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PM offers Qatar’s condolences at French mission Emir condoles Draft law to with Saudi King

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday monitor State sent a cable of condolences to Cus- todian of the Two Holly Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingodm of Saudi Arabia following the death of Princess Hessa bint Mohamed Audit Bureau bin Saud Al Kabir Al Saud. QNA. RAF distributes Law took effect in 1995. Qatar requires a new law in view of its 280,000 copies Advisory Council economic boom and in line with approves draft law to Qatar National Vision 2030. The law will be applicable to all of Holy Quran ensure accountability entities coming under the bureau’s jurisdiction and aims to enhance The Peninsula and transparency. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani offered monitoring and supervision of pub- lic money. It authorises the bureau condolences and sympathy of Qatar’s leadership, government and people for the victims of the to publish its report after removing terrorist attack in the French city of Nice, during a visit to the French embassy yesterday morning. DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdul- confidential parts, in accordance lah Foundation for Humanitarian The Peninsula with Lima Declarations and aims Services (RAF) has distributed to increase transparency. 280,000 copies of Holy Quran in The bureau will have the right the Philippines, Niger and Sierra to use appropriate mechanism Leone. DOHA: The Advisory Council, in its for auditing. The concerned com- Turkey asks US to hand over Gulen Sierra Leone received 120,000 weekly meeting yesterday, approved mittee of the Council suggested copies, distributed in collabora- a draft law to enhance monitoring amendments to articles 14, 27, 35, tion with local partner ‘Itihad Al and auditing of State Audit Bureau. 51, among others. Duwat Al Muslimin’ (Muslims’ The meeting was held under the The Cabinet approved the Coun- Agencies proof though members of the assas- member that is the US’ most power- Preachers Union). The Philip- Chairmanship of Council Speaker cil’s recommendation regarding sin organisation are trying to destroy ful Muslim ally. Some voiced concern pines and Niger received 80,000 H E Mohammed bin Mubarak Al trading and selling of products and an elected government under the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was copies each. Khulaifi. services online in the country and directions of that person,” Yildirim using the opportunity to consolidate A fresh contract has been The draft law enhances finan- sent recommendations to the Min- ANKARA: Turkey purged its police said. “At this stage there could even his power and further a process of signed between RAF and a pub- cial, administrative and functional istry of Economy and Commerce to yesterday after rounding up thou- be a questioning of our friendship,” stifling dissent which has caused lishing house to print 120,000 independence of the bureau and coordinate with concerned entities sands of soldiers in the wake of a Yildirim added. tensions with Europe. copies with translation in English, stipulates that it will directly to study them and submit a report failed military coup, and said it could He said 232 people were killed in Erdogan told CNN international French, Spanish, Swahili, Chinese report to Emir H H Sheikh Tamim in three months. reconsider its friendship with the Friday night’s violence, 208 of them that it would be up to parliament and Filipino. bin Hamad Al Thani. It aims to The recommendations included US unless Washington hands over a civilians, police and loyalist soldiers, to decide on the death penalty and About 25,000 copies each ensure accountability in line with entities to create commercial record cleric Ankara blamed for he putsch. and 24 coup plotters. Officials pre- that he would approve any decision in English and French will be Qatar’s current comprehensive without any fees for Qatari families The Turkish government says the viously said the toll was over 290. it made. printed. Spanish and Swahili development. and individuals running the busi- coup was masterminded by Fethul- Nearly 20,000 members of the Turkey gave up the death pen- copies will be 22,000 each, and The Cabinet had approved the ness of trading and selling products lah Gulen, based in the US who has a police, civil service, judiciary and alty in 2004 as part of a programme 21,000 copies will be printed in draft law at its 25th meeting earlier and services online. wide following in Turkey. He denies army have been detained or sus- of reforms required to become a Filipino and 5,000 in Chinese. this year and sent it to the Coun- Recommendations say authori- any involvement. The US said it is pended since Friday night’s coup candidate to join the EU. Turkey’s The copies will be printed cil. The draft law has 69 articles in ties must help them design websites prepared to extradite Gulen if Tur- staged by a faction of the armed pro-Kurdish HDP opposition, par- according to the pattern of a Saudi seven chapters. for free to encourage online busi- key provided evidence linking him to forces. The crackdown and calls to liament’s third largest party, said it printing and publishing house The current development in ness. Most such businesses are in crime. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim reinstate the death penalty for plot- would not support any proposal to ‘Dar Al Salam’ recognised by King audit system worldwide and Qatar’s selling traditional foods and sweets. rejected that demand. ters drew concern from Western reintroduce the death penalty. Fahad Complex for the Printing of development require a new draft “We would be disappointed if our allies who said Ankara must uphold Holy Quran in Medinah. law. The existing State Audit Bureau → Continued on page 3 (American) friends told us to present the rule of law in the country, a Nato → See also page 4 It is part of a RAF plan to print a million copies and its translated versions and distribute in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Al Khafji Street → Continued on page 3 fully open Al Kawari: Build a new to traffic culture beyond divisions HIA emergency fire drill today The Peninsula The Peninsula economic relations. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, representatives of governments and members of UNCTAD and prominent play- DOHA: As part of its commit- DOHA: The 14th session of United Nations ers from the business world, civil society and ment to ensure preparations of DOHA: Al Khafji Street Develop- Conference on Trade and Development academia attended to tackle global trade and its staff in the event of various ment Project is accomplished and (UNCTAD) began in Nairobi last night. economic development issues. situations, Hamad International the route is fully open to traffic as H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Al Kawari highlighted the success of the Airport (HIA) will conduct a fire the remaining sidewalk pavement Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan, Qatar’s 13th session under Qatar’s presidency, thanks drill today at Terminal Building. works have also been completed, candidate for Unesco director-general and to support of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin HIA will work to minimise the Public Works Authority (Ash- President of 13th UNCTAD, handed over the Hamad Al Thani. He said since his election as disruption to normal operations ghal) said yesterday. presidency of the 14th session Kenyan Minis- president of the conference, he sought to make as much as reasonably possible Being part of vital projects ter of Foreign Affairs Amina Mohamed. the organisation more powerful to integrate while maintaining the integrity of implemented to improve and Kenya holds the presidency of the new developing countries into the global economy this important exercise, HIA said enhance the network of roads session of UNCTAD that will last four years. and enhance the culture of multilateral eco- in a statement. H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural and expressways, enhance traf- Dr. Al Kawari called for building a new nomic relations, confirmed during the 13th The advisory is being cir- fic safety across the country and Adviser at Emiri Diwan, Qatar’s candidate for Unesco culture beyond divisions in the world, and session in Doha. culated to ensure there are no ensure smooth traffic, the street director-general and President of 13th UNCTAD, with a culture of cooperation instead of confron- misunderstandings or false underwent a big upgrade, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Nairobi. tation to foster a new culture of multilateral → Continued on page 3 reports of any emergency at this conversion of three roundabouts date and time, it added. into signal-controlled intersec- tions and an expansion featuring four lanes in place of three. Jelaiha Roundabout was the first to witness an overhaul into a Month-long Qatar Summer Festival to offer prizes worth QR2m signalised junction last September. Reconfigurations also incor- porated an increase of lanes from three to four for 300 metres of the By Raynald C Rivera Tourism Authority (QTA). and attract regional visitors year- divided into zones comprising games, six’ in hotel apartments. adjacent Arab League Street and The Peninsula “For us at QTA, the festival is one round,” Rashed Al Qurese, Chief rides, live performances and food. Lagoona Mall, Landmark Mall, Al Khafji Street. of our largest annual events as part of Marketing & Promotions Officer, QTA, Entry is QR15 a person and ticket Gulf Mall, Ezdan, Al Khor Mall, Al Hazm Intersection on Al Qatar’s strategy to grow and diversify told the media yesterday. prices start at QR5. Hyatt Plaza, City Centre Doha, Dar Khafji Street was the second to its tourism offerings in partnership Running whole August, the To boost the hospitality and retail Al Salam and The Pearl-Qatar will be opened to traffic this Janu- DOHA: The month-long Qatar with the private sector, especially nationwide festival will feature the sectors, 56 hotels and nine malls are offer shopping promotions, enter- ary after being converted from a Summer Festival 2016 aims to drive during off-peak periods. biggest Entertainment City yet among participating in the festival with pro- tainment and weekly draws which roundabout to a signal-control- domestic tourism and attract GCC “The strategy aims to develop a its three editions at Doha Exhibition motions. The hotels will have special will give away four Jaguar cars and led intersection. tourists with entertainment and diverse and rich annual events cal- and Convention Center with a total packages, including ‘pay for two QR800,000 worth of cash prizes. shopping promotions, offering endar, energise the hospitality and area of 29,000sqm. nights and stay for three’ in hotels, → Continued on page 2 prizes worth QR2m, says Qatar retail sectors, drive domestic tourism The Entertainment City will be and ‘pay for five nights and stay for → Continued on page 2 02 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 HOME

