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Clashes in Nablus Weather to Qatar hails Iran be windy, N-framework dusty today DOHA: The weather is expected to be windy and dusty today as a result of which visibility will be agreement: FM poor. The sea will be choppy with waves jumping up to 10 to 11 feet at times at places. The weather bureau said in its routine fore- Ties with Egypt cordial, says Al Attiyah cast for today that northwesterly wind will move at between 15 and DOHA: Qatar has said it wel- the foreign minister said that the 32 knots an hour (28 and 60km comes Iran’s nuclear frame- GCC states didn’t have problem an hour). work agreement with the US with all the Houthis in Yemen but The temperature will vary from and others, and expressed the with only a certain group which 34 degrees C in the day time to hope that after a clear final deal has been misled by former presi- 23 degrees C at night. Al Ruwais is inked it would make Tehran dent Ali Abdullah Saleh. will be cooler with day tempera- pursue its nuclear mission for “Saleh has put the group in a ture forecast at 27 degrees C and peaceful purposes. pitiable situation,” Al Attiyah said A Palestinian boy throws stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes following a protest against Israeli settlements in night, 23 degrees C. “We want Middle East to when told that Houthis wouldn’t Qadomem, Kofr Qadom village, near the the West Bank city of Nablus, yesterday. Five Palestinians were injured. THE PENINSULA be free of nuclear weapons agree to come to Riyadh for a dia- and weapons of mass destruc- logue as is being insisted on by the tion,” said Foreign Minister H GCC states. E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al As for the UN Security Council Attiyah. Resolution on Yemen, Al Attiyah In an interview to London- said the UN Secretary-General based Arabic newspaper Sharq Ban Ki-moon has 10 days to Salary deduction ‘plan’ sparks debate Al Awsat given from Paris which report to the Security Council appeared yesterday, Qatar’s about its implementation after DOHA: Reports that the gov- state jobs report for work late was that a salaried employee was Many tweeters suggested Foreign Minister said that Iran which there would be strict meas- ernment is planning to make and leave early and so, for at least not paid for the amount of time that instead of coming up with had the right to pursue its nuclear ures taken if the Resolution is not salary deductions for absence one social media commentator, he spent on the job but for the this rule the government should mission for peaceful purposes. implemented or if all the parties from work have gone viral on putting a leash on them might be general value of services rendered. launch studies and find out the “We are looking to build strong do not comply. Qatari social media and sparked a good idea. “We will come on time if work reasons why some employees relationship with Iran and we However, for the UNSC a debate. The commentator, Saif bin timings are the only concern and come in late or leave early and want an open and serious dia- Resolution to be complied with The reports, though, remain Salah, said sarcastically: “We there is no importance to produc- take corrective measures. logue with it regarding security the Houthis would have to first unconfirmed and it’s hard to say should not forget that there is a tivity,” a commentator who gave Some commentators said the and stability of the region.” withdraw from the areas they if there is such a plan. drain on state coffers as there are her name as Nehad said. new rule would affect productive Asked about Egypt, Al Attiyah control, including from capital It has been suggested by some employees who collect salaries for This is not the right way. and sincere employees. said Qatar’s relations with the Sana and disarm Houthi militias on the social media that the state the whole year just for sitting at “Assigning a real task to employ- Khalid Al Meer said that this country are cordial and that it is and implement the GCC initia- may introduce a system whereby home”. ees and making them accountable rule should have been there from an important Arab country. For tives and National Dialogue. employees who come in late or But Salah’s was, perhaps, the for it and assessing their perform- the start. “Why we are so reac- Qatar it is important to keep Egypt The UNSC Resolution will put leave their workplace early may lone comment in support of the ance and output are what should tionary? Why we didn’t have this strong because anything adverse more pressure on the Houthis and find their salaries deducted in unconfirmed report. Nearly all matter,” said Dr Khalid Al Khanji. rule from the beginning?” he that might happen there could prevent them from getting weap- proportion to their absence. the other commentators opposed “Sad that attendance is going to said, according to a local Arabic affect the other Arab countries. ons from outside, the FM said. There is an impression in some the idea, some furiously. be more important,” rued Ali daily. In reply to another question, THE PENINSULA quarters that some Qataris in And the gist of what they said Ahmed Al Khulaifi. THE PENINSULA

Obama to host Gulf leaders Gulf states unhappy with UN on May 13-14 chief’s Yemen ceasefire call

WASHINGTON: US President UNITED NATIONS: Several understand that there must be in Yemen last month as Houthi Barack Obama will welcome Gulf states are unhappy about a political process. I call on all rebels, who had taken control of the six leaders of the Gulf UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s call Yemenis to participate in good the capital Sana’a in September, Cooperation Council states in for an immediate ceasefire faith.” He gave no indication that closed in on the port city of Aden mid-May for talks on Iran’s by all sides in Yemen and are they supported his appeal to end and forced Yemeni President nuclear programme and the con- expected to raise the issue in military attacks. Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi to flee to flicts in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. a meeting with him early next “Gulf states are not happy Riyadh. The Houthis and army The White House said the May week, UN diplomatic sources about the speech and expect to units loyal to former president Ali 13 meetings at the White House said yesterday. make that point with the SG Abdullah Saleh have been fighting and May 14 gathering at Camp Ban on Thursday called for an (Ban) in the meeting,” one of the alongside each other on several David “will be an opportunity for immediate halt to the fighting, diplomatic sources said. fronts against militia forces loyal the leaders to discuss ways to the first time he has made such an Benomar, a veteran Moroccan to Hadi. enhance their partnership and appeal since Saudi-led air strikes diplomat, had irked Saudi Arabia The United Nations said about deepen security cooperation.” against Iranian-backed Houthi and other Gulf nations with his 150,000 people had been driven The meeting was announced in rebels began three weeks ago. handling of so-far unsuccessful from their homes by three weeks early April by Obama, who is seek- The main topic of the meeting peace talks between the Houthis of air strikes and ground fighting ing to reassure Gulf states follow- will be the replacement for the out- and the Western- and Gulf Arab- and more than 750 people killed. ing a framework accord reached going UN envoy to Yemen Jamal backed Yemeni government, Iran’s foreign minister yes- on Tehran’s contested nuclear Benomar, who announced his res- Western UN diplomats said. terday submitted a letter to Ban programme earlier in the month. ignation on Wednesday. But, the Ban has chosen Mauritanian outlining a four-point peace plan The White House will welcome the sources said, they are also expected diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh for Yemen, but Western and Arab leaders of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, The remains of the Republican Palace, following a reported air raid, in the to raise their concerns about the Ahmed, head of the UN mission diplomats have shown little inter- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE city of Taez yesterday. At least 16 people were killed as soldiers loyal to appeal Ban made in a speech at the combating the Ebola virus in est, saying they do not consider during the May meetings. AFP exiled President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi put up fierce resistance to an attack National Press Club. West Africa, to replace Benomar, Tehran a neutral peace broker. on their base by Houthi rebels and renegade troops. The UN chief said the Saudis diplomatic sources said. REUTERS Radar cameras to be “have assured me that they Saudi Arabia began air attacks See also page 4 linked to control room

DOHA: The traffic department has plans to link radar cameras directly to its control room so Iran vows unlimited enrichment if sanctions not lifted that violations can be recorded and sighted immediately as they occur and violators can PARIS: Iran is ready to resume “If we take the path of confron- that all sanctions, all economic and were discrepancies between the won’t be suspensions, it is very be informed through the inte- nuclear enrichment “without tation, the US and the UN will financial sanctions will be termi- framework agreement and the clear in the agreement that we rior ministry’s Metrash mobile any limitations” unless sanc- continue with their sanctions, and nated.” Global powers reached “fact-sheet” released by the announced.” he told Euronews. phone service later. tions are totally and imme- Iran will continue with its enrich- a framework agreement for a United States to explain what had He said negotiations were at Presently, laptops are used traf- diately removed at the end of ment programme. Without any nuclear deal with Iran on April 2. been decided. times difficult because Western fic department officials to down- negotiations, Foreign Minister limitations,” Zarif said. They must now resolve a series “On the day that we agree we powers had “come to believe that load photographs of violations from Javad Zarif said yesterday. “Unfortunately the United of technical issues by a June 30 will go to the Security Council and sanctions were an asset, were radars and it takes three to four Speaking to TV channel States started... using the phrase deadline for a final deal, includ- the Security Council will adopt a something that they should not and sometimes five days for vio- Euronews in Lisbon, Zarif said: ‘phased sanctions’,” Zarif added. ing the steps for lifting sanctions resolution which will terminate relinquish so easily”. “Now we start lations to be known by the traffic “We can have the path of confron- “If you go through the joint on Iran, and remaining questions all the previous resolutions and the difficult part, the difficult path department and intimated to viola- tation or we can have the path of statement you will not even see over the possible military dimen- will set the stage for termina- of negotiating and writing the final tors, Al Sharq reported yesterday. co-operation, we cannot have a the word ‘suspension’ and you will sions of its nuclear programme. tion of all sanctions. This is very agreement,” said Zarif. THE PENINSULA little bit of each.” not see the word ‘phase’. It’s clear Zarif told Euronews that there clear, there won’t be phased, there AFP SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Minister leaves for IMF Tweeters poke fun at meeting in US DOHA: Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al CMC aspirants’ ‘boasts’ Emadi left Doha yester- day for the United States to participate in the Candidates using social media for canvassing annual and spring meet- ings of the International DOHA: Candidates trying Sheikha Al Jefairi, the lone Arabic daily Al Raya yesterday. Monetary Fund and the their luck in this year’s Central woman CMC member, who is Many voters are reacting to World Bank Group. Municipal Council (CMC) contesting from ward number 8 “boastful sloganeering” by some The delegation accom- election, due next month, are (Old Airport, Ras Abu Aboud, candidates and reminding them panying the Minister increasingly using social media Old Ghanem and Najma), has, for that they have no hand in the of Finance includes the for canvassing. example, deployed two teams to infrastructure development works CEO of Qatar Investment This is because the new media is conduct her election campaign on they are talking of in their respec- Authority, Sheikh Abdullah now much more popular in Qatar the social media, one on Twitter tive wards. bin Mohamed bin Saud Al than it was in 2011, when the last alone. Some candidates are using Thani, and the Deputy CMC poll was held. However, used to one-way inter- WhatsApp in their canvass- Governor of Qatar Central A survey conducted by the action with voters in conventional ing while others are relying on Bank, Sheikh Fahad bin Ministry of Information and electioneering, many candidates YouTube and uploading patriotic Faisal Al Thani. Communications Technology last are realising to their shock that songs with video clips, among QNA December shows that Qataris are the social media can be a double- other things. www.swiss-belhotel.com more aware of new smartphone edged sword. “However, more candidates Tel applications than non-Qataris. For example, some tweeters are using their Twitter accounts Some 78 percent of Qatari have poked fun at some CMC for canvassing, followed by Fax social media users use WhatsApp. candidates for “talking boastfully” WhatsApp,” the daily said. Twitter is also popular among about development projects either A common theme of the elec- Qatar slams them, while Facebook remains the completed in their constituencies tion manifestos of most sitting preference of mostly non-Qataris. or lined up for execution. members in the fray is develop- Tel attack in Mali The popularity of social media “Come on! Be realistic and come ment work in their respective Fax DOHA: Qatar has in recent times in the Qatari com- up with some innovative pro- constituencies. strongly condemned and munity has led many sitting mem- gramme of your own. Those devel- However, such canvassing denounced the attack bers of the CMC who are seeking opment projects (you are talking seems to be turning into a cause that targeted a camp re-election to rely increasingly on about) are the government’s for embarrassment for many of the United Nations these channels of communication brainchild,” a tweeter was quoted contestants. Tel Stabilisation Mission for campaigning. as saying sarcastically by local THE PENINSULA Fax in Mali (MINUSMA) in Gao area in north- ern Mali, in which three civilians were killed and Tel + 974 44298888 more than ten people were injured, including Fax nine peacekeepers from Niger. In a statement issued Tel yesterday, the Foreign Fax Ministry stressed its denunciation of such acts which have no connec- tion with human values Tel and constitute aggression Fax against innocent people, confirming the solidarity of Qatar with the United Nations mission, especially Tel in the light of the role it Fax plays to bring peace and stability to Mali to main- www.doha.hilton.com tain its unity and sov- ereignty. The Ministry Tel 44233333 974+ expressed support for the Malian people. QNA Fax 44233000 974+

Father of Indian IT revolution Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker hoists the flag of Bangladesh to mark Mujibnagar Day at the visiting Doha embassy premises yesterday. Tel DOHA: The father of Fax India’s information tech- nology (IT) revolution, N R Narayana Murthy, Bangladeshis mark Mujibnagar Day who is currently the Additional Director and Tel Executive Chairman of DOHA: The Embassy of After the flag hoisting, prayers They emphasised the need for Fax Infosys, will be visiting Bangladesh in Qatar and were offered for the salvation of educating the younger generation Qatar on April 25, said a the Bangladeshi community the souls of the martyrs of the about the history of Bangladesh. statement yesterday. observed Mujibnagar Day today liberation war. Messages for the In his speech, Ambassador Murthy, the co-founder with solemnity. occasion from the president and Masud recalled the extraordi- Tel of Infosys, will be here to Mujibnagar Day is observed the prime minister of Bangladesh nary role played by the Father of Fax receive an award, “KEF every year in Bangladesh and were read out. the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Technocrat of the Year the country’s missions abroad Later, a discussion on Mujibur Rahman and freedom 2015”, from Keralite to mark the formation of Mujibnagar Day was held. At fighters in Bangladesh’s emer- Engineers’ Forum, Qatar. Bangladesh’s first government to the start, all stood in silence for gence as an independent country. He will be presented lead the war of liberation in 1971. one minute as a mark of respect He highlighted the significance Tel the award in a gala din- Yesterday’s programme started to the memory of the freedom of Mujibnagar Day and thanked Fax ner the same day at with the hoisting of the national fighters. Bangladeshi nationals in Qatar for InterContinental Doha-The flag by Ambassador Syed Masud During the discussion, speak- their hard work and contribution City. The event will start at Mahmood Khundoker at the ers highlighted the contribution to nation-building, and for dem- 6.15pm. Admission to the embassy premises in the pres- of the Father of the Nation of onstrating unity, fraternity and Tel event will be by invitation. ence of embassy officials and a Bangladesh, martyrs and freedom liberal and moderate attitudes. THE PENINSULA number of Bangladeshi nationals. fighters to building Bangladesh. THE PENINSULA Fax

Tel Fax Focus on cancer research at Sidra meet

DOHA: Presentations related Azaiz (Tunisia) were among the who also chaired the conference. to immunotherapy, and the to pre-clinical and clinical key presenters. Findings related to immuno- responses were very durable. trial developments in breast “It is exciting to see the level therapy trials in breast cancer It tells us that we have to push cancer research with insights of interest and progress on were presented by experts such forward and further continue provided on breast cancer in breast cancer research, particu- Prof Nora Disis from University this fascinating approach in a Qatar and in the wider Arab larly the use of immunotherapy. of Washington (USA), Prof breast cancer setting,” said Dr Tel population were the highlights It also serves to highlight the Barbara Seliger from Martin- Bedognetti. Fax of Sidra Medical and Research world-class level of expertise Luther Universitat (Germany), Dr Bedognetti also presented Center (Sidra)-BRECIS – the and research that is currently Prof Holbrook Kohrt from data of a genomic analysis based first conference dedicated to under way in Qatar not only at Stanford School of Medicine on The Cancer Genome Atlas breast cancer immunotherapy Sidra but also at Weill Cornell (USA), and Prof Brendon repository. The study was con- Tel held in Doha. Medical College in Qatar,Hamad Coventry from the University ducted with a team from QCRI Fax The two-day event, organised Medical Corporation (HMC) of Adelaide, among others. led by Dr Michele Ceccarelli by Sidra and part of the popular and Qatar University and In particular, Prof Leisha and identified potential genetic Sidra Symposia Series, was held other institutions like Qatar Emens from John Hopkins alterations in cancer cells www.marriottmarquisdoha.com in partnership with the Society Computing Research Institute Medicine (USA) presented the responsible for driving anti-can- for Immunotherapy of Cancer. (QCRI). We are no longer results of one of the first two cer immune responsiveness. The Tel + 974 44195000 It attracted more than 350 spectators but have actually trials showing the activity of a investigators aim to validate Fax + 974 44195100 researchers, clinicians, allied joined the ranks in the glo- novel immunotherapeutic agent these results in the Qatari pop- health specialists and scientists. bal race to improve treatment (anti-PD1 ligand) in metastatic ulation through a collaborative Experts such as Dr Salha for aggressive diseases such breast cancer. project with HMC physicians Boujassoum from HMC (Qatar), as breast cancer,” said Davide “Although this is an early led by Dr Salha Bujassoum, Dr Lotfi Chouchane from Weill Bedognetti, the Director of trial conducted in a lim- Senior Consultant Hematology/ Cornell Medical College in Tumour Biology, Immunology ited number of patients, it is Oncology, National Center for Qatar and Prof Hammouda and Therapy Section, Sidra extremely promising as 33 per- Cancer and Research, HMC. Boussen from Institut Salah Medical and Research Center, cent of the patients responded THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Prison overcrowding in focus at UN congress Some countries have almost 400pc prison occupancy

DOHA: There are over 10 mil- every five years, brings together and Best Practices against lion people in prisons worldwide, governments, policy-makers and Overcrowding in Correctional leading to prison overcrowding, experts to consider how best to Facilities.’ and the problem has reached integrate crime prevention and “So here we are five years down epidemic proportions in many criminal justice into the wider the line,” continued Barzano, but countries, the ongoing 13th UN UN agenda. there is still a growing recogni- Congress on Crime Prevention It also focuses on links between tion that one of the key obstacles and Criminal Justice was told security and justice, and sustain- to implementing the provisions yesterday. able development. of the standard minimum rules Last year, some 77 countries Prison overcrowding refers to of the treatment of prisoners is Qatari delegates attending one of the sessions of the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice were reported having a prison the occupancy rate and the offi- overcrowding in prisons. at QNCC yesterday. occupancy rate higher than cial capacity of prisons. It refers She also highlighted UNODC’s 120 percent, in some cases as to situations where the number work with the Red Cross to pub- high as almost 400 percent, a of prisoners exceeds such official lish a handbook on strategies to senior official from the United prison capacity. More specifi- reduce overcrowding in prison. Nations Office on Drugs and cally, the rate of overcrowding Calling it a practical tool for A fountain of information at QNCC Crime (UNODC) said at the UN is defined as that part of occu- practitioners and policy-makers, DOHA: Recognising the need Interregional Crime and Justice of the United Nations Crime Congress yesterday. pancy rate above one hundred she said the handbook is available of delegates to the 13th UN Research Institute Turin, Italy, Prevention and Criminal Justice The eight-day event at Qatar percent and it is usually under- on UNODC’s website in several Congress on Crime Prevention United Nations Asia and Far Programme, Milan, Italy, are some National Convention Center ends stood that occupancy above 120 languages. and Criminal Justice for focused, East Institute for the Prevention of the important institutes are tomorrow. percent can be considered serious “Overcrowding is a very serious relevant and up-to-date infor- of Crime and Treatment of taking part in the Center. “Prison overcrowding can also overcrowding. humanitarian concern as it gener- mation on various topics, Qatar Offenders, Tokyo, Japan, United Other institutes under the UN be considered a symptom of a The problem of prison over- ates substandard and inhumane has established a ‘Knowledge Nations Latin American Institute participating in the Knowledge malfunctioning justice system, crowding is very localised and conditions. Tens of thousands of Center’ at the venue of the for the Prevention of Crime and Center are International Center and the problems of overcrowding extremely challenging, according people are forced to live in con- Congress at Qatar National Treatment of Offenders, Sanjose, for the Prevention of Crime, have to be dealt with by the prison to UNODC. It increases the risk gested accommodations with Convention Center (QNCC). Costa Rica, United Nations African Montreal, Canada, Institute for administration, although the of transmission of communicable insufficient space to move, sit or “The Knowledge Center has Institute for the Prevention the Security Studies, Pretoria, solutions are seldom within their diseases and poses an immense sleep,” said Miroslawa Czerna of 26 international experts avail- of Crime and Treatment of South Africa, Korean Institute Of reach,” Piera Barzano, Senior management challenge to prison the International Committee of able to answer the queries of Offenders, Kampala, Naif Arab Criminology, Seoul, South Korea, Regional Advisor of the Justice administrations. the Red Cross, who was also at media personnel and participants University for Security Sciences, College for Criminal Law Science, Section at UNODC, said during a “Prison overcrowding impacts the event. as well,” said Major General Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Australian Beijing, China, and European side event at the Congress. the quality of nutrition, sanita- “Being squeezed into cramped Abdullah Yousuf Al Mal, Advisor Institute of Criminology, Canberra, Institute for Crime Prevention There are usually several rein- tion, prisoner-activities, health living quarters in appalling to the Minister of Interior and International Center for Criminal and Control, Helsinki, Finland. forcing reasons that may lead to care services and the care of hygiene conditions and with no Chairperson of the Preparatory Law Reform and Criminal Justice The subject matter experts can prison overcrowding, she con- vulnerable groups. It affects the privacy makes the experience of Committee of the eight-day Policy, International Institute provide links to areas of specific tinued, and such causes are not physical, mental health and well- being deprived of freedom dis- Congress being held from April of Higher Studies in Criminal interest on around 100 topics or confined to the limits of crimi- being of all prisoners. It generates tressful in normal circumstances 12 to 19. Science, Siracusa, Italy, National sub-topics in the field of crime nal justice but extend to other prisoner tension, violence, exacer- exponentially worse. It erodes Booths representing 17 Institute of Justice, Washington prevention and criminal justice. spheres of state responsibility bates existing mental and physical human dignity,” she added. institutes under UN and the DC, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Delegates can ask questions about such as welfare policy, access to health problems,” said Barzano. It also exacerbates tensions and United Nations Office on Crime Human Rights and Humanitarian virtually anything and are directed health services, education, and Five years ago, at the 12th UN endangers detainees, supervisors Prevention and Criminal Justice Law, Lund, Sweden, and to people or other resources to get employment. Crime Congress, in Brazil, a work- and security, Czerna emphasised. are part of the Knowledge Center. International Scientific and the right answers. The UN Crime Congress, held shop was held on the ‘Strategies THE PENINSULA The United Nations Professional Advisory Council THE PENINSULA

