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Tuesday 29 July 2014 • 2 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6141 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Peace hopes Emir meets Dhreima children fade as Israel sees long war Five Israeli soldiers killed

GAZA/JERUSALEM: A grim- conflagration. Israel has lost faced Israeli Prime Minister 48 soldiers and another three Benjamin Netanyahu warned civilians have been killed by yesterday of a protracted war Palestinian shelling. in Gaza, dashing any hopes of As night fell over Gaza, army a swift end to the three-week flares illuminated the sky and the conflict as Palestinian fighters sound of intense shelling could be launched an audacious cross- heard. The military warned thou- border raid. sands of Palestinians to flee their The Israeli army said five of its homes in areas around Gaza City soldiers died in two separate inci- — usually the prelude to major dents, including four in a mortar army strikes. strike. Local media also reported The explosion of violence The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with children of Qatar Orphan Foundation (Dhreima) at Al Wajba Palace on the occasion of Eid Al casualties in the infiltration, but appeared to wreck international Fitr yesterday. See also pages 2 & 3 there was no immediate confir- hopes of turning a brief lull in fight- mation of this. ing into a longer-term ceasefire. Inside Gaza itself, eight chil- Hamas said they had accepted dren and two adults were killed a UN call for a pause in hostili- by a blast in a park as an unof- ties yesterday to coincide with ficial truce sought by the United Eid, which marks the end of the Dusty weather fails to dampen Eid festivities Nations for Eid Al Fitr collapsed. fasting month of Ramadan. Residents blamed the explosion Israel initially balked, having DOHA: Dusty and windy Low visibility at places led to a them were stomach upsets. daytime. More than half of them on an airstrike, but Israel said a abandoned its own offer to extend weather failed to dampen Eid number of road accidents in dif- Some complained of chest pain (476) were reported at Al Sadd’s misfiring militant rocket caused a 12-hour truce from Saturday Al Fitr festivities here yester- ferent parts of the country. and heart ailments. At least one pediatric emergency, while 250 at the carnage. “It has been a diffi- when Palestinian rockets kept day. However, authorities were At least 10 traffic mishaps were expatriate was reported dead due Al Rayyan, 120 at the Old Airport cult, painful day,” Netanyahu said flying. However, calm gradually forced to temporarily close the reported in which three per- to cardiac arrest, said doctors at unit, and 25 at Al Dhayeen unit in a televised address to the nation. descended through the night with coastal road in Al Khor. sons were injured, none of them the emergency unit. and 30 in Al Shamal’s (North) “We need to be prepared for just the occasional exchange of The Interior Ministry said serious. Cases of stomach upset that pediatric emergency. a protracted campaign. We will fire heard until a series of blasts on Twitter that visibility was One of the injured was a citizen are quite common at the end of At least 90 percent of the cases continue to act with force and shook Gaza in the afternoon. nearly zero in the coastal areas of and his condition was described the fasting month of Ramadan, related to stomach flu while some discretion until our mission is Foreign pressure has been Al Khor due to dust in the air and by doctors at the accident and were mainly caused by a sudden children complained of respira- accomplished,” he said, adding building on Netanyahu to muz- strong winds. emergency unit of Hamad General and heavy intake of sweet and tory problems. There were some that Israeli troops would not leave zle his forces, with both US On the whole, the dusty and Hospital (HGH) as stable. fatty food. cases of fall from heights as well Gaza until they had destroyed President Barack Obama and the windy weather did not dampen Some 516 cases were reported At the various children’s but the injuries suffered by the Hamas’s tunnel network. UN Security Council urging an Eid revelry in Qatar as the first to the emergency unit of HGH hospitals of Hamad Medical victims were minor. Some 1,060 Gazans, most of immediate ceasefire. REUTERS day of the festival was celebrated from right after morning Eid Corporation (HMC), some 900 THE PENINSULA them civilians, have died in the See also page 8 with fervour. prayers until 6pm, and many of cases were reported during Continued on page 4 TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir, Father Emir perform Eid prayer

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday per- formed Eid prayer at Al Wajba prayer ground. The Emir’s Personal Representative H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, took part in the prayer along with H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, H H Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Thani, sheikhs, ministers and citizens. Dr Thaqeel Sayer Al Shammari, Judge of the Court of Cassation and Member of Supreme Judiciary Council, led the prayer and delivered the Eid sermon. He urged Muslims to benefit from Eid Al Fitr by doing good deeds, main- taining ties with kinship and educating themselves. He also urged the worship- pers to help the needy and defend the oppressed by ensuring their rights. Thousands performed the Eid prayer in mosques and prayer grounds across the country. QNA TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Emir, Father Emir receive well-wishers

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Council speaker and his deputy, minis- and heads of national institutions and H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir tries’ undersecretaries, council members departments. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and citizens. The well-wishers congratulated the Thani, H H Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday received sheikhs received well-wishers at Al Wajba Palace The Emir and Father Emir also Emir and the Father Emir and wished Al Thani also attended the reception. and citizens at Al Wajba Palace. on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr yesterday. received heads of diplomatic missions and the Qatari people and the Arab and The Emir also received children from The dignitaries congratulated the Following Eid prayer, the leaders international organisations accredited to Islamic nations Eid blessing. Qatar Orphan Foundation (Dhreima) at Emir and the Father Emir on Eid Al Fitr. also met sheikhs, ministers, Advisory Qatar, Armed Forces and police officers, The Emir’s Personal Representative Al Wajba Palace. QNA

Thousands head to malls

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Visitors watching the live version of the popular TV musical programme Lazy Town at City Center in Doha yesterday. Ticketing Offices, Qatar Airways appointed KAMMUTTY VP Travel Agents and Partners, or our oneworld BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Joerg Harengerd, Director, shown here for the first time,” City Centre, said as of 7pm, the said Sudhakaran. airline partners or their authorised agents. DOHA: Thousands headed to number of people who watched The Pearl-Qatar also kicked malls to unwind on the first the shows reached 3,000 and that off a three-day carnival for chil- day of Eid Al Fitr holidays they expect up to 6,000 to watch dren and families at Porto Arabia yesterday. the shows on a daily basis. Parcel 9 and 10. Please ensure that you only purchase As Katara cancelled its Eid A stage has been erected on the Aqua Park Qatar has started celebrations and Souq Waqif is ice rink of the City Centre which welcoming visitors with enter- your tickets through these recognised and to start its events this evening, presents shows for children every tainment shows and cartoon the malls yesterday became the 30 minutes. characters for children and fami- approved channels, and avoid fraudulent major destination of people who Children enjoyed the live ver- lies for five days. shopped, dined and watched sion of the popular musical tel- Other activities include tradi- shows. evision programme Lazy Town tional Qatari dances and shows vendors or fake websites. Qatar Airways will “We opened at 2pm and as of singing and dancing with the main by local and Gulf folk bands 7pm footfall is between 19,000 and characters, including Sportacus, presented by the Ministry of not be held liable for any tickets purchased 20,000,” Navaneeth Sudhakaran, Stephanie, Robbie and Ziggy. Culture, Arts and Heritage, Manager, Al Khor Mall, told this “Compared with last year, our tours of Muhammad Ibn Abdul from unauthorised channels. daily, adding thousands more are Eid programme this year is big- Wahhab Mosque in Dafna by the expected to throng the mall in the ger and better and the shows are Ministry of Endowments and coming days. The mall is one of amazing. It has seen improvement Islamic Affairs, shooting activity the shopping centres which wit- from year to year, from show to by Qatar Shooting and Archery This is very important for passengers nessed a huge number of children show,” Harengerd said. Association and Qatar Air Sports and families enjoying the shows, For the past years, he said, the Committee’s paragliding tours. to avoid false or fraudulent bookings or many of which are being pre- shows have been attracting peo- Al Dosari Zoo and Game sented for the first time. ple from all walks of life, includ- Reserve open its doors to public Other malls presenting ing from the neighbouring GCC from today until the fifth day of disruption to travel plans. shows include the City Center, countries. Eid. Landmark Mall, Hyatt Plaza Over a dozen world-class shows Souq Waqif open today its cir- Mall, The Mall and Lagoona Mall. and acts are being presented at cus and entertainment tents to The shows are a main part of shopping centres until Sunday. entertain thousands of people in World’s 5-star airline. qatarairways.com ‘Eid in Qatar’ events organised by “The shows are mainly enter- the next five days, during which Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) tainment for kids. They are of over 15,000 gifts will be given to for seven days. high standard and some are being children. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir exchanges Low-income remitters Eid greetings with leaders DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al caught unawares Thani in telephone calls yes- terday exchanged Eid greet- ings with the Saudi Deputy Exchange houses found shut without prior notice Crown Prince, Second Deputy Premier and Special Envoy of DOHA: Some exchange the Custodian of the Two Holy houses were closed yester- Mosques, Prince Muqren bin day on account of Eid Al Abdulaziz Al Saud, Presidents Fitr, causing inconvenience Abdullah Gul (Turkey), to many people, especially Mohamed Moncef Marzouki expats with limited income. (Tunisia), Abdelaziz Bouteflika They were annoyed with the (Algeria), Abdel Fattah Al Sisi closure of exchange houses as (Egypt) and Mahmoud Abbas they wanted to send money (Palestine) and the Turkish home for Eid. Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip However, exchange houses Erdogan. said one-day closure was needed because their staff had worked MoI Eid event in www.swiss-belhotel.com continuously during Ramadan. Branches reopen on Tuesday. Tel Al Khor today “I got my salary on Saturday. DOHA: The Ministry of Fax I wanted to send money today Interior will hold an Eid (Monday) so that my family extravaganza this evening at can celebrate Eid in India on Al Khor Sports Club for which Tuesday. With all exchange entry is free. The event will Tel houses in Najma remaining feature musical performances Fax shut today, I could not send in different languages, includ- money,” said a construction ing Arabic, English, Hindi, worker living in the area. Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam and “Exchange houses should Nepalese. Cultural shows will have announced Eid holidays also be held. Surprise gifts will Tel in advance,” he said. be provided for people through Fax “All our branches were closed raffle coupons. The event, on Monday on account of Eid Al for people living or working Fitr. For the past 10 days our in various companies in the staff had worked continuously. area, starts at 5pm and runs Tollfree They deserved one-day holiday A holiday notice displayed at one of the exchange houses. until 10pm. Companies wish- to relax and celebrate Eid with ing to send their workers in Fax family members,” said a senior houses are closed,” said another Rahman, Operations Manager, high numbers may contact on official of an exchange house. worker. Al Zaman Exchange. 55511536. “Exchange houses should However, not all branches of Banks and financial institu- Tel have opened at least some of exchange houses were closed tion remain closed, based on a Hot, windy, dusty the branches so that we could on Monday as some worked circular from Qatar Central Fax have sent money to our family in morning shift. Branches Bank on holidays every year. weather likely members. I came here by walk- resume their work from today. Exchange houses use their ing because there was no taxi “From Tuesday all our discretion and decide working Continued from page 1 Tel available. All my efforts were branches will work as per nor- hours during Eid. HMC’s Ambulance Service Fax in vain because of exchange mal schedule,” said Zuber Abdul THE PENINSULA received some 235 calls yester- day, with at least two for air ambulance. Some 66 calls were related to serious cases. Tel The Weather Bureau has fore- Fax Adequate ‘mutton to meet demand’ cast hot, windy and dusty con- ditions today and said visibility www.doha.hilton.com DOHA: Qatar has adequate mutton supplies other destinations if there is shortage in a par- will be down to 2km and less at to meet demand of the local market during ticular country. places. Tel +974 44233333 Eid. According to Al Kaabi, the company is able to Wind direction will be north- Abdur Rahman Sari Al Kaabi from Widam fully meet demand for frozen and fresh meat of westerly to southwesterly with Fax +974 44233000 said the company had received a consignment of Australian sheep in local market. speeds ranging from 12 to 27 about 35,000 Australian sheep a few days back to Usually mutton consumption doubles during knots. The maximum tempera- meet the growing demand for mutton. Ramadan compared with other months. A month tures will vary between 39 and He said the company is continuously import- or two before Ramadan, importers place large 45 degrees Celsius (39 degrees ing Arabian sheep from Syria and Jordan which orders for sheep because they know that demand in Abu Samra and Al Ruwais; are available at all outlets of Widam. “We have will jump during the holy month and Eid. 45 in Al Wakra and Mesaieed, imported different types of meat from Pakistan During Ramadan, Qatar consumes about one- 44 in Doha). The night will be and Sudan,” Al Kaabi told Al Sharq. third of mutton it consumes in a year. relatively cool with the mercury He said the company exerts all efforts to keep According to the Ministry of Development levels down to 30 to 35 degrees. mutton supplies stable in the market during vari- Planning and Statistics data, sheep which arrived In Doha, the minimum tempera- Tel ous occasions, including Eid and Ramadan. at Doha Port in June-July weighed 28,780 tonnes, ture is expected at 35. It has also planned to diversify meat and live- about 28 percent of the sheep landed in 2013. THE PENINSULA Fax stock sources so that it can import meat from THE PENINSULA

Tel Fax QA hosts media events in Arab countries

Tel DOHA: Qatar Airways cel- Fax ebrated Ramadan by wel- coming media colleagues to Ramadan events in Doha, Dubai, Manama, Tunisia, Casablanca and Muscat. Tel The six events were co-hosted Fax by QA and major hotels in the region to thank the media for supporting the airline through- out the year. Tel Salam Al Shawa, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Fax Communications, QA, said: “Ramadan is a real opportunity to be thankful and to appreciate our fellow media colleagues. Tel “It is also a special occasion to Fax allow our friends to re-connect with the national carrier, and all our supportive journalists and friends,” Al Shawa said. “And we are also happy to welcome the many new joiners to the Arab media industry.” In addition to being one of the region’s premier carriers and an Tel emerging power in the interna- Fax tional air travel market, QA is proud of its commitment to the local community, its culture and traditions. Guests at one of the events. Tel Recently, it was recognised Fax with three of the top awards of its dynamic growth and focus Ballroom, Doha. a great opportunity to celebrate at the annual Skytrax World on a high-quality passenger The events brought together the spirit of Ramadan together. Airline Awards: World’s Best experience. top QA officials, members of “QA has achieved much since www.renaissancedoha.com Business Class for the third QA has seen rapid growth in the airline’s Frequent Flyer our last annual Suhour, and it time and the second year con- 17 years of operation and flies Programme, the corporate and is always a pleasure to network Tel +974 44195000 secutively; Best Airline in the a modern fleet of 134 aircraft government sectors and the with our stakeholders and part- Fax +974 44195100 Middle East for the eighth time; to 144 key business and leisure travel and hospitality industry ners and update them on key and Best Business Class Airline destinations across Europe, on July 14 and 15. milestones we have reached with Lounge for the second time the Middle East, Africa, Asia Both evenings were an oppor- their support and loyalty.” consecutively. Pacific, North America and tunity to network and showcase Both events included enter- The awards have further South America. the airline’s five-star hospitality. tainment activities, including a cemented QA’s reputation as Meanwhile, QA hosted Ehab Amin, Vice-President, Tannoura performance and a one of the world’s ultimate five- two Suhours evenings at Al Commercial, QA, said: “The eve- Moroccan band. star carriers and are the result Sharq Village & Spa, Al Dasha nings organised by QA provided THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli Government warns of major disaster

TRIPOLI: A huge fire at an oil A spokesman for the National heard at regular intervals. depot on the outskirts of Tripoli Oil Company said: “The firefight- While the oil burns, in Tripoli was out of control yesterday, ers have now left the scene. The itself motorists are suffering a sparking fears of a fireball that situation is out of control.” severe petrol shortage, as service could cause carnage over a wide The government urged resi- stations have closed over fears for area. dents “living within a three kil- the safety of staff in light of the The fire, raging since Sunday ometre radius of the scene (of fighting. night, spread to a second fuel the fire) to leave their homes As the lawlessness spreads, sev- storage site in what the govern- immediately”. eral countries, including Britain, ment called a “very dangerous” In its statement, the govern- France, Germany and Egypt, have development. ment issued yet another appeal all warned their citizens not to “The situation is very danger- to the combatants to “cease fire travel to Libya, while the United ous after a second fire broke out immediately”. States evacuated its embassy at Smoke billowing from an oil depot where a huge blaze started following clashes around Tripoli airport, in south- at another petroleum depot,” But rockets were still being the weekend. ern Tripoli yesterday. the government said, warning fired into the area, an AFP pho- Other countries, among them of a “disaster with unforeseeable tographer at the scene reported. the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain The Tripoli clashes, the most “real risk” from the fighting. groups since Kadhafi’s fall. Libya, consequences”. The authorities feared the blaze and Turkey have advised their violent since a 2011 armed revolt The spiralling violence which meanwhile, yesterday denied The blaze erupted when a could spread still further to a nationals to leave the country which overthrew longtime dicta- has also hit the eastern city of claims from Cairo that Egyptian rocket struck a tank containing natural gas reservoir, where 90 immediately. tor Moamer Kadhafi, started with Benghazi, birthplace of the 2011 nationals were among those killed more than six million litres (1.6 million litres are stored. Italy and Malta have sent air- a July 13 assault on the airport by revolution, where weekend fight- in a weekend rocket attack on a million gallons) of fuel. Fighting in the area has craft in the past few days to the armed groups, mainly Islamists. ing between army special forces Tripoli house. The depots are located 10 kilo- claimed the lives of 97 people Miitiga military airport to airlift The attackers are battling to and Islamists killed 28 people, The foreign ministry in Cairo metres (six miles) from the city and left more than 400 injured, their nationals out of Libya. flush out fellow former rebels mostly soldiers, officials said. had said a rocket hit a house on the road to Tripoli’s interna- the latest health ministry figures The exodus of foreign work- from the hill town of Zintan, The fighting erupted on in the capital on Saturday, kill- tional airport, which rival mili- show. ers will further hit the strife- southwest of Tripoli, who have Saturday when Islamist groups ing 23 people, including several tias have been fiercely fighting for Yesterday, the first day of the torn country, while the health controlled the airport for the past launched an assault on the head- Egyptians. since mid-July. Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday to ministry warned of a shortage of three years. quarters of a special forces unit But Libyan interior ministry Firefighters had been battling mark the end of the Muslim fast- medical staff after the Philippines Washington evacuated its near the city centre. spokesman Rami Kaal dismissed to extinguish the blaze, but ongo- ing month of Ramadan, a huge announced it was withdrawing its embassy staff on Saturday, with Near-daily clashes take place the claim. “News reported in the ing clashes repeatedly forced pall of black smoke hung over citizens, including 3,000 doctors Secretary of State John Kerry in Benghazi, parts of which have press about this incident is com- them to flee the area. the plant and explosions could be and other healthcare workers. warning the mission had faced a become strongholds for Islamist pletely wrong,” he said. AFP

Children celebrate Eid in Syria UN takes aim at Syria thyme seller, Islamist oil grab three sons killed in Syria, Iraq

ALEPPO, Syria: Ramadan Jabiriyeh, the Observatory said. UNITED NATIONS, United had just an hour left to go, but An AFP photographer who States: The UN Security Bashar Sarmini, the thyme visited the district on Monday Council yesterday backed a seller of Aleppo, and his three was able to confirm Sarmini was Russian initiative to bar trade sons never saw the sun set on among the dead, along with his in oil with Islamists in Iraq and the month of fasting. three sons, Ahmad, Mohamad Syria. A rapid barrel-bombing raid by and Abdel Hadi. The 15-nation Council warned Syrian regime planes killed them Sarmini was something of a in a joint statement that buying oil all in the rebel-held district of local character, making a living from groups such as the Islamic Shaar in the divided northern by selling za’atar, the local herb State and Jabhat Al-Nusra fight- city, the Syrian observatory for with a thyme-like flavour highly- ing in Iraq and Syria could lead Human Rights reported. prized in Levantine cuisine, and to sanctions. “At least nine civilians, three much sought-after in the region. “Such engagement constitutes of them children, were killed by Za’atar has long green leaves, financial support for terrorists barrel bombs (dropped by regime grows along the slopes of the and may lead to further sanctions aircraft) in Shaar,” an eastern Syrian-Lebanese mountains, and listings,” the council said. district, the monitoring body said. the traditional za’atar shops are Russia presented the state- The Britain-based group, which considered special in this part ment in late June, seeking to relies on an extensive network of the world. “The barrel bomb clamp down on middle-men who of medical, military and activist dropped Sunday night an hour are selling the oil from Islamist- sources on the ground, warned before Iftar (the end of the fast- controlled areas. the death toll could rise because ing) at a time when everyone was Islamic groups such as ISIL, of the large number of people of doing their last-minute shopping which rebranded itself as the seriously wounded. ready for the feast (of Eid al- Islamic State and Al-Nusra have “Six more civilians, including Fitr). People were stunned and seized oilfields and pipelines to three children and a woman, were were just crying quietly to them- bankroll their offensives. killed in mortar shelling by rebels” selves,” AFP photographer Zein Syrian children enjoy a swing on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month The council said control of oil of the government-held district of Al Rifai said. AFP of Ramadan, yesterday. facilities “could generate mate- rial income for terrorists, which would support their recruitment efforts, including of foreign ter- rorist fighters, and strengthen their operational capability to China says may have citizens fighting in Iraq organize and carry out terrorist attacks.” BEIJING: Muslim extrem- land it has captured in Syria and will pose a severe challenge and how many Chinese citizens may Syria are foreign fighters, mostly Trade of oil with the Islamists ists from China’s far western Iraq. security risk to those countries,” be in the Middle East either fight- from Europe. China would do all it is in violation of UN resolutions region of Xinjiang have gone to Wu Sike, who has recently added Wu, who has 40 years of ing or being trained, saying that could to help Middle Eastern coun- and “all states are required to the Middle East for training and returned from the region, diplomatic experience in the he understood from foreign media tries fight terror as this was also in ensure that their nationals and some may have crossed into Iraq told reporters that China was Middle East and speaks Arabic. reports the figure to be about 100. China’s best interests, Wu added. any persons within their territory to participate in the upsurge of extremely worried about the role Xinjiang, home to the Muslim “Mostly they are East “China is a victim of extrem- do not trade in oil with these enti- violence there, China’s special of extremist groups in the fighting Uighur people who speak a Turkic Turkestan elements,” Wu said, ist, terrorist activities, and our ties,” it said. envoy for the Middle East said in Syria and Iraq. language, has been beset by unrest adding that this was one of the support for fighting terrorism The Syrian Observatory of yesterday. “Several hot spot issues in the for years, blamed by Beijing on topics he talked about on his trip, in this region is beneficial to us Human Rights said last week China has repeatedly expressed Middle East have provided liv- Islamist extremists who want to especially when he was in Turkey, too. As a result China and those that Islamic State (IS) fighters concern about the upsurge in vio- ing space for terrorist groups, in establish an independent state which is home to a large exiled countries are in a closely knit in Syria were selling oil and gas lence in Iraq and the march of particular the crisis in Syria has called East Turkestan. Uighur population. community of shared interests.” to Iraqi businessmen. the Islamic State of Iraq and the turned this country into a train- While many experts outside “They won’t necessarily all China is Iraq’s largest oil client, IS insurgents took control of Levant (ISIL), which has seized ing ground for extremists from of China doubt these groups return (to China). Some will and its state energy firms, which large parts of Iraq’s north and much of the north of the coun- many countries,” he said. have anywhere near the abilities remain to participate in the con- include PetroChina, Sinopec west in a sweeping offensive try as Baghdad’s forces there “These extremists come from Beijing accuses them of, some flict, perhaps crossing into Iraq,” Group and CNOOC Ltd, together that began on June 9, preventing collapsed. Islamic countries, Europe, North Uighurs have made their way he said, without elaborating. hold more than a fifth of Iraq’s oil Baghdad from exporting oil via a ISIL has renamed itself the America and China. After being to Afghanistan and Pakistan in US intelligence agencies esti- projects after securing some of its pipeline to Turkey and by road to Islamic State and proclaimed the immersed in extremist ideas, recent years. mate around 7,000 of the 23,000 fields through auctions in 2009. Jordan. AFP establishment of a caliphate on when they return home they Wu would not put a number on violent extremists operating in REUTERS France says ready to facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians

PARIS: France said yesterday northern Iraqi city of Mosul and “France is outraged by these State of Iraq and the Levant. The such actions can be considered directed against any civilian it was ready to help facilitate other areas after Islamic State abuses that it condemns with the Christian presence in the region crimes against humanity. populations because of their eth- asylum for Christians in Iraq insurgents led a sweep across utmost firmness,” both ministers spans close to two millennia. In a unanimous declaration nic background, religious beliefs displaced by a jihadist onslaught, Iraq’s north and west last month. said. Before the 2003 US-led adopted last week, the Council or faith may constitute a crime saying it was “outraged” by their The militants had ordered “The ultimatum given to these invasion, more than a million condemned “in the strongest against humanity, for which persecution. Christian families to convert to communities in Mosul by ISIL Christians lived in Iraq, includ- terms the systematic persecution those responsible must be held “We are ready, if they so desire, Islam or leave the city, prompting is the latest tragic example of ing more than 600,000 in Baghdad of individuals from minority pop- accountable.” to help facilitate asylum on our the mass exodus. the terrible threat that jihadist and 60,000 in Mosul, as well as a ulations and those who refuse its The Council also asked that territory,” Foreign Minister Those who failed to comply groups in Iraq, but also in Syria substantial number in the oil city extremist ideology in Iraq by ISIL the Iraqi government and the Laurent Fabius and Interior were threatened with execution, and elsewhere, pose to these pop- of Kirkuk and in Basra. and associated armed groups,” it UN intensify their efforts to serve Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said and the property of those who left ulations that are historically an The United Nations Security said. the “urgent” humanitarian needs in a joint statement. was forfeited to the Islamic State, integral part of this region,” they Council has already denounced “The members of the Security of people displaced by the con- Thousands of Christians and a statement from the group seen added, referring to the jihadist the persecution of Christians and Council further recall that wide- flict and to tackle the “terrorist other minorities have fled the by AFP said. group’s former name of Islamic other minorities in Iraq, warning spread or systematic attacks threat” against minorities. AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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fghanistan is currently fighting two crises. The first one, as the world knows, was caused by an enemy, the Taliban, but the second one, unfortunately, is Torture is not a public Acaused by the government itself after allegations of fraud in the presidential election. The crisis over the presidential election is sapping the vital energy and time required for fighting its formidable foe, the Taliban. The government ordered a vote recount after unofficial and relations problem disputed preliminary results of the June 14 runoff election BY DAVID COLE showed former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai But torture is not a public relations suspects into walls and prolonged sleep well ahead of his rival, former foreign minister Abdullah problem. It’s a grave human rights abuse, deprivation — plainly qualify as torture he CIA is on a “charm and a war crime. Under the Convention and have long been treated as such by the Abdullah who was widely expected to win. A deal negotiated offensive.” Against Torture, a multilateral treaty United States when other nations employ later by US provides that every one of the 8 million ballots In June, it opened a that we helped draft and have signed them. Just last week, the European Court will be audited under national and international supervision Twitter account. (Its and ratified, a nation’s obligation when of Human Rights held Poland responsi- over three or four weeks. But the recount is expected to take first tweet? “We can nei- confronted with credible claims of tor- ble for complicity in the CIA’s crimes, longer, threatening to prolong the crisis. ther confirm nor deny ture is not to devise a public relations finding that the conduct was so clearly Tthat this is our first tweet.”) Later that counteroffensive but to refer the matter illegal that Poland had an obligation to As the government is busy trying to solve the election month, it held its first public confer- for criminal investigation and possible stop permitting it on its territory. crisis, the Taliban are focusing on consolidating their gains. ence, at Georgetown University. On a prosecution. Poland, in other words, was an acces- And reports emerging from outside Kabul in the past few full day of panels, David Sanger of The The CIA’s response is about 10 years sory to the crime. But the United States days have been scary. Taliban fighters are said to be scoring New York Times and I were the only too late. The time to respond to alle- was the ringleader. early gains in several strategic areas across the country, speakers without direct ties to the intel- gations of torture, cruelty and disap- Well, if “the lawyers said we could” inflicting heavy casualties and casting new doubt on the ligence community. Still, it was a small pearances is when they occur, not a won’t cut it, how about: “We saved indication that the CIA is willing to decade later, when an official report lives”? No one has yet pointed in any ability of Afghan forces to fight the insurgency as the United speak about its activities in public, if finds fault. And when you learn such convincing way to a case in which States moves fast to complete its withdrawal of troops. only in the vaguest terms, and if only to conduct is occurring, there is only one the torture program saved lives. The The confidence of insurgents has surged, while reports of an audience overwhelmingly made up of proper response — order it to stop and Senate committee reportedly found no huge setbacks are sure to hit the intelligence community. hold the perpetrators accountable. Both evidence to support that claim. And, of As an election the morale of the troops. The On Saturday, the Times reported the Geneva and the torture conven- course, the ultimate question is whether Taliban’s reclusive leader Mullah that CIA Director tions absolutely prohibit torture and any information extracted via torture John Brennan cruel treatment of wartime detainees; could have been obtained through lawful crisis threatens Mohammad Omar warned on is working with the world has proclaimed through these means. Ali Soufan, the FBI’s lead inter- the stability of Friday that a bilateral security former director laws that there are no circumstances rogator of high-level al-Qaida suspects, pact allowing thousands of US There is only George Tenet that justify such acts. says he got more information from his the government troops to stay in the country one appropriate and other high- But the CIA, far from halting the targets using traditional, lawful tech- beyond the end of this year will response to a level current and practice, continued it as long as it could. niques of building rapport than the former CIA offic- The program began in 2002. When the CIA did using physical force and pain. in Kabul, the mean more fighting. Mullah also report finding that ers on a public initial Justice Department legal memo In fact, he maintains, the CIA’s infliction Taliban are called on both Afghan presidential the CIA inflicted relations strategy authorizing the program was leaked in of pain obstructed interrogations that candidates not to sign the unspeakable cruelty for the impend- June 2004, the George W. Bush admin- were proceeding fruitfully until the CIA making huge agreement. The Taliban have upon human beings ing release of a istration officially rescinded it. But got involved. damning report officials substituted a series of other The question is not whether torture gains outside found made inroads beyond their in its custody. traditional strongholds and are from the Senate memos, many secret, that continued to reveals useful information; one can Acknowledge that Select Committee give the CIA a green light. The admin- concede that in some circumstances now controlling land near crucial the capital. the agency did on Intelligence istration did not transfer its disap- it might. The question is whether the highways and cities that surround on the CIA’s use peared detainees from the CIA’s secret ends justify the means. There are always the capital. The insurgents’ wrong, issue a of “enhanced prisons until 2006, after the Supreme other ways to obtain useful informa- advance has gone largely unnoticed because most American formal apology, and interrogation Court had confirmed that the Geneva tion. And there are moral limits to what forces have left the field and government officials are not pay reparations. No techniques” on Conventions apply to al-Qaida detainees human beings should do, regardless of talking about it. According to a New York Times report, amount of spin will al-Qaida sus- and Congress had confirmed that the its “utility” in a specific case. Torturing pects. The report ban on cruel, inhuman and degrading a suspect’s child in front of him might “local officials and residents in several strategic areas around solve this problem. is undergoing treatment applies to everyone in our produce useful information, but it does the country suggest that, given the success of their attacks, declassification custody, no matter what their national- not justify the act. the Taliban are growing bolder just two months into the review by the administration right now, ity or where they are held. I am not a public relations expert, fighting season, at great cost to Afghan military and police but significant parts of it are expected So what will the public relations but I have some advice for the CIA. forces.” to be released as early as next month. strategy look like now? We can probably There is only one appropriate response If the leaks are to be believed, the make some educated guesses, based on to a report finding that the agency At a time when the government should be focusing all its report will condemn the agency for past assertions by Bush administration inflicted unspeakable and illegal cru- energies on equipping itself for the post-US withdrawal days, inflicting torture and cruel treatment officials. “We didn’t think it was torture elty upon human beings in its cus- it’s focused on the election crisis which is threatening the on detainees and for lying about the because the lawyers told us it wasn’t.” tody. Acknowledge that the agency government’s stability. There are serious worries about the program to Congress and the public. That defense doesn’t work for Mafia did wrong, issue a formal apology, and, preparedness of Afghan forces to fight the Taliban and the If you were facing the public release dons and ought not to work for the CIA. where appropriate, pay reparations. No latter’s gains in the past two months have only strengthened of such findings, you, too, would be figur- The practices involved — waterboarding, amount of spin will solve this problem. ing out a response. excruciating stress positions, slamming WP-BLOOMBERG the fears• The other side Quote of Home is where we will return the day

HE QUESTION of Day here, during my vacations in India To us, especially those docked in the we shall return for good. belongingness is a tricky one and whenever there is an important or Arabian stretch, every single twitch on To us Gulfees, a government change to answer. No, it is actually a critical event back home. the face of India is significant. Every back home is far more significant than Ttedious one. To ascertain one’s Two weeks ago, like every year, I alteration in its course is of immense it would be to a Non Resident in other affection (or lack of it) towards a thing, watched the Indian Finance Minister consequence. We sweat here when places, for we still park our earnings We need to be and then not let it waver in the long run, deliver the Union budget speech on the summer sizzles there, shiver when back home. Our remittances still go into is not easy. TV, and while doing so, I wondered the ice falls and pine when the mon- the making of our country’s roads, rail- prepared for a No one will know this quandary more how much of what he announced really soon descends there. We Gulfees ways and retails chains, just as much as protracted campaign. than a man caught between his love for affected me or those of my ilk who have may be distanced, but we are not it shores up our future. We still carry our his wife and his mother, or an expatri- grown roots on foreign shores. The disconnected. country’s passports and long to cast We will ate caught between his sentiments for thought was a repeat of what I had felt Like water hyacinth, we have float- our votes. Our stinking trains, fractured continue to act with his resident nation and his homeland. nearly two months ago when we were ing roots that take us back and forth education system, infrastructural woes As a Non Resident Indian, there are presented with the greatest democratic to our homeland and here. We may be and security issues hassle us because force and discretion three occasions when this predica- spectacle on earth. Of what relevance living here, but we belong there and this our country is still an essential part of until our mission is ment becomes pronounced to me — are the things that happen back home belongingness is more real than flashes our psyche and it is impossible to alien- on the occasion of our Independence to us? Why was I so curious? The of migrant nostalgia. We are firm in the ate us from it physically. accomplished. Benjamin Netanyahu and Republic Days and the National answer wasn’t difficult to find. fact that that is our home and some day KHALEEJ TIMES Israeli Prime Minister TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Boycotts can raise price of Israel’s impunity

parties and grassroots movements, and If governments from vast numbers of people all over the world expressing their ethical commit- refuse to act, ment by boycotting all Israeli products, not just those from the occupied terri- tories. As a result, BDS pressure is now then the vast starting to have significant impacts. Artists including Pink Floyd’s Roger global support Waters, Massive Attack and Faithless have refused to perform in Israel in response to calls for a cultural boycott. that Israel enjoys Public intellectuals such as Stephen Hawking, Alice Walker and Judith Butler must be tackled have taken a similar stance. A major step was taken recently by a group of Nobel laureates and other by international public figures who published a letter in the Guardian calling on governments to grassroots civil immediately “implement a comprehen- sive and legally binding military embargo society, using on Israel”. Now the United Kingdom security firm G4S looks set to scale back its involve- the methods that ment in the Israeli prison system that holds Palestinian children without trial, isolated South Africa following an international campaign that saw US churches and the Bill Gates Foundation divest from the company. during apartheid. John Lewis recently became the latest European retailer to stop trading with BY RAFEEF ZIADAH the Israeli firm SodaStream, whose share price has halved in a year. Leaders of Israel’s settler movement Civilians protesting in support of Palestine and Gaza, at Perth, Australia, on Saturday. started my life under Israeli siege have bemoaned the fact that consumer and bombardment. Even as a child boycotts mean they can no longer export I remember wondering, while the enters Gaza, from calories to world associated regime in the occupied West support the siege of Gaza, the building of to Europe. smell of artillery shells filled the literature. Bank of settlements, land confiscation, settlements and therefore Israel’s peri- Israeli ministers describe BDS as a Beirut air in 1982 and we ran for After 21 days of bombing, Israel still segregated roads and movement restric- odic massacres. The impunity granted “strategic threat” to the status quo, and ourI lives: “why is the world allowing this refuses a comprehensive ceasefire that tions is illegal under international law, to Israel is completely at odds with the even the US now warns that Israel faces to happen?” On the face of Gaza’s children meets the minimal, unified demand of all and that governments have a legal duty democratic will of the people, as the cur- international isolation. today I see another generation born to Palestinians – to let people lead normal to act. rent international outpouring of solidar- The attack on Gaza is not a war the same trauma, and to the same ques- lives. This is not a war, let alone one of However, 10 years on, the international ity with Gaza shows. between two equal sides. It is an onslaught tion. How can this be allowed to happen? self-defence, but a punitive expedition community still averts its gaze, failing If governments refuse to act, then the by a powerful military state, armed and Gaza has been under Israeli siege for aimed at maintaining the siege and ille- to lift a finger to hold Israel to account. vast international support that Israel supported by the west, against an impov- seven years. Fishermen are shot when gal military occupation. EU foreign ministers, even after they enjoys must be tackled by international erished, besieged and displaced people. they go out to sea. Trade is blocked. Civilians, hospitals and residential heard news of the massacre of Shuja’iya, grassroots civil society, using the meth- The talk of governments is cheap. Travel is nearly impossible. blocks bear the brunt of the attack demanded the disarmament only of Gaza. ods that isolated South Africa during As long as talk is all there is, the life of Water is contaminated. Hospital sup- because the only “military” aim of Yet it is Israel’s hi-tech arsenal, funded by apartheid. our children remains even cheaper. We plies are lacking. The economy is kept onslaught is to cower Palestinians into US aid, generous EU research grants and Since its launch by Palestinian civil must step up our boycott, divestment and in controlled collapse, just short of complete submission. the flourishing multibillion arms trade, society in 2005, the boycott, divestment sanctions, campaigning internationally to catastrophe. In July 2004, the international court that rains down horror on civilians. and sanctions (BDS) movement has end Israel’s impunity. Israel is rationing everything that of justice ruled that Israel’s wall and the Lip-service aside, western governments won support from trade unions, political THE GUARDIAN Preventing a massacre in N Korea’s gulags Time to extend visas to While protecting Iraqi and Afghan allies civilians and securing BY RYAN CROCKER uring the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of brave citizens of both countries assisted our efforts, at great risk nuclear weapons to themselves and their families. Many were killed because Dthey stood with us. Many more faced serious threats. Now will appropriately be we have a moral obligation to stand with them by ensuring that those who need it have the opportunity to live safely and securely in the United States, a country they served at considerable risk even though uppermost concerns it was not their own. This is a matter of deep personal concern to me. When I became in a time of chaos, it is ambassador to Iraq in 2007, we had no special immigrant visa (SIV) programme for our employees, and only a tiny number of those who served with us were being admitted into the United States as refu- in the camps that the gees. When I left two years later, a congressionally authorised SIV programme was up and running, and more than 17,000 Iraqi refugees most acute cases of had entered the United States the previous year. I launched a similar effort after I became ambassador to Afghanistan in 2011. hunger, disease and As Secretary of State John Kerry noted last month in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, the Afghan SIV programme suffered its share Kim Jong-un attending a meeting of security personnel of the Korean People’s Army in Pyongyang. of bureaucratic problems and delays. Kerry ordered an overhaul of the ill-treatment will be process, and the results were dramatic; since October, nearly 5,000 Afghans have received visas, compared with roughly 1,600 in the previ- found. “to wipe out” all inmates so as “to eliminate that the world is watching. North Korea has ous year. Sadly, however, the Iraq SIV process has gone in the opposite any evidence.” He said that drills have even threatened prison guards, former inmates and direction. Although more than 15,000 visas have been issued in all, the BY ROBERTA COHEN been held “on how to kill large numbers of nearby communities with severe punishment flow has slowed to a trickle. George Packer reported in the New Yorker prisoners in a short period of time.” Guards in if they disclose information on the camps. that 507 Iraqis arrived in the United States on SIVs in October. other camps, as well as former prison officials, Governments and international organi- In Afghanistan, a new SIV crisis has arisen. About 6,000 applicants ince the UN Commission of Inquiry have confirmed this account. sations can counter the regime’s denial and are in the pipeline, but Congress has set a limit of 3,000 visas for 2014, issued its report on North Korea Can anything be done to prevent such mas- misinformation by using high-precision satel- a cap the State Department will reach this month. New legislation is in February, United Nation bodies, sacres? It is impossible to know, but taking lite imagery to monitor the camps and lend needed immediately to extend the programme and provide additional Shuman rights organisations, govern- some steps now could make a difference. support to nongovernmental organisations admissions. ments and think tanks have been working to First, North Korea’s government must be reporting on their activities. In a time of intense political acrimony, I am pleased that this issue is respond to the crimes against humanity it shown that its abuse of political prisoners And the testimony of defectors should be gathering bipartisan support. Sens John McCain, R-Ariz, and Jeanne documented, including the systematic abuse has costs. The Commission of Inquiry recom- used to gather names of prison guards and Shaheen, DNH, introduced legislation this week to provide 1,000 addi- of prisoners and food policies that lead to star- mended targeted sanctions. For starters, this officials for future trials. Guards might think tional visas this year, and Rep Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore, is spearheading vation. But the report’s most chilling section would require nine out of 15 Security Council twice about carrying out an order to commit a similar effort in the House. But time is of the essence. In a sense, the rarely gets discussed: standing orders at North members to agree to place North Korea’s a massacre if they know they would be held State Department has been a victim of its own success in working its Korea’s political prison camps (the kwanliso) human rights abuses on the council’s agenda; accountable. Bringing the prisoners to safety way to a more effective system. to kill all prisoners in the event of armed con- targeted sanctions could then be brought up must be part and parcel of any strategy devel- The department badly needs to improve its game in Iraq as well. flict or revolution. for discussion. oped to respond to a collapse in North Korea. Arguably, those who have worked with us have never been in greater The regime of Kim Jong-un holds an esti- The voice of Secretary General Ban While protecting civilians and securing danger than they are now, with the Islamic State, a far more lethal mated 80,000 to 120,000 political prisoners Ki-moon should be heard, too. Because Ban nuclear weapons will appropriately be upper- organisation than Al Qaeda, controlling large areas of the country and in four labour camps in North and South is Korean, he is often excused from taking the most concerns in a time of chaos, it is in the radical Shia militias emerging elsewhere. Just as they are most needed, Hamgyong provinces in the mountains of the lead on human rights issues in North Korea, camps that the most acute cases of hunger, SIV operations in Baghdad have ground to a virtual halt. Processing north and in South Pyongan province. These but when crimes against humanity are found disease and ill-treatment will be found. SIVs must be a top priority in Baghdad and Washington, and the facilities have been pinpointed thanks to sat- and atrocities warned, he should be expected It is essential that humanitarian organisa- personnel and resources needed to expedite issuances must be made ellite images and testimony from defectors. to use every tool at his disposal. tions and military forces focus now on how to available now. This is literally a life-or-death issue. And since extensive Most of the prisoners in the camps have not Additionally, in the United States, a bill rescue survivors. backlogs cannot be cleared by September no matter how much effort had a trial, have been incarcerated for life and before Congress that would impose finan- North Korea’s camps have long been one of is made, Congress must extend the Iraq programme, too. are denied any contact with the outside world. cial sanctions on North Korea for its human the main tools employed by the Kim regime Taking care of those who took care of us does not mean doing them The isolation and brutality inflicted upon rights transgressions and nuclear provoca- to hold on to power. a favour. It means acting on fundamental American values. Afghans them are punishments for their perceived tions should be passed and signed by President North Korea follows Songun, or “military- and Iraqis risked their lives to support our efforts, and all too many disloyalty, following such “crimes” as criticis- Obama. first” policy in order to strengthen the coun- gave their lives. A searing memory of my time in Baghdad is the kid- ing the Kim family and its policies, trying to Further, the Atrocities Prevention Board try and its government. It is the world’s most napping and brutal murder of two Iraqi employees of the embassy, a defect, organising Christian services or get- established by the Obama administration in militarised society, with a total of 9,495,000 husband and wife. They died because they worked for us. ting caught up in factional political disputes. 2012 should place the risk to North Korean active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel. Wars don’t end just because we bring our troops home. They don’t Guilt by association leads to entire families, prisoners on its agenda. Its active duty army of 1.21 million is the 4th end for enemies who may gain ground, and they don’t end for friends including grandchildren and grandparents, It is also time for leading institutions such largest in the world. who may face risks precisely because they were our friends. We must being locked away. as the US Institute of Peace and the US One day, their dismantling will give rise do everything possible to bring our friends in Iraq and Afghanistan It was Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s founder, Holocaust Memorial Museum to take up this to a new Korea in which monuments will to safety. This will require swift action by Congress and the Obama who gave the kill-all order. His son Kim Jong-il issue as part of their early-warning and pre- be erected not to the Kim family but to its administration. Anything less would not be just a betrayal of those reaffirmed it. Ahn Myong-chol, a former vention programmes. victims, which have been abandoned by the who served us with courage and dedication. It would be a betrayal of guard, testified before the UN commission Finally, and perhaps most important, the international community for too long. who we are and what we stand for as Americans. that, in the event of upheaval, the guards are Kim regime must be made to understand WP-BLOOMBERG WP-BLOOMBERG TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 MIDDLE EAST 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sporadic exchanges break Gaza lull Eight Palestinian children killed in Gaza camp attack as world pleads for truce

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Exchanges of fire killed eight Palestinian children Kerry evokes Mandela in a Gaza refugee camp and four people in Israel yesterday, shat- tering hopes for an end to three in push for truce weeks of devastating violence. The missile that slammed into WASHINGTON:US our partnership to the next level, a public playground in the sea- Secretary of State John Kerry by investing in the continent’s front Shati UN refugee camp also evoked the memory of anti- greatest resource of all: its peo- killed at least two other people apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ple.” With some 60 percent of and wounded another 46, many yesterday to press his push for Africa’s population under the age of them also children, the emer- a ceasefire between Israel and of 35, “we don’t have a moment gency services said. the Palestinians. to waste.” Soon after, a security source As he issued a call to young “It is a time and a place where said five Gaza militants were African leaders to break decades all of you have the great oppor- killed in a shootout with troops in of violence and guide the conti- tunity of a lifetime to bend the southern Israel. Hamas’s armed nent towards prosperity and sta- arc of history toward change, wing claimed it killed 10 Israeli bility, Kerry warned it was never not stagnation,” he told some soldiers in a raid in the same area, easy to negotiate with warring 500 visitors from sub-Saharan and denied it lost any men. factions. Africa. The latest bloodshed pushed Talking to a Tanzanian activist “You can bend it toward peace the Palestinian death toll from who is working to bring together and prosperity, not conflict and violence in and around the coastal his community, Kerry said “the retribution,” he said. enclave to more than 1,050. biggest challenge is trying to get He urged Africa’s younger Palestinian medical sources many factions to cooperate to generation to “seize the future blamed the refugee camp kill- reach the same aim.” and become the next generation ings on the Israeli military, with “Let me tell you something as of CEOs and community and witnesses saying the missiles had somebody who’s in the middle of political leaders.” been fired from a fighter jet. trying to get some people to just “This really is a moment of “An F-16 fired five rockets at a get seven days of a ceasefire in great opportunity for Africa. street in Shati camp where chil- Akram Miqdad, father of six-year-old Baraa, cries while he carries his body outside the morgue of the Shifa the Middle East, I know what But make no mistake, it’s not dren were playing, killing some of hospital in Gaza City, you’re talking about Hashim,” automatic. It is also a moment them and injuring many more,” Kerry said with a wry laugh. of great decision,” the top US one said. In Israel, at least four people source in the West Bank said Obama phoned Israeli Prime “It’s never easy but that diplomat, speaking ahead of Inside Shifa hospital, an AFP were killed when a mortar round Palestinian president Mahmud Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to doesn’t mean you stop, it doesn’t a major summit planned next correspondent saw the bodies of fired from Gaza hit an admin- Abbas was heading to Cairo with demand an “immediate, uncondi- mean you turn away. You have to week in Washington hosted by at least seven children from the istrative building in the Eshkol Hamas representatives for fresh tional humanitarian ceasefire”, in keep doing it.” President Barack Obama, bring- blast at the camp, with more bod- regional council, media reports talks on ending the violence in a call echoed hours later by the The top US diplomat, who ing together some 50 heads of ies being brought in on bloodied said, in what was the biggest Gaza. UN Security Council. returned to Washington late state and government from stretchers. civilian loss of life inside the “Abbas is forming a Palestinian As diplomatic efforts inten- Sunday after failing to reach a across Africa. They were unloaded and taken Jewish state since the start of delegation including Hamas and sified to broker an end to the ceasefire during shuttle diplo- “The choices that African directly to the mortuary. the violence. Islamic Jihad representatives to bloodletting which has claimed macy between Egypt and Israel, leaders make, the choices that The Israeli military categori- The latest deaths came after a meet Egyptian leaders and dis- over a thousand lives, both sides quoted late South African anti- you make... all of that will deter- cally denied any attack, and said brief lull in the fighting in Gaza cuss a halt to Israel’s aggression appeared to have settled into an apartheid icon Nelson Mandela mine the future.” Hamas had aimed the rockets at for the beginning of the Muslim against Gaza,” the source told undeclared ceasefire arrange- saying “it’s always impossible, “You will decide whether or Israel but that they misfired and festival of Eid al-Fitr, torpedo- AFP, without saying when the ment with the skies over Gaza until it is done. And that’s what not a decade of progress leads hit the camp. ing hopes of a ceasefire despite talks would take place. mostly quiet. Military spokesman we have to have as our guide.” to an era of African prosperity It also blamed an early attack intense international pressure for “The aim is to examine with General Moti Almoz described Kerry was addressing the and stability or whether your inside the compound of Gaza’s an end to the conflict. Egyptian leaders how to meet the calm as “an unlimited lull” but opening of a presidential summit countries tragically fall back biggest hospital on militant rocket Following increasingly urgent Palestinian demands and put an warned that the army was ready for Young African leaders, and into cycle after cycle of tragic fire that fell short of Israel and calls by the UN and the US for end to the aggression,” he said. to resume its activity at any time. he vowed it was “time to take violence.” AFP struck in the Palestinian territory. an “immediate ceasefire,” a senior Earlier US President Barack AFP Islamic State jihadists open ‘marriage bureau’

