going into details. formed an alliance with Volvo this as a catalyst, Jungwirth said. “That caused by Coca-Cola in Dasna.” VW took a $300m stake in May 2025. But Jungwirth, a former Apple rivals have already made inroads. week and plans to test driverless (transformation) is having extremely Coca-Cola, which has said it in ride-hailing company Gett which and Daimler manager, acknowledged “We have a massive need to now control systems in Volvos and Ford positive effects,” he said, referring plans to invest $5 billion in India competes with Uber as it builds a that VW is a latecomer on new tech- work with the same passion for detail Fusion models in a pilot scheme in to candidates from the Silicon Val- by 2020, has faced a string of services business that VW expects to nologies as it pushes into self-driving and the same focus on software and Pittsburgh. ley, start-ups, suppliers and rival objections over the years from generate billions of euros in sales by cars and ride- sharing — areas where services as on hardware (cars),” VW group may target overseas carmakers. local communities over water use. BUSINESS SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 19

HMEL to shut Fed’s Williams sees RBS to charge corporates India refinery for deposits in Britain to increase September rate hike its capacity Reuters

RBS is first in Reuters Britain to charge SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President negative interest John Williams (pictured) joined a rates on deposits. NEW DELHI: HPCL-Mittal Energy growing chorus of his colleagues Ltd (HMEL), part owned by steel signalling support for a US interest tycoon L N Mittal, plans to shut rate hike in coming months, saying its 180,000 barrel per day (bpd) that waiting too long could be costly Reuters Bathinda refinery in northern for the economy. Punjab state for about 40 days “I think every one of our meet- from mid-March to raise its ings should be in play in principle ... capacity by a quarter. I definitely think September should LONDON: Some large corporate cli- During the shutdown HMEL be,” Williams told reporters after a ents who bank with Royal Bank of will raise the crude processing speech here, referring to the US cen- Scotland (RBS) face the prospect of capacity of the existing crude tral bank’s next policy meeting. “I paying to hold cash in their accounts distillation unit to about 225,000 think that makes sense given where from Monday, a source close to the bpd, sources with knowledge of the economy is.” bank said, the first in Britain to the plan said. Saying he is in no hurry to raise that the Fed will never raise rates. charge negative interest rates on State-refiner Hindustan rates, Williams nevertheless warned Williams himself fueled some deposits. Petroleum Corp (HPCL) and Mit- that the economy could overheat if of that speculation with an essay The Edinburgh-based lender has tal Energy Investments Pvt Ltd rates are kept low for too long, like published this week calling for a contacted some investment bank- own 49 percent stake each in the a party at which the host fails to recalibration of the Fed’s long- ing customers to warn them of the project. remove the punch bowl. term goals given a growing body charges, which are expected to hit HMEL will also raise the Williams does not have a vote on of research suggesting U.S. growth clients who trade futures and options capacity of its sulphur recovery Fed policy this year, but his views has permanently slowed. contracts that must be processed via unit to 700 tonne a day from 600 are seen as influential on the pol- Williams told reporters that clearing houses in Europe, the source tonnes as it seeks to increase the icy-setting committee because of despite his call for a longer-term said. processing of cheaper tougher his longstanding relationship with rethink, monetary policy must for RBS is passing on the negative grades to maximise profit, said Fed Chair Janet Yellen, his former now be set based on current goals, rates those clearing houses have one of the sources. boss at the San Francisco Fed, and including full employment and a charged to handle those trades The refiner will also increase his research-driven style. target of 2-percent inflation. since the European Central Bank the capacity of its vacuum gasoil New York Fed President William The Fed has met the first goal cut its base rate earlier this year, the hudrotreater to 3.5 million tonnes Dudley and Atlanta Fed Presi- and is nearing the second, he said. source said. a year from 3 million tonnes now dent Dennis Lockhart have also in He told reporters that uncer- RBS could not immediately be and build a bitumen blowing unit, recent days made the case that the tainty about exactly when the Fed reached for comment. this source said. US economy is in good shape and will raise rates was acceptable. The ECB has resorted to a nega- Bitumen demand in India is that the Fed should soon restart “What worries me a little bit tive deposit rate to try to encourage A customer using an ATM machine at an RBS bank branch in London. rising as the country expands its an expected run of gradual rate more is that there is a view out there banks to lend to stimulate Europe’s road network. The refiner also hikes that it began last December (that) no matter what the Fed says economy, which is still suffering plans to convert its captive power but shelved amid financial market they are not going to raise rates for from the after-effects of the finan- products. RBS wrote to a million interest rates. plan, running on diesel and gas, turmoil and fears of the effects of a year or two,” Williams said. cial crisis. business customers in Britain last Six of the world’s central banks to be petcoke fired. All other sec- a slowdown in China and Europe. “That’s inconsistent with my Banks are seeking to encourage month to inform them it may have have introduced negative interest ondary units such as the delayed Their voices are especially nota- understanding of the economy and depositors to shift their cash out of to impose charges on deposits if the rates, most notably the Bank of Japan coker and fluid catalytic cracker ble against a backdrop of market also the strategy that we’ve laid out,” deposit accounts into other financial Bank of England introduced negative and the European Central Bank. will also be shut for maintenance. bets and some analyst commentary Williams said.

Australia denies ECB warns against fueling undue expectations on stimulus plan to negotiate

