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Sheikha Al Mayassa attends heritage forum Unified tourist New building visa for GCC states likely site rules DOHA: A committee set up to assess the feasibility of a unified tourist visa for the GCC coun- tries has said the proposal is excellent and would immensely boost tourism in the region. on the anvil Recommendations of the experts’ committee will be tabled 10,500 raids on firms in Q1: Official at the next GCC leaders’ summit in Doha, for review and ratifica- DOHA: The Ministry of Labour upgrading its rules and systems tion, -based news and Social Affairs has punished to conduct checks on construc- website ‘alyaum’ (‘Today’ in more than 200 companies in the tion sites to ensure that workers’ ) reported yesterday. first quarter (January-March) rights are protected. The Higher Consultative of this year for violating key Construction sites will soon be Authority of the GCC Secretariat- provisions of the labour law. connected to Ground Positioning General was tasked by the lead- More than 1,000 firms were Systems and labour inspectors ers at their last summit in Kuwait issued warnings by the ministry would be able to locate them with H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson, Museums, along with officials to conduct a technical study to as they were not fully complying ease with the help of electronic and guests attending the opening of the annual World Heritage Youth Forum 2014 in Sharq Village and Spa see if the proposal to have a uni- with the provisions that aim at devices. In 2011, the Cabinet had set yesterday. Report on page 3 fied tourist visa for the GCC was protecting workers’ rights. up a national occupational safety feasible. A total of 10,500 raids on some committee as part of the ministry The authority appointed a com- 7,443 firms were conducted by to find out the reasons why workers mittee of experts from the region inspectors in the first quarter. suffer injuries in work place and to and asked them to conduct the Of these, routine inspections take remedial measures. study. The head of the authority, were conducted on 6,523 compa- Many hospitals exclusively Dust winds to continue today Najeeb Al Shams, said the panel nies to check their compliance meant for workers are being built had completed the study. with the labour law. And 3,485 in the country, said Al Hanzab. DOHA: The strong dust winds Meanwhile, the dust storm at the hospital. Asthma patients “The committee has found raids were conducted on work A wage protection system is lashing the country over the caused a sudden increase in the would take more time to return that the proposal is excellent and sites of 920 companies to check being launched whereby workers past two days are expected to number of people, especially chil- to normalcy. would considerably boost tourism their compliance, specifically with will be paid their wages by their continue until this afternoon, dren, seeking treatment for res- The Paediatric Emergency in the region,” the website said. occupational safety rules. employers through banks and according to the Meteorology piratory illnesses over the past in Al Sadd, however, has not A unified tourist visa for the Temporary bans were imposed exchange houses. Department. two days. reported any noticeable increase region would come in handy on some three percent of the Labour inspectors will check As the winds subside, tem- The Paediatric Emergency at in the cases following the dust as people entering one mem- firms as punishment for violat- online which companies haven’t perature would start rising Wakra Hospital received about winds, according to the daily. ber-country wouldn’t need to ing the law, while 15.9 percent of paid wages to their workers in again, reaching a maximum of 40 380 cases on the two days, nearly The emergency receives an approach the embassy or con- them were issued warnings. These time and action will be taken degrees Celsius during peak hours 100 more compared to other days. average 1,000 cases daily and sulate of another member-state companies have been asked to against them, said the diplomat. of the day, about three degrees Normally, the section receives there was no significant change to acquire entry visa for that correct their situation. There are 198 inspectors with higher compared to yesterday. 250 to 300 children on average in the number over the past two country. About 80 percent of firms were the ministry and only 16 of them The maximum temperature every day, a local Arabic daily days. “You could enter one GCC found to be complying with the are women, Al Hanzab said. He recorded in Doha yesterday was reported yesterday. Experts have warned against country on a unified visa and visit law. This was disclosed by Qatar’s said there is no discrimination 37 degrees C, according to the The cases almost doubled at the exposing children and asthma all member-states,” the website Permanent Representative at the against women in the selection department. general emergency of the hospi- patients to the bad weather. quoted Al Shams as saying. UN Office in Geneva, Faisal bin of inspectors. They are treated Northwesterly winds would tal, reaching 75 against the daily People have been advised to Not only regional airlines but Abdullah Al Hanzab, yesterday at as equals with men. Their sala- change direction to northeast- average of 30 to 35. wash their face, eyes and nostrils sea and land transport would also a meeting on the sidelines of the ries and perks are the same. They erly by this afternoon, blowing at Majority of the patients were frequently as a precaution against get a boost due to a unified tour- International Labour Conference are given the same incentives, he speeds ranging from five to 15-20 discharged after giving first aid, tiny dust particles entering the ist visa, according to the website. which ends on June 12. Qatar is added. THE PENINSULA knots. said the daily, quoting a source body. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Brazil floatballs Current budget 3 illegally partitioned year could be extended to villas vacated in Doha DOHA: Action against illegally The focus is also on singling December 2015 partitioned villas in the city has out breach of rules in buildings begun, with inspectors from relating to hygiene and commer- DOHA: Qatar might extend the Doha Municipality cracking cial outlets. current budget year (April 1, down on three and evicting the Some 15 cases of violations 2014 to March 31, 2015) by nine occupants. have been referred to police while months so it ends on December The villas were violating Law warnings have been issued in 19. 31, 2015 — after which a new No. 4 of 1985 that regulates build- At least seven buildings have financial year (January to ings and prohibits any kind of been vacated as they were hous- December) can be adopted. expansion or partitioning without ing illegal labour camps. Some 13 There is a possibility the permission from the municipality cases have been detected where present budget year could be of the area. corrective steps have not been extended until 2015-end, Al The villas were singled out by taken despite warnings. Sharq reported yesterday, quot- inspectors during a crackdown. Teams have discovered that ing sources. The ongoing campaign aims at many expats were running busi- The new fiscal year could then not only catching illegally parti- nesses from buildings without begin for the state from January tioned villas in the city but also permission. Officials from the 1, 2016, ending on December 31, labour camps existing in residen- Inspection Department and other and this pattern could follow after tial areas in violation of another civic units are taking part in the Two ‘floatballs’, football-shaped electric boats, are ready to receive tourists during the FIFA World Cup 2014, that. law. crackdown. THE PENINSULA at Complex Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. The boats were imported from South Africa and the To recall, the Cabinet, at its weekly meeting last Wednesday, number will increase to 10. approved a draft law that, among others, seeks to change the finan- cial year from April-March to January-December. The aim is to ensure com- Expat sentenced to life for killing friend in cold blood patibility with local and foreign businesses, especially global finan- DOHA: A criminal court has flat on the night of the incident. This perhaps enraged the The victim slumped but that placed scrap newspapers over it cial entities like International sentenced an Asian expat to life The victim was alone and busy in convict and a heated exchange didn’t stop the attacker. He went and set it ablaze. Monetary Fund and credit after he was found guilty of kill- the kitchen, cooking. The convict ensued, local Arabic daily Al into the kitchen, grabbed a knife The convict left but while he agencies. ing a fellow Asian and friend in entered the kitchen and the duo Watan reported yesterday. and began stabbing him in the was on his way out, a neighbour The draft law that is to be cold blood. began talking. Then, suddenly the convict saw chest. of the victim who knew him saw referred to the Advisory Council The victim lost his life because The visitor asked for a loan and a small iron rod nearby, picked it In a state of utter shock, the him. for review and recommendations he had refused to give a loan to said he would repay it after the up and attacked the man he had victim started pleading for mercy The convict apparently poured has 60 articles. him. victim returned from vacation. come to wish a happy journey, on and asked why he was trying to oil over the body and set it ablaze Once the draft is converted And, tragic as it was, he was The deceased refused to part his neck and head. kill him. “Please leave me alone. to hide his crime and hoodwink into law, executive regulations are done to death barely a day before with money, saying he suspected if The victim fell on the ground in I must travel home tomorrow,” law-enforcement agencies by to be passed to help implement he was to travel home to be with the convict would repay the loan the room outside the kitchen. It he said. making them believe that it was the legislation. his near and dear ones. since he was doing nothing to eke seemed that during their heated After the man died, the con- an accident, the daily said. Continued on page 5 It so happened that the con- out a living and was just sitting exchange they had walked out of vict dragged his body into the Continued on page 5 THE PENINSULA vict visited the deceased in his idle. the cooking area. kitchen, poured cooking oil and THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

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Foreign Minister meets his Mideast counterparts World Heritage Youth : Qatari Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah met here Forum 2014 begins yesterday with Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Participants to explore Qatar’s archeological, heritage sites Dr Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Moroccan Minister of Foreign DOHA: Highlighting the impor- Around 50 participants from 21 Museums, Sheikh Hassan bin Affairs and Cooperation tance of youth and community countries will explore the archeo- Mohammed Al Thani, were also Salaheddine Mezouar and in preserving inheritance, the logical and heritage sites in Qatar. present at the opening of the event Omani Minister responsible for annual World Heritage Youth “Pluralism and diversity is at the Sharq Village & Spa. Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi Forum 2014 began yesterday more exhibited by heritage…. Dr Anna Paolini, Director of bin Abdullah on the sidelines of in the presence of H E Sheikha Youth should be able to take for- Unesco Doha Office, Ali Zainal, the 6th meeting of the - Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin ward the heritage and culture Ambassador and Permanent Arab States Cooperation Forum Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson to the future,” said H E Salah Delegate of Qatar to Unesco (CASCF) in Beijing. of Qatar Museums. bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali, and Dr Jelena Trkulja, Director The event is being held until Minister of Youth and Sports Education, highlighted impor- June 15 under the theme ‘Cultural said in his opening speech. The tance of the forum during the Al Rumaihi meets Heritage of Qatar: Management, Minister of Culture, Arts and opening session. Preservation, Sustainability and Heritage H E Hamad bin Abdul “By engaging the young genera- Indian minister Impact on Local Communities: Al Aziz Al Kuwari and Vice Chairman tion in the process, and mobilising Zubarah and Doha.’ of the Board of Trustees of Qatar their creative potential, the Youth NEW : Indian Foreign Forum strives to build a new gen- Minister Sushma Swaraj eration of cultural heritage pro- met here yesterday with the fessionals, create international Qatari Assistant Minister For networks and advance work in Foreign Affairs H E Mohamed the field of heritage protection,” bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi. Al said Trkulja. Rumaihi also met with Indian “You will be entrusted with an Foreign Secretary (East) Anil important task of advancing the Wadhwa. Talks during the two existing thinking in this field, separate meetings dealt with and your recommendations and bolstering bilateral relations and conclusions of the session will other issues of mutual concern. be eagerly awaited,” she added addressing the participants at the World Heritage Youth Forum The Minister of Youth and Sports, H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali, Kuwari receives 2014. addressing the opening session of the World Heritage Youth Forum 2014 Hamad Al Marri, a Qatari at the Sharq Village & Spa yesterday. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH Invite from Iran stand-up comedian by his per- formance on culture and lifestyle the World Heritage Education to gain with skills related to pres- DOHA: The Minister of in Qatar drew attention of the Programme by the Unesco ervation and conservation, by Culture, Arts and Heritage H audience. The forum held for the designed to foster intercultural explaining to young people how E Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz first time in the Gulf region with learning and exchange by bringing the World Heritage Committee Al Kuwari received an invita- support with the Qatar Museums students and teachers together works. tion from Iranian Minister of in conjunction with the 38th from different parts of the world. Participants will by end of the Culture and Islamic Guidance session of the World Heritage The forum will teach partici- forum will prepare a report and Ali Janati to visit Tehran for Committee in Doha. pants the role of public archae- submit to the 21 member World talks on enhancing bilateral World Heritage Youth Forum ology and local communities in Heritage Committee at the cultural ties. QNA Hamad Al Marri, a Qatari stand-up comedian, performing at the event. is among the main activities of heritage management help them Unesco. THE PENINSULA Canada plans 35pc rise in remittances likely Visa Application DOHA: Remittances from and Dubai winning the World As per industry reports Qatar Centre in Doha Qatar are expected to rise 35 Expo 2020 bid have increased was likely to hit the $15bn mark percent by the end of 2015 driven the GCC’s potential as one of by end of 2013. Qatar Central DOHA: The Canadian govern- by continuous infrastructure the largest remittance sending Bank had earlier reported that ment is in discussions to open development and economic regions, as such global events cre- in 2012 Qatar touched a figure of a Visa Application Centre in growth, said Xpress Money in ate many employment opportuni- $ 13.5bn, a marginal increase from Doha that will assist people a press release. The company ties, thereby boosting demand for the $13bn in 2011. living in Qatar to apply for a said that economic growth will overseas workers,” said Sudhesh According to the latest report visa for Canada, the embassy lead to influx of expatriates and Giriyan, Vice President and from World Bank, growth in said yesterday. migrant workers from develop- Business Head, Xpress Money. remittance flows to developing Canada officially opened its ing countries that are flocking “We have lately seen a demo- countries is expected to acceler- embassy in Qatar yesterday. The to Qatar attracted by the many graphic shift in the profile of the ate to an annual average of 8.4 mission was first established in employment opportunities that migrants who are coming into percent over the next three years, 2012. are coming up in the country. this region. Apart from scores raising the money flows to $436bn The embassy is offering vari- “Most of the outward remit- of migrants from the South East in 2014 and $516bn in 2016. The ous services to the public, includ- tances from the Middle East are Asian countries, Qatar has also remittances to developing coun- ing passport renewal, consular from GCC countries and we are been a sizeable number of people tries are estimated at $404bn in assistance, and assistance pro- seeing a robust pick up in the coming in from Africa- be it East, 2013, close to 4 percent rise com- vided by the Trade Commissioner The Assistant Minister for International Cooperation Affairs H E Sheikh remittance flows. Qatar host- West, North or Southern parts of pared to 2012. Service to help Canadian compa- Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Canadian ing of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Africa,” said Giriyan. THE PENINSULA nies identify business opportuni- ties in Qatar and to help Qataris Ambassador Andre Dubois during the official opening of the Canadian identify investment opportuni- mission at Torando Tower in West Bay, yesterday. ties in Canada. However, visa applications “For the embassy, this is the - Qatar Nursing School. still need to be sent to the Visa result of all the work to build The government of Canada Application Centre in Abu Dhabi the relationship between Canada has 172 offices in 105 countries until the proposed center in and Qatar. Canada is a partner around the world. Its missions Doha is established. of choice for Qatar.” help to manage Canada’s diplo- Canadian Ambassador André Canada and Qatar have a matic and consular relations, to Dubois and Assistant Minister positive relationship and share encourage international trade for International Cooperation mutual interests on regional and to deliver Canada’s interna- Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed issues as well as growing busi- tional development and humani- bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al ness opportunities. About 7,200 tarian assistance. Thani jointly cut the ribbon to Canadians live in Qatar and More information on the open the mission on the 30th work in various sectors of the embassy and its services can be floor of Torando Tower in West Qatari economy. had from its website www.can- Bay and raised the Canadian Two large Canadian education adainternational.gc.ca/qatar/ , or flag. institutions operate in Doha: the through email at dohag@inter- “We’re very proud of the open- College of North Atlantic - Qatar national.gc.ca. ing,” said ambassador Dubois. and the University of Calgary THE PENINSULA Adel Al Abdelghani, Director of Group Legal and Commercial Services in Barwa Real Estate, and Eng Mostafa Rajab, CEO of CRC Dorra, exchanging the signed documents. Comprehensive programme Contract signed for phase 2 for sustainability: Minister DOHA: The Minister of Environment H E Ahmed bin Amir Al Hemaidi has praised Qatar’s great of Barwa Al Baraha project efforts in the field of economic and social devel- opment under the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin DOHA: Barwa Real Estate yes- Qatar 2014 and by the early hours accommodate 24000 workers. In Hamad Al Thani. terday, the last day of Cityscape of the second day of the exhibi- addition to constructing 4 dining In a speech at the Environment and Sustainability Qatar 2014, signed a contract tions all units were sold out. halls, 2 play grounds, 2 mosques, Forum, which the Environment Ministry organised with CRC Dorra (Construction On behalf of Group Acting CEO, as well as restaurants and utility in conjunction with the Youth Company to mark the & Reconstruction Engineering Counsellor Adel Al Abdelghani, shops. World Environment Day, Al Hemaidi said: “Qatar has Company) to conduct the con- Director of Group Legal and Barwa constructs its Barwa already started in developing socially and economi- struction works for package 2 Commercial Services in Barwa Al Baraha to realise its social cally while ensuring environmental safety. Our aim of the second phase of Barwa Al Real Estate signed the contract, responsibility in building projects towards environmental sustainability in preserving Baraha project, Barwa’s largest with Eng Mostafa Rajab, CEO which address real demands in the environment and natural resources for the upcom- development being constructed of CRC Dorra during the pres- the community. Hence, the group ing generations, with the same level which is available in favour of workers in Qatar. ence of the Project Manager Eng. is now utilizing its capabilities to for the current generation and the youth have a huge Barwa had an exceptional par- Abdulla Hijji and a number of focus on projects for workers, to role in the environmental affairs by creating enlight- ticipation in Cityscape this year, Barwa Group Directors. uplift their living standards and ened mentality and the creative ideas development of as it signed a number of agree- During the course of the con- merge them within the commu- social curriculum”. ments and completed all book- tract, the contractor will build nity they live in. “We have to work on the development and transfer- ings for its latest project ‘Dara’ in the elements of package 2 which Upon completion the project ring our society towards better methods of consump- Lusail City. Dara started receiv- consists of 32 buildings of G+ 3 releases 9,872 rooms for 53,000 tion and waste reduction. Qatar has a great role on the ing bookings for sales of its units floors, each building to contain workers and professionals. global, regional and local levels,” the minister added. during the first day of Cityscape 130 rooms, as package 2 will THE PENINSULA QNA FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The Quran on believers BY A S HALAWANI also commanded them to seek permis- sion when leaving, especially when they he Quran is not a storybook are doing something together with the relating stories from the past, Messenger (PBUH) such as the Friday, nor is it only a book of wisdom. Eid, or congregational prayers, or a meet- TIt is a book of guidance. ing for the purpose of consultation and so Muslims believe also that if any- on. Allah commanded them not to leave one wants to understand a given issue, him in these situations until they had the Quran should then be consulted. asked his permission. If they did this, Amazingly, one of my mentors used to then they were of the true believers. Then read the whole Quran for at least once Allah commanded His Messenger to give immediately before he starts to write permission when someone asked for it, anything on the issue he is studying to if he wanted to. Abu Hurairah narrated see what the Quran has to say about it. that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) To me as well as many others, this men- said: “When any of you joins a gathering, let tor of mine is one of the most influential him say Salam, and when he wants to leave, Muslim scholars of the age. let him say Salam. The former is not more Using the same technique in a non- important than the latter.” (Abu Dawud) literal way, it is found out that there are However, I think there is more than four ayahs in the Quran that present this in the ayah; though the issue of edu- an extensive description of the believ- cating the believers about the etiquette ers. These ayahs use what can be called of dealing with the Prophet (PBUH) is “the Restriction Style” (uslub Al Hasr crystal clear in more than one place in or Al Qasr) which is uniquely used in the Quran to preserve his lofty status the Quran for the purposes of stressing as the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). But, certain issues and emphasising certain here I think that the Quran indicates pieces of information as surely is known it is obligatory for the true believers to to those who are learned about the inimi- realize that they must obey their leader, table style of the Quran. the Prophet (PBUH), and accept all his Apparently, there are numerous ayahs decisions in all of their affairs be it pri- in the Quran which speak in one way vate or common. True believers should or another about the believers. However, realize that they constitute a whole body what is unique about these four ayahs is with a single leadership which should be their use of the Restriction Style. This obeyed all the time. They should realise style in Arabic — as well as in other lan- that if the Prophet (PBUH) gives them guages — is very effective in showing the permission to leave or refuses to do so, importance of something and the signif- this is for their own good and the good of icance meant to be attributed thereto. Allah Almighty says: For only those are true the whole Muslim Ummah. Let us take as an example the hadith in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace believers who, when Allah is mentioned, their STRIVING AGAINST ORDEALS and blessings be upon him) is reported Only those are Believers who have to have said: I was sent (by Allah) to only believed in Allah and His Messenger, and perfect the sublime morals.” (Ahmad’s hearts tremble; and when His verses are recited have never since doubted, but have striven Musnad) As if the Prophet (PBUH) with their belongings and their persons in summed up his entire divine mission in to them, it increases them in faith; and upon the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere this matter through using the Restriction ones. (Hujurat 49:15) Style in the Arabic source of the hadith. The Muslim Ummah will never be left Accordingly, though there are many their Lord alone do they rely. (Quran 8:2) alone without being exposed to trials, ayahs dealing with the description of the ordeals and afflictions at the hands of the believers in the Quran, let us focus here people of falsehood who are always hos- on only those in which the Restriction They deeply believe in the fact that it he is an oppressor?’ The Prophet said, ‘By shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and tile to Allah, His Messenger and the true Style is used. These ayahs can be put in is Allah alone who has the decision in preventing him from oppressing others.’ fever with it.” (Bukhari) Narrated Abu Muslims. Then, the stand of Muslims the following order which may differ from His whole Kingdom with no associates (Bukhari) Musa: The Prophet (PBUH) said: must be decided whether to be patient, their order according to the time of reve- or partners whatsoever. To quote Sa’id “A believer to another believer is like a not to have any doubt, and to strive for lation. They are Al-Anfal 8:2, Al-Hujurat ibn Jubair as cited in Tafsir Ibn Kathir, RIGHT ACTION, ACTIVISM building whose different parts enforce each the cause of Allah and His faith, or vice 49:10, 15 and An-Nur 24:62. Tawakkul (faithful reliance on Allah) is The above ayah stresses the fact that other.” The Prophet then clasped his hands versa! the essence of faith.” all Muslims are but brothers in Islam as with the fingers interlaced (while saying Therefore, those who have perfect faith ACTIONS OF HEART AND ORGANS Amazingly, the following ayah (Al Anfal is said earlier. One can find many hadiths that). (Al Bukhari) are those who believe in Allah and His Allah Almighty says: For only those are 8:3) describes the actions of the believ- attesting to this very fact; foremost In Allah’s saying, “…and have (piety) Messenger (PBUH); they do not have any true believers who, when Allah is mentioned, ers after their faith has been mentioned. among which are the following: of Allah that you may receive mercy,” doubts and their faith is never shaken. their hearts tremble; and when His verses The acts mentioned here include all types Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: Allah’s it is clear that Allah Almighty com- Rather, their faith remains on conviction. are recited to them, it increases them in of righteous acts such as performing the Apostle said: “A Muslim is a brother of mends Muslims to have piety in all of In addition, it is obligatory on them faith; and upon their Lord alone do they salah and spending in the cause of Allah. another Muslim, so he should not oppress their affairs and He promises that mercy that they gladly give away their life and rely. (Al Anfal 8:2) Spending from what Allah has granted him, nor should he hand him over to an will be granted to those who fear and the most precious of their wealth and This ayah describes the quality of true includes giving the obligatory zakah as oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs obey Him most. Therefore, brotherhood property in obedience to Allah as a means believers who when Allah is mentioned, well as the recommended voluntary char- of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; can be seen as a positive and construc- of seeking His Pleasure in this present they feel a fear in their hearts, and thus ity. Then, the following Quranic expression whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out tive relationship among all members of life and the Hereafter. implement His orders and abstain from emphasises and concludes this description of a discomfort, Allah, in return, will bring the Muslim Ummah under the banner Finally, four ayahs in the Quran His prohibitions. Allah Almighty says in of the believers as saying: It is these who are, him out of one of the discomforts of the Day of Islam. A banner that covers all those present a complete description of the another ayah what may mean, in truth, the believers. (Al Anfal 8:4), mean- of Resurrection, and whoever screened a who obey Allah’s orders and execute what believers who have true faith in Allah and Moreover, these are the ones who when ing that those who have these qualities are Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day is demanded from them as perfectly as His Messenger (PBUH) and who consti- they commit any act of obscenity, or wrong the believers with true faith. of Resurrection.” (Bukhari) required while having piety and complete tute the whole Muslim Ummah that is themselves with sin, they remember Allah, Abu Ad-Darda’ (May Allah be pleased submission to the Will of Allah. loyal to Allah and who can enjoin that (to whom they are accountable,) and so seek RELIGIOUS BROTHERHOOD with him) narrated that the Prophet which is good and forbid that which is forgiveness for their sins. For who is it that The second ayah that presents another (PBUH) said: The supplication of a Muslim LEADERSHIP AND OBEDIENCE evil. They can be summed up as follows: forgives sins but Allah? Nor do they persist aspect of the description of the true for his (Muslim) brother in his absence will The third ayah we are concerned with - A true believer must have sincere in whatever wrong they have done when they believers in Allah reads what may mean, be answered. An angel is appointed at the here is what follows and which may mean, faith in Allah and should be performing know it is wrong. (Aal Imran 3:135) The believers are but a brotherhood. So head of the (supplicating) person; so every Only those are believers, who believe in all commended righteous acts It is worth noting here that Imam make reconciliation between your broth- time he makes a supplication for his broth- Allah and His Messenger: when they are (Al-Anfal 8:2); Bukhari and other Muslim scholars relied ers, and have (piety) of Allah that you may er’s good, the angel says: ‘Ameen! May it be with him on a matter requiring collective - All true believes are but brothers and on this ayah (Al Anfal 8:2) and those sim- receive mercy. (Hujurat 49:10) for you, too’. (Muslim) action, they do not depart until they have therefore should do what they have to do ilar, as evidence that faith increases and Following showing the faith that must In the hadith narrated by Abu asked for his leave; those who ask for thy to keep this sense of brotherhood intact varies in strength from heart to heart. be obtained by the believers as well as the Hurairah, the Messenger of Allah leave are those who believe in Allah and (Al-Hujurat 49:10); This is also the view of the majority of righteous actions they should be observ- (PBUH) said: “…Allah helps a servant His Messenger; so when they ask for thy - All believers constitute the Muslim the reliable and distinguished scholars ing and sincerely performing, the Quran so long as the servant helps his brother.” leave, for some business of theirs, give leave Ummah with a single leadership that of Islam. The ayah also explains that states that all Muslims are regarded by (Muslim) to those of them whom thou wilt, and ask should be respected and obeyed the true believers hope in none except Allah as nothing but brothers and sisters There are many hadiths with this Allah for their forgiveness: for Allah is Oft- (An-Nur 24:62); Allah as they direct their dedication to under the umbrella of monotheism. meaning, such as the following: Narrated Forgiving, Most Merciful. (An-Nur 24:62) - As it is inevitable that the true believ- Him alone, seek refuge with Him alone, It is reported by Anas that the An-Nu’man bin Bashir: Allah’s Apostle Scholars of Tafsir (i.e. Interpretation ers of Allah are always fought against and and invoke Him alone for their vari- Messenger of Allah said: ‘Help your said: “You see the believers as regards their of the Quran) see this as a matter of defied, they should have faith, patience, ous needs and even for the fulfillment brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is being merciful among themselves and show- etiquette to which Allah has guided His certainty of Allah’s victory and they of their dreams. Their faith tells them an oppressed one.’ People asked, ‘O Allah’s ing love among themselves and being kind, believing servants. As Allah orders the should strive with all they have be it their that whatever He wills, occurs and that Apostle! It is all right to help him if he is resembling one body, so that, if any part believers just as He commanded them life or dear belongings (Al-Hujurat 49:15). whatever He does not will never occurs. oppressed, but how should we help him if of the body is not well then the whole body to seek permission when entering, He www.onislam.net Neighbours should be given due care Sayings of the Prophet “Modesty and faith are twins. One who gives up one has to lose the Prophet Muhammad (peace be whoever leaves his or her neigh- on keeping good relations with other too.” on him) said: “He is not a believer bour hungry while knowing neighbours. Also, severing ties The Prophet “A person who believes in God and the Hereafter should speak about who eats his fill while his neigh- about his or her suffering, and with neighbours and showing ill good things or else should keep quiet.” bour is hungry.” (Al Bayhaqi) is capable to sustain him or her, conduct to them is highly con- (peace be will not have a Perfect faith in demned in Islam. “Keep away of ill-thinking, because ill-thinking is the greatest Islam. It is important for us to try upon him) falsehood.” slam calls for social soli- It doesn’t mean that he or she our best to look for good neigh- darity among members of will be out of the fold of Islam bours before choosing a place to said: “No one “If anyone buys a garment for ten dirhams among which one is the community. Therefore, by committing this sin; however, live. The Prophet (PBUH) told can be a true unlawfully acquired, God Most High will not accept prayer from him as Iwell-to-do people should he or she will fail to be a perfect us to avoid bad neighbours; he long as he wears it.” care about the poor and help- believer in Islam. used to consider good neigh- less ones. One’s neighbours Islam is the religion of mercy bours as a good omen, and he believer if his “If anyone keeps goods till the price rises, he is a sinner.” should be given due care. It’s and solidarity. A Muslim has used to seek refuge in Allah not acceptable for a rich man to care about others and spare from bad neighbours. neighbours “If anyone withholds grain for forty days thereby desiring a high price, to ignore his poor neighbours. no efforts to meet their needs. It is also important for us to cannot feel has renounced God and God has renounced him.” Rather, he should extend help- One’s neighbors should be given remember that we must estab- ing hands to them according to due care. Allah Almighty says in lish good neighbourly relations safe and “It is not lawful for a Muslim to sell such a commodity that has a defect, his best means. the Quran, regardless of whether they are except that the defect is shown to the buyer.” The referred hadith is And be good to the neighbour Muslims or non-Muslims. The secure from “Gold is to be paid by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley authentic, and it’s narrated in who is your relative and to the Prophet (PBUH) said: “No one many Hadith books in different neighbor who is not a relative . . . can be a true believer if his him.” by barley, dates by dates and salt by salt, like for like, payment being versions. (An-Nisa’ 4: 36) neighbours cannot feel safe and made on the spot. If anyone gives more or asks for more, he has dealt The hadith means that Islam lays much emphasis secure from him.” in usury. The receiver and the giver are equally guilty.” FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Israel settlement push angers Palestinians UN chief calls on Tel Aviv to freeze settlement activity JERUSALEM: Israel unveiled international law and the road ordered the Civil Administration plans for 3,200 settler homes map,” Ban’s spokesman said. to advance 1,800 new units,” the yesterday in retaliation for the The said it official said, referring to a defence formation of a Palestinian unity was “deeply disappointed” by ministry unit responsible for West government backed by Hamas Israel’s plans. Bank planning issues. and the international commu- “We call on the Israeli authori- Walla news website said the nity, raising the Palestinians’ ties to reverse this decision and order, which relates to 10 set- ire. to direct all their efforts towards tlements, had come directly Tenders for nearly 1,500 new an early resumption of the peace from Prime Minister Benjamin settlement houses and plans to talks,” it said. Netanyahu who had given the advance some 1,800 others were British Foreign Secretary green light for plans “that he issued just 72 hours after the William Hague said he “deplored” had ordered frozen some three new Palestinian government was Israel’s settlement move and months ago”. sworn in, ending seven years of a French statement said: An Israeli government offi- rival administrations in the West “Settlements are illegal in the cial said the tenders were for Bank and Gaza. eyes of international law and con- construction in a areas “that Palestinian family members and activists supporting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails face Israeli soldiers during Western states have shown stitute an obstacle to peace based will remain part of Israel in any a protest rally in the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday. support for the Palestinian line- in a two-state solution.” peace agreement” but there was up, but Israel says it will boycott Of the 1,454 tenders, 400 no comment on the subsequent The last time the PLO sought Although they agreed to freeze US take “serious steps” against what it denounces as a “govern- homes are to be built in Israeli- announcement of plans to advance a Security Council resolution any such initiative during US-led Israel. ment of terror”. annexed east Jerusalem and the another 1,800 new homes. against the settlements was in peace talks, the negotiations col- “Netanyahu is a liar and is The news drew a furious reac- rest in the occupied West Bank in Hanan Ashrawi of the Palestine February 2011, but the move lapsed in April, with Washington not interested in the two-state tion from the Palestinians, who what Housing Minister Uri Ariel Liberation Organisation said the — which was widely supported acknowledging persistent settle- solution,” he said, saying the pledged to seek an anti-set- described as “a fitting Zionist Palestinians would seek UN inter- — was blocked by a US veto. ment expansion played a major Israeli leader wanted “to push tlement resolution at the UN response to the establishment vention to bring Israel to account Another senior official said the part. the Palestinians into one of two Security Council for the first time of the Palestinian government of for its settlement expansion drive. Palestinians were “looking seri- “Those who fear the inter- options: either a confrontation, in more than three years. terror”. “The executive committee of the ously into going to international national courts should stop or... to go to the United Nations.” UN chief Ban Ki-moon was “I believe these tenders are PLO views this latest escalation courts against settlement activity”. their war crimes against the Erakat said the new tenders “deeply concerned” by the reports just the beginning,” he added, with the utmost of seriousness and The option of legal action Palestinian people, first and were “a clear sign that Israel is of the new tenders. his remarks becoming reality will counter it by addressing both against Israeli settlement build- foremost of which is settlement moving towards a major esca- “The secretary general calls hours later when an Israeli offi- the UN Security Council and the ing at the International Criminal activity,” said Palestinian chief lation, such as new settlement on Israel to heed the calls of cial confirmed the government General Assembly as the proper Court opened up after the negotiator Saeb Erakat. construction, the annexation of the international community to had moved to unblock plans for way of curbing this grave viola- Palestinians won observer state Nimr Hammad, political occupied territory and forcible freeze settlement activity and another 1,800 homes. tion and ensuring accountability,” status at the United Nations in adviser to Palestinian president transfer”. abide by its commitments under “The political echelon has she said. 2012. Mahmud Abbas, demanded the AFP