Deputy Emir & PM send condolences Minister honours Mannai with Qatar IT Business 2016 Award

to Saudi King The Peninsula value to clients in enterprise rela- tionship management, customer DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh relationship management, business Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani process management, mobility and yesterday sent a cable of condo- DOHA: The Ministry of Transport leading solutions, with a focus on lences to Custodian of the Two and Communications has recog- helping organisations improve cost Holly Mosques King Salman bin nised Mannai Trading Co. W.L.L., structures and grow new revenue Abdulaziz Al Saud of the King- Qatar’s leading systems integrator, streams. dom of Saudi Arabia following with an award for Service Provider “We are privileged to have Man- the death of Princess Hessa bint of the Year (Hardware). nai recognised among the Qatari Mohamed bin Saud Al Kabir Al The award was announced in the companies,” said Binu M R, Vice- Saud. presence of Minister of Transport and President, Mannai InfoTech. Prime Minister and Interior Communications H E Jassim Saif Al “We always strive to exceed our Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Sulaiti and the Minister of Economy customers’ expectations and this Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed award is a testament to the hard a similar cable to King Salman. bin Jassim Al Thani. work of our sales & delivery teams. The award is an initiative of the I would like to thank our customers Ministry of Transport and Commu- for support and valuable feedback Ooredoo App nications and provides a platform that have elevated us to be among the to showcase IT business-related best players in the country. achievements in Qatar. “A commendable note of thanks launched with Mannai won the award by dem- Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti (second left) presenting the award to to Hamad Medical Corporation’s onstrating innovation, best practices a Mannai official in the presence of Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al (HMC), IT directors and the IT team new look and inspirational ways of develop- Thani (right) and other dignitaries. for believing in Oracle Engineered ing new ideas to drive a connected Systems and Mannai and imple- and features society. The recognition reflects the menting Oracle Exadata/Exalogic depth and breadth of Mannai’s com- the large workforce of Oracle cer- and technology to create value for Mannai empowers Qatari enterprises Systems-based solution for their mitment to deliver top-quality Oracle tified professionals locally present customers. with strategic business applications. ERP and Data Warehouse Solution The Peninsula hardware solutions that drive break- within Mannai. Mannai and Oracle The award demonstrates The award highlights Mannai’s with Disaster Recovery and Business through results for its clients across have been helping their customers excellence in delivery matching leading position in implementing Continuity. Qatar. achieve high performance and com- international standards. Amid organ- and integrating Oracle solutions “The solution is being used by a Mannai helps its customers by petitive advantage in their industries isations looking for new ways to and Mannai’s ability to drive busi- large number of users. I am glad to DOHA: Ooredoo’s award-winning providing innovative and special- using Oracle solutions. improve quality and speed and lower ness transformation and client value say the successful Oracle Engineered Ooredoo Mobile App has under- ised solutions and services based The award encourages innova- costs while managing their digital from Oracle hardware solutions. Systems solution implementation gone a massive revamp. on Oracle hardware that drive real tion by IT companies in Qatar, which transformation, Mannai is facilitat- The long-term Mannai and Ora- at HMC has led Mannai to bag this The app, launched in April business value and results by using use Oracle’s hardware products ing the evolution into the digital era. cle alliance focuses on delivering award.” 2013, has been one of the most popular in Qatar, downloaded over 600,000 times. Offering an unprecedented quality of self-service for consum- ers, the app enables users to view QRCS team boosts and manage all their Ooredoo accounts including Hala, Shahry, Ooredoo Passport and more on the go, at home or abroad. coordination on With a more efficient serv- ice, users can now see detailed account usage reports and select the service they really need, based on the amount of data or min- Syrian refugees utes they have consumed. With the new app, users can even fully customise their Hala or Shahry account at the touch of a button, Minister of Health Wael Abu Faour. by upgrading, downgrading, add- The meeting focused on the ing data plans, International Saver The Qatar Red reality and health problems of Syr- Key options and more. Crescent Society ian refugees, which pose challenges Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, to the services and utilities in the Director, Community and Public delegation meets country. They also discussed ways Relations, Ooredoo Qatar, said: Lebanese Minister of of bilateral cooperation in support of “The app gives users control over public hospitals and health facilities. their services, something we are Health. In addition, the visitors gave an Lebanese Minister of Health Wael Abu Faour (right) holds talks with the QRCS delegation. very proud to enable. We believe overview of QRCS’s medical and that everyone should have access relief services for Syrian refugees to usage information and browse The Peninsula and host local communities, includ- the best plans to save money, ing breast cancer early detection, all facilitations for the medical and The premature baby care is a the Ramadan Iftar project at Syrian which is why we are continuing primary health care, physiother- relief activities of QRCS’s mission, joint project of QRCS and its Kuwaiti and Palestinian refugee camps, dis- to invest in making the service DOHA: In an attempt to upscale apy, premature baby incubators, and with a view to alleviating the suf- counterpart, under an agreement tributing more than 5,000 meals per as good as it can be.” The app is coordination with Lebanese author- many other projects across Lebanese fering of Syrian brothers. This can signed in March 2015. The 13-month day, or 157,000 meals throughout the available for free download on ities in relation to the support of districts. be done through bilateral agreements project will take care of 400 new- holy month of Ramadan. Also, nearly iTunes App Store or Google Play Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a team of Abu Faour commended the to provide hospitals with medical borns per year, through four hospitals 8,000 food packages were distrib- for customers who have iOS or Qatar Red Crescent Society’s (QRCS) efforts by QRCS and Qatar and said: equipment and supplies, thus help- in Beqaa and Tripoli. uted to meet the everyday needs of Android smartphones. mission in Lebanon visited Lebanese “We at the ministry are ready to offer ing them offer their services for free”. QRCS’s mission has completed refugees. Ministry recalls 2012-16 models of Kia Quoris

The Peninsula of Kia vehicles, has announced the dealers follow up on vehicle defects violations to its Consumer Protection recall of Kia Quoris models of 2012- and repairs. The ministry said it will and Anti-Commercial Fraud Depart- 2016 over the possible intermittent coordinate with the dealer to follow ment through the Call Centre: 16001; flickering of headlamps. up on maintenance and repairs and email: [email protected]; Twitter: @ DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and The ministry said the recall is communicate with customers to MEC_Qatar; Instagram: MEC_Qatar; Commerce, in collaboration with Al within the framework of its efforts ensure repairs are carried out. and the ministry’s mobile app for Attiya Motors and Trading Co., dealer to protect consumers and ensure that It urged customers to report any Android and IOS: MEC_Qatar Al Khafji Street expanded with four lanes

Continued from page 1 Rashed Al Qurese (left), Chief Marketing & Promotions Officer and Mashal Shahbik, Director of Festivals and Tourism Events at a press conference yesterday at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center. Reconstructions encom- passed an expansion of the route from three to four lanes, from Al Hazm Intersection for Festival activities lined up 300 metres towards Al Jamiaa Intersection, and from Al Hazm Continued from page 1 Intersection to connect it with tourists has been a vital element in Jelaiha Intersection (first stage) coming up with the festival which to become four lanes instead of A three-day Doha Comedy Festi- highlights “entertainment activi- three. Environment Intersection val will be held from August 18 to 20 ties for families in a festive and safe was complete in February after at Qatar National Convention Center, environment that reflects their cul- being recreated from a round- featuring 18 Arab stand-up comedi- ture and heritage,” said Al Qurese. about to signalised crossroads. ans. Tickets from QR145 to QR1,000 “As part of planning, we held a Another expansion was made are available at Virgin Megastore. virtual forum on social media plat- to Environment Street and the On August 12, Al Gharrafa Sports forms, inviting tourists and residents distance from Al Shamal Bridge Club will be the venue for ‘Street to post thoughts on ways to enhance to Jelaiha Intersection on Al Madness’ during which short foot- the festival. We have considered the Khafji Street. ball matches led by social media input and ways to incorporate it into Road enhancement works influencers and performances by the festival to ensure it reflects our include conversion of round- artistes and comedians will be target audience’s needs and wishes. abouts into signal-controlled staged. Spectacular fireworks dis- “We have been promoting the intersections, installation of play will highlight the opening and festival in a roadshow in the GCC Intelligent Transportation Sys- the conclusion of the festival. The which attracted over 500 travel tems, street lightening and storm displays will take place at 9pm on trade professionals looking to Motorists pass through the upgraded Al Khafji Street. Ashghal completed Al Khafji Street Development Project water drainage networks and August 1 and 31 on the Corniche. include Qatar in their summer travel and opened the route fully to traffic. upgrading pedestrians’ paths. Feedback from residents and packages.” HOME TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 03 Al Kawari: Constructive dialogue vital HMC: Regular checkups can help prevent diabetic retinopathy