BEIRUT: The Islamic State, which advocates public stoning for adultery, has opened a “mar- riage bureau” for women who want to wed its fighters in ter- ritory they control in Syria and Iraq. Singers and actors hired by state-run Iraqiya channel perform patriotic The jihadist group’s office is songs inside a church in Baghdad on July 21. operating from Al-Bab, a town in Aleppo province of north- ern Syria, for “single women and widows who would like to marry IS fighters”, said the Maliki turns to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitor- ing group, citing residents, said interested parties were state TV for help being asked to provide their names and addresses, “and IS BAGHDAD: State television is communal spectrum. “There fighters will come knocking at working overtime to persuade have been some voices that did their door and officially ask for Iraqis to help Prime Minister not approve of these kind of marriage”. Nuri Al Maliki confront an Al activities, saying they recalled The IS has also expanded into Qaeda offshoot that has seized the patriotic songs that filled TV tourism, taking jihadists on hon- wide tracts of the country, but screens under Saddam Hussein,” eymoons and civilians to visit its unifying call has been blunted he told Reuters. other parts of its “caliphate”. by his sectarian reputation. “But there’s a big difference Running twice-weekly tours Since the humiliating loss of because our songs emphasize love from Syria’s Raqa to Iraq’s Anbar, much of Iraq’s north to Islamic of homeland and steadfastness IS buses fly the group’s black flag State insurgents, the official and tolerance while the songs and play jihadist songs through- Iraqiya channel has been churning of Saddam’s time glorified one out the journey. out patriotic videos of marching person, certified worship of the IS proclaimed a “caliphate” last soldiers, heavily-armed comman- one and only leader focusing on month straddling the two neigh- dos and even singers and actors Saddam’s personality.” bouring Arab states. to rally the public behind the Still, many Iraqis see Maliki as a It firmly controls large swathes government. The theatrics are polarising figure who has deepened of northern and eastern Syria, the reminiscent of life under Saddam sectarian divisions, and Iraqiya as Iraq-Syria border, and parts of Hussein, whose propaganda his propaganda arm rather than northern and western Iraq. machine put a positive spin on the unifying public service it says The group has been accused disasters like his 1990 invasion of it is. His marginalisation of Sunni of responsibility for a number of Kuwait or 1980-88 war with Iran. Muslims has caused some to find atrocities, including mass kidnap- Instead of increasing confi- common cause with the Islamic pings and killings, stonings and dence in Maliki, the campaign State, which aims to reshape the crucifixions. has highlighted what critics say Middle East and impose its radi- IS has its roots in Iraq, but is the Shi’ite Muslim premier’s cal ideology. spread into Syria in late spring failure to unite Iraq against Maliki, who has served in a 2013. Islamist insurgents who have put caretaker capacity since an elec- In June, IS spearheaded a the country’s survival as a unified tion in April, has defied calls by lightning offensive in Iraq that state in jeopardy. Sunnis, Kurds and even some saw large swathes of the coun- “We laugh, of course with pain, Shi’ites to step aside in favour try fall from Iraqi government when the government repeats the of a less polarising leader needed hands. same bullshit as Saddam,” said to lead a unified response to the Rebel groups fighting Syrian Qassim Sabti, a 60-year-old artist. insurgency. The man who spent President Bashar Al Assad’s Mohamed Abdul Jabar Al years in exile plotting against regime since March 2011 accuse Shaboot, head of the Iraqi Media Saddam seems content to use the IS, which has attracted thousands Network that broadcasts Iraqiya, same tactics the dictator, a Sunni, of foreign jihadists, of having said feedback on the videos had employed to create the impression “hijacked” their uprising. been generally good across Iraq’s of invincibility. REUTERS AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Suicide attacks in Nigerian city mar Eid Female bombers kill three, injure 13

KATSINA, NIGERIA: Two Mudi said he saw burning jerry blasts by female suicide bomb- cans and ambulances cart- ers killed three people and ing away victims minutes after injured 13 in Nigeria’s Kano city the blast. yesterday, bringing the number Roughly three hours after of attacks this week in the area the petrol station blast another to five and overshadowing fes- female bomber approached the tivities marking the end of Trade Fair Complex in a key Ramadan. commercial district, Kano state The violence blamed on Boko police chief Aderele Shinaba Haram Islamists marred what told AFP. was supposed to be a festive day She was stopped at the gate in Kano, a city of more than six and blew herself up, he added. million people and the largest in “It was the same modus oper- Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north. andi,” Shinaba said. “Six peo- Kano typically celebrates the ple were injured, including two end of Islam’s holy month with a (police) officers.” lavish parade on horseback led by The target holds symbolic Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler shows her T-shirt reading “Bring back our girls, secure walking school” during the inauguration of the temporary the local emir. importance in Kano, lying just exhibition “Bring Back Our Girls”, on Place de la Republique in Paris yesterday. RIGHT: A young Muslim holding her prayer rug arrives yesterday at the But those plans were scrapped next to the brand new Ado Bayero National Stadium’s parking lot, in Surulere, Lagos, during Eid Al Fitr. late Sunday following a bombing Shopping Centre, which opened in at a church that killed five people March to huge public excitement. and an attempted suicide attack The launch of a modern shop- by a woman at a university that ping complex, including the only was stopped by police but left five northern Nigeria outlet of the wounded. South African retailer Shoprite, Lagos hospital shut down over Ebola Yesterday, a woman detonated was seen as a sign that the restive low-calibre explosives packed to city was still attractive to inves- LAGOS: The Nigerian city of process in all the affected areas in February. It can kill up to 90 organisation to get it done,” he said. her torso at a petrol station in the tors, despite the waves of Islamist Lagos yesterday shut down and has commenced,” Lagos state percent of those who catch it, David Heymann, head of the Hotoro area on the outskirts of violence. quarantined a hospital where a health commissioner Jide Idris although the fatality rate of the Centre on Global Health Security the city, targeting women who had While there was no imme- man died of Ebola in the first told a news conference. current outbreak is around 60 per- at London’s Chatham House, said lined up to buy kerosene, Kano diate claim of responsibility, recorded case of the highly Some hospital staff who were in cent. Highly contagious, especially every person who had been on the police spokesman Musa Magaji Boko Haram, the extremist infectious disease in Africa’s close contact with the victim have in the late stages, its symptoms plane to Lagos with Sawyer would Majia told AFP. group blamed for killing more most populous country. been isolated. The hospital will include vomiting, diarrhoea and need to be traced and be told to The queue was long, said area than 10,000 people in Nigeria Patrick Sawyer, a consultant be shut for a week and all staff internal and external bleeding. monitor their temperature twice vendor Habibu Ali, because the since 2009, was likely to be for the Liberian Finance Ministry closely monitored, Idris added. Derek Gatherer, a virologist at a day for 21 days. widely-used cooking gas is often held responsible for the latest in his 40s, collapsed on arrival Authorities are monitoring a Britain’s University of Lancaster, The World Health Organization in short supply and when a bloodshed. at Lagos airport on July 20 and total of 59 people who were in said anyone on the plane near said in a statement that Sawyer’s new shipment comes in women Double bombings on Sunday was put in isolation at the First contact with Sawyer, including Sawyer could be in “pretty seri- flight had stopped in Lome in typically rush to their local and yesterday as well as an attack Consultants Hospital in Obalende, airport contacts, the Lagos state ous danger”, but added rela- Togo on its way to Lagos. vendor. at a bus station on Thursday one of the most crowded parts of health ministry said. But the tively wealthy Nigeria was better “WHO is sending teams to both Majia said 10 victims were that killed at least four people a city that is home to 21 million airline he flew in with has yet to placed to tackle the outbreak than Nigeria and Togo to do follow- up rushed to the hospital after the underscored Boko Haram’s com- people. He died on Friday. provide a passenger-list for the poorer neighbours. work in relation to contact trac- blast that went off at roughly mitment to striking Kano after “The private hospital was flights he used, it added. “Nigerians have deep pock- ing, in particular to contacts 10:30am (0930 GMT) and that attacks in the city had declined demobilised (evacuated) and Ebola has killed 672 people ets and they can do as much as he may have had on board the three had died. earlier this year. the primary source of infection across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra any Western country could do flight,” WHO spokesman Paul Hotoro area resident Shehu AFP eliminated. The decontamination Leone since it was first diagnosed if they have the motivation and Garwood said. REUTERS

Mangled ship Strike ends as EU set to slap more South Africa workers agree sanctions on Russia BRUSSELS: The EU agreed European Union. yesterday to impose asset EU diplomats said separately on wage deal freezes and travel bans on that one name had been agreed business figures and entities and three others were under JOHANNESBURG: South closely associated with Russian discussion, while perhaps three African striking engineer- President Vladimir Putin who entities would figure on tomor- ing and metals workers have have benefited from the Ukraine row’s list. accepted a three-year wage crisis, EU officials said. Previously, the EU has hit offer to end the country’s larg- The 28 member state ambas- members of Putin’s political inner est-ever labour stoppage, their sadors to the EU targeted “per- circle, including Deputy Premier union said yesterday. sons and entities supporting or Dmitry Rogozin, but this would Representatives for the roughly benefitting from (the actions be the first time they have tar- 200,000 workers who downed of) Russian decision-makers” in geted business figures close to the tools on July 1 said the lowest- Ukraine, said one official, who president. paid worker will get a 10 percent asked not to be named. On Saturday, the EU ambas- pay increase each year for the The ambassadors also agreed to sadors hit 15 individuals and 18 next three years. “target further entities responsi- entities — including Russia’s Their union, — the country’s ble for action against Ukraine’s intelligence chiefs — with asset largest, representing workers territorial integrity,” the offi- freezes and travel bans. across several sectors — had been cial said. Trade and investment This brought the “Phase 2” demanding a rise of up to 15 per- with Crimea, annexed by Russia sanctions list to 87 people and cent in a one-year deal. in March, would be further 20 entities, with the EU spurred “The settlement offer has been restricted, the official added. into action by the shooting down overwhelmingly and unanimously The EU officials declined to of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, accepted by our members,” Irvin name those involved, saying blamed on pro-Moscow rebels Jim, general secretary of the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia sits in a dock inside Voltri Port in Genoa, Italy, yesterday. The Costa they would be published tomor- using a Russian-made missile. National Union of Metalworkers Concordia’s dismantling operations are predicted to last two years. The cruise liner was made to float again row in the Official Journal of the AFP of South Africa (NUMSA), told on July 14, thirty months after it hit a reef and partly capsized off the island of Giglio on January 13 2012. reporters, adding that workers will return to their posts today. Jim described the increase, which is above the inflation rate of 6.6 percent, as a “massive vic- tory” compared to the “pittance” Air Algerie pilots had asked to turn back: France the companies had once offered. The offer, brokered by Labour PARIS: France said yesterday Speaking hours after the it completely disintegrated. damaged by the impact. The tragedy, with 54 of its nation- Minister Mildred Oliphant, the pilots of the Air Algerie black box flight recorders of the Investigators from the United bureau has faced this type of chal- als killed in the crash of flight had been made last week. But passenger plane that crashed McDonnell Douglas 83 jet arrived States were also due to join them, lenge before, such as in the 2009 AH5017, which had taken off from attempts by the companies to in Mali, killing all 118 people on in Paris from Mali to help inves- Fabius added, as McDonnell crash of the Yemenia flight in the Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, prevent further bargaining at board, had asked to turn back tigators, Fabius said air crash Douglas belongs to US aviation Comoros, when investigators took bound for Algiers. individual company level meant in a new development to a com- experts currently on the remote giant Boeing. two weeks to extract data. Yesterday, flags on government it took a few more days before a plex probe into the tragedy. desert site of the accident were The BEA announced last Fabius painted a bleak picture buildings across the country flew deal was sealed. “What we know for sure is that working in “extremely difficult evening that it had already of the conditions under which at half-mast in mourning for the A compromise was then the weather was bad that night, conditions”. extracted basic data from one experts were sifting through victims, who also hailed from secured to allow workers at plant that the plane crew had asked More than 20 French experts black box, including the speed, plane debris and trying to recover Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Algeria, level to negotiate or even strike to change route then to turn from the country’s Bureau of altitude and trajectory of the remains of the victims in Mali. Spain, Canada, Germany and over any other issues not related back before all contact was lost,” Investigations and Analyses plane, without detailing them. “The (human) remains are pul- Luxembourg. to yesterday’s agreement. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (BEA), which probes air acci- “Decoding and detailed analy- verised, the heat is overwhelm- Several towns across France Employers’ representatives told reporters in his latest brief- dents, as well as specialist police sis of this data will now start ing with rain to boot and with that lost entire families or couples welcomed the end of the strike. ing about last week’s disaster. forces were on site in Mali’s bar- with members of the Malian extreme difficulties in communi- to the tragedy also announced “We are immensely relieved Reports that the crew asked ren Gossi area where the plane probe commission,” the bureau cating and in transport,” he said. they would pay homage to people that the strike is finally over,” to amend their route because of came down, he said. said, adding that the head of this “It’s a long, fastidious and they held dear. The central village Kaizer Nyatsumba, chief of the bad weather conditions emerged Experts from Mali, Algeria and commission would announce any extremely complex job,” he added of Menet, home to a family of four Steel and Engineering Industries almost as soon as the tragedy Spain were also helping to deter- future results. at the foreign ministry in Paris, who perished in the crash, said a Federation of Southern Africa came to light on Thursday, but mine why the plane — which was But the BEA said it was where the flag flew at half-mast silent march would be held Friday said. The strike had cost the the revelation that they subse- operated by Spanish charter firm still busy recovering cockpit in mourning for the disaster that passing by places the victims used industry an average 300m rand quently asked to turn back is a Swiftair on behalf of Air Algerie conversations from the other saw entire families wiped out. to frequent, such as the school or ($28m) a day. AFP new development. — came down with such force that flight recorder, which had been France bore the brunt of the certain shops. AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 INTERNATIONAL 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

National Medal of Arts Santander stirs Venezuelan ex-spy Brazil election storm with credit note chief released SAO PAULO: Spain’s Banco Santander SA finds itself in an unwanted spotlight in Brazil Official wanted in US on drug charges after its local subsidiary irked the government by circulating a client note saying that the CARACAS: Aruba yesterday Colombia’s North Valley cartel, consular affairs. re-election of President Dilma freed a Venezuelan ex-military and others from 2004 to 2010. The article allows the head of Rousseff would likely push asset intelligence chief wanted in the Aruba, just 27 kilometers (17 a consular office to enter a coun- prices lower. United States on drug traffick- miles) north of the Venezuelan try provisionally to work while In a monthly column to wealthy ing charges, stating that he had coast, is an autonomous part of he or she is awaiting their official clients entitled “You and Your diplomatic immunity. the kingdom of the Netherlands. accreditation, Jaua said. Money,” Banco Santander Brasil Retired major general Hugo Aruban officials on Sunday Carvajal, whom Maduro nomi- SA said a drop in Rousseff’s popu- Carvajal, who was arrested said that Carvajal had diplo- nated as consul in January, was larity had helped spark a recent Wednesday, flew home and was matic immunity, but nevertheless waiting for the Netherlands to rally in the Brazilian stock mar- greeted with a hug by President declared him persona non grata approve his appointment. ket - a common view among econ- Nicolas Maduro at a Socialist and said he would be arrested if “Finally they decided to imple- omists and investors who believe Party meeting in Caracas. he returns to any territory of the ment the 1961 Vienna convention,” the government’s heavy-handed “We welcome our comrade the Netherlands. Carvajal’s attorney, Chris Lejuez, policies have contributed to major general and thank God, who “It is a very brave decision told broadcaster Telearuba. Brazil’s current economic slump. allowed us to clear up this brew- by Holland to acknowledge dip- “This situation is settled now. The note then went on to say ing conflict by diplomatic means,” lomatic immunity was violated, We are getting a fair outcome for that the market rally could fiz- Maduro told party loyalists. and for international law to be Venezuela,” Venezuela’s deputy zle if the president’s popularity Carvajal, who had been await- restored,” Maduro said upon foreign minister Calixto Ortega stabilizes or rebounds in opinion ing confirmation as Venezuela’s learning of Carvajal’s release. told the same network. polls ahead of October’s election, consul in Aruba, has been on a “It takes clarity, good will and Aruba prosecutor Peter an assertion that angered govern- US Treasury blacklist since 2008 bravery.” Blanken told AFP that when ment officials and members of the for alleged links to the leftist State TV showed Carvajal Carvajal was questioned by a ruling Workers’ Party. Revolutionary Armed Forces of arriving aboard a private jet at judge last week, Aruba authorities “The real would weaken, long- Colombia (FARC). the Simon Bolivar airport near consulted the Dutch foreign min- term interest rate futures would After Carvajal’s arrest, the US Caracas, where he was welcomed istry, which told them Carvajal rise again and the Bovespa index Justice Department on Thursday with hugs by First Lady Cilia did not have immunity. would fall, reversing some of the unsealed a May 2013 indictment Flores and Foreign Minister Elias Blanken said the ministry recent gains,” read the column, charging him with protect- Jaua. later reversed its decision, saying which was mailed with monthly ing drug shipments on behalf of Earlier Jaua said that the Carvajal did in fact have immu- statements to about 54,000 Colombian traffickers. Netherlands notified him that nity. If Aruba had received the US President Barack Obama presents the National Medal of Arts account holders. The indictment also alleged Carvajal would be freed based correct information on Thursday, to Effrey Katzenberg, director and CEO of DreamWorks, during a Hours after the report was that he was on the payroll on article 13 of the 1961 Vienna Carvajal would not have been ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, made public on a local website, the of Wilber Varela, a leader of Convention, which applies to held, Blanken said. AFP yesterday. president of the leftist Workers’ Party accused Santander of “elec- toral terrorism,” sparking a media frenzy that dominated the politi- cal pages of Brazilian newspapers Mexico official over the weekend. Asked about the episode yes- questions Court flips same-sex marriage ban terday in an online interview with Brazilian media, Rousseff had WASHINGTON: A federal he was “overjoyed” by the rul- in 19 other states plus the District on the run, sends a clear message harsh words for the bank. Texas border appeals court yesterday struck ing -- raising hopes that state of Columbia -- but they remain to fugitives: No matter where in “It’s unfortunate and unac- down Virginia’s ban on same-sex officials might soon issue mar- prohibited in about 30 other the world you try to hide, we ceptable what Santander did,” troop plan marriage, in a landmark victory riage licenses to gay and lesbian states, notably in the more con- will find you, and we will pros- she said, adding that she plans to for the gay rights movement in couples. servative South. ecute you,” Assistant Attorney discuss the matter with the bank. MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s for- the United States. “This is a historic ruling ... and Meanwhile, a former defense General Leslie Caldwell said in a Santander Brasil is scrambling eign minister and the visiting The Fourth US Circuit Court its effect will affirm once again contractor has been extradited statement. to contain the damage. On Friday, governor of California ques- of Appeals in the state capital that Virginia is a state that is from Iraq to the United States to Atilan was due to appear in a it issued a public apology for using tioned yesterday plans by Texas Richmond said the ban violated open and welcoming to all,” he face charges he tried to bribe US federal court in Ohio on Monday. language that it acknowledged to deploy troops to stem the the US Constitution’s guarantee said in a statement. officials to secure lucrative gov- As chief executive officer of could be construed as politically flow of immigrant children, say- of equal protection under the Virginia effectively banned ernment deals, authorities said PMA Services of Las Vegas and biased. ing they need humanitarian aid law by infringing on the right to same-sex marriage when a 2006 yesterday. Kayteks of Adana, Turkey, Atilan On Sunday, the bank’s global instead. marry. amendment to its state constitu- Metin Atilan, 54, a dual US and is accused of offering bribes and chairman weighed in. Governor Jerry Brown, on a “The choice of whether and tion -- endorsed by 57 percent Turkish citizen, had been indicted kickbacks between 2006 to 2008 in REUTERS visit focused on boosting trade whom to marry is an intensely of its voters in a referendum in 2008 by a grand jury but he a bid to secure contracts related with California’s southern neigh- personal decision that alters the -- defined marriage strictly as allegedly cut off his electronic to US military operations in Iraq. bor, said the Texas plan must be a course of an individual’s life,” the a union between a man and a monitoring bracelet and fled the Some of the Pentagon officials Sarah Palin short-term measure and that he court said. woman. country, federal prosecutors said he allegedly tried to bribe were hopes “wiser minds will prevail “Denying same-sex couples this Prohibitions on same-sex mar- in a statement. stationed in Dayton, Ohio. over the next several months.” choice prohibits them from partic- riage have fallen in several states Atilan was tracked down even- US authorities have prosecuted debuts online The Democratic politician was ipating fully in our society, which since June 2013 when the US tually and is the first person to numerous cases of fraud and brib- referring to a plan announced is precisely the type of segregation Supreme Court ruled that wedded be extradited from Iraq to the ery related to contracting work TV channel last week by Texas Governor that the Fourteenth Amendment same-sex couples were entitled to United States under a 1936 extra- in Iraq and Afghanistan over the Rick Perry, a Republican seen cannot countenance.” the same rights and benefits as dition treaty, officials said. past several years, with military as a potential 2016 presidential Virginia Governor Terry their straight counterparts. “Atilan’s return to the United personnel and civilian contractors WASHINGTON: Conservative election candidate, to send 1,000 McAuliffe, a Democrat, said Same-sex marriages are legal States, after more than six years sentenced to prison. AFP gadfly Sarah Palin ramped up National Guard reservists to the her Internet profile yester- enormous and porous border day with an online TV channel US-Mexico border. where fans can savor her home- More than 57,000 children, spun brand of American patri- mostly from Central America, otism for just $9.95 a month. have entered the United States “Tired of media filters? Well, illegally and without adult super- Millions fled homes in 2013 so am I,” said the former Alaska vision since October, many fleeing governor and 2008 Republican unrelenting gang violence in their vice presidential hopeful upon the home countries. launch of the Sarah Palin Channel Brown said the phenomenon (sarahpalinchannel.com). should be handled with “humani- due to religious beliefs: US “So, let’s go rogue together tarian considerations,” a position and launch our own member- that Mexican Foreign Minister WASHINGTON: Conflicts and countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran supported channel! This will be Jose Antonio Meade shared after repression around the world in and Sudan put severe restric- OUR channel, for you and for me, talks with California’s governor. 2013 triggered the largest dis- tions on people following religious and we’ll all get to call it like it is.” “We agreed that when unac- placement of religious commu- groups “that did not conform to Inaugural content featured companied minors are involved, nities in recent memory, a US the state-approved religion.” Palin, sporting a US flag neck- the humanitarian aspect must report said yesterday, revealing The report deals with events lace, encouraging Americans to be the guiding principle of our millions had fled their homes. in 2013 and was written before develop their “God-given” energy actions,” Meade said. “In almost every corner of thousands of Christians and other resources as a way to confront “You can never justify the use the globe, millions of Christians, minorities had fled the Iraqi Russian President Vladimir of public military force,” he said, Muslims, Hindus, and others northern city of Mosul amid last Putin’s “aggression.” adding that troops should only be representing a range of faiths month’s jihadist onslaught led by Much of the website lambasts involved for medical assistance or were forced from their homes Islamic State insurgents. President Barack Obama. In July, for logistical support to transport on account of their religious But the State Department still Palin became the most prominent people. beliefs,” the United States said in found that last year in Iraq there right-wing US figure to demand Meanwhile,more than 30 its annual International Religious were “reports of societal abuses his impeachment over the influx police officers have been arrested Freedom Report. and discrimination based on reli- of child migrants from Central in Mexico for alleged organized “Out of fear or by force, entire gious affiliation, belief, or practice.” America. crime ties and possible involve- neighborhoods are emptying of “When governments choose not “His unsecured border cri- ment in the killing of fellow cops, residents.” to combat discrimination on the sis is, for me, the last straw. It authorities said yesterday. From the Middle East to Asia basis of religion and intolerance, makes kind of the battered wife Those detained include a and stretching into parts of A woman, who fled from the violence in Mosul, walks with her child inside it breeds an environment in which say, ‘No mas! Enough is enough!’,” former top public safety chief Africa and Europe, “communities the Khazer refugee camp on the outskirts of the Kurdish city of Arbil, intolerant and violent groups are said Palin, who accused Obama of from the town of Tarimbaro, are disappearing from their tra- yesterday. emboldened,” it warned. deliberately stirring up “a flood of an ex-commander of the same ditional and historic homes and 160,000 prior to the conflict.” “months of government and offi- In China, “the government’s illegal immigrants.” unit and 18 more active duty dispersing across the geographic Amid Egypt’s political upheav- cial Islamic anti-Shiite rhetoric.” respect for and protection of the The home page also sports a agents, a public safety source in map. In conflict zones, in particu- als as the military ousted Islamist A million people fled the right to religious freedom fell well running tally of the US national the troubled state of Michoacan lar, this mass displacement has president Mohamed Morsi, in fighting in the Central African short of its international human debt and the number of days until said become a pernicious norm.” June, and moved against his Republic last year, where at least rights commitments.” Obama leaves office (906) -- but Authorities are investigating The 2013 report, prepared by Muslim Brotherhood, Christian 700 people were killed in sectar- Beijing “prosecuted family no hint on whether she might whether those taken into cus- the State Department, singled out churches, homes and businesses ian violence, and in Myanmar members of self-immolators, seek the 2016 Republican presi- tody were involved in the recent Syria where it warned that after were looted and torched. mob-violence in Meikhtila prov- imprisoned and tortured Falun dential nomination. murders of three senior officials three years of civil war against “Islamist-led mobs carried out ince caused 100 deaths and over Gong practitioners, continued Palin regards her eponymous in Tarimbaro’s public safety unit, President Bashar Al Assad “the acts of violence, intimidation, 140,000 people were displaced. its harassment of members of channel -- where her job title the source added. Christian presence is becoming a compelled expulsions, and pun- “North Korea again stood out house churches and unregistered is executive editor -- as a way A second operation netted shadow of its former self.” ishment against Christians, espe- for its absolute prohibition of Catholic bishops and priests, and to sidestep the mainstream US 12 municipal police officers in “In the city of Homs the number cially in Upper Egypt,” the report religious organizations and harsh sought the forcible return of eth- media and build a community Charapan, authorities said. of Christians dwindled to as few said. But there were also attacks punishments for any unauthorized nic Uighurs who were seeking with like-minded conservatives. AFP as 1,000 from approximately on Shiites led by Salafist after religious activities,” it said, while asylum overseas.” AFP AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Downing of MH17 may be a ‘war crime’ UN calls the incident horrendous, demands a thorough, effective and impartial investigation