Saudi Arabia Iran accused of giving ‘false explanations’ to IAEA probe to test camels VIENNA: Israel has con- chief Yukiya Amano said Iran Iranian nuclear sites. Iran rejects statement during Wednesday’s the ambiguities in order to clarify demned as unacceptably slow had finally begun to engage with accusations that it has been try- IAEA board debate on Iran, but them.” Iran’s cooperation with a UN an investigation into allegations ing to develop a nuclear bomb it was posted later on the United Last month, Iran gave the for MERS watchdog’s inquiry into sus- that it has worked on designing a capability. Nations agency’s website. IAEA information requested in RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will pected nuclear bomb research nuclear warhead, but that more “Iran continues to abuse Israel is also deeply sceptical the inquiry as to its purpose in test camels in the kingdom and accused Tehran of provid- was needed. what is termed as a ‘step-by- of US-led efforts to reach a final developing Exploding Bridge Wire for Middle East Respiratory ing “false” explanations for its Western envoys cautiously wel- step’ approach to the resolution international accord to scale back detonators, which can be used to Syndrome (MERS), its agri- disputed activities. comed Iran’s increased nuclear of outstanding issues,” Israeli a nuclear programme which Iran set off an atomic explosive device. culture minister was quoted Iran, which says its nuclear pro- transparency, while also calling Ambassador Merav Zafary-Odiz says is for energy purposes but Iran says it was for civilian use. as saying, a day after a Saudi gramme is peaceful and that it is for Tehran to pick up the pace said, referring to a phased coop- the West fears may be a covert bid In a meeting in Tehran on May study reinforced a long-sus- Israel’s assumed atomic arsenal of its cooperation. But Israel’s eration pact agreed in November to develop the means and exper- 20, Iran also agreed to address pected link between the ani- that threatens Middle East peace, ambassador suggested Iran was between Iran and the IAEA. tise to build bombs. two other areas of the investiga- mals and human cases of the insisted there had been “steady just trying to buy time while “This pace of investigation is “We do not recognise the ... tion by Aug. 25. deadly virus. and constant progress” in its pressing on with its nuclear work. unacceptable ... Iran will continue unsubstantiated allegations,” Western governments regard There have been 691 confirmed cooperation with the International Widely believed to be the to provide false explanations and Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Iran’s increased readiness to cases of MERS, including 284 Atomic Energy Agency. Middle East’s only nuclear-armed to hide the true nature of its Reza Najafi, told the board in a cooperate as positive but are deaths, in Saudi Arabia since The contrasting statements by power, Israel sees Iran’s atomic activities,” she said, without giv- statement made available yester- likely to remain sceptical until it it was identified two years ago, the two arch-enemies were made programme as a direct threat and ing details. day. “However, we have already has cleared up all allegations of and many scientists have said during a board meeting this week has in the past warned it could Because of a Jewish holiday, announced our readiness to coop- illicit atomic work. for months that camels are the of the UN agency, where IAEA carry out unilateral strikes on Zafary-Odiz did not deliver her erate with the IAEA on some of REUTERS most likely source of transmis- sion from animals to humans. A case study published on Wednesday of a Saudi man who died from the disease last year appeared to back that up, scien- ‘Maximum’ penalty sought Kuwait court tists said. Agriculture Minister Fahad upholds jail, Balghunaim said a programme for Al Jazeera reporters to register and number livestock : Egyptian prosecu- he wrapped up the prosecution’s deportation including camels had begun last tors yesterday demanded the argument. year and would be accelerated, “maximum” penalty, ranging The prosecution has charged the Arab News English-language from 15 to 25 years in jail, for the 16 Egyptian defendants with of activist daily reported. all 20 defendants in the trial of joining the Muslim Brotherhood, KUWAIT CITY: He said all camel livestock Al Jazeera journalists accused which authorities have designated Kuwait’s appeals court would be tested for MERS and of aiding the blacklisted Muslim a “terrorist group.” yesterday confirmed a the Saudi Wildlife Authority Brotherhood. The four foreign defendants five-year jail term for would also take samples from Australian journalist Peter in the case, including Greste, are an online rights activ- wild camels roaming freely in Greste and two other detained charged with “spreading false ist convicted of criticis- the desert to establish the level reporters with Qatar-based Al news”, collaborating and assisting ing the emirate’s ruler on of infection from MERS in the Jazeera English are among the the Egyptian defendants in their Twitter. wider animal population. accused, in a trial that has trig- crimes by providing media mate- The court also confirmed Imported camels would also gered international outrage amid rial, editing and publishing it on a deportation order against be tested for MERS and quar- growing fears of media restrictions the Internet and Al Jazeera. Abdullah Fairouz Abdullah antined, Arab News reported in . Nine of the 20 defendants are in Abd Al Kareem, 30, despite him as saying. A spokesman for “We request that the court, detention, while others are being the fact that he is entitled the Agriculture Ministry did not without compassion or mercy, tried in absentia, including three to Kuwaiti nationality. immediately respond to requests apply the maximum penalty for foreign reporters who are abroad. Kareem was sentenced for comment on the issue. the abominable crimes they have The 16 Egyptians could be on January 9 for posting REUTERS committed ... Mercy for such (peo- handed prison terms of 25 years, comments deemed offen- ple) will bring the entire society while the four foreigners could sive to the emir in the Gulf close to darkness,” prosecutor be jailed for 15 years, according country, where criticising Mohamed Barakat told the court. to defence lawyer Ibrahim Abdel the ruler is a crime. “Al Jazeera is the master in Wahab. He was also ordered to the art of fraud,” Barakat said as AFP be deported after serving Smoke alarmed his sentence, although his father is Kuwaiti. neighbours The tribunal acknowl- edged that Kareem, whose Continued from page 1 Current budget will not be affected mother is Egyptian, had However, so much blood had won a court ruling over oozed out from stab wounds on Continued from page 1 have allocations for public spend- his right to citizenship. the victim’s body that it began Executive regulations are to be ing for the extended nine-month However, it said he had not flowing out of the flat. framed and enforced in coordina- period (April 1 to December 31, yet obtained his ID card However, what alarmed peo- tion between the Cabinet and the 2015) and they would be based on and was therefore being ple in the building was the smell Ministry of Finance. projects and programmes. treated as a foreigner. of smoke coming from the flat. The current budget (April 1, The heads will not simply Kareem, now serving his Suspecting a fire, they called in 2014 to March 31, 2015) will not say allocations for development sentence, may still appeal firefighters. be affected if the fiscal year is spending, for instance. Rather, to the supreme court, Police were later informed of extended until December 31, 2015 specific development projects for whose rulings are final. the crime and the convict was to have the new financial year in which allocations are made will According to HRW, caught, based on details provided place. be identified. Kuwaiti authorities have by neighbours. According to Al Sharq, alloca- The nine-month interim budget ramped up efforts to limit The convict was an electrician tions made in the present budget period will give ministries and free expression since 2012, by occupation, the daily said. The for public spending and other state agencies the opportunity to with at least 18 people incident took place in mid-March heads would remain unaffected know how future budgets would jailed for offending the last year. if the new law is enforced. Interim work. emir. THE PENINSULA arrangements would be made to THE PENINSULA AFP FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE Group of Seven leaders met in Brussels in the shadow of history. The select club of industrialised nations that influence global trade and economic Tpolicy has snubbed Russian President Vladimir Putin, reducing the G8 to its former version of G7. Putin has recently The missing girls of Chibok will become the bad boy of international politics after throwing his weight behind pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and annexing Crimea, a province of the former Soviet Republic. determine Nigeria’s fate The irony of the G7 meeting in the Belgian capital is that it was to be originally held in the Russian resort of Sochi. BY BEN OKRI But after it was decided to punish Putin for his Ukrainian consequences of the trauma of the response from the government from the Nigerian civil war in the late 1960s, very beginning. Never before has such misadventure, the venue was changed. his may be the most critical whose horrors have never been allowed criminal viciousness been perpetrated The growing rift between the West and Russia symbolising moment in Nigeria for a gen- to heal. The nation passed from a war on Nigerian womanhood. It strikes at a break from Washington’s pivot to the Kremlin, comes at a eration. The threat of Boko in which over a million people died into the very heart of the Nigerian dilemma. time when the world is going to mark the 70th anniversary THaram has been a fuse burn- normality with no intervening act of What kind of nation does it want to be? of the historical Normandy landings, also known as D-Day, ing away in the powder keg of Nigerian healing the wounded national psyche. A nation of intolerable lawlessness, or a political life for the last seven years, The political class does not recognise nation of justice, courage, and fairness? during the Second World War. Obama, and incoming Ukrainian and has been largely unconfronted. The what other nations would immediately For too long Nigeria has failed to live President Petro Poroshenko will most likely bump into Putin political class, with a few distinguished take to be gross outrages. You can up to the tremendous promise glimpsed today at the commemoration of the historic day in Paris. It exceptions, has long been in a state of almost hear a politician say: “What is at independence in 1960. The people of would be a moment to watch as the preceding few months smugness, complacency, and collusion. A all the fuss about? We see worse in our Nigeria cry out for justice. The girls’ have dramatically altered the chemistry between Washington kind of informal high-grade corruption streets every day.” It is seeing worse, abduction from Chibok, and transfer- and Moscow over Ukraine. Increasing number of sanctions has become part of national life. living with worse, as though it were ral to the extensive Sambisa forests, When Boko Haram began its cam- normal, that has given rise to the som- is the nation’s wake-up call: an alarm and diplomatic exchanges between the West and Russia have paign of cultural, religious and educa- nolent response to the girls’ abduction. has been ringing at a thousand decibels worsened ties to historic post-Cold War lows. tional separatism — decrying western There is also the history. The prob- and no one has been paying attention. This time in history is ironic because it was in the Second education and trying to bring Nigeria lem of Boko Haram has its causes in All it now takes is for one bomb to be World War that the US and USSR, under the shadow of Shariah law — it the very foundation of the nation itself. dropped in the middle of Lagos for the Seventy years which later broke up to give birth to was seen as a small outfit, a ragtag The faultline was there when the British country to be precipitated into a state of Russia, fought together against Nazi band of funda- government created the northern and emergency, summoning the unwelcome mentalists, not southern protectorate before combin- presence of the military. after the . American and Soviet to be taken seri- ing them into a single nation called Nigeria has been poised over an abyss Normandy forces, under the umbrella of the ously. At the time Nigeria in 1914. The north-south divide, for a long time. The attempt at cessa- Allied Powers, fought the outsized The north-south the nation was at the heart of the Nigerian polity, is the tion gave rise to one bloody war. Various landings, ambitions of Hitler’s army that led divide, at the heart of distracted by the elephant in the room. There are those groups, disenchanted with their treat- to the end of the Second World War. fallout from the who hint at forces behind Boko Haram ment within the nation, keep raising the Nigerian polity, Niger delta pro- trying to bring about, through terror, this dangerous spectre. The fact of Boko geopolitical However, the two sides are today is the elephant in tests in the south- a return to the hegemony of the north. Haram raises it again. rivalries still as divided over Ukraine as they east, the sabotage It is not wise to dwell on such toxic The international community, with were due to geopolitical dimensions the room. There are of oil pipelines, rumours. But it is well to note that Boko the leading voice of Michelle Obama and shape ties during the Cold War. If it was Cuba those who hint at and the rash of Haram’s roots lie firmly in the north. the hashtag movement, drew worldwide between world driving the agenda of the two powers forces behind Boko kidnappings that One of its roots could also be said to attention to the abductions: it took a in the 20th , it is Ukraine made the area lie in the endemic poverty, the politics storm of global protests to alert the Haram trying to particularly dan- of inequality, the politics of corrup- Nigerian government to the serious- doing so now. The D-Day landings powers. bring about, through gerous. The pro- tion, that have been eating away at the ness of the situation. The international on June 6, 1944 led to thousands of tests were due nation’s heart. In a country rich with oil community is now a necessary part of Allied amphibious troops land on terror, a return to to the extreme revenues, where billions of pounds van- the solution. the Normandy beaches to fight the Nazi occupation of France. the hegemony of the environmental ish from the national coffers with no one The Nigerian military – by its own The difference between the June 6 of 1944 and 2014 is not north. pollution by oil held to account, where going into poli- admission – feels unequal to the scale indistinguishable. The dictatorial and expansionist regime of companies that tics is synonymous with acquiring vast and complexity of the challenge; it has had devastated and sudden wealth, where slums breed stated that it knows where the girls are Hitler had to be fought then, and the current stalemate has been farmlands, rivers, whole villages and in larger numbers every day, where the but can do nothing about it because of brought about by the authoritative and corrupt rule of former towns. The execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa national revenue does not improve peo- its inexperience. Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich. Former US secretary in 1995 was the last outrage during the ple’s lives across the whole country, it is This is the moment for Nigeria to rise of state Hillary Clinton described Putin’s annexation of Russia long Nigerian sleep. not surprising that violent sects grow to its true stature and to bring ethi- Hitlerish. Though the comparison is far-fetched — Putin called The abduction of 276 girls by Boko from such a festering condition. cal standards to its governance. There Haram has rightly drawn international But none of these factors explains are only two roads to take. Either more Hillary a weak woman in an apparent bid to get even — the condemnation of the government’s slow the abduction and the suicide bomb- of the same, which will inevitably lead reference to the Nazi ruler sounds symbolic. Seventy years reaction to this unprecedented outrage ings and the terrorism. There has been to further outrages and eventual frag- hence, the flanks might have changed. However, what has not committed against Nigerian woman- much talk of sinister forces at work. mentation, or Nigeria wakes to the call changed is the proclivity among nations to grab land and keep up hood. But the political elite has for a Only the events of history will reveal which sounded at independence, and their spheres of influence intact. However, it was earlier done to long time been desensitised to the plight them. However, one thing remains begins again on that road towards its fight a fascist dictator, today it is being done against the toppling of all its people. abundantly clear: there should have destiny as one of the great nations of This is one of the long unexamined been a decisive, immediate and powerful the world. THE GUARDIAN of an authoritarian regime. The other side Quote of Feeding the world the day