The Peninsula located on the second floor of the out- patient department at Hamad General Hospital and in Al Wakra Hospital, are providing Qatar’s diabetic population DOHA: Diabetic retinopathy - damage with improved patient care and access to the retina caused by complications of to specialized services offered through diabetes which can lead to blindness - a multi-disciplinary approach. The ‘one can be prevented through regular eye stop shop’ offers all specialties and serv- checkups and management of blood sugar ices, from initial screening through to levels, said Dr. Osman Mohammed, Sen- treatment, including ophthalmology ior Consultant Ophthalmologist at Hamad services. Medical Corporation (HMC). “From my experience of twenty years Worldwide diabetic retinopathy rates treating diabetic retinopathy patients, I have significantly increased during the can attest that prevention through main- H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan, Qatar’s candidate for Unesco director-general and past few years and the European Society taining controlled blood sugar levels is the President of 13th UNCTAD, and other officials at the opening of the 14th session of UNCTAD in Nairobi. (RIGHT) Dr Al Kawari with of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) Con- best option for diabetes patients. Although Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta. gress, held in Hamburg, Germany in late treatment is available, for some cases 2013, has called for diabetic retinopathy the damage can be irreversible and the to be classified as an epidemic. patient’s vision often can’t be restored one Continued from page 1 spirit of genuine cooperation, not- Dr. Al Kawari also spoke about Uhuru Kenyatta and conveyed Diabetic retinopathy is caused by hundred percent,” said Dr. Mohammed. ing that many challenges can be his nomination for top Unesco greetings of the Emir and wishes complications of diabetes and can lead According to Dr. Mohammed, while The week-long quadrennial addressed through consultation post and his programme for the of further progress and prosperity to blindness. “Diabetes is a major concern HMC offers a number of treatments for conference features ministerial and collective action. organisation. for the Kenyan people, and con- to the population here in Qatar, affect- retina damage and dysfunction, includ- debates, high-level roundtables, He said there are necessary Amina thanked Qatar for gratulations to Kenya on taking ing about 17 percent of the population. ing laser therapy, injections, implants and thematic events, a World Invest- steps to achieve the development efforts in making the 13th session over the presidency of UNCTAD. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common surgery, laser therapy remains the most ment Forum and a Civil Society objectives of Doha that require of UNCTAD successful and praised Kenyatta entrusted Dr. Al chronic complication of diabetes, affect- common treatment option for preventing Forum, among other events. political decisions at the high- Dr Al Kawari’s efforts during his Kawari with his greetings to the ing about 40 percent of diabetic patients severe vision loss for diabetic retinopa- The conference represents est level. UNCTAD has vision, presidency. She underlined Kenya’s Emir, wishing him best of health here in Qatar,” said Dr. Mohammed. thy patients. opportunity to consider the most experience and mandate to inte- support to Dr Al Kawari in recog- and happiness and the people of He explained that diabetic retin- “Depending on the situation of the appropriate means of delivering on grate all elements of trade and nition of Qatar’s support to Unesco. Qatar further progress and pros- opathy usually results from long-term patient, the doctor will choose the best the post-2015 development agenda development. Dr Al Kawari also met Ban on perity. He also expressed pleasure uncontrolled blood sugar levels in dia- line of therapy. Laser therapy is often and will decide on UNCTAD’s work He said Nairobi represents a the sideline of the conference. with the level of the relations betic patients. “The longer a patient has effective but it does not retrieve the vis- programme for the next four years. new start of UNCTAD to become an Ban entrusted Dr. Al Kawari between the two countries, and diabetes, the higher the chance he or she ual capabilities of the patient to his or her Al Kawari expressed confi- entity of ideas and work together with his greetings to the Emir thanked Qatar for its presidency will be affected by diabetic retinopathy,” pre-diabetic condition. It is only aimed at dence that the 14th session will with the help of intergovernmen- and extended thanks to Qatar for of UNCTAD and role in the interna- he noted. preserving the current visual capabilities be an opportunity to bring about tal bodies. its presidency of UNCTAD 13 dur- tional organisations and the United “The EURETINA recommends patients and preventing more severe visual loss,” a new approach to accelerate He said initiatives that com- ing the past four years. Nations. have eye checkups early on, when they added Dr. Mohammed. development mechanism and bine the intellectual potential of Dr. Al Kawari briefed Ban on He affirmed Kenya’s sup- are first diagnosed with diabetes, to check While available treatment options move forward towards prosper- UNCTAD with the ability to nego- his nomination and his vision for port for Dr. Al Kawari. Qatari for any damage in the retina, according can help improve a patient’s vision, they ity for all. He stressed the need to tiate such as ‘Geneva Dialogue’ the advancement of the Unesco. Ambassador to Kenya Ibrahim to which regular follow ups should be will not restore it to their pre-diabetic adhere to constructive dialogue is most important in the coming Ban wished him success. Dr. Al bin Mohammed Al Abdullah was scheduled and, if applicable, a suitable condition. and work on a global scale in a years and stressed Qatar’s support. Kawari also met Kenya’s President present. treatment offered to the patient,” said Dr. Dr. Mohammed stressed the impor- Mohammed. tance of prevention and early detection HMC’s national Diabetes Centres, as the best option for patients. Council discusses several draft laws Phase-I of project to print and distribute Work on road linking Al Wakra Hospital 490,000 copies of Holy Quran to Street No. 820 in October

Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 This will require monitoring of these prod- The Peninsula Al Sharq reports. Al Khatir said projects ucts for consumers’ safety. The food must meet related to Al Wukair and Al Mushaf all health safety requirements. The Council also Phase-I will start soon and are expected to be discussed draft laws, including one to ban the project includes completed by the end of next year. The smuggling of petroleum products and another printing and DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ash- projects include building internal and to regulate tobacco. Other draft laws included distribution of ghal) will start construction of the road main roads and replacing roundabouts the recent amendment of Law No. 8 of 2002 490,000 copies which links Al Wakra Hospital to Street with traffic signals. Meetings with Ash- regulating the work of commercial agents, and in collaboration No. 820 and Barwa residences in Octo- ghal officials revealed that they will regarding the human resources law. The Council with the Minis- ber, said Mansour Al Khatir, member of complete 80 percent of the sanitation also deliberated the significant rise in rentals. try of Culture Central Municipal Council (CMC). project in Al Wukair and Al Mushaf next Other draft laws discussed included one on and Sport and Implementing such a project will year. Regarding projects in Ras Abu Fon- biological weapons, the official gazette. In addi- the Ministry solve traffic problems in Al Wakra, which tas, Al Khatir said they will be completed tion to the amendment of law no. 15 for 2007 of Awqaf and has suffered for many years. after two months, and will include estab- regulating the marketing and sales of prod- Islamic Affairs. Youngsters with their copies of Holy Quran. Through the project the area will lishing main and service roads and new ucts under the regulation of the government. The ini- have three exists to Doha instead of one, pedestrian paths. The council also examined plans that aim to tial cost of the improve services in Qatar’s different villages. project is QR10m as printing and distri- demands for the copies of Holy Quran in At the beginning of the meeting, the Secre- bution of a copy of Holy Quran costs QR10. some poor countries. tary-General of the Advisory Council Fahad The project is being financed by peo- Muslims in poor countries, especially bin Mubarak Al Khayareen read out the agenda ple in Qatar (citizens and expatriates) in Africa, need copies of Holy Quran as which was agreed upon and then, the Council through donations to meet the growing some villages has only one copy. endorsed the minutes of its previous session. Aspetar names football research award winners

The Peninsula Sport Psychologist Working in Elite Level Professional Football. Roland Rossler from Switzer- land received the third awards for DOHA: Aspetar, the orthopaedic his research on FIFA +11 KIDS: A sports medicine hospital in Qatar, Warm-up Programme to Prevent has concluded participation in Injuries in Children’s Football. the 21st edition of the European Aspetar’s experts took part College of Sport Science (ECSS) in several sessions that covered Congress held in Vienna, Austria. topics including the influence of Aspetar has a three-year part- hyperthermia and hypoxia on nership with the ECSS congress performance and pacing; the that aims to enrich the industries limits presented by extreme hot of sports science and medi- climatic on physical activity; fac- cine by providing a platform for tors influencing Qatari women researchers from around the globe to adopt physically active life- to exchange knowledge, insights styles; the relationship between and expertise around a number Vitamin D and bone health; in of topics related to sports science addition to sharing Aspetar’s lat- and medicine. Officials at the event. est research on hypoxia. Aspetar Dr. Muhammad Ghaith Al also sponsored a session on ‘Heat Kuwari, Acting Director Gen- and Altitude Training for Elite eral, Aspetar, said: “The aim of exercise.” Aspetar announced the win- Athletes’. the award is to attract and sup- A select group of Aspetar’s ners of Excellence in Football The four-day Congress com- port novel, applied research specialised experts including Research Award. The first place bined various sessions including projects with relevance to foot- Shaima Al Khaldi, Assistant Direc- went to Mitchell Smith from Aus- workshops, discussion panels and ball, thereby stimulating more tor of Exercise & Sports Science; tralia for his research project lectures on sports science and research on applied science with Abdulla Al Mohannadi, Health Mental Fatigue Impairs Soccer- medicine with the aim to explore potential applications to the foot- Researcher; Dr. Julien Periard, specific Performance. areas of collaboration in future ball pitch. It also help us identify Research Scientist; Dr. Richard The winner of the second research projects, and give early talented experts and researchers Allison, Senior Sports Dietitian; place award was Francesca stage researchers an opportunity in line with our vision to be a glo- amongst others, represented the Champ from UK for her research to network with more established bal leader in sports medicine and hospital at the Congress. paper Reflections from a Female counterparts. 04 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 MIDDLE EAST