Bloomberg fallout. While the ECB kept its stimu- Central banks’ readiness to provide “continued to lack a convincing account. “It would still take time for with Apple on lus unchanged in July, with President liquidity, if needed, “helped to keep upward trend and remained an ongo- the effects of the ECB’s policy meas- Mario Draghi saying it was too soon market stress contained.” ing source of concern.” ures to fully unfold.” payment apps to gauge the impact of Brexit on Officials decided that it was “pre- Inflation was 0.2 percent in July, Policy makers referred to FRANKFURT: European Central the euro area, the Bank of England mature” to discuss any potential still far below the ECB’s target of just an apparent link between bank Bank officials “widely” agreed that announced a package of meas- policy reaction “at this stage.” They under 2 percent, with core inflation stock-price valuations and lending their immediate reaction to the ures the following month as it cut made a “strong call” for European running at 0.9 percent. volumes. While equity-price vola- Reuters outcome of the UK’s referendum its benchmark rate to a record-low governments to limit uncertainty Officials noted “divergent” tility wasn’t necessarily a concern, it shouldn’t fuel excessive speculation 0.25 percent. surrounding exit negotiations and indicators of long-term inflation could hurt the transmission mecha- about more stimulus. In formulating Draghi’s state- provide a clear vision for the future expectations. While survey-based nism, they said. In the run-up to the “The view was widely shared ment, policy makers sought to path of the EU. measures have shown “greater resil- July meeting, economists surveyed by SYDNEY: Australia’s anti-trust that the Governing Council needed acknowledge the Brexit-related risks, Surveys published since the ience,” market-based gauges remain Bloomberg predicted that ECB stim- regulator yesterday said it would to reiterate its capacity and readi- yet remain reasonably positive about ECB’s last meeting have signalled close to record lows. Council mem- ulus would be expanded as early as not grant the country’s three big- ness to act, if warranted, to achieve the economic outlook. While they that businesses and investors in the bers called those levels “a source of September, with some predicting gest banks interim approval to its objective, using all the instruments noted there was “solid evidence” to currency bloc are largely weather- concern,” but also pointed to techni- that the central bank would have to collectively negotiate with Apple available within its mandate, while prove measures taken so far were ing the Brexit shock so far. Still, the cal factors that might distort the data. change the rules of its asset-purchase Inc to install their own electronic not fostering undue expectations effective, they also stressed that the data also showed growth cooled in They reiterated their view that programme amid a shortage of secu- payments applications on iPhones. about the future course of monetary full impact hasn’t yet filtered through. the second quarter, with Germany inflation rates would pick up over rities. Draghi said after the meeting Australia’s three biggest policy,” according to an account of “Cautious optimism had to be carrying weaker French and Italian the coming years as stimulus works that the Governing Council hadn’t banks, including the number one the July 20-21 meeting published on conveyed on the state of the euro- economies. its way through the system to com- discussed specific instruments. lender National Australia Bank Thursday. area economy and the effectiveness Executive Board member Peter panies and households, the account Policy makers will receive (NAB), last month lodged a joint The UK’s decision to quit the of the ECB’s monetary-policy meas- Praet, the ECB’s chief economist showed. “It was recalled that trans- another set of inflation and economic application seeking permission European Union triggered pledges ures, which had also contributed who briefed policy makers about mission lags had to be taken into confidence data, as well as a gauge to negotiate as a bloc from the from central bankers across the to the thus far resilient reaction of the state of the economy at the account, as monetary policy passed for private-sector growth, before Australian Competition and Con- region that they would do what is financial markets to the UK referen- start of Governing Council meet- through intermediate variables to the their next policy meeting, which is sumer Commission (ACCC). The needed to minimize the economic dum outcome,” the account showed. ing, said underlying price pressures ultimate objective,” according to the scheduled for September 8. ACCC said that its decision not to grant the banks the interim rul- ing was not indicative of whether the full ruling, expected in Octo- ber, would be successful or not. Indonesia uses new “The ACCC has considered interim authorisation within a short time frame at the request of the applicants,” ACCC Chair- rate to boost economy man Rod Sims said. “However, given the complexity of the issues and the limited time available, the ACCC has decided not to grant AFP four times this year but analysts say interim authorisation at this time. that the moves were failing to per- The ACCC requires more time to suade commercial banks to lower consult and consider the views of their own lending rates, meaning industry, consumers, and other JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank the changes were not having a major interested parties.” began using a new benchmark impact on the real economy. Apple, which operates its own interest rate it hopes will transmit The new rate, which is a shift Apple Pay mobile wallet, does not changes in borrowing costs more from the old, 12-month reference allow third-party electronic pay- quickly, as policymakers seeks fresh rate, has a more short-term focus ment apps to be loaded onto to the ways to boost the economy. and the bank hopes it will help them hugely popular smartphones. Bank Indonesia left the new influence markets more quickly and The banks are seeking to be able benchmark, called the seven-day directly. “Our monetary policies will to negotiate jointly for access to reverse repo rate, unchanged at 5.25 be more effective and efficient when Apple’s phones without them- percent. Analysts had been split on interpreted by the markets,” said selves being accused of violating whether the bank would make a cut Bank Indonesia governor Agus Mar- anti-competition law. on the new rate’s debut. towardojo, referring to the new rate. The three Australian banks Southeast Asia’s top economy While the benchmark rate was contend that while Apple allows has been slowing in recent years left on hold, the lending facility rate apps on iPhones using other as demand for its key commodities — the rate at which commercial commonplace technology, such exports have dropped, particularly banks can borrow from Bank Indo- as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, restrict- from regional powerhouse China, nesia — was cut by 100 basis points ing the technology through and policymakers have been scram- to six percent. Despite Friday’s deci- which mobile wallets function — A shop offers discounts during a sale at a shopping centre in Jakarta, yesterday. Indonesia’s economy grew bling to find new ways to lift the sion, Capital Economics forecast a known as Near Field Technology country’s fortunes. The central bank reduction in the benchmark rate more than expected in April-June, official data showed, thanks to a boost in consumer spending during — constitutes anti-competitive had already cuts its old benchmark soon. Ramadan and surging state spending. behaviour. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016

Short sellers shifting De Beers stakes reputation focus from Chinese companies to Japan on spotting the difference