enetically modified crops Farmers have a year to remove the the potential for harm. Outright bans, will require both an openness to the have increased the genetically modified crops from their meanwhile, are even worse than gra- technology and serious investment in productivity and improved fields. Several states also have or are tuitous labelling. GMOs within wealthy countries. The Gthe lives of farmers — and considering a requirement that food The issue is not just one of agri- prospect of helping to feed the starv- the people who depend on them — all containing genetically modified crops business profits, though some com- ing and improve the lives of people There is an over the world. Now, they are banned be labelled. panies certainly stand to make money across the planet should not be nipped in two counties in Oregon. There is no mainstream scientific by creating and selling GMOs. The because of the self-indulgent fretting of opportunity for a Voters in two Oregon counties have evidence showing that foods contain- application of current biotechnological first-world activists. successful, peaceful chosen to outlaw the cultivation of ing GMOs are any more or less harmful tools to agriculture offers a wide array As with any field, there’s room for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for people to consume than anything of benefits, that are only beginning reasonable caution and study using real and stable Ukraine in the productive Rogue Valley. They are else in the supermarket, despite dec- to be seen. There is the potential to science. But there is nothing reason- especially now not the only ones going in the wrong ades of development and use. If that create crops that are easier to grow, able about anti-GMO fundamentalism. direction. Several places in California, doesn’t convince some people, they better for the environment and more Voters and their representatives should there has been a Hawaii, Maine and Washington state have the option of simply buying food nutrient-rich. Smart genetic modifi- worry less about “Frankenfood” and presidential also have bans in place, though the bearing the “organic” label. There is no cation is one important tool available more about the vast global challenges Oregon counties are the first in which need for the government to stigmatize to sustain the world’s growing multi- that genetically modified crops can help election. David Cameron GMOs had been actively cultivated. products with a label that suggests tudes. Making good on that promise address. The Washington Post British Prime Minister FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Counterterrorism: Let locals lead the fight Obama: We have to develop a strategy that matches this diffuse threat — one that expands our reach without sending forces that stretch our military too thin, or stir up local resentments.

BY DAVID ROHDE to coordinate their sup- local forces in Libya and Mali. port to Syria’s panoply of rebel Citing the 2012 attack on the n a foreign policy address factions. And the kidnapping of American consulate in Benghazi this week, US President 200 Nigerian school girls in April and last September’s attack on a Barack Obama gave his exposed the inability of American shopping mall in Nairobi, he said clearest outline yet of his officials to get the Nigerian gov- the faced a differ- counterterrorism strategy. ernment to address the endemic ent type of threat. AlI Qaeda splinter groups remain corruption that helps fuel the “Today’s principal threat no the largest threat to the United Al Qaeda splinter group Boko longer comes from a centralized States, he said, but Washington Haram. Al Qaeda leadership,” he said. must respond to it in a new way: Bruce Hoffman, an expert “Instead, it comes from decen- by training local security forces, on terrorism and Georgetown tralized Al Qaeda affiliates and not deploying American ground University professor, said a car- extremists, many with agendas troops. dinal failing of the American focused in the countries where “We have to develop a strategy counterterrorism effort since they operate.” that matches this diffuse threat - 2001 has been its haphaz- Peter Bergen, a terrorism one that expands our reach with- ard nature. Hoffman said the expert at the New America out sending forces that stretch United States focused its effort Foundation think tank, praised our military too thin, or stir up on Afghanistan in 2001, shifted Obama’s address and approach. local resentments,” Obama said. to Iraq in 2003, returned to In the Philippines, he said, local Free Syrian Army fighters walk in Aleppo on Tuesday. “We need partners to fight ter- Afghanistan in 2009. Now, commandos trained by American rorists alongside us.” Obama announced a shift from forces had severely weakened the a planned cut in American and counterweight to radical Islamist between the opposition and the But critics say America’s past Afghanistan to Syria. Abu Sayyaf militant movement. foreign military aid will result in groups. regime.” efforts to train local security “It continues our pathology,” Over the long term, training locals a rapid reduction in the size of the Analysts say the proposed Bergen was more optimis- forces have had mixed results. Hoffman said. “Our attention has was far cheaper and more politi- Afghan security forces. effort is too small to have any tic about Obama’s approach. Washington has a poor track shifted from one trouble spot to cally sustainable than deploy- “If they quickly implement the serious impact. Noah Bonsey, He said future presidents could record of applying the long-term another with disastrous results.” ing large numbers of American plan to reduce Afghan security the Syria analyst for the increase American force levels in resources, funding and attention In his address on Wednesday, troops, he argued. forces from roughly 370,000 to International Crisis Group, Afghanistan, if needed, and aiding needed to carry out such efforts Obama unveiled a $5bn “It’s pennies on the dollar,” he 228,000, we will have a serious said that moderates - groups he Syria’s rebels was a step forward. successfully. “Counterterrorism Partnerships said. “It’s less than one percent of problem in this country,” Smith defined as “largely non-ideolog- He argued that training local In Libya, training by US Fund” to train local forces in the defence budget.” said in an email. “You can’t axe ical or mildly Islamist” – have forces was the only approach Special Forces soldiers was sus- the Middle East and Africa and In his speech, Obama cited the personnel roster that dra- gained strength recently but that was politically acceptable to pended after a local militia stole voiced support for increasing the training of “hundreds of matically without destabilising overall remain military weak. Americans and foreigners alike. a cache of American-provided American training and assist- thousands” of Afghan soldiers many districts.” “We have seen in the last few “You buy yourself influence weapons. In Mali, American- ance to “moderate” Syrian rebels. and police officers as a success. At the same time, according to months that increases in fund- without a large footprint,” Bergen trained military officers carried “A strategy that involves invad- Afghan forces secured the coun- Smith, Taliban attacks are rising ing, weapons and training to cer- said. “It’s the only sensible model out a coup. And in Afghanistan, ing every country that harbours try’s recent presidential election, and the broad direction of the tain non-ideological rebel groups on all sorts of levels.” the United States failed to terrorist networks is naïve and he said, and set the stage for the conflict is escalation. have strengthened their relative Hoffman agreed that ground mount a major training effort unsustainable,” he said. first peaceful transfer of power Obama said a critical focus of power within the rebel spectrum,” invasions were a mistake, but he until nine years after the fall of Obama said the new fund in the country’s history later this the new training effort would be Bonsey said in an email from said the American counterter- the Taliban. would allow the United States to year. moderate rebel groups in Syria. Turkey. “Thus far however, the rorism effort must be more con- Finding the effective partners expand training of security forces But Graeme Smith, an Reversing his past opposition to levels of support provided - and sistent. Otherwise, Washington Obama described has proven in Yemen fighting Al Qaeda, sup- Afghanistan-based analyst for large-scale American arming and apparently under consideration appears to be a fickle ally to those challenging as well. For years, port a multinational force trying the International Crisis Group, training of Syrian rebels, Obama within the US administration it is asking to fight Al Qaeda the United States has struggled to stabilize , and work said Obama’s pull-out would said that strengthened moder- - are not sufficient to meaning- splinter groups. to get Saudi Arabia, Qatar and with European allies training destabilise the country. He said ate rebel groups could serve as a fully shift the balance of power REUTERS

Poland: After 25 years, are Bergdahl: Court-martial by the press we really a free country? The press has a responsibility to BY KATARZYNA SZYMIELEWICZ cover Bergdahl’s alleged desertion evolutions don’t happen under conditions of total oppression. To stand up against authoritarian rule, people need some and its fallout. But whatever his fresh air – at least a few inches of freedom to think and Rorganise. In Poland 25 years ago one free newspaper and a few trade unions started an avalanche. But there was one more trig- alleged transgressions, his guilt or ger: common and deeply disturbing experience of mass surveillance. The rule was simple: if you were not with us, you were against us. Everybody was under some form of surveillance. Secret police innocence should be determined by installed spies on every corner and in every house: neighbours spied on neighbours; workmates spied on one another. It didn’t matter if the military. mistakes were made. Mass surveillance under communist regimes was not about intelligence – it was about breaking people and making them obedient. BY JACK SCHAFER responsibility to cover Bergdahl’s Today Poland is celebrating 25 years of a “free and democratic” state. alleged desertion and its fallout. We would like to believe that it’s no longer a young democracy, that our he Army has no imme- But whatever Bergdahl’s alleged legal and political institutions have gained the sort of maturity that is diate plans to pun- transgressions, his guilt or inno- expected from adults: reasoned policies based on evidence, a sense of ish Sgt Bowe Bergdahl cence should be determined by responsibility for those who depend on the state for legal protection, Tfor leaving his post in the military, not the media. full recognition of human rights. And we have all that – on paper. Afghanistan, Secretary of the Bergdahl also deserves some- In the aftermath of recent disclosures – that Poland cooperated with Army John McHugh said in a thing better than being treated A sign announcing the release of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl sits on the window of US intelligence and delivered up vast amounts of telecommunications statement on Tuesday, putting as a political pawn by the the Hailey Paint and Supply store on Main Street in Hailey, Idaho, on Sunday. data (possibly on its own citizens) – the 25th anniversary of our “free- Bergdahl’s medical and psycho- Republicans who have brought dom” feels bittersweet. How is it possible that Polish citizens haven’t logical needs first. Bergdahl, a the full weight of their tongues heard a word of explanation from their elected representatives with Taliban prisoner for the past down on President Barack About 50,000 US servicemen confinement, as Bergdahl appears regard to Snowden’s allegations? We still don’t know the answers to five years, was swapped over Obama. Senior Republicans deserted their posts during World to have done in Afghanistan. basic questions: what was the purpose of Polish-US cooperation; who the weekend for five Taliban have cited the president’s fail- War Two, as did 100,000 British Bergdahl must have known deser- were the targets? heavyweights imprisoned at the ure to give Congress the 30-day troops. In 1971 alone, 33,094 sol- tion would be a quick trip to hell. It is true that democracy and the rule of law cannot be achieved all Guantánamo Bay detention camp. notice required by law before diers deserted the Army as the The military doesn’t put much at once. But there are things that cannot be accepted in a democratic That doesn’t mean Bergdahl is transferring Gitmo prisoners, Vietnam War raged, and 8,000 effort into tracking deserters regime; red lines that, once crossed, undermine the very essence of off the hook. Already, the 28-year- objecting to the lopsided terms servicemen deserted between the down these days. If detained by what “rule of the people, for the people” should be about. How many old soldier has been called a trai- of the exchange. They are call- start of the second Iraq War and civilian authorities and identified of these red lines have been crossed by the Polish government in their tor by members of his platoon in ing for congressional hearings to mid-2005. as military fugitives, a deserter cooperation with US intelligence? the pages of the New York Daily investigate the deal. “Republican Your average US deserter picks may suffer a slap on the wrist. But The power balance between citizens and their elected representatives News and on CNN. Members of strategists” have even worked a destination that promises politi- the sympathy and understanding has been disturbed to the extent that both political and legal account- his unit have blamed him in the as go-betweens, pairing former cal protection, such as Canada we extend to deserters tradition- ability simply don’t work. Polish law does not provide any mechanisms New York Times for the deaths members of Bergdahl’s platoon during the Vietnam War, or offers ally dissolves when the deserter that might force the intelligence community and government to subject of other troopers sent out to res- with Times reporters (which cultural camouflage, as various stands accused of betraying his their decisions to any form of civic control. The only argument that we cue him, although the newspaper the paper acknowledges in its European countries did during fellow soldiers or his country, as hear is “for the sake of your security, we cannot give you any details”. heavily discounts those claims. reporting). World War Two. According to Bergdahl is. This is not the answer. Democracy does not exist without James Rosen has even published Again, the Republicans have The Deserters: A Hidden History You could argue that a fair accountability. on FoxNews.com a piece sourced every right to make Obama’s life of World War II by Charles Glass, court-martial, one that reviews Therefore Poland should move towards deep, systemic reform of its anonymously to the Defence miserable. Hell, it’s their duty! battlefront troopers have tradi- all the facts in the Bergdahl case, intelligence agencies. In particular, an external oversight mechanism Department speculating that The Army obviously has at its tionally sympathized with desert- would further traumatize an should be created and access to telecommunication data limited (at Bergdahl was an “active collabo- fingertips a great dossier with ers out of identification with the already wounded soul to no good the moment all nine intelligence agencies can use such data without rator with the enemy.” which Bergdahl could be exon- deserters’ fear and confusion. In end. But by sweeping Bergdahl’s any authorisation, for any purpose that fits their statutory duties). It So instead of facing an Army erated or convicted of charges. the Catch-22 sense of the word, desertion case under the rug and is also high time to demand from the United States not just a serious court-martial for allegedly desert- Anonymous government sources it takes courage to be that kind forgiving his conduct with a he’s- response to Snowden’s allegations but an end to all mass surveillance ing his post on June 30, 2009, can be seen crawling — like riotous of coward. already-done-his-time shrug, the programmes. Bergdahl finds himself facing weevils — all over the Bergdahl Desertion in the Pacific theatre Army has denied him the chance Finally, checks and balances cannot work without transparency. a brisk public court-martial in coverage, dispensing sotto voce of World War Two was practically to clear — or at least clarify — his Therefore the main obstacle we face in demanding greater account- the press. This trial-by-sourcing details about his disappearance, nonexistent, Glass writes, com- name. ability is secrecy. Most Polish decision-makers argue that activities will only accelerate as the press his imprisonment, and his release. pared to European battlefields Bergdahl deserves his day in related to national security should be kept secret by default. This explores military records and It’s a trial outside of court, with — mainly because there were so court to silence the accusations reasoning makes any form of supervision over the intelligence com- interviews Bergdahl’s troop- editors acting like judges to decide few hospitable venues for a soldier that will otherwise dog him for munity extremely difficult. mates looking for the evidence. what evidence can be submitted, who broke rank. the rest of his life. If he’s guilty, Governments have seized power to which they are not legally enti- The press has every right, of and readers playing the jury. Leave your post on Iwo Jima, let him pay his debt and go on tled. How much more power are we prepared to give away before we course, to investigate the story If Bergdahl did desert his unit, and you’d likely walk straight with his life. conclude that our much-cherished democracy is merely a facade? and air its findings. Hell, it has a he can claim plenty of company. into a bullet or into a nasty REUTERS THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Dozens killed Syria opposition says revolt to continue BEIRUT: Syria’s exiled opposition vowed yester- day to continue its uprising against President Bashar Al after militants Assad, saying his election to a new seven-year term was “illegitimate”. “The Syrian National Coalition reaffirms that this election is illegitimate and attack Iraq city does not represent the Syrian people,” it said in response to Assad’s landslide victory in a Govt forces regain control of Samarra Tuesday election held only in government-controlled areas. SAMARRA: Militants launched Security forces killed 40 militants “The people are continuing in a major attack on the Iraqi city of south of Mosul and one inside the their revolution until its goals of Samarra yesterday and occupied city, officials said. freedom, justice and democracy several neighbourhoods, sparking The assault in Samarra came as a are reached.” house-to-house fighting and heli- stand-off between anti-government Assad won a new seven-year copter strikes in which dozens of fighters and security forces in Iraq’s term with 88.7 percent of a vote people were reportedly killed. Anbar province, west of Baghdad, held in regime-held areas of Security forces ultimately regained entered its sixth month. Syria this week. control of the militant-held areas, a The city of Fallujah, just a short It has been slammed as a “dis- senior army officer said. drive from Baghdad, and some parts grace” and a “great big zero” by People hold Syrian flags and photos of President Bashar Al Assad as they gather to celebrate his victory in Last morning, militants travelling of provincial capital Ramadi, farther Washington, which has repeat- in dozens of vehicles, some mounted west, have been outside government edly called for Assad’s ouster. presidential elections, in Latakia province yesterday. with anti-aircraft guns, attacked a control since early January. In a statement posted on its major checkpoint on the southeast Yesterday, the International website, the National Coalition voting results were “the last the opinion of millions of be considered 100 percent per- side of Samarra, killing the security Committee of the Red Cross said it said the vote “emphasises the episode in a farcical play, as the Syrians who... came to polling fect from the point of view of forces guarding it and burning their delivered medical supplies to Fallujah, need for more aid for the oppo- criminal Bashar was announced stations and made a choice in democratic standards.” vehicles, witnesses said. the first time it was able to enter the sition, in order to redress the the winner in an election boy- the interests of the future of the “At least Russian observers They then took control of sev- city since January. imbalance of forces on the cotted by most Syrians inside country,” spokesman Alexander came to the conclusion that eral areas of the city, located north “The situation is very worrying,” ground, and to force the regime the country, while students and Lukashevich said. they took place in a transpar- of Baghdad, according to witnesses, said Patricia Guiote, head of the Red to abide by international agree- civil servants were forced to “In Moscow the vote is seen ent atmosphere, despite all the who reported seeing the bodies of Cross sub-delegation in Baghdad and ments on a peaceful solution in participate.” as an important event that complex security conditions in both security forces and gunmen in leader of the five-member team that Syria.” The group also said the vote ensures the continued function this country, and they noted the streets. delivered the supplies to Fallujah. With rebels seeking Assad’s “excluded nine million displaced of state institutions in Syria a very high turnout,” added The assault sparked heavy fight- “People are enduring a severe ouster outgunned by Syria’s inside Syria and in neighbouring according to the constitution of Lukashevich. ing, and a police officer said reinforce- shortage of food, water and health army, which is backed by Russia, countries”. this sovereign country,” he said. Russia felt “disappointment” ments including members of Iraq’s care. Services at the hospital, which Iran and the Hezbollah, the Russia’s foreign ministry yes- “We have no basis to cast at the “shallow politicised reac- elite counterterrorism forces were is the only facility still able to pro- opposition frequently calls on terday said that Syrians had doubt on the legitimacy of these tion” to the polls from “certain dispatched to Samarra to combat the vide treatment for the injured and states that back the revolt to chosen their country’s future elections,” Lukashevich said, international partners,” the for- militants. the sick, have been seriously affected better arm the rebellion. by voting in “legitimate” polls. while acknowledging that “in eign ministry spokesman said. At one point, a journalist saw heli- by the fighting.” The coalition said the Syrian “It’s unacceptable to ignore these conditions, they cannot AFP copters firing into the city. The ICRC said the team delivering Staff Lieutenant General Sabah Al the supplies found “immense needs Fatlawi said last night that security and a situation that is extremely forces and tribal fighters were able dire.” to regain control of the city. “People in the city are living “We have completely dismissed the through a terrible ordeal.” 500 ‘Qaeda’ killed, aid needed: Yemen army armed groups from Samarra and we Upwards of 350 people, most of are now pursuing them outside the them civilians, have been killed SANA’A: Yemen’s armed and neighbouring Abyan in a bid face of the network’s attacks. Late on Wednesday, a drone city,” Fatlawi said. in months of conflict in Fallujah, forces have killed 500 Al Qaeda to expel its forces from smaller Acknowledging that his coun- strike killed three Al Qaeda “We were able to kill 80 (militants) according to Dr Ahmed Shami at the suspects in an assault on their towns and villages that escaped try “lacks the means needed to suspects as they were travel- in strikes and attacks and clashes, city’s hospital. southern strongholds since the a previous sweep in 2012. fight this global network,” Fakeih ling in a vehicle in the Wadi from house to house and one street Violence in Iraq is running at its end of April, the army said, Troops and militia have urged “friends and neighbours to Abida area, east of Sana’a, tribal to another,” he said. highest levels since 2006-2007, the even as the network killed 14 entered a string of towns, but help Yemen in its war on terror.” sources said. A police colonel and a doctor said height of the country’s Sunni-Shia soldiers yesterday. analysts say their advances could A “Friends of Yemen” meet- The United States is the that 12 police were killed in the sectarian conflict that was sparked On the army’s side, 40 soldiers be the result of a tactical retreat ing in London in April heard a only country operating drones violence. by the bombing of a Shia shrine in have been killed and another by militants in coordination with call by British Foreign Secretary over Yemen, but US officials Militants also attacked the home Samarra and left tens of thousands 100 wounded in the assault in local tribes. William Hague for donors to rarely acknowledge the covert of Science and Technology Minister dead. Shabwa and Abyan provinces, The latest setback for the back Yemen’s efforts to give operations. Abdulkarim Al Samarraie in the More than 900 people were killed during which 39 militants were army came yesterday when Al Al-Qaeda “nowhere to hide”. Around 60 suspected jihadists Khadra area of Samarra, killing three last month, according to figures captured, Colonel Saeed Al Qaeda suspects armed with Al Qaeda in the Arabian were killed in a wave of strikes of his guards, police and a doctor said. separately compiled by the United Fakeih told reporters. automatic rifles killed 14 soldiers Peninsula (AQAP) — a merger against suspected AQAP bases In other violence yesterday, bomb- Nations and the government. “We will press on with our and a civilian in Shabwa, a secu- of the network’s Yemeni and and training camps in mid-April. ings in the Baghdad area killed three And over 4,000 have been killed war against Al Qaeda, especially rity official said. Several troops Saudi branches — is regarded The drone programme has people, while four more were shot so far this year, according to fig- in the regions that (militants) were also wounded. by Washington as its most dan- been defended by both the White dead with silenced weapons in the ures based on security and medical fled to,” he said. In Sana’a, Fakeih vowed gerous franchise and has been House and Yemeni President northern city of Mosul, security and sources. The army launched the offen- that “the army will not stand targeted in an intensifying drone Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. medical officials said. AFP sive against Al Qaeda in Shabwa with its arms folded” in the war this year. AFP