Gasna competition winners named DOHA: Winners of the Qatar Model Independent School for their future today.” University (QU) Sixth Gasna Boys (2nd), and Al Khanssa Qapco Vice Chairman and Competition were announced at Primary School for Girls the (3rd). CEO Dr Mohammed Yousef Al a closing ceremony recently. Al Yarmook Preparatory Mulla said: “We need the youth The competition, which is an Independent School for Boys won of today to be excited about engi- initiative organised annually by first place in the Third Category neering. We need them to learn the organisation’s Gas Processing (Grades 7-9) followed by Osama and understand more about what Center (GPC), drew the participa- bin Zaid Preparatory Independent makes Qatar such a great indus- tion from more than 300 students School for Boys (2nd), and Umm trial nation. This competition will and teachers from 100 independ- Maabad Preparatory School for help to realise this dream and to ent and international schools, and Girls (3rd). encourage the next generation of included over 80 projects. The Fourth Category (Grades engineers and scientists to take up This year’s competition was 10-12) winners were Ali Bin our vision and make it a reality. sponsored by Qapco, Dolphin Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani Qapco is proud to be associated Energy Limited, ExxonMobil Secondary for Boys (1st), Al Khor with Gasna, a great initiative that Qatar, RasGas, ConocoPhillips Prep/Sec Independent School for aims to increase the children’s Qatar and QatarGas. Girls (2nd), and Umm Ayman understanding about the impor- Attending the ceremony were Independent Secondary School tance of gas and gas processing QU College of Engineering Dean for Girls (3rd). to the economy and the future of Dr Rashid Alammari, GPC The winners of the Incentive Qatar.” Director Dr Mohammed Almarri, Award were Al Falah Primary ConocoPhillips Qatar President ExxonMobil Qatar Environmental Independent School for Girls (KG Gary Sykes said: “The annual Researcher Nayla Al Naema, to Grade 4), Al Huda Primary Gasna Competition allows us Dolphin Energy Limited Director Independent School for Girls at ConocoPhillips to reaffirm Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, Kahramaa President Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al of Public and Government (Grades 5 and 6), Abdurrahman our commitment to Qatar and Kuwari and other Qatari officials at the World Water Forum in Daegu, South Korea. Relations Ajlan Eid Al Enezi, Bin Jassim Preparatory its future generations through ConocoPhillips Research Scientist Independent School for Boys extending our support in bring- Eman Al Shamari, Qapco Head (Grades 7-9), and Amna Bint ing another generation of young of Academic Affairs Department Wahab Independent Secondary Qatari youth closer to their coun- Abdulrahman Sultan Aldarweesh, School for Girls (Grades 10-12). try’s key industry in an experi- Qatar highlights water security RasGas Process Engineer Hamad In his remarks, Dr Rashid ence that will leave them better Al Bunain, and QatarGas Alammari said: “This national informed on its state-of-the-art Corporate Social Responsibility competition is one of several technology, infrastructure, and Officer Rand Agha. community service activities and the resources that are crucial to challenges at World Water Forum Winners in the First Category outreach programmes conducted Qatar’s development.” (KG to Grade 4) were Halimah Al by the College that engage stu- Nayla Al Naema said: “Qatar DOHA: H E Dr Mohamed bin In his speech, the minister noted water and energy resources man- Saadiah Independent School for dents on innovation and creativ- University has excelled in finding Saleh Al Sada, the Minister that in the Arab region addressing agement was the key to sustain- Girls (1st), Newton International ity in science and engineering. It creative ways of getting school- of Energy and Industry, led water scarcity is one of the most able development. School-D-Ring (2nd), and Hajar highlights QU’s vision to become age children excited about math Qatar’s delegation at the critical challenges. The challenges “Water and energy efficiency, Primary Independent School for a model national university in the and science. ExxonMobil Qatar is Seventh World Water Forum, are expected to grow due to many conservation, and smart grid tech- Girls (3rd). region and promote a knowledge- delighted to have found an ideal along with Eng. Essa bin Hilal pressing driving forces, including nologies are the three pillars in the The Second Category (Grades based economy. These young stu- partner, as we work to provide the Al Kuwari, president of Qatar population growth, food demand, smart implementation of inte- 5 and 6) winners were Brooq dents are the future generation of energy that drives human poten- General Electricity and Water shared water resources, climate grated water and energy resources Primary Independent School for leaders and professionals, and it tial and ultimately fuels progress.” Corporation (Kahramaa) and change, and many others, forcing management” he emphasised. Girls (1st), Jawaan Bin Jassim is critical that they start owning THE PENINSULA a delegation comprising offi- more countries to look for more “In the Arab region, water and cials from Kahramaa and the expensive water sources, such as energy are very much related Ministry of Environment. The desalination, to augment their lim- to each other. According to the forum was held in Daegu, South ited fresh water supplies. International Energy Agency, the Korea from April 12 until yes- Al Sada stressed that water water-energy nexus is a criti- terday under the theme, Water conservation was an issue of par- cal issue as water and energy for Our Future. amount importance to Qatar as are dynamic, interdependent Al Sada delivered a speech at well as it had one of the world’s resources. Water is required the opening session in his capacity lowest levels of rainfall and highest to facilitate almost all forms of as the head of the Arab Ministerial rates of per capita consumption. energy production,. Energy is like- Water Council, and underscored “Fresh water in Qatar is scarce wise vital to provide fresh water the importance of the link between and most of the water used in for various uses,” he explained. water, energy and food, pointing homes and business comes from Every three years, the World to the challenges facing the Arab sea and must pass through energy- Water Forum mobilises creativity, countries, as well as to the solu- intensive desalination plants. The innovation and know-how related tions, opportunities and practical Qatar National Development to water. Serving as a stepping applications to cope with climatic Strategy duly addresses this issue.” stone towards global collaboration changes in the water and agricul- Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari, on water challenges, the forum is a ture sector. the president of Kahramaa, deliv- unique multi-stakeholder platform Al Sada said: “When we are ered a speech on sustainable devel- where the water community and talking of Water for Our Future, opment. He highlighted that water policy- and decision-makers from we are actually talking of the and energy were the main drivers all regions of the world can work future of water security. The of development and were needed together to find joint solutions. It region I am coming from is most to maintain a sustainable economy is the largest international event concerned about the future water and growth. which seeks to advance the cause security, perhaps more than any Al Kuwari stressed that smart of water. Some of the winners of the Qatar University Sixth Gasna Competition during the closing ceremony of the event. other part of the world”. implementation of integrated THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST UN calls for Defiant Saleh $274m aid AMMAN: The United Nations launched an urgent appeal yes- terday for $274m to provide says will not emergency assistance to the millions of people affected by the Yemen war. “The devastating conflict in Yemen takes place against the leave Yemen backdrop of an existing humani- tarian crisis that was already one of the largest and most complex in Iran submits 4-point peace plan to UN the world,” a UN statement issued in Jordan said. ADEN: Yemen’s former presi- and its allies to immediately and UN Humanitarian Coor- dent Ali Abdullah Saleh said unconditionally halt the strikes. dinator Johannes Van Der yesterday that he would not Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign Klaauw said fighting as well as leave the country, dismissing minister yesterday submitted a air strikes by a Saudi-led coa- reports in the Gulf Arab media letter to UN Secretary-General lition against Shiite rebels had that he was seeking a safe exit. Ban Ki-moon outlining a four- forced thousands of families The Iran-allied Houthis have point peace plan for Yemen. The to flee their homes. “Ordinary formed an alliance of convenience plan, which Foreign Minister families are struggling to access with Saleh, who is widely believed Mohammad Javad Zarif health care, water, food and fuel to be plotting behind the scenes announced in Pakistan earlier — basic requirements for their to make a comeback on Yemen’s this month, calls for an immedi- survival,” he said. tumultuous political scene. ate ceasefire and end of all foreign The appeal addressed to the But military sources have said military attacks, humanitarian international community by the some army units loyal to Saleh assistance, a resumption of broad United Nations and its humani- have defected and now sup- national dialogue and “establish- tarian partners aims “to meet port exiled President Abdrabuh ment of an inclusive national Supporters of Hezbollah listen to a speech of Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah via a big screen during the life-saving and protection Mansur Hadi. unity government”. a rally in support of Yemeni people, in southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. needs of 7.5 million affected” by Saudi-owned Arabiya TV, cit- “It is imperative for the inter- the conflict. AFP ing a Gulf official, said represent- national community to get more atives of Saleh had visited Arab effectively involved in ending capitals and floated an initiative the senseless aerial attacks and for him and his family to leave establishing a ceasefire, ensur- safely. Saleh scoffed at the report. ing delivery of humanitarian and Tribesmen seize eastern province “I’m not the type who goes look- medical assistance to the people ing for a place to live in Jeddah, of Yemen and restoring peace ADEN: The capture of much of province’s seaside capital Mukalla Hadramawt, and this commit- out of fear that they would be Paris or Europe. My country is and stability to this country eastern Yemen’s oil-producing on Thursday. tee benefits al Qaeda.” Nasser attacked by al Qaeda,” said a local my birthplace. The person who through dialogue and national pr o v i nc e b y a ne wly-for me d g r oup “The Council has designated Ba Quzquz, a left-wing politician army official. Al Qaeda fighters in can say to Ali Abdullah Saleh reconciliation without pre-con- of armed tribesmen and Sunni local youth from the area to set in the provincial capital, said a the area are drawn mostly from ‘leave your country’ has not been ditions,” said Zarif’s letter. Muslim clerics has alarmed local up checkpoints near the area of new feeling of local solidarity local tribes, who appear in some and will not be born,” he wrote on Western and Arab diplomats officials, who say they fear the the oil fields and export terminal should not extend to Al Qaeda. cases either to bless or at least his Facebook page. in New York have shown little situation will be exploited by Al and near the Al Rayyan airport,” “Yes, these people are sons of not oppose the participation of Saleh, once backed by Saudi interest in the Iranian plan, say- Qaeda to expand. said a local official. “The security Hadramawt, but they belong to a their kin in the militant group. Arabia, is widely regarded as one ing they do not consider Iran a The Arabian peninsula’s situation there and in Mukalla is terrorist organisation. They kill Worsening fighting has raised of the Middle East’s most skilled neutral peace broker in Yemen. poorest country is now divided now under control and calm.” people from Hadramawt, they rob the prospect of a full-blown sec- political operators. Despite being Iran warned that the instabil- between a Saudi-backed exiled Local politicians say the banks and sow terror and fear.” tarian civil war. Al Qaeda has forced to step down in 2012 under ity is allowing terrorist groups to government and Iran-backed Council, now effectively the de Residents of Mukalla and been trying to stir up support a Gulf-brokered transition plan gain a foothold in Yemen. “This Shia fighters who control the facto ruling authority in the prov- other towns say Al Qaeda against both the Houthis and the following protests against his critical situation is escalating and capital. The country is also home ince, is separate from Al Qaeda fighters have become brazen in weak Yemeni state in Hadramawt. 22-year rule, he won immunity the humanitarian crisis in Yemen to one of the most lethal branches but includes some figures associ- recent weeks, openly recruiting “O brother Muslims in in the deal and has remained a is approaching catastrophic of Al Qaeda, sheltering in tribal ated with Al Qaeda in the past. It at rallies. During one gathering, Hadramawt, your brothers among powerful political player. dimensions,” Zarif’s letter said. regions and targeted for years by negotiated with Al Qaeda gunmen a singer of jihadi songs named the holy warriors of Hadramawt Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, “It may result in further exac- US drone strikes. who appeared on the streets of top political and security offic- have fought a number of battles in head of Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah erbation of the already tense cir- In recent days, troops appear Mukalla two weeks ago, and since ers on a hit list. The fighters’ the capital and in the province to movement, called for an end to cumstances in a region that has to have abandoned much of the then appears to have reached boldness may be one reason purify it of the tyrannical soldiers the “aggression” against Yemen. been plagued by one of the most eastern province of Hadramawt, some kind of accommodation with army units were so quick to and Houthis,” it said in a state- He called on Muslim countries to barbaric types of extremism and leaving it under control of a new them, although the nature of that abandon the province. ment. “Those who spread corrup- urge Saudi “to end the war and (a) multi-pronged vicious cam- group calling itself the Council relationship appears ambiguous. “Military units along the tion fought those of us who wished sponsor a political solution.” paign of foreign-backed terror- of Sunni Scholars. The Council’s An official in the province said: Hadramawt coast handed over to raise up God’s word and imple- Hezbollah, which is backed by ists,” it said. armed tribesmen took charge of “A local committee (of tribes- their bases to tribesmen and ment his law on earth.” Iran, has called on Saudi Arabia REUTERS an airport and an oil facility in the men) was formed to administer returned to their home provinces REUTERS

Tunisia finds weapons, arrests Top Saddam aide Al Douri believed killed jihadist with BAGHDAD: Ezzat Ibrahim insurgency, an alliance of former Karim Al Nouri, a leader in the comments to Iraq’s Al Hadath Al Douri (pictured), former Baathist officers and Islamic Badr organisation and spokesman TV that the reports of Al Douri’s right-hand man to the late Iraqi State. for Shia militias fighting Islamic death were false. Al Jubouri how- explosive belt president Saddam Hussein and “The mastermind of terrorist State, said his forces had been ever told Reuters that “a group TUNIS: Tunisian troops have a leader of Iraq’s Sunni insur- operations has been killed and involved in the operation although of security forces went and sur- captured a large arms cache gency, has been reported killed he is Ezzat Al Douri,” Al Jubouri they thought the target was the rounded an area and those ter- including Kalashnikov rifles, by Iraqi forces and Shia militias. told Arabiya TV. “Al Douri is the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr rorists were killed. Three of grenades and explosives, a secu- Douri was killed in a military biggest mastermind behind all Al Baghdadi. them were suicide bombers and rity source said, as the govern- operation, Raed Al Jubouri, the attacks that undermined Iraq. “We received intelligence from blew themselves up. Amongst ment struggles to keep track of governor of Salahuddin province, This news will have an impact on our sources that a VIP was in the the bodies was Douri’s.” jihadists after a bloody attack told Reuters. The pan-Arab tele- the morale of the fighters.” city of Hawija and we were wait- He said the operation was car- last month. vision network Al Arabiya showed After the 2003 US-led invasion, ing to ambush him. Based on our ried out in the Hamrin area near Last month gunmen stormed images of a dead man who looked Douri was ranked sixth on the US intelligence, it was believed that Al Alam in Salahuddin province. the national Bardo museum in the like Al Douri. military’s list of 55 most wanted the man was Al Baghdadi, but it Iraqi forces did not know al-Douri capital Tunis, killing 21 foreign tour- Baghdad has mistakenly Iraqis and a $10m reward was turned out to be Al Douri.” was there beforehand. ists in the deadliest militant attack announced Al Douri’s death several offered for his capture. Iraqi and “He was the second man after Jubouri described the operation in more than a decade, for which times before, but this time photos US officials accused him of organ- Saddam Hussein and was the coor- as “a major victory and a strike Islamic State claimed responsibility. are circulating showing a man with izing and leading the insurgency dinator between the Baath party against the terrorists”, refer- “Special troops arrested on features and red hair like his. Al that swept Iraq in 2005-07. and IS. The body is now taken for ring to Islamic State, a hard- Thursday a dangerous terrorist in Jubouri told Reuters that DNA He evaded capture during identification, but we are certain it line Sunni Muslim offshoot of al possession of a Kalashnikov and from the body would be tested and the long US occupation as other is Al Douri,” Al Nouri added. Qaeda which has taken swathes an explosive belt in Sidi Bouzid,” results released “very soon”. Saddam aides were killed or put Khdhayer Almurshidy, an of Syria and Iraq and proclaimed a security source said, without His killing, if confirmed, on trial and sectarian civil war exiled spokesman for Iraq’s a caliphate. giving details. After this special would be a big blow to the Sunni engulfed the country. former Baath party, said in REUTERS forces found an arms cache in the central town of Sidi Bouzid including Kalashnikovs, grenades and explosives, he added. Tunisia has launched a campaign against hardline Islamist groups who emerged after a 2011 uprising Car bomb kills 3 in Erbil against autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali that put the North African ERBIL: A car bomb killed three peo- Ankawa said three people were killed and country on track to democracy. ple yesterday outside the US consulate 14 wounded. After the Bardo attack, in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan “They (Islamic State) want to show Tunisian police arrested dozens region, a ally of Washington in the war they are present,” Sherzad Farmand said. of jihadists and killed militants against Islamic State, which claimed Islamic State also claimed responsibil- including Lokman Abou Sakhr, a the attack. ity for two car bombings in the Baghdad senior Algerian militant. No US personnel were hurt in the blast, that killed at least 27 people yesterday. Last month, Tunisia seized according to the US State Department, “The fighters of the Islamic State deto- two large arms caches, including which said a “vehicle-borne improvised nated two car bombs in the heart of the Kalashnikovs, rockets and land- explosive device” exploded right out- Iraqi capital this evening and a third in mines, in the southern city of Ben side the entrance to the heavily fortified Erbil,” the group said via its news agency. Guerdan near the Libyan border. compound. US officials said they found the Islamic Tunisia is worried that violence will Kurdistan is an important partner for State claim of responsibility for the Erbil spill over from neighbouring Libya, the US-led coalition in its campaign to consulate attack credible. “We have no where Islamic State has expanded, “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State reason to doubt their claim of responsibil- exploiting widespread turmoil as two group, which overran large parts of Iraq ity,” a US counterterrorism official said. rival governments battle for control. last summer and threatened to reach Erbil. Such attacks are relatively rare in US deputy secretary of state Witnesses heard the blast, which was Kurdistan, which has managed to insu- Antony Blinken said last week followed by gunfire and a column of black late itself from the worst of the violence the United States will increase smoke high above the Ankawa district, a afflicting the rest of Iraq. The last major military aid to Tunisia threefold predominantly Christian neighbourhood attack in Erbil, also claimed by Islamic this year and help train its troops packed with cafes popular with foreigners. State, was in November, when a suicide in border management, the first “It seems the consulate was the tar- car bomber blew himself up outside the time it has been involved in train- get,” Nihad Qoja, the mayor of Erbil’s governor’s office, killing five. People gather at the site of a blast in Erbil’s Ankawa neighbourhood yesterday. ing Tunisian soldiers. REUTERS city centre, said. The head of security for REUTERS SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Palestinian prisoners’ fate hangs in balance With peace process in tatters and ties with Israel severely hit, hope of getting loved ones out of jail remain dim

RAMALLAH: Hadi Al Fakhri prison was a tough experience for years, according to figures from was 26 the first time he hugged Fakhri too. “When you’re a child rights groups. his father, one of thousands of you want to play with your dad, Since the Shalit deal, Israel has Palestinians serving time in you want his love, his physical pres- rearrested some of those freed Israeli prisons for militant activ- ence, his hug. I only got that after and has rounded up hundreds ity in the occupied West Bank. 26 years and, instead of being nor- more following the kidnapping A decade later, more than 30 mal, it was a bizarre feeling for me.” and murder of three teens in the years into a life sentence, Fakhri’s The fate of those held in West Bank last June. father was freed when more than Israeli jails is a highly emotive This month alone, Israel has 1,000 prisoners were swapped for topic for Palestinians. Prisoners arrested 49 Hamas members as a single Israeli soldier held by Day, marked every April 17, is well as a female MP. Since 1967, a Palestinian Islamist group Hamas widely observed with marches total of 800,000 Palestinians have for five years. and rallies. spent time inside, according to The landmark 2011 deal to free “Prisoners Day is a national the Palestinian foreign ministry. Gilad Shalit sparked hope for thou- day where the Palestinian peo- Few hold much hope of getting sands being held in Israeli prisons. ple express their opposition to their loved ones out of jail any But more than three years on, with occupation, and their support for time soon. the peace process in tatters and those resisting it,” said Qadura Peace talks collapsed last year ties with Israel severely strained, Fares, a former inmate and head and many Palestinians feel hopes Palestinian hopes of seeing their of the Prisoners Club. of resuming some kind of proc- prisoners released look more Fares was released during a ess ended last month after the re- remote than ever. prisoner swap as part of the 1993 election of hardline Israeli Prime Almost every Palestinian fam- Oslo peace accords. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ily is touched by the prisoners “Palestinian prisoners are in who pledged during the campaign issue. “Every Palestinian family jail precisely because they resisted that there would be no Palestinian has experience of the occupation’s the occupation. They’re a symbol state on his watch. prisons — people have either been of resistance,” he said. Netanyahu subsequently back- locked up themselves, or they On Wednesday, about 200 pro- tracked, saying conditions were have a family member who’s been testers paid homage to them, not right at the moment. in jail at some point,” said Nojood waving flags and demanding “free- But Qassem was pessimistic. Qassem, 40, whose husband is dom” for relatives and friends. “There’s no hope of release for serving life. “Today, as we approach many prisoners, especially now Her daughter, who is now 13, Prisoners Day, there are some there are no more talks with Protesters hold portraits of prisoners during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoner Day outside Jerusalem’s Dome has grown up knowing her father 6,000 Palestinian inmates in Israel. Netanyahu has closed all of the Rock mosque at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem’s old city, yesterday. The current number of only through the glass of a prison Israeli jails,” a speaker declared doors to peace,” she said. Palestinians held in Israeli prisons is at least 6,200, according to figures from rights groups. window. “My daughter doesn’t even through a microphone. “It is our Palestinian officials agree a know her father. She only sees him right to live in freedom!” political solution appears unlikely. Palestinian government. “A new element is that we’ve intend to sue Israeli officials for behind glass panes on prison visits, But that right is being tram- “With a rightwing Israeli govern- But senior foreign ministry joined the International Criminal alleged war crimes. “Mass impris- and talks to him via a telephone pled, the Palestinians say, as the ment being formed, and with a official Majed Bamya alluded Court. We consider the prisoners onment can be considered a war only then. It’s maybe a couple of number of inmates increases. halt in talks, the political route to international steps the issue as one of the priorities” there, crime, a crime against humanity,” times a month,” she said. The current number of at least is closed,” said Issa Qaraqe, Palestinians could make on the he said. The Palestinians formally Bamya warned. Growing up with his father in 6,200 is the biggest for at least five head of prisoners affairs for the prisoners issue. joined the ICC this month, and AFP

Israeli military networks breached by hackers Assad: Turkey torpedoed SAN FRANCISCO: Hackers have man- addresses that purported to show breaking mil- the campaign worked, and Grange said he did aged to penetrate computer networks itary news, or, in some cases, a clip featuring not know if any vital data had been stolen. Blue associated with the Israeli military in an “Girls of the Israel Defence Forces”. Some of the Coat surmised that the attackers spoke Arabic espionage campaign that skillfully pack- emails included attachments that established because some of the data recovered in the inves- UN Aleppo truce plan ages existing attack software with trick “back doors” for future access by the hackers tigation showed that was the default language emails, according to security researchers and modules that could download and run addi- setting in one of the programming tools. DAMASCUS: Syrian President second provincial capital to fall at Blue Coat Systems Inc. tional programs, according to Blue Coat. “Not all targeted attackers need advanced Bashar Al Assad accused neigh- to insurgents in the four-year-old The four-month-old effort, most likely by Using standard obfuscation techniques, the tools,” Blue Coat wrote in a draft paper. “As bouring Turkey of torpedoing civil war. It was captured by an Arabic-speaking programmers, shows how software was able to avoid detection by most regional conflicts continue, cyber threats from a UN plan for a ceasefire with alliance of Islamist groups includ- the Middle East continues to be a hotbed antivirus engines, Blue Coat said. At least groups of various skill levels will also accom- rebels in the second city of ing Al Qaeda’s Syrian arm, the for cyber espionage and how widely the abil- some software lodged inside government com- pany the conventional armed conflicts.” Aleppo, in comments published Nusra Front. ity to carry off such attacks has spread, the puters, because Blue Coat detected it “beacon- Last month, Israeli security firm Check Point yesterday. “Any war weakens any army, researchers said. ing,” or sending signals to the hackers that Software Technologies said it had found spying Assad told the Swedish news- not matter how strong, no mat- Waylon Grange, a researcher with the Blue it was in place. programmes in 10 countries that probably origi- paper Expressen that Ankara had ter how modern,” Assad said. In Coat who discovered the campaign, said the An Israei defence ministry spokeswoman nated with a governmental or political group in used its influence with rebel fac- the fall of Idlib, “the main factor vast majority of the hackers’ software was referred questions to the military. Military Lebanon that deployed them over three years. tions to persuade them to reject was the huge support that came cobbled together from widely available tools, officials said they were “not aware of hacking In February, Kaspersky Lab researchers the proposals put forward by UN through Turkey -- logistic sup- such as the remote-access Trojan called on IDF operational networks”. said they found what they considered the first envoy Staffan de Mistura for a port, and military support.” A Poison Ivy. Blue Coat provided Reuters with an “advanced” Arabic-speaking hacking group, ceasefire in the former commer- Turkish government spokesman The hackers were likely working on a advance look at its findings and intends to which they dubbed Desert Falcons. Kaspersky cial hub. denied the claim. Turkey is one of budget and had no need to spend much on publish a paper later. The security firm, based said the group operated from Palestine, Egypt “The Turks told the factions — the states most hostile to Assad. tailored code, Grange said, adding that most in Sunnyvale, California, is set to be acquired and Turkey and claimed about 3,000 victims the terrorists that they support Idlib has been targeted by of their work appeared to have gone into so- by private equity firm Bain Capital LLC. in 50 countries, especially targeting military, and they supervise — to refuse to heavy Syrian army air strikes called social engineering, or human trickery. Citing confidentiality agreements with cli- government, media, and activist computers. cooperate with De Mistura,” the since it fell to the insurgents. The The hackers sent emails to various military ents, Blue Coat declined to say exactly where REUTERS Syrian president said. The main Syrian Observatory for Human Western-backed rebel alliance is Rights said there were at least 54 based in Turkey. strikes yesterday. The group said Assad’s regime also accuses these included 17 barrel bombs, Ankara of supporting jihadists packed with explosives and shrap- Turkey elections Man jailed for with Al Qaeda and the Islamic nel and dropped from helicopters. State group, who have come to The Observatory said government dominate the revolt against his forces had killed two leading Al attack bid rule since a peaceful uprising in Qaeda figures south of Idlib city. 2011 escalated into armed conflict. Starting next month, the on Erdogan Rebel factions in Aleppo UN envoy for Syria Staffan de rejected De Mistura’s proposals Mistura is planning to consult ISTANBUL: A Turkish on March 1, saying they could not Syrian protagonists and inter- man was sentenced yester- accept a separate truce that did ested states on a new round of day to almost twelve years in not cover other war-torn Syrian peace talks. Past attempts have jail for attempting to assassi- cities. It was a major blow for the failed to make progress. nate President Recep Tayyip UN envoy appointed in July last The United States wants to Erdogan when he was still prime year, who had made a halt to the see Assad gone from power and minister, state media said. fighting in Aleppo the main focus has rejected the idea of allying An Istanbul court convicted of his peace efforts. The city has with him against Islamic State. Ferhat Yildiz of “attempting to been devastated by fighting since In a series of interviews with kill a public servant” and sen- rebels seized its eastern half in Western media, he has repeatedly tenced him to 11 years and eight 2012, setting up a front line that pressed his case that the jihadist months in prison, the official carves through its historic heart. groups in Syria pose a threat to Anatolia news agency reported. Assad also said Turkish sup- Western states. “Syria is a fault Yildiz was found guilty of port was the main factor that line,” Assad said. “When you mess attempting to assassinate helped insurgents to seize the with this fault line you will have Supporters of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu wave Turkish and AK Party flags during a meeting Erdogan during a an event he northwestern Syrian city of Idlib the echoes and repercussions in to present Istanbul candidates for the upcoming general election, in Istanbul yesterday. attended in the Sultanbeyli dis- from his government’s control last different areas, not only in our trict on the European side of the month. Idlib, a short drive from area, even in Europe.” city on May 2014. the Turkish border, is only the AGENCIES Citing the indictment, Turkish media said that Yildiz had bought a gun before the event, which he ‘Differences’ in Libya peace talks: UN followed via social media for days. On the day of the incident, the suspect reportedly approached SKHIRAT: The UN said yes- working to narrow,” he said. “But battling to control its cities and within three metres (10 feet) of terday that it was trying to nar- there are many elements that oil wealth. Erdogan and pulled the trigger, row differences between Libya’s they are in agreement on,” he On March 24, UNSMIL but the gun failed to fire. rival parliaments over an agree- added, without elaborating. unveiled a six-point plan to end Erdogan’s guards subdued him ment aimed at forming a unity Leon did not meet the del- the crisis, including the forma- before he could make a second government to end unrest tear- egates, as he had done since the tion of a transitional unity gov- attempt, the indictment said. ing the country apart. talks to thrash out an agreement ernment until a new constitution Yildiz told the court that he The differences emerged in resumed two days earlier in the is adopted and elections held. had staged the attack as “an act written observations by the two Moroccan resort of Skhirat. Earlier, Mohammed Chouaib of protest” and had no inten- sides on the agreement envoy But he reportedly spent the day of Libya’s internationally recog- tion of killing Erdogan. “I set off Bernardino Leon is trying to reviewing written observations to nised parliament, said his dele- after his motorcade passed by. It clinch, said Samir Ghattas, try to find common ground. Libya gation had handed Leon written was impossible for me to shoot spokesman for the UN mission has been divided since the 2011 observations. “We hope that the the prime minister from where I in Libya (UNSMIL). uprising that toppled and killed dialogue will resume in order to stood. I deeply regret what I did “We have received the text dictator Muammar Gaddafi, reach a definitive agreement in even if it was just a protest,” he People look at a crater on the ground following reported air strikes by from the parties on their remarks. with rival governments and par- the next two days,” he added. was quoted as saying by Anatolia. government forces on a rebel held area in Aleppo yesterday. There are differences that we are liaments and armed groups now AFP AFP SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HERE is no immediate end in sight to Greece’s Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate woes. The government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and its European lenders are locked Tin a dispute on the way forward – with both sides setting terms which the other side is finding hard to swallow. There is a sense of déjà vu about the current Publish Mein Kampf so stalemate. Ever since the financial crisis in Greece started, it’s the same dispute that’s being played out, or in a sense a continuation of the same stalemate. European lenders, led by Germany, are demanding financial reforms to pull Athens out of the crisis, and the latter finds these demands World War II will end unreasonable and high-handed. Yesterday, US President Barack Obama weighed in BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY — In Russia, the owner of a toy store propaganda machine is trying to portray with his advice, perhaps perturbed by the prolongation of was placed under criminal investiga- the refusal of most Western leaders to the crisis. Addressing a joint press conference with Italian S GERMANY wrestles with tion for selling toys with Nazi symbols. travel to Moscow on May 9, for the 70th Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House, he whether to finally permit the The government department in charge anniversary of victory over the Nazis, publication of Adolf Hitler’s of Russia’s mild form of censorship, as a betrayal of the World War II-era said Greece must undertake reforms to bring stability to “Mein Kampf,” controversies Roskomnadzor, had to issue a legalis- alliance. In reality, they are protesting its shaky financial system, adding that Washington was A in a number of European countries tic clarification explaining that merely Putin’s meddling in Ukraine (he spent open to policies that nudge the European nation’s economy make it seem as though World War showing the swastika without the intent last May 9 in Crimea, after annexing it). toward recovery. “They have to collect taxes. They have to II never ended. One has to wonder if, of Nazi propaganda is not a crime. This year, copyright protection runs reduce their bureaucracy, (institute) more flexible labour with the passing of the generation that Meanwhile, Russia’s state TV and politi- out for Adolf Hitler’s book, “Mein practices,” Obama added. The US president has identified actually fought the war, the time hasn’t cians continue to exploit the still emotive Kampf,” and the potential for its publica- come to set a cut-off date for its use by memory of World War II to justify the tion in Germany is causing another bout the three key concerns of Greece’s creditors, but these have politicians. war in Ukraine; of World War II-related soul searching. been areas Greek governments are unwilling to tackle for Consider these — In Ukraine, the parliament ruled It could be used to finally put the war fear of sparking social unrest and chaos. Greeks have every recent news to recognize the Ukrainian Insurgent to bed as a political issue. right to believe that the reforms items: Army and a number of other World War The author of “Mein Kampf” died 70 demanded of them are unrealistic and This year, copyright — In France, II-era groups as “Ukraine independence years ago. After his death, all his belong- Greek PM their creditors are imposing terms the leader of fighters,” outlawing their public deni- ings were handed by the allies to the protection runs out the far-right gration and granting certain benefits to German state of Bavaria, which has pre- needs to too stiff to follow, but those who are for Adolf Hitler’s National Front their surviving members and families. vented the book from being published in extending credit and supporting party, Marine Le The legislation, an appeal to Ukrainian German ever since. In 2013, it withdrew follow a less Greece’s financial system have a duty book, Mein Kampf, Pen had a pub- nationalists, failed to mention that funding from a project by the Munich- populist, to ensure that Athens takes enough and the potential lic falling-out the UIA at times cooperated with the based Institute of Contemporary History measures to pull itself out of this with her father, German occupying forces and helped to publish the 700-page original with for its publication the movement’s them to eliminate Ukrainian Jews. 1,300 pages of scholarly comment: Jewish more crisis. founder Jean- All of this rings hollow in 2015. If groups were dead set against it, so the pragmatic The deadlock in talks has been in Germany is causing another Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen comes to power in France matter became political. path on going on for some time and even about his state- and it turns out she agreed with her Even so, the institute aims to bring out Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who bout of World War ment that the gas father about the Holocaust all along, she the book early next year. “Commenting financial came to power on a promise of rolling II-related soul chambers were a will not reopen gas chambers. There are on ‘Mein Kampf’ is not just a scientific back the austerity imposed by his “detail” of World plenty of good reasons not to vote for the task,” the institute says on its website. reforms. searching. It could War II. She called National Front -- it remains xenophobic “There is hardly another book so over- predecessors and getting tough with it “political sui- -- without dragging World War II into it. loaded with myth, and that arouses so creditors, is finding it difficult to find be used to finally cide” and elbowed Modern-day Germany has about as much disgust and fear, curiosity and workable alternatives. Perhaps it’s put the war to bed him toward the much to do with the Nazi Reich as mod- speculation, carries such an aura of time for him to do some introspection. He has only two as a political issue. exit, yet it looked ern-day Greece with the kings of Sparta, secrecy and the forbidden.” options – listen to his creditors, or exit the euro, both of suspiciously like which is why it doesn’t owe Greeks any They’re right. The publication of which come at a price. political theater astronomical amounts of money. Toy “Mein Kampf” in Germany as part of a designed to persuade mainstream vot- soldiers -- and, in fact, Nazi memora- scholarly project could be a good starting Greece and its international creditors are meeting in ers that the Front was no longer part bilia and costumes -- present no danger point for ending taboos and their popu- Brussels today to discuss Athens’ massive debt bailout of a xenophobic fringe (Le Pen senior in themselves, even if to my generation list use by politicians. Indeed, an updated programme and the reforms it must adopt in exchange remains the party’s honorary chairman); and a couple of previous ones they are version of Godwin’s law should apply to for urgently needed funds. The situation is so bad that the — Greece has put a number, 279 bil- instinctively repulsive. Similarly, par- political and legislative discourse: No government of Tsipras doesn’t have enough money to pay lion euros ($297 billion), on its claim for liaments should make no judgments on one should refer to World War II, the German reparations for damages caused who was or was not a hero 75 years ago, defeated Nazis or the victorious allies salaries. According to reports, it will need to tap all the to Greece by the Nazi regime. While because it’s their business to write con- in any contemporary context. The caps remaining cash reserves across its public sector -- a total of Germany has no intention of paying, temporary history, not rewrite its older and uniforms of the bygone era that the 2 billion euros -- to pay civil service wages and pensions at Russian President Vladimir Putin has pages. leaders and intellectuals of today like to the end of the month. expressed his support by giving Greek For too long, politicians have used use are just props used in a masquer- Tsipras is a victim of his own promises and policies. He Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a historic World War II references to evoke emo- ade. These people are too young to know needs to follow a less populist, more pragmatic path Greek icon looted by Nazis during World tions and drum up support for often what they’re talking about. . War II; pernicious policies. Right now, Putin’s BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Unhealthy economic trends the day HE latest report by the State this growth. Profitable banks may be a becoming increasingly reliant on liquidity an “expected shortfall in FBR revenue” Bank on the banking sector healthy phenomenon, but if those prof- injections from the State Bank, whose even as “security-related measures may provides a glimpse of some very its are derived from risk-averse lending daily average outstanding amounts rose push the expenditure [sic] up”, meaning Tunhealthy trends that continue behaviour and inflated values of specu- by almost 400pc between the third and that these unhealthy developments are to hang over the economy. The report lative assets, then they actually speak fourth quarters. likely to continue, and even aggravate, undoubtedly tries to downplay the to a growing dysfunction in our banking This means the banks are taking before the end of the fiscal year. negatives, but the numbers and in some system, which is becoming more and money from the State Bank and lending The way forward is clear but not easy. places the language as well, reveal a more a sovereign lender and less and it to government, and ploughing grow- Liquidity pressures at the banks need Yemen is in flames. troubled picture. For one, profitability less an intermediary between savers ing amounts into public-sector com- more “deposit mobilisation” effort by the of the banking sector “surged by 52pc and borrowers. modity operations or NSS schemes, banks, but the root cause of the malaise I am calling for [from same period last year] to reach A banking system that posts record where returns are also largely risk free. is fiscal. The growing inability to meet Rs247bn in 2014; highest ever for the profits while stubbornly refusing to It notes a growing concentration of bank expenditures from revenue means the an immediate banking industry”. engage in private-sector lending is not a advances to the power sector, most to government is becoming entrenched ceasefire by all A closer look at where these prof- healthy development. The performance finance the operation of the circular as the banks’ single largest customer, its came from shows that the banks’ review notes how lending to government debt, and calls for “early liquidation and left to its own devices, the situation parties. unabated appetite for government continues to increase, while the private measures” to contain the risks from such will not change since the banks have no securities coupled with a rising stock sector is crowded out and deposit concentration. It notes the pressure on incentive to shift away from lending to Ban Ki-moon market contributed the largest share of growth is slowing down. The banks are the fiscal framework by pointing towards government. DAWN UN Secretary-General SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Scottish nationalists could dash Miliband’s dream The destiny of Glasgow’s once safe Labour seats will show whether Labour has lost Scotland, a defeat that would scupper Miliband’s bid to win an overall majority in the 650-seat London parliament and potentially give the SNP a kingmaker position from which to bargain for more powers for Scotland.