By Umesh Desai and companies including Sino-For- Michelle Price est and Silvercorp. Reuters Short-sellers and analysts said they expected more attacks on Japanese companies as reg- ulators in China and Hong Kong hort-sellers who made fight back against short-sell- their names and for- ers, and Abe’s campaign flushes tunes wiping billions off out deficiencies. “As Japanese Chinese and Southeast markets embrace the values of SAsian companies are setting their Abenomics, investors of all types, sights on Japan after a series of shareholders, short-sellers will accounting scandals amplified insist that listed companies hold concerns about weak corporate themselves to higher standards governance there. of transparency, accountabil- Until recently, corporate ity and corporate governance,” managers in Japan have enjoyed said Soren Aandahl, director of relatively limited scrutiny of research at Glaucus Research. their governance standards and “That in turn makes short accounting rigor, and a cosy tra- investment opinions more dition of cross-holdings between impactful,” he added. companies has relegated the sta- Glaucus itself sent shares in tus of minority shareholders and trading firm Itochu Corp tum- the importance of adequate dis- bling 10 percent last month by closure. But as the government of claiming it had inflated prof- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has its through creative accounting, tried to clean up corporate cul- the biggest attack on a Japanese ture and activist investors have company by market value so far. begun to kick the tires of Japan Itochu denied the claims. Inc, short sellers are finding fer- Aandahl declined to say if tile ground for profit. Glaucus was preparing more On Tuesday, prominent Japan campaigns but confirmed Uncut diamonds from southern Africa and Canada are seen at De Beers headquarters in London. US-based short-seller Citron it was conducting research on Research launched an attack other Japanese companies. on Japanese robotics company Revelations last year that Cyberdyne, claiming it was “the Toshiba, the laptops-to-nuclear By Barbara Lewis consumers to lose trust,” Jonathan Ken- Six’s results, but says demand is affected most ridiculously priced stock conglomerate, had overstated Reuters dall, president of De Beers’ International by factors such as a slow-down in drilling in the world” and had misled profits by $1.3 billion over several Institute of Diamond Grading and Research, because of cheaper oil. retail investors over its technol- years sparked a public debate said. Far from the diamond-rich kimberl- As a whole, De Beers managed a profit ogy assets. over Japan’s inward-looking cor- ite rock of South Africa, staff at a De Beers in the first half of the year, when Anglo Cyberdyne, which closed porate culture, in which boards n nature it takes billions of years laboratory in leafy Maidenhead, west of American made a loss. down 7 percent on Tuesday, dis- have typically held investors at to produce a diamond, or a labora- London, say they can determine with 100 At the Maidenhead laboratory, the 80 missed the report as an attempt arms’ length. The Toshiba inves- tory can grow one in days and to the percent accuracy whether a diamond is scientific and technical staff describe their to push its stock price down. It is tigation identified a corporate untrained eye, it looks the same. For natural or synthetic. relationship with Element Six as poacher not known whether Citron holds culture in which the manage- De Beers, telling the difference is fun- De Beers itself has a unit that makes versus game keeper, or cat and mouse, as a short position in Cyberdyne. ment could not be challenged Idamental to protecting its reputation as the synthetic diamonds, but only for industrial Element Six strives to produce synthetic It is the second attack on a and didn’t always heed its exter- world’s leading diamond firm by value and usages, such as drilling and cutting. All the diamonds that are indistinguishable from Japanese company in less than nal auditors. The scandal led the holder of a roughly 30 percent share of the rough diamonds De Beers sells for jewel- real — so far an unattainable goal. a month and the sixth since Japan Financial Services Agency market for genuine rough diamonds. lery are real. Two techniques are used. High Pres- December 2015, when Well to step up scrutiny of auditors, It guarantees all its own mined dia- If anything, the pressure on De Beers sure, High Temperature (HPHT) involves Investments Research challenged while the Japan Institute of Cer- monds are natural, authenticates diamonds to be the industry standard has increased dissolving carbon, usually in the form of trading firm Marubeni, the first tified Public Accountants has for third parties and makes money from as its indebted parent Anglo American has graphite, in a molten metal at a very high such campaign in Japan tracked conducted several quality-con- selling its detection equipment. placed it at the core of a slimmed down temperature and exerting pressure of by Activist Shorts Research. trol inspections of its members. Increasingly portfolio, with a view to strengthening the 55,000 atmospheres — the equivalent of According to Activist Shorts, In June 2015 the government sophisticated tech- balance sheet following a commodities rout. standing the Eiffel Tower upside down on the six Japan campaigns, half of also implemented a new corpo- nology to produce Approximately 300,000 carats of a drinks can. them directed at Cyberdyne, have rate governance code in a bid to synthetic diamonds synthetic diamonds are produced a year, A second method, Chemical Vapour generated average losses of 23 stimulate foreign investment. drives industry-wide compared with approximately 130 million Deposition (CVD), mixes a hydrocar- percent, which means profit for “Right now, there’s an inter- demand for the means carats of rough diamonds mined annually, bon, such as methane, and hydrogen in a short-sellers, who sell borrowed esting mix of factors at play in to determine whether analysts say. vacuum chamber and introduces a seed stocks and buy them back more Japan. The Toshiba scandal could a stone was created in They also say technological advances diamond around which multiple diamonds cheaply. It said that is among be seen as a blow to investor con- the earth’s mantle or is will produce more synthetic diamonds and can form. the top half of the 46 activist fidence, but that and Abe’s moves Increasingly man-made. of better quality, while natural production In both cases, the resulting structure short-sellers to have launched also created the opportunity for sophisticated The difference is is expected to stagnate. differs from the natural shape created over campaigns in the past year and short-sellers to spark a conver- more than emotional. Kendall says that since De Beers took billions of years. It can be disguised by cut- is more than double the year- sation on overvalued companies,” technology to produce Synthetic diamonds back a distribution licence in late 2012 from ting and polishing but the luminescence to-date return of Asia’s main said Claire Stovall, research ana- synthetic diamonds sell for an estimated the Gemological Institute of America, the imaging of the De Beers detection equip- benchmark .MIAPJ0000PUS. lyst at Activist Shorts. 30 percent less than the world’s biggest diamond grading laboratory, ment makes the difference obvious. The phenomenon of short-sell “In a country where Well drives industry-wide real thing and have no it has sold tens of millions of pounds worth Apart from bars that show up across attacks took hold between 2009 Investments has described an demand for the means investment value. Any of equipment to detect synthetic diamonds the synthetic structure, once inside the and 2011, with investment and acceptance of poor disclosure, unscrupulous retailer to other diamond traders and jewellers. detection equipment, a laboratory grown research firms such as Muddy partly built on corporate relation- to determine whether passing off the man- De Beers’ synthetic diamond unit Ele- diamond also sparkles with a different Waters Research and Alfred ships and a laissez-faire trust in a stone was created in made as natural would ment Six, the world’s leading supplier of colour from a natural one. “Looking at Little attracting international management, investors and reg- the earth’s mantle or be committing fraud. synthetic industrial diamonds, takes its luminescence colours using ultraviolet light attention for their campaigns ulators will likely be sensitive to “For the diamond name from the place of carbon, from which is common practice in gemology, but the against overseas-listed Chinese negative research.” is man-made. business, the one thing diamonds are made, in the periodic table. DiamondView instrument from De Beers you don’t want is for De Beers does not break out Element Technologies is unique,” the company said. Saudi & other issuers gear up as Gulf bond crush looms

By Tom Arnold National Energy Co, and there is the risk of a mid-2014, GCC governments have mostly in January, when market jitters over Riya- Reuters temporary supply glut that could push yields relied on running down financial reserves dh’s ability to cope with cheap oil peaked. higher or even force some issuers to delay and issuing debt domestically to cover budget Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia looks likely their plans. deficits. That has begun to change in the last to pay a substantial premium to what Qatar Sergey Dergachev, senior money man- few months as reduced flows of petrodollars paid when it sold $9bn of bonds in May, the ond issuers in the Gulf will have to ager at Union Investment Privatfonds, a into GCC economies have tightened liquid- GCC’s biggest issue so far. That is partly make potentially costly decisions Frankfurt-based emerging markets debt ity at banks and lifted interest rates. This is because Saudi Arabia is rated between one on timing in coming weeks as the investor, said the most important factor pushing both governments and firms to bor- and four notches below Qatar by the three cash-strapped region gears up for could be the Saudi issue’s size. “If they issue row abroad. major credit rating agencies, and partly Bone of its heaviest-ever periods of interna- a huge amount it will lead to some repricing A record total of $26.3bn in international because of expectations for a lot more sup- tional issuance — possibly over $25bn by the in spreads among GCC credits and will make bond issuance came from the GCC in the ply from Riyadh in coming years. end of October. life for other GCC sovereigns and corporates second quarter, including $16.4bn from gov- The pricing of Saudi Arabia’s issue will be Saudi Arabia, its finances Saudi Arabia, its finances strained by in issuing debt a little bit trickier, as the mar- ernments and state agencies, also a record. “fairly generous”, said Federated Investors’ strained by low oil low oil prices, is expected to make its mar- ket needs to absorb a large issue size.” With central banks around the world portfolio manager Mohammed Elmi, who ket debut in September. Bankers in touch The potential scale of the Saudi sale pursuing ultra-easy monetary policies invested in Qatar’s bond. “Saudi Arabia is a prices, is expected to with Saudi officials say it may come close to saddles other issuers with tough choices. If and global investors desperate for yield, black box. There are question marks over the make its market debut Argentina’s $16.5bn issue in April, the larg- they wait until after Riyadh issues, market the market is still showing little concern National Transformation Plan’s implemen- in September. Bankers in est emerging market debt sale. demand for GCC debt may be temporarily about its ability to absorb another quarter tation and delivery, and investors will want Bahrain has also chosen banks for an reduced — but if they move ahead of Riy- or two of heavy GCC issuance. The yield on to see signs of commitment to reforming the touch with Saudi officials issue, while Kuwait has said it may sell up to adh, they may find potential buyers holding state-controlled Saudi Electricity Co’s April economy,” he said, referring to a major Saudi say it may come close $10bn of conventional bonds and sukuk in back cash in anticipation of the Saudi bond. 2023 dollar sukuk, one of the few outstand- reform plan designed to reduce the king- global markets during the fiscal year to next The risks of waiting may be increased by ing international bonds from Saudi Arabia, dom’s reliance on oil revenues. Saudi Arabia to Argentina’s $16.5bn March. Officials have indicated this could the Eid Al Adha holidays next month, when dropped to a 15-month low of 3.04 percent may pay a premium of about 80-90 bps over issue in April, the largest happen as soon as September. business traditionally slackens and an issue this week. Its spread over the Polish govern- Qatar, Dergachev estimated. Looking further Add to that a half-dozen major compa- may be trickier to do, and by the US Federal ment’s March 2023 dollar bond, also rated out, the GCC might face more serious fund- emerging market debt nies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Reserve policy meeting on September 20-21, A2 by Moody’s, has widened only modestly ing squeezes in future years if oil prices do sale. looking at issuing bonds, including Abu which could produce a US interest rate hike. to 82 basis points from 62 bps at end-March not rise, Bank of America Merrill Lynch ana- Dhabi’s Union National Bank and Abu Dhabi Since oil prices began sliding in — much smaller than the record 140 bps hit lyst Jean-Michel Saliba said. SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 21