Bahrain jails Red Cross freezes operations in Libya four for Asian GENEVA: The International ICRC’s office in Libya’s third city our structure, our way of work- Committee of the Red Cross Misrata, was killed by gunmen in ing” to protect them, he said. expat’s killing yesterday said it was tempo- Sirte, some 200 kilometres fur- The ICRC counts some 30 rarily freezing its operations ther along the coast. expatriate staff members and DUBAI: A Bahraini in Libya to assess the security Greub had been leaving a meet- around 150 local staff in Libya. court jailed four Shias situation after a Swiss staffer ing with two colleagues when the The organisation will surely for life yesterday over the was killed by gunmen. attackers shot at their vehicle reduce its footprint somewhat death of an Asian resi- “We are freezing movement at “point-blank” range, ICRC following its evaluation, Marquet dent in one of five bomb- (of personnel) for the time spokesman Wolde Saugeron said said, adding that the aim was to ings in 2012, a judiciary being to analyse the situation so on Wednesday. complete the review quickly so source said. we can adapt our operations,” Greub’s two colleagues emerged operations could resume. Another Asian was killed ICRC spokesman David-Pierre unscathed from the attack. Greub and his colleagues were and one wounded in the Marquet said, stressing there Greub’s death came just a week not travelling in a marked vehi- other blasts, which rocked were no plans to permanently after a local 23-year-old Red cle, so it was unclear if ICRC the Manama districts of halt operations in Libya. Cross employee was murdered was the intended target or if the Gudaibiya and Adliya on The announcement came a day in Benghazi, he pointed out. attack was random, Marquet November 5, 2012 in the after Michael Greub, a 42-year- “If our aid workers’ lives are in said. kingdom hit by a Shia-led old Swiss citizen heading the danger, we have to try to adapt AFP uprising. The victims’ nationalities have not been disclosed. It was unclear if the Eager Lion defendants were linked to the other bombings or if others were thought to be responsible. They were charged with “forming and joining a ter- ror group, premeditated murder, carrying out a bombing aimed at spread- ing terror, as well as using and possessing explosives to carry out a terror act,” the source said. Bahrain’s main Shia opposition bloc Al Wefaq had condemned the attacks, insisting on its calls for peaceful protests. Scores of Shias were rounded up in a crackdown on protests against the rul- ing Sunni dynasty in March 2011, and many have been tried and jailed. Authorities in the king- dom have increased penal- Special operations forces from Kuwait, Jordan, France and the US take part in a boarding drill during the ties for those convicted of Eager Lion military exercise in Jordan’s coastal city of Aqaba yesterday. Around 12,500 participants from 20 violence. countries will take part in Eager Lion. AFP FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Obama wants UK to remain inside the EU Scotland urged to stay British

BRUSSELS: US President to the people of Scotland and that Barack Obama yesterday gave he was glad the US experience of the strongest signal yet that gaining independence through the United States wanted to conflict could be avoided. see the United Kingdom remain “As President Obama rightly inside the European Union and observes, the decision on Sc otla nd to pre s er ve its 307-yea r- Scotland’s future is up to the peo- old union with England. ple of Scotland,” Salmond said in Britain’s Prime Minister David a statement emailed to report- Cameron has promised to try to ers, adding that the United States renegotiate Britain’s ties with the could gain a friend if Scotland EU to claw back a range of pow- declared independence. ers if re-elected next year and to “We are deeply fortunate as a then give Britons a referendum nation that we have the oppor- LEFT: US war veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin (left), 93, prepares to land with a parachute yesterday over Carentan, where he landed 70 years ago, when on whether to remain inside the tunity to gain our nation’s inde- he was a paratrooper. CENTRE: British World War II veteran Jock Hutton (left), 89, performs a successful tandem jump with a British “Red Devils” EU in 2017. pendence in such a profoundly paratroopers during a D-Day commemoration in Ranville, northern France. RIGHT: US Coast Guard Yeoman Second Class Erik Coleman escorts his In just over three months, on democratic way, as Obama himself grandfather, Ralph Kress (left) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the National World War II Memorial in Washington yesterday. September 18, another big vote previously acknowledged — and - a referendum in Scotland on not through conflict as has been whether to break away from the the case with so many nations, Veterans make emotional return to mark D-Day United Kingdom and declare including the United States itself.” independence - will also be held. Speaking to reporters at a joint When asked at a G7 news con- news conference with Cameron, CAEN, FRANCE: D-Day celebrated in a unique way by wheelchairs, along with his wife to mark the occasion along the ference in Brussels what the votes Obama also made it clear he’d veterans marched back to parachuting to the same spot he Camilla. The royal couple then Normandy coastline. in Scotland and Europe meant to prefer Britain to stay inside the Normandy’s beaches and vil- landed on as an 19-year-old, this hopped into a motor gunboat, one The 88-year-old Queen received him and the people of the United EU, saying it was encouraging lages yesterday in an emotional time with a member of the Red of the lead boats on the approach a warm welcome from hundreds of States, Obama said the Scottish for Washington to know its ally return to mark 70 years since Devils strapped to his back for to Swords Beach on the historic well-wishers as she alighted at the vote was for Scots to decide but had “a seat at table in the larger the launch of the invasion that safety. day seven decades ago. More than Gare du Nord in Paris in a cream- that the United States wanted a European project”. hastened the defeat of Nazi Wearing a bright red jumpsuit, 156,000 troops waded or para- white coat and matching hat. “united” partner. He said the 70th anniversary of Germany. the 89-year-old veteran touched chuted onto French soil on June 6, After a quick change into a “From the outside at least it the World War Two D-Day land- Royals, top brass and some down lightly on the grass just in 1944. Nearly 4,500 would be dead pink outfit, she took part in a cer- looks like things have worked ings was a reminder of Britain’s 20 world leaders, including US front of the waiting Prince Charles, by the end of the day. emony at the eternal flame at the pretty well and we obviously role in bringing Europe together, President Barack Obama and dusted himself down briskly and At the naval base of Portsmouth, Arc de Triomphe which marks have a deep interest in making saying he struggled to imagine the Russia’s Vladimir Putin, will removed his helmet. “I was hop- in southern England, the departure the grave of the unknown soldier sure that one of the closest allies European project working with- attend the main D-Day ceremony ing there’d be some Calvados,” he point for troops heading to Swords before taking tea with French that we will ever have remains a out Britain or Britain prospering today, with diplomatic wrangling quipped on arrival. “At my age, life Beach, some 80 veterans watched President Francois Hollande at strong, robust, united and effec- outside it. over the Ukraine crisis casting a tends to get a wee bit boring. So an amphibious vehicle roar off a the Elysee Palace. tive partner,” Obama said. “It is hard for me to imagine pall over proceedings. you’ve got to grab at any chance at landing craft onto a beach and While the focus was on the vet- Polls show Scots are unlikely to that project going well in the But on the eve of the anniver- excitement,” he said. Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter erans, the world leaders embarked vote to leave the UK, with roughly absence of Great Britain and I sary, the spotlight was firmly on As colonel-in-chief of the Princess Anne led a service nearby. on a frenzied round of shuttle 40 percent against independence think it is also hard for me to those who risked their lives in Parachute Regiment, Prince Today, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth diplomacy over the Ukraine crisis, and 30 percent in favour. But imagine that it would be advan- launching the largest sea assault Charles, the heir to the British II and Obama will be among the with Putin meeting Britain’s David there are enough undecided Scots tageous for Great Britain to be in military history to liberate throne, led the tributes to those world leaders attending the inter- Cameron, his first tete-a-tete with to swing the vote. excluded from political decisions Europe from Nazism, most of in the first wave of air landings national ceremony of remembrance a Western leader since the Ukraine In a pointed response to that have an enormous impact on whom are now in their 90s and shortly after midnight on June 6. on the beach at Ouistreham. Some crisis erupted. The Russian leader Obama, Scottish nationalist its economic and political life,” are marking the occasion for Wearing a field marshal’s uniform, 1,800 veterans are expected at the then went to the Elysee Palace to leader Alex Salmond said the Obama said. probably the last time. he chatted at length to veterans, ceremonies and around one mil- meet with Hollande, who had ear- decision on independence was up REUTERS One of them, Jock Hutton, many of whom were confined to lion members of the public are set lier dined with Obama. AFP

‘Hundreds dead’ Shard tower evacuated in Boko Haram after smoke alert village rampage LONDON: Some 900 people which stands at the south end of had to evacuate The Shard, London Bridge, but the incident MAIDUGURI: Hundreds of western Europe’s tallest build- was over within three hours. people are feared dead in a ing, yesterday after smoke was Glen Cave, who was inside, suspected Boko Haram attack reported in the London sky- told the BBC: “We had to walk on four villages in northeast scraper’s basement. to floors all the way down and Nigeria, in the latest upsurge London Fire Brigade said there it took about half an hour, but in violence claiming increasing was no evidence of a blaze in (there were) no dramas.” numbers of civilian lives. the glass-clad, 310-metre tower, The Shard hosts restaurants, Some community leaders put which pierces the British capi- offices and the newly-opened the death toll from the Tuesday tal’s skyline. “As a precaution, five-star Shangri-La Hotel, attacks in the Gwoza district of the building was evacuated. It’s whose guests were among those Borno state as high as 400 to 500, thought around 900 people were evacuated. “We were going to although there was no independent in the building at the time,” the be charged £590 ($990) a night, verification because of poor com- LFB said. but now we are just standing munications in the remote area. The smoke dissipated and out here in the cold now. We are If confirmed, the attacks in people were allowed back inside finding another hotel,” Wolfgang the villages of Goshe, Attagara, the building. “No injuries were Grotzner, 62, from Hanover in Agapalwa and Aganjara would reported and the cause is not northern Germany, told the be among the deadliest in the known at this stage,” said LFB. Evening Standard newspaper. From left: Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harperm, US President Barack Islamists’ five-year insurgency They said there were several pos- Designed by top architect Obama, President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain’s and top the more than 300 who sible causes for smoke without Renzo Piano, the 87-storey sky- Prime Minister David Cameron, Head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, France’s President were killed on May 5 in nearby fire, such as an electrical fault. scraper was the tallest building in Francois Hollande, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for a family photo during the G7 summit at the Gamboru Ngala. Seven fire engines and around 50 Europe when it was topped out in European Council headquarters in Brussels yesterday. “The killings are massive but firefighters were sent to the tower, March 2012. AFP nobody can give a toll for now because nobody has been able Top EU job: Merkel, Cameron talk tough to go to that place because the insurgents are still there. They BRUSSELS: A bitter row over close allies in Europe, had not parliamentary elections last have taken over the whole area,” the top EU job escalated yester- gone as smoothly as planned. month, though exactly what that lawmaker Peter Biye said. Pope fires entire board of day after German Chancellor “They had friendly, candid and means remains unclear. “There are bodies littered over Angela Merkel and British constructive discussions in keep- Juncker, the former head of the the whole area and people have Prime Minister David Cameron ing with how their bilaterals usu- Eurogroup of nations that use the fled,” added Biye, who represents Vatican financial watchdog had what officials called “candid” ally are and in the spirit of finding single currency and prime minister Gwoza in Nigeria’s lower cham- talks on the hotly debated issue. consensus,” the source said. In of Luxembourg for 19 years, was ber of parliament, the House of VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis to appoint professionals with an London objects to Merkel’s diplomatic-speak, “candid” is the chosen candidate of the centre- Representatives. sacked the five-man board of international background to work favoured candidate to become the often used to refer to an unusu- right bloc that won most seats in Another 45 people were killed the Vatican’s financial watchdog with Rene Bruelhart, a Swiss law- next European Commission chief, ally frank exchange of views. the parliamentary elections. when suspected Boko Haram gun- yesterday — all Italians — in the yer who heads the AIF and who former Luxembourg premier Jean- Cameron also spoke to Italian Cameron, wary of Juncker’s fed- men pretending to be itinerant latest move to break with an old has been pushing for change. Claude Juncker, on the grounds Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, eralist stand, later said he wanted preachers opened fire on a crowd guard associated with a murky The new board of the AIF that he supports further political EU President Herman Van a reformist candidate, while dodg- in the village of Barderi near the past under his predecessor. includes Marc Odendall, who union in the 28-member bloc. Rompuy and outgoing European ing the issue of whether he had Borno state capital, Maiduguri, The Vatican said the Pope administers and advises phil- A spokesman for Cameron said Commission chief Jose Manuel rowed with the German chan- on Wednesday evening. named four experts from anthropic organisations in he met Merkel at Britain’s EU Barroso on the issue, Cameron’s cellor. He said the EU could not A separate attack was reported Switzerland, Singapore, the Switzerland, and Juan C Zarate, a office in Brussels after a dinner spokesman said. “stick its head in the sand” after on Thursday in the town of United States and Italy to Harvard law professor and senior for leaders of the Group of Seven The row over the next eurosceptic and far-right parties Madagali, just 25 kilometres replace them on the board of the advisor at the Center for Strategic industrialised nations. European Commission chief made major gains in last month’s (15.5 miles) by road from Gwoza Financial Information Authority and International Studies, a think “Their discussions focused on increasingly threatens to plunge European parliament elections. in Adamawa state. (AIF). The new board includes a tank based in Washington D.C. the next European Commission the EU into chaos as it seeks a “That’s why I think it’s impor- Gunmen razed a Roman woman for the first time. All five The other two board mem- — the issues it should focus on replacement for Barroso, who is tant that we have people running Catholic church and torched a outgoing members were Italians bers are Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay, and the appointment of the next due to leave the post in November. institutions of Europe who under- local government office after fir- who had been expected to serve former managing director of the president,” the spokesman said. EU leaders have traditionally stand the need for change, the ing at troops manning a nearby five-year terms ending in 2016. Monetary Authority of Singapore But a source in Cameron’s named the Commission head on need for reform,” he told a news checkpoint, said the chairman of Reformers inside the Vatican and senior advisor to that coun- Downing Street office indicated their own, but under new rules conference at the end of the G7 the local government in the town, had been pushing for the pope, try’s president, and Maria Bianca that the meeting between Merkel they now have to “take into summit. Maina Ularamu. No deaths had who already has taken a series of Farina, the head of two Italian and Cameron, normally fairly account” the results of European AFP been confirmed. AFP steps to clean up Vatican finances, insurance companies. AFP FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES China cleans web of Tiananmen references US slammed for interfering in Chinese domestic affairs

BEIJING: China’s state cen- to the events of 1989 and none to Wednesday’s vigil was the largest sors yesterday scrubbed the the Hong Kong candlelight vigil ever, according to organisers. Police Internet of references to com- which made world headlines, put the turnout at 99,500 -- nearly memorations of the Tiananmen with images of the southern city’s twice as many as their estimate last crackdown including a huge Victoria Park turned into a sea of year. Under the agreement govern- vigil in Hong Kong, extending a twinkling lights. ing Hong Kong’s handover to China campaign of repression that has China also hit back at a call in 1997, the semi-autonomous city seen dozens of critics detained. from the US for it to account for has far greater civil liberties than Organisers said a record those killed, detained or miss- the mainland. 180,000 people filled Hong Kong’s ing in the crackdown, accusing China’s official Xinhua news Victoria Park for Wednesday Washington of blaming its gov- agency has made only three night’s gathering, the only major ernment “for no reason.” oblique references to the “June 4 commemoration on Chinese ter- Internet censorship was incident” -- Beijing’s euphemism ritory of the 25th anniversary of already tightened ahead of the for the crackdown -- to condemn the events of June 4, 1989. anniversary, with searches for US, UN and Japanese calls to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (left), accompanied by Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister (second The assault on pro-democracy the date “6.4” and similar terms improve human rights and release left), speaks during the launch of a new campaign for Tibetan autonomy in Dharamshala yesterday. protesters in Beijing, during blocked by Sina Weibo, a Chinese activists detained ahead of the which hundreds of unarmed civil- alternative to Twitter, and on anniversary. ians -- by some estimates, more popular search engines. “Twenty-five years ago, the than 1,000 -- were killed, remains Under pressure from authori- United States deplored the use highly sensitive in the Communist ties, Chinese social networks of violence to silence the voices nation. It forbids public discussion quickly deleted any perceived ref- of the peaceful demonstrators in Dalai Lama seeks autonomy anew of the military’s brutal suppres- erences to the crackdown, banning and around Tiananmen Square,” sion of the demonstrations, and terms including “Tiananmen,” a White House statement said. DHARAMSALA: The leader leadership but added that patience back his roles. But Beijing has dozens of individuals, among them “student movement,” “6/4” and Chinese foreign ministry of Tibet’s exiled government was needed to produce results. continued to resist calls by US human rights campaigners, law- “25th anniversary.” spokesman Hong Lei rejected the accused China yesterday of “There is total repression and President Barack Obama and yers and journalists were detained Following the vigil, the list of US criticism, which comes at a blanket repression in his home- total discrimination” in Tibet, other Western leaders to resume ahead of the anniversary. blocked search terms expanded to time of growing distrust between land and warned that resent- Sangay, who is the Tibetan gov- talks with Tibetan officials on Five, including celebrated include “Victoria Park,” “candle- the world’s two largest economies, ment over its rule was growing ernment-in-exile’s prime minis- autonomy that broke down four human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, light,” and “Teng Biao,” the name and accused it of interfering in as he launched a new campaign ter, said. years ago. were held on criminal charges of a leading Chinese human rights Chinese domestic politics. for autonomy. “All this repression is making “We advise these people to last month after taking part lawyer who delivered a blistering At a regular briefing with Speaking as he and other senior Tibetans more resentful of the give up their attempts to sepa- in a private seminar about the critique of Beijing in the park. reporters yesterday, he again exiles, including the Dalai Lama, Chinese government’s policies and rate Tibet from China,” foreign crackdown. Two of the group -- Users who attempted to search defended Beijing’s handling of the renewed their push for a “Middle towards the Chinese government ministry spokesman Hong Lei writer Hu Shigen and academic for any of the blocked terms were crackdown. Way” of peaceful autonomy within and various forms of protests are told a regular press briefing on Xu Youyu -- were released on bail greeted with a message explaining “On the political upheaval in China, Lobsang Sangay called for taking place,” he added. Wednesday. yesterday afternoon, dissident Hu that results were not displayed “in Beijing, the Chinese government more international help for the Sangay took over as the politi- China has governed Tibet since Jia said, citing associates. A third accordance with relevant laws, long ago reached its conclusion,” Tibetan cause. cal leader of the Tibetan cause in 1951, a year after invading, and detainee -- writer Liu Di -- has regulations and policies.” Hong said. “In the last 30 years of The Dalai Lama, who is the 2011 when the Dalai Lama -- a considers the Himalayan region also been released, her father said. Hong Kong has held an annual reform and opening up, we have spiritual leader of the Tibetans, Nobel prize-winner who has long an integral part of its territory In mainland China’s state-run remembrance of the Tiananmen made remarkable economic prog said there was no shortage of been accused by China of being which has prospered under its media there were few references crackdown since 1989, and ress.” AFP commitment from the exiled a dangerous separatist -- pared rule. AFP