Bahrain hits Erdogan’s home out at US and district stands UK criticism Reuters

DUBAI: Bahrain yesterday firmly behind him dismissed as “unacceptable inter- ference” US and British criticism of its decision to dissolve the main a friend of Erdogan’s who hails from the Shia Muslim opposition party. president’s family hometown in north- Bahrain, which hosts the US Kasimpasa residents eastern Rize province. Fifth Fleet, said a court’s deci- describe tales of valour “I like Erdogan,” said Kansiz. “I’m glad sion on Sunday to dissolve the he has not gone. He is good for Turkey.” Al Wefaq opposition group, during coup attempt. Erdogan is believed to have sur- accused of helping foster vio- vived the coup to a large part thanks to lence and terrorism, was “just” the mobilisation of supporters like those and “transparent”, state news from Kasimpasa who flooded towards key agency BNA reported. AFP strategic points like the airport and the “Bahrain expresses its deep Istanbul bridges to thwart the plotters. regret at the statements from the The president’s longtime barber and British foreign secretary and US friend Hayri Goz, who still keeps the shop State Department and considers ISTANBUL: There is relief and defiance he co-owns in Kasimpasa, was another Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson them as unacceptable interference in the waterside Istanbul district where unwavering backer. (left) at his office in Istanbul yesterday. in its internal affairs,” said BNA. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “While Erdogan is president and alive, Close ally Britain expressed was born after the defeat of the coup everything will be good,” he added as deep concern at Sunday’s ruling. aimed at ousting its favourite son from he shared a cup of Turkish tea with his Bahrain said it wanted to take power. colleague. Turkish people want death into account the interests of its Erdogan has been accused by civil “He is a man who loves his country allies and partners to preserve society activists of cracking down on and we love him. We had no fears after “distinctive and historical rela- the press, by his critics of forcing failed he spoke,” Goz said. tions” with them. policies that put Turkey at risk of terror Erdogan, addressing the nation via for coup plotters: Erdogan Bahrain’s justice ministry attacks and by Kurdish politicans of using a FaceTime call to the CNN Turk televi- rejected the charges and vowed to excessive force in the southeast. sion channel, urged people to take to the keep up measures against what it But this does not matter a jot in Kasim- streets and resist the coup attempt, which Agencies criminal court in Ankara. on the stairs inside the Ankara said those who would try to divide pasa, where locals will not hear a bad they did in their thousands. The court was to decide if court house, staring blankly into the country on sectarian basis and word against Erdogan. Goz said he and his family joined in he and 26 other generals and the camera with their hands tied finance terrorism. Preparing for the afternoon prayer, the outpouring of support for the govern- admirals should be remanded behind their backs. “Everybody must support an Imam at Sirkeci Muslihiddin mosque ment and got out onto the streets. ANKARA: President Recep in custody ahead of trial, the Turkey has blamed the coup the measures taken by the state said he was glad the coup was defeated “We’re going to go to the squares all Tayyip Erdogan told CNN in state-run Anadolu news agency on supporters of Erdogan’s arch against those who violate the law, because it would have set the country week, when Erdogan says go home, we an interview yesterday that reported. enemy, the US-based preacher incite violence and are linked with back decades. will.” the Turkish people wanted the They are accused of trying to Fethullah Gulen, within the forces abroad,” the ministry said “I am happy the coup failed — of At the weekend, thousands gathered death penalty—abolished more overthrow the existing order and military. in a statement. course anyone would be. Why? For the each night with flags and pride in Kasim- than a decade ago—for those also of plotting to assassinate The bloodshed shocked the community. If there’s a coup, it would be pasa’s main square to protest against the involved in last weekend’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. nation of almost 80 million and bad for our economy,” said Fikri Kansiz, coup, residents told AFP. failed military coup. “The peo- In his statement to prose- shattered fragile confidence in Ten dead in Yemen ple on the streets have made cutors, Akin denied that he had the stability of a Nato member that request,” Erdogan said in an been the ringleader of the coup, state already rocked by Islamic suicide attack excerpt broadcast by CNN. “The whose identity remains unclear. State suicide bombings and an people have the opinion that “I am not the person who insurgency by Kurdish militants. Reuters these terrorists should be killed planned or led the coup. Who Deputy Prime Minister Meh- ... Why should I keep them and planned it and directed it I do met Simsek said there had been feed them in prisons for years to not know,” Anadolu quoted him periodic intelligence about a ADEN: Two suicide bombers come, that’s what the people say.” as saying. grouping within the military tried to ram vehicles laden with Meanwhile, one of the Some Turkish media had that could attempt “some sort explosives through two Yemeni most senior military figures earlier quoted him as confess- of an uprising” and that the plan military checkpoints near the gov- detained on charges of involve- ing to have played a prime role had been to remove them at an ernment-held port city of Mukalla ment in Turkey’s failed coup bid in the coup but later replaced this August meeting of the High Mil- yesterday, killing at least 10 peo- appeared in court yesterday, information with his denial. itary Council (YAS), the top body ple, the army and medics said. denying he was the mastermind Turkey’s treatment of the overseeing the armed forces. Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch of the plot. coup suspects had alarmed its “The plan was to remove an claimed responsibility for the Looking tired and haggard allies, with EU and US leaders important part of these people, attacks in the Hadramout prov- with his ear bandaged in images urging Ankara to respect the the ones who were identified, ince on the Gulf of Aden. The published by state media, former rule of law. during YAS meetings. They prob- Yemeni army said militants had People buy vegetables from a vendor’s truck as they go on with their daily life air force chief General Akin Anadolu published images ably attempted this uprising to used a booby-trapped bus at a yesterday in the Kasimpasa neighbourhood of Istanbul. Ozturk appeared before the of Ozturk and other suspects prevent this,” he told Kanal 7 TV. checkpoint in Al Burum. Saudi embassy attack suspects appear in Iran court

Reuters condemned the assault and Row- against the Saudi embassy from A defence lawyer said two hani, keen to improve Tehran’s social media groups “said to of his clients were absent from long-strained relations with be linked to the Revolutionary court as they were fighting in DUBAI: More than 10 people neighbours and the West, asked Guards”, according to the ISNA Syria against the rebels. Iran is accused of storming Saudi diplo- the judiciary to punish the protest- news agency. allied with President Bashar Al matic missions in Iran in January ers and prevent further attacks. The Revolutionary Guards Assad in Syria’s civil war while appeared in a Tehran court yes- Such incidents have recurred Corps is the strongly anti-West- Saudi Arabia has supported his terday, Iranian news agencies throughout the Islamic Republic’s ern and most powerful military opponents. reported, weeks after President 37-year history, often harming and security force in Iran. Some Another defendant at yes- Hassan Rowhani urged the judi- its foreign relations. Protesters Guards commanders condemned terday’s hearing testified that he ciary to take action. attacked the US embassy in 1979, the attack as a plot against Iran had been on an errand to a phar- The suspects are accused of Kuwait in 1987, Saudi Arabia in and suggested “foreign agents” macy but was arrested by security “disturbing the public order and 1988, Denmark in 2006 and Brit- had been behind it. forces when he stopped his car to damaging embassy buildings”, ain in 2011. None of the assailants “I didn’t know the protest did watch as protesters set fire to the according to state media. Around were convicted. not have a permit ... I am regretful embassy building. 10 other suspects were absent Iran’s judiciary announced as I broke the heart of the supreme Some of the defendants said from the first hearing. in April that more than 100 sus- leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei),” they had gathered in front of the Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic pects had been arrested over the ISNA quoted the unnamed defend- embassy to protest against Saudi relations with Iran after protesters attack on the Saudi missions and ant as saying. involvement in the Yemen war, stormed the kingdom’s embassy 48 charged. All were released on Khamenei, the highest author- but they had not thrown stones in Tehran and consulate in Mash- bail. ity in the Islamic Republic, has or entered the building. had following Riyadh’s execution At yesterday’s hearing, a said the attack was “very bad One said he entered the of a prominent Saudi Shia cleric. 25-year-old defendant said he and wrong” and had “damaged embassy to help people who were The Iranian government had learned of the protest action the country and Islam”. caught in the fire. Aleppo residents live in fear of long siege

AFP has also surrounded the IS stronghold of Manbij about 100 kilometres northeast of Aleppo city. Air strikes by the US-led coalition killed ALEPPO: Civilians in rebel-held parts of Syria’s at least 21 civilians in and around the jihadist Aleppo expressed fears yesterday of a lengthy bastion yesterday, said the Syrian Observa- government siege, as food supplies dwindled tory for Human Rights. after regime troops seized the only road into In Aleppo city itself, air strikes struck rebel the city’s east. areas, killing four civilians in Qaterji, the mon- The government advance, which has been itor said. backed by a Russian air offensive, is seen as a In Bab Al Hadid, another district that was major setback for opposition forces in Syria’s hit, an AFP correspondent saw a man search- second city. ing for his family under the rubble. The United Nations says about 600,000 He called out to his daughter, who replied: Syrians already live under siege countrywide, “I’m in the basement. There’s no air,” before she most encircled by government forces, though fell silent, and he burst into tears. A Syrian man transports a child inside a rebels and the Islamic State group have also Bombs then dropped nearby causing more basket attached to his bicycle in the rebel- used the tactic. casualties, including a woman who lost a leg, held town of Douma, yesterday. A US-backed alliance of Kurds and Arabs said the correspondent. ASIA / AFRICA TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 05 Museveni opposes arms embargo on S Sudan