KIEV: The downing of of conducting a brutal “reign of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 terror” in the areas they control, “may amount to a war crime,” including the abduction, torture the UN said yesterday, adding and killing of civilians as the rule that fighting in east Ukraine of law has collapsed. has claimed over 1,100 lives “These groups have taken con- with both government and rebel trol of Ukrainian territory and forces using heavy weaponry in inflicted on the populations a built-up areas. reign of intimidation and terror UN High Commissioner for to maintain their position of con- Human Rights Navi Pillay con- trol,” the report said. demned the “horrendous shooting The UN noted that the rebel down” of the Malaysian passen- groups operating in eastern ger jet in rebel-held territory that Ukraine were becoming increas- killed all 298 people on board, and ingly professional and were bet- demanded a “thorough, effec- ter equipped and better organised tive, independent and impartial under the leadership of com- investigation.” manders who openly admit to “This violation of interna- being Russian citizens. tional law, given the prevailing “The report also announces circumstances, may amount the professionalisation of the to a war crime,” she said in a armed groups with increasingly statement. well-organised and well-equipped “Every effort will be made to military led both politically and ensure that anyone committing militarily by citizens of the serious violations of international Russian Federation,” UN rights law including war crimes will be official Gianni Magazzeni told brought to justice, no matter who journalists in Geneva. they are,” Pillay said. Meanwhile legendary former The Red Cross officially said UN war crimes prosecutor Carla last week that Ukraine is now in Del Ponte said that the shooting civil war -- a classification that down of MH17 was “certainly” a would make parties in the con- war crime. flict liable to prosecution for war Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans speaking to journalists after talks, together with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop, with authorities in “This is an unbelievable act crimes. of war that I have never seen Kiev about access for investigation team members to the MH17 crash sight yesterday. The UN said that latest figures before,” Del Ponte who is now a showed that more than 1,100 peo- member of the UN commission ple have been killed in fighting wounded,” the UN statement said. least 356 people had been killed were “employing heavy weaponry Some 100,000 people have now probing the conflict in Syria, told on the ground in east Ukraine That figure does not include those since April. in built-up areas, including artil- fled the conflict zone in the east Swiss Radio. as both government forces and killed aboard MH17, a spokesman Pillay described reports of lery, tanks, rockets and missiles.” for other areas of Ukraine, the “It is absolutely necessary that rebels have increasingly used said. increasingly intense fighting “Both sides must take great UN said in the report released an investigation is carried out... heavy weapons in built-up areas. The latest toll marks a sharp in rebel bastions Donetsk and care to prevent more civilians yesterday. and above all that those respon- “As of 26 July, at least 1,129 rise from that given a month ago Lugansk regions as “extremely from being killed or injured,” The report also accused rebels sible are brought to justice,” she people have been killed and 3,442 on June 18, when the UN said at alarming” and said both sides Pillay said. controlling swathes of territory said. AFP Eid rush Thailand oppn Students testify in Sewol leader denies murder charge ferry disaster hearing ANSAN: Student survivors of students who agreed to testify. BANGKOK: The firebrand South Korea’s ferry disaster tes- Police cordons blocked public leader of street protests which tified at the murder trial of the access to the district court as the preceded Thailand’s latest coup captain and crew yesterday how students arrived in a red mini-bus appeared in court yesterday to they were left to fend for them- and were escorted into the build- deny a murder charge over a selves in the sinking vessel. ing by a tight phalanx of police bloody crackdown on opposition One recalled orders for her and officers. “Red Shirt” supporters four her classmates to stay put being Although they were offered years ago. relayed “over and over,” until the the option of testifying by video Suthep Thaugsuban was deputy ferry had listed so far that the from a nearby room, five of the prime minister of the then rul- door to their cabin was above six female students involved ing Democrat Party during the their heads. in yesterday’s morning session 2010 crackdown, which left more The actual trial is taking place chose to give their testimony in than 90 people dead and hundreds in the southern city of Gwangju, the courtroom. more wounded in the heart of but the judges and lawyers The student who took the video Bangkok. decamped to a court in Ansan option described how passengers “There were deaths and inju- city, south of Seoul, for a spe- suddenly slid to one side as the ries caused by live bullets during cial two-day session with the 17 ferry listed heavily. AFP the crackdown ordered by the Bangladeshis boarding a train at a railway station to go to their villages to be with families ahead of Eid Al Fitr, defendant,” a judge, whose name in Dhaka, yesterday. was withheld by the criminal court, said reading out the charge. “I deny it,” Suthep said, sport- ing a shaven head and the orange Japan arrests robes of a Buddhist monk after Asylum-seekers kept at sea to seek payout a stint in the clergy earlier this schoolgirl, 15, month. Many Thai men enter SYDNEY: A group of 157 asy- weekend to allow Indian consu- Australia to detain the group for time,” he told the Australian monkhood at some time during lum-seekers held for weeks on lar officials to assess them with a nearly a month and, if it was not, Broadcasting Corporation. their lives in the overwhelmingly the high seas on an Australian view to taking them back to India. whether there was an entitlement He said the boat had come from for murder Buddhist nation. customs vessel will seek com- Lawyers have challenged their to compensation, he said. the “safe” nation of India, and had TOKYO: A 15-year-old Suthep has kept a relatively pensation for their treatment, treatment in the High Court, and De Kretser said there was no not stopped anywhere else on the Japanese schoolgirl was low profile since the Thai junta their lawyers said yesterday. yesterday altered their claim to figure for compensation, saying: way. “They haven’t come from Sri arrested on Sunday on suspi- banned political activities. The group, thought to be one of false imprisonment, with “It’s far too early for that.” Lanka, they haven’t come from cion of murdering a classmate Democrat Party leader Abhisit mostly ethnic Tamils from Sri an application for compensation. Earlier Immigration Minister any of those other countries and dismembering her body, Vejjajiva, premier during the Lanka and including 50 chil- “The court agreed to the plain- Scott Morrison said the group -- Afghanistan or anything like local media reported. crackdown, appeared alongside dren, left the Indian port of tiff’s request to change the state- had likely been living in India for that,” he said. The suspect, whose name was his former deputy in court but Pondicherry last month -- but ment of claim to include a claim some time and were essentially “They have come from India not released as she is a minor, remained silent. He has already their boat was intercepted by for compensation,” spokesman for economic migrants. and as a result where they are safe has admitted to strangling the denied a murder charge. Australian authorities. the asylum-seekers’ legal team “The indications are that there in India, a passage to Australia victim and severing her head and The judge ordered the pair to They were held in limbo on Hugh de Kretser said. are a very large number of peo- here is nothing more than an left hand, according to the Kyodo return on August 28 for the next the customs ship until they were The High Court was now con- ple on this ship that had been economic migration seeking to news agency. hearing in their joint trial. AFP brought to Australia on the sidering whether it was legal for resident in India for a very long illegally enter Australia.” AFP She allegedly delivered blows to the head of 15-year-old Aiwa Matsuo with a metal instrument Protest over Gaza before strangling her in the city of Sasebo, in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwest Japan. Japan gives anti-radiation pills in nuke restart The victim’s body was found on a bed in the suspect’s apartment early on Sunday and investigators TOKYO: Japanese officials are after the worst atomic crisis in The pills are used to protect the discovered tools nearby. handing out radiation-blocking a generation. human thyroid gland in the event The suspect, who lived away iodine tablets to people living Japan’s Nuclear Regulation of airborne radiation, although from her parents though in the in the shadow of two nuclear Authority said earlier this month there is some debate about their same city, told police she acted reactors slated to restart this that two atomic reactors at the effectiveness. “The affected resi- alone in the grisly killing, Kyodo year, underscoring concerns Sendai plant were safe enough dents came to five designated added. about atomic power after the to switch back on, marking a big locations on Sunday to pick up the Matsuo had reportedly gone Fukushima crisis. step towards restarting nuclear tablets,” a Kagoshima prefecture out to meet friends on Saturday The move to distribute the pills plants which were shuttered after official said yesterday. afternoon, but her parents noti- -- which help to reduce radiation Fukushima. “The central government has fied the police when she failed to buildup in the body -- started Officials in Satsumasendai city guidelines for distributing iodine return home at night. Sunday for those living within and the Kagoshima prefecture pills and we asked the affected The two girls graduated from a five-kilometre radius of the said they were handing out iodine residents to keep them in easy to the same junior high school. Sendai nuclear plant. tablets to about 4,700 people in remember places, such as medicine Violent crime is still relatively The site, roughly 1,000 kilome- the area, some as young as three cabinets,” the same official added. rare in Japan but several high- tres from Tokyo on the southern years old. Despite the likely restart of profile cases in recent years have island of Kyushu, recently cleared Several dozen people have the two Sendai reactors in the heightened public concern. Demonstrators shout slogans and display placards during a pro-Palestin- new safety standards and could refused the free pills, which were autumn, switching on dozens The city of Sasebo made head- ian rally outside American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto US embassy start operations in a few months. part of stricter central govern- more reactors could prove to lines in 2004 when a primary in Taipei, yesterday. It comes despite vocal oppo- ment guidelines aimed at prepar- be a major challenge for Prime schoolgirl stabbed her classmate sition to the plan, three years ing for another accident. Minister Shinzo Abe. AFP to death. AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES

President Benigno Aquino delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address before the annual joint session of 16th Congress in Manila as anti-government protesters march to the House of Representatives during a rally yesterday. Aquino seeks support amid economic trial President’s squeaky-clean image hit as Supreme Court declares $3.34bn stimulus fund partly illegal

MANILA: Philippine President in revenue agencies. set a target of 6.5 to 7.5 percent of dictatorship and a democracy and relocation of slum residents, proceed, raising some risks for Benigno Aquino called on the “This is the result of reforms, gross domestic product growth hero who became the country’s radars for the weather bureau the economy. nation yesterday to support his and this is what we fought for and this year, after 7.2 percent last first woman president. and infusing capital to the cen- “If this leads to a slowdown in reforms as he faced the biggest continue to fight for, not the con- year. “You gave me the opportunity tral bank to help it with its mar- spending, the risk to growth is on political crisis in his four years tinuation of the status quo, but Two impeachment complaints to lead a transformation. If I ket intervention, among other the downside,” Shanaka Jayanath in power, a spending scandal change in the system for every- related to the stimulus funds declined the challenge that you activities. Peiris, International Monetary that could damage his anti-graft one’s benefit,” he said in his tel- have been filed against Aquino presented, it would be like saying A portion of the funds was Fund resident representative in image and undermine reforms. evised address. in recent weeks, accusing him of I would support your continued distributed to senators to use on the Philippines, said on Friday, The Supreme Court this month Economists are concerned the betraying public trust and violat- suffering, and my conscience can- projects of their choice. referring to the scandal. declared partly illegal a $3.34bn controversy over the Supreme ing the constitution following the not take that,” he said. The Supreme Court agreed The government will propose economic stimulus fund that Court’s ruling is slowing public court’s ruling. Prospero de Vera, public the stimulus helped lift the a supplemental budget for 2014 Aquino created in 2011 from spending because officials are Aquino won the presidency in administration professor at the economy, but said aspects of it to ensure there is no delay in budget savings, sparking a storm more wary about accusations 2010 on a promise of good govern- University of the Philippines, said were unconstitutional. It did not projects after the scrapping of the of controversy that put into of recklessness and are subject- ance and fighting graft but has Aquino was trying to reassert his call any actions criminal, though stimulus fund, Aquino said. The doubt his commitment to fight- ing decisions to more scrutiny, struggled to rid the country of its embattled administration. lawyers say the ruling could open government has not determined ing corruption. putting at risk big infrastructure image as one of the most corrupt “The only way of reasserting the way for complaints alleging its size. Yesterday, Aquino, in his sec- projects. in Asia. yourself is to go back to your nat- wrongdoing. Outside Congress, about 5,000 ond-to-last State of the Nation The IMF on Friday cut its He became emotional in the ural constituencies and get back Critics said the allocation protesters, most of them left- Address, listed his administra- Philippine growth forecast to 6.2 last few minutes of his speech the support that you had before,” of funds to senators for their wing activists, burned an effigy of tion’s successes in areas such percent from 6.5 percent set in as he recalled that the reason he said. projects cast doubt on Aquino’s Aquino as he delivered his speech. as infrastructure development, March, partly because of slower why he ran for president was Under the stimulus facility, commitment to stamp out cor- Police used water cannons to pre- military modernization, and spending after the stimulus scan- to continue the fight of his par- Aquino spent funds saved from ruption. And the controversy is vent protesters from breaching reforms to stamp out corruption dal broke. The government has ents: an assassinated opponent cancelled projects on housing having an impact on how officials barricades. REUTERS

Govt geologist to study Philippine Islamic bank eyes P1.2bn for sinkhole in Kinatarcan assault rifles new life after years of struggle MANILA: The government MANILA: The Department Alburo said. He said MGB-7’s saved P1.2bn from a procure- of Environment and Natural geosciences division chief Al Emil ment project of M4 assault rifles Resources, through the Mines Berador would check the area. MANILA: A peace plan, a lift- in the Middle East and Southeast dedicated Islamic banking rules. for the Armed Forces of the and Geosciences Bureau Sinkholes are common where ing of foreign ownership limits Asia. Lacking scale and Islamic Earlier this month, the govern- Philippines, President Aquino (MGB), is sending a geologist rocks below the land surface are and the drafting of new Islamic banking expertise have meant Al ment allowed foreign banks to said in his State of the Nation to Kinatarcan islet in Santa Fe, limestone and carbonate that can banking rules in the Philippines Amanah has struggled despite take full control of local lenders, Address yesterday. northern Cebu following a sink- naturally be dissolved by circulat- could help breathe new life into a five-year rehabilitation plan replacing a cap of 60 percent on Aquino cited efforts for the mil- hole that formed in the area. ing ground water. As rocks dis- one of the world’s oldest Islamic started in 2009 by its parent, foreign ownership. itary modernization in the past The sinkhole, which the Office solve, spaces and caverns develop finance institutions. the Development Bank of the All these factors are rekindling year, including the acquisition of of the Civil Defence Central underground. The surface land Since 1974, Makati-based Al Philippines (DBP). interest from potential buyers for 50,629 units of M4 rifles, which will Visayas confirmed, reportedly usually stays intact until there Amanah Islamic Investment In 2012, Al Amanah posted a Al Amanah, said Francis Nicolas completed in a few months this measures 40 feet in diameter is not enough support. A sudden Bank has been the only lender loss of P30.6m, although it was an Chua, officer in charge of invest- year. Aquino said that due to the and has a depth of about 40 feet. collapse of the surface can occur. in the country offering financial improvement from 2008 when it ment banking at DBP. proper processing in the procure- It was discovered and This was manifested by the products that obey religious prin- posted a loss of P124.3m. “Since last year, we have ment section and straight-forward reported by residents in the area sinkholes that formed following ciples such as a ban on interest This could change as a land- received a number of proposals handling of funds, the country has yesterday. The Cebu Provincial the magnitude 7.2 earthquake and gambling. mark peace deal between the from across Asia, Middle East and saved P1.2bn. Aquino said, to which Disaster Risk Reduction Office that struck Central Visayas last But while Islamic banks around Philippine government and Europe, to partner or inquire on the audience applauded. said 30 families have been evacu- year, Alburo said. As of July 25, the globe enjoy rapid growth rates Muslim rebels helps revive the a sale.” These have come from The project cost the govern- ated from the area. about 205 sinkholes have been and bumper profits, Al Amanah country’s south, after a 40-year both full-fledged Islamic banks ment P4bn, smaller than the ear- MGB-7 director Loreto recorded in Bohol alone. has failed to post a profit for conflict that displaced two million and universal banks with Islamic lier earmarked allocation. Aquino Alburo recommended the fenc- The Visual Dictionary of the years, and was ultimately forced and stunted economic growth. units, said Chua, who did not said the savings will be used to ing of the area and putting up Earth said caves commonly form to offer conventional banking The agreement, brokered by identify the parties. buy “more firearms.” signage to warn people of the in areas of limestone. Limestone products just to keep afloat. the Malaysian government, will “As far as Al Amanah, the gov- Aquino assured the public that danger in going there. is made of calcite (calcium car- The case of Al Amanah high- give the Muslim-majority region ernment is currently in review of the government did not compro- “I strongly advised local gov- bonate), which dissolves in the lights the challenges that Muslim known as Mindanao wider powers the whole process. The Government mise on the quality of the fire- ernment officials to strictly not carbonic acid naturally present minorities face in accessing inter- to control their economy and cul- wants to ensure the framework is arms, though bought cheaper allow people to come near the in rainwater and humid acids est-free banking services outside ture. In line with the agreement, in place before privatising.” than expected. sinkhole as we are still determin- from the delay of vegetation. of Islamic banking’s core centres the central bank is preparing REUTERS THE PHILIPPINE STAR ing the extent of its formation,” THE PHILIPPINE STAR Militants kill 21 Muslims marking Eid

MANILA: Islamic militants policemen were among those foreign missionaries and tour- yesterday massacred 21 people, killed in the attack, she said, ists, and beheadings mostly of including one child, who were while four other children were local people. travelling to a village feast in among the 11 wounded. Muyuela said a “military pur- the southern Philippines to Muyuela said the militants suit operation” was under way to mark the end of Ramadan, the appeared to have targeted the catch the suspects, but soldiers military said. policemen, also local Muslims, had not caught up with them. About 50 Abu Sayyaf gun- who were aboard the convoy and Jolo is one of the Abu Sayyaf’s men opened fire on two vehicles travelling to the festivities in their main strongholds, where militants in the remote town of Talipao personal capacities. are able to hide with relatives in on Jolo island, killing 21 people The shooting was the deadliest the remote jungles of the mainly and wounding 11 others, regional this year by the Al Qaeda-linked Muslim populated island. military spokeswoman Marine Abu Sayyaf, which was founded in The Abu Sayyaf is believed to be Captain Rowena Muyuela said. the 1990s with seed money from holding several hostages, includ- “These were villagers who were Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda ing foreigners, on Jolo. Foreigners travelling to a designated area to network. are warned not to travel to Jolo celebrate Hari Raya,” she said, The group is blamed for the and nearby islands because of the referring to the Muslim feast, worst terrorist attacks in the threat of Abu Sayyaf kidnapping. also known as Eid Al Fitr, that Philippines’ recent history. The Abu Sayyaf is just one of ends Islam’s holy fasting month These include the 2004 bomb- a number of guerrilla groups and of Ramadan. ing of a ferry that left more warlords operating in the south- A Muslim child prays, marking the end of Ramadan at Quirino grandstand in Manila yesterday. A three-year-old boy and six than 100 dead, abductions of ern Philippines. AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Pakistani mob kills 3 in blasphemy row 150 people register complaint against the accused

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani with the crowd, another mob Accusations of blasphemy are mob killed a woman member of attacked and started burning the rocketing in Pakistan, from one a religious sect and two of her houses of Ahmadis.” in 2011 to at least 68 last year, granddaughters after a sect The youth accused of making according to the Human Rights member was accused of post- the Facebook post had not been Commission of Pakistan. About ing blasphemous material on injured, he said. 100 people have been accused of Facebook, police said yesterday, Resident Munawar Ahmed, 60, blasphemy this year. the latest instance of growing said he drove terrified neighbours Human rights workers say the violence against minorities. to safety as the mob attacked. accusations are increasingly used The dead, including a seven- “The attackers were looting to settle personal vendettas. year-old girl and her baby sis- and plundering, taking away fans The Pakistan Penal Code pro- ter, were Ahmadis, who consider and whatever valuables they could hibits blasphemy against any themselves Muslim but believe get hold of and dragging furniture recognised religion, providing in a prophet after Mohammed. into the road and setting fire to penalties ranging from a fine to A 1984 Pakistani law declared it...Some were continuously firing death. them non-Muslims and many into the air,” he said. An accusation of blasphemy Pakistanis consider them heretics. “A lot of policemen arrived but commonly subjects the accused, Police said the late Sunday vio- they stayed on the sidelines and police, lawyers, and judges to har- lence in the town of Gujranwala, didn't intervene,” he said. assment, threats, and attacks. An 220 kilometres southeast of the The police officer said they had accusation is sometimes the prel- capital, Islamabad, started with tried to stop the mob. Salim ud ude to vigilantism and rioting. an altercation between young Din, a spokesman for the Ahmadi Calls for change in the blas- men, one of whom was an Ahmadi community, said it was the worst phemy laws have been strongly accused of posting “objectionable attack on the community since resisted by Islamic parties. material”. simultaneous attacks on Ahmadi Prominent figures like Salman “Later, a crowd of 150 peo- places of worship killed 86 Taseer (the former governor of ple came to the police station Ahmadis four years ago. Punjab) and Shahbaz Bhatti (the demanding the registration of Under Pakistani law, Ahmadis Federal Minister for Minorities) a blasphemy case against the are banned from using Muslim have been assassinated for their accused,” said one police officer greetings, saying Muslim prayers opposition to the blasphemy An angry mob setting fire to household items belonging to a minority Ahmadi Muslim resident in the low-income who declined to be identified. or referring to his place of wor- laws. Arafat Colony of the eastern city of Gujranwala, some 112km north of Lahore on Sunday. “As police were negotiating ship as a mosque. REUTERS