Bangladesh New Zealand’s Neil Kiwi pacers dominate Wagner bowls during their first Test against sack coach South Africa in Durban, South Africa, yesterday. Kalpage for first day at Kingsmead no-show

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SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND IN SOUTH Wagner takes three AFRICA: FIRST TEST South Africa (I innings): DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket wickets to help NZ S Cook c Watling b Boult 20 authorities said yesterday they restrict South Africa D Elgar c Guptill b Bracewell 19 have sacked the national team’s quickening and providing some assistant coach Ruwan Kalpage H Amla c Watling b Boult 53 for 236-8 before bad swing in the first winter Test ever after he failed to report for duty. light forces early J Duminy c Boult b Wagner 14 played in Durban, where previous The Bangladesh Cricket Board close in Durban F du Plessis c Williamson b Wagner 23 test encounters have come in the (BCB) had asked Sri Lankan T Bavuma lbw b Santner 46 height of a sun-baking summer. Kalpage to join the national team’s Q de Kock c Bracewell b Santner 33 “We bowled nicely from both conditioning camp by August 16 V Philander c Southee b Wagner 8 ends with some green on the wicket ahead of a home series against and swing at the start. But we had England.

Reuters K Rabada (batting) 14 to be patient and not get frustrated “We set a deadline for him to D Steyn (batting) 2 with the ball just passing the bat. We join, but he did not respond,” BCB Extras (LB-4) 4 need credit for sticking at it,” Boult chief executive officer Nizamud- DURBAN: South African-born Neil Total (for 8 wkts) 236 told reporters afterwards, predict- din Chowdhury said. Wagner took three wickets for New Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-41, 3-102, 4-106, ing that the wicket would become “Therefore we decided to ter- Zealand against the country of his quicker today. minate his contract,” Chowdhury 5-160, 6-208, 7-208, 8-228. birth as bad light brought an early Amla set off at a brisk pace in said. close to play on the first day of the Bowling: Southee 18-1-63-0; Boult 17-3- his innings before becoming bogged Kalpage had reportedly first Test at Kingsmead with South 42-2; Bracewell 15.4-6-53-1; Wagner 15- down and then undone by a blister- expressed concerns over his safety Africa 236 for eight, yesterday. 4-47-3; Santner 11-2-22-2; Guptill 1-0-5-0. ing delivery from Boult. in Bangladesh following an attack Wagner, 30, who left South New Zealand: K Williamson, M Guptill, T De Kock played a cavalier knock by Islamist extremists on a Dhaka Africa to play provincial cricket in Latham, R Taylor, H Nicholls, B Watling, M of 33 before being caught in the deep cafe last month that left 22 people, New Zealand a decade ago, took Santner, T Southee, I Sodhi, N Wagner, T after an injudicious slog at Santner’s mostly foreigners, dead. the wickets of JP Duminy, stand-in Boult, D Bracewell. spin. The country has been reeling captain Faf du Plessis and swash- Bavuma was more circumspect from months of gruesome killings buckling Quinton de Kock to give the as he edged towards 50 only to be of religious minorities and secular visitors the upper hand. trapped lbw attempting a sweep activists, with many of the attacks Trent Boult and Mitchell Sant- Africa. The home side never set- shot. claimed by the Islamic State (IS) ner grabbed two wickets each tled at the crease after electing to Kagiso Rabada (14 not out) and group. while Hashim Amla (53) and Temba bat on an unfamiliar surface which Dale Steyn (two not out) will resume Two other Sri Lankans -- head Bavuma (46) top scored for South promised to be flat but ended up today. coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and fitness trainer Mario Villa- varayan -- as well as Zimbabwean fielding coach Richard Halsall have already joined the camp, after the BCB provided them with armed security guards. Super Sharjeel grateful for English lessons Kalpage joined Bangladesh as assistant coach on a two-year contract in August 2014 and was AFP in England for the last month. The previous ODI low total of 77 with earlier this year given an exten- Pakistan’s Sharjeel Khan tour was a good exposure for me,” six wickets down but lost their four sion until the 2019 World Cup. celebrates his century said Sharjeel. for just one run as slow left armer against Ireland on “I hadn’t been in the UK before Imad Wasim, familiar with the con- MALAHIDE: Sharjeel Khan said Thursday. and this was my first time in Ireland, ditions from his time playing Irish Rain delays play the Pakistan A tour in England had but I just played my natural game. It club cricket, finished with five for 14, been pivotal to his compiling a stun- doesn’t matter if it is four-day, one- his best figures for Pakistan. Nawaz, ning maiden one-day international day, T20, domestic or international I also promoted from the A tour, took in Trinidad Test century as the tourists romped to a play the same way. his first wicket to add to his 53 runs 255-run victory over Ireland in Mala- “I am an attacking player, I play from 50 balls and seems certain to AFP hide. hard, watch the ball hard and it’s my get another chance in the second The 27-year-old opening bats- natural game to hit sixes. The (Mala- game between the teams on Sat- man hit 61 on his ODI debut three hide) pitch was not easy but I waited urday, although Pakistan one-day PORT OF SPAIN: A sodden out- years ago but then scored just 123 for the full balls and they came nicely captain Azhar Ali was giving noth- field has prevented play before runs in his next 10 games, losing his onto the bat.” ing away after the match. lunch on the second day of the place in August 2014. Sharjeel faced a mere 85 balls to “We will sit down tomorrow and fourth and final Test between But on his comeback match on bring up his 150 - only South Africa’s think our plans and also how we are the West Indies and India at the Thursday, he scored the third quick- AB de Villiers and Australia’s Shane going to play against England (in the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad est 150 in an ODI as Pakistan hit 337 Watson have reached the landmark five-match series immediately after- yesterday. for six against a hapless Ireland quicker in an ODI - and hit 16 fours wards) as we need to keep an eye on After two inspections of the attack. and nine of his “favourite” sixes, that as well,” he said. outfield following torrential Planning and preparation do mainly with pull shots over back- Ireland captain William Por- rain on Thursday and overnight, not fit in with the cliche of mercu- ward square as the Ireland bowlers terfield accepted his team were the umpires scheduled another rial Pakistan cricketers, who can be erred in length. outplayed and added he was looking inspection for 1 p.m. local time capable of sublime brilliance one day After his dismissal for 152 in the for a much improved performance (1700 GMT). and abject failure the next. 32nd over, the experienced Shoaib next time. Rain and a saturated field had The Test side, under new coach Malik and debutant Mohammed “It’s a tough learning curve for limited play to just 22 overs on the Mickey Arthur, arrived for a train- Nawaz added 105 for the sixth wicket young lads coming into the side, opening day on Thursday. ing camp in England before the start and when the returning Umar Gul against some of the best players in West Indies are 62-2 in their of their tour programme and were involved in the five-match ODI series prepared for the similar conditions then took three wickets in the space the world,” he said. first innings after winning the toss rewarded with a drawn 2-2 series against England starting next week on show in Ireland. of 10 balls to reduce Ireland to 32 for “We were outskilled today and and choosing to bat, with Kraigg against their hosts. but, having been on the recent A tour, “The conditions helped me as I four, the result was never in doubt. now it’s about the mental prepara- Brathwaite 32 not out and Marlon Many of the Test side won’t be left-hander Sharjeel was equally well have been with the Pakistan A team Ireland scrambled past their tion to come back on Saturday.” Samuels unbeaten on four.