Nine get death Thailand’s junta sidelines pro-Thaksin police, governors for terrorism in Xinjiang BANGKOK: Thailand’s mili- junta’s National Council for Peace government in an effort to Siam Intelligence Unit. At least 17 top police have been tary is conducting a systematic and Order (NCPO). The junta limit his political influence. But The military has detained peo- transferred over the past week, BEIJING: Authorities in reshuffle to blunt the power of is also restructuring the police, Thaksin’s sister came to power ple from both sides of the politi- according to NCPO documents. China’s restive Xinjiang officials seen as loyal to former long seen as a bastion of sup- just a few years later, in 2011, cal divide, but a disproportionate The purge includes top officers region sentenced nine people premier Thaksin Shinawatra in port for Thaksin and his sister, after winning a general election. number are Thaksin’s red-shirt of the Department of Special to death yesterday for “vio- what seems to be an effort to ousted Prime Minister Yingluck This time the military seems supporters. It has closed down Investigation (DSI), Thailand’s lent terrorism” crimes, state dismantle his support base and Shinawatra. Thaksin was a police intent on ensuring neither he nor radio stations of his supporters equivalent of the US FBI, includ- media reported, as part of a ensure he can never return to officer for 13 years before resign- his family can return. and frozen the bank accounts of ing DSI chief Tarit Pengdith. nation-wide crackdown on power. ing to start his own business. “They will finish what they some. Tarit declined to be inter- separatist militants. China has Governors in 13 provinces have Thaksin himself was ousted started in 2006. They will make It has secured a $1.5bn loan to viewed for this article. Spokesmen launched a year-long “anti- been transferred, mostly from from the premiership in a coup in it difficult for Thaksin loyalists make payments to rice farmers, for both the police and military terrorism” operation, and hun- the country’s pro-Thaksin north 2006, and the constitution was re- to make a comeback,” said Kan seeking to reach out to Thaksin’s denied that a political purge was dreds of suspects have been and northeast, according to the written under a military-backed Yuenyong, a political analyst at rural power base. under way. REUTERS detained. Eighty-one people from Xinjiang, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, were handed sentences for involve- Manila, Hanoi in ‘sports diplomacy’ ment in “terrorist organisa- tions”, intentional homicide MANILA,: Filipino and Sea that is coveted by the recent years at what they per- and arson. Among them, nine Vietnamese troops will Philippines, Vietnam, China, ceive as China’s bullying tactics people were sentenced to engage in a light-hearted Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. in staking its claims to the sea. death, and three death sen- round of sports diplomacy on All the claimants except for Vietnamese Prime Minister tences with a two-year reprieve contested islands in the South Brunei have for decades occu- Nguyen Tan Dung said last — a sentence that is often com- China Sea, the Philippines pied islands in the Spratlys in month that China had become muted to life in prison. State said yesterday, as tensions a bid to block any of the others. a serious threat to peace, after news portal Xinjiang Net said worsen with China. It is part of a broader strug- the deployment of a Chinese oil another 29 suspects had been Basketball, beach volley- gle for control over the South rig in the Paracel archipelago to rounded up in the regional ball and tug-of-war games China Sea, which has enormous the north of the Spratlys. capital Urumqi, the site of a will be held this weekend on trade and military significance Philippine President Benigno suicide bombing that killed 39 tiny islands that are claimed as it is the main maritime link Aquino expressed concern yes- people last month. by nations to show that rivals between the Pacific and Indian terday at what he said were can still be friends, Foreign oceans. photographs showing more China ships Secretary Albert del Rosario China claims nearly all of Chinese ships in the Spratlys said. “This is camaraderie. the sea, which is also believed that he feared could be used to monitored That is a friendly gesture,” Del to contain vast deposits of oil reclaim land and convert tiny Rosario told reporters. and gas, even waters approach- reefs into China-held islands. MANILA: The movement The games will be held in the ing the coasts of its neighbours. “These were ships that can of Chinese ships has been Spratly archipelago, a powder The Philippines and Vietnam be used for (land) reclamation,” monitored near two reefs in keg area of the South China have voiced growing alarm in Aquino told reporters. AFP the Spratly Islands, spark- ing concerns from Philippine officials that China could be planning more reclamation projects. “We are taking a good look as to what’s happening Green tax to fight Bangla pollution there. We aren’t certain but we know there’s some move- DHAKA: Bangladesh imposed a radical new friendly kilns. The budget is the first since Prime ments there”, Foreign Affairs “green tax” yesterday to force polluting facto- Minister Sheikh Hasina’s centre-left government Secretary Albert del Rosario ries to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up was re-elected in January polls marred by wide- said after President Benigno the increasingly dirty rivers and air. spread fraud and a boycott by opposition parties. Aquino disclosed an intelli- The environmental tax was announced as part Bangladesh is one of the world’s most polluted gence report on developments of a $32b budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which nations and Muhith said the green tax would “get in the disputed area. “If it’s also focused on giant new infrastructure projects rid of this situation” and encourage industries “to clear to us that the status quo such as a metro in the cramped capital Dhaka set up effluent treatment plants”. there has been changed, then and a nuclear power plant to boost growth. Factories face one-off fines if they are found in we will take a look at a for- Industrial effluent and waste from urban sew- breach of pollution standards, but bosses often mal protest. These are Gavin age “is severely contaminating our rivers and tak- bribe inspectors to turn a blind eye. The new reef and Calderon reef,” del ing heavy toll on the aquatic environment and its tax would mostly affect the powerful textile and Rosario said. China claims surroundings”, Finance Minister A M A Muhith leather processing industries that often pour the entire South China Sea as said as he announced the budget in parliament. untreated effluent into the rivers. part of its territory, including “I propose to impose a one percent environ- There are around 200 hide-processing factories part of the Philippines 200 ment protection surcharge or green tax on an in the Hazaribagh district of Dhaka, listed as nautical mile exclusive eco- ad-valorem basis on all kinds of products manu- the world’s sixth most polluted place by a envi- nomic zone. The Philippines factured in Bangladesh by the industries which ronment group, but none has effluent treatment has challenged the claim pollute the environment,” Muhith said. plants. of indisputable sovereignty A revenue official said the tax would be Muhith said he would offer tax benefits to job- over the entire region by fil- imposed on a company’s turnover if it is found generating industries such as the key $22bn gar- ing an arbitration case before to have polluted “air, soil and water”. ment sector, hit by disasters including last year’s International Tribunal on the Muhith also announced tax exemptions for collapse of a factory complex that killed 1,138 Law of the Sea. AGENCIES 6,000 brick factories if they build environmentally people. AFP FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 30 Baluch rebels die Rally for detained chief in Pakistan army raid Dera Bugti operation yields cache of explosives, landmines

QUETTA: A Pakistani minis- "We have recovered 350 kilo- autonomy to the province, the size ter said yesterday paramilitary grams of explosive material and of Italy but with only nine mil- forces killed at least 30 separa- 300 kilograms of landmines," he lion inhabitants, is highly sensi- tist rebels in the restive south- said. tive in a country still scarred by western province of Baluchistan Bugti said the militants the independence in 1971 of its as part of a fresh operation to were members of the Baluch eastern portion, now Bangladesh. quell a long-running insurgency. Republican Army (BRA) and Baluchistan is an arid, desert The operation was carried out two main commanders were also and mountainous region on the in Dera Bugti area, some 250 kilo- killed in the operation. Iranian plateau in south-western metres southeast of the capital "Two of the BRA commanders Asia, northwest of the Arabian Quetta. were also killed during the action. Sea. The death toll could not be The forces also freed two local It mainly includes southwest- independently confirmed. Bugti men kidnapped for ransom ern Pakistan, southeastern Iran "The forces surrounded the by the militants," he added. and a very small section of south- militants early morning yester- Resource-rich Baluchistan is western Afghanistan. The south- day. It culminated with the killing home to a long-running separatist ern part of Baluchistan is known of 30 militants and arrest of three conflict that was revived in 2004, by its historical name Makran. others," Sarfraz Bugti, home min- with nationalists seeking to stop Baluchistan is named after the ister in Baluchistan said. what they see as the exploitation native Baloch tribes who make up He added that one paramilitary of the region's natural resources the inhabitants in the region and was killed and five wounded dur- and alleged rights abuses. use Balochi as their native lan- ing the action. The idea of giving greater guage. AFP Supporters of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party hold photographs of party leader Altaf Hussain during a sit-in protest calling for Hussain's release in Karachi yesterday. Prisoner swap Court orders police to charge shows Taliban’s Four Afghan cops die in blast GHAZNI: An explosion killed it detonated and killed them," No one has claimed responsib- former CIA station chief ‘legitimacy’ four Afghan police including a provincial spokesman Shafiq lity for Yesterday's attack, but district chief yesterday as they Nang said. One policeman was roadside bombs are the Taliban's ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s expectation Islamabad will seek KANDAHAR: The prisoner attempted to defuse a roadside wounded in the attack and taken weapon of choice in their war High Court yesterday ordered his return to face charges. swap that freed the last US bomb in the restive south, offi- to a nearby hospital, deputy police against the foreign and Afghan police to press charges against Khan is being provided legal prisoner of war in Afghanistan cials said. chief of Ghazni, Assadullah Safi, forces. The Taliban insurgency the CIA’s former station chief assistance by the Foundation shows the Taliban have legiti- Afghanistan has seen a flare-up said while confirming the incident. began shortly after the group’s for murder, conspiracy and for Fundamental Rights, a char- macy as a movement capable of in violence ahead of the second- The incident comes after 16 fall from power following the 2001 waging war against Pakistan. ity associated with Britain’s negotiating successful deals with round presidential election on policemen were killed in a series war in Afghanistan. Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui Reprieve. the United States, a Taliban June 14, with Taliban insurgents of attacks in the space of 24 hours The Taliban forces are fight- issued the order following a 2010 “Today’s order is a victory for commander said yesterday. threatening to disrupt the polls. last month, as security forces gear ing against the Afghan govern- petition by drone activist Kareem all those innocent civilians that Five Taliban prisoners includ- Yesterday’s blast occurred as up to guard the election. ment, led by President Hamid Khan, whose brother and teen- have been killed in US-led drone ing senior members of the Mohammad Qasim and his team Providing security for the vote Karzai, and against the US-led age son were killed in a US drone strikes in Pakistan,” he said. ousted regime were released attempted to defuse one of two is a key test for Afghan police and International Security Assistance strike in North Waziristan tribal “We are fighting this legal bat- from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in roadside bombs found in Waghiz soldiers, with the bulk of 51,000 Force (ISAF). The insurgency district. tle since 2010 and the police was exchange for 28-year-old Sergeant district of Ghazni province. Nato combat troops due to pull has spread to some degree over The former top spy left reluctant to pursue our case but Bowe Bergdahl, who had been "They defused the first bomb out of the country by December the Durand Line border to Pakistan in December 2010 after finally we did it, we won the war,” kidnapped by the Taliban. and while they were trying to after more than a decade fighting Waziristan region and Khyber his identity was disclosed through Lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar “This gives the Islamic defuse the second one nearby, the Taliban. Pakhtunkhwa. AFP the court case, and there is little who is representing Khan. AFP Emirates more legitimacy in front of the world. It shows we are able to deal directly with the Americans and also successfully,” Maulvi Mubarak, shadow Taliban chief of the Shah Wali Kot district Senior Taliban head killed in Kandahar said. The Taliban government was overthrown by a US-led coalition in clash with rival group in 2001 after the September 11 attacks but the insurgency still has its own shadow governors MIRANSHAH: A senior indoctrinating young recruits. across the country. Taliban commander known More than 60 people have Mubarak said the deal would for training suicide bomb- been killed in the violence which also boost morale among the ers was killed yesterday in a erupted in April between sup- Taliban’s ranks, including the clash between rival factions in porters of commander of Khalid hundreds of men under his com- Pakistan’s restive northwest, Mehsud, who was till recently mand in three neighbouring officials and army sources said. known as Khan Said Sajna, and districts. Ashiqullah Mehsud of the the followers of the slain former “This will give us more cour- Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Taliban chief in troubled North age and determination to carry (TTP) was killed during a clash Waziristan. on this holy task,” he said. with a recent breakaway faction The group led by Mehsud split Despite over 13 years of war near the town of Mir Ali in the from the TTP last week and and billions spent on reconstruc- North Waziristan tribal district denounced it for targeting civil- tion, the insurgency remains a bordering Afghanistan. ians as well as carrying out “crim- powerful force and has gained “Ashiqullah has embraced mar- inal activity”. ground as foreign troops have tyrdom after an enemy attack Meanwhile, the death toll from withdrawn, with most due to leave this morning,” a militant source a suicide attack on a military by the end of 2014. said. Local intelligence officials vehicle near the capital Islamabad Bergdahl was handed over to confirmed the death. on Wednesday increased from US special operations forces in Mehsud served on the shura five to seven, the army said in a Afghanistan on Saturday after of the TTP, the militant said, statement. five years in captivity in exchange and was the successor to Qari Pakistan has been battling a for the transfer to Qatar of five Hussain, an infamous com- homegrown Islamist insurgency Taliban members. mander known as the “father that has claimed thousands of REUTERS of suicide bombers” for lives for the past decade. AFP

Pakistan woman survives after being shot for marrying for love LAHORE: An 18-year-old woman has survived woman to fall in love and choose her husband. after being shot and thrown in a canal by her In parts of Pakistan, women are expected to agree family for marrying the man she loved, police to arranged marriages and refusal can lead to an said, weeks after the “honour killing” of a woman “honour killing”. Last month Farzana Iqbal was drew worldwide condemnation. attacked and killed by suspected family members Ali Akbar, local police official, said Saba Maqsood because she had married the man she loved. had been attacked and shot by her father, uncle, The case drew intense global attention, includ- brother and aunt and thrown into the waterway in ing condemnation from the United Nations, partly the city of Hafizabad in Punjab province. because it happened in broad daylight in the centre “It is an honour-related incident,” Akbar said. of the city of Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital. “The victim, Saba ... married her neighbour But many incidents remain unreported. In 2013, Muhammad Qaiser for love five days ago against 869 cases were reported in the media, according to the wishes of her family. They took her to Hafizabad, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, but the shot her twice and threw her in the canal after true figure is believed to be higher. putting her in a sack, presuming that she was dead.” Akbar said he had recorded a statement from Akbar said Maqsood had been wounded in her Maqsood in which she blamed her family for the cheek and right hand. Her relatives fled the scene, attack. “I was tortured and shot by my father and after minutes in the water, Maqsood regained Maqsood Ahmad, brother Faisal Maqsood, uncle consciousness and managed to struggle to the bank, Ashfaq Ahmad and his wife Sajida Bibi,” he quoted where two passers-by helped her. her as saying. “Her condition is out of danger and “She is a brave girl. She came out of the canal we have registered a case against her family on her and approached a nearby fuel station from where a complaint.” Police raided her father’s home in the rescue team rushed her to hospital,” he said. nearby city of Gujranwala but all suspects had disap- Many families believe it is dishonourable for a peared, he said. RETUERS FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Hindi may be the Members of 16th Lok Sabha take oath new lingua franca Truncated opposition mark session of diplomacy NEW DELHI: Like many NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Rejuvenation Uma Bharti, who other cultural practices that are Narendra Modi, his council of too took her oath in Sanskrit as a legacy of British colonial rule, ministers and senior leaders, did union Health Minister Harsh English remained the lingua including BJP patriarch L K Vardhan. franca of the Indian diplomacy Advani and Congress president Union ministers from since the country’s independ- Sonia Gandhi were among the Karnataka, including Railway ence in 1947. All conversations members of the newly-elected Minister Sadananda Gowda, and correspondence by mem- 16th Lok Sabha who took oath Minister of Chemicals and bers of the elite Indian Foreign yesterday. Fertilisers Ananth Kumar, and Service were conducted largely Senior Congress leader Kamal Minister of State for Civil Aviation in English, even though Hindi is Nath, who was sworn-in on G M Siddeshwara, took their oath the country’s national language. Wednesday by President Pranab in Kannada. Harsimrat Kaur Badal But that is about the change. Mukherjee as the pro-tem speaker, of the Shiromani Akali Dal, who is With a new nationalist govern- administered the oath to Modi, minister for food processing indus- ment in power, Hindi is now becom- who was attired in a spotless tries, took oath in Punjabi. ing the new language of Indian white churidar-kurta and match- Jual Oram, tribal affairs min- diplomacy and Indian diplomats, ing jacket. Advani and Gandhi next ister, took oath in Odiya, while particularly not so conversant with took oath next. The three leaders Minister of State for Tribal the language in this multilingual took the oath in Hindi. Affairs Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai nation that is home to 22 official They were followed by Arjun Vasava took oath in Gujarati. language and hundreds of others Charan Sethi of the Biju Janata Sarbananda Sonowal, minister of not so ‘official’, are scrambling to Dal, P A Sangma of the National state for skill development, youth master it to be able to keep pace People’s Party and Biren Singh affairs and sports (Independent with their new political masters. Engti of the Congress. After charge), took oath in Assamese. The language switch was wit- them, most of the members of Other ministers took oath in nessed on the very first day of the council of ministers of the Hindi while Women and Child the new government of Prime National Democratic Alliance Development Minister Maneka Minister Narendra Modi who government took their oath as Gandhi took oath in English. conversed in Hindi with visiting MPs of the new Lok Sabha. Kamal Nath was the only leaders of Saarc countries. Modi’s Sushma Swaraj surprised many member who had taken oath on Veteran Bollywood actress and newly elected Member of Parliament, Hema Malini, arrives on the second day of mother tongue is Gujarati, but by taking oath in fluent Sanskrit, Wednesday as the House was Parliament, to take oath for the 16th Lok Sabha, at the Parliament House in New Delhi yesterday. like most Indians he speaks both but later it was evident that BJP adjourned on the first day of the Hindi and English equally well. members had taken a conscious new Lok Sabha following death former deputy speakers Karia Pratap Rudy and Ram Kripal members, according to data Not just Modi, even External decision to bring the classical lan- of union minister Gopinath Munda and M Thambidurai and Yadav. compiled by PRS Legislative, a Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj guage back into spotlight as many Munde June 3. The oath taking Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Meanwhile, change seemed to research group that tracks the spoke extensively in Hindi on assum- more followed her lead. of the members proceeded state- Singh Yadav. be the leitmotif of the 16th Lok working of parliament. ing office last week and has let it be The senior Bharatiya Janata wise in the alphabetical order Some members were, however, Sabha as it began business yester- The prime minister was known that she plans to speak more Party leader was followed by her with some exceptions for senior not present to take oath. Notable day with a new and full treasury present till the members of his in Hindi with visiting leaders with party colleague and Minister members like former prime min- among them being senior BJP bench and a truncated opposition. council of ministers took oath. As the help of interpreters. for Water Resources and Ganga ister H D Deve Gowda and two MPs Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajiv While Modi, in parliament for soon as he left, many BJP mem- “Modi carried on a conversa- the first time, led his team on the bers were seen leaving the house, tion in English with the leaders, ruling side, Sonia Gandhi sat on probably for a cup of tea or some but the finer points were conveyed the front in the opposition benches fresh air. Congress vice-president in Hindi,” said former diplomat Sumitra Mahajan likely to be Speaker after sitting in the first row of the Rahul Gandhi, who seems to have Chinmaya R Gharekhan. treasury benches for a full decade. taken a fancy for the back seat, The ministry indicated it will NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Sumitra Besides the prime minister, other BJP lead- However, unlike on Wednesday, was seen having a lengthy conver- try to rope in the services of a Mahajan would be the next Speaker of the Lok ers who have proposed her name include Home Advani was not seen sitting next sation with NCP’s Supriya Sule. translator to translate the min- Sabha, becoming the second woman after Meira Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs to the prime minister this time. Glamour queens of Bollywood ister’s Hindi speeches for the Kumar to hold the post. Minister Sushma Swaraj, Parliamentary Affairs He was instead sitting next to and regional cinema includ- benefit of those who are not very Mahajan’s was the only name proposed when the Minister Venkaiah Naidu said. The formal election senior ministers Sushma Swaraj ing Mathura MP Hema Malini, conversant with the language. time for filing nominations for the Speaker’s post of the new Speaker will take place today. and Rajnath Singh in the next Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher and An official indicated that the came to a close yesterday. Senior leaders from all Mahajan, 72, is an eight-term member of the Lok row. As soon as the house assem- Shatabdi Roy of the Trinamool language switch had caught the parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sabha from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Representing bled, Nath welcomed all members, Congress were in full attendance ministry by surprise. Asked if moved motions proposing her name. Indore in the Lok Sabha since 1989, she was a min- especially those of newly-formed resplendent in their bright saris the ministry was roping in new The others who proposed her name included ister of state in the Atal Behari Vajpayee govern- states of Telangana and residuary and salwar kameeze. Gujarat MPs translators/interpreters for the Congress Parliamentary Party leader Mallikarjun ment from 1999 to 2004. Mahajan was elected from Andhra Pradesh. Devajibhai Govindbhai Fatepara job, he said that they have enough Kharge, AIADMK’s M Thambidurai, Trinamool Indore for the eighth time in the 2014 general elec- The 16th Lok Sabha has 315 and Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai experts in the ministry. “We have Congress’ Sudip Bandopadhyay, and Samajwadi tion by a margin of 4.67 lakh votes. first-time lawmakers, the highest Kundariya were dressed in their enough hands who are conversant Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav. IANS in 30 years for any house that has traditional attire. with both Hindi and English. So 543 elected and two nominated IANS it will not be a problem.” IANS Kerala’s star Modi-Obama summit meeting in September-end couple begin NEW DELHI: , Nearly a dec- Muslims were killed. Modi was an invitation to him to visit for South and Central Asia, to with implementation of the ade after it denied him a visa and Gujarat chief minister when the Washington — effectively ending New Delhi is an indication of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, which blacklisted him, the US is prac- riots occurred and the US State the visa ban on him. urgency with which the US is is stuck over India’s civil nuclear divorce tically preparing to roll out the Department invoked a little- Obama is believed to be keen to keen to mend ties with the Modi liability laws. The US is also keen red carpet for Prime Minister known US law passed in 1998 that patch up the damage to Indo-US government. to increase its defence ties with Narendra Modi who is set to hold makes foreign officials responsible ties as fast as possible. His meet- Modi gave an indication of his India, a major market, and also proceedings a summit meeting with President for “severe violations of religious ing with Modi will be the second foreign policy thoughts in inter- keen to push trade with India Barack Obama in Washington in freedom” ineligible for visas. within the span of a year with views before coming to power. He from the current around $100bn KOCHI: It’s now official. Kerala’s September-end this year. After the swearing-in of Modi, an Indian prime minister. He had said that individual incidents annually to $500bn by 2015. star couple Dileep and Manju According to official sources, who led the BJP to a spectacular had met Manmohan Singh in should not be allowed to cloud Indian Ambassador to the US Warrier’s divorce proceedings Modi has expressed his keen- victory in the general election, September last year during the bilateral relations . S. Jaishankar, who is believed to have officially begun with the ness to give a push to the flag- Obama in a message vowed to former prime minister’s visit to Bilateral ties suffered a set- be tipped for a bigger role in the former filing a petition here yes- ging Indo-US ties and has work closely together with the Washington enroute to the UN back with the handcuffing and Prime Minister’s Office, is also terday seeking a divorce. accepted Obama’s invite to visit new Indian prime minister “for General Assembly. strip search of Indian diplomat said to be flying down for con- Dileep has filed a petition Washington. years to come”. The proposed June 8 visit of Devyani Khobragade last year for sultations in South Block with at the family court here seek- The US denied Modi a visa in Obama was quick to acknowl- US Assistant Secretary of State alleged visa fraud and underpay- regard to the upcoming Modi- ing separation from his wife 2005 over the Gujarat riots, in edge Modi’s “resounding” vic- Nisha Desai Biswal, the Obama ing her nanny. Obama meet. and also requested the court to which over a 1,000 people, mostly tory in the election and extended administration’s point person The US is keen to get started IANS see that the details of the peti- tion and the case should not be published by the media citing a Supreme Court directive. The Environment awareness court agreed to his plea. The two have been living sepa- Setback for AAP Ranjit Kumar appointed rated for a while now and their teenage daughter now lives with in Dileep. The two got married in solicitor-general? 1998 rpt 1998 after which Manju : The Aam Aadmi called time on her film career, Party (AAP) in Maharashtra NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government is said to have while Dileep’s career continued. suffered a post-poll setback when appointed Ranjit Kumar as the solicitor general - the second high- Last year when Manju, an expe- two senior leaders - state con- est law officer of the country after the attorney general - but the rienced danseuse, re-launched her venor and state senior apex court lawyer yesterday that said that he was await- dancing career and acted alongside secretary Preeti Sharma-Menon ing the official notification. Ranjit Kumar’s name is said to have Amitabh Bachchan in a commer- - quit the party yesterday. been been cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Appointments cial advertisement, it was more or “Dear colleagues, with a heavy (ACC) June 4, according to informed sources. Like his senior col- less clear that the two have decided heart, I am ending my association league, now Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, Ranjit Kumar repre- to part and when she faced the with AAP,” Damania said in her sented the Gujarat government in a number of cases that included arclights on the set of How Old Are resignation message to the party the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shoot out and others. Lately, he Yo u , it became clear it was a mat- leadership. “My greatest regards appeared in the ‘Snoopgate’ case in which Modi, then the Gujarat ter of time before they began the for Arvind (Kejriwal), who is like chief minister, was sought to be targeted. Ranjit Kumar will suc- official separation. an elder brother. All I want to ceed Mohana Parasaran who had resigned in the wake of UPA II The court posted hearing on request is that please do not have going out of office. Besides Ranjit Kumar, it is learnt, the ACC also Dileep’s petition for July 23 and any conspiracy theories over my cleared the appointment of Maninder Singh, L Nageshwar Rao, asked Manju to also be present. exit,” she said. Tushar Mehta, P.S. Patwalia and Neeraj Kishen Kaul as additional Dileep has also filed a caveat stat- Damania added she had never solicitors general (ASG). ing that in case Manju files a peti- compromised her values and tion, he should be heard before would never do so. “I request Sharif sends sari for Modi’s mother the court admits it. the media to respect my pri- Manju, now 35, began her vacy,” she said. Sharma-Menon NEW DELHI: In an overture to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, career in 1995 and in a short span also sent in her resignation. Both Pakistan’s Premier Nawaz Sharif yesterday sent a sari for his of four years acted in 20 films Damania and Sharma-Menon are mother. Modi, who received the present, expressed his gratitude to before their marriage in 1998. In believed to be upset over certain Sharif, and said he would hand it over to his mother soon. “Nawaz her career, she won four Filmfare organisation issues and internal Sharif ji has sent a wonderful white Sari for my Mother. I am Awards South for Malayalam best party mechanisms which pre- really grateful to him & will send it to my Mother very soon,” Modi actress and won the National Film A girl holds a tree sapling during an event on World Environment Day vented them from concentrating tweeted. Nawaz Sharif, along with other leaders of Saarc nations Award — Special Jury Award for at Naharkatia in Dibrugarh district of Assam yesterday. adequately on important social as well as Mauritius, had accepted Modi’s invitation to attend his her performance in Kannezhuthi and electoral issues, said a party impressive swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan May 26 Pottum Thottu in 1999. IANS office-bearer here. IANS and made a two-day visit to New Delhi. 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ECB cuts rates below zero to buoy economy ECB fires off volley of anti-deflation shots for eurozone