Reuters the weekend, came after UN Secre- summit in Rwanda’s capital Kigali Uganda sent troops into South the north, President Museveni has When you impose tary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the on Saturday, officials said. Sudan to back Kiir during latest brought relative stability and eco- Security Council to block arms sales “When you impose an (arms) conflict, which started in Decem- nomic growth to a country that has arms embargo you KAMPALA: Uganda’s President Yow- to try and end more than two years of embargo on South Sudan you destroy ber 2013, and sent troops back again endured decades of rebel activity and destroy the local eri Museveni said he was opposed fighting in the world’s newest nation. the local force on which you need to during this month’s resurgence in civil war. to a UN plan to impose an arms At least 272 people have died in build a strong integrated army,” a fighting, saying they would rescue His tenure has also witnessed force on which you embargo on his neighbour South the latest clashes between forces statement from his office read. Ugandan citizens there. one of the most effective national need to build a Sudan, saying it would weaken its loyal to South Sudan’s President Salva He did not say if Uganda would Museveni was involved in rebel- responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa. army just as the country was trying Kiir and his rival, Vice President Riek take any more concrete action lions that toppled Ugandan leaders In the mid to late 1990s, Presi- strong integrated to contain a resurgence of violence. Machar. against the plan for South Sudan, Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote dent Museveni was feted by the West army: Uganda leader The statement from one of the Museveni told Ban he was against which declared independence from (1980–85). as part of a new generation of Afri- region’s main powers, issued over the embargo at an African Union Sudan five years ago. With the notable exception of can leaders.

Investigators to Zimbabwe fails to pay Jakarta revaccinates victims study suspected soldiers on time: Source after fake-vaccine scandal MH370 wing flap AFP The cash-strapped government, AFP which spends more than 80 percent Reuters of its revenue on wages, has resorted HARARE: Zimbabwe has delayed to staggering pay dates as it scrapes SYDNEY: A large piece of aircraft paying its soldiers for a second the bottom of its coffers. JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday debris, believed to be a wing flap, successive month, sources said yes- Protests in recent weeks over began re-vaccinating nearly 200 has arrived in Australia for testing terday, underlining the worsening salaries, alleged police corruption children who received fake ver- as part of the search for Malay- economic crisis that has triggered and import restrictions have exposed sions of imported inoculations from sia Airlines flight MH370, officials recent protests. growing public anger as the coun- a drug-counterfeiting ring broken up said yesterday. Ten days ago, President Rob- try’s economy has ground to a halt. last month after operating for more The piece, found by locals on ert Mugabe’s government was Mugabe has previously used his than a decade. Pemba Island just off the coast of shaken by a national strike led by ruthless security forces to crack President Joko Widodo urged Tanzania on June 23, was now in civil servants frustrated over sev- down on any public show of dissent. calm as public uproar intensified Canberra, the Australian Trans- eral salary delays as Zimbabwe’s Christian pastor Evan Mawarire, over revelations that health officials port Safety Bureau (ATSB) said. treasury struggles with a severe who has emerged as a leader of the knew about the syndicate producing “Technical specialists from the cash shortage. protests, was last week arrested and the fake vaccines for several years ATSB are working with Malaysian The military are normally the then released after charges that he but did little to stop it. investigators to determine if it is first priority for payment due to had attempted to overthrow the gov- The scandal has exposed major from the Malaysia Airlines Boe- their role in protecting the regime ernment were thrown out by a court. weaknesses in the government’s ing 777, MH370,” the bureau said. of Mugabe, 92. But they were not “We have gotten to a place as oversight of the health sector, which The ATSB has so far examined A child who received fake medication from a drug-making ring is paid as scheduled last week, and Zimbabweans where... the personal has expanded rapidly alongside a four pieces of debris on behalf of last month’s salaries were paid struggle has become too difficult to growing middle class. revaccinated by government healthcare workers at a clinic in East Malaysia and determined they are about two week late. hide,” Mawarire said. No illnesses or deaths have been Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. almost certainly from MH370, a “We were supposed to get our “No matter what your religion directly linked to the fake vaccines, people who suffered from these fake produces nearly all vaccines avail- flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing salaries last Friday but there was is or background or political affili- officials have said. vaccines.” able in Indonesia. which disappeared in March 2014. nothing at the bank,” a junior soldier ation, we have just reached a point “I want to ask people to stay calm The ring used stolen vials and The syndicate sold fake booster They are in addition to a piece who requested anonymity said. “We where we are saying... we are done because this incident happened over forged labels to make the fake med- vaccines for hepatitis B, diphtheria, of wing debris found on Reunion do not know when we will be paid.” with this,” said the 39-year-old, who such a long time,” Widodo said. icine look like imported vaccines tetanus and whooping cough to at Island a year ago and positively Other soldiers confirmed the has travelled to neighbouring South “We need more time to investi- produced by GlaxoSmithKline and least 14 health facilities in Jakarta identified by French officials as delay. Africa. gate so we can get the real data of Sanofi. State-owned Bio Farma and elsewhere on Java island. originating from flight MH370. 06 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES Taiwan arrests Duterte: ‘Not afraid of human rights’ three in $2.5m AFP MANILA: Human rights are not a concern in Philippine President Rod- rigo Duterte’s war on drugs, he said, as he vowed to ignore due process ATM cyberheist and compared himself to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Duterte’s threat came as the International Commission of Jurists Romania and Moldova were (ICJ) joined the chorus of groups crit- arrested Sunday at a hotel in Taipei, icising Duterte’s advocacy of killing. Police recovered police said, adding they believed the In the latest of a series of tirades, more than half of the heist was carried out by a 16-mem- the country’s newly elected leader ber international crime ring. doubled down on a promised cam- stolen money, but “This is the first ATM theft by a paign of widespread killings and warned that 13 of foreign crime ring in our country,” said he wouldn’t listen to “bleeding the suspects fled the the police said in a statement. hearts”. Police have recovered more “I will retire with the reputation country. than half of the stolen money, but of Idi Amin,” he said in a speech Sun- warned that 13 of the suspects day, referring to the late African ruler -- including five Russians -- had whose 1971 - 1979 regime was char- AFP already fled Taiwan after the heist. acterised by large-scale rights abuses “We will continue to search for that killed tens if not hundreds of the rest of the stolen money to let thousands of Ugandans. TAIPEI: Taiwan has arrested three international hackers know that “I am not afraid of human rights foreign suspects over a $2.5 million Taiwan is not a crime haven,” the (concerns.) I will not allow my coun- cyberheist which used malware to statement said. try to go to the dogs,” Duterte said, A social worker talks to drug users and pushers after they surrendered to local officials as they follow a hack into a major local bank’s ATM Police have sought assistance vowing to pardon all abuses com- government campaign against drugs in Tanauan Batangas, south of Manila, Philippines, yesterday. network and steal bags of cash, from both Interpol and Russia’s de mitted by security forces. police said yesterday. facto embassy in Taiwan. “Why will I give you a (due) proc- The attack, the first of its kind in Surveillance images released by ess? I am the president. I don’t give -- killed -- during operations. deaths of alleged drug dealers from Major TV network ABS-CBN said Taiwan, targeted the First Commer- the bank showed masked robbers you (due) process,” he said. The billboard will “give every- the day you assumed office.” it had recorded 408 “drug fatalities” cial Bank’s ATM network last week, working in two-man teams target- Duterte swept to power on May day people... the accomplishments “We are also concerned about between May 10 and July 15, based on using malware to withdraw more ing 41 ATMs belonging to the First 9 after pledging to end crime in the of their police,” community relations your recent statements that appear police and media reports. than Tw$81 million ($2.5 million) Commercial Bank in three cities. Philippines using the same “shoot-to- chief Senior Superintendent Gilberto to be encouraging extra-judicial Images of people killed in police from dozens of machines in three It is not clear how the thieves kill” methods critics say he employed Cruz said. killings,” the non-government organ- anti-drug operations, or corpses cities. installed malware on the ATMs, but as mayor of the southern city of The billboard, which was ordered isation of judges and lawyers said. found with signs saying things like A Latvian suspect, identified as within five to 10 minutes, the thieves Davao. by Duterte and the police leadership, The group reminded him that “I am a drug pusher” have become Andrejs Peregudovs, was arrested are seen walking away with bags Police yesterday unveiled plans will likely be completed by Septem- the Philippines had passed laws daily fare in the local newspapers. by police in the northeastern county full of stolen cash, the bank said. for a large electronic billboard ber, he added. and signed international agree- A former addict said yesterday of Yilan after being spotted by an off After the theft was discovered, outside the force’s Manila head- In a public statement, the Bang- ments binding it to work against that he had handed himself into duty police officer from Taipei who more than 1,000 ATMs of the same quarters to broadcast a running kok office of the ICJ criticised police abuse, extra-judicial killings police as part of an official mass drug was on holiday in the area. type targeted in the heist have been tally of drugs suspects who have Duterte, saying “there has been a and the death penalty which Duterte amnesty event after two acquaint- Two other suspects from shut down by banks nationwide. been arrested or “neutralised” marked increase in the number of hopes to restore to the country. ances turned up dead. Bangladesh opens murder trial over factory disaster