Spanish rider Marquez tops Czech practice Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda Team wheelies during MotoGP AFP to raise the bike sliding through a especially the Ducati with (Andrea) champion. The 37-year-old Rossi, free practice 2 turn and balance the subsequent Iannone is fast too.” who scored his first-ever grand prix at the MotoGP wobble. Iannone, who claimed his maiden victory in Brno exactly 20 years ago, Czech Grand “Today was not an easy day, top-class victory in Austria last week, has won five top-class races at Brno, Prix, yesterday BRNO: Championship leader Marc especially in the morning, we started came second 0.104sec behind Mar- the last win coming in 2009. in Brno. Marquez fought a sore shoulder yes- and the feeling was not so good but quez on Friday. Marquez, who took his only terday to set the leading time in free then we did some changes on the Reigning world champion and MotoGP victory in Brno in his rookie practices ahead of tomorrow’s Czech electronics but also on the setup and last year’s Brno winner Jorge Lorenzo season in 2013, leads the overall MotoGP in Brno. it was working slightly better,” said of Spain, on a Yamaha, was 0.137 sec- standings on 181 points, ahead of A week after dislocating his the 23-year-old. onds slower than Marquez in third. Lorenzo with 138 and Rossi with a shoulder ahead of the Austrian GP, “We are the first, we have the The top three were the only ones total of 124 points. the Spanish Honda rider clocked fastest time but... we must improve to beat the 1min 56sec mark. The other two categories were 1min 55.840sec on the 5,403-metre a lot.” Spanish Ducati rider Hector Bar- also dominated by the overall lead- circuit in the Czech Republic’s sec- “Looks like both Yamaha riders bera from the open-class Avintia ers, with Johann Zarco of France ond city. are strong, that’s what we expected Racing team pulled a surprise set- topping the Moto 2 practices and Marquez miraculously saved already.” ting the fourth fastest time ahead South African Brad Binder setting himself from another crash in yester- “We will see if tomorrow we of Italian legend Valentino Rossi the fastest time in the Moto 3 ses- day’s second practice as he managed can improve the rhythm, because on a Yamaha, the nine-time world sions, yesterday. 22 SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 SPORT

Lochte apologises after Rio ‘drama’

Two of the other swimmers, Gun- the damage and left. “No robbery the athletes village wearing watches, Lochte and three nar Bentz and Jack Conger, went was committed against these ath- which would have likely been taken home yesterday after being held in letes. They were not victims of the in a robbery. others face sanctions the country to testify. The fourth crimes they claimed,” Civil Police Bentz and Conger told police that from USA Swimming swimmer, Jimmy Feigen, made a deal Chief Fernando Veloso told a news they felt Lochte had lied about the sit- with a Brazil judge to make a $10,800 conference. uation in media interviews, according including fines or payment and be allowed to leave the As Bentz and Conger, were to text of the statements released by suspension after country later Friday, his lawyer said. whisked through airport security and Rio police. “We accept and appreciate onto a plane home Thursday night, “We got pulled over, in the taxi, ‘robbery’ fiasco his apology,” said Mario Andrada, their attorney insisted they had noth- and these guys came out with a spokesman for the local organizers ing to do with Lochte’s story. Lochte badge, a police badge, no lights, of the Rio Games. himself left the country earlier this no nothing just a police badge and The drama surrounding the week. they pulled us over,” Lochte told AP alleged robbery — and the ever- Bentz and Conger “were heard NBC’s “Today” the morning after the changing descriptions of it by the only as witnesses. This has to be incident. swimmers — has shocked and deeply made very, very clear,” lawyer Ser- “They pulled out their guns, they angered Brazilians, who said it cast gio Riera said. “They did not make told the other swimmers to get down RIO DE JANEIRO: US Olympic swim- a false negative shadow on their any untruthful testimony. They did on the ground — they got down on the mer Ryan Lochte has apologised for city and their Olympics at a time the not lie in their statements.” ground. I refused, I was like we didn’t his behavior surrounding a late-night country is eager to prove it can host A lawyer for another swimmer, James Feigen Ryan Lochte do anything wrong, so — I’m not get- incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas sta- the games safely. James Feigen, said early yesterday ting down on the ground. tion, saying he should have been The story also dominated Olym- that the athlete reached an agree- “And then the guy pulled out his more “careful and candid” about how pic headlines, overshadowing the ment with a judge in which he gun, he cocked it, put it to my fore- he described what happened. worthy accomplishments of athletes planned to donate 35,000 Brazilian head and he said, ‘Get down,’ and I Lochte said in a lengthy post on who trained for years just to get to Rio reals ($10,800) to an “institution” and put my hands up, I was like ‘what- Instagram yesterday that he was apol- and set records during their perform- leave the country later in the day. ever.’ He took our money, he took my ogising for his role in taking the focus ances. The saga was an enormous Attorney Breno Melaragno said wallet — he left my cellphone, he left away from other Olympic athletes. embarrassment for the US Olympic under the agreement, Feigen will my credentials.” The 12-time gold medallist reiter- team, which has dominated in the make the donation, get his passport The debacle prompted both wild ated his view that a stranger pointed medal count. back and depart. speculation and social media mock- a gun at him and demanded money The rapid-fire developments Melaragno did not specify where ery, which quickly turned to scorn to let him leave. Lochte had called it early yesterday came hours after the money will go, but his use of the after the official account went public. a robbery; Brazilian police said he police announced that Lochte and term “institution” can be taken to David Fleischer, a political scien- and three other swimmers vandal- three of his teammates had not been mean a charity. tist at the University of Brasilia, said ised a gas station bathroom and were held at gunpoint after a night of par- He said that under Brazilian law, the incident touched a nerve in Brazil confronted by armed security guards. tying, as Lochte claimed. Instead, a donation can be made to avoid because of the country’s history and “I accept responsibility for my Brazilian police said the men, while criminal prosecution for minor cases of people committing crimes role in this happening and have intoxicated, vandalized a gas station offenses, but did not say what charge while impersonating police. learned some valuable lessons,” bathroom and were questioned by was being contemplated. Gunnar Bentz Jack Conger “The story did have some sense Lochte said. armed guards before they paid for Though police appear mostly of validity but it didn’t bear out and it finished with their probe, the case made them look bad worldwide,” he may be far from settled. Police have by police confirmed the athletes ongoing, said two guards pointed said. That outrage was evident Thurs- said authorities are considering vandalized parts of the gas station, guns at the swimmers. Veloso said day, as onlookers shouted “liars” and charges of falsely reporting a crime leading to an encounter with station the guards did not use excessive “shameful” at Bentz and Conger as and destruction of property, both of employees. force and would have been justified they left a police station where they which can carry up to six months in The video shows one of the swim- in drawing their weapons because gave statements. jail or a fine. mers pulling a sign off of a wall and the athletes “were conducting them- While he’s medalled often, Lochte’s attorney, Jeff Ostrow, dropping it onto the ground. A gas selves in a violent way.” Lochte’s accomplishments have long has insisted the story wasn’t made station worker arrives, and other A station employee called police, been overshadowed by teammate up and told the New York Times the workers inspect the damage. Veloso and the guards and employees Michael Phelps — the most deco- surveillance video corroborated the said the swimmers broke a door, a tried to get the swimmers and the rated Olympian in history. Lochte, a “primary elements” of Lochte’s ver- soap dispenser and a mirror. taxi driver to stay until authorities 12-time medalist, won a gold in Rio in sion of events. The swimmers eventually talk arrived, some even offering to help a relay race alongside Phelps. “There was a uniformed person with station workers and their cab interpret between English and Por- Lochte and the other swim- with a gun who forced them to hand leaves. In another sequence, the tuguese, Veloso said. mers could face sanctions from over their money,” Ostrow told the swimmers appear to briefly raise But he said the athletes wanted USA Swimming, including fines or newspaper. their hands while talking to some- to leave, so they paid 100 Brazilian suspension. The group, as well as The saga began when Lochte one and sit down on a curb. reals (about US $33) and $20 in US Olympic officials, publicly expressed said he and Conger, Bentz and Fei- After a few minutes, the swim- currency and left. disappointment and said they would USA National Swimming Team members Jack gen were held at gunpoint and robbed mers stand up and appear to Police said the swimmers had further examine the matter. Conger (left) and Gunnar Bentz are escorted several hours after the last Olympic exchange something — perhaps cash, been unable to provide key details “We apologise to our hosts in Rio swimming races ended. That claim as police said — with one of the men. in early interviews, saying they had and the people of Brazil for this dis- through the International terminal at Miami started unraveling when police said The footage doesn’t show been intoxicated. tracting ordeal in the midst of what International Airport upon their arrival to the that investigators could not find evi- a weapon, but a police official, The police official said offic- should rightly be a celebration of United States from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in dence to substantiate it. speaking on condition of anonym- ers grew suspicious when video excellence,” the US Olympic Com- Miami, Florida, yesterday. Then security video reviewed ity because the investigation was showed the swimmers returning to mittee said. Tennis: Murray sails as Nadal, Wawrinka fall in upsets