BY ANDY BRUCE, support from Labour to the SNP. Britain’s leaders during World KATE HOLTON and GUY The destiny of Glasgow’s once War One. FAULCONBRIDGE safe Labour seats will show Labour became Scotland’s big- whether Labour has lost Scotland, gest party in the British parlia- N SCOTLAND’S biggest a defeat that would scupper ment in 1922 and the last time city, nationalists have trig- Miliband’s bid to win an overall it lost Scotland in a national gered a once-in-a-century majority in the 650-seat London election was in 1955. By 2014, 45 shift in political loyalties parliament and potentially give percent of Scots would vote for that could dash Labour the SNP a kingmaker position independence. Ileader Ed Miliband’s dreams of from which to bargain for more In a small campaign office in winning the May 7 election and powers for Scotland. a block of council flats, the SNP thrust secessionist ‘kingmakers’ The loss of Glasgow, a party candidate for Glasgow Central, to the heart of British power. stronghold for so many decades, Alison Thewliss, is trying to sow The shifting currents in would symbolise the extent of the seeds of Labour’s defeat. Glasgow, the citadel of Scottish Labour’s decline in Scotland and Asked why so many Scots were socialism for more than a cen- the emerging supremacy of the turning away from Labour, she tury, show the seriousness of the nationalists. said: “They saw Labour joining nationalists’ bid to end Labour’s Labour won all seven of up with the Tories during the Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (right) is greeted by local candidate Lucy Rigby before the launch of their Manifesto dominance of Scotland, a sig- Glasgow’s seats in the British par- referendum, and it’s hurt people for Young People at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln, central England, yesterday. nificant change in recent British liament in the 2010 election with actually.” political history. apparently unassailable majorities Labour’s joint effort with the the Scottish trade unionist born reference to the Conservatives’ in 2010, making it Labour’s worst The nationalist challenge could of up to 16,000 votes. Conservative Party to urge Scots in Glasgow in 1856, helped found nickname. result in Scotland since 1918, trigger events after the election Now all but one are threatened to reject independence alienated the Labour Party. While the SNP has added YouGov said. that threaten the future of the by the SNP, according to John some voters, even those who sup- As Blair moved Labour right- members since the referendum, The Liberal Democrats would United Kingdom and possibly Curtice, professor of politics at port the 308-year-old union, she wards to win voters in England opinion polls show its share of the win one seat, down from 11 in its membership of the European the University of Strathclyde and said. and established the Scottish par- vote has risen just a few percent- 2010, while the Conservatives Union. Scotland’s most respected opinion Labour’s potential loss of liament, the party assumed its age points. would hold its one seat. Scots voted to preserve the poll analyst. Scotland illustrates the diver- Scottish flank would be secure. What has changed is that Losing so many seats would United Kingdom in a September “Glasgow North East is the gence of England and Scotland That opened an opportunity for Scots now appear to have broken scupper Miliband’s chances of 18 referendum but the once mar- safest Labour seat in the coun- and what many Scots see as an the SNP, which pitches itself as a tradition of voting SNP only leading a majority government ginal Scottish National Party try and nobody has yet come up arrogant London political estab- the social conscience of Scotland in Scottish elections and have and potentially allow Prime (SNP) has spent two decades with an opinion poll that suggests lishment that has failed to heed opposed to what leader Nicola now also fixed their sights on the Minister David Cameron’s persuading Scots that it is a wor- it could be lost,” he told Reuters. or address their needs. Sturgeon calls the crumbling London parliament. Conservatives to win a second thy alternative to Labour, which “But everything else in the city is While Conservative Prime institutions of the London elite. Such a change in voting habits term. many voters say has abandoned absolutely up for grabs.” Minister Margaret Thatcher Just 12 years after the could shake the foundations of Sturgeon has given mixed sig- its Scottish heritage. From the banks of the River moved England rightwards from establishment of the Scottish Britain’s political establishment. nals on seeking a second inde- “We’re recovering from a Clyde, Glasgow’s merchants 1979 to 1990, Scots stood opposed, Parliament, the SNP would top- A YouGov poll on April 8-9 pendence referendum but has period where the Scottish Labour earned fortunes in the 18th especially to Thatcher’s use of ple Labour, winning a majority in found the SNP had 49 percent warned that a vote on Britain’s party wasn’t strong enough, and Century from tobacco from Scotland to test an unpopular the 2011 Scottish election. support in Scotland, with Labour membership of European Union, it wasn’t good enough. And that America and after the American poll tax. “Labour has, from the 1970s, on 25 percent. It was the biggest which Cameron has promised, takes time,” said Jim Murphy, Revolution disrupted trade, they Her successors, from John been regarded as the natural lead so far for the SNP and the could trigger another referendum. leader of the Scottish Labour imported sugar from the West Major to Labour prime ministers party of government in Scotland,” lowest level for Labour since 2007 “The referendum last year was Party. Indies. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, said Stewart MacLennan, 64, a in a YouGov poll. the culmination of a long proc- “We’ve got less than three Glasgow became one of broadly accepted Thatcher’s leg- former Labour candidate who Under a uniform swing, the ess of political disillusionment,” weeks to turn it round but I’m Europe’s biggest shipbuilding cen- acy while millions of Scots held to now backs the SNP. poll showed the SNP would win said Professor Gregor Gall, edi- confident that we can,” said tres by the 19th Century but by their socialist traditions. But now Murphy is greeted on 53 seats out of all 59 in Scotland, tor of the Scottish Labour History Murphy, a 47-year-old teetotal the early 20th Century, the docks Those traditions go back to the campaign trail by SNP taunts up from 6 in the 2010 general Society. “The whirlwind from that vegetarian who opinion polls show of “Red Clydeside” were breeding the dawn of the British Labour that Labour, whose party colour election, while Labour would win is still being reaped for Labour.” has so far failed to stem a flood of a radical socialism that spooked movement when Keir Hardie, is red, are the “Red Tories”, in four Scottish seats, down from 41 REUTERS Israel’s Arab party ponders its path Congress is necessary

BY ADAM TAYLOR said Sammy Smooha, a professor safeguard on Iran deal The Joint List must come up with of Sociology at Haifa University. ANY people in Israel “Will it be a nationalist struggle BY BOB CORKER Beginning in 2010, congres- don’t know the village of something new and give hope to or a socio-economic struggle?” he sional Democrats and Republicans MIqrit exists. In fact, not asked, adding that one major disa- NY deal on Iran’s nuclear overwhelmingly passed a series of much of it does exist anymore: If the Arab community in Israel, or greement was about whether the program would affect gen- strong sanctions that crushed the you follow a small, unmarked dirt Joint List should cooperate with Aerations to come, which is Iranian economy and eventually path up a steep hill near the Israeli Jewish parties. why it was troubling to watch brought Iran to the negotiating border with Lebanon, you’ll only Arab voters will desert them. Odeh said that he was well President Barack Obama and his table. These are many of the sanc- find a modest church, a cemetery aware of the differences. deputies try to shut out the public tions that Iran desperately wants and impressive views. by his election day warning that the high cost of living, Odeh said “Every morning, I have to make and Congress from having a say in lifted. But it was to this all-but- the nation’s Arab citizens were next year he wants to organise sure that I agree with my way, this consequential decision. Our bill will make sure the abandoned Christian enclave that voting “in droves.” a social justice protest of a “size and what I’m doing,” he said. “I’ve Time and again, the admin- president could not waive these Ayman Odeh, now the leader of If, as many expect, Netanyahu never seen before.” chosen the way of Martin Luther istration suggested that a vote sanctions before Congress has the the third largest faction in Israel’s forms a coalition that installs a After the service in Iqrit, mem- King, but obviously there are oth- in Congress would scuttle any chance to first review a deal and, newly elected Knesset, or parlia- right-wing government, the Joint bers of the congregation rushed ers in the community who prefer nuclear agreement and leave war if it chooses, vote on whether to ment, recently travelled a hundred List may struggle to make an to praise Odeh, a lawyer and the methods of Malcolm X.” with Iran as the only alternative. approve or disapprove it. The bill miles from Jerusalem to attend a impact in the Knesset. Its mem- longtime leader in the Hadash The lofty expectations placed This week, Democrats and gives Congress up to 52 days to Greek Catholic Easter celebration. bers may find it difficult even political party. “He was always on the Joint List may be an even Republicans pushed back, forcing act. If lawmakers vote to disap- While Odeh is Muslim, he was to find significant allies among here before he was a member of bigger issue. “The Joint List must the administration to bow to the prove a final deal, the president greeted like an old friend by a con- Israel’s left-wing opposition, and the Knesset,” said Father Souhail come up with something new and inevitable role of Congress in this would be prohibited from sus- gregation of a few hundred mostly some wonder if the Joint List can Khoury, the priest at the church. give hope to the Arab community process. With a unanimous vote, the pending the congressionally man- Arab Christians. Many have family last until the next election. Many of the Arabs whose families in Israel,” or Arab voters will Senate Foreign Relations Committee dated sanctions. ties to the village that date back But for the time being, Odeh, fled Iqrit in 1948 still live nearby desert them, said Thabet Abu Ras, affirmed that the American people Third, our legislation helps to before the 1948 Arab-Israeli 40, is using his visibility to high- in surrounding towns and villages. the co-director of the Abraham — through their elected represent- hold Iran accountable. The presi- war, when it was evacuated and light specific problems for the Israeli Arab political move- Fund, a group that works to pro- atives — must be given a voice on dent will be required to certify to subsequently destroyed, and its Arab community. Fresh to the ments have long been fractured mote cooperation between Jews what is one of the greatest geopoliti- Congress every 90 days that Iran occupants scattered in the region. Knesset, Odeh said he hopes not and divided. Even some supporters and Arab citizens of Israel. cal issues of our time. is complying with the agreement. For decades, Israel’s Arab only to bridge the differences in Iqrit expressed wariness about For now, Odeh said he is focus- The Iran Nuclear Agreement Should Iran violate the terms, the Christians have been campaign- within the Israeli Arab population the Joint List, which formed this ing on what unites Arabs — in par- Review Act will allow Congress bill enables Congress to snap its ing to return to Iqrit, which is — which is mostly comprised of year when four small and polar- ticular, disputes over land. Earlier to weigh in after an agreement is sanctions back into place. This now considered government land. Muslims, Christians and Druze — ized Arab political parties joined this week, Odeh and other Arab reached to ensure that any deal would give the administration an In Odeh’s newfound power, they but also to reach out to the Jewish together for the first time. members of the Knesset met with with Iran is truly strong enough essential tool to help ensure that finally see a politician who might community. “When they gathered together leaders in the Arab village of Kafr to eliminate the threat of the any final deal can be enforced. help. Iqrit is just one example of for the election, I had a dilemma,” Kanna, not far from Iqrit. There, a regime’s nuclear program. Additionally, given Iran’s con- “It’s a story that people can the challenges Odeh sees in the said Shadia Sbait, a guest at the local man’s home had been demol- This bipartisan bill accom- tinued sponsorship of terrorism, relate to,” said Odeh, clearly country. Recently, in a bid to draw service who voted for the Joint ished by the government because plishes three things. the bill includes strong require- moved by their pleas. attention to the plight of unrec- List. “I don’t think that all Arabs it was built without the required First, it will ensure transpar- ments for the president to report Iqrit serves as a reminder both ognised, poorly serviced Bedouin need to think the same.” permits, which Arab Israelis say ency. The bill requires the presi- to Congress on any Iranian acts of Israeli Arabs’ fresh clout and villages in the Negev desert, he led The Joint List’s decision to band authorities make difficult to obtain. dent to submit to Congress the of direct or indirect support of also the considerable expectations a four-day march from one such together was a response to new At the meeting, many expressed details and all related documents terrorism against Americans or they have now placed on Odeh village to the Israeli president’s voting rules that could have left doubt that they would find a route regarding any final deal with Iran. our allies. and his party. Despite its sizeable home in Jerusalem. The march, the Arab parties without seats. to help through the Knesset. In The administration has confirmed The preliminary framework Knesset presence, Odeh’s Joint however, received little attention Even with its new momentum, the end, a decision was made to that it will seek a resolution at the agreed to earlier this month by List party — a newly formed alli- from Israeli Jews. some doubt that the alliance can rebuild the house, even though it UN Security Council endorsing a the major world powers and Iran ance of Israeli Arab parties — will Odeh knows he needs to make overcome the significant ideologi- might be demolished again, and final agreement. If the Security already has caused people to not form a part of Prime Minister such issues important to all cal differences between the parties. plan a protest in Tel Aviv as well Council can pass judgment on the declare themselves supporters or Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coali- Israelis, not just Arabs. For example, the party Odeh as a general strike. validity of an agreement, then critics of a potential long-term tion government. “My dream is to have a leads, Hadash, is a left-wing party As the night dragged on, Odeh surely the US Congress should do deal, but many details are unre- Even if Netanyahu did make big march, from Nazareth to that makes a point of cooperating decided that rather than return so as well. solved and important decisions an offer, it is unlikely the Joint Jerusalem, the same way that with Israeli Jews and focuses on to the Knesset, he would sleep Second, it will provide over- have yet to be made. Our legisla- List would take it. Many of the Jesus went,” he said, adding, “It social issues. Two other parties, with others in a tent by the house sight and allow lawmakers time tion neither prejudges nor pre- group’s supporters in Israel say won’t succeed unless it’s a joint Balad and the Islamic Movement, to protect it from further demoli- to review all parts of an agree- vents the president from reaching their rights have been deeply battle of Jews and Arabs together.” focus more on Palestinian nation- tion. Sometimes, he said, justice ment before the president could a deal with Iran that is strong, threatened by Netanyahu’s time Referring to major demonstra- alism and religious issues. was more important than the law. suspend the sanctions on Iran verifiable and enforceable. in office and say they felt insulted tions in Tel Aviv in 2011 against “The real split is in the politics,” WP-BLOOMBERG that Congress put in place. WP-BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Over 11,000 migrants land in Italy in 6 days Italian navy takes back fishing boat seized near Libya