AFP If convicted of murder the defend- because they did not intend to kill the ants, who include the owners of the victims. “I’ve said my clients includ- Runway damage building and of factories housed ing the owner of the building, Sohel DHAKA: A Bangladesh court yes- inside, face the death penalty. Rana and his parents, were charged cripples Manila terday formally charged 38 people At least 1,138 people died in the with murder just to appease the peo- with murder over the 2013 collapse tragedy. Rescuers struggled for weeks ple,” Masum Iqbal, who represented main airport of a garment factory that killed more to retrieve the bodies from the ruins eight of those indicted said. “They did than 1,100 people, one of the world’s but some people are still unaccounted not commit any murder.” MANILA: The main run- worst industrial disasters. for. Last month the Dhaka court way at the Philippines’ The 38 defendants are the first to The disaster triggered demands ordered the trial of 18 people for flout- biggest international air- go on trial for the disaster at the Rana for Western retailers to help intro- ing construction laws. port was closed yesterday Plaza compound, which highlighted duce sweeping reforms including Rana became Bangladesh’s pub- due to heavy rain, with appalling safety standards in Bang- new safety inspections and higher lic enemy number one in 2013 after more than a hundred ladesh’s $28 billion garment export wages in the industry, which employs survivors recounted how they were flights expected to be industry, the world’s second largest around four million workers. forced to start work despite com- delayed or diverted, offi- after China. A host of Western retailers had plaints of cracks appearing in the cials said. “In all 41 people were charged. clothing made at the factories housed walls the previous day. A section of the run- way, which handles all FILE PHOTO: Bangladeshi firefighters try to control a blaze during Among them 38, were indicted with at Rana Plaza, including Italy’s Ben- Prosecutors say he and his parents large aircraft, suffered a rescue attempt as Bangladeshi Army personnel begin the second murder and the other three for help- etton, Spain’s Mango and the British illegally extended a six-storey build- ing the main criminal, Sohel Rana, low-cost chain Primark. ing into a 10-storey factory complex significant cracks yester- phase of the rescue operation following the Rana Plaza building to escape,” prosecutor Abdul Man- Defence lawyers have said their without making the necessary struc- day morning, forcing it to collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. nan said. clients are not guilty of the charges tural changes. close, aviation and airport spokesmen said. “It was because of the heavy rain with all those huge aircraft landing. Freedom of navigation patrols There was a crack (on the runway). It was too dam- aged so they had to close could end ‘in disaster’: China it for safety reasons,” said Eric Apolonio, spokesman for the government’s civil Reuters aviation office.

BEIJING: Freedom of navigation Myanmar patrols carried out by foreign navies in the South China Sea fighting Suu Kyi could end “in disaster”, a sen- ior Chinese admiral has said, peace talks a warning to the United States after last week’s ruling against YANGON: Continuing Beijing’s claims in the area. fighting is undermin- China has refused to recog- ing Aung San Suu Kyi’s nise the ruling by an arbitration drive for lasting peace in court in The Hague that invali- Myanmar, rebel leaders dated its vast territorial claims warned yesterday as they in the South China Sea and did Commander of the Chinese navy, Admiral Wu Shengli (left) cautiously welcomed her not take part in the proceedings and US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson new civilian-led govern- brought by the Philippines. (centre) walk past a member of an honour guard whose hat ment’s landmark talks. It has reacted angrily to calls falls off during a welcome ceremony held at the Chinese Navy Suu Kyi has made by Western countries and Japan Headquarters in Beijing, China, yesterday. peace a flagship policy for the decision to be adhered to. of her new government, China has repeatedly blamed which took over in March the United States for stirring up doors at a forum in Beijing on China is the biggest benefici- after decades of brutal trouble in the South China Sea, Saturday evening, Sun Jianguo, ary of freedom of navigation in junta rule. a strategic waterway through an admiral and Deputy Chief of the South China Sea and won’t She has strived to which more than $5 trillion of the Joint Staff Department of the let anybody damage it, Sun said. reach a ceasefire with a trade moves annually. powerful Central Military Com- “But China consistently number of ethnic minority China, Brunei, Malaysia, the mission, said the freedom of opposes so-called military free- militias that have bat- Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam navigation issue was a bogus one dom of navigation which brings tled the national army for all have rival claims, of which that certain countries repeatedly with it a military threat, and decades. China’s are the largest. hyped up. which challenges and disrespects On Sunday, she held The United States has con- “When has freedom of nav- the international law of the sea,” talks with rebel leaders to ducted freedom of navigation igation in the South China Sea Sun said. try to encourage a hand- patrols close to Chinese-held ever been affected? It has not, “This kind of military free- ful of remaining militias islands, to Beijing’s anger, while whether in the past or now, and dom of navigation is damaging to to sign a ceasefire agree- China has been bolstering its in the future there won’t be a freedom of navigation in the South ment before a planned military presence there. problem as long as nobody plays China Sea, and it could even play peace conference. Speaking behind closed tricks,” he said. out in a disastrous way,” he added. PAKISTAN TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 07 Cautious optimism as Taliban attacks go down

In separate interviews in “It’s a psychological turning US military officials Afghanistan over the weekend, point” for the Afghan government other senior US officers highlighted and its security forces, he said, while differ over reasons an unexpected easing of Taliban adding: “I’m not sure it’s a turning for slowdown. military pressure in the days since point on the ground” for actual war Ramadan, the period of traditional fortunes. Muslim fasting, ended in early July. Col Michael Marti, director of the One called it a “tactical pause,” US-led coalition’s intelligence center AP another said it points to a weaken- in Kabul, said Sunday he attributes ing of the Taliban, but none claimed the absence of an expected summer it means an early end to the long war. surge in Taliban violence to after- ABOARD A US MILITARY AIR- Private analysts interviewed effects of the US killing in May of the CRAFT: After inflicting heavy losses Sunday expressed scepticism about group’s leader, Mullah Mohammed on weakened Afghan security forces the war’s progress. Akhtar Mansour. a year ago, the Taliban under new Anthony Cordesman, an Afghan- “Their overall operational tempo leadership have been surprisingly istan expert at the Center for appears to be decreased a little bit,” slow to ramp up attacks at the mid- Strategic and International Studies, Marti said, adding that the Taliban’s Mufti Abdul Qavi (centre) addresses the media at his house in Qadirabad, Pakistan, yesterday. point of the traditional fighting said there are many forces at work leadership transition means they are season, senior American military against the country in addition to a “building a new team” under their officers have said. resilient Taliban, even if the militants new leader, Mullah Haibatullah In an Associated Press interview, may have become more fragmented. Akhundzada, an extremist cleric. Marine Gen Joseph Dunford, chair- “Poverty is rising, governance is Cordesman said the new Taliban Pakistani ‘selfie’ cleric under man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said extremely weak and virtually absent leader lacks charisma and credi- he is cautiously encouraged by a in many districts,” Cordesman said in bility, and he and other key Taliban relative slackening of the Taliban’s an email exchange. “Power brokers figures “seem even less interested in aggressive tactics. and ex-warlords are stronger. No real peace negotiations.” probe over Baloch’s murder Citing “a lower level of violence progress has been made in fighting Marti said it is too early to from the Taliban than we have seen corruption in one of the most cor- declare the slackening of Taliban in the past,” Dunford was quick to rupt countries in the world. Narcotics attacks a trend. However, Gen John Reuters social media posts, including a series Baloch’s death should serve as an say that while he believes Afghan is becoming more important in the Nicholson, the top US commander in of selfies with cleric Abdul Qavi last example for others who tried to forces have seized battlefield economy, and there is a major brain Afghanistan, said in an AP interview month. malign the clergy, though he also momentum, there are no assurances drain.” He said President Barack on Saturday he views the Taliban as LAHORE: A prominent Muslim cleric One video appears to show her stated that he had “forgiven her”. that the balance won’t shift again. Obama’s recent decision to commit seriously off the rails. in Pakistan who was censured for sitting on Qavi’s lap. Baloch, who described her- “We’ve seen peaks and valleys US troops longer and more directly “This is not the cohesive, homog- appearing in “selfie” photographs Police said Qavi, who was sus- self as a modern day feminist, was with the Taliban before, but certainly “really does matter” on the military enous movement that it’s been with murdered social media pended from a prominent Muslim unapologetic about her bid to push on the ground right now the Afghan front. “But, Afghanistan desperately known as in the past,” Nicholson celebrity Qandeel Baloch is being council after the photographs were the boundaries of acceptability for forces have the momentum,” he needs unified and more effective said. “They’re not on a war-winning investigated in connection with her published, was also part of their women and change “the typical said, speaking aboard an Air Force leadership and governance, more trajectory.” As events of the past 15 killing, police said yesterday. investigation into her murder. orthodox mindset” of Pakistanis. C-17 transport plane en route from economic aid and reform, and less years have shown, the Taliban do not Baloch, 26, described as Paki- “We have decided to widen Her pictures and videos outraged Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to corruption or all the weakening of need overall military victory in order stan’s Kim Kardashian, divided the scope of the investigation and religious conservatives who viewed Stuttgart, Germany. Dunford spent the Taliban can do is to make this to remain a threat to the U.S.-backed opinion in the deeply conserva- include Mufti Abdul Qavi in the her as a disgrace to the cultural val- three days in Afghanistan speaking an endless war of attrition.” government in Kabul. tive Muslim society with her risqué probe,” Azhar Ikram, the police chief ues of Islam and Pakistan. Others with US and Afghan commanders, Dunford said he found Afghan “All they have to do is wait out photos. Her murder on Friday has in the town of Multan, where Baloch hailed her as a “feminist icon”. troops and officials. On Sunday, he commanders and officials heart- the eventual end of outside fund- shocked the country and sparked was killed, said. Police were also investigating met with President Ashraf Ghani ened by Obama’s decisions to keep ing for Afghan security forces, fresh debate about so-called hon- Qavi has denied any involve- Baloch’s other brother, Muham- and other senior members of Ghani’s 8,400 US troops in the country when at which point the government our killings. ment in Baloch’s murder but told mad Aslam, who is a junior army government in Kabul. he leaves office, more than previ- would collapse,” said Stephen Bid- Baloch’s brother, Muhammad Reuters yesterday he would present officer, Ikram said. More than 500 Dunford commanded all US and ously planned, and to authorise more dle, a professor of political science Waseem, told media he drugged and himself to police for questioning if people — almost all of them women coalition forces in Afghanistan from aggressive use of US forces in sup- and international affairs at George strangled his sister as she had vio- summoned. — die in “honour killings” in Paki- February 2013 to August 2014. port of Afghan offensive actions. Washington University. lated their family’s honour with her Qavi told media on Saturday stan every year. Imran Khan rallies crowds with talk of coup against Pakistan premier