Reuters schedule that included a gold medal in dou- ATP AND WTA CINCINNATI RESULTS bles, was a step off the CINCINNATI: Olympic champion pace and paid the price Results from the fifth day of the Cincinnati ATP Masters and WTA Andy Murray restored some order against 19-year-old hardcourt tournament on Thursday (x denotes seeded player): at the Western & Southern Open by Borna Coric of Croatia, Men Third Round cutting down South African giant who reached the last Kevin Anderson to reach the quar- eight with a 6-1 6-3 win. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) bt Stan Wawrinka (SUI x2) 6-4, 6-4 ter-finals on an upset-filled Thursday Elsewhere, Grigor Steve Johnson (USA) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in Cincinnati. Dimitrov eliminated Dominic Thiem (AUT x8) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x9) walkover Rafa Nadal and Stan Wawrinka, sluggish second seed Borna Coric (CRO) bt Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) 6-1, 6-3 two of the other headliners at the US Wawrinka, the Bulgar- Open warm-up event, fell to a pair of ian making the most of Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x5) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/5) young guns on a hot and steamy day a single break of serve in Milos Raonic (CAN x4) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 on the Ohio hardcourts. each set to win 6-4, 6-4 Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-3, 6-2 Wimbledon champion Murray, and book his berth in the Marin Cilic (CRO x12) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 who clutched at his right shoulder quarters. after going an early break down to Australian Ber- Women Third Round trail 3-2 in the first set, soon snapped nard Tomic, 23, notched Simona Halep (ROM x3) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 6-1, 6-2 into focus to run off four games in a yet another upset with Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x9) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x6) 6-1, 7-5 row on his way to a 6-3 6-2 victory. a 7-6(1) 7-6(5) win Karolina Pliskova (CZE x15) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 7-5, 6-3 Showing off his dazzling variety over fifth-seeded Kei Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x7) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x12) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 of shots and remarkable court cov- Nishikori of Japan, who Angelique Kerber (GER x2) bt Barbora Strycova (CZE) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 erage, Murray extended his winning had won the bronze Borna Coric of Croatia streak to 20 with his 600th career medal match in Rio over reacts to defeating Tímea Babos (HUN) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x8) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory on the ATP Tour. Nadal. Rafael Nadal of Spain. Garbine Muguruza (ESP x4) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x16) 7-5, 6-1 The Scot said breaking back Tomic’s next assign- A Radwanska (POL x5) bt Johanna Konta (GBR x10) 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 6-0 straight away was vital. ment will be against “It was big, obviously,” Murray Murray, who owns a 4-0 set and lead 4-0 in the second. Nadal The Spaniard rallied towards the Marin Cilic, who ousted sixth-seeded those matches to sustain that level said. “When you’re playing against advantage over the Australian in received treatment on his left wrist end before a relieved Coric closed it Czech Tomas Berdych in three sets. and also to send a statement not only big servers they tend to be front run- head-to-head encounters. after the first set and continued to out on his second match point with Dimitrov, 25, who has struggled for me, but towards everyone.” ners, so for me to get the break back Coric advanced to his first ATP fight. a backhand winner. for consistency, was buoyed by his The Bulgarian will next face immediately was key and it got the World Tour Masters 1000 quarter- “It was an unbelievable match on “I was thinking, ‘Rafa please miss, performance against doubles part- American Steve Johnson, who saved momentum back.” final, dominating 14-times Grand my side. I think he wasn’t playing his I cannot make a winner’,” he said of ner Wawrinka. four set points as he advanced to the Third-seeded Nadal, showing Slam winner Nadal by reeling off 10 best tennis,” said Coric, who won the Nadal’s fightback. “I need matches like that,” Dim- quarters over seventh seed Jo-Wil- fatigue following a busy Olympic straight games to claim the opening junior US Open title in 2013. Next up for Coric is compatriot itrov said. “I need 10 or 12 more of fried Tsonga of France 6-3 7-6(6). SPORT SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 23