FRANKFURT: The European ECB in the hope they might lend the liquidity injected from its Central Bank rolled out yester- it on to businesses and consum- Securities Markets Programme, day an unprecedented package ers instead. Draghi admitted that under which the ECB purchased of measures, including nega- interest rates cannot go down any bonds from troubled “peripheral” tive interest rates, in its fight to further. “For all the practical pur- eurozone countries, he said. head off the spectre of deflation poses we have reached the lower All in all, the combination of in the euro area. bound,” he said. measures would “provide further ECB chief Mario Draghi But on top of the rate cuts, monetary policy accommodation insisted that the 18 countries that Draghi unveiled a series of meas- and support lending to the real share the euro are not actually on ures to spur bank credit, which economy,” Draghi said. the brink of deflation, a poten- has been contracting for months The markets hailed the ECB’s tially crippling downward spiral now. And “if required, we will act action, with European stock mar- of falling prices. But action was swiftly with further monetary kets jumping on the news and needed to kick-start ailing lend- policy easing,” Draghi pledged. Germany’s blue-chip DAX index ing in the region, Draghi argued. The ECB already pumped vast hitting a record high, breaching Thus, the ECB entered unchar- amounts of liquidity into the the 10,000 level for the first time. tered waters, taking one of its key banking system at the end of 2011 The euro, the strength of interest rates into negative terri- and the beginning of 2012 using which has been a growing source tory for the first time. so-called Long-Term Refinancing of concern, also fell on the news The ECB lowered all three of its Operations (LTROs). But at that to its lowest level in four months key interest rates: the benchmark time, banks did not lend the cash at $1.3503. In Washington, the refi, refinancing rate, was cut to on to the small and medium-sized International Monetary Fund 0.15 percent from 0.25 percent, companies that form the back- “strongly welcomed” the ECB’s the interest rate on the marginal bone of the eurozone economy. “very pro-active stance.” lending facility was trimmed to So this time, the ECB is target- Analysts were similarly ECB President Mario Draghi (left) and Vice-President Vitor Constancio arrive for the monthly ECB news conference 0.40 percent from 0.75 percent. ing the loans so as to encourage cheered, but cautioned that the in Frankfurt yesterday. And the deposit rate, the rate banks to lend to households and initial euphoria might evaporate. at which the central bank pays non-financial corporations. “Taken together, today’s commercial banks for depositing Draghi said the ECB was also package of policy measures is a first-glance-enthusiasm doesn’t extent, the wish is still father to the measures,” he said. “The their unused cash, was reduced working on US Federal Reserve- strong one, underlining the ECB’s always last.” “The ECB has no the thought.” effectiveness of a negative deposit from zero percent to minus 0.10 style bond-buying by purchasing determination and willingness to guarantee that the economy and Markit economist Chris rate is uncertain and the (new percent. asset-backed securities (ABS) act,” said ING DiBa economist lending to the private sector can Williamson was more hopeful. liquidity measures) may also This means that banks will be from banks. And the ECB has Carsten Brzeski. “However, as really be kick-started. The ECB is “It will take some time to gauge have only a limited impact on charged for parking funds at the decided to stop “sterilising” so often during the euro crisis, still dependent on banks. To some the longer term effectiveness of actual lending.” AFP

Twitter in talks QE index dips 462.13 points last week to buy music BoE freezes interest DOHA: Qatar Exchange index The market capitalisation of 15.63 percent. Banks and finan- firm SoundCloud lost 462.13 points, or 3.37 per- QR718bn is a drop by 2.51 percent cial services topped the number of rate at record-low cent, last week when it closed compared to QR 736bn at the end transactions during the last week LONDON: Microblogging plat- trading at 13,232.06 points yes- of the previous week. with 36.44 percent of the total. form Twitter Inc has been in terday. However, the bench- Banks and financial services Real estate accounted for 17.11 LONDON: The Bank of analyst Samuel Tombs. “Most of talks with Berlin-based audio mark index gained 89.37 points, led the traded value last week percent. Industries accounted England yesterday froze all, signs from the latest activity sharing website SoundCloud in or 0.68 percent, yesterday to with 45.05 percent of the total. for 16.26 percent and telecoms record-low interest rates amid and confidence surveys that the its efforts to add a music serv- close at 13,232.06 points from Industries accounted for 15.23 accounted for 13.24 percent. From Britain’s economic recovery, recovery might have gathered ice to its offering, the Financial 13,142.69 on Wednesday. percent. Real estate accounted the 43 listed companies, 16 ended as the European Central Bank pace in the second quarter may Times reported citing people The trading volume of 163 mil- for 13.91 percent and telecoms last week higher, 26 fell and one eased its monetary policy to have led some members to ques- familiar with the matter. lion shares is a decline of 16.49 accounted for 12.47 percent. remained unchanged. avert deflation. tion whether the economy still Twitter has weighed up deals percent compared to 195 mil- Banks and financial services Masraf Al Rayan topped the BoE policymakers decided to needs ultra-low interest rates.” worth billions of dollars and has lion shares last week, while the topped the traded volume with traded value last week with 20.37 keep its key rate at a record-low Britain is a member of the also considered buying music- 62,244 transactions is a drop by 32.66 percent of the total. Real percent of the total, Vodafone level of 0.50 percent, and main- European Union but not of the streaming service Spotify and 18.31 percent, compared to 76,199 estate accounted for 20.98 per- Qatar accounted for 8.19 percent tain the level of cash stimulus in eurozone, and so controls its own internet-radio provider Pandora transactions. The trading value of cent. Telecoms accounted for and Barwa Real Estate account- the economy at £375bn ($628bn), monetary policy. Media Inc, the newspaper said. QR7.3bn last week is a fall of 30.33 18.22 percent and consumer ing for 6.44 percent. it said in a statement. The Bank Rates for the eurozone are set SoundCloud is a platform that percent compared to QR10.5bn. goods and services accounted for THE PENINSULA of England, in apparent contrast by the European Central Bank enables people to upload, record, with the ECB, is slowly moving in Frankfurt. British rates have promote and share their music towards raising borrowing costs stood at 0.50 percent for more and other audio files. after a years-long pause. than five years to aid economic The company has aggressively N ew BMW i8 plug-in hybrid Policymaker Martin Weale last recovery from the global financial expanded its capabilities to carry week broke ranks to declare that crisis of 2008. multimedia content. Last year, Britain needed to start raising The economy powered ahead in it acquired “We Are Hunted,” a rates gradually to avoid sharp and the first quarter of this year with three-person music streaming- painful hikes in the future. gross domestic product growth startup from Australia. Minutes from the MPC’s previ- of 0.8 percent, but there remain Twitter’s renewed interest ous May gathering showed that stubborn concerns about a robust in music-streaming companies the decision to keep rates on hold housing market amid signs of a comes after Apple Inc acquired was “becoming more balanced” potential bubble in London. Beats, the headphones and music- for some members of the nine- In another bright spot, British streaming firm founded by Jimmy strong committee panel. retail sales surged 6.9 percent in Iovine and Dr Dre, for $3bn. Analysts saw this as a signal of April compared with a year ear- The Beats deal was seen as an increase in support towards lier, recent official data showed. Apple’s effort to jumpstart an tightening borrowing costs amid That was the fastest rate for a uneven attempt to make headway the nation’s brightening eco- decade and persuaded HSBC in music streaming, the fastest- nomic outlook. At the same time, bank to lift its second-quarter growing segment of the market, some economists believe that the growth forecast to 0.9 percent as iTunes sales decline. strengthening British economy from 0.7 percent. REUTERS can now cope with higher bor- “Weale confirmed he thought rowing costs. there was less slack in the econ- “Although today’s MPC meet- omy than the MPC’s central Inmarsat unveils ing was never likely to result in judgement and that if rates were a policy change, recent develop- going to rise only gradually there in-flight wifi plans ments may have made the deci- would be case for starting the sion to keep interest rates on hold cycle sooner rather than later,” LONDON: British satellite more marginal for some mem- said HSBC economist Simon operator Inmarsat intends to bers,” said Capital Economics Wells. AFP help air passengers to stay The new BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car before the delivery to the first customer in Munich yesterday. in touch during flight in the European Union, it announced yesterday, taking a lead from a boom in the United States. The company said it would pro- Region’s biggest bond sale in 2014 set for pricing record vide in-flight broadband wifi serv- ices to passengers flying within the EU. Inmarsat, whose raw data DUBAI: An impending bond that the firm could then issue a with scope for further growth, Meanwhile, the Gulf’s strong a data showed. The CDS have has been used in the search for issue by Abu Dhabi-based tel- four-tranche deal, consisting of excellent cash flow visibility and economic performance during the tightened 41 percent in the last missing Malaysia Airlines Flight ecommunications firm Etisalat five- and 10-year bonds denomi- decent transparency,” said Chavan global instability of the past few 12 months. At the same time, debt MH370, said in a statement that may not only be the region’s nated in US dollars and seven- Bhogaita, executive director at years is helping to establish it for issuance by companies in the Gulf it has joined forces with European largest deal so far this year, but and 12-year bonds denominated National Bank of Abu Dhabi. The the first time as a mainstream has decreased in recent months peer Hellas-Sat to order a pow- also set a record for tight pric- in euros. The size has not been bank is a passive bookrunner on investment destination for global as strong economies have made it erful new satellite from French- ing as the Gulf becomes more fixed but some bankers speculate the trade. “Add the benefits of funds — a trend underlined on the easy for firms to reduce leverage Italian firm Thales Alenia Space. of a mainstream investment that it will be between $2bn and government ownership and rar- equities side last month by index and borrow from banks. For delivery in 2016, the satel- destination. $3bn — a level that would be eas- ity value, and you have a deal compiler MSCI’s upgrade of the So high demand is fighting lite will set up an air-to-ground Etisalat’s debut bond will ily absorbed by massive investor that’s firmly on the radar screens United Arab Emirates and Qatar against low supply, pushing credit network across the EU costing replace some of the debt used demand. The largest deal from of investors.” Beyond the factors to emerging market status. spreads down. This could mean $200m to $250m over six years, to fund its €4.2bn purchase of the Gulf so far in 2014 was Saudi specific to Etisalat, major trends Five-year Abu Dhabi credit Etisalat with ratings of Aa3/AA-/ Inmarsat said in a statement. The a majority stake in Morocco’s Electricity Co’s $2.5bn, two-part are working in favour of the issue. default swaps, which insure its A+ from the main agencies, prices satellite — named Europasat — Maroc Telecom from France’s sukuk in April. Political turmoil in other emerg- sovereign debt against non-pay- portions of its bond at under 100 will be operated on a shared basis, Vivendi. Investor roadshows are “This is the type of credit that ing markets, such as Ukraine and ment, traded at 43.35 basis points basis points above mid-swaps — a halving Inmarsat’s additional due to finish on June 10 and bank- bondholders love to hold — highly Thailand, has left investors search- on June 3, through the previous first for any debt issue from the deployment costs of $200m. AFP ing sources said earlier this week rated, established track record ing for attractive alternatives. low of 45 bps seen in May 2008, Gulf. REUTERS FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS GM fires 15 executives over ignition scandal Carmaker admits to ‘deeply troubling’ history of failure

WASHINGTON: General from the very beginning... We linked to airbag non-deployment Motors Chief Executive Mary have to own this problem.” in the GM cars covered by the Barra said yesterday that the Barra said she “was deeply ignition recall, though it has not company has fired 15 mostly saddened and disturbed” by the linked that problem to ignition top executives over the deadly report by former US attorney shutdowns. GM is facing a federal ignition scandal that has placed Anton Valukas, recruited by the criminal probe and a congres- the carmaker under federal top US automaker to find out why sional investigation for not having investigation. it took so long for the ignition recalled the cars years ago, and But Barra said an internal problem to come to light. victim lawsuits that could total in investigation into why the com- The report showed many people the billions of dollars, according pany did not act on the problem in the company had been aware of to analysts. for 11 years concluded there had the problem, in which ignitions Barra would not say how the been no concerted effort to hide could be easily jolted into the off compensation, currently being it, but showed instead a “deeply position while a car was still run- studied, would be awarded. troubling” history of failure. ning, shutting down power steer- However, she said, “We are going GM President Dan Ammann (left), CEO Mary Barra (centre) and Executive Vice President Mark Reuss at a press She said the company would ing and the safety airbags. to do the right thing for the meet at the GM Vehicle Engineering Centre in Warren, Michigan, yesterday. take full responsibility for the The company has said it knows affected parties.” problem, only revealed in a huge of more than 30 accidents where She said the Valukas report Even so, she said, the Valukas positions in the company. One off fresh scandals and begin recall earlier this year, and was the ignition problem led to non- showed a history of management report found there was “no con- month later the company began rebuilding the company’s battered setting up a compensation fund deployment of the airbags, and deficiences and poor judgments, spiracy by the corporation to the recall of some 2.6 million reputation. Barra said there are for victims of accidents tied to the 13 deaths. The US auto safety with numerous company employ- cover up facts.” Cobalts and other models from likely more recalls in store in the faulty ignitions. “The Cobalt saga regulator, the National Highway ees touching the issue but none It also cleared her and GM the 2004-2011 model years for near future, and that an “aggres- was riddled with failure,” she told Traffic Safety Administration, seeing a significant problem or Executive Vice-President Mark ignition problems. sive” stance on product recalls is a meeting of company employees, said it thinks the death toll could taking it to top management. Reuss, her right-hand-man, of Since then GM has plumbed “the new norm” at GM. She told referring to the main car model be higher. And the independent “Pieces of information and clues blame in the saga. Barra became deeply into its safety files and employees that it was now unac- affected by the problem. Centre for Auto Safety said it had did not get put together,” she said. chief executive on January 15 initiated recalls of more than 15 ceptable to not speak up about a “We misdiagnosed the problem counted more than 300 deaths “No one took responsibility.” after a lifetime career in various million cars, in an effort to ward safety problem in GM cars. AFP