ROME: Emotions were run- attacked a group of Christians in Libya, a key factor in the migrant ning high in Italy yesterday as a dispute over religion and that exodus, the Italian navy rushed the country struggled to cope those who survived had “force- to the rescue of an Italian fishing with a new influx of migrants fully resisting attempts to drown trawler that was seized by gun- amid “worrying” allegations of them”. men off the north African state. clashes between Muslim and Investigators interrogated the An Italian navy spokesman Christian refugees on a boat. 15 accused — said by police to be said the “Airone” had been seized More than 11,000 migrants from Ivory Coast, Senegal and by a tug apparently belonging to have been rescued in the Mali — on Thursday night. The the Libyan security forces, 90km Mediterranean and taken to Italy 12 victims were from Ghana and northwest of Misrata. “We can in the past six days, with hun- Nigeria, according to the police. confirm that navy personnel... dreds more expected, the coast- The case caused shock in Italy have boarded an Italian ship and guard said. where investigators said that while have taken control,” he added. The migrant wave has swelled fights on board were common, the The Libyan authorities fre- in recent days on the back of the violence suffered by migrants was quently detain Italian trawlers FROM LEFT: British Labour leader Ed Miliband, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, Green Party’s Natalie Bennett, worsening security situation in usually caused by “unscrupulous they accuse of fishing illegally in Scottish National Party’s leader Nicola Sturgeon and UKIP leader Nigel Farage, during the live television debate Libya — the staging post for most traffickers and smugglers who pack their waters, but they usually let of the Britain’s opposition party leaders hosted by the BBC, at the Methodist Central Hall in London yesterday. of the crossings — as well as the them into unseaworthy vessels” — them go after negotiations. milder spring weather. not other passengers. The International Organisation Aid workers said yesterday that “The religious clash which is for Migration estimates the a woman was found dead and 15 believed to have claimed lives is migrant death toll at 900 since Cameron no-show puzzles other people, including a six- a really worrisome departure,” January, a nearly tenfold increase month baby, were found injured Palermo’s prosecutor general on the same period last year. on an inflatable dinghy carrying Francesco Lo Voi told the Italian Rights groups say migrants are 90 people that had been adrift for daily La Repubblica. so desperate the danger of the two days. Archbishop Giancarlo Perego crossing is not dissuasive. Britons at last poll debate The woman had been taken of a Catholic organisation that Conditions in migrant hold- onboard despite suffering serious helps immigrants, said the kill- ing camps in Libya are particu- LONDON: Over 4 million peo- his ministers turned up for the cowardice were a price worth burns in a gas canister blast in a ings, if confirmed by the investi- larly harsh, with many of those ple watched the final TV debate post-debate “spin room” event in paying. Yesterday, he suggested Libyan camp housing migrants gation, would be “a tragedy within who make it to Europe reporting of a knife-edge election cam- London and tried to convince the the event was useful because it waiting to be smuggled into Europe, a tragedy”. beatings by smugglers and food paign in Britain on Thursday public, via broadcasters, why the gave voters the chance to see how the UN’s refugee agency said. The head of the Union of deprivation. night, but many voters won- debate was actually a victory for unruly life would be if Labour More than 300 migrants were Islamic Communities in Italy, The European Affairs minis- dered why Prime Minister him. came to power in a coalition rescued on another stricken boat Ezzedin El Zir, warned against ters of Italy, France, Germany David Cameron didn’t take “Do you think we saw the real or minority government with yesterday, among them 45 women blaming the incident on Islam or and Slovakia called yesterday for part, something his ministers David Cameron tonight?” one the pro-independence Scottish and 23 children, rescuers said. on migration. Europe to step up its response to struggled to explain. reporter sarcastically asked Liz National Party (SNP). Meanwhile, prosecutors in the “We musn’t give into political their plight. Cameron stayed away, having Truss, Cameron’s environment Miliband has ruled out a for- Sicilian port of Palermo asked a and electoral propaganda,” he “The last tragic events in the elected to appear in only one pre- minister, underlining the dif- mal pact with the SNP, but not court to remand in custody 15 said, alluding to remarks by the Mediterranean, with the loss of vious leaders’ debate, a tactic his ficulty of that task. “I think we a looser deal. One snap poll con- migrants accused of throwing a anti-immigrant Northern League hundreds of lives in shipwrecks advisers felt would deprive oppo- saw the reality of what a chaotic ducted after the debate handed dozen Christian passengers over- party, which has called on local of migrant boats, call for a strong sition Labour leader Ed Miliband coalition would look like,” an irri- victory to Miliband, though board after a row during a cross- authorities to refuse Rome’s and common reaction from of the chance to boost his poor tated-looking Truss replied. “Do critics suggested the sample of ing from Libya. demands to take in migrants. Europe,” they said in a statement personal ratings by clashing with you think his personality came respondents had been dominated Survivors told Italian police Meanwhile, in a sign of growing after a meeting in the northern the incumbent. through?” the reporter persisted. by Labour supporters. a group of Muslim migrants jitters over the chaos in war-torn Italian town of Cesena. AFP With just three weeks before Nick Clegg, the leader of Miliband urged Cameron again what is shaping up to be the clos- Cameron’s junior coalition part- to confront him face-to-face on est British general election since ner, the Liberal Democrats, didn’t TV: “If he had guts he’d come out the 1970s, Cameron’s Conservatives participate either. That opened the and he’d accept my challenge to remain neck-and-neck with door to a five-way debate includ- debate me one-on-one.” Cameron Labour in most opinion polls and ing Miliband, the leaders of the ruled that out. Germanwings there is no sign of either coming up Scottish and Welsh nationalists, Seeking re-election for another with a game-changer before May 7. the Greens, and the anti-EU UK five years, there was some consola- Data showed that the second Independence Party. For Miliband, tion for the absent incumbent. So crash victims most searched-for question on it was a prime-time opportunity far, nothing that has been said or Google during the 90-minute to showcase his leadership creden- done by any politician has shifted remembered debate was: “Why is David tials, which are frequently called the polls, and viewing figures Cameron not at the debate?” into question by Britain’s mostly showed more Britons watched COLOGNE: The passen- The most popular question right-leaning press. a popular soap opera called gers and crew killed in the was “What is austerity?” Even Cameron’s gamble was that the Emmerdale than the debate. Germanwings plane that though Cameron was absent, inevitable accusations of political REUTERS crashed into the French Alps were remembered yesterday at a memorial service in which 150 candles were lit on the steps of the altar of Cologne Cathedral. With the grief still raw just French regional polls: Le Pen Ohio man pleads over three weeks after the crash that killed all 150 people on board, not guilty to small wooden angels were put replaced by granddaughter on the pews to comfort the 500 terror charges family members trying to come PARIS: The granddaughter leader, his daughter Marine Le to terms with how and why their of France’s historic far-right Pen, called the comments “politi- NEW YORK: An Ohio man loved ones died. leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was cal suicide”. who trained with militants in German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz officially named yesterday as his She said she would not support Syria pleaded not guilty yester- is suspected of deliberately crash- replacement in regional elec- her father’s bid for the regional day in a Columbus federal court ing the jet into a mountainside tions, following a bitter family polls — finally splitting with the to charges of supporting ter- during a flight from Barcelona to feud within the National Front party’s patriarch who has become rorism and making false state- Duesseldorf on March 24. party he founded. an increasing embarrassment in ments, court documents said. German President Joachim Marion Marechal Le Pen, 25, her attempts to clean up the par- Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, Gauck said the futility of the dis- will stand in the southeastern ty’s traditionally racist and anti- 23, a naturalised American, had aster was particularly horrify- seat that had been ear-marked Semitic image since she took over been instructed by a Muslim ing, adding the tragedy had not for her 86-year-old grandfather. in 2011. cleric to return to the United only provoked grief and sorrow The elder Le Pen stepped down Marion, a telegenic blonde and States and carry out an act of ter- but also shock about the abysses on Monday in the wake of highly France’s youngest member of par- rorism, a federal indictment said. of the human soul. “We’re being controversial comments he made liament, is seen as closer to her It said Mohamud had told an confronted with a disturbing act regarding Nazi gas chambers, grandfather’s conservative views associate that he wanted to go to of destruction. We can’t find an which he described as a “detail than those of her aunt. a military base in Texas and “kill answer to the question of why so A condolence message reads “In deep sorrow Lufthansa Group” near of history”. National Front (FN) founder three or four American soldiers many people had to die because of flowers and a candle at the entrance of the Cathedral of Cologne, western He also praised France’s World Jean-Marie Le Pen had previously execution-style.” Before travelling a decision that one person made,” Germany, yesterday during a memorial service for the 150 people killed in War II leader Philippe Petain, said that he would not go quietly, from the United States to Syria, he said at the ceremony. who collaborated with the Nazis. accusing his daughter of “shooting Mohamud had posted material on the Germanwings plane crash on March 24, 2015 in the French Alps. REUTERS The National Front’s current herself in the foot”. AFP social media promoting symbols of the Islamic State militant group, the indictment said. However, a law enforcement official said that once in Syria Mohamud and his brother, Aden, US troops in Kiev to train forces fighting pro-Russia rebels trained with the Nusra Front, the local affiliate of Al Qaeda. In Syria he sent videos of himself KIEV: Hundreds of US paratroop- Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Pekov said. “On Guard of Ukraine, a reservist force that Polish border, with vehicles and equipment. to an unnamed person, the indict- ers have arrived in Ukraine to train its the contrary, it can seriously destabilise was reformed in 2014 to bring volunteers The US and Ukrainian armies stressed ment said. In one video, he pointed forces fighting pro-Russian rebels, the the situation,” he said, quoted by Russian and militia under government control. the equipment was for use by the US bri- to a gun in a holster on his hip, and US army said yesterday, a move Moscow news agencies. “We will be conducting classes on war- gade in the training and is not to be issued in another he stood in front of a warned could “destabilise” the war-torn Following Yanukovych’s ouster and fighting functions, as well as training to to Ukrainian forces. white house with a black flag on it. ex-Soviet country. Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea sustain and increase the professionalism Fifty paratroopers travelled with that Upon his return to the US, it “Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade peninsula, a pro-Russia uprising in east and proficiency of military staffs,” Major 25-vehicle convoy, which arrived on April said, Mohamud told an unidenti- have been arriving over the last week,” Ukraine sparked a conflict that has killed Jose Mendez, operations officer for the 10, while further troops arrived on April 14 fied person that while in Syria, Donald Wrenn, a US army spokesman, said. more than 6,000 people and injured nearly brigade, was quoted as saying on the US and 15, the US army website said. he had been trained in shooting “We will have about 300 soldiers from the 15,500 over the past year, according to the army website. Ukraine’s defence ministry said in a weapons, breaking into houses, brigade on the ground providing the train- United Nations. Ukraine had asked the United States statement that the training would begin using explosives and engaging in ing that will last over the next six months.” It has led to the worst relations between to send the training mission, dubbed with a ceremony on April 20. Ukraine’s hand-to-hand combat. The move raised heckles in Moscow, Russia and the West since the end of the Operation Fearless Guardian, according Interior Minister Arsen Avakov had earlier The indictment said Mohamud’s which accuses the United States of backing Cold War. The West accuses Russia of pro- to an article published by the US army on said the US brigade would train about 900 plan was to attack a US military the protests that brought down Ukraine’s viding the separatists who have taken con- April 11 said. “This training will help them Ukrainian National Guard troops. base but that he also had a backup Kremlin-backed president Viktor trol of parts of eastern Ukraine with troops defend their borders and their sovereignty,” The 173rd Airborne Brigade has already plan to attack a prison. Mohamud Yanukovych last year. and arms, a charge that Moscow denies. it quoted brigade planning officer Captain trained with Ukrainian forces elsewhere in also waived a detention hearing “The participation of instructors and European OSCE observers say heavy Ashish Patel as saying. Europe and took part in the multinational yesterday, and will remain in cus- experts from third countries on Ukrainian arms fire is rumbling on in the east despite A ground convoy drove all the way from Rapid Trident field training exercises in tody, court documents said. His territory... of course, does not help to a February ceasefire agreement. the brigade’s base in northern Italy to the Ukraine in September. trial is set for June 22. resolve the conflict,” President Vladimir The US troops will train the National Ukrainian military zone in Yavoriv near the AFP REUTERS SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 ASIA/AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Malaysian Deadlock deepens over US base in Japan PM, wife sue Okinawa governor wants Abe to tell Obama that people are against relocation of base politician TOKYO: Deadlock over the sits in the middle of a densely- controversial relocation of a US populated city, has become military base in southern Japan emblematic of that ill-will since for slander deepened yesterday when Prime Washington announced plans to Minister Shinzo Abe met the move it in 1996, in what the US KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian anti-base governor of Okinawa. hoped would ease tensions with Prime Minister Najib Razak The two men remained as far the host community. and his wife have sued an oppo- apart as ever after a 30-minute Locals have blocked the move, sition parliamentarian for slan- meeting that analysts said was insisting the facility should go der over comments suggesting largely Abe going through the off-island instead, and last year they manipulated fuel subsidies motions of consultation ahead elected the vehemently anti- for personal gain, the lawmaker of a key trip to the United base Onaga, who is determined said yesterday. States. to block construction of the new The lawsuit filed on Takeshi Onaga told reporters base on the coast. Thursday against Rafizi Ramli, he asked Abe “to tell President The standoff between Tokyo Vice-President of the People’s (Barack) Obama that the gov- and Okinawa has hardened over Justice Party, follows a wave ernor of Okinawa and his people recent weeks, with demonstra- of sedition and other charges are clearly against” plans to build tions near the construction site, against dozens of the ruling a new facility on the semi-trop- putting pressure on Abe to ease coalition’s opponents over the ical island’s coast in exchange tensions. past year, which has sparked for the shuttering of Futenma At the start of yesterday’s concern for human rights in airbase. meeting, Abe pledged he will the country. The issue has queered relations “work towards reducing burdens” The lawsuit said Rafizi’s between Tokyo and Okinawa, a on Okinawa, but insisted the cur- comments, in a speech last once independent kingdom that rent plan “is the only solution”. December, implied that Najib was annexed by Japan in the 19th Onaga hit back that three and his wife Rosmah Mansor century, for nearly two decades, recent popular votes in Okinawa had “stolen public funds and and is an irritant in ties with all “showed overwhelming oppo- thereby betrayed the people of Washington. sition by Okinawans to the con- Malaysia”. Okinawa is home to more than struction of a new base.” The suit called the remarks, half of the 47,000 US service per- “Okinawa has never voluntar- which related to the lifting of sonnel stationed in Japan as part ily offered to host bases,” he said, government subsidies on fuel last of a defence alliance, a proportion noting that lands were seized year, a “grave slander and libel”, many islanders say is too high. during the post-World War II US and “utterly” false. Tensions over plans to move occupation. Rafizi, who has previously the US Marines’ Futenma base Takehiko Yamamoto, an inter- exposed alleged government cor- to land to be reclaimed from national politics expert, said Abe ruption and mismanagement, waters near the town of Henoko is unlikely to compromise on the defended his comments as in the Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga (left) speaks to Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the start of their meeting in northern Okinawa rose last move, which Washington has “public interest” and vowed to at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo, yesterday. month when Onaga ordered a repeatedly said is what it wants. fight in court. halt to underwater survey work. But Abe “needs to do some- “I will continue to voice my The prefecture fears the survey is thing before visiting the United among some outside the islands,” a new base in Henoko,” Onaga at a time of rising disquiet over opinion and will not be cowed damaging coral reefs. States, as the issue of US bases he said. later told reporters, adding he China’s growing assertiveness. with the threat of a court action,” Onaga insists the base be moved in Okinawa is a thorn in the side Onaga, who has accused Abe of had asked Abe to convey the pre- “The government is in a dif- he said. outside Okinawa, where many of the Japan-US alliance”. looking down on the prefecture, fecture’s stance to US President ficult position of balancing the Najib is under pressure over residents have long resented the “I’m concerned that things may countered that recent elections Barack Obama at their summit in need to listen to Okinawa’s pub- his management of the economy, fact that the prefecture hosts get nasty if the government keeps showed the people of Okinawa Washington on April 28. lic opinion and the need to main- particularly allegations of possi- nearly half the US military forces taking the current high-handed were overwhelmingly opposed to Tokyo and Washington are tain the security alliance with ble corruption related to a state- in Japan. approach... prompting anger the new base. working to update the guidelines Washington,” said Yamamoto. owned investment vehicle he Futenma, whose busy runway not only among Okinawans but “I said that I will never allow governing their military alliance AGENCIES launched. He also has been condemned by the opposition, international rights groups, and the United Nations for a deepening crack- Tibetan man down on government critics, Australian woman hailed for defending Muslim couple mainly through use of a tough anti-sedition law. self-immolates Rosmah, meanwhile, is a light- SYDNEY: A Muslim couple happening overseas’,” Stacey Bhatti shared Eden’s clip on his being patient and tolerant. The ning rod for public criticism over in China racially abused by a Sydney Eden, reported to be her early 20s, Facebook page on Thursday, writ- old lady should be ashamed for her alleged luxurious lifestyle train passenger have thanked told the Australian Broadcasting ing: “This video was not recorded passing biased comments without and purported influence over the BEIJING: A Tibetan man another commuter who Corporation yesterday. by me. But that is what happened knowing the reality.” premier. has burned himself to death in defended them, with a video Eden said the woman added: to us on Sydney train, God bless The footage has attracted more The lawsuit seeks an apology China, rights groups and media capturing the incident going “Read the newspapers, why are Stacey Eden who support us.” than 130,000 views on YouTube, and court-determined damages. said, the second such protest viral on social media as police you following this religion for, why “I was little shocked, she more than 750,000 views on It also names the operator of reported against Beijing’s poli- launched an investigation. do you wear things like that so touched my wife’s head like she Facebook and was shared more an opposition-leaning YouTube cies in the region in two weeks. The pair, Hafeez Ahmed Bhatti you can marry a man who’s going was blessing although no one like than 10,000 times on the social channel — to which Rafizi’s com- Nei Kyab, believed to be and Khalida Hafeez, were riding to go marry a six-year-old? a stranger to touch them and networking site since it was ments were uploaded — as a in his 40s, set himself ablaze on the airport-bound train on “I was like, ‘this isn’t right, then she started her ignorant uploaded on Wednesday evening. defendant. on Wednesday in a Tibetan- Wednesday when a woman sit- why are you saying these kinds comments,” he added. Other com- In the footage, the woman can Rafizi is currently facing populated area of Sichuan prov- ting nearby started to rant at of things?’” mentators on his post also praised also be heard mentioning Martin separate charges of revealing ince in southwestern China, them, the person who recorded Eden is heard replying to the Eden for speaking out. Place, which is near a central confidential banking docu- US-funded broadcaster Radio the footage said. woman on the video, which she “Thanks to this lady (Stacey) Sydney cafe where a lone gun- ments, after he exposed the Free Asia (RFA) reported. “The lady next to me was saying posted on Facebook: “She wears who came from nowhere as an man inspired by the Islamic State alleged abuse of funds in a Campaign group Free Tibet things like ‘all the people that were them for herself, OK? She wears angel,” one user wrote. group took customers and staff government beef-production also reported the death, though dying were because of the Muslims them because she wants to be Another added: “Great work by hostage in December. scheme. identified him under an alter- in the world and look what’s modest with her body.” Stacey, good job by you as well for AFP AFP native spelling of his name as 45-year-old former monk and father of seven Nyi Kyab. Free Tibet said in a release New Indonesian police chief that the self-immolation occurred Thursday. He is the latest of Taiwan factory workers win more than 130 Tibetans to set themselves on fire in China since 2009, in protests which are usu- ally fatal, according to tallies by $18m over cancer deaths rights groups. Many Tibetans accuse the gov- TAIPEI: Workers from a fac- But campaigners were hesitant ernment of religious repression tory in Taiwan which leeched to celebrate as they had hoped for and eroding their culture, claims toxic chemicals they say a much bigger Tw$2.7bn payout. denied by Beijing, which says it resulted in 200 deaths from “The workers have a partial has brought development to the cancer and more than 1,000 victory today but this is belated region. other cases of the disease won justice,” said Joseph Lin, the lead RFA cited a local source as a Tw$564.45m ($18m) payout lawyer of the plaintiffs’ legal team. saying that Kyab was “protesting from US electronics company “We hope this case will set up against Chinese policies in Tibet” RCA yesterday. a precedent against irresponsible adding: “His body was taken away A summary of the verdict in international and Taiwanese cor- by police,” preventing traditional the long-running legal battle by porations and help protect work- Tibetan burial practices. former workers at the RCA fac- ers,” he said. It added that before the protest tory in northern Taoyuan found RCA set up the factory in in Sichuan’s Aba county, known that groundwater at the site had 1970. It was later acquired by US as Ngaba in Tibetan, Kyab set out been contaminated with various firm General Electronics (GE) offerings on an altar with images hazardous chemicals which could and then France’s Thomson of Tibetan spiritual leader the cause cancer. Consumer Electronics (Bermuda) Dalai Lama. It added that the level of Ltd before closing in 1992. AFP Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) greets new national police chief, Police General Badrodin Haiti organic solvents in the soil and TCEB was also held liable for after the official swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta yesterday. groundwater at the factory, which compensation. closed more than 20 years ago, Around 80 former RCA work- seriously exceeded standards. ers and their families gathered “According to an expert wit- outside the courthouse in down- ness... there is cause and effect town Taipei after the ruling, dis- China jails outspoken scribe, 71, for seven years between the damages to the plain- playing a white banner reading tiffs’ and their family members’ “poisoned workers, immediate health and long-term exposure to compensation”. BEIJING: A Chinese court to foreigners”, Beijing’s No. 3 and criticism of the party’s his- activists as part of the authorities’ organic solvents,” the statement They held up photos of workers yesterday convicted a 71-year- Intermediate People’s Court said torical record, according to copies attack on freedom of expression,” said. who had died, with captions list- old journalist of leaking state on a verified social media account. widely circulated online. said William Nee, a researcher Workers were directly exposed ing the type of cancer they suf- secrets and jailed her for seven The ruling said that Gao had “We are very disappointed with for Britain-based Amnesty to the solvents without any pro- fered from. years, it said, with rights leaked a 2013 directive by the this verdict,” said Shang Baojun, International. tection and the company also “The compensation amount groups condemning the “arbi- ruling Communist party named one of her lawyers, who argued in Known for her outspoken sup- failed to conduct health checks is absurdly low since hundreds trary” verdict as a “blow to free “Document number 9” to a Hong court that a “confession” from Gao port for democracy and press free- which are required by law, it of people died and so many got expression”. Kong media outlet. had been extracted after threats dom, Gao went missing last April added. sick. We must appeal,” said Huang Gao Yu — named one of the The document warns of the were made against her son. and resurfaced on China’s state “RCA repeatedly violated the Yun-ping, whose sister worked for International Press Institute’s 50 “dangers” of multiparty democ- Gao is “the victim of vaguely broadcaster a month later admit- laws .. which subjected the plain- nearly 20 years at RCA and died “world press heroes” in 2000 — racy, independent media, “univer- worded and arbitrary state- ting she had made a “mistake”. tiffs and their relatives to exces- of colon cancer. “illegally provided state secrets sal” definitions of human rights, secret laws that are used against AFP sive exposure at work,” it said. AFP SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN

Afghan chief of staff visits Pakistan US woman shot KP, Afghan govts in Karachi was ‘devoted to agree on forming Pakistan’

KARACHI: A US academic recovering in a Pakistan hos- working group pital after being shot by sus- pected militants has made an “immeasurable” contribution to the medical college where Provincial CM sees good future she works, a colleague said yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Chief and Afghan President Dr Ashraf Debra Lobo, 55, is conscious Minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Ghani. “The experiences gained and in a stable condition in hos- Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province by the PTI government in KP and pital in Karachi after being shot Pervaiz Khattak has said the those of President Ashraf Ghani once in the cheek and once in the Afghan and KP governments in Afghanistan could be shared arm on Thursday. have agreed to set up a joint with each other in a bid to better Leaflets dropped at the scene working group within a week serve our people,” he added. of the attack said Lobo was tar- to work for improving relations The chief minister said geted because of her national- and discussing areas of cooper- President Ashraf Ghani asked ity and vowed more attacks on ation in the fields of agriculture, about the reforms undertaken Americans. hydel generation, trade and by the PTI in KP and wanted Baqar Nawab, the administra- commerce, tourism and indus- a report about it. He said tor of Jinnah Medical and Dental trial production. Afghanistan’s Chief Executive College, where Lobo is assistant Talking to a group of journalists Officer Dr Abdullah and former Pakistan’s Army Chief Raheel Sharif (right) with the Chief of General Staff of the Afghan National Army General professor of community health, onboard the aircraft that brought president Hamid Karzai also Sher Mohammad Karimi at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. hailed what she has done since him to Peshawar after a two-day mentioned the reforms being car- joining in 1996. “She has a huge visit to Kabul yesterday, he said ried out by the PTI in KP. contribution towards the growth the potential of cooperation in “President Ashraf Ghani is a of this college,” Nawab said. a few fields would be discussed man of change. He is keen to fight “We can never find her replace- by the working group initially corruption, improve governance China offering Islamabad huge ment and her contribution is and its scope would be extended and serve the common people. immeasurable.” gradually. These points are also part of the Nawab said Lobo, who is mar- He said the issues of Afghan reform agenda of Imran Khan and ried to a Pakistani Christian, was refugees in KP and the Pakistani the PTI,” he pointed out. financing for infrastructure hugely popular with students. prisoners in Afghanistan could He added that the PTI and the “We got a lot of calls from also be discussed by the working present Afghan government were BEIJING: Pakistan needs a The Wall Street Journal the first by a Chinese president former students of the college group. in favour of peace talks to end “huge amount of financing” reported that Xi would announce in nine years and stressed that who are now serving as doctors “The working group will have the conflict in the two countries for infrastructure and energy a $46bn spending plan for infra- it was his first overseas trip this in America. They were all very two to three nominees each of the instead of resolving the problem projects and China is ready to structure, with the largest share year. “It is yet another major dip- much concerned about her,” the KP government and the Afghan through the use of force. announce help when President going for electricity generation. lomatic action taken by China’s administrator said. government. We would preferably He said the Afghan president Xi Jinping visits next week, a Xi was originally scheduled to top leader in China’s neighbour- Leaflets left at the scene of the have an industrialist, an agricul- had sought Pakistan’s help in foreign ministry official said visit last September but Beijing hood,” he said. shooting hinted at the involve- turist and a civil servant in the undertaking peace talks with yesterday. cancelled the trip with Islamabad He added that the trip will ment of militants linked to the working group,” he added. the Afghan Taliban for restoring Islamabad has for decades been in the grip of major anti-govern- “map out an overall plan for Islamic State group, though they The chief minister remarked peace in Afghanistan. “We believe Beijing’s closest ally in South Asia, ment street protests. China-Pakistan relations and also claimed the attack as revenge that his first visit to Afghanistan that war isn’t a solution to these and China — which is expanding China has been a key financial cooperation in various areas for for the death of suspected Al was an icebreaker and had paved conflicts,” he maintained. its influence in the region — is a and military ally of Islamabad over the next five to 10 years and take Qaeda members in a police raid the way for future exchange of KP chief minister said he vis- major trading partner and key the years and Pakistani Prime bilateral relations to a new level.” earlier in the week. visits and more frequent con- ited Afghanistan on the invitation supplier of military technology Minister Nawaz Sharif secured Pakistan borders the far-west- Nawab said Lobo had never tacts with each other. “We would of President Ashraf Ghani. He to Pakistan. promises of $42 billion worth ern Chinese region of Xinjiang, been threatened and had com- consider taking this relationship said he had consulted his party Chinese assistant foreign minis- of investment when he went to where a series of clashes and pletely integrated into the forward. Both the sides want true leader Imran Khan before going ter Liu Jianchao declined to offer Beijing in November last year. attacks on civilians last year left Pakistani way of life, adopting friendship. This is just the begin- to Afghanistan. details in a briefing to report- Much of that centred on the more than 200 dead. local dress and speaking Urdu flu- ning,” he remarked. “He encouraged me to make the ers ahead of Xi’s two-day trip, energy sector — Pakistan has Beijing blamed some of the ently. “She wears shalwar kameez, Pervaiz Khattak was pleased trip to discuss all relevant issues,” which starts on Monday, saying wrestled with chronic power region’s violence on an organised and she carries herself in the per- with the outcome of the visit and he said in reply to a question. that the “specific figure” would be shortages in recent years that terrorist group it calls the East fect way the local values call for,” the warm welcome he received in He added that he had a packed announced during the visit. have scrubbed several points off Turkestan Islamic Movement he said. Kabul. schedule of meetings in Kabul and But he said a “huge amount of GDP growth and inflicted mis- (ETIM) seeking independence for “She is more mistaken for a “The trip has changed my per- had to cancel some due to time financing” was needed for projects ery on the everyday lives of its the region, home to the mostly- Pashtun or Central Asian lady ception about Afghanistan. We constraints. Replying to another in the transport, infrastructure citizens. Muslim Uighur minority. rather than an American woman.” need to interact more often and question, the chief minister said and energy fields that are part of Pakistan’s foreign ministry Many analysts doubt that any Karachi, a city of 20 million cater to each other’s needs. I fore- he made it clear to the Afghan a China-Pakistan economic cor- said Thursday that a number large scale organisation of the kind people, is wracked by violence see a good future,” he remarked. government that unregistered ridor initiative. of important agreements and exists, while rights groups blame the and targeted shootings are a He said there was much in Afghan refugees in KP and rest “China stands ready to provide memorandums of understanding violence on what they call Beijing’s near-daily occurrence, either for common in the reform agenda of Pakistan were illegal and had financial support for Pakistan to would be signed during the visit, repression of China’s mostly Muslim robbery or for religious, political of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to be repatriated to Afghanistan. be used on these projects,” Liu but gave no details. Uighur ethnic group. or ethnic reasons. (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan INTERNEWS said. Liu said Xi’s visit would be AFP AFP

Govt spends $4.5m on media campaign Poll rigging: Parties

ISLAMABAD: The ruling supporters wanted to topple the packages aired on private tel- Parliament House’s outer fence. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz incumbent government last year. evision channels to assuage and The videos duration ranged from challenge 5pc seats (PML-N) government spent The prime minister’s office, with- gratify the audiences from partic- one to five minutes about claims an estimated Rs450m ($4.5m) out observing any rules, asked the ipating in the sit-ins and “expos- of Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri from national exchequer on the finance ministry to release Rs450 ing hidden agendas” as Minister coupled with their workers attack ISLAMABAD: Though the mentioning nine constituencies, advertisement in an effort to million for around 62 projects but for Information and Broadcasting on the government buildings on Judicial Commission is probing four of the National Assembly and run its media campaign to coun- spent it on private media campaign Pervaiz Rashid used to say while the Constitution Avenue and the “systematic manipulation of man- five of the Sindh Assembly. ter months-long sit-ins staged (print and electronic), revealed the appearing in press conferences. alleged damage to the economy. date in the entire 2013 election”, The Mohajir Qaumi Movement by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf documents exclusively obtained by The total amount released for The first of its campaign on all the political parties that have has also questioned the election (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami The Express Tribune. the electronic advertisements is electronic media was aired on submitted their “evidence” so far results of Karachi mainly (11 Tehreek (PAT) last year. The popular campaigns ran Rs428m. August 13 last year when PTI-PAT have only questioned the results National Assembly seats and 16 The ‘popular idea’ was floated by with public money including ‘go The highest amount of Rs59.3m started their long-march from of five percent of the National and provincial assembly seats). the PML-N media managers dur- ka matlab’, ‘riyasat par dhawa’, was spent on November 29 about Lahore. The government placed provincial assembly seats. The People’s Muslim League ing the dharnas when PTI chair- political stability, ‘PTV par hamla’, the August 29, 2014 attack on ads of Rs11 million in the name of A few political parties have has disputed the election results man Imran Khan and PAT chief testimonials and ‘qaum ki awaz’. Parliament when workers of creating “public awareness”. challenged the election results of of one National Assembly seat Tahirul Qadri with the help of their These were mainly the both the parties stormed the INTERNEWS Karachi alone while a few restricted and one provincial assembly seat them to challenging the results only. The Awami National Party in a few constituencies only. The has requested to join the Judicial Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, being the Commission’s inquiry. Solidarity with Yemen spearhead in hurling the rigging The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Huge car bomb allegation, has only challenged the which has been crying of theft of its results of five percent constituen- mandate through systematic rig- seized in Baluchistan cies while it accuses the Pakistan ging, has also presented the results Muslim League-Nawaz of hijacking of 35 National Assembly constitu- QUETTA: Pakistani security its mandate from all the constitu- encies where the rejected votes forces have seized a vehicle encies. With the evidence produced exceeded the margin of victory. packed with more than a tonne before the JC, no one has yet been These constituencies are not from of explosives in the country’s able to provide any substantiated the Punjab alone; five are in the KP, restive southwestern province material on systematic manipula- three in Fata, 15 in the Punjab, five of Baluchistan, officials said tion of the mandate. in Sindh and seven in Balochistan. yesterday. The general election was held on No single party has benefited from Paramilitary troops recovered 849 National and provincial assem- this trend of more rejected votes the vehicle along with a cache blies’ seats on May 11, 2013, of which and less victory margin. of ammunition and four suicide results of 44 (maximum) constitu- Of these 35 constituencies, 12 vests during a raid on a refugee encies have been disputed by the were won by the PML-N, six by camp close to the border with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Of these, independent candidates, four by Afghanistan, they said. 29 are National Assembly seats, PPP, three by JUI-F and one each “A vehicle laden with explosives 10 of the Punjab Assembly while by PTI, APML, PML, PML-F, BNP, weighing 1,200 kilograms was two, one and two of Sindh, Khyber QWP, JI, PKMAP, ANP and NPP. recovered from an Afghan refugee Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan The PML-N was runner-up camp in Roghani area near the Assemblies respectively. in seven of these 35 constituen- Afghan border,” Frontier Corps The Pakistan People’s Party cies; independent candidates were spokesman Manzoor Ahmed said. has disputed the results of only runner-up in seven constituen- He said two people had been 10 constituencies (eight National cies; the PPP was runner-up in arrested and taken to an undis- Assembly and one each of the six constituencies; the PTI was closed location for questioning. Punjab and Sindh assemblies), runner-up in six constituencies; “I cannot say which group the which is one percent of the total the PML was runner-up in two two men belong to but we had an number of seats on which election constituencies; the JUI-F was intelligence tip-off that an explo- was held in 2013. runner up in two while BNP, JUI- sive laden vehicle is about to be The Jamaat-e-Islami has gener- N, MDM, NP, PKMAP were run- delivered in Quetta,” he said. Pakistanis during a rally in support of the government of Saudi Arabia over the conflict in Yemen in Lahore yesterday. ally questioned the election proc- ner-up in one constituency each. AFP ess in Karachi while specifically INTERNEWS SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Two ships with Modi heads home after Canada visit Yemen evacuees PM visits temple, gurdwara to arrive in VA NCOU V ER: Prime Minister saropa, or a scarf of honour, and Kochi today Narendra Modi headed home a sword each by the gurdwara after ending his three-nation authorities. Both the leaders NEW DELHI/KOCHI: Two tour, with the final day spent in stood with hands folded in prayer. Indian ships — MV Corals and the city of Vancouver in British Canada has 1.2 million Indian MV Karavatti — are to berth Columbia visiting a temple diaspora, with most concentrated in Kochi today with 484 evacu- and a gurdwara and attend- in Vancouver. ees, including 73 Indians and ing an official dinner hosted Modi, in his address to the 336 Bangladeshis, the last lot of by Canadian Prime Minister gathering at the gurdwara, people brought out from strife- Stephen Harper. spoke about the reconstruction torn Yemen. In his final tweets before of a gurdwara at Lakhpat in “MV Corals is carrying a total emplaning for India, Modi said: “I Gujarat during his tenure as chief of 318 evacuees, which includes leave Canada with immense sat- minister. 46 Indians and 272 Bangladeshis, isfaction. This visit will further He said the gurdwara at while on board MV Kavaratti are enhance India-Canada ties. A big Lakhpat, where Guru Nanak 166 evacuees, which includes 27 thanks to the people of Canada.” had stayed for 15 days, had been Indians, 64 Bangladeshis and 75 “A special thanks to @ damaged in the 2001 earthquake Yemenis of Indian origin,” the pmharper — a fine host, a won- and had been reconstructed external affairs ministry said in derful human being and a very successfully. a statement. dear friend,” he wrote on his twit- Modi said: “We should fill life However, it was not clear when ter handle @narendramodi. with colours of humanity and the ships would arrive. While an Besides visiting the two religious serve mankind.” officical in Kochi said they would institutions connected with the Modi and Harper also visited arrive at 2.30 pm, the external diaspora, Modi also met British the Komagata Maru Museum. affairs ministry said they would Colombia Premier Christy Clark. The museum preserves the mem- arrive at Kochi at 1.30 pm. The Canadian prime minister, ory of the steamship of the name Defence ministry spokesperson who has been a constant com- that reached Vancouver in 1914, Sitanshu Kar tweeted that the panion of Modi throughout his carrying 376 passengers from last of the evacuees were arriving Canadian tour, received him at Punjab in British India. in India. “The last of the evacu- Vancouver International Airport Of them, 24 were admitted to ees, 475 in all, would be arriving and accompanied him to the Canada but the 352 other passen- in Kochi by MVs Kavaratti and Gurdwara Khalsa Diwan on Ross gers were not allowed to land and Corals tomorrow (Saturday), Street and the Laxmi Narayan the ship was forced to return to escorted by INS Tir.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper (centre) walk together during a visit temple in Vancouver. India. “A team of Bangladeshi offi- Harper hosted an official din- At the Laxmi Narayan temple to the Gurdwara Khalsa Diwan in Vancouver, British, Columbia, on Thursday. cials has already arrived in Kochi ner for Modi at the Pinnacle in Vancouver, Modi and Harper to take care of their nationals,” Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel. were presented with shawls and and hospitality they had accorded with nature, and with compassion. had great potential to help the a Cochin Port Trust official said. At the gurdwara, Modi and the priest put vermilion marks on him. Modi said the United Nations world overcome the stresses of The two ships departed from Harper had their heads covered their foreheads. He said the Supreme Court of recently adopted June 21 as the modern life, and urged people to Djibouti on April 12, he added. in pieces of cloth in deference to In his remarks at the tem- India had described Hinduism as International Day of Yoga with spread this message. The Bangladeshis will be flown the Sikh tradition not to enter ple, Modi thanked the Canadian a way of life. 177 countries co-sponsoring Modi visited France, Germany to Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh bareheaded. prime minister and the people of He exhorted the gathering to India’s resolution. and Canada during his April 9-17 Airlines special flight. Both were presented a yellow Canada for the warm welcome live life scientifically, in balance The prime minister said Yoga three-nation tour. IANS The two ships, together having a capacity of 1,150 passengers, set sail from Kochi on March 30 for Djibouti to bring back stranded Indians. Modi made false claims overseas, says Congress Earlier this month, India ended its evacuation of its nationals in NEW DELHI: Incensed at as the prime minister of this coun- Sharma noted that former in G20 Toronto Summit and held to the people of this country. Yemen, pulling out 5,600 people, Narendra Modi’s remark in try and not as a spokesperson of prime minster Manmohan Singh bilateral discussions with Prime “He owes multiple apologies to including 4,640 Indians and 960 Canada about “scam India”, the (ruling) Bharatiya Janata had paid an official three-day Minister Stephen Harper.” the nation for his conduct and people from 41 other countries. which he claimed he had inher- Party,” he added. visit at the invitation of Canadian Reiterating his previous stand, utterances. He is belittling the A media report from Dhaka ited as prime minister, the Sharma, a former union cabinet Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sharma deplored the “scam India” achievements of the great coun- said 136 Bangladeshis had been Congress yesterday hit back at minister in the United Progressive in June 2010. remark, saying Modi must be try and also breaking a well-estab- evacuated from Yemen by an him for making an apparent jibe Alliance regime, said if the prime “On (Stephen) Harper’s invita- reminded that he had inherited lished time-honoured convention Indian Navy ship that took them at its UPA government on for- minister continued to make “false tion, Manmohan Singh went to a “vibrant India” with a “strong not to take domestic political to Djibouti on Thursday. eign soil. claims on foreign soil, we would Canada in 2010. It was a state visit, economy of over $2.1trn and for- propaganda abroad,” Sharma told According to bdnews24, The Congress warned that such not tolerate”. and the two released a joint state- eign exchange reserves of $310bn. reporters here. Bangladesh is operating a repa- “false claims” if made again over- “We will depute a Congress ment after their bilateral engage- Sharma said India was not a During the last leg of his three- triation control room in Djibouti seas will be instantly countered by spokesperson who would be ments,” Sharma told reporters country that ever begged for help, nation visit, Modi, said in his led by its ambassador in Kuwait. a designated party spokesperson in present in the same country as here while flashing a copy of the as remarked by the prime minis- address in Toronto: “Jinko gandagi The rescued Bangladeshis will the same country. the prime minister to counter joint communique. ter in Germany, but rather sought karni thi woh gandagi kar ke cha- be flown to Dhaka from Djibouti Party spokesperson Anand such claims,” he remarked. Released on June 27, 2010, the to extend help to other nations in ley gaye, par hum safai karenge on April 20 in a special flight. Sharma said: “The prime minis- The Congress also voiced joint statement on Manmohan need. (Those who had to create a mess Yemen became volatile with ter portrayed India in poor light “strong objection” at Modi’s Singh’s visit said: “...Prime Charging that Modi had “low- have done so and left. But we will the rise of Shia Houthis rebels and earned a dubious distinction claim of being the first Indian Minister Manmohan Singh vis- ered the dignity of the prime clean it up). who took over the capital city of of belittling the predecessors and prime minister in 42 years to ited Canada at the invitation of minster’s office and “insulted the Modi further said that he would Sana’a in September last year maligning the opposition.” visit Canada, reminding him of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. nation with his “unceremoni- work to transform India’s image and ousted President Abdrabuh “He (Modi) must be reminded ex-prime minister Manmohan During his visit, Prime Minister ous conduct on a foreign soil, the of a “scam” country to that of a Mansur Hadi. that he was on a state visit abroad Singh’s state visit there in 2010. Manmohan Singh participated Congress said he must “apologise” “skilled” nation. IANS IANS