Bolt scripts another superb THURSDAY’S MEDAL STANDINGS Countries G S B T

United States 35 33 32 100 China 20 16 22 58 Britain 22 21 13 56 Russia 12 15 17 44 win, Kolak bags javelin gold Japan 12 6 18 36 France 8 12 14 34 Germany 13 8 11 32 Australia 7 10 10 27 Italy 8 10 6 24 I ran hard around the South Korea 7 3 8 18 Canada 4 3 11 18 turn. On the straight, Netherlands 8 4 4 16 my body didn’t Brazil 5 5 5 15 New Zealand 4 8 3 15 respond. I’m getting Kazakhstan 3 5 7 15 old, says Jamaican Hungary 7 3 4 14 sprint king in Rio Denmark 1 6 6 13 Spain 5 2 3 10 Azerbaijan 0 4 6 10 Cuba 3 2 4 9 South Africa 1 6 2 9 Kenya 4 4 0 8 Reuters Ukraine 2 4 2 8 Poland 2 2 4 8 Uzbekistan 2 1 5 8 Sweden 1 4 3 8 RIO DE JANEIRO: The incomparable Czech Republic 1 1 6 8 Usain Bolt once again proved utterly Croatia 5 2 0 7 unbeatable on the Olympic track on Jamaica 5 0 2 7 Thursday, powering his way to a third North Korea 2 3 2 7 straight 200 metres gold and remain- Belgium 2 2 2 6 ing on course for an extraordinary Thailand 2 2 2 6 “triple-triple” of sprint titles. Belarus 1 3 2 6 The Jamaican simply laid waste Colombia 2 2 1 5 to the best of the rest in the sprint- Greece 2 1 2 5 ing world to win his eighth track gold Switzerland 2 1 2 5 medal in what he has said will be his Iran 2 0 3 5 last individual race at the Olympics Ethiopia 1 1 3 5 before his retirement next year. Georgia 1 1 3 5 Bolt’s time of 19.78 seconds Argentina 3 1 0 4 was the slowest of his four straight Armenia 1 3 0 4 world championship and three Serbia 1 2 1 4 Olympic triumphs over 200 metres Slovenia 1 2 1 4 but it certainly did not dampen the Romania 1 1 2 4 celebrations. greatest. Be among (Muhammad) Ali claim his second sprint medal of the Both were awarded the same time of Gemili was left shattered by Turkey 0 2 2 4 He struck his signature light- and Pele. I hope to be in that bracket Games and establish himself as the 20.12. Even the prospect of witness- missing out on a medal by three Lithuania 0 1 3 4 ning bolt pose to a huge cheer from after these Games.” heir apparent to the Sprint King. ing a once-in-a-century athlete in his thousandths of a second. Indonesia 1 2 0 3 the crowd and draped Brazilian and His place in that pantheon is “I love competing against him,” pomp was not enough to fill the Rio “I put so much into that run but Taiwan 1 0 2 3 Jamaican flags over his shoulders probably already assured but Bolt the 21-year-old said of Bolt. “It’s an Olympic Stadium but what the crowd lost my form at the end,” the Briton Malaysia 0 2 1 3 as he performed his lap of honour will return to the track for the honour to be a part of history, of what lacked in numbers, they made up for said. “I’m absolutely gutted.” Egypt 0 0 3 3 to chants of “Usain Bolt! Usain Bolt! 4x100m relay on Friday - two days he’s accomplished in his career ... but in noise as they welcomed Bolt to the Churandy Martina of the Neth- Norway 0 0 3 3 Usain Bolt!”. before his 30th birthday - looking to overall, if his time is up I guess a new track like a rock star. erlands, timed at 20.13, was only Bahrain 1 1 0 2 “I don’t need to prove anything complete the sweep of all three sprint person has to come in there.” The great showman responded in another three thousandths of a sec- Slovakia 1 1 0 2 else. What else can I do to prove to titles at three successive Olympics. Christophe Lemaitre of France kind by playing air guitar and sway- ond behind Gemili, while American Vietnam 1 1 0 2 the world I am the greatest?” Bolt told Canadian Andre de Grasse, who was ecstatic with his bronze medal ing to the music while smiling and former 400m champion LaShawn Independent 1 0 1 2 reporters. also won bronze behind Bolt in the after edging out a shattered Adam nodding straight into the TV camera. Merritt was sixth in 20.19. Ireland 0 2 0 2 “I am trying to be one of the 100m, finished second in 20.02 to Gemili of Britain in a photo finish. Beaten only once in nine years in The 200 metres aside, there was Mongolia 0 1 1 2 his favourite event, the Jamaican had success aplenty for the United States Israel 0 0 2 2 said he thought the world record of on Thursday. Dalilah Muhammad Tunisia 0 0 2 2 19.19 he set at the 2009 world cham- won the women’s 400m hurdles after Bahamas 1 0 0 1 Jamaica’s Usain pionships in Berlin was within reach. Kerron Clement had taken the men’s Fiji 1 0 0 1 Bolt (above and It was not to be. gold, while Ryan Crouser hurled the Jordan 1 0 0 1 left) celebrates Head down and hands pump- longest throw of his life to win the Kosovo 1 0 0 1 after he won the ing away as he built up speed over men’s shot put. Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 Men’s 200m Final the first 30 metres, Bolt rounded the Croatian Sara Kolak won javelin Singapore 1 0 0 1 during the athletics bend with a clear lead but was una- gold to dash Czech Barbora Spotak- Algeria 0 1 0 1 event at the Rio ble charge to the line as fast as he ova’s dreams of becoming the first Grenada 0 1 0 1 2016 Olympic wanted, even if he did finish three woman to win three consecutive gold Philippines 0 1 0 1 Games at the metres clear of De Grasse. medals in the same individual athlet- Qatar 0 1 0 1 Olympic Stadium in “I ran hard around the turn,” said ics event. Ashton Eaton has become Venezuela 0 1 0 1 Rio de Janeiro on Bolt. “On the straight, my body didn’t almost as dominant in the decathlon Austria 0 0 1 1 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1 Thursday. respond. I’m getting old.” as Bolt is in the sprints but the Amer- Lemaitre, the first white man ican was happy to defer to Bolt after Dominican Republic 0 0 1 1 to run under 10 seconds, raised his retaining his title. Estonia 0 0 1 1 hands above his head and fell back “We are in the era where Usain Finland 0 0 1 1 onto the track as the scoreboard con- Bolt ends, and the young kids India 0 0 1 1 firmed he had taken the bronze. inspired him are just getting started,” Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1 “It was an unbelievable moment,” he said. “I had the pleasure of being Mexico 0 0 1 1 said the 26-year-old. “I knew I could in the same era as Usain Bolt. I mean, Moldova 0 0 1 1 but I also knew it would be unbeliev- the guys’ last name is Bolt, he’s the Morocco 0 0 1 1 ably hard. I’m so grateful to get this fastest man ever, you can’t write a Portugal 0 0 1 1 medal.” story like that.” UAE 0 0 1 1 Jordanian and Iranian make history in taekwondo

AFP played in Rio in front of the didn’t realise how much pres- allowed to compete at the 1992 Games in Bar- whole world.” sure I would feel but to pull celona. But clothing obligations imposed by The women’s under- this off is amazing,” Jones, 23, hardline religious leaders continue to place RIO DE JANEIRO: It was a historic day in the 57kg weight division saw told the BBC. “I am still young barriers to women competing freely, and on Olympic taekwondo competition on Thursday Briton Jade Jones retain her so to be double Olympic a level pegging, in many sports. as Ahmad Abughaush (pictured right) won Olympic crown, easily des- champion already is crazy. Women are also banned from watching Jordan’s first ever Games medal and Kimia patching Eva Calvo of Spain I’ve been crying in between sports in Iran where men are present. Alizadeh (pictured far right) claimed a first 16-7 in the final. sessions because I was so Earlier in these Games, an Iranian woman women’s medal for Iran. “I am so happy for Ira- stressed but I did it when it was asked to leave the volleyball arena in Abughaush beat Alexey Denisenko of Rus- nian girls because it is the mattered. I’m buzzing.” Rio after she held up a banner protesting sia 10-6 to win the men’s under-68kg division first medal and I hope at Yet her achievement against her country’s laws. Darya Safai held while Alizadeh landed bronze in the wom- the next Olympics we will paled in comparison with a sign saying: “Let Iranian women enter their en’s under-57kg category by beating Nikita get a gold,” said Alizadeh. that of Alizadeh, who has stadiums.” Glasnovic of Sweden 5-1. “I am very excited and I had to overcome innumer- Safai, who was born in Iran but lives in Abughaush took a congratulatory phone want to thank my parents able obstacles in her home Belgium, was allowed to stay after refusing call from the Jordanian royal family after his and my coach. They really country. Deeply conserva- to leave the Iran-Egypt men’s match. win and dedicated victory to the kingdom. stand behind me and I am tive Iran has had few women South Korea’s Lee Dae-hoon and Joel “It’s an indescribable feeling to win the so happy.” competitors at the Olympics, Gonzalez of Spain, a gold medallist in London, first medal in the history of Jordan in all the Great things have been bronze at the world championships, beat- particularly since the Islamic won the men’s under-68kg bronze medals, sports,” he said. “It’s also a great feeling to expected of Alizadeh, who won the Youth ing Jones in the quarter-finals. But the Briton revolution in 1979. while Hedaya Malak of Egypt landed the other listen to the national anthem of Jordan being Olympics two years ago and last year took came up trumps in Rio. “It feels unbelievable. I Archer Lida Fariman was the first to be women’s bronze. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Murray sails as Jordanian and Nadal, Wawrinka Iranian make history fall in upsets in taekwondo