Alibaba buys IMF urges GCC to diversify for growth Egypt okays temporary

50pc stake in KUWAIT CITY: Upgrades in The prevailing growth model industry, and SMEs in Kuwait tax increase for wealthy development indicators reaf- in the GCC has achieved a rapid and as GCC success stories firm strong growth of GCC improvement in human devel- of diversification. China’s top economies, but greater eco- opment indicators, but has also Panellists examined the ration- CAIRO: Egypt’s interim to ensure the expansion of the nomic diversification is needed resulted in a decline in relative ale for diversification, the IMF President, Adly Mansour, yes- income tax base,” MENA quoted football club to absorb oil markets volatility, economic performance. said. Some argued that diversi- terday signed into law a tem- presidential spokesman Ehab a senior executive said. The main features of this fication away from oil and other porary 5 percent income tax Badawi as saying. SHANGHAI: E-commerce IMF Deputy Managing growth model are the reliance on extractive industries would increase on individuals earning The country of 85 million has giant Alibaba said yesterday it Director Min Zhu said: “GCC oil as the main source of export lead to higher long-term growth, more than 1m Egyptian pounds been struggling to curb a budget will pay $192m for a 50 percent countries have grown strongly and fiscal revenues, the depend- more jobs for the young and grow- ($139,900) a year, state news deficit that swelled to around 14 stake in China’s top football club, and seen huge improvements in ence of the private sector on ing populations, less depend- agency MENA said. percent of GDP last year. It is also in a frenzy of deal-making before their development indicators, expatriate labour, and the con- ence on returns from sovereign The tax will apply for three under pressure to cut subsidies a multi-billion dollar share offer but they remain susceptible to centration of economic activity wealth funds. years. that eat up around a fifth of its in the United States. fluctuations in oil markets. They in the low skilled non-tradable Others pointed to evidence that Foreign investors will be budget — but risks triggering pro- Alibaba will pay 1.2bn yuan need greater economic diversifica- sector, he added. growth and diversification are looking to President-elect tests if it does so. ($192m) for the stake in tion to boost productivity, living The IMF mentions UAE air- positively correlated as diversi- Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to enact Those subject to the tem- Asian champions Guangzhou standards, create jobs, and reduce ports and seaport infrastructure fied economies are less likely to reforms to strengthen an econ- porary tax will be given some Evergrande, with property devel- fiscal and external risks associ- development, Saudi Arabia’s eco- experience economic volatility due omy racked by three years of choice over which areas their oper and existing shareholder ated with the heavy reliance on nomic cities, Qatar’s commer- to external or internal unfavour- political upheaval, after he takes funds can be spent in, with the Evergrande Group holding the oil revenues.” cial airline, Bahrain’s aluminum able economic conditions. QNA office on Sunday. option to direct the money to des- remainder, according to an Alibaba “Imposing this additional ignated projects in areas includ- statement and company officials. temporary tax comes in the ing education, health, housing and Evergrande, who won both the framework of the government’s infrastructure. Chinese Super League and the Smartflower solar panels measures to achieve tax reform REUTERS AFC Champions League titles in 2013, said it had introduced Alibaba as a strategic investor. QATARI MARKET “We’re not only investing in Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Evergrande, we are investing in Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.44 1.02 % Aa2 AA Chinese football,” Alibaba founder Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 121.00 1.98 % Aa2 AA Jack Ma told a news conference, adding the price was cheap. Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.88 2.41 % Aa2 AA Still, the flamboyant former Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 110.38 2.97 % Aa2 AA English teacher admitted his igno- Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 162.00 4.34 % Aa2 AA rance about the game. Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 124.25 4.75 % Aa2 AA “In fact, I haven’t been partic- Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 115.13 4.76 % Aa2 AA ularly interested in football and Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.19 0.41 % Aa2 AA to be honest, I don’t know much Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.75 2.73 % Aa2 AA about it,” he said. The deal marked the latest in a Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 101.88 0.74 % A1 A- series of high-profile acquisitions Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.63 1.70 % A1 A- by Alibaba as it seeks to expand QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.00 0.82 % NR NR beyond its traditional base ahead QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 0.94 % Aa3 A+ of a planned US listing that could QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.50 1.67 % Aa3 A+ raise around $15bn, putting it Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.63 1.78 % A2 A- on par with Facebook’s $16bn Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.11 % A2 A- IPO in 2012. Alibaba operates China’s most Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 125.38 2.46 % A2 A- popular online shopping platform, Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 109.50 3.16 % A2 A- Taobao, which is estimated to hold Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 107.13 4.20 % A2 A- more than 90 percent of the online Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 101.63 0.22 % Aa3 A market for consumer-to-consumer Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.63 2.84 % Aa3 A transactions. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 109.38 3.62 % Aa3 A Last week, Alibaba acquired a Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.13 3.87% Aa3 A 10.35 percent stake in Singapore Post, the city-state’s main postal SOVEREIGNS service, for $249m as part of a People stay around ‘Smartflower Pop’ photovoltaic (solar) panels during the ‘Intersolar’ Europe trade fair in Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P strategic cooperation deal. AFP Munich yesterday. Around 1,100 exhibitors will present their new technologies at the trade fair. Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.38 1.89 % Aa2 AA Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.50 0.80 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 109.38 1.59 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 126.25 3.15 % NR NR Intel’s gesture control promises hands-free life Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 121.13 3.38 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.13 0.53 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.63 2.33 % NR BBB TAIPEI: US computer chip adding the technology harnesses rolled out gesture-control devices into a claw shape, the metal grab- Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 110.88 3.42 % NR BBB giant Intel said its gesture-con- voice recognition as well. “We’re include Microsoft, which devel- ber mimicked the motion. Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 105.00 4.77 % Caa1 B- trolled technology could soon trying to get a hands-free envi- oped the Kinect accessory for its “Traditionally you have to use Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 108.00 3.10 % NR BBB- become part of everyday life as ronment. Most people when they Xbox video game consoles which keyboard or touches to activate it showed its vision of a no-touch speak are animated — it’s a natu- can recognise users, respond to your gadgets, now you may only Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 105.63 3.32% NR BBB- lifestyle in Taiwan yesterday. ral way to communicate. We’re spoken commands and detect a need motions,” said June Leung, *Periodic Distribution Amount Its stand at Computex, Asia’s trying to take that to the next person’s pulse. programme director of the IMPORTANT NOTE: largest technology trade show, level in computing. “It’s going to Marshall, who is a senior tech- Chinese company TheBestSync Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which recreates a living space centred mean more cameras, microphones nical marketing engineer at Intel, which developed the grabber is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services around a kitchen, illustrating -- the platform you’re working said the firm’s gesture-controlled device. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising how sticky fingers on screens and with is going to natively recognise technology should be available on “To me, this technology is a out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not recipe books could be a thing of what you’re doing.” a range of devices by the end of real breakthrough,” Alexandre take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds the past. The advances are the latest the year. Straumann, product manager can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant An actress with messy hands developments in Intel’s sense Visitors at the show also tried in IT hardware of France-based liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and from cooking clicked through icons technology which uses a camera their hand at controlling an old- company Sources & Creation, said consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. and apps and scrolled through with both 2-D and 3-D capabili- fashioned fairground-style toy of the no-touch range. cookery pages on a large moni- ties embedded into devices, ena- grabber game which uses the “It could be applied every- tor using just hand motions from bling them to “see” depth and same hands-free technology, oper- where and could really change around 12 inches away. “This is a recognise facial expressions and ating a metal claw through hand our experience of living and good example of the home usage of movements. gestures detected by a camera. entertainment.” gesture,” Intel’s Jon Marshall said, Other companies that have As they closed their own hands AFP FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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LOS ANGELES: Justin Plunkett and Woakes earn recalls Williams netted the overtime game winner on Wednesday, giving the Los Angeles Kings a LONDON: Uncapped trio of England’s future,” Whitaker 3-2 triumph over the New York Sam Robson (pictured), Chris told the BBC. Rangers in game one of the Jordan and Moeen Ali have been “Just at the moment we would Stanley Cup finals. named in the England squad like to see a few more overs under Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan (right) kicks a football as team- The Kings battled back from for the first Test against Sri his belt, but he will be back soon. mate Tamim Iqbal looks on during a training session at the Zahur Ahmed an early two-goal deficit, and Lanka, starting at Lord’s next “Our number one priority is Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong in this February 2014 file picture. Williams sealed the win 4:35 into Thursday. someone being 100 percent fit overtime to give the Kings a 1-0 Australia-born opener Robson and we’re confident Matt is. We lead in the best-of-seven NHL has yet to represent England at believe he can be part of that core championship series. senior international level but has group of players that can drive Bangladesh announce ODI Rangers defenseman Dan played for the Lions development the team forward over the next Girardi tried to stick-handle his team, while pace bowler Jordan three or four years. way out of his zone on the right and all-rounder Ali have played “Very few people go through wing, but didn’t control the puck. limited-overs cricket. their careers without a blip but squad for India series Mike Richards turned around Yorkshire paceman Liam he is just the sort of character we and pushed the puck forward to Plunkett has been included, seven want in that team.” DHAKA: Bangladesh yester- settled squad but it is also impor- Williams, who was left alone in years after playing the last of his complimented by the established Robson, 24, is likely to partner day included uncapped wick- tant to get an idea about the the slot. nine Tests for England against the core of experienced players that captain Alastair Cook at the top etkeeper-batsman Mohammad kind of back-up we have in our He beat Rangers goalie Henrik West Indies, while wicketkeeper have been selected.” of the order, having scored three Mithun and paceman Taskin hands as we start preparing for Lundqvist for his first overtime Matt Prior returns after being The squad is the first named centuries for the Lions in Sri Ahmed in their 15-man squad the ICC World Cup in Australia- goal in a playoff game. dropped during the last Ashes under new coach Peter Moores, Lanka earlier this year for the one-day international New Zealand next year,” said chief “Richards made a great play series against Australia and who succeeded Andy Flower after Jordan has been rewarded for series against India that begins selector Faruque Ahmed. getting the puck out,” Williams struggling with an Achilles injury. the Zimbabwean stepped down some impressive performances in next week. “Mithun has been under our said. “We screwed up a three-on- “We would also like to acknowl- after five years in charge following the one-day international series India will arrive in Dhaka radar for a while. He has per- two royally. Fortunately for us, edge the contribution of both the the 5-0 whitewash Down Under in against Sri Lanka, which the on June 13 to play the three formed consistently in the limited one of their ‘D’ men was follow- County and England Performance January, and the ending of contro- visitors won 3-2, while Ali, who matches at Dhaka’s Sher-e- overs format and in the longer ing, I was sitting in front of the Programme coaches in helping versial batsman Kevin Pietersen’s scored 162 in his last innings for Bangla National Cricket Stadium version and deserves a chance at net with the puck, I was able to to develop the talents of Sam international career. Worcestershire, can bat in the on June 15, 17 and 19. Mithun international level. make a shot.” Robson, Liam Plunkett, Moeen All-rounder Ben Stokes, who middle-order and offers a slow- played a Twenty20 International Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim Lundqvist took a tough loss Ali and Chris Woakes,” national impressed during England’s dis- bowling option. against Sri Lanka at home ear- (Capt), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul after stopping 40-of-43 shots -- selector James Whitaker said in mal Ashes trip, misses out, having The two-Test series concludes lier this year, but was not selected Haque, Shamsur Rahman, including all 20 he faced in the a statement. recently returned after injuring at Headingley. for the subsequent Asia Cup and Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, third period. His opposite number “All four have carried their his wrist hitting a dressing room Squad: Alastair Cook (captain), ICC World Twenty20. Pace bowler Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Jonathan Quick made 25 saves for exciting winter form into the locker, while Prior gets the nod Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Taskin impressed in his Twenty20 Mahmudullah, Mohammad the Kings, who host game two on domestic season to earn well at wicketkeeper, despite a recent Ballance, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, debut against Australia in the Mithun, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Saturday. The two teams were deserved recognition. clamour for Jos Buttler to be ele- Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, Mortaza, Sohag Gazi, Ziaur tied at 2-2 after two periods and “We believe that this group of vated to the Test line-up. Matt Prior, Sam Robson, Joe picking up a for 24 runs. Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain and neither scored in the third. emerging talent will be very well “Ben Stokes is very much part Root, Chris Woakes. AFP “We have kept more or less a . AFP Drew Doughty netted the equalizer for the Kings at 6:36 of the second on a shot from the left circle, which hit the net after going through the crook of Aussies get the dirt on Indian spin Lundqvist’s arm. AFP SYDNEY: Cricket Australia and team performance manager close as we can,” Howard said. Former India skipper Sourav When Australian chief selec- Baseball Results will import soil from India to Pat Howard said CA wanted the “Some players in our system Ganguly at the time labelled tor Rod Marsh was head of the Seattle 2 Atlanta 0 build sub-continental style pitches in place by the end of the are fantastic at using their feet Michael Clarke’s team as the International Cricket Council’s San Diego 3 Pittsburgh 2 pitches to help their batsmen Australian summer using Indian and playing against spin, but our worst-ever Australian side to academy in Dubai, they recreated Cleveland 7 Boston 4 prepare for playing against spin, soil. collective experience has got to tour India. conditions from all over the world Oakland 7 NY Yankees 4 a report said yesterday. “A third of all our matches are get better.” “We didn’t play well in India,” on a series of pitches so students Washington 8 Philadelphia 4 The outdoor pitches will be laid on the sub-continent, so you’ve Australia’s next Test assign- Clarke conceded this week. would be ready for international Toronto 8 Detroit 2 near the National Cricket Centre got to be able to deal with it,” he ment is against Pakistan in the “I don’t know, but I am guess- cricket. San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 2 in Brisbane to create low-bounc- told Fairfax Media, adding the United Arab Emirates in October, ing the in Dubai will be Most of Australia’s contracted ing tracks that will allow batsmen imported soil idea had been long when they will come up against similar. I am guessing they will players are at the Brisbane centre Miami 5 Tampa Bay 4 and bowlers to prepare at home under discussion. off-spinner Saeed Ajmal trying to prepare wickets that spin and for the next fortnight for a fitness Baltimore 6 Texas 5 for tours of India, Sri Lanka and “Whilst we do practise here expose old frailties. they will have two or three spin- camp. Clarke will lead the side to Chicago Cubs 5 NY Mets 4 Bangladesh. against spin, we know it’s not as Australia’s batsmen were all ners in those teams. the UAE for the matches against St. Louis 5 Kansas City 2 The top-ranked Australians real as being there. We’re never at sea on last year’s Test tour of “We have to find a way to get Pakistan, hoping to protect the Minnesota 6 Milwaukee 4 have traditionally struggled going to make it exactly the same India where they lost the series better. That is one of our great team’s number one Test and one- LA Angels 4 Houston 0 against spin on the sub-continent, but we’re going to try to get as 4-0. challenges as a Test team.” day ranking. AFP Arizona 16 Colorado 8 Chicago White Sox 2 LA Dodgers 1 Younis demoted, no contracts for Kamran, Malik

KARACHI: The Pakistan The other players in the “D” Cricket Board (PCB) yesterday category get Rs.89,843 a month. dropped keeper Kamran Akmal “The committee took three and all-rounder Shoaib Malik factors into consideration while from its central contract list of finalising the list. These were: A file picture of Headingley Stadium. English county Yorkshire 31 players for 2014 and demoted form and performance, fitness have announced a 20-year redevelopment plan for their veteran batsman Younis Khan. level and future potential,” said Headingley Stadium. The dropping of Kamran and PCB director Zakir Khan, who Malik does not come as a surprise was a member of the committee following their dismal perform- which finalised the contracts. ances at the World Twenty20 in The board also raised Test Bangladesh in April. match remuneration by 25 per- Headingley set Younis was demoted a rung to cent while that for one-day inter- a category “B” player. nationals rises by 10 percent. Players had been waiting for Centrally contracted Pakistan for major revamp the announcement since January players will receive a 25 per cent when their 2013 contracts expired. increase in their monthly retain- The PCB had linked awarding the ers and higher match fees, the LONDON: English county Yorkshire have announced a contracts to match performance PCB said. 20-year redevelopment plan for their Headingley Stadium in and fitness. The PCB said it had enhanced a bid to ensure they continue staging international cricket. “PCB has awarded central the monthly fees by 25 per cent at Headingley has struggled to keep pace with major renova- contracts to 31 established play- all levels and had also increased tions at Edgbaston and Old Trafford as well as the emergence ers and young ones with future test match fees by the same of the Rose Bowl, Chester-le-Street and Sophia Gardens as potential -- with across the board amount. international venues. As a result Yorkshire chiefs feared the increases in remunerations,” the “We have also increased the Leeds ground could lose out on England games in the future. board said a release also announc- fees for one-day internationals That would have been a major financial blow and Yorkshire ing the 25 percent rise in monthly by 10 percent while the players’ have now unveiled plans for a six-phase renovation which will retainers. share of the logo fee has also been include the addition of permanent floodlights, the redevelopment Captain Misbah-ul Haq, Shahid revised upward by 15 per cent. of the stand connected to the neighbouring rugby ground and a Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez and Some of the individual perform- new pavilion in the north-west corner of the ground. Saeed Ajmal are in the “A” cat- ance incentives have also been Nearly 1,000 seats will also be added to the north-east stand egory and will now get Rs. 449,218 made more competitive,” chief as the capacity is increased from 17,000 to 20,000 and a roof will ($4,500) a month. selector Moin Khan said. also be put on the west stand. “B” players Younis, Ahmed The payout for a series win Yorkshire County Cricket club chairman Colin Graves said Shehzad, Umar Akmal and against the three teams at the yesterday: “Our ambitions are clear. We want to create a sta- Umar Gul receive Rs.314,452 top of the International Cricket dium that is amongst finest in the world and enable Yorkshire a month while in category “C” Council rankings (Australia, to continue to stage major international fixtures over the long Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Adnan South Africa and England), as term. It is vital that we don’t lose sight of our objectives. As other Akmal, Khurram Manzoor, Nasir well as India, has been increased venues around the country continue to invest in their facilities, Jamshed and Abdur Rehman will from 200 per cent to 250 per cent. we cannot afford to stand still and expect that Headingley will get Rs.179,687. AGENCIES always host international cricket. AFP FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Attack on Qatar racist: OCA chief DOHA: Sheikh Ahmed Al president of the African football 2022 World Cup were “rac- Germany’s Thomas Bach to the Fahad Al Sabah, one of the most confederation while Nsekera, of ist actions towards Qatar and role of Olympic president last Sheikh Ahmed Al powerful figures in the Olympic Burundi, became in 2013 the first Arabs, revealing the malice of September. Fahad Al Sabah, movement, has waded into the woman ever elected to the FIFA those parties in a way that has His use of the ‘race card’ comes President of storm over Qatar’s hosting of exco. no justification.” at a particularly delicate time in Association of the 2022 World Cup finals. Sheikh Ahmed spoke out while Sheikh Ahmed added: “We will world football when the govern- National Olympic The Kuwaiti, who is president attending this week’s extraordi- confront all such acts of racism ing bodies have begun, belatedly Committees and of the both the Association of nary general assembly of OCA. and we will stand with Qatar so but decisively, to move against Olympic Council National Olympic Committees Intriguingly, his counter-attack that no-one removes its right to racism and all forms of discrimi- of Asia. and of the Olympic Council of against Qatar’s critics was far organise the 2022 World Cup in nation within the game on and Asia, accused Qatar’s critics of stronger than that of Sheikh Doha. off the pitch. “racist actions.” Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, “I stand by my brothers in Furthermore, he has effectively Qatar’s award, by the execu- current president of the Asian Qatar and with Sheikh Salman painted the attack on Qatar as an tive committee of world federa- Football Confederation. bin Ibrahim, the AFC president,” attack on the entire Arab region tion FIFA in December 2010, was Earlier this week Sheikh the International Sporting Press and thus raised the political always controversial. Salman, in a brief statement Association quoted the Kuwaiti temperature. Tension has been exacerbated issued through AFC headquar- as saying. The simultaneous World Cup by allegations of payments total- ters in Kuala Lumpur, said No senior figures in world votes for Russia to host 2018 and ling $5m to senior football offi- merely that he was looking for- football, he said by contrast, had Qatar to stage 2022 have been cials in the run-up to the vote ward “to seeing a successful FIFA demanded that the imminent the subject of a two-year inves- by Mohamed bin Hammam, a World Cup in Qatar” and was World Cup be removed from tigation by Michael Garcia, the Qatari who was then president “convinced that the Qatar 2022 Brazil, despite the preparatory New York-based attorney who of the Asian confederation. Supreme Committee for Delivery confusion and nationwide street is FIFA’s independent ethics Those reported to have and Legacy, will do their utmost protests over spending and prosecutor. received money include two of to clear the doubts.” corruption. Garcia has said his report is Sheikh Ahmed’s fellow members However Sheikh Ahmed went Sheikh Ahmad’s intervention is close to completion and will be of the International Olympic much further. significant. He was influential not delivered to the ethics chamber Committee in Issa Hayatou and He said that British media only in the election of Bahrain’s chairman, German Judge Hans- Lydia Nsekera. attacks in The Sunday Times Sheikh Salman last year as AFC Joachim Eckert, in mid-July. Hayatou is Cameroonian and other sources on the Qatar president but in the accession of THE PENINSULA