Defence argument gives new twist to Salman case SC fines women and child MUMBAI: Giving a new twist One pavement dweller, Nurulah in the case before Additional Shivade pointed to the autopsy to the retrial of Bollywood Mahboob Sharif, died in the acci- Sessions Judge D W Deshpande. report, which suggested that the actor Salman Khan in an acci- dent while Munna Malai Khan, He pointed out that the injury head, chest, lungs, thorax, lar- development ministry dent case, his lawyer Shrikant Kalim M Pathan, Abdullah Rauf certificates of the four people ynx, trachea and bronchia were Shivade yesterday argued that Sheikh and Muslim Shaikh sus- suggested that the injuries were crushed completely. NEW DELHI: Taking a dim matter with the rest of the state one of the victims could have tained injuries. because of “friction” and “drag- “Can a person in such a condi- view of the ministry of women governments, it was told that it died because of the impact of the “There are incriminating cir- ging”, the autopsy of the deceased tion cry for help,” he asked. and child development’s “cas- was a “state subject”. car falling off while being lifted cumstances to suggest that the car victim Sharif showed that he was He termed as “misleading” the ual” and insensitive” approach “This shows the lack of sensi- by a crane. dropped on the persons who were “crushed”. statement of one of the injured towards missing children, tivity on your part. This approach Salman’s vehicle had rammed under it when it was being lifted “He (Sharif) was crushed as witnesses, who said Sharif was the Supreme Court yesterday is unbecoming (of the govern- into the American Express Bakery with the help of a crane brought some heavy object fell on him,” below the car and screamed and imposed on it a fine of Rs50,000. ment) and shows the lack of in Bandra West early in the in by police after the accident,” Shivade said, adding that the car shouted till the crane lifted the The apex court also asked the sensitivity, particularly towards morning on September 28, 2002. Shivade said in his final arguments weighed around 3,000 kg. vehicle. IANS secretary of the ministry to be the children”, the court told the present on the next date of hear- government counsel. ing, on May 1. The court was also displeased The social justice bench of the as it was told that no steps had Defence minister in S Korea apex court, comprising Justice been taken to fill the posts of Madan B Lokur and Justice Uday the chairman and members of India behind Sri Umesh Lalit, took umbrage at the National Commission for the insensitive approach of the Protection of Child Rights. The Lanka, Bhutan ministry. positions are lying vacant since The bench said: “This is a clear 2014. in ICT usage indication of the lack of sensitiv- The court directed the Women ity on the part of the govern- and Child Development Ministry NEW DELHI: India’s ICT ment and the ministry towards to pay Delhi University’s Faculty (information and communica- the missing children and its utter of Management Studies Rs100,000 tions technology) usage and disregard for the laws framed by with regard to recommendations access has been ranked at 129 the parliament.” for the missing children’s web- among 166 countries, while On February 20, the apex site, www.trackthemissing child. Bhutan and Sri Lanka rank court had sought details about gov.in. ahead of India at 123 and 116, the status of missing and recov- It also asked the ministry to respectively, telecoms regulator ered children from each state and pay Rs100,000 to Tata Institute of TRAI said yesterday. details about the implementation Social Sciences, which is engaged Further, with a global rank of Operation Smile. in preparing a standard operat- of 125 for fixed broadband pen- The court had also asked the ing procedure for tracing missing etration, India has scored below Centre to take steps for expedi- children. Bhutan and Sri Lanka, with only tious appointment of the chair- Similarly, the court asked the 1.2 per 100 citizens having access man and members of the National government to pay Rs100,000 to to fixed broadband Commission for Protection of the National Police Academy, “India is categorised in the least Child Rights. which is preparing a training connected countries group of 42 At the start of the hearing, the module, Training of Trainers nations that fall within the low IDI Centre informed the court that Programme, to train police offic- (ICT Development Index) group.” 11 state governments had formed ers through the state police It said unavailability of adequate the Juvenile Justice Board under academies. bandwidth, red tape in implemen- the JJ Act. These officers may be Child tation of the National Optical Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (right) and his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo inspect a guard The government earned the Welfare Officers and may consti- Fibre Network project, and right of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Seoul yesterday. Parrikar is in Seoul on a displeasure of the court when, in tute the Special Juvenile Police of way charges were hindering ICT three-day visit to boost defence ties between the two countries. response to a query as to why the Units under the JJ Act. adoption in India. IANS Centre was not following up the IANS SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA SC suspends Masrat Alam defamation proceedings to be jailed, against Kejriwal NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday suspended criminal defamation pro- ceedings against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ini- says Rajnath tiated by union minister Nitin Gadkari and advocate Surender Sharma for making allegedly defamatory remarks. Clashes take place in Srinagar An apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, while sus- SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Alam had led a reception pending the proceedings, issued a More than two dozen people, rally on April 15 for Geelani, notice to the central government including security personnel, who returned to the Valley on Kejriwal’s petition that there were injured in Srinagar yes- after spending more than three should be no criminal action in terday when protesters fought months in New Delhi for health defamation proceedings. a pitched battle with security reasons. Youth surrounding Alam Having issued the notice to forces after Friday prayers displayed Pakistani flags at the the central government, the over separatist leader Masrat rally and shouted pro-Pakistan court tagged Kejriwal’s petition Alam’s detention. Union Home slogans. to an earlier plea by BJP leader Minister Rajnath Singh said Rajnath Singh yesterday said Subramaniam Swamy challenging Alam will be sent to jail. that those indulging in sedition the provision of law that permits The Congress said the state will be dealt with sternly. Kashmiri protesters throw stones at police during clashes in Srinagar yesterday. initiation of criminal proceedings government had acted only after He told reporters in Kanpur: in a defamation case. the issue was raised by the media, “Yes he (Masrat) will go to jail... government should have taken Alam was taken into preventive later to Humhama police station In February 2014, Union Road while the BJP — an alliance part- Wait and watch what happens.” care in a matter like this,” he custody on Thursday to maintain in central Badgam district. Transport Minister Gadkari ner of the PDP that governs the “I want to assure the country said, asking why they were given law and order in the Valley, the Alam had been taken into pre- slapped a defamation case against state — said anybody involved in that the government will not permission to hold the rally. police said. He had, however, not ventive custody a few days ago as Kejriwal after he called him one anti-national activities should be compromise on the unity and Jitendra Singh, minister of been served any fresh detention well in Awantipora town when of the “most corrupt politicians punished. integrity of the country. Sedition state in the Prime Minister’s order under the Public Safety he was on his way to Tral town, of India”. Srinagar witnessed violence will not be forgiven,” said the Office, said that the National Act, nor was he presented before where a youth had been killed in Advocate Sharma’s incident when stone-pelting youth battled home minister. Democratic Alliance (NDA) gov- a magistrate for seeking remand firing by security forces. He was relates to the filing of his nomi- the security forces in the Jamia In New Delhi, Congress general ernment at the centre followed by the police. later released. nation papers for the 2013 Delhi Masjid area at Nowhatta in the secretary Shakeel Ahmad criti- a “zero tolerance policy against Both Alam and Geelani were The Jammu and Kashmir gov- assembly elections, which he said old city. cised the state government for terrorism and separatism”. taken into preventive custody in ernment had released Alam from he did after being approached by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who what he said was delayed action He added: “Nobody can get order to prevent their announced preventive detention on March AAP leaders in appreciation of heads the moderate group of the on the issue. away with this impression that participation in a separatist rally 7 after more than four years. He social work being done by him. Hurriyat conference, delivered “The BJP-PDP coalition gov- merely for existence in the gov- at south Kashmir’s Tral town in was arrested during the 2010 Sharma has said AAP leaders the Friday sermon at the Jamia ernment took action against ernance or in a coalition the BJP Pulwama district yesterday, police unrest in the Kashmir Valley and used “defamatory, unlawful and Masjid and criticised the state Alam, who participated in anti- would be ready to compromise on said. There was tight security at accused of inciting youth during derogatory” words about him, government for keeping separa- India rally in the state, only after any of these principles.” Tral throughout the day. the unrest, leading to clashes which appeared in leading news- tist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and media made a hue and cry about Ram Madhav, BJP national Yesterday was a day of high between mobs and security forces papers and hurt his reputation in Alam under house arrest. it,” Ahmad said. general secretary, said anybody drama as Alam was first shifted in which at least 112 people were the legal fraternity and society. He demanded their immediate “The act of separatists is involved in anti-national activi- to Shaheedgunj police station killed. On Swamy’s plea, the apex court release. totally unacceptable and the state ties should be punished. in Srinagar in the morning and IANS is examining whether Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to defamation, and Section 500, providing for punish- ment for defamation, go beyond Article 19 (2) of the constitution that imposes reasonable restric- UGC issues guidelines on safety of students tion on the freedom of speech and expression. NEW DELHI: The University In the letter issued on HEls can be transformed into guidelines on safety of students Biometric marking of student The apex court is hearing Grants Commission (UGC) has Thursday, Sandhu wrote, “It oasis of safety, security and on and off campuses of higher attendance, both in HEIs as well Swamy’s plea wherein he has issued guidelines for ensur- should be the prime concern study.” educational institutions include as hostels, can be an effective sought a declaration that Sections ing the safety of students of of educational administrators “The ‘Guidelines on Safety of securing HEIs or hostels with a way of overcoming the problem 499 and 500 of the IPC and Section higher educational institutions across the country to ensure that Students on and off Campuses of boundary wall of such height that of proxies, they added. 199 (2) of the Code of Criminal (HEIs) in the country on and students are safeguarded against Higher Educational Institutions’ it cannot be scaled easily. Bags and other belongings of Procedure are unconstitutional. off campus. attacks, threats and accidents, have been uploaded on the UGC The guidelines say that in order students or visitors should also be Swamy has contended that UGC Secretary Jaspal S both man-made and natural. website, he wrote, while request- to further fortify the premises, a examined, manually or by metal Section 499 and Section 500 of the Sandhu has also written to the “With this in mind, the ing them to implement the UGC fence of spiralling barbed wires detectors, to secure a weapon- IPC imposed unreasonable restric- vice chancellors of all the univer- University Grants Commission guidelines in their universities in can be mounted on the wall so free and violence-free campus, tions on the freedom of speech and sities to ensure the safety of their has formulated guidelines on the the best interest of students. that unauthorised access to the the guidelines say. expression guaranteed by the con- students. ways in which the campuses of Some of the points in the infrastructure is prevented. IANS stitution. IANS

Kolkata civic polls SC extends bail CBI names ex-minister in of Jayalalithaa Saradha scam charge sheet NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday extended the KOLKATA: The Central charged with criminal conspir- bail of former Tamil Nadu chief Bureau of Investigation yester- acy, cheating, criminal breach of minister J Jayalalithaa until the day filed a charge sheet naming trust by public servant under the Karnataka High Court disposes former union minister Matang Prize Chits & Money Circulation of her appeal against her con- Sinh and four of his compa- (Banning) Act,” added the officer. viction and sentencing by a spe- nies in connection with various Sinh, a former minister of state cial court in a disproportionate offences in the multi-crore-rupee for parliamentary affairs in the P assets case. Saradha scam. V Narasimha Rao government The others whose bail was also In a supplementary charge (1991-96), was arrested on January extended are Jayalalithaa’s aides sheet filed in a court here, the CBI 31 by the CBI. N Sasikala, V N Sudhakaran, and also named Shibnarayan Das — an Sudipta Sen, now behind bars, J Elasvarasi. advisor of Saradha chief and scam in a letter to the CBI, had accused On December 18, 2014, the apex kingpin Sudipta Sen. Sinh of cheating him of Rs280m. court had extended their bail by “Sinh and his four companies Sen had also accused Sinh’s wife four months with a direction — NE multimedia, NE Television, Manoranjana of duping him of to the High Court to hear their Positive Radio and Impulse Rs250m in return for some shares appeal and pronounce the verdict Production — have been charged in a TV channel owned by her. by yesterday. under various sections, including The CBI had earlier grilled An apex court bench of Chief cheating and conspiracy,” a CBI Manoranjana, besides attaching Justice H L Dattu and Justice officer said. Sinh’s properties and raiding his Arun Mishra also extended until “Shibnarayan Das, one of the offices and residences. May 12 the time for the High original conspirators, has also been IANS Court to pronounce its verdict on Jayalalithaa’s appeal. The court extended the time after senior counsel T R Election officials wait with Electronic Voting Machines before being assigned polling stations for today’s Andhyarujina told the court that Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, outside a government office in Kolkata yesterday. Bengal govt hospitals to provide after the split verdict on DMK leader K Anbazhagan’s plea chal- free cancer treatment: CM lenging the appointment of G Bhavani Singh as special public KOLKATA: West Bengal be provided free of cost would prosecutor by the Tamil Nadu Pachauri seeks permission to travel Chief Minister Mamata include all types of medicines, government in the hearing of Banerjee yesterday announced radiation therapy, surgical pro- Jayalalithaa’s appeal by the High NEW DELHI: Rajendra permission to travel abroad Prize-winning United Nation’s that treatment of all types cedures like open heart sur- court, it is now to be decided by Pachauri, who stood down as to attend a water conference Intergovernmental Panel on of cancer, cardiac problems gery, bypass surgery, repair and a three-judge bench of the apex head of the UN climate panel in in Greece,” Pachauri’s lawyer Climate Change until he stood and blood disorders would be replacement of valves and inser- court. February facing investigation Ashish Bhan said. down in February. completely free in state-run tion of different types of implants It is hoped that the three-judge for alleged sexual harassment, “The matter will most likely He has also been barred during hospitals. like stents and pacemakers. bench, which is yet to take up the asked a court yesterday for be heard on Monday or Tuesday the investigation from entering “After our huge success of “The scope of treatment of matter, may complete the hear- permission to travel to Greece because of a lawyers’ strike in the offices of The Energy and fair price medicine shops and blood disorders, including blood ing and decide the matter before for a water conference. Delhi yesterday.” Resources Institute, which he diagnostic centres, the state cancer, thalassemia, alplastic May 12. The 74-year-old was barred Bhan did not say when the con- heads. government would soon make anaemia, hemophilia, etc would The trial court in Bangalore from leaving the country pend- ference was, but the website of The 29-year-old researcher, treatment of all types of cancer, also be enhanced to offer univer- convicted Jayalalithaa on ing a police investigation after the Global Water Summit being who has not been named, accused cardiac problems and blood dis- sal coverage,” she said. September 27 for possessing assets a researcher at his New Delhi held in Athens, the Greek capital, him of repeatedly harassing her orders completely free in state The chief minister said the disproportionate to her known research institute accused him on April 27-28 lists Pachauri as through inappropriate emails, government-run hospitals and government was working on the sources of income and sentenced of sexual harassment — an alle- a speaker. text and WhatsApp messages. medical colleges,” Banerjee wrote logistics and other issues, and the her to a four-year jail term and a gation he denies. Pachauri, a leading voice on Pachauri has said his emails on her Facebook page. initiative would be launched soon. Rs1bn fine. The case lasted about “He has moved the court the dangers of global warm- and mobile phone were hacked. Banerjee said the services to IANS 18 years. IANS because he wants the court’s ing, was chairman of the Nobel AFP SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Opec urged to consider return to oil quotas

LONDON: Opec should con- the Gulf — have not given up on sider re-introducing individual lobbying for an Opec cut. They output quotas, shuffled qui- are suffering from the halving of etly to one side in 2008, to pre- oil prices since last June and in vent oversupply hitting prices many cases lack the capacity to should Iran increase its oil raise output. exports following a deal over its Opec meets on June 5. Libya’s nuclear work, an Opec delegate Opec governor has called for an G20 strikes hopeful tone said. Opec cut of at least 800,000bpd, A proposal to reintroduce quo- and Iran has called for an least tas would spark a fierce debate in five percent reduction — or 1.5 the Organisation of the Petroleum million bpd using the output ceil- Leaders see risks to global economy more balanced Exporting Countries as national ing as a baseline. prestige and market share are at A rise in Iranian exports moved WASHINGTON: The Group of stake. a step closer with the frame- 20 leading economies struck a After refusing to cut output work deal with world powers hopeful tone on the outlook for last year, Opec is pumping much over its nuclear programme, the global growth yesterday even more than its overall output tar- International Energy Agency said as officials fretted that Athen’s get of 30 million barrels per day this week. inability to strike a deal with (bpd) because of record Saudi Other officials in Opec coun- its lenders could upset Europe’s Arabian output, higher Iraqi tries that would like to see a tentative recovery. exports and a partial return of production cut are worried a In a draft of a communique to Libyan crude. potential lifting of sanctions on be released later in the day, G20 “Iraq is increasing each month Iran could hit prices further, and finance ministers and central and if that is so and if Iran is open to the idea of action. bankers welcomed brighter eco- back, then either the price has to “It might well get worse when nomic signs in rich economies, but go down or there has to be some and if the sanctions on Iran are lamented over weakness in some sort of arrangements,” said a sen- lifted,” said a delegate from one of emerging nations. ior Opec delegate from a non-Gulf Opec’s producers outside the Gulf. “Risks to the global economy Opec member who declined to be “We are suffering with low prices, are more balanced since we last identified. and if we can do anything to push met,” the draft said. “Prospects “If the potential production the prices up we will do it.” in advanced economies, notably of all member-countries exceeds the euro area and Japan, have the 30 million barrels, first there Brent crude seesaws improved and this could support is a need to divide it among the Brent crude seesawed, while a stronger global recovery.” members. That means to return US crude fell yesterday after both Still, the group of developed and to a quota.” contracts rallied to 2015 peaks the emerging market nations, which On the one hand, quotas are the previous session, and turmoil in represent around 80 percent of credible way to split and moni- Yemen and the region limited global economic output, warned tor production between members losses. of risks. “There are challenges, International Monetary Fund Managing (IMF) Director Christine Lagarde (centre), with IMF First Deputy Managing should the group decide to reduce Brent was on pace to post a including volatility in exchange Director David Lipton (left) and IMF Director of Communications Gerry Rice at a press conference at the 2015 IMF output to support prices. double-digit percentage gain for rates and prolonged low inflation and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington. On the other, Opec would have the week, a second consecutive along with negative interest rates, to decide what to base the quo- rise and the fourth in five weeks, sustained imbalances and geopo- Athens has been trying to contributed to stock price declines The language was evidence of tas on — oil reserves, production, lifted by the conflict in Yemen litical tensions,” it said. strike a deal with its IMF and EU in Europe and on Wall Street. concern over potential disrup- capacity growth or other metrics and the prospect that lower oil While Greece was not men- creditors to ease the bailout terms The G20, however, sounded tions as the U.S. Federal Reserve — and negotiate various coun- prices are starting to curb US tioned by name in the communi- the lenders imposed. Until a deal guardedly optimistic the global moves toward a rate hike, even as tries’ claims to be treated as an shale output. que, it was clearly on the minds is struck, bailout cash is on hold. economy was poised for at least the European Central Bank and exception. US crude will post a fifth of top officials in Washington for Progress in the talks, how- a modest recovery. Bank of Japan keep the monetary Iran has argued its output was straight weekly rise, up more the G20 gathering, and the spring ever, has been painfully slow and But it pointed to a heightened spigots wide open. artificially restricted by sanc- than 8 percent. The big percent- meetings of the International Greece could run out of money risk of financial volatility as the The main worry centers on tions and Iraq has said it needs age jumps for US and Brent crude Monetary Fund and World Bank. ahead of debt repayments next monetary policies of major central emerging markets, which have a larger share after years of war would be the biggest in several “The mood is notably more month. banks begin to go their separate been beset by capital outflows as and sanctions. years. gloomy than at the last international “It’s important that we in the ways. investors placed bets on higher Top exporter Saudi Arabia, Brent June crude was steady gathering,” British finance minis- coming days make significant “In an environment of diverg- interest rates in the United which used to shoulder the bulk at $63.98 a barrel at 1:41pm EDT ter George Osborne told reporters, progress, that the process gains ing monetary policy settings and States. of Opec cuts, says Opec cannot (1741 GMT), having swung from adding that discussions on Greece momentum,” IMF European rising financial market volatility, “Those who managed them- cut output alone and, in a move $62.95 to $64.50 after posting “pervaded” every meeting. Department Director Poul policy settings should be carefully selves well will probably not suf- seen by some analysts as a stak- Brent’s 2015 high at $64.95 the “It’s clear now to me that a Thomsen told reporters. calibrated and clearly communi- fer very much and those who ing out of market share before a day before. misstep or a miscalculation on “There needs to be a compre- cated to minimize negative spillo- went totally into short term may potential Iranian output increase, US May crude, set to expire either side could easily return hensive package and that will vers,” the draft communique said. well suffer for some while while raised output in March. on Tuesday, was down 81 cents European economies to the kind clearly take several weeks or “We will continue to monitor they adjust,” Fed Vice Chairman Still, the delegate’s comments at $55.90. It reached a 2015 peak of perilous situation we saw three more of discussions,” he said. financial market volatility and Stanley Fischer said on Thursday. show that Opec’s hawks — its at $57.42 on Thursday. to four years ago.” Concerns about Greece take necessary actions.” REUTERS less wealthy members outside AGENCIES

Argentina launches Volkswagen CEO to remain in defeat for chairman lawsuit against BERLIN/HAMBURG: But at a meeting of senior back to trade marginally lower. underperforming operations in Piech had been vocal in his criti- Martin Winterkorn will stay on supervisory board members on “Winterkorn has received the United States, its failure to cism of the US operations and the Falkands oil drillers as chief executive of Volkswagen Thursday, which was called to pretty clear support,” said keep pace with rivals like BMW VW brand’s profit gap with rivals in an unprecedented defeat for resolve the leadership crisis, Daniel Schwarz, an analyst at on fuel efficient technologies such as Toyota. “VW needs more LONDON: Argentina has Ferdinand Piech, the German Piech was completely isolated, Commerzbank. “It is important and the slowness of its push into change to address its significant started legal proceedings carmaker’s powerful chairman with all other representatives on that he is not only staying in his budget cars. Another problem has structural shortcomings,” London- against five companies, includ- and patriarch of its founding the six-member panel backing post, but also getting a contract been declining profitability at the based analyst Arndt Ellinghorst of ing three British ones, which family. Winterkorn, sources said. extension.” core VW brand. advisory firm Evercore ISI said. are drilling for oil and gas in Piech, who turned 78 yester- The committee issued a state- Under Winterkorn’s direction, The 67-year-old Winterkorn is Ahead of the Thursday crisis the disputed Falkland Islands, day, provoked a showdown with ment on Friday giving Winterkorn VW has expanded from eight to trying to cut billions of euros in meeting, an Evercore survey of 50 raising tensions in a diplo- his CEO last week by planting a its “full support” and announcing twelve brands, more than doubled costs and revamp structures to investors showed many believed matic row over the islands’ comment in a German magazine that it would propose extending the number of production plants revive profit margins, but Piech, VW’s share price would rise if sovereignty. saying he had “distanced” himself his contract beyond its December to over 100 and boosted unit sales who pushed out Winterkorn’s both Winterkorn and Piech left, Argentina’s minister for the from Winterkorn, who has nearly 2016 expiry date at a board meet- by 64 percent to a record 10.1 mil- predecessor Bernd Pischetsrieder, because this would allow the Falklands, known as Las Malvinas doubled revenues at Europe’s ing next February. lion vehicles last year. appears to have lost patience. Wolfsburg-based firm to unlock in Argentina, announced the largest auto group in his eight VW shares rose over two per- But he has also faced criti- Sources said that in recent greater earnings potential. start of the lawsuit in London years at the helm. cent on the news before falling cism for the company’s meetings of the supervisory board REUTERS on Friday, saying a judge in Rio Grande, Argentina, had agreed to take on the case. The main companies involved in oil drilling in the Falklands are Premier Oil, Noble Energy, Rolls-Royce wins $9.2bn Falkland Oil and Gas, Rockhopper and Edison International. Daniel Filmus told a press con- ference at the residence of the Emirates engines order Argentine ambassador to London that his country was determined LONDON: Rolls-Royce has flagged by Clark in March, when to use international and national won a $9.2bn deal to supply he said he was considering Rolls- law to pursue the case. He said engines for 50 A380 aircraft for Royce engines for the aircraft. the proceedings had been brought Dubai’s Emirates airline, the The selection could raise hopes against three UK-listed firms and largest order in its history and that Rolls will win more orders two firms listed in the United giving it a boost after a torrid from Emirates. States. year of profit warnings. Emirates, the leading buyer He said anyone found guilty of Shares in the British company of the A380 jet with 140 orders, illegal exploration in Argentina rose an initial two percent after has said that if Airbus goes ahead would face a sentence of 5 to 10 Friday’s announcement, which with a revamp of its A380 super- years in prison, while sentences Rolls-Royce said was the biggest jumbo it would place a big order for illegal extraction would be order placed with a British com- for that model. even longer. The judge will now pany outside the defence sector. Clark has said he expected any decide how to proceed. It is the first time the Gulf so-called A380neo to be powered Earlier this month, Falklands carrier has ordered Rolls-Royce by Rolls-Royce engines based on oil explorers Premier Oil and engines for its superjumbo fleet, the its Trent XWB engine. “As far as Falkland Oil and Gas kickstarted rest of which is powered by Engine the neo is concerned, we await their 2015 drilling campaign by Alliance, a joint venture of General the deliberations from Toulouse,” announcing they had found oil Electric and Pratt & Whitney. Clark told reporters on Friday, and gas at the first well in a nine- Announcing the deal at a press referring to Airbus headquarters. month programme. conference attended by Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce was also awaiting In response, Argentina said Chief Executive John Rishton and Airbus’s decision on the A380 it would start legal proceedings Emirates President Tim Clark, the upgrade, the CEO said. “We have against the energy firms, leading companies said the aircraft in ques- said that if they do, we will sup- to the two countries summoning tion would enter service from 2016. port that. We think that we can each other’s ambassadors for a Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce John Rishton (left) and President of Emirates Airlines Tim Clark during a Though a shift in engine sup- find a business case for it.” dressing down. press conference in central London yesterday. plier is rare, the deal had been REUTERS REUTERS SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Greece scrapes the barrel in hunt for cash Athens will need to tap all remaining cash reserves to pay wages; little sign of progress in talks with creditors