Washington Post this weekend’s coup attempt in Tur- But support has waned as his popu- a country where calling for a coup can posters across the country, probably from doing what it wants. That is not key. “Sweets would be shared! People list rhetoric has failed to translate into be prosecuted with treason charges, are less indicative of a desire for a the case in Pakistan. would be made happy! People would real change. it is a bold move by whoever did it. military takeover than anger toward But Nawaz Sharif has a couple of ISLAMABAD: “All of you standing out celebrate!” he answered on behalf of That said, his auguring about Pakistan is no stranger to coups. Nawaz Sharif. Sharif is widely seen as things going against him. For one, he there, tell me, if the military came [to the crowd. grass-roots support for a coup in Between 1958 and 1971, and between corrupt, though he manages to stay in supports a path toward peace with power] in Pakistan, what would hap- Khan was once seen as a beacon Pakistan isn’t totally batty. Last week, 1977 and 1988, and then again power through the patronage of vote India, of which the military is hesi- pen?” Imran Khan bellowed from a of hope in the swamp of Pakistan’s posters sprang up all over the country between 1999 and 2008, the coun- blocs. The Panama Papers revealed tant at best and actively opposed to podium. He is Pakistan’s main oppo- coup-ridden politics. He won the bearing images of Pakistan’s military try came under military rule after that three of Sharif’s children owned at worst. He also recently appointed sition leader and a former champion second-most number of votes in a chief, Gen Raheel Sharif, next to the coups. The most recent one blood- shell companies through which they a defence minister who is outspoken cricketer. Prone to provocative, even national election in 2013, and his words “For God’s sake, take over!” It lessly deposed Nawaz Sharif, but now had purchased expensive residences. against military interference in public careless statements, he found his party, the Movement for Justice, con- is highly unlikely that the military has he is back in power. Generally speaking, coups take place affairs. Lastly, his health is ailing, and rhythm on stage while talking about trols one of the country’s provinces. anything to do with the posters, but in Khan’s calling for a coup, and the when the army is being prevented public opinion about him is souring.

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Pakistani lawyer Qamar Nadeem (right), representing doctor Shakeel Afridi who assisted the CIA in their hunt for Osama bin Laden, leaves a government tribunal after a hearing in Peshawar yesterday. Afridi was arrested after US troops killed Bin Laden in May 2011.

Bomb claims seven lives in northwest

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PESHAWAR: A Pakistani police officer says a roadside bomb has killed seven people in the country’s northwest, including a former mayor. Gul Fazil says the former offi- cial, Adil Khan of the Sheringal area of Dir district, was returning home yesterday with six colleagues when their vehicle struck the roadside bomb. 08 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Zika fears How an iPhone defeated

inally, Zika virus has started taking a toll on Rio Olympics which are just days away. Reports are emerging of some stars and visitors planning to pull the tanks in Turkey out of the event over fears about the mosquito-borne virus, which is linked to brain deformities in newborn Fbabies. In his initial statement, US it or not, would fight and die for World number eight Tomas Berdych has announced his Secretary of State John Kerry As the people of the right to elect their president, decision not to attend the next month’s Games. Berdych said used every word except the even though the majority clearly dreaded “d” one. He hoped for Turkey battled for do not want him to have overrid- on Twitter: “It is purely my personal decision but I still feel a “stability and peace and conti- their future, there ing presidential powers. need to give at least one of the serious reasons leading to this nuity” within Turkey. was a crashing silence Turkey’s reaction last night step to my supporters and fans.” Earlier, more than 20 male Nothing about supporting a was that of a mature democracy. players withdrew from the golf competition at Rio 2016. And in legitimately elected president from Western leaders The Western reaction was that of a sign that the fear of virus could be spreading to other areas, and a legitimately elected parlia- whose brand image is corrupted democracy, terminally a top BBC sports correspondent told his bosses that he would ment. Only when it was already democracy. The French tainted by its military and politi- not be going to Rio, thus threatening to throw into turmoil the obvious that the coup was failing cal support of autocracy. By David Hearst did President Barack Obama and consulate had closed The turning point in last global television channel’s coverage of the great Games. Richard Kerry issue a statement unam- two days earlier. Did night’s morality play in Turkey Conway’s decision can adversely biguously backing Erdogan. it know something came when images of Erdogan impact the channel’s overage of the If you want to know why speaking into his iPhone were Brazilian event as he is one of the corporation’s o mount a coup, senior Europe and the US are a busted Turkey did not? broadcast and spread virally over authorities on-air stars. According to reports, a Turkish army officers flush in the Middle East, why social media. dozen more are likely to follow his from the commando they have lost all moral authority, Up until then, it looked as have taken units, land forces, the indeed any authority at all, and if the coup would succeed. He lead amid fears they could catch the all necessary first and fourth armies, why they are no longer the can- past military takeovers. called for the people to come out disease. Tand the airforce went to extreme dle bearers of democratic change, Two AK Party leaders from onto the streets and stay out on measures It’s not clear how many athletes lengths to seize power. look no further than the three the liberal wing, who had been them. And they heeded that call to make the will finally stay out of the Games, They occupied two air- hours of silence as they waited displaced or recently sacked by sometimes at the cost of their own Rio Olympics but the current trend is definitely ports and closed a third. They to see which way the wind was Erdogan supported him. Former lives. An iPhone defeated tanks. unhealthy. While every athlete, media attempted to separate the Euro- blowing in Istanbul and Ankara. president Abdullah Gul told CNN Turkey proved it is not Egypt. If Zika-free personality and others have the right pean from the Asian sides of The exact opposite was the Turk that “Turkey is not a Latin there is a lesson in these dark days Istanbul. They bombed the par- truth. Erdogan showed bravery America country ... I’m calling for democracy in the Middle East, and there is to decide whether they should attend liament in Ankara nine times. getting into a plane and heading those who attempt to overthrow it is for the people who are living no need to the Games, they must make sure that There was a pitched battled out- for Istanbul knowing F16s were the government [they] should go the other side of the Mediterranean distrust them. their decision is well-researched and side the headquarters of MIT the in the air and that the runway at back to their barracks.” and whose country is bleeding thought out, not a result of paranoia Turkish intelligence agency. They Ataturk airport could have been Former Turkish prime min- from the military autocracy it once or a reaction to fear and exaggeration. deployed tanks, helicopter gun- closed. Only three countries ister Ahmet Davutoglu told Al hailed as a second revolution. Not Brazilian authorities have taken all necessary measures to ships and F16 jets. in the world clearly supported Jazeera: “Turkey is a democracy for the first time since 2011, auto- To defeat the coup, the Turk- Erdogan from the start — Qatar, ... I don’t think this attempt will be crats across the region must be make Olympics Zika-free and there is no need to distrust ish president used his iPhone. Morocco, and Sudan. successful. There cannot be any shivering today. The democratic them. Also, the Games authorities too are satisfied about the Mosques used their loudspeak- What was particularly attempts to destabilise Turkey. forces which can disarm soldiers, preparations as they would never undertake to do something ers, broadcasting the call to impressive were the statements We’re facing so many crises in can disarm them too. that endangers the lives of visitors. prayer hours before dawn. Polit- of Turkish politicians who had Syria and other regions, it’s time The Games authorities and the government must work ical leaders of all creeds, some every reason to want Erdogan to to have solidarity with the Turkish The writer is Editor-in-Chief of jointly to assure everybody that they will be safe in Rio de staunch opponents of the pres- go, and who had themselves been people... At this moment people in Middle East Eye. He was chief for- eign leader writer of The Guardian, Janeiro. The pullout of stars and other participants will defeat ident, called unambiguously for displaced by him. different cities are in the streets, the coup to be defeated. Police- To his credit, the leader of the squares [protesting] against former Associate Foreign Editor, the very purpose of the Games. This is an event in which Brazil men arrested soldiers. Unarmed Turkey’s largest party, Kemal this coup d’etat attempt.” European Editor, Moscow Bureau has invested heavily and has been preparing for years, which people recaptured CNN Turk and Kalicdaroglu of the centre-left All these people could see Chief, European Correspond- the world needs to appreciate through their active participation. the bridges across the Bospho- People’s Republican Party (CHP), what the Western consensus ent, and Ireland Correspondent. Brazil also faces a huge challenge of making the Rio rus, braving gunfire to recapture came out immediately against the about Erdogan could not. That He joined The Guardian from Olympics safe for visitors in terms of security after the recent democracy for their country. coup in a series of tweets, saying the process was more important The Scotsman, where he was terror attacks. The Games are expected to attract as many as This was unambiguously a the country has “suffered a lot” in than the man. That Turks, believe education correspondent. military coup. And yet the US 500,000 foreign visitors. The government realises the enormity Embassy in Ankara in its emer- of the challenges it’s facing and is taking measures to make the gency message to US citizens event incident-free. More than 80,000 police and soldiers will called it an “uprising”. patrol the streets of Rio for the duration of the games. Geopolitical Futures released an analysis saying the coup was successful. BBC Arabic, Sky News Arabic, El Arabiya TV, the ITN diplomatic editor, the US networks were all running com- mentaries saying Erdogan was Quote of the day finished, or had fled to Germany. The Guardian ran a piece There could be no whose first headline (it was later amended) said everything about delay in using capital an author unable to contain his punishment and the glee at the demise of a man he government would qualified as authoritarian islam- ist: “How Recep Tayyip Erdogan discuss it with inflamed tensions in Turkey”. opposition parties. As the people of Turkey bat- tled for their future, there was a crashing silence from Western Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaders whose brand image is democracy. The French consulate Turkish President had closed two days earlier. Did it People shout slogans as they block the entrance of the Armoured troops school in Ankara yesterday. know something Turkey did not?