Bomb explosion injures seven UN agencies to provide basic facilities for refugees bus passengers PESHAWAR: The United access to work offers vital protec- Agency had settled in Khyber Civil Secretariat, Fata, has put He said that the government Nations agencies and its part- tion during such displacements. Pakhtunkhwa and now PDMA staff of the line departments in could not fulfil needs and require- ISLAMABAD: A bomb blast ners will assume a bigger role in The government has agreed to with the assistance of UN agen- North Waziristan, including edu- ments of the IDPs without engag- injured at least seven bus days ahead to cater to the needs expand the scope of humanitarian cies would look after the displaced cation and health, at the disposal ing the UN bodies. passengers in Balochistan’s of internally displaced per- agencies to IDPs. In this regard, people. of the administration of the IDPs “Malnutrition among children Khuzdar district yesterday sons (IDPs) of Pakistan’s tribal a meeting of the stakeholders The Fata Disaster Management hosting districts, particularly in is a major issue and the UN has morning, according to a Levies region of North Waziristan was held in Peshawar on Sunday Authority (FDMA) said that the Bannu. The Bannu district hav- the capacity and resources to ful- official here. Agency, sources said. which was presided over by Chief number of IDPs had reduced from ing one million people has been fil nutrition requirements of chil- The Levies official told local They said that the UN agencies Secretary Amjad Ali Khan. one million to 500,000 after veri- overburdened with the arrival of dren, especially new born babies,” media that militants targeted the had agreed in principle to provide Provincial Disaster fication by the National Database the huge influx of IDPs. the official said. passenger bus through a remote- basic facilities to the newly arrived Management Authority (PDMA) and Registration Authority. An official source said that the The government, he said, would controlled bomb in Khuzdar dis- IDPs if international norms and director general Tahir Orakzai Tribal people had fled homes UN agencies and its partners also provide access to partners of trict’s Garisha area. guidelines were followed. Under was appointed focal person of the after the Pakistan Army launched would intervene to provide assist- the UN, including international The official said that the explo- these norms, rights of IDPs will coordination committee. Officials operation against militants in ance in health, education, drink- and national NGOs, to work in sion was the result of a roadside be protected. Right to personal said that approximately 500,000 North Waziristan Agency on June ing water, sanitation, hygiene and the IDPs hosting areas. bomb to target the bus coming safety, food, shelter, education and IDPs from North Waziristan 18. nutrition. INTERNEWS from Turbat. Local people rushed the injured passengers to Civil Hospital Plastic guns Khuzdar. There were no rescue workers to help the injured. Pakistan deploys 11 special The condition of two of the injured passengers was said to be critical. trains to cope with Eid rush No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Khuzdar is considered one of KARACHI: To facilitate Pakistan Railways Karachi the most sensitive districts of passengers from Karachi, division commercial officer Nasir Balochistan where militants have Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and Nazir said that they are running been targeting security forces and Multan, Pakistan Railways is the trains on subsidised fares national installations for more running 11 special trains on Eid for those who ‘love to travel by than a decade. Al Fitr in Pakistan. train’. Worsening law and order situa- As Eid approaches, people “All the trains are booked out tion has forced hundreds of fami- hailing from different areas of and on Sunday the trains for lies to migrate from Khuzdar to the country are travelling back Peshawar and Rawalpindi took different parts of Balochistan and home to celebrate the occasion around 1,800 passengers from the Sindh. with their families. Hundreds of Cantt Station,” said Nazir. Terrorism in Pakistan has men, women and children can be The trains had 12 coaches each become a major and highly seen at bus stands and railway and left the station according to destructive phenomenon in recent stations. the scheduled times, Nazir added years. The first two Eid special trains last Sunday. The annual death toll from ter- left for Peshawar and Rawalpindi The third train from the rorist attacks has risen from 164 from the Karachi Cantonment Karachi Cantonment Station in 2003 to 3318 in 2009, with a Station on Sunday, with around will depart for Lahore on 11am total of 35,000 Pakistanis killed 1,800 passengers on board. on Sunday. between September 11, 2001 and Pakistan Railways is running These two trains are also fully May 2011. four special trains for Eid from booked and would carry 15 and 12 According to the government of Karachi to Peshawar, Rawalpindi, coaches respectively. Pakistan, the direct and indirect Lahore and Quetta at subsidised Nazir said that the railways are economic costs of terrorism from fares at a time when intercity trying to avoid delays and ensure 2000–2010 total $68bn. buses and airlines have almost that the trains run on time. AGENCIES doubled and tripled their fares. INTERNEWS Afghans play with plastic guns as they celebrate Eid Al Fitr and the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Ghazni yesterday. Lawyers oppose govt decision to call army in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad armed forces shall, under the day before Eid. Besides advocate It added that in the year 1977 requisition of the army has also Bar Association has filed a peti- directions of the federal govern- Gardezi, the other counsel who the then prime minister, Zulfikar been filed with the IHC by Shahid tion with the Islamabad High ment, defend Pakistan against will represent the petitioners - the Ali Bhutto, invoked Article 245 Orakzai. Court (IHC) against the gov- external aggression or threat of Islamabad bar president Naseer and summoned the army to aid In his petition, Orakzai raised ernment decision to call out war, and subject to law, act in aid Kayani and secretary Naeem the civilian government which three questions: “Whether the the army to secure the federal of civil power when called upon Ali Gujjar - include Ahsanuddin led to the July 5, 1977, coup in federal government can invoke capital. to do so.” Sheikh and former Islamabad bar which the then army chief, Ziaul Article 245 at a time when the “A copy of the petition has also Under Article 245 (3), “A high president Niazullah Niazi. Haq, toppled Bhutto’s govern- prime minister is outside coun- been delivered to the residence court ceases to exercise juris- The petition cited the cabinet, ment and established a dictato- try”, “whether the cabinet in of IHC chief justice, Mohammad diction under Article 199 of the defence, interior and law secre- rial regime. Article 48 (1) shall mean the Anwar Khan Kasi,” said Syed Constitution in relation to any taries as respondents. The petition urged the court to federal government even in the Nayyab Hassan Gardezi, a former area in which the armed forces It contended that since there ask the PML-N government the absence of the prime minister,” IHC bar president and one of the are for the time being acting in was no sign of failure of the civil reason behind its failure to main- and “whether the federal gov- counsel for the petitioners. aid of civil power.” administration, the government tain peace in the federal capital ernment can suspend the writ The federal government on According to advocate Gardezi, could not call out the army in aid despite the presence of civilian jurisdiction of a high court in any Friday announced its decision since the petition was finalised to civil law enforcement agencies. machinery and hundreds of law territory where the armed forces to summon the army under after the closing hours of the IHC It claimed that the army had enforcement personnel. It also are called without any threat of Article 245 to aid the civilian law registrar office and the petition Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi been summoned without the requested the court to declare the war or internal disturbance.” enforcement agencies in securing was handed over to the available approval of the federal cabinet notification to call out the army The registrar office raised some the capital over the next three official at the IHC, a copy has He expressed the hope that and the prime minister who illegal. administrative objections on the months. been delivered to the residence the IHC would take up the mat- was in Saudi Arabia to perform It may be mentioned that an petition. Article 245 (1) reads: “The of Justice Kasi. ter yesterday, the last working Umrah. identical petition against the INTERNEWS TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Congress fires Saharanpur getting back to normal at BJP over Curfew relaxed for four hours as tension eases in UP city after Saturday’s communal clashes adverse CAG LUCKNOW: Curfew was The union home ministry said Violence broke out on Saturday Gujarat report relaxed yesterday for four it had received a detailed report Three killed as groups clash in another UP town after a land dispute verdict by the hours at Saharanpur in Uttar of the violence and was in touch high court led to some construc- Pradesh following easing of ten- with the state government. LUCKNOW: Three people were killed and over a dozen injured tion work on the land claimed by NEW DELHI: Using an offi- sion in the city, which witnessed Union Home Minister Rajnath yesterday when a minor brawl turned ugly in Rampur town of a gurdwara. cial audit report on Gujarat, communal clashes on Saturday, Singh also held a meeting to take Uttar Pradesh, police said. The incident took place in Mehndipur Muslims in the locality took the Congress party lashed out officials said. stock of the situation. village when a motorbike hit some people. A verbal spat soon umbrage. People from both the at the Bharatiya Janata Party Curfew was eased between The Home Minister had also turned into a violent clash and shots were fired at the scene. communities pelted stones and and said the adverse remarks 10am and 2pm in the new city met Prime Minister Narendra Three people — Danish, Jalish and Munna — were killed on the fired at each other. Over four on favours to industrialists sug- while it was relaxed from 3pm to Modi on Sunday and briefed him spot while over a dozen sustained injuries. dozen vehicles and shops were gested how its recent mega elec- 7pm in the old city, so that peo- on the violence. Rampur is state minister Azam Khan’s home town. He is also gutted in the violence that tion campaign was funded. ple could buy essential items like In the 30-minute meeting, the legislator from there. Senior district and police officials rushed followed. The remarks came after some milk, vegetables and medicines, both leaders were learnt to have to the spot after which the situation was brought under control. Three people were also killed. reports by the Comptroller and an official said. shared their concern over the ris- Police said there was some simmering hostility between the two Over three dozen people, includ- Auditor General of India (CAG) Heavy deployment of police ing number of incidents of com- sides but the village panchayat had intervened and apparently ing a police constable and a home- were tabled in the state assembly and paramilitary forces, however, munal nature in Uttar Pradesh. cleared up the matter. IANS guard personnel, were injured, last Friday, which it alleged that continued, a district official said. Meanwhile, two senior police and many of them were critical, there was severe mismanagement He added that security had been officials ADG DS Chauhan and police said. of state’s finances. scaled up as Id-ul-Fitr is being DIG Deepak Ratan, who had been both, however, said they will on relaxing curfew and other The administration is “still The findings pertained to celebrated today. ordered by the state government camp in the city till normalcy is security arrangements regarding worried” about the prevailing ten- the time when Prime Minister There were minor incidents of to rush to the affected area, met restored. Id festival. sion on Janta Road, Dholikhaal, Narendra Modi was the state’s stone-pelting in some areas but district officials. The district authorities have As many as 38 people have been Hasanpur and Ambala Road chief minister. the situation was by and large Though satisfied at the efforts sent a report to the home depart- arrested since Sunday in connec- where angry crowds hurled stones “The CAG has found irregu- under control, police said. of the district administration, ment and have sought guidelines tion with the mob violence. at policemen on Sunday. IANS larities to the tune of Rs29,000cr in Gujarat. It has also found many big industrialists were favoured by the government Monsoon season when Modi was chief minister of the state,” Congress spokesperson Haryana CM courts Shaktisinh Gohil alleged. “In the Lok Sabha elections most of the BJP leaders cam- paigned using aircraft. There controversy over was a 3D campaign. We used to ask from ‘where is all this money coming from’. The CAG report has given the answer,” he said. hurried appointments He said that since the BJP had in the past demanded probes CHANDIGARH: Haryana appointments of the commission- under the Supreme Court’s super- Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh ers made by the state government vision when the official auditor Hooda’s decision to go ahead were legal and no irregularity has charged the United Progressive with controversial appoint- been committed. Alliance (UPA) government of ments of five people to constitu- Terming Kasni’s objections as any wrongdoing, it should apply tional posts even as these were “misleading, baseless and far from the same to itself. red-flagged by a senior officer facts”, he claimed that all mem- “The BJP would say if CAG has were yesterday questioned by bers had fulfilled requisite quali- accused the UPA of malpractice, the opposition in the state. fications and no one was holding it should be taken as the truth. Hooda had hurriedly admin- any office of profit during the The same holds true for them istered oath of office to two appointment. now. They should take the CAG commissioners of the state infor- He said that the governor, who report as the truth and order a mation commission and three to is the appointing authority, had probe,” Gohil maintained. the Right to Service Commission authorized the chief minister to He said there was a connection at his residence Sunday just administer oath to the newly- between big industrialists alleg- a couple of hours after new selected members. edly been given favours by the Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki “Once the governor has author- Gujarat government and the BJP took charge. ized the chief minister, he can finding so much money for cam- The oath for constitutional administer oath to any member,” paign as seen during the April- posts, especially to the state Chaudhary asserted. A child plays as his parents work in a paddy field at Nagaon, some 180km east of Guwahati. The annual May general election. IANS information commission, used to On Sunday, former bureaucrat monsoon season from June to October brings rains that are vital to agriculture in India. be administered by the governor. and Hooda confidant Shiv Raman “These appointments are ille- Gaur and Rekha, wife of Hooda’s gal and unconstitutional. What political advisor Varinder, were was the need to administer oath administered oath of office by to them on a Sunday and that too Hooda at his official residence at his residence. All this was done here. Identify important bills, says Modi even after the new governor took In the Right to Service charge,” senior Bharatiya Janata Commission, Hooda adminis- NEW DELHI: Almost done want to prematurely adjourn the dissolution. Nearly 60 bills are Party leader Anil Vij said Monday. tered oath to senior bureaucrat with financial business in the nearly six-week-long session, its pending with the Rajya Sabha, Opposition Indian National Sarban Singh, who took prema- budget session of parliament, second. but sources said the government Lok Dal (INLD) also termed the ture retirement, Amar Singh, the government is now trying to The first session of parliament wants to re-examine these before appointments as unconstitutional husband of a high court judge and finalise legislative business, as for the Modi government was taking them up. and said that it would take up the Sunil Katyal, a law officer with Prime Minister Narendra Modi June 4-11. “The prime minister is The parliamentary affairs min- matter with the new governor to the Haryana government. (pictured) does not want the keen to take up legislative agenda istry had announced a tentative declare these null and void. Breaking from past tradition session to be curtailed, sources for the session, as the finance bill list of 21 bills to be discussed and The Hooda government has of information commissioners said yesterday. is now passed,” said a source from passed during the ongoing budget also been left embarrassed by being administered oath by the Government sources said the government. session. However, almost no new the objections raised against the state governor, Hooda got the per- Modi has asked his ministers to “The government is looking at bills have been cleared by the appointments by senior bureau- mission from outgoing governor list down important bills for the bills that can be taken up,” the cabinet yet. crat Pradeep Kasni. He red- Jagannath Pahadia to administer remaining part of the session, source added. When the issue of lack of leg- flagged the appointments saying oath to the new commissioners which ends August 14. A quarter of people in the gov- islative business was raised in Telecom Regulatory Authority of that some of the appointees were himself. The Lok Sabha passed the gen- ernment earlier said they were the Rajya Sabha by Congress India (TRAI) Act, and a bill to holding office of profit under the Pahadia, whose five-year term eral budget on Friday. Financial considering curtailing the parlia- leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi transfer land from Telangana to Haryana government and also as governor ended Saturday, gave business is primarily concerned ment session once the financial Thursday, Minister of State for Andhra Pradesh. some were not qualified enough the permission just before his suc- with the lower house, and the business is done. Parliamentary Affairs Prakash The TRAI Act amendment for the posts. cessor arrived. Rajya Sabha has to just return According to PRS Legislative Javadekar said the government bill was taken up and passed pri- He also raised questions about On his last day in office the finance bill. Research, when the 15th Lok had enough business and its marily to facilitate former TRAI the procedure followed in making Saturday, Pahadia had also This brings to a close the main Sabha finished its term, 128 bills “hands are full”. chairman Nripendra Mishra’s the appointments. cleared the appointment of three business for the session - called remained pending in parlia- In this session, besides the appointment as the principal sec- However, Chief Secretary vice chancellors for a three-year the budget session — leaving the ment. Of these, 68 bills pending finance bills, the government has retary to Prime Minister Modi. S C Chaudhary said that all the term each. IANS government in a fix as it does not in the Lok Sabha lapsed with its so far passed a bill to amend the IANS

Prayers at Sangam ‘Former CJI adamant on Goa deputy CM sorry for Hindu elevating corrupt judge’ nation remark NEW DELHI: Former High Court,” Katju said. Supreme Court judge He said although Kapadia PANAJI: Goa’s Deputy Chief Markandey Katju yesterday thanked him for the information, Minister Francis D’Souza again complained of interfer- the Collegium of the Supreme apologised for his comment ences in the appointment of Court, of which Kapadia was that India was already a Hindu judges, saying former chief jus- a member, recommended nation. “My opinion could be tice of India K G Balakrishnan the judge’s name to then CJI wrong for others. I accept it. I tried his best to elevate a judge Balakrishnan. don’t say it is the most correct to the apex court despite alle- Katju alleged that opinion. You might say I am gations of corruption against Balakrishnan was adamant wrong. If anyone’s sentiment is him. that the judge should become a hurt, I apologise,” D’Souza said. Katju said in his blog post that Supreme Court judge. “Hindu is my culture, he told Justice Kapadia that the “Kapadia said that he remem- Christianity is my religion. When said judge had a “very bad repu- bered that I had warned him a I say Hindu, it means culture tation about his integrity”. year earlier, but Balakrishnan, and not religion. Hindu culture “I told Justice Kapadia that a the then CJI, was adamant on is 5,000 years old and my religion chief justice of a high court, who elevating this corrupt judge, say- is 2,000 years old,” D’Souza said. had earlier been a judge of the ing that he (Balakrishnan) was D’Souza said on Friday: Madras High Court, had a very earlier a chief justice of Madras “India is a Hindu country. It bad reputation about his integ- High Court and knew that the is Hindustan. All Indians in Devotees return after performing evening prayers at the Sangam — the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna, rity,” Katju wrote in his blog. allegations of corruption about Hindustan are Hindus, including and mythical Saraswati — in Allahabad yesterday. “I knew this because I had him were untrue,” Katju said. me, I am a Christian Hindu.” been the chief justice in Madras IANS IANS TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Eid-ul-Fitr preparations

Left: W omen listen to a speech by Imam after having their Iftar meal on the last day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi yesterday. RIGHT: Kashmiri women shop ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr in Srinagar yesterday. Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated today in India.

Court orders Govt denies bugging Gadkari’s home CID probe into Home ministry rules out any investigation as Congress leaders demand probe Tapas Paul’s NEW DELHI: The govern- said it was not a matter to be pur- it,” the minister said. by the government in the house,” Swamy questioned if former ment yesterday denied bug- sued. “There is no contradiction, Media reports on Sunday said the former prime minister told Congress-led United Progressive ging of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has denied it himself,” bugging devices were found at reporters at an Iftar get-together Alliance (UPA) government was rape remarks Gadkari’s residence, with the Rajnath Singh said, “How can we Gadkari’s Delhi residence. This hosted by Congress president responsible for the bugging. home ministry ruling out any intervene in this?” was, however, denied by Gadkari Sonia Gandhi Sunday. He said that the bugging took KOLKATA: The Calcutta probe. Gadkari issued a fresh Minister of State for Home and those close to him. BJP spokesperson Mukhtar place around October last year High Court yesterday ordered denial over the issue, even as Affairs Kiren Rijiju too refused The Congress demanded Abbas Naqvi asked why “when the UPA was in power, the West Bengal CID to probe Congress leaders demanded an to comment. a probe into the allegations, Manmohan Singh was quiet the NSA has specifically targeted and submit a report regarding investigation. “The minister himself has said with former prime minister when bugging was reported in the BJP and Gadkari was a very the rape-and-violence remarks “As already stated, I reiterate the reports are speculative... How Manmohan Singh saying it is not then finance minister Pranab important person. He had the made by Trinamool Congress that no devices were found at my can we comment on it?” Rijiju a “good omen”. Mukherjee’s office. “Why was confidence of the RSS”. parliamentarian Tapas Paul, a residence anywhere,” Gadkari said when he was asked if the “If ministers’ houses are Manmohan Singh quiet when Congress leader Manish Tewari counsel said. tweeted. home ministry would probe the bugged, then it is not a good omen. there were reports of bugging of said: “If the BJP feels it is to be The order by the court of Justice Asked about the bugging, Union bugging reports. It should be investigated. How can his ministers,” Naqvi asked. blamed on UPA, they should get Dipankar Dutta came in a pub- Home Minister Rajnath Singh “There is nothing concrete in it happen? It should be explained BJP leader Subramanian it probed.” IANS lic interest litigation (PIL) seek- ing criminal proceedings against the Lok Sabha member from Krishnanagar who was caught on successive tapes exhorting peo- ple in his constituency in Nadia Kerry sees Govt promises to resolve UPSC issue soon district to kill activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and rape their women. common cause NEW DELHI: Amid continu- Forty of the protesters were student, said: “We are demanding against the aptitude test and “The court has ordered the ing protests by civil service detained by police. our rights... The protests will not English language questions director general of the Criminal with Modi aspirants demanding the scrap- The aspirants are continued be stopped till the government asked in the CSAT II paper, Investigation Department (CID) ping of an aptitude test, the their daily protests at Mukherjee agrees to our demand.” claiming they were much above to probe the matter and submit a WASHINGTON: US Secretary government said that the row Nagar, a residential area near The protesters burnt their the standard prescribed for the report by Sep 1. It has also directed of State John Kerry voiced hope will be resolved soon. Delhi University popular with entrance examination admit examination. police to treat an earlier complaint yesterday of finding common “The UPSC issue will be students who pour into Delhi cards and raised slogans against The protesters went on a ram- filed in this regard as an FIR,” peti- cause with India’s new Prime resolved within a week,” said from other states to prepare for former union minister Kapil page on Thursday in north Delhi, tioner’s counsel Subrata Mukherjee Minister Narendra Modi, hail- Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the civil service examination. Sibal. In a bid to disperse them, burning two police vehicles and said. “Expressing displeasure over ing the nations’ ties as “indis- a day after he apprised Prime The students want the CSAT police used water cannons. a bus. The protest intensified a lawmaker turning a lawbreaker, pensable” despite recent friction. Minister Narendra Modi of the scrapped, saying it discriminates When the protest didn’t end, after the UPSC started issuing Justice Dutta said the probe will be Kerry, who heads today to New steps being taken to address against those from the humani- police detained about 40 of them. admit cards to the aspirants for conducted as per the directions of Delhi in the highest-level US con- the concerns of the aspir- ties and Hindi background. The delegation which met the preliminary exam scheduled the court,” Mukherjee said. tact yet with the right-leaning ants who have dubbed the Civil A delegation met Rahul Gandhi Gandhi later marched to the August 24. Paul was caught on tapes asking government that took office in Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) at his 12 Tughlak Lane residence Tilak Marg police station in cen- Minister of State for Personnel his party activists to prove them- May, said he envisioned coopera- “discriminatory”. and sought his support in gov- tral Delhi where others had been and Public Grievances Jitendra selves by killing CPI-M activists tion with Modi on issues ranging A students delegation met ernment. Shubhankar Vats, who detained. The CSAT-II paper Singh tried to assure the agitating even as he himself asserted that from promoting economic growth Congress vice president Rahul was in the delegation, said: “Rahul carries questions on comprehen- students and made a statement in he would gun down his rivals and to fighting climate change. Gandhi, who promised to raise Gandhi has assured us that he sion, interpersonal skills, includ- the Rajya Sabha July 25. He had let loose his “boys” to rape the A day after returning from a the matter in parliament. will raise the issue in parliament.” ing communication skills, logical said a three-member committee Marxist women. grueling trip in which he failed Hundreds of aspirants pro- According to a statement by reasoning and analytical ability, was formed in March last year Notwithstanding the country- to end the bloody Gaza conflict, tested on Monday morning out- the Congress, Gandhi assured decision-making and problem- and has been directed to submit wide clamour for Paul’s arrest Kerry said that a close relation- side the office of the Union Public the delegation that no stone will solving, general mental ability, its report in a week. and expulsion from parliament, ship with India was among the US Service Commission (UPSC) be left unturned and that “he has basic numeracy, and English lan- “The candidates will not suf- the Trinamool has sought to end “long-term strategic imperatives” in the heart of the city. The always been concerned about stu- guage comprehension skills (of fer and the issue of admit cards the matter with an apology which despite the “flashpoints that domi- UPSC conducts the civil service dents’ well being”. Class 10 level). should not be a worry,” the min- he tendered to his party and the nate the daily headlines.” examination. Ajit Chakravarti, a protesting They have been objecting ister had said. IANS media. IANS “The United States and India can and should be indispensable partners for the 21st century, and that is, I assure you, the way we Rains to pick up approach the Modi government,” said Kerry, whose tenure has been Tripura to get rice from dominated by seeking Middle East peace. “India’s new govern- ment has won an historic man- date to deliver change and reform Andhra via Bangladesh and, together, we have a singular opportunity to help India to be AGARTALA: Rice from here. The rice-loaded trucks would able to meet that challenge,” Kerry southern India to Tripura via reach Agartala from Ashuganj said at the Center for American Bangladesh is likely to reach here (under Brahmanbaria district of Progress, a think tank. Modi led Thursday, bringing to fruition a Chittagong division of Bangladesh) his Bharatiya Janata Party to the three-year-long diplomatic and within two hours. most sweeping victory in an Indian strategical endeavour between Due to the Eid-ul Fitr festival in election in 30 years on promises to New Delhi and Dhaka. Bangladesh, unloading and loading turbocharge an economy seen as “The first consignment of 5,000 of the rice from vessels to trucks sputtering below potential. tonnes of rice in small ships from was delayed for a few days. Saha Kerry, who will be joined on Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh said in the next phase, another his three-day visit by Commerce reached Saturday at Ashuganj river 5,000 tonnes of rice would be fer- Secretary Penny Pritzker, said he port in (eastern) Bangladesh via ried to Tripura in the same man- would talk to India about linking Kolkata port,” Food, Civil Supplies ner and through the same route. with Southeast Asia’s dynamic and Consumer Affairs Minister “In view of conversion of railway economies by strengthening ties Bhanulal Saha said here. lines from metre gauge to broad with Bangladesh and a democra- He said: “The rice, meant for gauge, the Northeast Frontier tizing Myanmar. Public Distribution System, would Railway would stop train services “India can be at the heart of now be loaded on trucks from in Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and a more connected, prosperous Wednesday or Thursday to take it southern Assam from this year’s region,” Kerry said, adding: “The at the FCI (Food Corporation of October to June next year,” the possibilities here are gigantic.” India) depots in Agartala.” “Around minister said. “In view of this, car- Despite Kerry’s upbeat tone, 20 trucks are expected to arrive rying of food grain and other essen- the once-blossoming relationship Indians enjoy the breaking waves during high tide at the sea front in Mumbai yesterday. Weather officials Agartala everyday for the next 12 tials from different parts of the between the world’s two largest have said that the momentum picked up by the southwest monsoon in July is likely to continue in August to 13 days from Thursday.” country to northeastern states of democracies has seen hiccups in with normal rainfall expected next month. Ashuganj river port in eastern India via Bangladesh is very vital,” recent months. AFP Bangladesh is around 40 km from he said. IANS TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Russia asked to pay $50bn in Yukos case Moscow will appeal against Hague court ruling; to widen rift with West

MOSCOW/LONDON/ Yukos and said it was senseless financial stability of Russia and GML may now face a battle to AMSTERDAM: The Hague’s and speculative to value Yukos so could become the basis for argu- claim the money from Russia. arbitration court ruled yes- long after the events. Lawyers, ments for revising Russia’s ratings “The question is whether terday that Russia must pay however, said there were only lim- by international rating agencies,” Russia will pay that award, which a group of shareholders in oil ited grounds on which to appeal. said Credit Suisse economist I very much doubt,” said Jan giant Yukos $50bn for expro- The panel of judges, which has Aleksei Pogorelov. Kleinheisterkamp, an Associate priating its assets, a big hit for been reviewing the case since The $50bn represents about Professor of Law at the London a country teetering on the brink 2005, concluded that officials 2.5 percent of Russia’s total GDP School of Economics. “This means of recession. under President Vladimir Putin worth, or 57 percent of Russia’s that ultimately the shareholders The arbitration panel in the had manipulated the legal system Reserve Fund, which is earmarked will start to chase Russian assets Netherlands said it had awarded to bankrupt Yukos. to cover budget holes. The ruling abroad, which is a very tedious and shareholders in the GML group “Yukos was the object of a series hit Russian stocks. The RTS index usually not very fruitful business.” just under half of their $114bn of politically motivated attacks by of Russian shares was down 3.1 Antonios Tzanakopoulos, a law claim, going some way to cover- the Russian authorities that even- percent by 1400 GMT. professor at Oxford University, ing the money they lost when the tually led to its destruction,” the The European Court of Human said if assets were to be seized, Kremlin seized Yukos, once con- court said. “The primary objec- Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is they would have to be purely com- trolled by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, tive of the Russian Federation was expected on Thursday to announce mercial in nature to be expropri- a decade ago. “The award is a slam not to collect taxes but rather to a separate decision on Yukos’s atable, meaning it would not be dunk. It is for $50.02bn, and that bankrupt Yukos and appropriate multi-billion-dollar claim against possible to get an order that an cannot be disputed,” said Tim its valuable assets.” Russia, ruling on ‘just satisfaction’ embassy building or a docked Osborne, director of GML. “It’s The ruling hits Russia at a time or compensation, a Yukos spokes- Russian warship should be handed now a question of enforcing it.” when it faces international sanc- woman said. Yukos’s application in over. Russia must pay the compen- Russia’s Finance Ministry called tions about its role in Ukraine the ECHR, which is on behalf of all sation to subsidiaries of Gibraltar- the ruling “flawed”, “one-sided” and anger over the downing of a Yukos shareholders, argued that based Group Menatep, a company and “politically biased” and said Malaysian airliner over eastern Yukos was unlawfully deprived of through which Khodorkovsky, it would appeal the decision. It Ukraine, where Moscow-backed its possessions by the imposition once Russia’s richest man, con- comes as Russia and the West are rebels are fighting a separatist of bogus taxes and a sham auc- trolled Yukos. Group Menatep now in their biggest stand-off since the campaign. The country is also tion of its main asset. One lawyer exists as holding company GML, Cold War over Moscow’s actions in grappling with slowing economic who declined to be named said and Khodorkovsky is no longer a Ukraine. Russia argued that the growth. “This decision affects the timing of both rulings coming shareholder in GML or Yukos. Customers fill their cars at a Yukos gas station in Moscow. court ignored tax violations by the assessment of the long-term together was likely coincidence. REUTERS