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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt celebrates after he won Rio Games: Bolt records the men’s 200m final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic hat-trick of 200m gold Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. 19.78 seconds for gold. Canadian hope after Justin Gatlin failed to with his time, ripping the numbers Jamaican superstar Andre de Grasse took silver with make the eight-man final, just inside off his shorts and throwing them to 20.02sec and France’s Christophe him in Thursday’s final. Immediately the floor. just 4x100m triumph Lemaitre winning bronze (20.12). out of the blocks, the Jamaican was “No, I can’t grasp what I’ve away from claiming As Guns N’Roses’ “Welcome to quickly up on Lemaitre, racing in achieved, definitely not,” said Bolt. the Jungle” blasted out, huge cheers seven. “You work so hard for years and an unprecedented greeted Bolt, wearing black lycra With the temperature around 27 then you just hope it pays off. It is a Olympic ‘triple triple’ shorts and a singlet in the green, gold degrees Celsius (84F) and the track brilliant feeling.” and black colours of Jamaica. shining after a light rain shower, Bolt Bolt admitted that he hadn’t felt The sell-out Olympic Stadium delivered electrifying control around great down the back stretch, timing crowd, which has been criticised the bend, hitting the back stretch in what was the slowest 200m of all his AFP for its jeering of some athletes, full tilt. individual victories. were raucous in their welcome of As the crowd roared, Bolt “I wasn’t happy with the time,” the Jamaican star. responded by moving into his famed he acknowledged. RIO DE JANEIRO: Usain Bolt won The win means that Bolt can “drive phase”, head coming slowly up “My body just wouldn’t respond a third successive Olympic 200m complete a third straight sweep of as part of the process that unleashes in the straight. gold on Thursday to keep alive his the sprint medals -- 100m, 200m and the full power from his long legs. Any disappointment was quickly hopes of an unprecedented ‘triple relay -- in the 4x100m contest when Eyes glued on the stadium’s big forgotten on the track as Guns triple’ in Rio. Jamaica start as favourites. screen at the end of the 100m track, N’Roses was switched for Bob Mar- The victory in his favoured event The so-called ‘triple triple’ would Bolt blasted through the line with a ley’s “One Love”. was Bolt’s 13th individual world or see him leave the Olympic stage as glance leftwards at the giant stop- Bolt, draped in Brazilian and Olympic sprint title from a possible an undisputed great. watch, beating his chest and saying Jamaican flags, did a lap of honour 14 since he took athletics by storm at Bolt, in his favoured lane six, “number one”. to chants of “Usain Bolt, Usain Bolt!” the 2008 Beijing Olympics. had Lashawn Merritt, the American There had been no easing up, but after another amazing victory and The 29-year Jamaican timed 400m specialist and sole US medal Bolt looked to be left disappointed eighth Olympic gold.

Qatar’s Sheikh Ali in action in Rio Pele to play no role at closing ceremony

Reuters Games spokesman Mario Andrada said. de Janeiro to help heal the wounds. “That “But if he wants to be there it will be our was the World Cup. This is the Olympic pleasure.” team. Neymar never played in that match Pele caused some confusion before so there is nothing that could generate RIO DE JANEIRO: Pele will not appear at the start of the Olympics, revealing that any type of feeling that we have to take the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, he had been asked to light the cauldron, revenge. It is a different time with differ- organisers said yesterday, meaning Bra- but adding that he needed to consult some ent players,” Micale said. zil’s most famous sportsman has played commercial sponsors on whether he con- “The supporters are playing their role no formal part in the Games. tractually would be able to do that. and we will need the supporters as this is The soccer great, whose full name is Organisers had kept light-tipped about a very strong German team. The support- Edson Arantes do Nascimento, turned the details of the ceremony but after the ers will want what they want, but there is down an offer to appear as the final torch- opening confirmed he had been due to no link between that match and this one,” bearer at the Games’ opening party on light the flame in the stadium. he said. Aug. 5, citing a health problem. Meanwhile,Brazil men’s soccer coach “I am sure the final with Germany will “Pele is not going to take part in the Rogerio Micale is playing down talk that be a great match but it has nothing to do closing ceremony,” Abel Gomes, executive his young team will seek revenge for the with the past.” producer of the ceremonies, told reporters. senior side’s mauling by Germany in the In truth, the two sides are completely Pele, 75, underwent hip surgery at the last World Cup when the teams meet in different from those that met that fate- end of last year and has said his rehabil- the Olympic final today. ful day in Belo Horizonte. Brazil captain itation has been difficult. Germany humiliated Brazil 7-1 in front Neymar is the only player on either squad Games organisers said they had not of a home crowd in the World Cup semi- to have played in the last World Cup and been in contact with him since earlier this final in 2014. he missed the semi-final through injury. Qatar’s Sheikh Ali Al Thani riding First Devision reacts during the jumping competition month when he turned down the invite to The result was a terrible blow not just The Olympic teams are mostly made at the Olympic Equestrian Centre during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, light the cauldron. for the team but the whole nation, and up of players under the age of 23, with yesterday. Sheikh Ali and Ali Al Rumaihi advanced to the next stage. “We have not got in touch with him their supporters are now desperate for three overage players permitted on each or he in touch with us since the opening,” a victory in the Maracana stadium in Rio team. Marin downs Sindhu to win badminton gold

AFP 21-15 win in the decider. The 21-year-old Sindhu’s hard- before sensationally clinching the It was a first gold medal for fought silver was India’s second semi-final clash with a 22-20 vic- the 23-year-old Spaniard, who medal of the Rio Olympics after tory in the third. was told off by the umpire on female wrestler Sakshi Malik The arch-rivals were locked RIO DE JANEIRO: Spanish bad- several occasions during the claimed bronze on Wednesday. at 16-16 in the final game before minton world number one match because of the level of her Meanwhile, Malaysian world Lee took a 20-17 lead to have three Carolina Marin defeated Indian screeching. number one Lee Chong Wei match points to win it, only for Lin shuttler P V Sindhu in three games The third and final game was avenged two heartbreaking Olym- to dramatically haul it back to 20 to win Olympic gold in the wom- locked at 10-10 before Marin went pic badminton final defeats to Lin all. en’s singles yesterday. 14-10 ahead. Dan yesterday, beating his nemesis Lee, who has never won a Marin, who celebrated almost It was a gap that Sindhu could in the last-four to keep his dream world or Olympic title, lost the every victorious point by shrieking not bridge as the Spaniard went of Rio Olympics gold alive. last two Olympic finals to his arch- Gold medallist Spain’s Carolina Marin (centre), silver medalist India’s Pusarla V at the top of her voice, lost the first to 20-15 before finishing off her Lin took the first game 21-15 rival Lin. game 21-19 but grabbed the second Indian counterpart in an engross- but Lee bounced back in the sec- He sunk to his knees on yester- Sindhu (left) and bronze medalist Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara stand with their medals 21-12 before clinching gold with a ing encounter. ond, comfortably winning it 21-11 day as he finally beat his old foe. on the podium following the badminton final in Rio de Janeiro, yesterday.