ATHENS: Greece will need finance ministry official, who start flowing in early in the of his party at bay by sticking to It tapped ¤555m of commis- took power, the first official said. to tap all the remaining cash requested anonymity, said. month, should help the state’s a hardline stance on rolling back sions paid by Greek banks into More recently, the state used reserves across its public sector Euro zone officials have voiced financial position of course. Tax years of austerity that has impov- the Hellenic Financial Stability 200 million euros from a fund that — a total of ¤2bn — to pay civil scepticism about previous Greek revenues had begun to slip early erished Greece. Tsipras said on Fund, the state bank rescue vehi- disburses EU subsidies to farm- service wages and pensions at warnings of empty coffers, in the year, when Tsipras’ gov- Thursday he was optimistic for a cle, last month. A tax amnesty ers in repos, a ministerial decree the end of the month, according although even they acknowledge ernment was elected, but have deal. But he also said that there introduced in March that waived shows. The employment agency to finance ministry officials. a crunch is nearing. stabilised since to around ¤4bn was still discord on four key fines for people with tax arrears also disclosed it had lent the state Barring a last-ditch deal with For months, the government a month. points — including the key issues if they paid up quickly brought 120 million euros, seeking to reas- its creditors, that would leave no has been borrowing from differ- Still, the financial pressure will of labour and pensions. in ¤147m in eight days, another sure Greeks in a statement that money to repay the International ent parts of the state administra- not subside because Athens faces Without a political agreement boost to the coffers. unemployment benefits would Monetary Fund almost ¤1bn due tion, including the Athens subway a new round of payments to the with the euro zone next week, Mardas also acknowledged on be paid before last weekend’s in the first half of May. system, to pay the wages and pen- IMF next month. It needs to give Athens is likely to have to choose Thursday the state had postponed Orthodox Easter break. Athens’ scramble for basic sions of public sector workers. the IMF ¤950m by May 12 — then between making wages and pen- payments of about ¤600m to sup- Another big chunk came from funds shows how extreme the Now, however, it is reaching the domestic commitments kick in sion payments to its people or pliers, without touching spending the Athens subway system, which financial constraints on Greek end of the line. once again. reimbursing the IMF. on essential items like hospitals lent 400 million euros to the state. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Finance ministry officials say Tsipras is hopeful he can con- “Our aim is to be able to fulfill and wages. To tap the remaining 2 billion have become as he tries to con- the state’s cash balance will be vince Greece’s creditors to unlock our obligations”, Deputy Finance The most popular technique euros from the pension funds and vince sceptical foreign creditors negative from April 20 if the the funds Athens needs to prevent Minister Dimitris Mardas said so far has been the use of repo regional administrations, the gov- to extend his country new finan- government does not extract the default and a possible exit from when asked on Thursday if Athens transactions in which a state ernment would have to put pres- cial aid. ¤2bn in cash deposits remaining Europe’s single currency. To do could pay wages and salaries in entity sitting on cash lends the sure on them to lend the money Officials from Greece and the in various public bodies, including that, he needs to present detailed April and make IMF payments money to the government for up via new repo transactions. lenders are meeting in Brussels a handful of pension funds and plans to reform the economy, in May. “I don’t want to say that to 15 days through a short-term The alternative would be a today for a new round of nego- regional administrations. including the labour market and we are comfortable (on wages and repurchase agreement, which can ministerial decree, one of the tiations ahead of a key eurozone Without that money, the state pensions system. International pensions) but nor do I want to then be rolled over. financial officials said. Such a finance ministers’ meeting in Riga would be ¤1.6bn short of what it creditors have so far deemed spread panic.” Athens now has ¤10bn in move could prompt loud com- on April 24. needs to pay month-end salaries Athens’ offerings inadequate. Athens has already relied on outstanding repurchase trans- plaints from opposition parties “This is the last bit of cash that and wages. But the leftist prime minister is various one-off expedients to tide actions, though some of that in parliament. the Greek state has,” a senior Regular tax revenues, which also keen to keep far-left factions it through the cash crunch so far. stemmed from before Tsipras REUTERS

Chinese automakers find sweet-spot Reliance yearly Philippine Airlines profits subdued parent says on global back in black MANILA: Philippine Airlines’ parent firm said yesterday it had oil slump returned to profitability for the first time in three years as pas- MUMBAI: India’s Reliance senger yields improved and fuel Industries reported a small and other costs were reined in. profit increase for the year on In a filing with the Philippine Friday as a slump in oil prices Stock Exchange Thursday, PAL hurt its major revenue streams Holdings reported an after-tax net of petrochemicals and refining. profit of 129.74m pesos ($2.93m) in The Mumbai-based firm said its fiscal year to December 31. in a statement that consolidated The annual profit was PAL net profit for the year, which Holdings’ first since March 2011, ended March, rose 4.8 percent the company said in a statement to Rs235.66bn ($3.78bn) from issued yesterday. “Our encourag- Rs224.93bn ($3.61). ing performance in 2014 signals Reliance’s net profit for the that PAL has now turned the cor- last quarter, however, rose 8.5 ner,” Jaime Bautista, president of percent to Rs63.81bn ($1.02bn) both PAL and PAL Holdings said from Rs58.81bn ($943.98m) in the statement. compared with the same period PAL Holdings recorded a net a year ago. loss of 11.85bn pesos in its previ- That figure was better than a ous fiscal year, according to the median estimate of Rs59.6bn by 16 exchange filing. PAL Holdings analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. said the previous three years had “The earnings power dem- been difficult as it grappled with onstrated by our hydrocarbon industrial unrest, surging fuel businesses in this environment prices, major natural disasters in validates our philosophy of invest- key international and domestic ing in world-scale, cost com- Chinese Changan cars are parked inside a factory in Chongqing. Two years ago, just one Chinese SUV ranked among the country’s top-10. In the markets, and robust competition. petitive assets, cutting-edge first three months of this year, that number jumped to eight — a sign that Chinese automakers may have found their sweet-spot to battle foreign AFP technology and the talent of peo- rivals in the world’s biggest car market. ple,” Reliance chairman, Mukesh Ambani, said in a statement. Revenues from its refining business nosedived nearly 42 per- cent in the quarter to Rs564.42bn, Vivendi’s Bollore tightens controls, urges patience on deals and fell 16.3 percent year-on-year to Rs3,398.90bn due to the recent slump in oil prices, the company PARIS: Vivendi’s Chairman Facebook. But the man who built European champion in media, build- at Google or Facebook, where found- The move came about because said. and main shareholder Vincent transport and logistics company ing on its Universal Music Group and ers have a strong hold on groups and the state wants to keep its influ- The drop in prices and sub- Bollore won double voting rights Bollore Groupe told sharehold- pay-TV business Canal Plus. therefore can move very quickly.” ence at companies like Renault dued global demand cut Reliance’s at the company’s annual share- ers at the meeting that it would Only 50.05 percent of sharehold- Once he has double voting and Orange while it sells off part exports of refined products to holders’ meeting yesterday after take time to build Vivendi into a ers voted in favour of the rebel res- rights, the tycoon will be able to of its stake in them to fund a $5.2bn over the quarter from opponents failed to get support media powerhouse, warning that olution that would have kept the decide almost single-handedly reduction in the national debt. $9.9bn a year ago. for their motion to keep a one- attractive deals in the industry principle of one vote, one share. what happens next to Vivendi. Eleven blue chips are trying to Although Reliance derives most share-one-vote structure. were thin on the ground and the Under a law taking effect next year, Double voting rights already override the double voting rights of its earnings from its massive Bollore, a billionaire who made risk of overpaying considerable. a two-thirds majority is needed to exist at many French companies law, and Vivendi was the only energy operations, it is trying to his name as a corporate raider, Vivendi is in transition phase after stop the double voting rights switch. and are set to become more wide- non-state backed one where the diversify and now owns a super- says giving him tighter control selling off four of its six businesses Bollore told the annual general spread after France’s Socialist management did not propose and market chain and a telecommu- of Vivendi will enable him better and exiting telecoms completely. It meeting that double voting rights government passed a law last year support a resolution to override nications company. to create a competitor to power- has a ¤15bn ($16.18bn) war chest were “in the interest of all holders” to grant them to shareholders reg- the law. AFP ful, rich rivals like Google and that it wants to deploy to become a not just himself, adding: “Just look istered for more than two years. REUTERS

Breakdown hits Bloomberg terminals

PARIS: Bloomberg terminals exact cause of the blackout that for working daily forecast and used by subscribers to make began hours before. advisory models. “Those func- trades using real-time develop- It is little wonder that busi- tion using Bloomberg data, which ments in business and finance ness and finance professionals makes this a real problem.” were struck by a “global net- in financial capitals like London, Breakdowns in the Bloomberg work problem” for several hours Singapore and New York noticed system are extremely rare, and yesterday, the company said. the Bloomberg breakdown imme- many finance professionals found After users in financial cen- diately — and began expressing themselves stranded and stunned tres around the world flocked their concern over it on social when their screens went blank. to Twitter to complain of the media posts just as fast. Trading volumes in Europe unexpected outage of terminals, Bloomberg terminals feed move- were down due to the breakdown, Bloomberg technicians began ments of global equity, commodity, analysts said, and the British gov- repair operations that started foreign exchange and derivative ernment was forced to postpone bringing some blanked terminals markets to worldwide subscrib- an emission of Treasury bills as it back on line at around 0945 GMT. ers. Many of those are themselves uses Bloomberg’s bidding system. “Significant but not all parts traders and strategists in the glo- Bloomberg is not the only of our network experienced a bal financial sector, and consider provider of real-time financial disruption today,” a Bloomberg the service an essential tool. information, with rivals like spokesman said in an message When their screens went blank, Thomson-Reuters offering alter- emailed at around 1145 GMT. many of those professionals were native data feeds. “We have restored service to left without information they Yet Bloomberg has become the most customers and are mak- require to do business—including leader and default resource for a ing progress in bringing all parts the terminal’s application many majority of finance professionals. of the network back online. We use to make trades. “Those who work with American apologise to our customers.” “(The outage) is really disrup- investors prefer Bloomberg,” says Despite that improving tive for everyone,” said London- Xavier de Villepion, a stock bro- access situation, Bloomberg still based Natixis bond strategist ker with HPC in Paris. A Bloomberg terminal keyboard in central London yesterday. appeared unable to pinpoint the Rene Defossez, who is responsible AFP SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Foreigners queue for opening Gain in consumer prices of $500bn Saudi bourse BY KARIN STROHECKER shows inflation picking up S SAUDI Arabia’s $500bn-plus bourse prepares to open its doors to foreigners in June, outside investors appear ready Ato accept the political and financial risks as they finally get BY NINA GLINSKI from gains of 0.1 percent to 0.3 percent. On percent goal since April 2012. access to a market that rivals Brazil and Russia’s. a year-over-year basis, core prices climbed The Labor Department’s report showed Worth more than all other Gulf Arab markets combined, it is HE cost of living excluding food 1.8 percent in March, the biggest 12-month costs for medical-care services climbed 0.4 one of the last major global bourses to allow direct investment and fuel rose 0.2 percent in advance since October, after rising 1.7 per- percent, the biggest increase since August from foreigners and the opening is the most anticipated economic March in the United States for a cent in February. 2013. The category designed to track the reform in the region of recent times. third month, signalling inflation The forecast for CPI including all costs rental value of owner occupied hous- The move is likely to start the process of incorporating Saudi is starting to firm. ranged from no change to a 0.5 percent ing increased 0.3 percent, the most since Arabia into major equity indices by the likes of MSCI, and this TThe increase in the core consumer-price increase, with the median at 0.3 per- December 2013. The cost of clothing also could attract as much as $24bn in foreign capital, according to index reflected broad-based gains in rents, cent. Consumer prices dropped 0.1 per- advanced by the most in over a year, while one estimate. medical care, clothing and used vehicles, a cent in the 12 months ended March after the gain for used vehicles was the biggest Foreigners will still not have unfettered access and definitive Labour Department report showed Friday being little changed in the year through since June 2011. rules have yet to be published. And yet the prospect of market in Washington. The advance matched the February. The increase in the headline price index opening has already helped the Saudi stock index to outperform median forecast of economists surveyed Fed officials are monitoring inflation was spurred by energy costs, which climbed its Gulf peers over the past 12 months. by Bloomberg. Including the volatile costs as they seek reasonable confidence in the 1.1 percent in March after increasing 1 per- Nevertheless, the index is down 2.7 percent in the period as of food and energy, the index also rose 0.2 trajectory of price growth toward their 2 cent the month before. Food costs dropped revenue from the Saudi oil industry, which accounts for more percent. percent target. The policy-setting Federal 0.2 percent. than 90 percent of government income, has shrivelled. A strengthening labor market may be Open Market Committee was split at its Low inflation has been helping boost Saudi involvement in the conflict in neighbouring Yemen has giving workers the confidence to seek big- meeting last month on the timing of lift off. consumer buying power. Average hourly also heightened political risk. Yet even in combination with rela- ger wage concessions, which would prompt Several participants wanted to normalise earnings climbed 2.2 percent in the 12 tively high stock valuations, this seems to have done little to dispel companies to raise prices for goods and policy starting in June, while others favored months ended in March, a separate Labor investors’ enthusiasm. services. Federal Reserve policymakers later in the year, according to minutes of the Department report showed Friday. “Everyone wants to have a crack at Saudi Arabia,” said Nick want to see inflation on a trajectory toward March 17-18 meeting. The CPI is the broadest of three price Smythie, chief investment strategist at Emerging Global Advisors. their 2 percent goal as they weigh the tim- Disappointing payrolls data were among gauges from the Labor Department because “It’s the biggest market in the Middle East and a substantial coun- ing of their first interest rate increase since weaker-than-forecast economic reports it includes all goods and services. About 60 try which offers exposure not just to energy but also to infrastruc- 2006. since then that have cast doubt on expec- percent of the index covers prices consum- ture, financials and other sectors.” “The inflation picture is improving, and is tations that the central bank will increase ers pay for services from medical visits to While market capitalisations vary with stock prices and cur- at least stable going forward,” said Omair borrowing costs in June, making September airline fares, movie tickets and rents. rency rates, the Saudi bourse is currently worth $528bn compared Sharif, a rate sales strategist at Societe more likely, according to economists sur- The Labor Department’s gauge of with $600bn for Brazil and $491bn for Russia. It features the Generale in New York. For policymakers, veyed by Bloomberg. wholesale prices, which includes 75 per- world’s largest chemicals producer, Saudi Basic Industries Corp, “they’ve got to be feeling better about at The Fed’s preferred measure of price cent of all US goods and services, climbed and Saudi Telecom Co, the Gulf’s biggest telecoms operator. least one half of their mandate at this point. pressures, linked to consumer spend- in March for the first time in five months, At the moment foreigners have access to the market only We’ve got a firming up in the core rate of ing, climbed by 0.3 percent in February reflecting higher costs for fuels and motor through swaps and exchange-traded funds, and the opening has inflation.” from a year before, the Commerce vehicles, according to data issued on been slower than many investors expected. Estimates for core consumer prices in the Department reported last month. It Wednesday. In August last year, the Capital Markets Authorities (CMA) Bloomberg survey of 83 economists ranged hasn’t been at the central bank’s 2 WP-BLOOMBERG published draft rules governing the opening of its bourse to so- called qualified foreign investors and started consultations. These proposed foreign ownership be capped at 10 percent of the market’s total value and 20 percent of any particular stock. A single foreign investor could own no more than five percent of any listed company. Final rules will be published on May 4 and the market will open by June 15, the CMA said on Thursday. “We have been excited about Saudi Arabia for 10 years so we are not holding our breath — they will move at their own speed and requirement,” said Smythie. Some investors had hoped the final rules could be published further ahead of May 12, when index provider MSCI announces semi-annual changes to its benchmarks and could start the proc- ess of including Saudi Arabia in its indexes that track stocks in emerging markets or frontier markets — a less developed and higher risk sub-set of emerging economies. The process could take a minimum of two years, said Pavlo Taranenko, vice president and senior researcher at MSCI, adding that the company could make announcements at any time. “We have to make sure that market is sufficiently acceptable in terms of a number of parameters and that our index is investable and replicable,” said Taranenko. MSCI launched a provisional Saudi index based on the draft rules. If this were used as the basis for incorporation into its emerging markets index, Saudi Arabia would have a 1.5-2 percent weighting, meaning it would at least match Turkey’s current weighting and be bigger than Poland and Chile’s. Weightings depend not only on overall market size, but also other factors including access for foreign investors. Brazil cur- rently has a 7.7 percent weighting and Russia 3.9 percent. With $1.7 trillion benchmarked against MSCI’s emerging market index as of last June, the inclusion of any country in a leading index attracts large sums from investment funds. HSBC estimates that Saudi joining the MSCI’s or FTSE’s emerging index at a weighting of almost 2 percent could gener- ate inflows of $4bn from funds tracking such benchmarks. If the country were to be classified as an emerging market in global benchmark indices, active and passive inflows could add up to as much as $24bn, HSBC added in a recent note. Flows are difficult to predict. Data for Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, both upgraded to emerging market status by MSCI in May 2014, show active fund flows built up about 6-9 month before their inclusion. Amid the optimism, investors harbour some concerns about the Saudi bourse. “At the moment the operational efficiency of the exchange is not particularly good,” said George Birch Reynardson of Somerset Capital Management, who has exposure to two Saudi compa- nies. “If the new rules are too prohibitive, that could have some impact.” REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Greece enters twilight zone as vision of Grexit takes shape

BY NIKOS CHRYSOLORAS or political roadmap for an exit. crippled Greek banks. follow if Tsipras fails to strike a Greece’s debt to public entities a new currency and to keep serv- and JAMES HERTLING If you’re waiting for a formal Faced with a choice between compromise acceptable to stake- is restructured, providing for the icing bonds and IMF debt. That announcement of a clear resolution, expulsion from the euro area holders ranging from the German repayment of loans to the IMF, triggers cross-default clauses to ITH the Greek you may be waiting a long time. or implementing austerity in government to Communist fac- either through the euro area’s all creditors. The government government Next steps for Greece range exchange for loans, Tsipras takes tions of his Syriza party. crisis fund or from the departure and banks collapse, meaning that hinting it could from retaining the euro to cata- the cash. The ECB maintains its Bailout loans, Greece’s only credit. Greece remains shut out of years will be needed before a new be forced from strophic divorce; half-measures support of the financial system. source of funding, remain stalled. debt markets. structure emerges. the euro and like having multiple currencies While aid flows, the govern- With Europe’s political leaders Most Greek companies and Greece’s economy plunges Wthe country’s official creditors circulate, with aid recycled to ment’s days are numbered as unwilling to proceed, the ECB banks default. Some bank depos- into a second depression. The growing increasingly frustrated repay foreign- currency debts, his most hardline supporters rations Emergency Liquidity its are seized to recapitalize a blow from the biggest default in with the government’s dou- are also in the cards. mutiny. A new coalition is formed Assistance, the lifeline keeping shattered financial system. The the history of capitalism drives blespeak and foot-dragging, ana- Equally unclear is who would tell and backing from pro-European Greek banks afloat. sovereign debt restructuring of Europe back into a recession and lysts are starting to focus on what the world — and how — that Greece opposition parties keeps Tsipras That requires the imposition of 2012 has already ensured that the heaps pressure on vulnerable euro might happen if bailout talks fail. has entered an economic after- in office — or elections are called. capital controls — as there isn’t state won’t have to pay principal countries such as Italy. German officials are “taking life. Possible messengers include Greece’s membership of the enough cash to meet demand — on most of its existing loans to Bad blood leads to Greece’s just about everything into con- Tsipras, the European Central euro is ultimately secured as new and probably a bank holiday. private investors and the euro departure from the European sideration,” Finance Minister Bank, European Union President loans are used to repay the ECB Capital controls give the gov- area for the next few years and Union. The idea that the euro is Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an Donald Tusk and European and the International Monetary ernment the space and time to until the economy stabilises. irreversible is thrown into ques- interview this week as he urged Commission President Jean-Claude Fund and the country’s coffers print either a new currency or The new paper and the euro tion, rattling global markets. Greek leader Alexis Tsipras to Juncker, among others. are replenished. Greece gets eas- IOUs for domestic payments. both circulate. Greece hasn’t The economic implosion paves stop offering his people with The following are potential sce- ier repayment terms on bailout The new scrip quickly plunges, officially left the euro zone -- the the way for extremists, from either false hopes. Economists such as narios, based on interviews with loans and more lenient conditions reflecting the weak fundamentals door is open to a return in good the left or the far right, to take UniCredit Bank’s Erik Nielsen economists, investors and former to tame the popular backlash. of an economy that has shrunk by standing — though the country power. Those who can, flee the say it may be just a matter of time policymakers: Greek Finance Minister Yanis about a quarter since 2008. sputters in a financial purgatory. country. The tumult casts doubt before Tsipras’ cash supplies run Tsipras, whose Syriza party Varoufakis has said membership Euro-area governments give Greece separates from the euro on Greek membership in NATO. out and he’s forced to print a new won January elections promis- in the euro zone is a bit like the Greece a “sweetener,” a loan in area in a messy default, amid dem- A new — and unstable — govern- currency. ing to undo the tough terms of lyric from the 1976 Eagles song: hard currency. The rationale is onstrations, deepening misery for ment turns to Russia for support, Adopting the euro was always the bailout loans, capitulates to “You can check out any time you to avert total economic collapse, most and the government blaming providing a Mediterranean out- supposed to be a one-way ticket, creditor demands. His brinkman- like, but you can never leave.” which would create a failed state everything on the Germans. post for Vladimir Putin. so there is no legal precedent ship drained cash reserves and This chain of events might in a strategically critical region. No help is provided to support BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS

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Twins 8, Royals 5 Napoli are seven points adrift The Minnesota offense belted of the Serie A Champions League 14 hits in an 8-5 win against places but their chances of reach- Kansas City. ing Europe’s elite competition by Five Twins had at least two hits, winning its second-tier cousin including first baseman Kennys look strong after they crushed Vargas, who blasted a two-run the German side in their quarter- homer in the second inning to final first leg. erase an early 2-0 deficit. The other three ties are in Twins left-hander Tommy the balance with holders Sevilla Milone (2-0) earned the win, coming back to beat Zenit St allowing three runs on seven Petersburg 2-1 in Spain, Dynamo hits and three walks over 5-1/3 Kiev conceding late in a 1-1 home innings. draw with Fiorentina and Club Mets 7, Marlins 5 Bruges drawing 0-0 with Dnipro First baseman Lucas Duda Dnipropetrovsk. remained red-hot at the plate as Sevilla’s hopes of retaining the New York Mets beat Miami their title looked under threat 7-5 for their fifth consecutive vic- when Aleksandr Ryazantsev tory, their longest winning streak lashed home for the visitors but in nearly two years. Carlos Bacca equalised and fellow Duda finished 3-for-4 with a substitute Denis Suarez grabbed pair of doubles as the Mets (7-3) an 88th-minute winner with an recovered from a three-run defi- exquisite volley. cit. It was Duda’s third successive Zenit, though, will fancy their game with at least two extra-base chances of overturning the defi- hits. cit in next Thursday’s return leg, Nationals 5, Phillies 2 keeping alive the possibility of a Right-handed starter Doug final between clubs from Russia Fister allowed just one earned run and Ukraine amid simmering while center fielder Michael A. political tensions between the two Napoli’s Marek Hamsik (left) celebrates with team-mate Dries Mertens after scoring a goal against VfL Wolfsburg during a Europa League quarter- Taylor hit a tie-breaking homer countries. final first leg match in Wolfsburg on Thursday night. RIGHT: Sevilla’s Denis Suarez (front) celebrates with Grzegorz Krychowiak after scoring against in the fifth inning as Washington Dnipro will be the happier of Zenit St. Petersburg during their Europa League quarter-final first leg match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium in Seville on Thursday night. beat nemesis Cole Hamels and the two Ukrainian sides left in Philadelphia 5-2. the competition and need only progress, while their compatriots win the Europa League trophy Benaglio to effectively kill the tie, of the area with two minutes Hamels (0-2) is now 15-9 in his to win at home against Bruges to face a tougher challenge. for a third time, Benitez knows before Nicklas Bendtner grabbed remaining. career against the Nationals. Kiev took the lead against how to approach the cut and a late consolation. There was also late drama Cardinals 4, Brewers 0 Europa League Fiorentina through Jeremain thrust of continental knockout Things looked to be going in Ukraine where Dynamo St Louis scored in each of the Lens’s deflected effort after 36 competition. awry for holders Sevilla when Kiev were hoping to meet the last three innings and blanked minutes and led until the second The manner in which Napoli Ryazantsev fired home at the Fiorentina side who have strug- Milwaukee 4-0. Results minute of stoppage time when took the lead was controversial, second attempt to hand Zenit the gled recently in Serie A rather Starter John Lackey (1-0) Europa League quarter-final, first leg results Khouma Babacar equalised with however, with Gonzalo Higuain lead after 29 minutes, but their than the swashbuckling Europa worked seven innings for the win, on Thursday: an overhead kick to snatch a cru- controlling a lofted through ball hopes of overturning a woeful League version who put paid scattering five hits and walking At Kiev, Ukraine cial away goal. with his arm before firing home record against Spanish clubs fell to Tottenham Hotspur and AS one while striking out eight. Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 1 (Lens 36) Fiorentina Wolfsburg might have fancied after 15 minutes for his fifth goal apart late in the second half. Roma in the last two rounds. Lackey recorded a strikeout in (ITA) 1 (Babacar 90+2) their chances against Benitez’s in his last five Europa League Zenit, who have won only twice It all seemed to be going to plan every inning and retired the last At Bruges, Belgium stuttering Napoli outfit having appearances. in 15 games against Spanish oppo- when Lens’s shot from the edge of seven hitters he faced. Club Brugge (BEL) 0 Dnipro (UKR) 0 dispatched another Serie A side The Argentina striker then nents and are without a victory in the area took a wicked deflection Rays 4, Blue Jays 2 At Seville, Spain Inter Milan comprehensively in set up Hamsik with a delightful their last eight against La Liga and looped into the net over Fiore Right-hander Chris Archer the last round, but when it comes crossfield through ball which the teams, were pegged back after keeper Neto in the first half. allowed two hits and struck out Sevilla (ESP) 2 (Bacca 73, Suarez 88) Zenit to Europe the Spanish coach is a Slovakian walloped home eight 73 minutes when Bacca powered Babacar’s late acrobatics, how- 11 over seven scoreless innings as St Petersburg (RUS) 1 (Ryazantsev 29) canny operator. minutes later before adding a home a header. ever, meant that the two sides Tampa Bay beat Toronto 4-2. At Wolfsburg, Germany A European champion with third 19 minutes after the break. The comeback was completed return to Florence in a week’s Infielder Tim Beckham hit a VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 1 (Bendtner 80) Liverpool in 2005 and seek- Substitute Manolo Gabbiadini when Suarez produced a feat time with the scores level and the two-run home run as a pinch hit- Napoli (ITA) 4 (Higuain 15, Hamsik 23, 64, ing to become the second man headed in under the trailing of clinical technique to bury a Italians carrying a precious away ter in the sixth inning to support Gabbiadini 77) after Giovanni Trapattoni to foot of Wolfsburg keeper Diego stunning volley from the edge goal. REUTERS Archer (2-1). REUTERS Warriors, Cavaliers start as Penguins fall to Rangers, favourites in NBA play-offs 2-1, in NHL play-off opener