Virgin America UK rates should stay low, files for IPO

LONDON: Virgin America Inc, recovery looks balanced: IMF the low-cost airline partly owned by Richard Branson, filed for an LONDON: The Bank of ago both about short-term growth economic recovery. But econo- initial public offering of shares as England won backing from the and about the prospects for mists expect a split to emerge it looks to expand in the recover- International Monetary Fund growth to continue in the medium soon, given the speed of job crea- ing US airline market. yesterday for keeping inter- term,” said Philip Gerson, deputy tion over the past year. The company, known for mood est rates low, even as the IMF director of the IMF’s Europe The IMF sounded relaxed lighting and wi-fi and comfortable welcomed signs that Britain’s department, citing in particu- about Britain’s weak productiv- leather seats even in economy class, surprisingly strong economic lar a pickup in investment by ity growth, something that could offers flights to 22 cities in the recovery is broadening. companies. cause inflation to pick up. United States and Mexico, using In a report that will please The Fund said interest rates Gerson said the Fund believed a fleet of 53 Airbus A320 aircraft. Finance Minister George might need to go up quickly if the causes of the productivity Branson, whose investment in Osborne, who last year clashed inflation took off. But it said infla- puzzle were transitory and linked the airline is restricted by US for- with the Fund over his policies, tion pressure was weak for now. to a shift in activity between sec- eign investment rules, owns a 22 the IMF said the government “Wages are growing very slowly tors in Britain’s economy and to percent stake in Virgin America had struck the right approach to and, although output is beginning the continued reluctance of banks Customers walk out of a Starbucks coffee store in Shanghai yesterday. through the Virgin Group and a bringing down Britain’s budget to pick up, the recovery is still at to lend as they recover from the The food scandal has dragged in other global food brands such as KFC hedge fund. The British billionaire deficit, although it might have to an early stage and there is still financial crisis. and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands Inc and coffee chain Starbucks Corp. also owns a 51 percent stake in consider raising more tax rev- a lot of slack in the economy,” While the IMF did not expect Virgin Atlantic, which last posted enues in future. Gerson said. an imminent rate hike by the an annual profit in 2011. In an update of its wide-rang- The Fund said Britain’s output BoE, it should start to explain Virgin America has been ranked ing annual assessment of Britain’s gap — or the difference between how it will implement monetary US group overhauls first among US airlines for the last economy, the IMF welcomed what the economy is currently policy once it begins tightening two years in the annual national recent measures to address the producing and what it could do to avoid upsetting financial mar- Airline Quality Rating perform- risk of a bubble in the housing at maximum capacity — was kets after more than five years of China business in ance study published by research- market and said sterling was equivalent to 1.3 percent of gross record-low rates, he said. ers at Wichita State University overvalued by 5-10 percent. domestic product and would close “With prospects of a rate rise and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Last week, the IMF made gradually as unemployment fell strengthening, the Bank will need University. The airline earned Britain the clear leader, in terms to its natural rate of 5.5 percent to announce soon what the new meat safety scandal $10.5m on revenue of $1.42bn in of growth, among the world’s big only in 2019. That suggested the monetary control framework will 2013, its first profitable year since rich economies, forecasting gross Fund was close to the view of BoE be and how the transition to it SHANGHAI: A leading US visual surveillance and extensive it took to the skies in 2007. Most domestic product would expand policymakers who are less wor- will be managed,” the report said. meat supplier said yesterday employee interviews. of its flights operate to and from by 3.2 percent in 2014. That is ried about the risk of a surge in On housing, the Fund sounded that a Chinese unit at the cen- In addition, it plans to spend its focus cities of Los Angeles and double the forecast it gave last inflation while wages are growing less worried about risks than in tre of a food safety scandal had 10m yuan ($1.62m) on a food San Francisco. year, when it called for more very slowly. a version of its assessment of issues that were “absolutely safety education programme Virgin America won some takeoff investment spending as a way To date, all nine members Britain’s economy, published in inconsistent” with the group’s in Shanghai. OSI, which ranks and landing rights earlier this year to invigorate the then moribund of the Bank’s Monetary Policy early June, which was before the high standards. among the top few dozen US at New York’s LaGuardia Airport economy. Committee have voted to keep BoE introduced new controls on “This is my company and private companies with annual and Ronald Reagan Washington “Overall, we are much more interest rates at rock bottom to mortgage lending. events like these have a personal revenue of close to $6bn, said its National Airport. REUTERS optimistic than we were a year avoid the risk of derailing the REUTERS toll ... they simply don’t represent China operations had a certain the values I stand for or those of amount of autonomy as the group my company,” Sheldon Lavin, the wanted a decentralised business millionaire chairman, CEO and model that allowed decisions to owner of Illinois-based OSI Group be made locally, although global LLC told a news conference in standards were not meant to be Dollar Tree to buy Shanghai. broken. McDonald said the China OSI said it was suspending operations would come under the Family Dollar operations at Shanghai Husi Food direct control of headquarters. and would review all its China Shanghai Husi Food was in $9.2bn deal plants in a bid to limit further accused earlier this month by damage after losing two major a TV documentary of mixing NEW YORK: US discount customers. KFC and Pizza Hut expired meat with fresh produce retailers Dollar Tree and parent Yum Brands Inc last week and forging production dates. Family Dollar announced a severed its ties with OSI, while Regulators in Shanghai said Husi $9.2bn merger that will create a the Japan and Hong Kong units of had forged the dates on smoked huge chain of more than 13,000 McDonald’s Corp said they were beef patties and then sold them stores across North America. ending their relationship with after they expired. Police have Dollar Tree, which sells eve- the US meat processor’s Chinese detained five people as part of rything for $1 or less, will pay unit following allegations it mixed their investigation. There have combination of $59.60 in cash and expired meat with fresh produce. been no reports of any consum- $14.90 equivalent in Dollar Tree David McDonald, OSI’s presi- ers falling sick. shares for Family Dollar, and dent and chief operating officer, “To date, we’ve found issues that assume its debt. The cash-and- said the group was making senior are absolutely inconsistent with stock portion is valued at $8.5bn. management changes in China, our internal requirements for the Dollar Tree operates 5,080 and will set up a quality control highest standards, processes and stores in 48 US states and five centre in Shanghai to better policies,” McDonald told a packed Canadian provinces. Family supervise its business. It will also news conference at a Shanghai Dollar, which sells name brand bring in global experts to survey hotel, adding all nine OSI food and private-label goods at vari- the China operations and improve processing plants in China would ous prices, has more than 8,200 auditing, including constant be reviewed. REUTERS People in front of a Family Dollar store yesterday in Hallandale, Florida. stores in 46 US states. AFP TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Britain sets out shale rules As US kicks off crude exports, Iran casts a New licences first step in exploration process Oil falls towards $107 LONDON: The British govern- development of shale gas to help sooner it is likely ...although even in LONDON: Brent crude oil shadow in Asia ment took steps to speed up curb its growing dependence on the most favourable circumstances, slipped towards $107 a bar- energy exploration including imports and to stem a decline in oil development is at least five to 10 rel yesterday as ample sup- SINGAPORE: The United alternative supplier. Enterprise controversial hydraulic fractur- and gas tax receipts as output from years away,” said Melissa Stark, ply in the Atlantic basin and States faces an awkward rival has also signed a short-term ing for shale gas yesterday with the mature North Sea basin dwin- managing director of Accenture’s weak demand in Europe and in its first attempts in 40 years contract with another Japanese a new licensing round for compa- dles. A third of Britain’s gas needs new energy business. Asia outweighed worries over to export crude oil — Iran. trader, Mitsubishi Corp, with a nies looking for onshore oil and can come from its own shale gas The government also spelled political tensions in Ukraine Iran, whose economy has been first loading likely in September. gas. by the early 2030s if government out steps for companies wanting and the Middle East. throttled by Western sanctions Asian buyers have been waiting Concerns about the potentially policies and economic growth allow to drill for unconventional oil and North Sea and West African that have halved its crude ship- to see if the US oil is suitable and dangerous impact of hydraulic firms to invest in gas exploration, gas such as shale in areas of out- physical crude markets are over ments, is now selling higher if exporters can price it competi- fracturing, or fracking, in the the National Grid said this month. standing natural beauty, national supplied, traders and brokers quality and cheaper oil to China tively given it has to be shipped a search for shale gas has prompted Britain’s technically recoverable parks and world heritage sites. say, with sellers discounting that leaves little room for the US further distance than competing protests in Britain and outright shale gas resources are estimated Firms would have to submit heavily in an effort to attract crude to enter the world’s top grades from the leading regular bans on the practice in France at around 26 trillion cubic feet “environmental awareness” state- buyers such as oil refiners. energy consumer. suppliers Qatar and Australia. and elsewhere. The licences are the and the government has offered ments to show they recognise the September Brent was down While buyers in Japan and “They are testing the waters so first step in the exploration process tax breaks to drive investment in importance of these sites. $1.20 at $107.19 a barrel. US South Korea have been willing we’re not expecting huge volumes but do not give outright permis- a sector which has transformed the Applications for such sites crude futures for September to trial a US grade of the super- this year,” said Richard Gorry, sion to drill. Oil and gas explora- US energy market. should be refused unless there dropped 80 cents to $101.29, light crude known as conden- managing director of energy con- tion companies must also obtain However, Britain is still in the are exceptional circumstances after ending last week 1 per- sate, China has already locked in sultancy JBC Asia. planning permission, environmen- early stages of exploring for shale and it is in the public interest, cent lower. North Sea crude annual contracts with Tehran and Showing the competition US tal permits and health and safety gas and opposition has grown the Department of Energy and oil cargoes for lifting are trad- is not expected to take any US oil exports face, Iran exports about approvals before they can receive on grounds that it is potentially Climate Change (DECC) said. ing at deep discounts, more in the short-term. 55 percent of its roughly 250,000 final go-ahead to drill in Britain. harmful to the environment and When an application in such than $1.50 per barrel below the With US producers looking to bpd of South Pars condensate out- “Ultimately, done right, speeding after one project triggered earth areas is refused by local authori- front futures month. Traders open a trade route to sell surplus put to two Chinese buyers at deep up shale will mean more jobs and tremors. ties and the developer appeals that reported around 30 million condensate from the US shale discounts under annual contracts. opportunities for people and help Fracking involves pumping decision, Britain’s Secretary of unsold barrels of West African boom, worries about quality and Since US and European Union ensure long-term economic and chemicals, sand and water at high State for Communities and Local crude for lifting in August, and legal issues have added to doubts sanctions were eased late last energy security for our country,” pressure deep underground to Government Eric Pickles will per- September cargoes were becom- about how much of the oil the rest year in exchange for Iran curb- said Business and Energy Minister release oil and gas trapped in lay- sonally consider the appeals for at ing available, further depressing of Asia can take. ing nuclear activities, Tehran’s Matthew Hancock. ers of rock. “The more factors that least a 12-month period, DECC the market. REUTERS “China gets condensate from exports have risen about 30 per- Britain is betting on the are favourably met in the UK, the added. REUTERS Iran, which is much cheaper cent to 1.25 million to 1.3 million than that from the US,” said a bpd, much of this as South Pars Singapore-based trader with shipments to China. a European trading company. Some of the Iranian condensate Protest against Cyprus bank move “They might get involved at a could be sold as low as $5 a bar- later stage but they will not be at rel below Dubai quotes or about Qatar, Turkey in the forefront.” $8 a barrel cheaper than Qatari Condensate won export grades. US condensate would talks to develop approval from US officials in June likely have to be priced lower as long as it has been minimally than the similar Qatari grades to gas receiving processed, softening a decades-old attract buyers, traders said. ban on selling US crude abroad. Qatar is the biggest sup- The light oil can be cracked in a plier of condensate to Asia at station processing plant called a splitter about 450,000 bpd, followed by to make petroleum products and Iran. Australia and East Timor DOHA: Turkey is in talks with petrochemicals, or blended with together produce nearly 170,000 Qatar to develop a ‘gas receiving heavier crude for use in refineries. bpd, with most of the output station’ in Turkey. The facility South Korea and Japan have heading to Asian markets, accord- is aimed to receive gas imported purchased the first conden- ing to trade sources. from Qatar, Turkish Minister sate from the United States. Higher shipping costs com- of Economy Nihat Zeybekci has Mitsui & Co bought a cargo from pared with the short distance said. Enterprise Product Partners for from the Middle East will deter Talking to Al Sharq daily, the loading this month and has onsold India from buying US condensate, minister said the bilateral trade it to South Korean refiner GS according to sources at Indian value between the two countries Caltex, sources said. refiners. has increased manifolds over the Refiner Cosmo Oil Co has also Another issue is uncertainty past few years. The bilateral trade bought a cargo of US condensate over the future of US regulations value reached $770m in 2013, that will load in late August for on condensate exports. from $24m in 2003. “We are look- arrival at the Yokkaichi refinery Two US senators have ques- ing forward to increase this value. in Japan in October, a source said. tioned the US Commerce We have set a target to increase Japan and South Korea, which Department’s approval, saying the value to $1.5bn in the coming together account for just over half exports may violate a ban in place few years”, Nihat said. of Asia’s 1.1 million barrels per since the Arab oil embargo of the The Turkish Minister noted day (bpd) in condensate splitter 1970s. Refined products, such that the companies from his capacity, are seen as more open as gasoline and diesel, are not country are involved in the devel- Employees of the local branch of FBME protest following the Central Bank of Cyprus’ decision to place to trying the United States as an restricted. REUTERS opment projects worth an esti- the local bank branch under its control, outside the Cypriot central bank building in Nicosia yesterday. mated $13.5bn in Qatar. Across the world, Turkish companies are involved in projects worth a total of $280bn. Qatar’s investment in Turkey has already reached $740m. Largest coal mine in Australia gets go-ahead Turkey is looking for to attract more Qatari investments in the coming years, Nihat said. SYDNEY: The Australian company Adani, will consist of a order to expand Abbot Point for Direct Action climate scheme, Hunt said the conditions he has THE PENINSULA environment minister, Greg network of open cut and under- these exports, primarily to India. which targets only domestic emis- imposed ensure Adani “meets the Hunt, has approved a $16.5bn ground mines in the Galilee Basin The Carmichael mine, which sions, aims to reduce emissions by highest environmental standards resources project that will lead region of central Queensland. was given the green light by the 131 million tonnes each year. and that all impacts, including Microsoft under to the creation of the largest This area is about seven times Queensland government in May, Adani estimates the mine itself cumulative impacts, are avoided, coal mine in Australia, and one the size of Sydney harbour and has been fiercely opposed by envi- will produce about 3 billion tonnes mitigated or offset”. “The absolute antitrust probe of the largest in the world. will be the largest coal mine in ronmentalists due to its potential of CO2 emissions over its 60-year strictest of conditions have been Hunt has imposed 36 condi- Australia and possibly the world. impact upon the reef, groundwa- lifespan. This is due to “fugitive’’ imposed to ensure the protection in China tions, primarily aimed at pro- Coal will be taken via a new rail ter at its site and its hefty carbon emissions, which are released of the environment, with a specific tecting groundwater, on the line to the port of Abbot Point, emissions. during the mining process. focus on the protection of ground- Carmichael coal mine and rail north of Bowen, where Adani Greenpeace has claimed coal The approval of the Carmichael water,” he said. “I acknowledge the NEW YORK: Microsoft said project, which will dig up and already has approval to build a from the mine will cause an mine is a major step in the open- work of the previous state and yesterday it was under investi- transport about 60 million tonnes coal export terminal. Five mil- additional 128 million tonnes of ing of the vast, coal-rich Galilee federal ALP [Australian Labor gation by antitrust authorities of coal a year for export. lion tonnes of seabed will be dug carbon dioxide to be released into Basin region. There are a total of Party] governments in advanc- in China, pledging to cooperate The huge Carmichael project, up and dumped within the Great the atmosphere. By contrast, the nine mining projects planned for ing consideration of this project.” in the investigation. overseen by the Indian mining Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australian government’s proposed the area. THE GUARDIAN “We aim to build products that deliver the features, security and reliability customers expect, and we will address any concerns the Chinese economy up government may have,” Microsoft said in an emailed statement. Lloyds fined $370m A source familiar with the matter said that some Microsoft offices in China have been raided as part of the investigation, but for rigging Libor rates did not elaborate. Media reports said earlier LONDON/WASHINGTON: Financial Conduct Authority that Microsoft offices visited by Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group (FCA), $105m by the US China’s State Administration has agreed to pay fines total- Commodity Futures Trading for Industry and Commerce in ling $370m to US and British Commission and a $86m fine by Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and authorities investigating its part the US Department of Justice. Chengdu. in a global interest rate rigging The FCA said there had been Foreign companies in China scandal and manipulating fees routine manipulation of sterling periodically draw scrutiny from for a UK government lending Libor submissions to benefit money regulators and state media. scheme. market trading positions between Regulators have carried out The settlement is the sev- September 2006 and June 2009. To aggressive probes into alleged enth joint penalty handed out by avoid negative media comment and corruption at foreign drug American and British regulators market perceptions of its financial companies, including Britain’s in connection with the attempted strength, Bank of Scotland, which GlaxoSmithKline. manipulation of the London inter- Lloyds later acquired, manipulated Microsoft, which is based in bank offered rate, or Libor, and Libor submissions as a result of at Redmond, Washington, said in other similar benchmarks used least two management directives May it would maintain efforts to price around $450 trillion of in September and October 2008. to gain approval in China financial products worldwide. The It said that in September 2008, for Windows 8 after Beijing misconduct related to Libor rates just after the collapse of Lehman announced a ban on the operat- for sterling, the US dollar and Brothers sparked a global melt- ing system on all new government Japanese yen. down in markets, a manager People walk past a real estate advertisement poster in Beijing yesterday. The Chinese economy per- computers. The penalties for Lloyds com- instructed a trader to lower dollar formed reasonably well in the first half of 2014 although downward pressure remains. AFP prise a $178m fine by Britain’s Libor submissions. REUTERS TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

State intervention drives When it comes to welfare technological innovation system, UK has lost the plot BY PAUL MASON BY TOM CLARK benefit paid out. In parts of northern Europe, services, particularly in childcare, where f you wanted to radically alter the economy, making a country unions retain a hand in collecting premiums – it says – state nurseries would not only such as Britain as dynamic as China or Brazil, what would he rip-roaringly successful and administering payments, forging a link be more loved, but also more efficient than the state have to do? Intervene, obviously, but how? Benefits Street, on Channel 4, is between benefits and a concrete institution under today’s morass of subsidies. Building I That has become a hard question to answer since the onset being followed up by Immigrant less remote and alien than “the welfare social houses instead of writing cheques to of free-market economics. Much of the old apparatus of state Street. This a year after the state”. In New Zealand, a flat-rate pension landlords for owning scarce private homes control has been dismantled. Plus, the political culture in which same station’s Benefits Britain – available to all seniors, on the strength of likewise has commonsensical appeal. The planners, engineers and technical innovators inhabited the same T1949 – to middle England’s delight – sub- residency alone – represents an entirely dif- IPPR also proposes refreshing the contribu- offices has been shattered. jected contemporary welfare claimants ferent way of thinking about benefits, more tory link by turning the national insurance If a modern-day civil servant wanted to place the proposal to to the social security rules of the ration- related to universal rights. fund into the sort of independent body build, say, Concorde on a minister’s desk, there wouldn’t even be book years, as applied by real-life bullying Underlying the unloved mosaic of contem- Beveridge envisaged, while also increasing an obvious ministry to go to. It was the UK’s Ministry of Supply bureaucrats with real job centre experience. porary British benefits lurks a mishmash jobseeker’s allowance for unemployed work- that set up the supersonic airliner project: it commissioned a Meanwhile, Channel 5 has developed its own of half-forgotten principles. In the field of ers who have previously paid in. prototype aircraft, immediately, at its first meeting. pauper-baiting programme, On Benefits & disability alone, there are income top-ups There would need to be adjustments to When state innovation projects worked, they did so because Proud, and its cousin, Gypsies On Benefits that embody poverty relief, allowances based “credit in” parents and carers who can’t their owners were politicians, who were allowed to think big & Proud. on contribution records, and other benefits work and also, arguably, the increasing band and who accepted the risk of failure. In the free market model, The boom in poverty porn suggests that contingent on nothing but health, which whose temporary, part-time or zero-hours the private sector is given the task of driving innovation. And a the left is getting thrashed on social security, reflect ideas about economic rights – even jobs make for patchy careers. This leads growing number of economists believe it will remain so unless and the polling confirms this. There is still if it does not feel that way as the coalition some radical voices, such as left-leaning we rethink the role of the state. The Sussex University professor support for the general principle of a safety hacks them back. But through the muddle, Compass, to call for a citizen’s income, paid Mariana Mazzucato, whose calls for an “entrepreneurial state” net and a ladder of opportunity, but turn to there are some definite trends. to all and clawed back through taxes from were greeted with incomprehension four years ago, recently put the practicalities of particular benefits and The proportion of non-pensioner ben- those who don’t need it. A payment for together a conference attended by ministers, central bankers suspicions about freeloaders rise as jealous- efits linked to contributions in the UK has everybody could hardly be painted as the and serious investors. The buzzwords were: think big, and do ies break out in every direction. dropped by around two-thirds since the preserve of the scrounger, and the proposal “mission-oriented finance”. Listening to voices from across Britain 1970s, with means-testing filling the gap, would deal – at root – with the financial Mazzucato points out the state played a role in financing nearly for my book Hard Times, I found not only turning welfare payment into the sort of anxiety of our times. every key technology in an iPhone, from GPS to the touch screen. workers complaining about the unemployed residual function Richard Titmuss was I’ve got my doubts about affordability, She says that, even now, the lion’s share of funding for climate getting an easy ride, but also jobless people thinking of when he warned that services and also the pitch to voters often none too change technologies comes from state investment banks and pub- grumbling that the low-paid got more help for the poor would become poor services. keen on rights. But what I admire here is lic utilities, with just 6 percent coming from private capital. The than them nowadays, not to mention strik- There will, then, always be fixes and Compass’s willingness to pose the big ques- problem is, the modern state sees this as accidental and residual. It ing mutual antipathy between recipients of workarounds. The important thing is that tions. You might prefer the story about avoids major projects, and their associated risks, seeing its role as different benefits. citizens should be able tell a rough story rights to social security, or you might prefer mainly to act where the market “fails” – as with the near evapora- Benefits are paid out on many different about how the system works. a yarn about the duty to contribute to social tion of venture capital funding for technology startups in the UK. bases around the world. In France, there The Institute of Public Policy’s Condition insurance. Either, I’d say, is preferable to Mazzucato, in a paper with LSE professor Carlota Perez, points is still a meaningful connection between of Britain report suggests replacing some today’s tragic tale of welfare’s decline. out the danger of leaving tech to the private sector. In an economy earnings, social contributions paid in, and ill-understood cash benefits with public THE GUARDIAN bloated with printed money and cheap credit, if capital can’t find real-world, high-growth, high-profit opportunities to invest in, it will pool into the finance system, creating one bubble after another. Seen from this angle, the financial crisis looks less like the product of bad practices in the City, and more like a structural crisis. At all previous takeoff points, capital in the finance system flowed out into the real economy, where a paradigm had been established making it easy for businesspeople to invest in tried- and-tested models, with predictable and growing demand. Solving this problem is not just critical for economics. The clearest unmet need on Earth is for technologies to combat cli- mate change. History shows innovation happens best when the state shapes it. During the second world war, the US decreed that companies could only profit from making and selling their military technologies – any attempt to derive immediate profit from monopolised intellectual property stood against the public good. Once they knew the American state was trying to achieve an anti-aircraft fire control system first, and a number-crunch- ing static computer later, the greatest innovators alive set to work on making a gun predict the ideas in a fighter pilot’s head. Mainframes – and other technologies – followed, and reaped high profits for the corporations that pioneered them. But it was the state that forced the take-off point to happen. Thinking big about the economic role of the state no longer means planned allocation of goods, or state provision: it means the state setting pathways for technology and rewarding those who follow them. That means that politicians and civil servants will have to do more than overcome their opposition to picking winners. It means changing the tax system to reward long-term investments in real activities, forcing the finance system to lend to value-creating businesses – and limiting the ability of corporates to use accumulated cash simply to buy their own shares, eating value out of the real economy. Five years on from Lehman Brothers, we’re still seeing stagna- tion in terms of busted banks and country debts: if Mazzucato and her collaborators are right, the real problem is bigger – it concerns the economic culture of the state. If the proponents of modern laissez-faire economics could point to a single economy where technology and markets had worked, alone, to create a vibrant, confident, high-growth economic model, their arguments would be stronger. But it’s China, Singapore, South Korea and Brazil where the success stories happened. The state was at the centre of every one. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Close the tax loophole that sends US corporations overseas