Italy coach Prandelli keeps Two sent off as England calm after Luxembourg held by battling Ecuador draw : Italy coach Cesare Prandelli saw no cause for alarm Substitute Arroyo nets late equaliser; Sterling and Valencia see red in his side’s 1-1 draw with tiny Luxembourg on Wednesday night in their last international MIAMI: An experimental apologies to the group and to eve- looked lively in the opening friendly before heading to the England side gave a decent per- ryone,” Rueda told reporters. exchanges and took the lead when World Cup in Brazil. formance in a 2-2 draw with “It’s another experience to keep Enner Valencia got above Chris Four times world champions Ecuador who equalised through maturing even though he’s one of Smalling to head home after a Italy, who qualified for the World a superb strike by substitute the veterans.” fine left-wing cross by Walter Cup with two matches to spare, Michael Arroyo before both Ecuadorean media said Ayovi. have now gone seven games sides were reduced to 10 men in Valencia’s reaction was the Rooney, who kept drifting into without a win and look a long an incident-packed World Cup result of the players being badly the middle from an unfamiliar way from being ready for a major warmup match on Wednesday affected by injury to team mate role on the left, brought England tournament. night. Segundo Castillo against Mexico level after 29 minutes when he However Prandelli told report- Arroyo had not been on the on Saturday. Castillo had his leg fired into the net after Lambert, ers in Perugia that his team were pitch long when he unleashed a broken in the tackle by Mexican who appeared to have first han- well prepared for their opening England fierce right-foot drive from 20 Luis Montes and will miss the dled the ball, saw his cheeky back- match with England in 10 days forward metres in the 70th minute that finals. heel rebound off the post. time. Wayne gave goalkeeper Ben Foster no There were also concerns over Both World Cup finalists made “I didn’t see anything worrying, Rooney chance after Rickie Lambert had Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who multiple substitutions but it was quite the opposite,” said the coach. prepares put England 2-1 in front following suffered a knee injury and is set England who went ahead through “Right now we don’t need to be to kick the a mazy run by Ross Barkley. to have a scan on Thursday with Lambert’s low drive after the talking about results, or even the ball during But tempers frayed nine Hodgson saying he may have suf- impressive Barkley sliced through performance. You need to look at the friendly minutes later when England’s fered ligament damage. the Ecuador defence. the physical condition of the play- match Raheem Sterling, who replaced Rooney, the only England A lean-looking Rooney, who ers, and we are in great physical against Wayne Rooney just past the hour, player retained from the 3-0 win despite scoring his 39th goal for condition.” Ecuador flew into a tackle on Antonio over Peru on Friday, had equal- England never really stamped Italy are traditionally poor in Valencia. Ecuador’s captain retali- ised from close range just before his authority on the match, was friendlies and usually slow start- at Miami ated by grabbing Sterling around the half-hour after Ecuador had withdrawn after 64 minutes and ers to tournaments but Prandelli’s Sun Life the neck and both were sent off. taken an eighth-minute lead replaced by Sterling. side have looked unsure at the Stadium “It (Sterling’s red card) was when Enner Valencia powered Ecuador were chasing an equal- back and in attack throughout in Miami harsh. It was a rash tackle but home a close-range header. iser and almost got one when their qualifying campaign despite Gardens, I thought Raheem was unlucky “It was a very young lineup and Enner Valencia’s mis-hit shot hit decent results. Florida, on because of the way Valencia there was almost a complete 11 the post and they eventually lev- They missed out on a top seed Wednesday reacted like he did,” England players rested from the previous elled through Arroyo’s wonderful place in the draw for the World night. coach Roy Hodgson told reporters. match,” added Hodgson. “But I strike 20 minutes from time. Cup following two poor displays “I’m disappointed that a sen- thought we acquitted ourselves England, who face Italy, against Denmark and Armenia in ior player like Antonio reacted in quite brilliantly and played some Uruguay and Costa Rica in World their final two qualifying games, that way, but Raheem will learn very good football at times.” Cup Group D, will play a final which led to them being drawn from that.” Both teams made wholesale warm-up game against Honduras with Uruguay, England and Costa Ecuador coach Reinaldo Rueda changes with Hodgson casting his in Miami on Saturday before they Rica in Group D. said Valencia had overreacted and eye over an experimental lineup leave for Rio de Janeiro. “Yes, we’re missing a bit of flair apologised to him and his team while Ecuador’s Reinaldo Rueda Ecuador return to Quito to and oomph for now, but the point mates. made five alterations from the prepare for their opening match of this preparation is to arrive in “He’s a leading squad mem- team that lost 3-1 to Mexico on against Switzerland in Group E Brazil in the right manner,” added ber, very important in attack. Saturday. before they face Honduras and Prandelli. Let’s hope this (reaction) is not Ecuador, who had won only France. “Psychologically a player going repeated. He’s already made his two of their previous 13 matches, to the World Cup just wants to get through that match. We didn’t put in tackles and we didn’t go in with huge determination or will Messi kept scoreless in Argentina warm-up win to win.” The coach’s biggest concern will BUENOS AIRES: Lionel “We finished strongly, Trinidad defenders. Concerned not to lose centre backs to head home a fine be his defence, which in recent Messi, looking to score his first and Tobago were opponents who any of his players to injury, coach cross into the box from the left by matches has betrayed the tradi- World Cup goals since 2006 in closed up at the back like some Alejandro Sabella took defender Diego Forlan and Stuani scored tion of stingy Italian backlines Brazil this month, went score- teams in the group will do (at Martin Demichelis off at halft- his second goal in two games in and been both uncharacteristi- less as Argentina cruised to the World Cup),” Messi told ime after he had taken a knock on the 75th minute following his cally wobbly at set-pieces and a 3-0 win over Trinidad and reporters. his ankle when stopping striker effort in Friday’s 1-0 win over susceptible to power in the air. Tobago in a World Cup warmup Argentina, looking to win their Kenwyne Jones. Northern Ireland. Italy will need to tighten up yesterday. third world title at the June Another concern for Sabella “I wasn’t too convinced by our at dead ball situations ahead of Messi missed several chances 12-July 13 finals in Brazil, cruised was Palacio, who came off 15 min- attack in the first half, in the the England match in Manaus, in the first half, was repeatedly to victory after squandering a utes from the end after twisting second the team looked more which will be played in high heat fouled and hit the post with a string of first-half chances with his ankle. compact,” Uruguay coach Oscar and humidity and could well be free kick from which midfielder Ezequiel Lavezzi, replacing Sergio Messi was paid a curious trib- Tabarez told reporters. decided from a set play. Javier Mascherano tapped in Aguero who was unwell earlier ute as players shook hands before “The ‘Master’ (Tabarez) asked “It’s annoying because we Argentina’s second goal. this week, the biggest culprit. kickoff, with Trinidad’s Ataullah me to work on the right wing and wanted to go to Brazil with a win, Striker Rodrigo Palacio, replac- Palacio finally made the break- Guerra making a flamboyant bow get into the box whenever I could but I think this team wins when ing the injured Gonzalo Higuain, through, heading in an Angel Di in front of Argentina’s captain. ... I hope at the World Cup I can it needs to,” said centre-back headed the opener in the last Maria corner at the near post in Argentina play a final warmup carry on like this,” Stuani said. Giorgio Chiellini. action of the first half and sub- the second minute of first- half at home to Slovenia in La Plata on Centre back Diego Godin “We need to pay more atten- stitute Maxi Rodriguez completed stoppage time after Trinidad gave Saturday before meeting Bosnia, returned to the side after miss- tion at set-pieces. We were good the win in the 64th minute. away the corner preventing Messi Iran and Nigeria in Group F in ing the Northern Ireland match, for 50-60 minutes but after that Prolific for Barcelona, Messi from scoring. Brazil. completing a lineup that may well Argentina’s forward Lionel we got a bit stretched and we lost has only one goal to his name at The pick of the goals was the Meanwhile, striker Edinson be repeated for Uruguay’s World Messi waves to spectators at our heads a bit.” two World Cups, scored in a 6-0 third with Palacio racing onto a Cavani and substitute Christian Cup opener against Costa Rica in the end of a friendly football The Juventus defender was rout of Serbia & Montenegro on long ball out of defence, touching Stuani scored to fire Uruguay to Fortaleza on June 14. match against Trinidad and convinced Italy will pull it out of his tournament debut at the 2006 it past goalkeeper Jan Michael a 2-0 win over Slovenia in their Top striker Luis Suarez was Tobago at the Monumental the bag when needed, and their finals in Germany. Williams then pulling it back to final World Cup warmup at the again missing as he recovers from Stadium in Buenos Aires, record in competitive matches He went goalless in five matches Rodriguez who blasted it home Centenario on Wednesday night. knee surgery. Argentina on Wednesday night. under Prandelli suggests they at the 2010 finals in South Africa. from a tight angle past two Cavani nipped between the AGENCIES could do that. REUTERS FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 SPORT 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Halep, Sharapova to clash in final Fourth seed becomes first Romanian woman to reach a Grand Slam final in 34 years PARIS: Russian superstar French Open For the fast-rising Bouchard, it Maria Sharapova will take represented the second time she on Romanian upstart Simona Results has reached a Grand Slam semi- Halep in the French Open final, after this year’s Australian PARIS, France: Results yesterday at the final tomorrow following wins Open, and the second time she French Open, the 12th day of the season’s for both players in yesterday’s has failed to go a step further, second Grand Slam tournament at Roland semi-finals. having lost to eventual champion Garros (x denotes seeded player): Sharapova, the 27-year-old sev- Li Na in Melbourne. enth seed and winner in Paris in Women Semi-finals “She played an unbelievable 2012, again showed her never-say- Maria Sharapova (RUS x7) bt Eugenie match. Her level was extremely die spirit in downing fast-rising Bouchard (CAN x18) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 high today and I am just fortunate Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 4-6, Simona Halep (ROM x4) bt Andrea Petkovic to be the winner,” Sharapova said. 7-5, 6-2. (GER x28) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) “I would prefer to win in two Halep, a 22-year-old from the Order of play sets, but she started so well. It Black Sea port city of Constanta French Open order of play on showcourts was tough losing the first set, but who has broken into the top today, the 13th day of the 2014 tournament that’s not when the match is over. bracket of the women’s game in at Roland Garros (x denotes seeded player; I fought and I scrambled and I the last 18 months, was too strong 1100GMT start): found a way to win.” for Germany’s Andrea Petkovic, Court Philippe Chatrier Bouchard said that she had had winning 6-2, 7-6 (7/4). her chances of reaching her first Men’s semi-finals Sharapova, the biggest-earning Grand Slam final but had been sportswoman in the world, will be Ernests Gulbis (LAT x18) v unable to take them. gunning for a fifth Grand Slam Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) “It was a diffcult match for me title, having completed her career Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) v today and I was really close to Grand Slam sweep in Paris two Andy Murray (GBR x7) winning it, but it was not enough. years ago. I didn’t play at the right level at Halep, who once underwent the hard way against Bouchard, the important moments. It was breast reduction surgery to a 20-year-old star-in-the mak- so close and I feel I am very close improve her game, will become ing from Montreal, battling back to winning a major tournament the first Romanian since her from a set down in a match full of and being the player I want to be.” manager Virginia Ruzici 34 years beefy baseline shot-making. Halep a former world junior ago to contest a Grand Slam final. It was the 19th time in a row number one had never previously The Roland Garros finalists that the steely Sharapova had got beyond the second round in have played each other three won a three-set match on clay, Paris, but the woman voted the Simona Halep of Romania returns to Andrea Petkovic of Germany in their semi-final match during the French times with Sharapova winning dating back to a loss against most improved player of 2013, has Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France, yesterday. Halep won 6-2, 7-6 (7/4). RIGHT: Russia’s Maria Sharapova all three. Justine Henin at Roland Garros raced through the tournament celebrates after winning her semi-final match against Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard. Sharapova won 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. The Russian once again did it in 2010. without losing a set. AFP Global initiative to tackle racism Tough tussle on the cards at Losail in sport launched in Qatar DOHA: The last round of the I’m pretty confident that we’ll be Qatar SuperBike Championship alright for the final round. I’ll go DOHA: A new global initiative will be held at Losail flat out at the start to win in race aimed at addressing the chal- International Circuit here this one – if I get that the title will be lenges arising from racism and weekend with the title of cham- in the bag and we can just have discrimination in sports was pion up for grabs. fun in race two. But its motor rac- unveiled here yesterday. Australia’s three-time and ing and anything can happen…” “Global Watch is a call to defending Qatar SuperBike Cudlin had said after his aban- action by all right thinking per- Champion, Alex Cudlin, and the doned second race. sons across the globe, black and runner-up of last season, Nasser Al Malki took advantage of white, to take a stand in the face Al Malki, will fight under the Cudlin’s bad luck and won the of racial bigotry which is increas- floodlights for the top prize. second race, reducing the gap in ingly becoming daring and brazen In the previous round, a the standings and reaching the in its attempt to transform play- mechanical failure in the final round of the season with a ing fields into zones of racism- Kawasaki bike of Cudlin pre- chance to win the championship. discrimination and hatred,” said vented him from clinching his In last round’s first race, both Sexwale a political and fourth title in a row. Saeed Al Sulaiti and Mishal Al social activist, former Robben Cudlin won the first race of Naimi had to abandon the race Island prisoner and anti-apart- the weekend and, in order to win but in the second race, they heid struggle veteran during the the championship, had to finish fiercely battled for second place, launch function. in front of Al Malki in the sec- which finally went to Al Naimi. The initiative, named Global ond race. But he had a problem In the 12 races of the season, Watch: Say No to Racism- in the warm-up lap and couldn’t Cudlin has made it to the podium Discrimination in all sport, is a take the start. 11 times (seven wins and four sec- strategic partnership between the “The guys in the team know we ond places) and Al Malki has been Nelson Mandela Foundation, the have to have this problem fixed in the top three 10 times (three Doha Goals Forum Foundation and I know they’ve been work- wins, five second positions and and the Sexwale Foundation. ing flat out to find the cause. So two third positions). Sexwale, a veteran of the liber- After six rounds, there is a 26 ation struggle in South Africa and Qatar Superbike & point gap between Cudlin and Al a political prisoner with Nelson Naimi. The Australian is leading Mandela and others, will co-chair Qatar Challenge the standings with 255 points and Global Watch with Sheikh Faisal Cars Free Practice 6:30-7:15pm Al Malki has 229 points. Mishal bin Mubarak Al Thani, Executive Bikes free practice 7:30-8:15pm Al Naimi is third with 179 points. Director of the Doha GOALS Cars qualifying practice 8:30-8:50pm Today, first free practice is Tokyo Sexwale (left), a political and social activist, former Robben Island prisoner and anti-apartheid struggle (Gathering Of All Leaders in Bikes free practice 9:05-9:35pm scheduled at 7.30pm, the second veteran, and Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al Thani (centre), Executive Director of the Doha Goals (Gathering Sport) Forum Foundation. Cars Warm-up 9:50-10:05pm free practice session is at 9.35pm “Doha Goals forum is proud to Of All Leaders in Sport) Forum Foundation, during the launch function of Global Watch in Doha yesterday. and the qualifying practice is Bikes qualifying practice 10:20-10.50pm be a founding partner of Global BOTTOM: (From left) Richard Attais, Executive Producer, Doha Goals, Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al Thani scheduled at 10.50pm. Tomorrow’s Pit Lane Open-Close watch , we believe that sport can and Sexwale showing the red card for racism in sports. PICTURES BY: SYED OMAR races are at 6.50pm and 9:00pm. Cars Race 11.05-11:10 play a critical role in contributing The last round of the Qatar to the building of a better world , anti-racism-discrimination activ- Cars Race 11:20pm Challenge, which will also be and look forward to working with ists, government representatives, Tomorrow held this weekend, will see a the Nelson Mandela foundation civil society, grass-roots repre- Bikes Warm-up 5:00-5:20pm three-way fight for the champi- and the Sexwale foundation on sentatives and other stakeholders Pit Lane Open- onship. The three possible win- advancing this mission,” Sheikh will take part in the summit,” the Bikes Race 1 6:30-6:35pm ners: David Walker, who is leading Faisal bin Mubarak said. South African leader said. Bikes Race 1 6:50pm the championship with 111 points, Global Watch aims to builds “The purpose of the summit is Eric Febbo, who is second with 101 Pit Lane Open- upon the hard work and long to develop a Global Charter aimed points, and Pavel Nedobity, third Bikes Race 2 8:40-8.45pm involvement of many organisa- at the eradication of racism-dis- with 100 points. tions, large and small, across the crimination in all sport in the 21st Bikes Race 2 9:00pm THE PENINSULA world who on a daily basis are Century. The final version of the taking a stand against racism- Charter will be presented to the A file picture discrimination, whose members United Nations through the office of the Qatar are doing so with moral cour- of Commissioner Navi Pillay, the SuperBike age, sometimes at great personal head of the United Nations High Championship cost. Commission for Human Rights, Speaking to journalists Sexwale which from the onset has been at Losail said Global Watch will be host- an associate partner to Global International ing a three-day summit in South Watch,” said Sexwale. Circuit. The Africa in September. Sexwale said Global Watch will last round of “To give meaning to the objec- commission the compilation of a the champi- tives of Global Watch we will Global Barometer on racism-dis- onship will undertake a Global Summit. The crimination in sport. involvement of independent, cred- behaviour of sporting persons in be held today Global Summit in Johannesburg, “A barometer will be produced ible and internationally recog- respect of anti-racism-discrim- and tomor- South Africa from September 9 periodically and will act as a nised agencies and global thought ination towards non-racialism row along to 11 will have participation of monitoring tool to define chal- leaders to audit its accuracy.” on playing fields is on also on the with the Qatar international sporting organiza- lenges and to measure progress. A National Codes of Conduct cards, said Sexwale. Challenge. tions, leading sporting figures, The barometer will have the governing the conduct and THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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MUSCAT 44/31 Clear 46/33 Clear A visitor poses for a photograph with a stuffed wolf during an international agro-industrial exhibition near the village of Urozhaynaya, some 15km MAKKAH 37/28 Partly cloudy 36/28 Clear from Minsk, Belarus, yesterday. KUWAIT 44/33 Clear 44/33 Clear BAHRAIN 43/26 Clear 44/26 Clear 28/13 Partly cloudy 29/14 Partly cloudy RIYADH 44/30 Clear 45/31 Clear DUBAI 38/28 Clear 41/30 Clear Trierweiler: Happy not to shake Putin’s hand BAGHDAD 40/26 Partly cloudy 40/27 Chance of rain PARIS: The former partner Putin, who is coming to France television, adding: “But Mrs from Hollande in January after THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW of French President Francois with a host of world leaders for Clinton has never been too grace- a magazine revealed his affair HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Hollande said she was glad she celebrations marking the 70th ful in her statements.” Putin, with an actress Julie Gayet, was no longer first lady as she anniversary of the Normandy who has come under fire in the courted controversy in the run did not wish to shake hands D-Day landings during World West for his aggressive policies in up to France’s 2012 parliamen- ATHENS 29/21 Clear 30/22 Clear with Russian leader Vladimir War II, was to dine with Hollande Ukraine and Moscow’s annexa- tary election by tweeting “good WASHINGTON 26/19 Clear 30/20 Clear Putin, who was meeting his yesterday. tion of Crimea, did not hide that luck” to the Socialist dissident SYDNEY 19/11 Chance of rain 18/12 Clear French counterpart yesterday. In an interview with French he found Clinton’s Hitler-like rival of Segolene Royal, the LONDON 22/13 Partly cloudy 24/10 Chance of rain Valerie Trierweiler’s broad- television on Wednesday, the comments extreme. mother of Hollande’s four chil- PARIS 26/20 Partly cloudy 27/18 Chance of storm side came after Putin described Russian leader had hit out at “When people push bounda- dren from whom he had split for ISTANBUL 24/18 Thunderstorm 26/19 Partly cloudy former US secretary of state Clinton who had accused him ries too far, it’s not because they Trierweiler. Hillary Clinton as “weak” and of trying to redraw the bounda- are strong but because they are The tweet caused a stir and MANILA 32/26 Chance of storm 32/26 Chance of storm made remarks seen to be sexist. ries in eastern Europe like Adolf weak,” said Putin. Trierweiler was initially defiant, DHAKA 38/28 Partly cloudy 36/28 Partly cloudy “Happy not to have to shake Hitler had done in the 1930s. “But maybe weakness is not but later admitted she “made a DELHI 45/30 Partly cloudy 43/29 Partly cloudy hands with Putin,” Trierweiler “It’s better not to argue with the worst quality for a woman.” mistake” after Royal was defeated ISLAMABAD 42/26 Clear 40/26 Clear tweeted on Wednesday. women,” Putin told French Trierweiler, who officially split in the poll. AFP Meat-pie vendor looks like China president Australians

BEIJING: Business is booming in any of the state-run media like wildfire on the web. China’s lose $102m for one meat-pie vendor in cen- reports, but users of China’s official Xinhua news agency tral China, but it is the trader’s popular online social networks quickly denied the report, and in coins uncanny likeness to President were quick to note the likeness, keyword searches using the Xi Jinping that sets him apart with some yesterday joking that words “Jinping” and “taxi” were from the competition. Shao was the president’s “long- soon blocked from social media each year Photos posted online by the lost brother”. sites. state-run China Youth Network Others joked that the doppel- Xi is not the only leader who SYDNEY: Australians lose show throngs of young people sur- ganger was actually Xi in disguise. has a street vendor lookalike. more than $100m worth of rounding and taking photos of the The head of China’s ruling In March, photos circulated coins down the back of sofas man, Shao Jianhua, who runs the Communist Party has sought to of a skewered-meat vendor in and car seats each year, the stall in the city of Changsha in burnish his public image since the northeastern Chinese city Royal Australian Mint said. Hunan province. taking office in 2012 by carrying of Shenyang who bore a striking Mint chief executive Ross Shao, who opened his no-frills his own umbrella, showing off his resemblance to North Korean MacDiarmid told a govern- operation in 2009 after moving football skills and eating steamed leader Kim Jong-un, drawing ment hearing that 255 million to Changsha from east China’s buns at a Beijing restaurant. thousands of comments online. coins disappear annually and Hangzhou, told the website that “Is he going incognito, to “If Kim Jong-un saw these are replaced. his busiest time is when students observe the people’s condition?” pictures, I’m sure he’d hire him “Most of the coins that we from nearby Hunan University asked one user of Sina Weibo, a as a body double,” one wrote at provide are against coins that are just getting out of class. Chinese version of Twitter. the time of the vendor, who — disappear down the back of Meat-pie vendor Shao Jianhua (left), who looks like Chinese President Xi “When business is at its peak, Last year, a report by a Hong like Kim — has a round face and chairs, down the back of car Jinping, being interviewed at his stall in Changsha in central China’s Hunan I make 1,600 pies a day,” he said. Kong newspaper that Xi had sports a side-shaved haircut. seats, into rubbish dumps and, province, yesterday. Xi was not mentioned by name taken a taxi in Beijing spread AFP in some cases, are taken over- seas,” he told a Senate commit- tee on Tuesday night. “We are talking about Saving the whale Aus$110m ($102m) worth of coins.” MacDiarmid said some of Robot that can become the coins the Mint replaced each year were those “sitting in people’s drawers for long periods of time or in jars”. a babysitter or teacher The coin manufacturer was not able to reveal how much it URAYASU, JAPAN: Japan’s chief executive, who led SoftBank’s costs to produce the 255 mil- SoftBank yesterday unveiled what $22bn purchase of US-based Sprint lion pieces each year. it billed as an “emotional” humanoid last year. There are about five billion robot that will entertain customers “Pepper could become a very good coins — made from copper at the mobile carrier’s phone outlets friend and a powerful tutor for a child, and nickel and stamped with — and may become a member of their for example. He could learn about a images of the native echidna or family. family over several years... and actually spiny anteater — in circulation Company president Masayoshi Son become a member of the family.” in Australia. joked around with the talking, dancing Robots are common in technology- The government is consid- and singing humanoid named Pepper at obsessed Japan. A humanoid devel- ering whether the Mint, in an event just outside Tokyo. oped by automaker Honda chatted and Canberra, should be one of sev- The bug-eyed 120-centimetre (3.9- kicked around a soccer ball with visit- eral publicly owned assets sold feet) tall robot may eventually take ing US President Barack Obama earlier under the conservative admin- on a customer-service agent role at this year. istration’s plans to cut back Softbank’s stores, Son said, adding that SoftBank’s Pepper, which would be spending. The Senate hearing its “human emotions” made it a perfect sold from February for about $2,000, was told the Mint was propos- fit for families in a rapidly ageing society was developed by French robot maker ing a review of Australia’s coin where labour shortages loom. Aldebaran Robotics and would be manu- array amid a decline in their “Pepper is not yet perfect, but he can factured by Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major use as people increasingly turn already understand about 70 to 80 per- supplier to Apple. to debit and credit cards for cent of spontaneous conversations,” Son It will start greeting customers at two payments. MacDiarmid said told reporters. Tokyo outlets from today, Son said. the review could also look into The robot can learn and “under- SoftBank is well known in Japan for Members of the animal rights organization PETA rally against whaling with signs which read whether the small five cent stand” human facial expressions and its quirky TV commercials in which a ‘Stop the whale massacre at Faroe Islands!’, in front of the Dutch embassy in Berlin, Germany, coin, which cost six cents to emotions, making it a perfect party snow-white dog heads a multicultural yesterday. Thousands of long-finned pilot whales, beaked whales and dolphins are killed in the produce, should be scrapped. companion, babysitter or even care- family. region, especially in the summer months. AFP taker for seniors, said the flamboyant AFP