LOS ANGELES: Regular sea- Boston Celtics already secured, NEW YORK: Center Derick son heroes will rise and fall, the Cavaliers (53-29) rested Brassard scored after 28 sec- rivalries will be renewed and the LeBron James, who hasn’t played onds and the New York Rangers dark horses will get their chance in eight consecutive season finales. defeated the Pittsburgh when the National Basketball James will be back for the first Penguins 2-1 in the opener of Association play-offs begin this game of the series on Sunday. their first-round play-off series weekend. “I’m happy that our team is at Madison Square Garden on The Golden State Warriors, coming into this time of year after Thursday night. Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland having gone through something,” Defenseman Ryan McDonagh Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs Cleveland head coach David Blatt also scored in the first period are the favourites, but there’s said. for the Rangers, who received always someone who does the The Cavaliers enter the playoffs 24 saves from goaltender Henrik unexpected and launches a team with the second-best record in the Lundqvist. to prominence. Eastern Conference, but don’t tell Right winger Blake Comeau Golden State finished with 67 season with a 133-126 win over that to the Las Vegas bookmak- scored in the second period for wins and 15 losses in the regular the Denver Nuggets for their ers who have tabbed them as the the Penguins, who were without season, completing one of the best fourth-consecutive win. overall favourites in to win the three key players. seasons in league history and set- The Pelicans charged into the championship. The Rangers eliminated the ting a club record for victories. postseason in style. They needed The Cavs own the best record Penguins last season in the second The Warriors became just the a win in the season finale against in the NBA since mid-January. round of the play-offs. 10th team to reach 67 wins in a the defending champion San They were listed Thursday at 9-4 Red Wings 3, Lightning 2 Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) stops a shot by New season. Antonio, who were riding an odds as the consensus choice to The Tampa Bay Lightning had York Rangers center Derick Brassard (16) during the second period of “Everything we have gone 11-game winning streak. seize their first NBA title in June. the best NHL home record in the game one of the first round of the 2015 Stanley Cup Play-offs at Madison through to this point will hope- New Orleans was up to the The Warriors were next at regular season, but they opened Square Garden in New York on Thursday night. fully prepare us for this journey task as they grabbed the Western 5-2, while the Spurs at 4-1 and the play-offs with a loss against of winning 16 games,” Warriors Conference’s eighth and final Atlanta, who finished the regular visiting Detroit as the Red Wings The win ended a string of seven to the play-offs with a 4-2 win player Stephen Curry (pictured) playoff berth. season with the best record in the triumphed 3-2. consecutive losses by the Wild in over the Jets. Anaheim right said of the play-offs. The Oklahoma City Thunder Eastern Conference, at 12-1. Center Pavel Datsyuk scored the first game of a play-off series, winger Corey Perry scored twice “Every game is of supreme defeated the Minnesota The East may be considered the twice for Detroit, which built a dating back to 2003. in the third period, including the importance and we have to be Timberwolves 138-113 to fin- weaker conference, but there are 3-1 lead early in the third period Zucker gave the Wild the lead deciding goal that was awarded ready.” ish with the same record as the some interesting matchups. and held on to win. inside three minutes with his upon review. Defenseman Sami The Warriors, who will have Pelicans. However, New Orleans The Chicago Bulls have the Tampa Bay outshot the Red second career play-off goal and Vatanen and center Ryan Getlzaf home-court advantage through- held the tiebreaker thanks to number three seed in the East Wings 46-14, but found it diffi- Dumba increased the advantage added a goal and two assists each. out the playoffs, begin first-round winning the teams’ head-to-head and will open against the sixth- cult to beat Detroit goalie Petr in the second period. The Jets led 2-1 entering the action against New Orleans on series. seeded Milwaukee Bucks, and the Mrazek, who made 44 saves in a The Wild scored two late third period, courtesy of goals Saturday, after the Pelicans Cleveland finished the regu- Toronto Raptors will square off superb performance. empty-netters, one before and one by left winger Adam Lowry and defeated San Antonio 108-103 lar season with a 113-108 over- with the fifth-seeded Washington Wild 4, Blues 2 after a goal by Blues left winger winger Drew Stafford, but could Wednesday, in order to make the time win over the Washington Wizards. Left winger Jason Zucker and Alexander Steen with 58 seconds not hold on in their first play-off postseason. Wizards. Brooklyn earned the number defenseman Matt Dumba scored left. game since relocating to Winnipeg Klay Thompson scored a game- With the number two seed eight seed and a first-round play- to lead the Minnesota Wild to Ducks 4, Jets 2 from Atlanta in 2011-12. high 25 points as Golden State in the Eastern Conference and off meeting with the top-seeded a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis The Anaheim Ducks gave The franchise last made the closed out their remarkable a first-round matchup with the Hawks. AFP Blues. Winnipeg a bitter welcome back playoffs in 2006-07. REUTERS SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Emir Cup Table Tennis Tournament

Al Khor’s Laith Haani returns the ball to Murad of Al Ahli during their pre-quarter-final of Emir Cup Table Tennis Tournament at the Qatar Table Tennis Training Center in Doha, yesterday. CENTRE: Action between the duo during the match. RIGHT: Al Rayan player Fahead in action against Al Shamal’s Xu Chifeng (not pictured) during their pre-quarter-final. Al Ahli and Al Rayan advanced to the quarter-finals following similar 3-1 victories over their respective counterparts. Al Ahli will meet Al Arabi while Al Rayan will face Al Sadd in the quarter-final. The other last eight game will be played between Al Gharafa and El Jaish while Qatar SC will take on Al Wakrah in the last quarter-final. All the matches will be played today at the same venue. PICTURES: KAMMUTTY VP Nadal survives to face Djokovic Monte Carlo Masters quarters: Spaniard struggles to beat Ferrer, top seed crushes Cilic

MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet for a record 43rd time today as the star pair battle for a spot in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters. Nadal leads Djokovic 23-19 in the series which began nine years ago; the Spaniard, now fifth in the ATP rankings, won their last meeting in the Roland Garros final last June. Top seed Djokovic crushed Marin Cilic 6-0, 6-3 in yester- day’s quarter-final, while eight- time Monte Carlo winner Nadal, slowly building up his form and confidence after a relatively poor previous 12 months, finally came through 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 against countryman David Ferrer. Nadal, the third seed, struggled through in two and three-quarter hours after faltering when leading by a set and 3-0. “I was pleased with my level in this match,” Nadal said after beating Ferrer for the 23rd time in 29 meetings – 20 of them played on clay. “David played very well, it was a high standard from both of us. “The match with Novak will be tough, he is so far ahead of the rest of the players right now.” Djokovic won the first eight games against Croatia’s reigning US Open champion who is seeded eighth but still coming back from Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball to David Ferrer of Spain during their quarter-final match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France, yesterday. months of shoulder problems. RIGHT: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia during their quarter-final match. “Physically, it’s very demand- ing because I’ve played a lot of matches,” said Djokovic. “But good performances.” Gael Monfils against Roger Federer in the I’ve played my best tennis so far.” Raonic quit. Sixth seed Berdych, playing in his 18th semi-final at momentum is on my side.” continued into uncharted terri- previous round while Bulgarian Monfils, levelling his career in now 2-3 against Raonic, spent just the Masters 1000 level; he also Should he win the title tomor- tory, with the Frenchman slug- ninth seed Dimitrov came onto Monaco to 8-8, will next take on 31 minutes on court against an played Monte Carlo semis in 2007 row, Djokovic would become the ging Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-3 for the clay as just a shadow of the Tomas Berdych, who advanced opponent carrying the existing (lost to Nadal) and 2012 (lost to first man to lift trophies at the a career-first semi-final in the player who knocked out holder into the final four as opponent handicap into the match. Djokovic). opening three Masters 1000 tour- principality where he had never Stan Wawrinka on Thursday with Milos Raonic retired with a right Berdych has yet to drop a set “I’m in the semi-final, which naments of the season after com- previously been past the third the loss of just three games. foot injury. this week and was in total charge is good. It’s positive to me,” said pleting the Indian Wells-Miami round. “I’m just very happy,” said Monfils stands 1-5 against the through his brief encounter with Berdych, “But of course, it’s not title double. The flamboyant Monfils fol- Monfils. “For sure I’m surprised sixth-seeded Czech, who won his Raonic, striking 10 winners and the ideal way that you want to “The first set went completely lowed up on his surprise victory because this is not a period where 26th match of the season when breaking twice. Berdych will be finish the match.” AFP my way. I knew he was going to start to change some things in his game so he can start to play a lit- tle bit better,” said Djokovic. “But I made a crucial break in Safarova, Garcia to open Fed Cup tie the beginning of the second, as well. So the first eight games were OSTRAVA, Czech Republic: pregnancy. “There’s a number of first time since 2007 and attempt- really fantastic. Lucie Safarova and Caroline parameters you have to take into ing to reach the final, an achieve- “All in all, it was probably the Garcia will open the Fed Cup account,” she added. ment they last pulled off in the best match I’ve played so far in semi-final tie between holders In February, Mladenovic year 2005. the tournament. That’s what the Czech Republic and France started France’s spectacular Kvitova, the 2011 and 2014 I want, what I wish for in this in the eastern Czech city of comeback from 2-0 down in Italy Wimbledon champion, is coming moment. Ostrava today, following yester- after day one when she stunned back to the sport after a month- “Obviously the amount of day’s draw. Sara Errani in the third rubber long break forced by “mental and matches that I won this year has Safarova, the world number of the Fed Cup quarter-finals as physical weariness.” helped boost my confidence level, 13 and the Czech number two, Mauresmo’s surprise pick. “It’s great to be with the girls,” helped me to feel good at this will take on 29th-ranked French “We’ll see what will happen on said Kvitova, who led the Czechs tournament and continue on with number one Garcia on the hard- Saturday and then we can talk to the three trophies together court of Ostrava’s CEZ Arena about Sunday,” the 35-year-old with Safarova. from 1000 GMT today. Mauresmo said. “I think I’m playing better now. Monte Carlo The Czech Republic’s world In tomorrow’s reverse singles, I didn’t expect it to be so easy and number four Petra Kvitova Kvitova will first play against I’m very happy about it.” Masters Results will then face world number 58 Garcia and Safarova is then due Czech captain Petr Pala picked Quarter-finals Kristina Mladenovic. to take on Mladenovic. Safarova for the first singles rub- French captain Amelie Karolina Pliskova and Barbora ber, overlooking Pliskova who Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Mauresmo overlooked a bet- Strycova were drawn against stands one spot higher in the Milos Raonic (CAN x4) 5-2 - retired ter-placed Alize Cornet to give Cornet and Pauline Parmentier WTA rankings. Gael Monfils (FRA x14) bt Mladenovic a chance. for tomorrow’s doubles. “We have set certain tactics for Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x9) 6-1, 6-3 FROM LEFT: Czech Fed Cup team members Lucie Safarova Petra “The players know the choice The Czechs have won three Fed the tie,” Pala said. Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Kvitova, team captain Petr Pala, Karolina Pliskova, and Barbora Strycova is difficult and complicated,” said Cup titles in the past four years, “All the girls have been playing Marin Cilic (CRO x8) 6-0, 6-3 pose for picture during the draw of the Tennis Fed Cup World Group Mauresmo, who also coaches in 2011, 2012 and 2014. well and it wasn’t easy to decide. Briton Andy Murray and who The French, who last won the We have so many options that we Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt semifinal in Ostrava, Czech Republic, yesterday. The Czech Republic will face France in the Tennis Fed Cup World Group semifinal today. made the headlines earlier this trophy in 2003, are appearing in can spread the burden, but I don’t David Ferrer (ESP x5) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 month when she announced her the Fed Cup semi-finals for the want to elaborate.” AFP SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Raikkonen happier than Bahrain GP: Rosberg beats ever at Ferrari MANAMA: Kimi Raikkonen is enjoying being at Ferrari more than ever this season. “I must say, in the past when I was here at Ferrari they were rival Hamilton in practice good times and it was a good atmosphere,” the Finn, whose 2007 title makes him the Italian Raikkonen, Vettel complete Ferrari one-two in first practice session team’s most recent Formula One champion, told reporters at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Thursday. MANAMA: Nico Rosberg out- “But this year is the best that paced Mercedes team-mate Bahrain GP Free I have had in any team; how the and defending world champion team works together, how people Lewis Hamilton to clock the Practice Times work together, how the atmos- fastest time in yesterday’s flood- phere is and how things are being lit second free practice session Results from free practice at the Bahrain run. That tells you a lot. I’m very for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Grand Prix yesterday: happy.” Prix. First Free Practice Raikkonen took two years out The 29-year-old German of Formula One to go rallying in clocked a best lap in 1min 1. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1:37.827, 2010 and 2011 before returning to 34.647sec to finish up one-tenth 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari 1:38.029, Lotus and then Ferrari last year. of a second clear of the Briton at 3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams 1:38.390, He also won races for McLaren the Sakhir Circuit on which he 4. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Toro Rosso after starting out with Sauber. seeks pole position for the third 1:38.447, 5. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red The 35-year-old’s contract consecutive year. Bull 1:38.455, 6. Max Verstappen (NED) expires at the end of 2015 but Hamilton, who won last year’s Toro Rosso 1:38.504, 7. Fernando Alonso Raikkonen has a good relation- race with some thrilling moves (ESP) McLaren 1:38.598, 8. Felipe Nasr ship with four times world cham- in a dramatic contest, ended up (BRA) Sauber AG 1:38.628, 9. Daniil Kvyat pion Sebastian Vettel, who joined under investigation by the race (RUS) Red Bull 1:38.661, 10. Felipe Massa from Red Bull this year. stewards for ‘failing to leave the (BRA) Williams 1:38.790, 11. Sergio Perez Vettel has ended up on the pit lane correctly’, a misdemean- (MEX) Force India 1:38.793, 12. Pastor podium in all three races so far our that is unlikely to upset his Maldonado (VEN) Lotus 1:38.842, 13. Nico this season, and won in Malaysia confident form this year. Hulkenberg (GER) Force India 1:39.187, 14. for the team’s first victory since “I just followed Kimi Jolyon Palmer (ENG) Lotus 1:39.283, 15. 2013, as a revived Ferrari take (Raikkonen) when he went round Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:39.293, the fight to world champions a car that was stopped there,” 16. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes Mercedes after finishing fourth Hamilton explained afterwards. 1:39.532, 17. Marcus Ericsson (SWE) overall last year. “I don’t really know what hap- Raikkonen, who recently Sauber AG 1:39.534, 18. Will Stevens pened, but I thought it was ok to Ferrari F1 Team’s Finnish driver became a father to a baby boy, has (GBR) Marussia 1:42.973, 19. Roberto do that.” Kimi Raikkonen in action during also looked much more competi- Merhi (ESP) Marussia 1:44.265, 20. Finn Raikkonen of Ferrari was a practice session at the Bahrain tive than last year even if he has third fastest ahead of his team- International Circuit, south of Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren yet to return to the podium. mate German Sebastian Vettel Manama, yesterday. RIGHT: Second Free Practice Asked whether he would like after the four-time champion’s Mercedes AMG Petronas’ to stay on at Ferrari, under the session was curtailed by a collision German driver Nico Rosberg 1. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:34.647, new management of Maurizio that broke his car’s front wing eats a banana before the second 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes Arrivabene, the Finn said it was when he was clipped by Mexican practice session yesterday. 1:34.762, 3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari not up to him. Sergio Perez of Force India. 1:35.174, 4. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari “The team has to decide that,” “I had a failure, a brake failure, He said he had been study- 1:35.277, 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams he said. “Time will tell what will and then Perez took my wing off,” ing recordings of last year’s race 1:35.280, 6. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red happen. I’m happy with how said Vettel. “Unbelievable.” The to learn ways in which he can Bull 1:35.449, 7. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) things are running.” stewards announced an investiga- improve on a track that he likes Lotus 1:35.474, 8. Felipe Nasr (BRA) Vettel told reporters separately tion into the incident. and believes is suit to his driving Sauber AG 1:35.793, 9. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) that Raikkonen remained a force Behind the Ferraris, Finn style. Red Bull 1:35.883, 10. Felipe Massa (BRA) to be reckoned with. Valtteri Bottas was fifth for “Do I think I can gain an Williams 1:35.884, 11. Marcus Ericsson “He’s doing a very good job, he Williams ahead of Australian advantage over Lewis here? Yes, (SWE) Sauber AG 1:36.148, 12. Fernando has been in the past. Last year Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, I do,” he said. “But I also thought Alonso (ESP) McLaren 1:36.191, 13. it wasn’t noticed so much, but Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado of that at the last two races. I’m here Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1:36.334, inside the team it was, and it was Lotus, Brazilian Felipe Nasr of to make it happen. I’ve looked at 14. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Toro Rosso a lot closer than people remem- Sauber, Russian Daniil Kvyat in the videos again from last year 1:36.471, 15. Nico Hülkenberg (GER) ber between him and Fernando the second Red Bull and Brazilian because I need to improve in bat- the season with two wins in three ahead. That’s a fact. So, I need to Force India 1:36.805, 16. Max Verstappen (Alonso),” said the German. Felipe Massa in the second tle. There are things I could have races and a 17-point lead in the try to get points back as soon as (NED) Toro Rosso 1:36.917, 17. Sergio “I don’t know the details of Williams. done differently last year to win title race. possible - it’s not more important his contract. It’s in his hands if Perez (MEX) Force India 1:37.062, 18. For Rosberg, his success was that race so I’m looking at that “It was already important [to here or whatever.” he wants to carry on in Formula Will Stevens (GBR) Marussia 1:39.131, 19. a much-needed boost as he bids and I hope to follow it up well.” turn things around] in Malaysia Hamilton said he had enjoyed One,” he added. Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 1:39.209, to end Hamilton’s supremacy and Rosberg denied that he felt any and that was two races ago,” said the session, adding that “the car “There is plenty of interest for cut his lead with his first victory more pressure on him to recover Rosberg. “It doesn’t change. Every feels good and I am very happy 20. Roberto Merhi (ESP) Marussia a fast driver like him, with the of the year. following Hamilton’s good start to race is important. He’s 17 points here.” AFP 1:40.592 experience he has.” REUTERS Team HRC lines up triumvirate to seize win in Sealine rally

DOHA: Round two of the FIM for front positions alongside Joan the fine-tuning and set everything manage to achieve in Abu Dhabi,” Cross-Country Rallies World Barreda, winner of last year’s up before the big event.” Fischer said. Championship gets under- Sealine Qatar Cross-Country “And of course we want to “Also, in Qatar we have last way next week with a Team Rally, as well as endeavouring to defend our victory from last year year’s victory to defend with Joan HRC squad made up of Paulo help fine-tune the Honda CRF450 in Qatar with Joan Barreda. I am Barreda and Paulo Goncalves as Gonçalves, Joan Barreda and RALLY’s performance. sure that the team will make the motivated as ever. They are joined, Jeremias Israel. Jeremias gets a great opportu- maximum effort to get a good not by our rookie Ricky Brebec, Barreda triumphed in the 2014 nity to continue to hone his road- result,” Bianchi added. but by our man who helped out edition of the event. book reading and interpretation Team HRC’s Team Manager a lot in the last Dakar, Jeremiah The Middle East will once again skills as the rally features some Wolfgang Fischer said: “With Israel from Chile, who has just be hosting a world championship rather demanding navigational full motivation and high expec- confirmed his new contract with event — this time the Sealine stretches. tations Team HRC started the Team HRC and will be supporting Cross-Country Rally in Qatar — Team HRC General Manager first round of the Cross-country our two guys in Qatar. just two weeks after the end of Martino Bianchi said: “The sec- Rallies World Championship in “We will try everything to the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. ond race of the Cross-Country Abu Dhabi, but unluckily we suf- secure the defence of last year’s Team HRC will this time Rallies World Championship 2015 fered some technical mishaps and victory and hope for a better line up the triumvirate of Paulo will be very interesting for HRC could not bring home the result race.” Goncalves, Joan Barreda and in order to make further tests to that we had been hoping for. The Sealine Qatar Cross- Teams work on their vehicles at the Losail International Circuit, outside Jeremias Israel. our bike and to our riders. Dakar “Anyway, two weeks later we Country Rally begins at the Losail Doha, yesterday, ahead of the Sealine Cross-Country Rally 2015 that Paulo Goncalves goes into the is always our main target, but are heading to Qatar for the sec- International Circuit, north of starts on Monday. race as current world champion- these world championship races ond round and everything is all Doha, on Monday. ship runner-up and will be jostling are very important in order to do set to bring home what we didn’t THE PENINSULA Al Gharafa, El Jaish victorious

A moment from the Qatar Basketball Cup match between Al Gharafa and Qatar SC at the Al Gharafa Sports Club in Doha yesterday. Al Gharafa beat Qatar SC 84-77. RIGHT: A moment from the Qatar Basketball Cup match between El Jaish and Al Khor at the Al Gharafa Sports Club in Doha yesterday. El Jaish won 74-51. Today Al Arabi face Al Wakrah at 5pm and Al Rayyan take Al Ahli at 7pm. SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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MUMBAI INDIANS CHENNAI SUPER KINGS LMP Simmons c du Plessis b Pandey ...... 5 DR Smith c Sharma b Harbhajan Singh ...... 62 PA Patel lbw b Nehra ...... 0 BB McCullum c Vinay Kumar b Harbhajan CJ Anderson c du Plessis b Nehra ...... 4 Singh ...... 46 Bangladesh RG Sharma c Bravo b Nehra ...... 50 SK Raina (not out) ...... 43 opener Tamim Harbhajan Singh c Jadeja b Sharma ...... 24 F du Plessis b Malinga ...... 11 KA Pollard c Smith b Bravo ...... 64 MS Dhoni c & b Pollard ...... 3 Iqbal (left) AT Rayudu c Jadeja b Bravo ...... 29 DJ Bravo (not out) ...... 13 reacts after J Suchith (not out) ...... 0 Extras (W 8, NB 3) ...... 11 scoring a R Vinay Kumar (not out) ...... 0 Total (4 wkts; 16.4 overs) 189 century as Extras (B 2, LB 1, W 4) ...... 7 Did not bat: RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, MM Sharma, team-mate Total (7 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 183 IC Pandey, A Nehra Mushfiqur Did not bat: SL Malinga, P Suyal Fall of wickets: 1-109, 2-115, 3-144, 4-166 Rahim looks Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-6, 3-12, 4-57, 5-132, Bowling: P Suyal 3-0-28-0 (1nb, 2w); SL Mal- on during the 6-181, 7-181 inga 4- 0-40-1 (1nb, 3w); J Suchith 2-0-33-0 first One Day Bowling: A Nehra 4-0-23-3 (1w); IC Pandey (1w); Harbhajan Singh 4-0-44- 2; R Vinay Kumar International 3-1-22-1 (1w); MM Sharma 4-0-43 -1 ; RA 2- 0-18-0; KA Pollard 1.4-0-26-1 (1nb, 2w) against Jadeja 4-0-49-0 (2w); R Ashwin 1-0-13-0; DJ Player-of-the-match: A Nehra (Chennai Su- Pakistan at the Bravo 4- 0-30- 2 per Kings) Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Smith, McCullum blast in Dhaka, yesterday. Chennai to 6-wicket win