BY JACOB J LEW system and eliminating wasteful lawmakers to address this prob- our tax code that trigger inver- The president’s plan also Congress to pass anti-inversion carve-outs and tax expenditures. lem as soon as possible. sions, although even if we cut would eliminate the incentives a legislation that creates a race ince we last overhauled These reforms would result in Many of these companies are our tax rates and broaden the US corporation has to acquire a against the clock and encourages our federal tax code, in savings that could be reinvested in for all intents and purposes still tax base, we would still need to foreign company and use its for- more, not fewer, inversions. 1986, countries around our nation’s aging infrastructure. based in the United States, and enact anti-inversion provisions eign address to claim tax status Making legislation effec- Sthe world have lowered But one particular tax loophole they remain here to take advan- because companies always would beyond our borders. tive before the date that a bill their tax rates, leaving the United has become increasingly urgent tage of everything that makes find countries with near-zero To make sure the merged com- is enacted is not a new or novel States with the highest corporate to address: the fact that the law the United States the best place rates to which they could relocate. pany is not merely masquerading approach; the Congressional tax rate in the developed word. rewards US corporations with in the world to do business: our Moreover, even the most opti- as a non-US company, sharehold- Research Service referred to the At the same time, the system has substantial tax benefits when they rule of law, our universities, our mistic know that the administra- ers of the foreign company would practice as “quite common” in a become full of inefficiencies and buy foreign companies and declare research-and-development capa- tion and Congress need more time have to own at least 50 percent of 2012 report. special-interest loopholes. That that they are based overseas. bilities, our innovative culture and to complete bipartisan comprehen- the newly merged company — the A good example of this is the is why it is so important that This practice, known as an our skilled workforce. sive business tax reform. While the current legal standard requires 2004 anti-inversion legislation. we reform our business tax code inversion, has accelerated in recent By moving their tax homes over- business-tax-reform process moves only 20 percent. This approach is Passed by a Republican-led to make the US economy more months, with a significant number seas, these companies are making steadily forward, the pace of inver- based on a bipartisan law enacted Congress and signed into law competitive and to accelerate of big corporations nearing comple- the decision to reduce their taxes, sions is increasing at breakneck in 2004 and could serve as a basis by President George W Bush in economic growth and job crea- tion of such deals and reports of forcing a greater share of the speed. We must confront this prob- for a bipartisan solution again. October 2004, it had an effective tion. Taking this step will make many more in the works. responsibility of maintaining core lem now, before our tax base is so Right now, leaders in Congress date of March 2003. the United States an even more To be clear, there is nothing public functions on small businesses eroded as to damage the prospects have put forward strong legislation For all these reasons, I call on attractive place to do business and wrong with cross-border merger and hardworking Americans. That of comprehensive reform. that adopts elements of this plan. Congress to close this loophole ensure that capital and talent are activity; our economy is stronger includes paying for the things all The president’s proposal For legislation to be effective, and pass inversion legislation as allocated more efficiently in pur- for our investment overseas and of us, particularly US businesses, applies a common-sense approach it must be retroactive. Current soon as possible. Our tax system suit of high economic returns, for foreign investment in the depend on: our national defence, to determine whether a corpora- proposals in Congress would apply should not reward US companies rather than low tax bills. United States. But these activi- education, medical research, courts tion has truly switched its base to any inversion deal after early for giving up their US citizenship, The president put forward ties should be based on economic and vital infrastructure such as of operations to another country May of this year. and unless we tackle this problem, a framework for business tax efficiency, not tax savings. roads, bridges and airports. In — a company would not be able to The alternative — legislation these transactions will continue. reform more than two years ago Many of these transactions addition, by allowing these trans- move outside the United States taking effect after the president Closing the inversion loophole and has been pushing Congress have been motivated by — and actions to continue, we run the risk for tax purposes if it is still man- signs it into law — could have the is no substitute for comprehen- to move forward on it. The pres- even expressly justified by — the of eroding our corporate tax base aged and controlled in the United perverse effect of encouraging sive business tax reform, but it is ident’s proposal would lay the tax savings. In touting these and undoing the progress we have States, does a significant amount corporations to act more quickly, a necessary step down the path foundation for broadly shared transactions, individual firms made to reduce our budget deficits. of its business here and does not negotiate new deals and rush to toward a fair and more efficient long-term growth by lowering have projected saving as much as Enacting comprehensive busi- do a significant amount of its close those transactions before tax system, and a step that needs corporate tax rates, broaden- $1bn per year. Last week, I wrote ness tax reform is clearly the best business in the country it claims the bill is enacted. to be in a place for tax reform to ing the tax base, simplifying the a letter to Congress and called on way to address the problems in as its new home. It would be a mistake for work. WP-BLOOMBERG TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Plenty to talk about as ‘Baby-faced assassin’ F1 takes annual break BUDAPEST: Formula One will take care of this right away. headed for its annual holidays They have to fix all these prob- with some drivers looking for- lems and they will. ward to the break more than “I’m sure we have learned lots lifts Australia F1 hopes others and plenty to talk about here, especially on Lewis’s engine before the next race in Belgium. problem, and we have to fix it. In “I’m not so excited about going the next races it will be fixed.” Ricciardo a contender for future F1 drivers, says Jones into the summer break, as we Another key meeting will be speak,” championship-leading between the sport’s commercial Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg supremo Bernie Ecclestone and MELBOURNE: Put “baby- Sunday’s win at Hungaroring told reporters after finishing selected teams to discuss ways faced assassin” Daniel Ricciardo put him third in the standings fourth and behind team-mate of boosting viewing figures and behind the wheel of a Mercedes behind the Mercedes pair, 71 Lewis Hamilton in Hungary. crowds in some markets. and there would be no doubt he points adrift of Rosberg and 60 “Hopefully I will be excited, Team bosses met Ecclestone in would take the Formula One below Hamilton with eight races but it’s going to take some time,” Hungary on Saturday and a more title race to the wire, accord- remaining. added the downcast German, restricted group is set to gather ing to compatriot Alan Jones, While Ricciardo has benefited whose overall lead was cut to 11 again during the break to discuss Australia’s last world champion. from safety car interventions in points. ideas. The only driver to have beaten both victories, his calm in a fre- Mercedes will want to resolve One senior team source said Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg netic finish in Hungary, in which behind closed doors the latest champions Red Bull, Mercedes, to the top of the podium this cam- the top four drivers were sepa- flare-up between their drivers Ferrari and Force India would paign, Ricciardo won a dramatic rated by a little more than six sec- after Hamilton ignored a request attend and Ecclestone had also Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday onds, left few in doubt he belongs to allow Rosberg, on a different suggested the involvement of con- to seal his second victory of the in the A-grade. strategy, to overtake him at the troversial former Renault team season, underlining his class with Ricciardo has also had to vie Hungaroring. boss Flavio Briatore. a high-quality drive and further for top honours with a Renault “We have to discuss internally. While races in Canada, Britain shading Red Bull team-mate engine, which remains well off That’s the best way forward for and Austria saw capacity crowds, Sebastian Vettel. the pace of the Mercedes power us as a team,” said Rosberg. “We this month’s German Grand Prix Ricciardo’s success has raised unit, according to team principal Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing need to discuss it, we will discuss attracted only 52,000 people on Australian hopes of a first F1 Christian Horner. celebrates on the podium after winning the 2014 Hungarian Formula it, and we will see how we move the Sunday at a home race for title-holder since Jones’s 1980 tri- “I think Daniel’s drive was One Grand Prix in Mogyorod near Budapest on Sunday. forward.” Mercedes, Rosberg and Red Bull’s umph and the former Williams exemplary,” Jones said. “He did The team’s non-executive quadruple champion Sebastian driver said the expectation was a really super job in looking after chairman Niki Lauda reckoned Vettel. justified. his tyres, displayed a lot of matu- straight-talking Webber, who pressure of being his country’s the break would take care of mat- There has been nothing wrong “He’s a contender, there’s no rity and I think he’s well and truly sometimes wore a face of thunder motor sport standard-bearer in ters, however, “because drivers with the racing itself, with this doubt about it,” the 67-year-old cemented himself in the team at post-race media conferences, the post-Webber era, said Jones. forget quickly. season serving up some thrillers said in an interview. now. Ricciardo is rarely seen without “I call him a baby-faced assas- “After the holidays they start including Hungary, but there is “He’s not a contender this year “Daniel took a fantastic over- a big toothy grin and has tried sin. He hasn’t got that honey completely normal again,” said the agreement that much more needs obviously because Mercedes have taking manoeuvre on (Fernando in vain to convince fans a cold- badger on the back of his helmet Austrian, who backed Hamilton’s to be done to promote the sport. got the jump on everyone. Get Alonso) to get the job done,” Jones blooded competitor lurks within. for nothing,” he added. “He’s very actions. This season marked the start him a good car next year. If you added, referring to the two-time “Don’t be fooled by the sun- affable, he’s a terrific kid and he’s Of equally pressing importance of a new, quieter V6 turbo engine put that (Mercedes engine) in world championship winning shine exterior,” Ricciardo wrote always smiling but he grows horns for the dominant team is getting era and that has been accompa- that bloody Red Bull, he would Ferrari driver. last year on his blog, explaining when it counts, when he’s got his to the bottom of the reliabil- nied by considerable negativity be a contender. “There was some speculation why he has an image of a honey bum in the car.” ity problems that have now hit from those missing the ear-split- “Or get him a Mercedes, that in Canada that he got it badger, one of the animal king- Though lavishing praise on Hamilton for the last two races. ting noise of previous years. because he’s proven he can qualify handed to him to a certain degree dom’s most ferocious fighters, on Ricciardo, Jones said he could In Germany he suffered a front “Bernie expressed a wish to consistently in the top four. He but this one he well and truly the back of his helmet. see little of himself in the young brake disc failure and in Hungary discuss with teams about how we can run up there with the best of earned. He just drove really well.” “Press the right buttons and driver. a fuel leak set the car on fire can improve the show of Formula them. He doesn’t pile up the road Ricciardo took his Red Bull I can be a very dark individual. “No, he’s too nice. I know I before he had set a lap time in One,” Mercedes motorsport head or have any accidents.” seat from hard-bitten compatriot Very angry. No, honestly I can be. couldn’t race Formula One in qualifying, forcing the Briton to Toto Wolff told reporters in After a two-year apprentice- Mark Webber, who came close to Stop laughing.” this day and age,” he said. “There’s start from the pitlane. Hungary. ship with feeder team Toro Rosso, breaking Australia’s champion- Already boasting the tough- too much corporate bloody pres- “Whenever you have a failure “A couple of guys will sit Ricciardo has proved a revelation ship drought in 2010, only to blow ness to step out of quadruple sure on you and you’ve got to be on an engine or a car, you have together, because it’s difficult to this season, mounting the podium his chance late in the season with world champion Vettel’s shadow nice with everybody, you’ve got to to do a better job,” said Lauda. do when you invite everybody and five times, including a maiden win a crash in South Korea. at Red Bull, Ricciardo also had watch your Ps and Qs.” “(Technical head) Paddy (Lowe) come up with priorities and solu- in Canada last month. In contrast to the the temperament to deal with the REUTERS and (engine head) Andy Cowell tions,” he added. REUTERS

Scott claims MLB: Cardinals, Angels deal, Lakers disagree John Isner poses register close wins with the trophy NEW YORK: Byron Scott said after defeating NEW YORK: St Louis go past the ninth inning. David in a television interview that Dudi Sela of Cardinals starter Adam Baseball Results Ortiz hit a mammoth three-run he is the new coach of the Los Israel during the Wainwright tossed seven shut- Toronto 5 NY Yankees 4 homer and Allen Webster earned Angeles Lakers but the team finals of the BB&T out innings to win a pitcher’s Washington 4 Cincinnati 2 his first victory of the season as insisted that an agreement has Atlanta Open at duel against Chicago Cubs Philadelphia 4 Arizona 2 the Boston Red Sox defeated the not yet been reached. Atlantic Station, rookie Kyle Hendricks. Boston 3 Tampa Bay 2 Tampa Bay Rays. ESPN reported last week that yesterday. Wainwright (13-5) allowed Cleveland 10 Kansas City 3 With the win, the Red Sox (48- the Lakers and Scott agreed on a just five hits and Matt Holliday 57) ended a five-game slide and four-year, $17m deal. NY Mets 2 Milwaukee 0 homered in the first inning to give snapped the Rays’ (51-54) season- The Lakers hold a team option the Cardinals (56-48) the only Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 3 high nine-game winning streak. on the final year of the deal. run they needed. Miami 4 Houston 2 Dioner Navarro had a tiebreak- “It feels fantastic,” Scott told Hendricks was solid in his third St Louis 1 Chicago Cubs 0 ing single with two outs in the top KCBS-TV in an interview last Major League outing, and allowed LA Angels 2 Detroit 1 of the ninth inning as the Toronto week. the one run in 6 1/3 innings. Baltimore 3 Seattle 2 Blue Jays edged the New York “This is a dream come true. Third baseman David Freese Pittsburgh 7 Colorado 5 Yankees for their second straight I always wanted to coach the hit a solo home run in the bot- win at Yankee Stadium. Lakers, especially when I got to Atlanta 8 San Diego 3 tom of the eighth inning to give The Blue Jays (56-50) won for coaching. It’s so unreal,” said the Isner defeats Sela to the Los Angeles Angels a victory Oakland 9 Texas 3 the seventh time in 10 games coach. over the Detroit Tigers. LA Dodgers 4 San Francisco 3 despite blowing a 2-0 lead and a I have to thank (general man- Right-hander Joe Smith (4-0) pair of one-run leads. They manu- ager) Mitch (Kupchak), Jeanie induced groundouts from all three runs, including a sacrifice fly in factured the go-ahead run in the and Jim Buss to give me this retain Atlanta title batters he faced in the top of the the top of the 10th inning, as the ninth against New York closer opportunity.” eighth to earn the win for Los Baltimore Orioles continued their David Robertson (1-3). However, the Lakers said noth- ATLANTA: Top seed John runner-up to Mardy Fish in 2010 Angeles (63-41). extra-inning dominance with a Doug Fister pitched seven ing is set. Isner claimed the Atlanta Open and 2011 and won the title last Detroit (57-45) starter Rick win over the Seattle Mariners. shutout innings and first baseman “There is no done deal,” a title for the second successive year by defeating South African Porcello (12-5) tossed seven Baltimore (58-46) extended Adam La Roche delivered a two- source told the Los Angeles Times. year with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Kevin Anderson. innings and took a no-decision. their winning streak in extra- run single, lifting the Washington Lakers owner Jim Buss report- Israel’s Dudi Sela, yesterday. Isner is now 16-3 in his career Lucas Duda launched a go- inning games to six. The Orioles Nationals to a win over Reds. edly made Scott a verbal offer on Standing 6-foot-10, Isner tow- at the Atlanta Open. REUTERS ahead two-run home run, his are 11-3 this season in games that REUTERS Thursday and Scott and his rep- ered over the 5-foot-9 Sela and third of the series and 18th of the resentatives were reviewing it. punished him with his serve. season, boosting the Mets to a vic- Meanwhile, because several The world number 12 cracked ATP Tour Standings tory over the Milwaukee Brewers. frontcourt candidates withdrew down 15 aces to end the run of the Duda’s homer backed another from consideration for the US diminutive Sela who was playing 1 (1) Novak Djokovic(Serbia) 13130 stellar outing from Jacob deGrom. national team, USA Basketball his first ATP title for six years. 2 (2) Rafa Nadal(Spain) 12670 The rookie right-hander (5-5, 2.79 invited Atlanta Hawks’ forward “This is my favorite time of 3 (3) Roger Federer(Switzerland) 6070 ERA) won his fourth consecutive Paul Millsap to its training camp year,” American Isner told report- 4 (4) Stanislas Wawrinka(Switzerland) 5770 start for the Mets (owning 0.66 this week in Las Vegas. ers. “I’m off to a very good start 5 (5) Tomas Berdych(Czech Republic) 4410 ERA over that stretch), throwing Millsap’s addition means 19 again. I look forward to playing 6 1/3 innings of shutout ball while players will be competing for a 6 (6) David Ferrer(Spain) 4085 Washington DC again (this week). allowing four hits and striking out spot on the final roster of 12 that I’ve played well there my whole 7 (7) Milos Raonic(Canada) 3920 four. will play in the FIBA Basketball career.” 8 (8) Juan Martin Del Potro(Argentina) 3360 With the loss, Milwaukee (59- World Cup in Spain beginning Isner’s familiar form helped 9 (9) Grigor Dimitrov(Bulgaria) 3270 47) had their lead in the National Aug. 30. him capture the opening set in 34 10 (10) Andy Murray(Britain) 3040 League Central cut to just two Cleveland Cavaliers star for- minutes as he won 14 of 15 points 11 (11) Kei Nishikori(Japan) 2780 games. ward LeBron James is switching on his dominant first serve. 12 (12) John Isner(US) 2690 Pitcher Mike Minor worked back to wearing jersey No 23, he Trying to close out the match, effectively into the seventh inning, said in an interview. 13 (13) Ernests Gulbis(Latvia) 2680 Isner fell behind 30-0 in the final and the Braves backed him with a James wore that number in game but ripped off three straight 14 (14) Richard Gasquet(France) 2370 six-run third en route to a victory high school and during his first aces to clinch the victory. 15 (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(France) 1910 over the Padres. stint with the Cavaliers. “Right from the very beginning 16 (16) Roberto Bautista(Spain) 1785 Center fielder BJ Upton had He changed to No. 6 during his I felt great,” Isner said. “These 17 (21) Alexandr Dolgopolov(Ukraine) 1680 two singles, stole a base and scored four-year stint with the Miami (hot) conditions favour me quite 18 (22) Marin Cilic(Croatia) 1665 two times and the Braves (57-48) Heat, where he won two NBA a bit. I couldn’t ask for better remain 1 1/2 games behind first- titles. 19 (20) Fabio Fognini(Italy) 1665 Oakland Athletics’ catcher John Jaso (5) is congratulated by Brandon conditions.” place Washington in the National James announced on Instagram 20 (18) Tommy Robredo(Spain) 1645 Moss after scoring a run against the Texas Rangers during the second Isner was playing his fourth League East. inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Park in Arlington, yesterday. that he is switching back to his Atlanta final in five years. He was 21 (17) Kevin Anderson(South Africa) 1605 Manny Machado drove in two original number. REUTERS TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Langer wins Tim Clark wins Canadian Open Senior British South African powers past Furyk to clinch his second PGA Tour title Open in style LONDON: Germany’s Bernard Langer won the Senior British MONTREAL: South African eight holes in a row on his way to out of sorts but making the turn Open by a whopping 13 shots Tim Clark clinched his sec- a five-under-par 65. I was only three back,” he said. on Sunday at Royal Porthcawl, ond PGA Tour title when he He finished at 17-under 263, “At that point there’s nothing to Wales, as he set a new record sank a six-foot par putt to beat while Furyk shot a 69 for second lose and suddenly I got hot with winning margin in a major at a American Jim Furyk by one place on 16-under. the putter. senior event. stroke at the Canadian Open on Furyk has won 16 times on tour “To stand over that (winning) The 56-year-old, who won the Sunday. but is winless in his last seven putt and feel confident was very Masters in 1985 and 1993, shot Clark knocked his clutch putt attempts when leading (or co- nice.” four rounds in the 60s to finish in dead centre to edge Furyk in leading) into the final round. Clark notched four birdies in 18 under, and left Scotland’s Colin a battle between two players who This was his sixth runner-up five holes from the 11th to take Montgomerie a distant second badly needed a victory to shed the finish since his most recent tour the sole lead with three holes to on the way to his third win on bridesmaid tag. victory nearly four years ago, and play, and preserved his advantage Welsh soil. The 13-shot winning Clark has finished second 12 the latest near-miss clearly stung. when he matched Furyk’s birdie advantage, in a major, eclipsed times on tour and had major He had a 15-foot birdie chance at the par-three 17th. the previous mark of 12 held by elbow surgery in 2011, so he at the last to force, at the very Clark, 38, is the third South American Hale Irwin at the 1997 exuded a mixture of excite- least, a playoff, but read too much African to win the Canadian Senior PGA Championship. ment and relief as he greeted break and missed on the high side. Open, and he earned $1.026 mil- He now has 94 professional his Canadian wife and two young That took some pressure lion as well as a spot in the PGA wins, including a Senior British children next to the 18th green at off Clark, whose long first putt Championship in two weeks. Open win in 2010, the same sea- Royal Montreal. had come up well short, and he Meanwhile, the home drought son he won the Senior US Open. “Any national Open to me is pounced on the opportunity. will stretch on after Canadian Canada’s Rick Gibson, Barry special and it’s an honour for Earlier, Clark was four strokes Graham DeLaet finished seven Lane of England and American me to be the Open champion,” behind after bogeying the first shots behind in a tie for seventh. Tom Pernice Jnr finished in a tie Clark told reporters after storm- hole but the slow start perhaps Pat Fletcher was the most Tim Clark kisses the trophy after winning the RBC Canadian Open at the for third on two under as only five ing home in 30 strokes with five eased some of the pressure. recent Canadian winner in 1954. Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal on Sunday. players finished under par over 72 back-nine birdies, one-putting “The front nine I was a little REUTERS holes. AFP Mozo sinks winning putt as Spain lift LPGA Crown

BALTIMORE: Belen Mozo “We said coming into this routed South Korea’s Choi Japan a vital point, leaving the sank an eight-foot birdie putt weekend that we had an advan- Na-Yeon 8 and 6 and teammate leaders when the day began three to win the clinching point on tage being such good friends and Beatriz Recari downed Sweden’s off the pace. Sunday as Spain won the LPGA so close to each other. We all Mikaela Parmlid 3 and 2 to put Thailand lurked on nine points International Crown team stayed true to ourselves. Spain ahead on 11 points. after Pornanong Phatlum edged match-play title. “There were a lot of great play- “I was more focused on my I.K. Kim 1 up to end South Mozo’s clutch birdie at ers here. We just had what other game and just playing good,” Korea’s title hopes. the par-5 16th hole defeated teams lacked.” Recari said. That simply set the stage for Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn 3 Each member of the Spanish “I love match play and I love Mozo’s triumph, which was sealed and 2 for Spain’s third singles vic- foursome collected $100,000 and playing for my country and my when Jutanugarn missed her tory of the final session. a metal crown as well as a tro- friends,” Ciganda said. “I played eight-foot birdie attempt at 16. That left the Spaniards on 13 phy symbolic of supremacy in the much more aggressive. You need Spain had been seeded fifth points with two matches remain- inaugural global match-play team to make pars and a few birdies.” when the week began but expec- ing but no rival able to overtake showdown at Caves Valley, which Sweden pulled level for the tations were turned on their head them for the title, a fact Mozo awarded two points for wins and lead after Pernilla Lindberg beat Saturday when the top-seeded didn’t know when she made one for halves. Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn 6 United States, boasting four of the putt and pumped her fist in Japan finished four-ball play and 5 and Anna Nordqvist took a the world’s top 12 players, was celebration. Saturday on eight points with 3-and-2 win over Japan’s Mamiko eliminated in a playoff with South FROM LEFT: Azahara Munoz, Belen Mozo, Carlota Ciganda and Beatriz “Damn, it feels good,” Mozo Thailand, Sweden and Spain each Higa, but the Swedes had no more Korea. Recari pose with the trophy after winning the LPGA International Crown said. “I just wanted to close my one back and South Korea two matches remaining. Munoz was the highest-rated at Cave Valley Golf Club in Maryland on Sunday. match out. I had no idea. I’m adrift entering singles matches. Korean Ryu So-Yeon edged Spaniard at 20th with Mozo the thrilled I could do it. But Spain’s Carlotta Ciganda Sakura Yokomine 1 up to deny lowest at 112th. AFP FIFA ask FIGC to investigate Court goes Italy official’s racist remarks ahead with ROME: FIFA have asked the Tavecchio is hot favourite to Messi tax Italian Football Federation beat former AC Milan and Italy (FIGC) to investigate comments midfielder Demetrio Albertini made by Carlo Tavecchio (pic- to Italian football’s top job in an fraud case tured), the favourite to become August 11 vote. its next president, in which he The pair are vying for the MADRID: A Spanish court referred to African players as position left vacant by Giancarlo yesterday rejected public pros- “banana eaters”. Abete, who stepped down imme- ecutors’ request to drop charges Nineteen-year-old Calum Chambers (pictured) is a quality player who “Media reports concerning diately after Italy’s embarrassing of tax fraud against four-time has everything Arsenal look for in a youngster, manager Arsene Wenger alleged racist comments by one early exit from the World Cup in world footballer of the year said of his new signing yesterday. “The way he adapted to the Premier of the presidential candidates Brazil. Lionel Messi and ordered the League last season with Southampton at a young age shows that he has for the Italian FA have alerted On Sunday, the first signs of a probe to go ahead. tremendous quality,” Wenger said after finalising a deal with the Saints FIFA’s Task Force against racism crack in the strong support for The Barcelona forward and his for the versatile defender. Chambers has signed a long-term contract for and discrimination and its chair- Tavecchio from Serie A and B father, Jorge Horacio Messi, were an undisclosed fee, which media reports put at 16m pounds. man Jeffrey Webb,” FIFA said in play,” said 71-year-old Tavecchio. clubs came from Fiorentina, who accused last year of not paying a statement yesterday. “Here instead we get ‘Opti said that he should step aside. 4.16m euros ($5.58m) in tax on “As such, FIFA has written a Pobà’, who previously ate bananas “Staying true to its civic and earnings from the player’s image letter to the Italian FA asking and then suddenly becomes a first ethical values, Fiorentina, in the rights from 2007-2009 through it to take the appropriate steps team player with Lazio. light of the recent comments the creation of a web of shell com- Griezmann boost to to investigate and decide on this “That’s how it is here. In made by Tavecchio, no longer con- panies in Belize and Uruguay. matter and report to FIFA.” England, you need to demonstrate siders his candidacy for the presi- Both Messi and his father FIGC vice-president Tavecchio what you have on your CV and dency of the FIGC sustainable,” denied wrongdoing and pointed has received a wave of criticism your pedigree.” the club wrote in a statement. the finger instead at a former Atletico attack for his comments, which came at Tavecchio has apologised twice The new owner of Sampdoria agent of the player when they the summer assembly of Italy’s for his remarks but said yesterday Massimo Ferrero also said were quizzed at a court in Gava, MADRID: Spanish champions the Under-21 side, reportedly amateur leagues (LND). he will not end his candidacy for that Serie A owners should get the Barcelona suburb where the Atletico Madrid have moved to after an unauthorised late-night He suggested that Italy should the FIGC presidency. together to discuss the situation. player lives, in September 2013. bolster their attack by agree- excursion. replicate England’s stringent “I’ve got the support of the “Club owners need to hold a Based on the Messis’ testimony, ing to sign France World Cup Once the ban was lifted, France requirements for non-EU players. Leagues, and I’m carrying on with meeting as soon as possible to public prosecutors called for the winger Antoine Griezmann coach Didier Deschamps wasted “In England, they identify the my campaign for the presidency assess our position (on Tavecchio’s case to be shelved but the court from Real Sociedad. little time in calling him into the players coming in and, if they are of the FIGC,” he told Italian news FIGC candidacy),” he said. yesterday ruled that Messi “could “Atletico de Madrid and Real side and he was a surprise inclu- professional, they are allowed to agency ANSA. REUTERS have known and consented” to the Sociedad have reached an agree- sion in the squad for Brazil ahead tax fraud and the prosecution of ment for the transfer of Antoine of Samir Nasri. the case should go ahead. Griezmann,” Atletico said on their Griezmann had another fine AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli (left) Messi is the fourth richest website (www.clubatleticodema- season for Sociedad last term and and Manchester City’s Stevan sportsperson in the world, accord- drid.com) on Monday. his 16 goals in 31 La Liga games Jovetic vie for the ball during a ing to a ranking published in June “The young French football helped the Basque club finish sev- Champions Cup friendly match by Forbes business magazine. player will undergo the corre- enth and qualify for the Europa at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh He moved up to fourth from sponding medical examination League. 10th place in just a year with before signing the contract with Born in Macon in central yesterday. The English Premier an annual income of just under our club,” they added. France, he joined Sociedad at League champions won 5-1. $65m, it said. Neither Atletico or Sociedad the age of 13, and after breaking Manuel Pellegrini’s men stormed He earns just over $40m a sea- published financial details of the into the first team helped them into an early 2-0 lead thanks to son in salary and bonuses, accord- deal but local media said it was win promotion back to the top strikes from Stevan Jovetic in the ing to the magazine, as well as worth 30m euros ($40.3m). flight. 11th minute and Scott Sinclair about $23m from sponsors Griezmann, 23, played in all five He was a key performer in in the 14th, the two making the The magazine placed Messi of France’s matches at the World successive French youth sides most of a Milan defence that behind boxer Floyd Mayweather, Cup finals in Brazil as they were and helped the Gallic nation struggled with Manchester City’s Real Madrid footballer Cristiano knocked out in the quarter-finals win the European Under-19 pace down the right flank. The Ronaldo and basketball player by eventual winners Germany. Championship in 2010 and half-time break was extended as LeBron James. He was called up to France’s secure a fourth-place finish at the fans were cleared from the stands Between 2007 and 2009, Messi senior squad for the first time in Under-20 World Cup in Colombia because of a heavy thunderstorm earned more than 10.17m euros in March and has scored three times a year later. that brought lightning and a image rights. in nine games for Les Bleus. “He’s a type of player we did not tornado warning. After the break Despite the court case, Messi His international career was have, a little bit Spanish because Jovetic scored again in the 58th continues to lead advertising cam- set back by a suspension for dis- of his technique and accuracy in minute. paigns for brands like Adidas and ciplinary reasons handed down by front of goal,” Francis Smerecki, video games maker EA Sports. the France Football Federation his former Under-19 coach, said AGENCIES (FFF) when he was playing for in 2010. REUTERS TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 SA seal historic Test series win Visitors earn draw in Colombo to seal victory in SL after 21 years, reclaim No.1 status