MUMBAI: Openers Dwayne same over got the crucial wicket Smith and Brendon McCullum of Smith who was looking really gave an explosive start, as dangerous. Chennai Super Kings carved Chennai were then 115/2, but out an emphatic six-wicket the foundation laid by the open- win over a lacklustre Mumbai ers made it easier for the incom- Indians with 20 balls to spare ing batsman to successfully hunt at the Wankhede Stadium here down the opponent score. yesterday. Earlier, late assault by Kieron Dwayne Barvo (13; 5 b, 1 Pollard (64 off 30 balls) and a Bangladesh record rare x4,1x6) struck the winning runs timely knock by skipper Rohit with a over boundary, as Chennai Sharma (50 off 31 balls) helped reached 189/4 in 16.4 overs, in Mumbai Indians post a challeng- reply to a challenging 183/7 ing score. posted by Mumbai. The Mumbai duo rescued the Suresh Raina remained uncon- hosts from a jittery 57/4 by script- victory against Pakistan quered on 43 (29 b, 4 x4, 2x6 ), to ing a rollicking 33-ball 75-run enable his side register their third stand. consecutive victory in the ongoing Opting to bat first, Mumbai got tournament. off to a worst possible start after Iqbal, Rahim hit tons; worst figures for Ajmal on return In contrast, Mumbai Indians’ losing opener Parthiv Patel (0) luckless campaign continued, Corey Anderson (4), and as they slumped to their fourth opener Lendl Simmons (5) inside DHAKA: Centuries from Pakistan had high hopes of off- straight defeat in as many four overs. Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Scoreboard spinner Saeed Ajmal, who has matches. Tottering at 12/3, the hosts Rahim powered Bangladesh to returned to international cricket The visitors got off to an elec- tried to retrieve the situation by their highest total and a victory BANGLADESH Mohammad Hafeez run out ...... 4 after remodelling his illegal bowl- trifying start with Smith and using the pinch hitting capabil- against Pakistan in One Day Tamim Iqbal c Rizwan b Wahab ...... 132 Haris Sohail c Mahmudullah b Taskin ...... 51 ing action. McCullum striking the ball to all ity of Harbhajan Singh. Who had Internationals after a gap of 16 Soumya Sarkar run out ...... 20 Mohammad Rizwan c Nasir b Rubel ...... 67 Ajmal bowled well for his first parts of the park. nearly pulled off an improbable years yesterday. Mohammad Mahmudullah b Rahat ...... 5 Fawad Alam c Sarkar b Sunny ...... 14 five overs, giving away only 11 The first fifty came in just victory against Kings XI Punjab The 79-run win in Dhaka Mushfiqur Rahim c Sarfraz b Wahab ...... 106 Saad Nasim b Sunny ...... 0 runs, but ended with figures of four overs. Smith and McCullum last week. gave Bangladesh a 1-0 lead in Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Wahab ...... 31 Wahab Riaz b Taskin ...... 8 0-74 from his 10, his worst figures continued the assault making a Harbhajan straight away took the three-match series and their Sabbir Rahman b Wahab ...... 15 Saeed Ajmal lbw b Shakib ...... 0 in ODIs. mockery of Mumbai’s bowlers to on the bowlers scoring a quickfire second victory in the 50-over Nasir Hossain (not out) ...... 3 Junaid Khan run out ...... 0 Left-arm paceman Wahab pile up 90 run s in just six overs. 24 off 21 balls, which included two format against Pakistan. The Extras (B4, LB4, W8, NB1) ...... 17 Rahat Ali (not out) ...... 1 Riaz, who was impressive during Smith (62; 30b, 8 x4, 4x6) fours and one six. minnows also defeated them in Total (for six wkts, 50 overs) ...... 329 Extras (LB2, W6, NB1) ...... 9 the recent 50-over World Cup brought up his half century in But Harbhajan’s short innings Northampton during the 1999 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-67, 3-245, 4-295, Total (all out; 45.2 overs) ...... 250 in Australia and New Zealand, just 22 balls, whereas McCullum came to an end in the 10th over, World Cup in England. 5-325, 6-329 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-59, 3-148, 4-175, was once again the pick of the (46; 20b, 6x4, 2x6) helped his side which brought together Pollard Tamim (132) and Mushfiqur Bowling: Junaid 10-0-53-0 (2w), Rahat 10-0- 5-217, 6-217, 7-244, 8-249, 9-249(Junaid), Pakistan bowlers with figures of reach the 100 run mark in just and Sharma. (106) added 178 in 130 balls for 56-1 (1nb), Wahab 10-0-59-4 (5w), Ajmal 10- 10-250 4-59. 6.5 overs. Rohit and Pollard went on the the third wicket as Bangladesh 0-74-0, Saad 4-0-31-0 (1w), Haris 3-0-31-0, Bowling: Rubel 8-1-45-1 (1nb), Taskin 8-0- Azhar, playing his first ODI in With the duo smacking the offensive and fifty of the part- recovered from a sluggish start Azhar 3-0-17-0 42-3 (5w), Sunny 10-1-47-3, Shakib 9.2-0-45- two years, gave Pakistan a strong ball ruthlessly, Mumbai looked in nership was completed in just 23 to post their highest ODI total of PAKISTAN 1 (1w), Nasir 3-0-20-0, Abul 5-0-42-0, Mah- start, putting on 53 with Sarfraz sheer pressure. balls. 329-6 after winning the toss and Azhar Ali c Rahim b Taskin ...... 72 mudullah 2-0-7-0. Ahmed for the opening wicket All Mumbai bowlers - R Vinay As Rohit was aiming to finish opting to bat first against a new Sarfraz Ahmed c Nasir b Sunny ...... 24 Result: Bangladesh win by 79 runs and then 89 with Haris Sohail Kumar, Jagadeesha Suchith, it off for Mumbai, Nehra struck look Pakistan side. for the third. Pawan Suyal, Lasith Malinga again. In reply, the visitors were ODI captain, would have been 13 fours and two sixes, turned But after his dismissal to fast leaked heavy runs. The batsman went for a slog bowled out for 250 in the 46th delighted with the performance of the momentum in Bangladesh’s bowler Taskin Ahmed in the 28th But skipper Rohit’s finally got to a slower delivery, and finished over, despite half-centuries his bowlers in the first 20 overs as favour with their record stand – over, Pakistan kept losing wick- success by bringing in seasoned in the hands of Dwayne Bravo in from Azhar Ali (72), debutant Bangladesh limped to 67 for two. the highest for any wicket for the ets at regular intervals and the offspinner Harbhajan Singh , who the deep. Mohammad Rizwan (67) and But Tamim, who scored his first side in the 50-over format. required run rate climbed steeply. evicted McCullum off his second For Chennai Super Kings Haris Sohail (51). ODI hundred since March 2013, With some of their first-choice Taskin and left-arm spinner delivery. Ashish Nehra was again the pick Azhar, who replaced the retired and former captain Mushfiqur, bowlers ruled out with injuries Arafat Sunny took three wickets It was double delight for of the bowlers with figures of 4-0- Misbah-ul-Haq as Pakistan’s new whose 77-ball knock contained before the start of the series, each for Bangladesh. REUTERS Mumbai, as the spinner in the 23-3. AGENCIES Injury hits West Indies delay England’s comeback for Amir triumph in Antigua Test NORTH SOUND, Antigua in the morning session, should KARACHI: Paceman and Barbuda: West Indies’ Scoreboard have snared Samuels shortly Mohammad Amir’s comeback seventh-wicket pair of Denesh England (I innings) ...... 399 after but the batsman, deceived after his ban for spot-fixing Ramdin and Jason Holder were West Indies (I innings) ...... 295 completely by a cleverly flighted has been halted by a hamstring holding up England’s push for England (II innings) ...... 333 for 7 decl delivery, was mis-stumped by injury which will take up to victory at tea on the final day of West Indies (II innings): wicketkeeper Jos Buttler. three weeks to recover, his agent the first Test at the Sir Vivian K Brathwaite c Root b Broad ...... 5 However, Samuels did not make said yesterday. Richards Stadium in Antigua De Smith c Ballance b Tredwell ...... 65 the most of the escape and when The left-arm quick suffered yesterday. Da Bravo c Jordan b Root ...... 32 Shivnarine Chanderpaul was pal- the injury on his 23rd birthday Set an improbable target of M Samuels c Tredwell b Anderson ...... 23 pably lbw to Joe Root, who had – the second day of the Patron’s 438, the home side reached 268 S Chanderpaul lbw b Root ...... 13 replaced the persevering frontline Trophy Grade II final in Karachi for six at the interval with cap- J Blackwood c Buttler b Jordan ...... 31 off-spinner Tredwell, 15 minutes on Monday. tain Ramdin and new one-day D Ramdin (batting) ...... 48 from the interval, the English Amir’s agent said his injury international skipper Holder both J Holder (batting) ...... 48 celebrated the dismissal of one of had been assessed by a Pakistan unbeaten on 48. Extras (B-1 LB-2) ...... 3 their most resolute adversaries as Cricket Board (PCB) medical They had come together early Total (for 6 wkts, 99 overs) ...... 268 if the match itself had been won. panel. in the afternoon session with Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-90, 3-119, 4-127, As well as they have played, “Dr Sohail Salim of the PCB the cause seemingly lost after 5-155, 6-189 West Indies are still left with con- has confirmed that Amir’s ham- first innings centurion Jermaine To bat: J Taylor, K Roach, S Benn siderable work to do to save the string is a grade II tear which Blackwood fell to medium-pacer Bowling: J Anderson 18 - 2 - 59 - 1; S match as a minimum of 31 overs takes 7-22 days for proper recov- Chris Jordan for 31. Broad 18 - 4 - 56 - 1; J Tredwell 30 - 12 - 66 can be bowled in the final session ery,” said his agent. But that was to be the tourists’ - 1; C Jordan 13 - 5 - 30 - 1; B Stokes 11 - 0 of the Test. AFP Aamir can resume bowling on only success of the second period - 41 - 0; J Root 9 - 4 - 13 - 2 May 4 onwards, meaning he will of play and not even the taking of Anderson becomes be available for the Pakistan’s the second new ball could sepa- popular event, Super Eight rate the determined duo. Test, the 32-year-old seamer drew England’s leading Twenty20 tournament, to be held Ramdin and Holder faced few Marlon Samuels into a loose drive in Faisalabad from May 11. alarms and grew in confidence as for James Tredwell to take a div- Test wicket-taker Amir had taken 22 wickets in the partnership, which was worth ing catch at second slip. the four matches prior to the final 79 runs at the break, prospered in Samuels’ dismissal for 23 after NORTH SOUND: James of the Patron’s Trophy, which is conditions that remain excellent an hour’s play followed the demise Anderson became England’s one level below first-class. for batting. just a few minutes earlier of the highest wicket taker in Test It marked an impressive return A swift afternoon capitulation other overnight batsman, Devon cricket when he claimed his since the International Cricket appeared inevitable when the Smith. 384th victim in the first Test Council relaxed his five-year ban West Indies lost three important Having restrained himself against West Indies in Antigua for spot-fixing in January this wickets in a morning session admirably in more than three yesterday. year. highlighted by James Anderson hours at the crease, the left- The 32-year-old fast bowler The decision came after PCB equalling flamboyant former all- handed opener miscued a lofted surpassed Ian Botham’s haul of England’s James Anderson celebrates after taking the wicket of West requested the ICC to allow him rounder Sir Ian Botham’s mark on-drive at Tredwell to be caught 383 wickets when he had Denesh Indies’ Marlon Samuels who was caught by James Tredwell which equals to play domestic cricket a few of 383 as the most wickets by an by Gary Ballance at mid-on for 65. Ramdin caught for 57 by Alastair the record for the most Test wickets for an England player during the months before his ban officially England cricketer in Tests. Tredwell, who bowled Cook at first slip in the final ses- first Test in Antigua, yesterday. expires in September. AFP Playing his landmark 100th unchanged for an hour-and-a-half sion on the last day. REUTERS Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

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Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Waleed Al Sharbatly rides Sacramento to victory in the 140/145cm class during the 2015 Doha Tour at Al Shaqab’s Indoor Arena in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: QEF Secretary General Khalid Safar Al Hajri presents Abdullah Waleed Al Sharbatly with a trophy yesterday. PICTURES: LOTFI GARSI Saudi Arabia’s Al Sharbatly guides Sacramento to big win Al Rajhi victorious in 130/135cm class, Al Khrafi stands first in 120/125cm category

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DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s show- jumping star Abdullah Waleed Al Sharbatly produced a sub- lime run with Sacramento to win the feature competition on day three of the 2015 Doha Tour yesterday. A member of the Saudi team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Al Sharbatly sported the biggest smile as Sacramento managed a flawless routine to clinch the 140/145cm class at Al Shaqab’s Indoor Arena here. It was the third and penulti- mate day of competition in the two-leg series that started at the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s (QEF) Outdoor Arena last week. The experienced rider saw Sacramento clock a time of 30 seconds to secure the top prize of QR 10,000. Al Sharbatly, the individual sil- ver medal winner at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, yester- day fended off stiff competition from compatriot Khalid Al Eid, Showjumping who guided Dona Evita to second spot with a time of 30.31 seconds. Results In third place was Bijou Van Class (1), 120/125cm, one round De Vijfheide, who was ridden against the clock ART: 238.2.1 by Bader Mohammed Alfard of Prize money: QR 20,000 Saudi Arabia. Alfard clocked a (Read as jockey, horse, time) time of 31.85 seconds to claim the Ali Jassim Al Khrafi, Ungarin 4, 57.44 prize of QR 6,000. seconds Al Sharbatly said his ride was Hamad Twaim Al Marri, Senna Van De Helle, a “dream purchase”. 58.89 seconds “It was a fantastic show. My Abdulla Ali Al Ejail, Le Premier K, 59.36 horse is really good. He’s a super- seconds star,” Al Sharbatly said. “I bought Salem Rashed Al Marri, Marfurlong Magic, him 10 months ago. All the com- 63.10 seconds petitions he has been to, he’s CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Saudi Arabia’s Abdulrahman Al Rajhi rides Chilli Pepper to victory in the 130/135cm class during the 2015 Doha Tour at Al Faleh Mohammed Al Nasr, Double Choice, never hit a fence,” the 32-year- Shaqab’s Indoor Arena in Doha yesterday. Kuwait’s Ali Jassim Al Khrafi rides Ungarin 4 to win the 120/125cm class. Qatar’s Hamad Twaim Al Marri, 67.10 seconds old added. who came second in the 120/125cm class, receives his trophy yesterday. Class (2), 130/135cm, one round “He’s really good. He’s my type with jump-off FEI Art 238.2.2 of a horse. He has fit well into in Pepper as he won the competition “I don’t know when I started Al Rajhi said with a smile. “This Abdullah picked up QR 3,000 for Prize money: QR 30,000 my scheme of things,” the Saudi ahead of 24 entries. riding,” the young Saudi said is the best stadium in the world. his run. Abdulrahman Al Rajhi, Chilli Pepper, 35.34 added as he patted Sacramento. Al Rajhi topped the jump-off when asked about his early days. It is unbelievable.” Al Krafi could barely hide his seconds “He has been really good. Every round with a time of 35.34 sec- “I always try to win because I feel Earlier, Kuwaiti rider Ali emotions after clinching the first Saeed Nasser Al Qadi, Day Dreamer, 37.92 time I get into the ring (with onds as he picked up the top prize I don’t have to compete if I don’t Jassim Al Khrafi produced a neat win in Doha. seconds him), I end up in the top three,” of QR 7,500. think of winning,” he said with run with Ungarin 4 to seal the “I was riding in Kuwait when Abdulrahman Adel Nasser, Cassandra, Qatar he said. “I hope he carries on and Qatar’s Saeed Nasser Al Qadi a smile. win in the 120/125cm class, the I got this invite. I want to thank Armed Forces, 40.45 seconds keeps doing his thing in the same finished in second spot with Day “My long-term goals include day’s opening competition. my family and my federation that Saeed Nasser Al Qadi, St Lucia, 37.17, 4 manner.” Dreamer, clocking a time of 37.92 going to the Olympics and Al Khrafi rode out Ungarin 4 I could be here,” Al Khrafi said faults “I am going to Antwerp for seconds in the jump-off. Al Qadi doing well there. I want to be at knowing he had never won in an after picking up the top prize of Awad Maidh Al Qahtani, Santos, 46.77, 8 a Global Champions Tour next won QR 6,000. the World Cups and do well there event staged at the Al Shaqab QR 5,000. faults week. Then I have one week off Abdulrahman Adel Nasser, too. Arena. He clocked a time of 57.44 “It was good to come here and Class (3), 140/145cm, after that and then I am off to astride Cassandra, finished in “I feel that you have to have seconds. get experience to ride here. It two phases Art: 274.5.3 Shanghai,” the world number 24 third spot with a time of 40.45 dreams. You have to have a plan Hamad Twaim Al Marri of is a good event,” he said. “I am Prize money: QR 40,000 said. seconds in the jump-off. Nasser and then go for it,” Al Rajhi said. Qatar nearly pulled off a coup happy that I came here and won Abdullah Waleed Al Sharbatly, Sacramento, Commenting on the Al Shaqab picked up QR 4,500 for his efforts. “Doha Tour is a fantastic event. with Senna Van De Helle but only this competition. It is my first win 30.00 seconds facility in Doha, Al Sharbatly said: “Chilli Pepper fought all the It is one of the finest events staged managed to finish in second spot here.” Khalid Al Eid, Dona Evita, 30.31 seconds “This is an unbelievable place. I way and helped me win this class,” at the world’s best venue. I really with a time of 58.89 seconds. “This is a great venue. I feel it don’t think any venue could top Al Rajhi said. “I was prepared for like it. It is a nice place to com- Qatar’s Abdulla Ali El Jail, was important to be here since Bader Mohammed Alfard, Bijou Van De this.” this competition. It is not a sur- pete at,” he said. astride Le Premier K, was slightly this venue stages great events,” Vijfheide, 31.85 seconds Earlier in the 130/135cm prise for me to win today. I never “Everything about this place slower compared to the top riders Al Khrafi said. Faleh Swaied Al Ajmi, Dolce Vita M, 32.99 class, bespectacled Saudi rider go to a competition thinking I is fantastic and I really love the and finished in third spot with a The two-leg 2015 Doha Tour seconds Abdulrahman Al Rajhi had little won’t win. I want to win all the show,” he said. time of 59:36 seconds. ends today. Action starts at Nasser Shahbab Albagami, True Blue, 34.93 to complain about his ride Chilli time. “I will come here every year,” Al Marri won QR 4,000 while 2.30pm. THE PENINSULA seconds SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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In all 22 “I do solemnly 51 For the birds? regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like swear …,” e.g. 49 50 51 52 53 53 Boot up a normal Sudoku. 23 “Aloha Oe” 55 Sommer of “A instrument, for 54 55 56 57 58 Shot in the Dark” short How to play Kakuro: 56 Oscar winner 24 Beachgoer’s The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 59 60 61 62 63 Dench cooler-offer size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells 57 Love, in Lisbon like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 25 Part of C.D.: Abbr. 64 65 66 58 “___ it ironic?” some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some 27 Design detail, 62 WKRP’s Nessman cells will contain two numbers. briefly 67 68 69 63 “Rubbish!” However, in a crossword the numbers reference 28 Market clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! aggressively They denote the total of the digits in the row or 29 Lead-in to “boy!” column referenced by the number. ACROSS 42 “Don’t worry, I’m O.K.” or “girl!” Within each collection of cells 1 Missing links 46 Scoundrel LOB DACHAS CRAG - called a run - any 7 Place for a mud bath 48 Cary of “The Princess of the numbers 1 10 Abductees’ destinations, Bride” AMO UPHOL D HE L L to 9 may be used in some hard-to-believe 49 Online birthday greeting but, like sudoku, stories 52 Sinatra’s big band leader MANNER I SMS UN I E each number may 14 Cleanser brand that “hasn’t 54 “Hand it over!” BRO I L CES ABABA only be used once. scratched yet” 56 ___ alai 15 Shorten, perhaps NEMO DUBL I N Yesterday’s 59 Be caught in ___ answer 16 Styptic pencil target 60 Mauna ___ ACCEDE NATTY 17 Architect ___ Mies van der 61 Some collectors’ “vinyl” Rohe 64 Cameron of “Bad Teacher” SALT WALLSOCKET 18 Half an exorbitant fee? 65 Electric bill abbr. 19 Prefix with matter AREED SEA SHAMU 66 Turn the page, say Baby Blues By Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 20 Riders in 10-Across 67 Common-sense POWERSTR I P ER I N 21 “What’s goin’ on?” 68 Recent U.S.N.A. graduate: NANAS RCCOLA 24 Fuel rating Abbr. 26 Motorized racers 69 Where you might see the PASSGO TOOK 27 “I need my ___” message formed by the last 30 Coquettish sorts words in 21-, 32-, 42- and ANT I S TWO SEP I A 32 “Let’s shake!” 54-Across STYX F I ELDTRIPS 34 Celestial strings 38 Inheritance tax target DOWN TILT UNSEAL KOI 39 “Yours truly” alternative 1 Up to the job ACEY RATTLY EDS 41 Actor Jackie who’s his own 2 Wear a puss ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE stuntman 3 Some touchdown scorers SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK PRAYER TIME Cyberbullying avenged by a Fajr (Dawn) 3:50 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:09 digital ghost Zuhr (Noon) 11:33 in Unfriended Asr (Afternoon) 3:03 Maghrib (Sunset) 5:59 LOS ANGELES: A group of Isha (Night) 7:29 seemingly innocent teenagers gather online for an evening chat session, not once sus- pecting that it could be their WEATHER last night alive, as the film Unfriended spins a digital twist in the horror genre. Today Sunday Monday Weather Conditions: Unfriended, out in US thea- Cloudy Cloudy Sunny tres yesterday, follows six high Relatively hot school students gathering on daytime with the video conferencing plat- blowing dust to form Skype on the anniversary High: 32° High: 31° High: 32° of the suicide of a fellow stu- Low: 23° Low: 22° Low: 22° dusty at places at dent, who killed herself after times. an embarrassing video of her was posted online. Filmed entirely as if the events are unfolding on a DOHA - SUN & SEA computer screen, a mysteri- SUN TIDE SEA ous entity joins the group’s Skype conversation and begins WIND SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW to coerce secrets out of each 05:09 17:59 04:00 & 17:00 10:30 & 23:15 15-25/32 KT friend, before exacting gory revenge one by one, as the oth- THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW ers watch in horror. The film can feel close to HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER home for real-life cyberbullying Cast members (from left) Oscar Isaac, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” acknowledge MUSCAT 40/29 Sunny 37/27 Sunny stories that have led to seri- fans at the kick-off event during Disney’s Star Wars Celebration 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Centre. The Star ous consequences, especially MAKKAH 37/22 Sunny 39/24 Sunny Wars Celebration runs through April 19. within a close-knit community KUWAIT 32/21 Partly cloudy 33/21 Sunny of high school. It also highlights BAHRAIN 27/22 Cloudy 28/22 Cloudy online trolls, carelessly posting SANAA 31/18 Mostly sunny 31/17 Sunny insults from the safety net of RIYADH 38/21 Sunny 33/19 Partly cloudy ‘Chewie, we’re home’: Star being anonymous and behind DUBAI 38/24 Cloudy 31/21 Cloudy a computer screen. BAGHDAD 32/17 Sunny 32/16 Sunny “It’s a very serious topic, a relatable drama dressed as a THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Wars trailer delights fans horror movie,” said producer HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Timur Bekmambetov. “We’re using horror movie language,

ATHENS 25/14 Partly cloudy 23/14 Partly cloudy ANAHEIM: Hype surround- of the beloved first trilogy of Star Abrams told a panel discussion but the story is about one of ing the eagerly anticipated Star Wars films made by George Lucas that the new film would seek to the biggest problems on the WASHINGTON 27/11 Mostly cloudy 18/12 Mostly sunny Wars reboot made the jump to between 1977 and 1983. recreate the realism of the origi- Internet.” SYDNEY 28/17 Mostly cloudy 20/19 Scattered Showers light speed on Thursday as the “I’m 41 years old and I cried at nal films by placing less empha- Unfriended, released by LONDON 16/04 Sunny 15/04 Partly cloudy movie’s makers unveiled a new the end!” tweeted one fan, senti- sis on computer-generated special Comcast Corp’s Universal PARIS 17/07 Sunny 18/07 Sunny trailer that delighted fans with ments echoed by many after the effects. “We needed a standard Pictures, was an experimen- ISTANBUL 20/12 Sunny 12/07 Showers a glimpse of iconic characters trailer’s release. “The Star Wars that felt real. You want it to be tal project, made for less than MANILA 34/25 Partly cloudy 34/25 Scattered T-storms Han Solo and Chewbacca. trailer literally had me in tears legitimate, authentic. So building $1m. It was filmed in a six- DHAKA 31/26 T-storms 33/26 Scattered T-storms The action-packed second and cheering,” US sitcom actor as much (of the sets) as we could bedroom house in Los Angeles, DELHI 38/23 Sunny 41/24 Sunny trailer for Star Wars: The Force Lucas Neff added on Twitter. was the mandate,” said Abrams of where each room housed one of ISLAMABAD 32/19 Partly cloudy 29/18 Showers Awakens showed spacecraft dog- In another scene, played out the production, which was partly the main actors, all connected fights and a chase involving the against the familiar soundtrack filmed on location in Abu Dhabi. through the Internet as they Millennium Falcon before con- used in the first films, Solo’s “Star Wars is as much a Western were filmed. cluding with the unmistakable spaceship the Millennium Falcon as a fairytale and one of the things “It’s really effective to serv- voice of Harrison Ford as Solo. is seen being chased inside the that you want and expect to see are ing how authentic this is,” said Tooth cavities increase “Chewie, we’re home,” Solo says cavernous exhaust pipe of a beautiful John Ford landscapes and executive producer Jason Blum, to his Wookiee friend, who offers a stricken Imperial Star Destroyer. shooting in Abu Dhabi provided whose Blumhouse Productions, signature roar in reply before the The trailer also featured a just that,” he said. known for horror movies such heart disease risk trailer closes with a shot of the voice-over by actor Mark Hamill, The 48-year-old director, who as Paranormal Activity and The famous yellow-on-black Star Wars who returns as Luke Skywalker. has also successfully rebooted Purge, joined Unfriended last NEW YORK: Taking better care of your teeth can also help you logo. The teaser was premiered at Star Wars has attracted genera- another science fiction fran- August. “People don’t go to lower the risk of heart diseases, suggests a new study. The research- the opening of the four-day Star tions of loyal fans ever since the chise for the big screen with two movies for political messages, ers have found that common oral infections which are caused by the Wars Celebration convention in first film arrived nearly 40 years Star Trek films, revealed he had they go to rallies. But if there’s bacteria in our mouth are linked to cardiovascular diseases. Anaheim, outside Los Angeles, ago, creating a signature moment initially been lukewarm when a social message tucked into The most common oral infections are cavities and periodontal dis- sending around 40,000 fans who in the history of popular culture approached to oversee the return them, all the better,” he added. eases such as gingivitis and periodontitis, which are chronic inflamma- had flocked to the event — many and launching one of the biggest of Star Wars. But eventually, he Bekmambetov believes tory diseases that slowly and steadily destroy the supporting structures wielding light sabers and wear- movie franchises ever. said, he decided “it was impossible the way in which Unfriended of multiple teeth. “Given the high prevalence of oral infections, any risk ing full Star Wars costumes — into After a second trilogy of pre- to say no”. is filmed, a method he calls they contribute to future cardiovascular disease is important to public raptures. quel films wrapped in 2005, the Abrams admitted he was occa- ‘screenshot movie,’ will become health,” said senior author Thomas Van Dyke of the Forsyth Institute, The hashtag #Chewiewerehome movie franchise had lain dormant sionally daunted by the pressure more prevalent in filmmaking as affiliated with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. was rapidly adopted by fans on until Disney shelled out $4bn to of delivering a film that would the world becomes more digital. Inflammation plays a major role both in oral infections such as peri- Twitter while #StarWars was buy creator Lucas’s Lucasfilm satisfy the expectations of mil- “We’re spending more and odontitis and in cardiovascular disease, the study noted. Researchers soon a top trending subject on in October 2012. Disney soon lions of fans across the globe. more time living in the vir- reviewed current clinical evidence supporting a link between oral the social media site as antici- announced plans for three new “But while there are moments tual world, and it means we infections and heart disease and found that oral infections, particu- pation for the movie, due out on films in the series, with acclaimed of horror, the reality is I’ve never should tell stories about our larly periodontitis, and stroke, especially among men and younger December 18, went into overdrive. Hollywood director J J Abrams had more fun in my life working behavior and how we commu- individuals, are tied. However, the researchers cautioned that certain Many fans spoke about tears being entrusted with the reboot. on anything and the opportunity nicate. We talk differently in over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drugs can produce significant of joy after the trailer’s soaring Filming began in Britain far outweighs the risk,” he said. “I real life when we’re chatting, cardiovascular side effects, which means it is crucial to consider alter- finale featuring Han Solo and in May last year on The Force can’t wait for you to see the movie.” we’re not reacting the same native therapies. IANS Chewbacca, central characters Awakens, or Episode VII. AFP way — we are different.” REUTERS Secret behind knuckle-cracking revealed Winslet says she can ‘never

NEW YORK: Some people like topic, in 1947, suggested - quite stop learning’ how to act the sound of knuckle-cracking correctly, as it turns out - the and others loathe it, but for sound came from formation of LONDON: Kate Winslet has Reading into a family of actors, years there has been disagree- a gas cavity inside the joint. But won numerous awards including Winslet has been acting since the ment among scientists about other researchers in 1971 disa- an Oscar as well as widespread age of 11. what actually causes it. greed, contending the collapse of critical acclaim in her 20-year She went to a performing arts Researchers said recently that a bubble inside the joint triggered acting career but the Titanic school but did not go on to drama they have settled the issue of what the pop. star admits that she does not college. Instead she made her occurs inside knuckles to trig- In the new study, the scientists always think she has done the film debut in the 1994 “Heavenly ger the familiar popping sound, indeed did pull on a man’s fingers best she can on screen. Creatures”. thanks to magnetic resonance and captured knuckle-cracking The 39-year-old, who has Winslet said she has learned imaging (MRI) experiments that on an MRI video. MRIs provide received six Oscar nominations on the job, picking up tips from they jokingly dubbed the “pull my detailed images of internal body in all, is best known for her roles others. “You can never know finger study”. structures. in the 2002 blockbuster as well enough, you can never stop It turns out the cracking is One of the study’s co-authors, as Revolutionary Road, Sense learning ... I remember someone caused by the rapid formation of a chiropractor Jerome Fryer, lent and Sensibility and The Reader else saying to me ‘always go for gas-filled cavity within a slippery his knuckles to the cause of sci- for which she won the Academy honesty, absolute honesty’ and substance called synovial fluid ence. His fingers were inserted Award in 2009. that has always helped as well,” that lubricates the space between individually into a tube linked to “I don’t think I always do actu- she said, when asked about the the finger bones, they said. The a cable that was pulled until his ally (act very well on screen),” tips she had been given. knuckle-cracking happens in less joint cracked. Winslet told Reuters at a pro- “The great trick is to try and than 310 milliseconds. Fryer was so adept that motional interview for her latest convince the audience entirely The researchers also detected Kawchuk called him “the Wayne film A Little Chaos, in which she that you are someone else, which immediately before the popping Gretzky of knuckle-cracking.” plays a landscape designer com- is pretty tricky to do sometimes sound a white flash, apparently “Rapid imaging with MRI was missioned to work on the gardens ... I wish I could say there were from water rushing together. ideal for these studies because Researchers prepare a study participant’s finger for joint cracking under the at Versailles. things like ‘Always stand up “I quite like the sound, but it allowed clear visualization of watch of an MRI video setup, courtesy of the Peter S Allen MR Research “There are bits of the film I was straight’ or ‘Never look down that’s my inner nerd talking,” the bones and fluids surrounding Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. watching and thinking I could and to the right’ but no, really said Greg Kawchuk, a profes- them, and critically, the formation there was damage being done,” he Kawchuk asked. “Although specu- have done that better but I think fairly big things have ... helped sor of rehabilitation medicine of the air cavity,” added University added. lative, we wonder if being able to all actors feel like that, which is me the most.” at the University of Alberta in of Alberta biomedical engineering Kawchuk said some studies crack ones joints is a sign that the a good thing because then you’re Winslet stars with her Sense Edmonton, Canada, who led the professor Richard Thompson. suggest knuckle-cracking does joint is actually healthy and that constantly trying new things, try- and Sensibility co-star, Alan study published in the scientific “I personally do not like the no harm. the inability to do so could be a ing to get better all the time and Rickman, in period drama A Little journal PLOS ONE. cracking sound at all, I think pri- “Why do the same joints crack sign of joint problems to come.” learn new things too.” Chaos which opened in cinemas The first scientific study on this marily because I always imagined in some people and not others?” REUTERS Born in the English town of yesterday. REUTERS