COLOMBO: A gritty South tailenders Vernon Philander (27 African tail fought off Sri not out) and Imran Tahir (four Pietersen joins Lanka’s spinners to snatch a not out) hung on in the final nine nerve-jangling draw in the sec- overs to finish on 159-8. Melbourne ond Test and claim a historic 1-0 “It started raining a bit so it series win on the island. took a few overs out,” said Hashim The series victory propelled Amla, who won his first series as Stars in BBL South Africa to the top of world South African captain. Test ranking ahead of Australia “It was a tough battle. Lasting MELBOURNE: Axed England and also ended their 21-year-old 110 overs on that wicket with batsman Kevin Pietersen joined jinx in Sri Lanka where they last quality spinners was credit to the Melbourne Stars yesterday won a Test series in 1993. the guys. to be the highest-profile signing South Africa had won the open- “When we conceded 400 in the of the new season of Australia’s ing Test in Galle by 153 runs to go first innings, that was a setback, Big Bash League (BBL). 1-0 up in the two-Test rubber. and then we were 13 for two. But Pietersen, who was sacked by Chasing a target of 369, the it set it up nicely for the end.” England in February following the visitors were reeling at 148-8 but For Sri Lanka, it was only their 5-0 Ashes drubbing in the winter second home series defeat since tour to Australia, has signed a Scoreboard 2006. two-year deal with the Cameron The South Africans were booed White-led team of the Twenty20 Sri Lanka (I innings): ...... 421 by the small but noisy crowd at league, the Stars said on their South Africa (I innings): ...... 282 the SSC ground after Tahir South African cricketers pose for a group photo after their victory in the Test series against Sri Lanka at the website (www.melbournestars.com. Sri Lanka (II innings): ...... 229-8 decl indulged in some time wasting Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, yesterday. au). South Africa (II innings): tactics towards end of play. “Joining the Melbourne Stars A Petersen c Vithanage b Herath ...... 0 Starting the day at 38-1, South was an easy choice for me when D Elgar b Perera ...... 13 Africa added just 121 runs off 94 “We did everything right (but) Jayawardene then caught Faf AB De Villiers (12) after having you look at the players we have Q de Kock c Vithanage b Herath ...... 37 overs, opting for defensive batting they are a very hard team to beat, du Plessis (10) for his 200th catch Quinton de Kock (37) caught by and the amazing off field support H Amla c Jayawardene b Perera ...... 25 rather than press for a win. whether home or away.” at slip to hand Herath his fourth Kithuruwan Vithanage at back- staff, and don’t forget our home A B de Villiers b Herath ...... 12 To their credit, the Sri Lankan South Africa owed much to wicket of the innings. ward short leg. ground, the MCG (Melbourne F du Plessis c Jayawardene b Herath ...... 10 spinners gave it their all but con- Amla who occupied the crease Jayawardene, who struck 165 in Opener Dean Elgar was dis- Cricket Ground),” Pietersen said. J P Duminy lbw Perera ...... 3 stant rain breaks and sloppy field- for close to three hours despite a the first innings, was later named missed by Perera in the truncated A prolific and entertaining V Philander (not out) ...... 27 ing put paid to their efforts. troublesome hamstring, making man of the match while Dale start-stop first session that saw batsman known for his trade- D Steyn c Dickwella b Herath ...... 6 Left-arm spinner Rangana 25 off 159 balls in a remarkable Steyn was the man of the series. the visitors add 17 runs off seven mark switch-hit stroke, 34-year- I Tahir (not out) ...... 4 Herath led the pack with 5 wick- show of resistance. Jean-Paul Duminy (three) overs. old Pietersen is scheduled to make Extras (B-5, LB-14, NB-3) ...... 22 ets from 45 overs while giving Amla, playing his first series fended off the spinners for 65 balls Elgar made 13 off 65 balls and his Stars debut on December 20 Total (for 8 wkts) ...... 159 away just 40 runs. since succeeding Graeme Smith before being trapped leg before shared 43 runs for the second against Hobart Hurricanes at the Did not bat: M Morkel The stocky 36-year-old was as Test captain, at one stage faced off Perera. wicket with De Kock. MCG. Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-47, 3-68, 4-93, well supported by off-spinner 57 successive dot balls, frustrating Herath had Steyn caught The hosts, who posted 421 in Pietersen, available full-time 5-105, 6-110, 7-130, 8-148. Dilruwan Perera who grabbed the Sri Lankan bowlers no end. behind with just 20 minutes left their first essay, had bowled out for T20 events, led the Delhi Bowling: Herath 45-30-40-5, Perera 44- 3-60. He was finally dismissed by for close of play, raising hopes of South Africa for 282 in their first Daredevils in this year’s Indian 24-60-3, Mendis 13-8-17-0, Lakmal 4-1- “It’s disappointing not to end Perera who had him caught by a Sri Lanka win. innings to gain a 139-run lead. Premier League and will play for 11-0 (3nb), Vithanage 5-1-12-0. up on the winning side,” said Sri Mahela Jayawardene in the fourth The second session saw Sri Lanka declared their sec- St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Lankan captain Angelo Mathews. over of the final session. Herath uproot the off-stump of ond innings on 229-8. AFP Premier League. REUTERS Scoreboard Bell regains form as England take control England (I innings): A Cook c Dhoni b Jadeja ...... 95 S Robson c Jadeja b Shami ...... 26 SOUTHAMPTON: Ian Bell Previously beleaguered to lose his wicket. Towards the G Ballance c Dhoni b Sharma ...... 156 returned to form in spectacular England, who have not won in 10 end of the middle session, the I Bell c Singh b Kumar ...... 167 fashion with a superb 167 and Tests, will look to ram home their ball began to nibble around in the J Root c Dhoni b Kumar ...... 3 debutant Jos Buttler also shone advantage on day three and try to overcast conditions and Buttler M Ali c Rahane b Kumar ...... 12 to help England strengthen avoid having to bat again if they survived a third umpire review J Buttler b Jadeja ...... 85 their dominant position over can enforce a follow on. after Rahane thought he got his C Woakes (not out) ...... 7 India on the second day of the Sunday’s centurion Gary fingers to a low chance at second Extras (B-5, LB-11, W-2) ...... 18 third Test, yesterday. Ballance, who shared a stand of slip. Total (for 7 wkts dec) ...... 569 England’s Ian Bell Bell recovered from a tenta- 142 with Bell, was the victim of Buttler, replacing the injured To bat: C Jordan, S Broad, J Anderson. acknowledges tive start to exhibit trademark a poor decision just before lunch and out-of-form Matt Prior, prof- Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-213, 3-355, 4-378, the crowd after elegance, bringing up his first when he was given out caught ited and demonstrated his prow- 5-420, 6-526, 7-569. reaching 150 hundred in 26 innings by thump- behind for 156, despite no hint of ess with an exhilarating stand of Bowling: Kumar 37-10-101-3 (2w); Shami runs during the ing Ravindra Jadeja down the an edge on replays. 106 with Bell. 33-4-123-1; Singh 37-8-146-0; Sharma second day’s play ground for six before hitting the After the interval, India cap- Bell’s swashbuckling innings, 9-0-26-1; Jadeja 45.4-10-153-2; Dhawan in the third Test spinner for two more boundaries tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni which included 19 fours and 2-0-4-0. against India at and another maximum in the opted to utilise his seamers in one three sixes, came to an end when India (I innings): same over. over spells, attempting to break he attempted to hit Kumar over the Ageas Bowl M Vijay (batting) ...... 11 England, 1-0 down in the five- England’s concentration. mid-off but instead picked out cricket ground Shikhar Dhawan c Cook b Anderson ...... 6 match series, declared on 569 for It paid dividends early on as Pankaj Singh. C Pujara (batting) ...... 4 in Southampton, seven in their first innings after Joe Root (three) got a regulation Buttler played superbly in a yesterday. Extras (B-4) ...... 4 a quickfire 85 full of expansive edge to Dhoni after being tempted situation conducive to his attack- Total (for one wkt) ...... 25 strokes by new test wicketkeeper into a prod outside off stump by ing one-day style, dispatching the To bat: V Kohli, RG Sharma, AM Rahane, MS Buttler. Bhuvneshwar Kumar. bowling attack to all parts of the Dhoni, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, Mohammed Struggling India then closed on Clearly buoyed by taking his ground with ruthless power. Shami, Pankaj Singh. 25-1 in their first innings, James first wicket, Kumar added the He survived a simple missed Fall of wicket: 1-17. Anderson snaffling Shikhar scalp of Moeen Ali (12) by teasing stumping and eventually played Bowling: J M Anderson 7-3-14-1; S C J Dhawan (six) yet again with the batsman into taking on the on to a Jadeja delivery as he Broad 4-2-4-0; C J Jordan 2-1-3-0; C R captain Alastair Cook taking the short ball which he bottom edged sensed a debut ton to force a dec- Woakes 1-1-0-0. catch. to Ajinkya Rahane at second slip laration from Cook. REUTERS

Carlin shines for Wales, Aussies continue to lead Matthew, David retain squash

GLASGOW: Jazz Carlin won podium of the meet in the men’s Wales’ first swimming gold at 200m backstroke as Mitch Larkin titles at Commonwealth Games the Commonwealth Games, claimed gold ahead of Josh Beaver while there was more success and Matson Lawson. GLASGOW: Nick Matthew led (100+122) to go one better than for Australia and England, Victory secured Larkin’s third an English sweep in the men’s her bronze four years ago as Malaysia’s Nicol yesterday. medal of the meet, but it was his squash at the Commonwealth Canada’s Marie-Josee Ares-Pilon David poses on Carlin posted a new per- first gold having taken silver in Games yesterday as Nicol David won bronze with a total of 214kg. the podium after sonal best and smashed the both the 50 and 100m backstroke. joined Malaysia’s gold medal run In bowls, South Africa defeated winning the gold Commonwealth Games record in “It has been a long week, but a by winning the women’s event. Northern Ireland 19-10 to take the medal in the a time 8min 18:11sec to take the fantastic week,” said Larkin. “It Matthew became the first men’s triples gold and Scotland’s squash women’s women’s 800m freestyle. feels unreal to get a gold tonight.” squash player to win the men’s Alex Marshall and Paul Foster singles final at the The 23-year-old shaved over And England’s Oliver Hynd title in successive Commonwealth were too good for Malaysia in the Commonwealth four seconds off the previous cruised to victory in the para- Games by beating compatriot men’s pairs final winning 20-3. Games in Glasgow, record she set in qualifying fast- sport 200m individual medley James Willstrop 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, It was a 12th gold medal for the yesterday. est for the final on Sunday. SM8 as he finished nearly nine 6-11, 11-5. hosts, topping Scotland’s previ- World 800m freestyle bronze seconds clear of the field in a time England won all three medals ous record tally of 11 won at the medallist Lauren Boyle took silver of 2min 22:86sec. in the men’s singles after Peter Melbourne 2006 Games. for New Zealand, whilst Brittany Jesse Aungles and Blake Barker beat India’s Saurav Ghosal India won a seventh gold 10.29sec in the opening 100m of failed in his bid to become the MacLean claimed bronze for Cochrane of Australia completed earlier yesterday. medal of the games through the two-day 10-discipline event. all-time most-decorated Games Canada. the podium as they took silver David crushed English world Jitu Rai in the men’s 50m pis- The Games record and personal competitor as he missed out on There was a third all-Australian and bronze respectively. AFP champion Laura Massaro 12-10, tol at Carnoustie on Scotland’s best gave Warner, the reigning qualification for the final of the 11-2, 11-5 in a one-sided women’s east coast, while England’s Dan world bronze medallist, a massive men’s 50m pistol won by India’s final which lasted just 44 minutes Greaves topped the para-sport 1,025pts to kick off his campaign. Rai. Gault on Saturday tied the Sri Lanka’s to retain her title. discus competition. Over in the pool Australia’s all-time record of 18 with a medal Amila Kumarasiri Malaysia later secured a third Star turn on the first full day Cameron McEvoy took first in the 10m air pistol. competes in successive gold medal in the of action in the famed football blood in the men’s 50m freestyle Olympic champion Nicola the Men’s 200m mixed teams badminton with a arena was Olympic champion heats ahead of Aussie rival James Adams of England begins her bid Individual Medley 3-1 win over England in Glasgow. Kirani James of Grenada as he Magnussen. to become one of the first women SM8 Final at In weightlifting, Marie Fegue progressed smoothly to the semi- Attention turns to the wom- to win a Commonwealth Games the Tollcross won the women’s 69kg weightlift- finals of the men’s 400m, winning en’s 100m freestyle last night as boxing gold medal. International ing category to hand Cameroon his heat in 45.52 seconds. world champion Cate Campbell of Fighting in the flyweight divi- Swimming Centre its first Commonwealth Games The top performance of the Australia, her sister Bronte, and sion, the 31-year-old is favourite in Glasgow, gold medal since 2002. morning session belonged to England’s Fran Halsall look set after she became the first wom- yesterday. Nigerian Itohan Ebireguesele Canadian decathlete Damian to battle it out for the medals. In en’s Olympic boxing champion at claimed silver with 222kg Warner, who produced a blistering shooting, England’s Michael Gault London in 2012. AFP FRIDAY 29 JULY 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Japanese “Cosplay” fans clad in Transformers robot costumes pose for photos at the Japan premiere of the latest movie in the series, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”, in Tokyo yesterday. The film, which premiered in the US in June, will open across Japan on August 8. MUSCAT 35/29 Partly cloudy 34/30 Partly cloudy MAKKAH 44/31 Clear 43/30 Clear KUWAIT 44/31 Clear 46/30 Clear BAHRAIN 39/33 Clear 39/33 Clear SANAA 30/18 Thunderstorm 28/17 Chance of storm RIYADH 42/27 Clear 42/28 Clear BBC criticised for racist slur on show DUBAI 39/27 Clear 40/27 Clear BAGHDAD 45/30 Clear 45/30 Clear LONDON: Britain’s broad- he appeared to use another rac- finished bridge an Asian man Ofcom has found the BBC casting watchdog criticised the ist term as part of an old nursery is seen to cross it and Clarkson breached broadcasting rules THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW BBC yesterday after Jeremy rhyme during filming of Top Gear. remarks: “That is a proud by including an offensive racial Clarkson, presenter of motor- The show has previously got moment...but... there is a slope term in Top Gear, which was not HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ing programme Top Gear, used into hot water over its depic- on it.” justified by context,” the regula- an “offensive racial term” in an tions of Mexicans, Albanians, Hammond, taking up the literal tor said. “Jeremy Clarkson used ATHENS 32/25 Clear 34/26 Clear episode on Myanmar. Romanians and Germans. meaning of “slope”, replied: “You the word ‘slope’ to refer both to WASHINGTON 26/19 Partly cloudy 28/18 Partly cloudy Regulator Ofcom said that The latest incident involved a are right, it is definitely higher an Asian man crossing a bridge, SYDNEY 20/11 Partly cloudy 21/11 Clear Clarkson’s use of the word “slope”, two-part special on Myanmar, on that side.” and the incline of the bridge. This LONDON 26/14 Partly cloudy 26/15 Partly cloudy as slang for a person of Asian ori- also known as Burma, featur- Ofcom said it deemed that was scripted in advance. The BBC PARIS 24/18 Chance of storm 26/16 Chance of rain gin, was potentially offensive and ing Clarkson and co-presenters Clarkson “deliberately employed failed to take the opportunity, ISTANBUL 29/22 Clear 29/22 Partly cloudy that the BBC had failed in its duty Richard Hammond and James the offensive word to refer to either during filming or post- MANILA 30/25 Thunderstorm 29/25 Chance of storm to viewers by broadcasting it. May crossing the country in the Asian person crossing the production, to check whether the DHAKA 32/27 Chance of rain 31/27 Chance of storm The ruling comes just three trucks to build a makeshift bridge bridge as well as the camber of word had the potential to offend DELHI 31/27 Thunderstorm 33/27 Thunderstorm months after Clarkson was forced over the River Kwai. the bridge.” viewers.” ISLAMABAD 30/25 Thunderstorm 30/26 Chance of storm to apologise over footage in which As the team admired the “After a thorough investigation, AFP Where hiking is a national identity German ODAE-SAN, SOUTH swimming KOREA: South Koreans are weekend warriors. The sport of choice? Hiking. Mountains are in Rhine for everywhere and most can be climbed in a day. You need only the following prerequisites: a water study love of nature, full multi-course meals packed into Tupperware, FRANKFURT: A German several bottles of rice drink and chemistry professor started thousands of dollars in high-end yesterday a gruelling four-week apparel. solo swim down the Rhine river Hiking has long been a South for the benefit of science and the Korean pastime, but after years environment. of rapid growth, it now amounts Self-confessed “mad professor” more to a national identity. In Andreas Fath, who set off on his the typical month, about 1 in 3 1,231-kilometre adventure with Koreans goes hiking more than a splash into Switzerland’s Lake once. The mountainous national Toma, plans to swim through park north of Seoul attracts more Germany and France to reach visitors annually than the Grand the river’s mouth at the Dutch Canyon. port of Rotterdam on August Part of South Korea’s hiking 24. Sponsorship money raised by love can be explained by geogra- Fath’s 25-day journey will pay for phy. The country is a topographi- a high-tech water analysis instru- cal eggshell mattress, covered ment worth over ¤100,000 for his with hundreds of climbable — but University of Furtwangen with steep — peaks. which he aims to test samples But it’s the rituals surround- from the Rhine for pollutants. ing Korean hiking that define Days before setting off, and mountain culture here. The pace after training for more than a is brisk, and there is picnicking South Korean hikers climb stairs at Mount Odae-san National Park. RIGHT: A hiker walks to the park. Walking sticks sell for $250. Hiking has long been year, Fath, 49, told AFP that he at the top, as big groups spread a South Korean pastime, but after years of rapid growth, it now amounts more to a national identity. wanted “to show everything that’s out on blankets and devour elabo- in the Rhine” and find out where rate spreads. They also drink the flow of humanity — particularly “And probably twice that in Face jacket, declared as she low 80s and the hikers started on contaminants originate so they rice drink, sometimes lots of it. on the weekend. Traffic backs up winter,” said Kim Sang-beom, climbed a mountain with friends. the trail in a single-file line, so can be stopped. Amazingly, the hike down is still on the roads toward the base. In owner of a Black Yak store, which Theories abound on why crowded was the path. But after Water samples will be tested for brisk. If South Korea is famous the parking lot, groups pour out sells the upscale Korean domestic Koreans approach hiking as they about 30 minutes, the bottleneck industrial chemicals, hormones, for its pressure-cooker schools of buses, form circles and stretch. outdoor brand. do. Some say that South Korea loosened, and hikers moved up in pharmaceuticals, pathogens and and 60-hour work weeks, hiking Women put on visors the size of “Of course, you can wear jeans has applied its hyper-competitive- twos or threes. microscopic plastic parts, accord- represents a far more attractive umbrellas. on a hike, but a lot of Koreans ness to the mountains: Hikers are The hike was 13 kilometers — ing to his website www.rheines- kind of endurance test. Koreans In other countries, perhaps it is believe they need the perfect in a race to look good, and in turn about eight miles — but several in wasser.eu. Fath, a married father hold mountains in almost mythical OK to set out on a hike in sneak- clothes,” Kim said. “There are a prove that they have money to Kim’s group said they were up for of three from the southwestern regard, as Americans do the open ers and shorts. But in Korea, lot of hiking clubs in Korea, and spend. Others point to the more something more challenging. One state of Baden-Wurttemberg, said spaces of the West, but hiking has Everest-type wear is the norm let’s say you join a club and eve- benign aspects and say that the hiker took a detour that added he started swimming at age eight taken off as an activity for the even for the tamest mountains. rybody is carrying hiking sticks mountains are a place to have several miles. Two women, both in and has taken a dip almost every masses more recently, a product Those who show up in shabbier and wearing the best gear. If you a shared experience, a sense of their 50s, joked that they wouldn’t day since. of national prosperity and grow- gear — typically younger folks show up in jeans, you might feel community. Atop mountains, it even be sore after this one. “That’s where I relax, that’s ing leisure time. (Only in 2004 — might get a friendly lecture very out of place.” isn’t uncommon to see strangers Another hiker, Lee Tae-guk, where I’m weightless and in my did the government shorten the about the importance of mul- Between 2006 and 2012, South join together and share food, any- says he has spent years seeking own world,” he said. “That’s where workweek from six to five days.) tiple layers and sweat-wicking Korea’s outdoor apparel market thing from dried persimmon to out the toughest climbs, and not I’m able to switch off in a wonder- It helps that many of the most technology. Anybody shamed grew almost 500 percent, accord- marinated beef. just in Korea. He’s done Mount ful way.” In 2008 he swam 27 kilo- picturesque mountains ring the into upgrading their clothing ing to the Chosun Ilbo, a major “The main purpose for hiking Fuji in Japan, Mount Kinabalu in metres across Lake Zurich, taking outskirts of Seoul, a capital region can do so right away. At the foot daily newspaper. High-end gear for most people is to be healthy,” Malaysia, Mount Kilimanjaro in six hours and 17 minutes, a record with about 25 million people. of Cheongye Mountain, a mod- is so commonplace that Koreans, said Kim Yong-won, a hiking Tanzania. And after finishing this time in his age group, he said. “It’s almost like an addiction,” est peak in southern Seoul, more particularly baby boomers, wear guide who leads weekend tour hike, he was heading on his next Despite his years of experience, says Shin Soon-no, 65, who hikes than 20 outdoor companies — it even when going nowhere near groups. “But for Koreans it’s to adventure. he said he respects the Rhine for several times per week with her North Face, Marmot, Lafuma, a mountain. It’s suitable for trav- eat on the mountains.” “Tibet,” he said. “I’m taking the tough challenges it will throw husband, Kim Hong-seong. “Your Montbell — have stores. Jackets elling and shopping, restaurants On one recent Sunday, Kim’s four days off this week. I’ll be at him, including the “headache” body starts to crave it.” can go for $800. Walking sticks and coffee shops. group headed out of Seoul at 6am, sleeping in a tent.” of rocky stretches in the upper Even farther afield, though, for $250. Apparel workers say “Anything but weddings and bound for Odae-san, about three Yoonjung Seo contributed to this reaches and the “sporting chal- South Korean mountains tend to Koreans wear, on average, $1,000 funerals,” Kim Hye-yeong, 64, hours to the west. report. lenge” of swimming 40 kilometres be clogged with a breathtaking worth of garb for a summer hike. decked out in a light green North The temperatures hung in the WP-BLOOMBERG across Lake Constance. AFP