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By Sinan Ulgen

military coup against an elected government typically unleashes a flood of analy- sis about the country’s future direction following the break Ain democratic rule. But failed coups can be just as con- sequential. The botched attempt by elements of the Turkish military to over- throw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have far-ranging implications for Turkey’s foreign relations and regional role. Turkey’s relationship with the United States, in particular, is headed for con- siderable turbulence. The coup attempt heralds a new and uneasy phase in the Turkey-US relation- ship, because Turkish authorities have linked it to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher based near Philadelphia since Pro-Erdogan supporters wave Turkish flags at Kizilay square in Ankara during a demonstration in support of the Turkish government following a 1999 but with a core group of followers failed coup attempt. in Turkey. Gulen was previously charged with establishing a “parallel state structure” As a result, Gulen’s continued resi- from the Incirlik airbase in southern Tur- freedom of expression. But the post- primarily within the police, the judici- dence in Pennsylvania has become not key, would doubtless be jeopardised. putsch environment will reduce the ary, and the military. only a contentious issue in the bilateral More broadly, a breach in this key government’s willingness to amend Tur- More recently, the Turkish authorities relationship, but also an important source bilateral relationship would weaken key’s anti-terror framework. As a result, a classified the Gulen movement as a ter- of rising anti-Americanism in Turkey. NATO cohesion in its policy towards Rus- diplomatic crisis by October is likely, with rorist organisation — a label given new The failed coup is set to compound sia, with Turkey seeking to move beyond Turkey claiming that the EU has failed to meaning by the failed coup. this trend. In the post-coup era, the US the confrontational framework set out at honour its commitments. But, despite the growing evidence will come under significant pressure the alliance’s recent Warsaw summit . The entire refugee package, under The Turkish military will concerning Gulen and his followers, the to reconsider its laissez-faire attitude The consequences of the failed coup which Turkey continues to host more than now undergo a painful impression in Ankara is that the US has towards Gulen. The Turkish side already are also likely to affect Turkey’s relation- 2.8 million Syrian refugees, could then so far refused to constrain the activ- has signaled that it will initiate a formal ship with Europe. In March, Turkey and come under threat, with consequences process of purging its ities of his network, which includes a request for Gulen’s extradition. the European Union agreed on an ambi- for the flow of asylum-seekers. Gulenist elements, and range of schools and many civil-society The coup has therefore brought a new tious package of measures designed to Finally, the botched coup will have organisations. urgency to the need for the two NATO stem the flow of refugees to Europe. repercussions on Turkey’s ability to con- morale and cohesion This network allows the Gulen move- allies to settle this important dispute. A But, while the arrangement has been tribute to regional security. will inevitably be ment to engage in substantial fundraising, failure to find common ground under a clear success, it remains politically vul- And weakened trust in the wake of which the authorities claim sustains the these changed circumstances would nerable. For Turkey, the biggest prize the coup attempt will make interagency affected at a time nefarious operations of its affiliates in weaken prospects for cooperation at was the EU’s commitment to lifting visa cooperation between the military, the when the armed forces Turkey. many levels. restrictions on Turkish citizens traveling police, and the intelligence services par- play an instrumental The Turkish military will now to the Schengen Area, a move scheduled ticularly problematic. undergo a painful process of purging its for June. Just like successful coups, failed coups role in Turkey’s efforts Gulenist elements, and morale and cohe- Instead, visa liberalisation was post- can have a major impact on countries’ to combat Kurdish The coup attempt heralds a sion will inevitably be affected at a time poned until October, owing to Turkey’s foreign and security policies. Turkey’s new and uneasy phase in the when the armed forces play an instru- refusal to comply with a few remaining botched putsch has already heightened separatists. mental role in Turkey’s efforts to combat conditions. the likelihood that critical milestones soon Turkey-US relationship, because Kurdish separatists and ISIL terrorism At the core of the diplomatic impasse will be reached in the country’s relation- Turkish authorities have linked and in strengthening Turkey’s border is the EU’s demand that Turkey amend ship with the US and Europe. controls, which has helped to impede its anti-terror legislation to ensure that it to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic the flow of foreign jihadists to ISIL-con- it reflects more closely the norms estab- The writer is Chairman of the Istanbul- preacher based near Philadelphia trolled territory in Syria. lished by the European Court of Human based Center for Economics and Foreign The effectiveness of the joint fight Rights. Policy Studies (EDAM) and a visiting since 1999 but with a core group against the Islamic State of Iraq and the The aim is to limit the legislation’s scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels. of followers in Turkey. Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), which implementation to genuine terror cases He is co-editor of the book “Turkey’s relies heavily on air strikes originating and prevent its use as a tool to restrain Nuclear Future”. Declaring ‘war’ on terror misses the real problem

was” in the war against “Islamist ter- Islamic State. distinctions today’s toxic nationalists Dhaka as well as in San Bernardino, rorism.” French President Francois Western cities, relatively are promising to rebuild — between to inspire atrocious acts or to nimbly Hollande, who has already declared untouched by terrorism for decades, home and abroad, here and there, us claim credit for them. a “pitiless war,” declared that France have come under unprecedented and them. Leaders of France, the world’s would “reinforce our action in Syria assault, often by people who had pre- It’s also not Islam, moderate or oldest nation-state, look flat-footed and Iraq.” viously shown no interest in either extreme, that has weakened the in comparison with their 18th- French Prime Minister Manuel politics or religion. state’s fundamental promise to pro- century slogans of fraternity and Valls claimed that the killer was “a It’s not surprising that President vide equal opportunities if not social liberty, matched with Napoleon-lite terrorist probably linked to radical Barack Obama keeps a fastidious dis- welfare for its citizens. bellicosity. Islam one way or another.” tance from cliches such as “Islamic Islamic State has grasped the Obama, stubbornly resisting In recent years, all too many psy- terrorism,” for these have not only radical potential of globalization calls to military interventions, chotic delinquents around the world boosted the appeal of murderous out- better than most Western politicians. seems to be the only major West- By Pankaj Mishra have been linked to radical Islam fits like Islamic State. Born in the ruins of two nation- ern politician to have grasped Bloomberg “one way or another.” But should They’ve resulted in military cam- states, the group is actually the that more war today will bring such tenuous connections determine paigns that lack precise objectives product of a process in which govern- not peace, but the destruction of something as grave and unpredict- and strategy because their targets are ments, unable to protect their citizens the basic distinction between war In recent years, all able as war? abstract concepts like “Islamic fun- from foreign invaders or economic and peace that underpins all polit- too many psychotic ast week, another deranged It may be that Valls and Hollande, damentalism” and “radical Islam.” turbulence, have lost their moral and ical order. young man went on a rampage, hoping to avoid being politically out- Since “Islam” itself is a concept, ideological legitimacy, thus creating French politicians, on the delinquents around Lkilling 84 people in the French flanked by demagogues, have to do a shorthand for a great diversity of a space for such non-state actors as other hand, seem to scorn the the world have city of Nice. A French lawyer who had what it takes to look tough, includ- practices and beliefs, these poorly private gangs, pirates, mafia and “reality-based community,” to earlier defended Mohamed Lahouaiej ing bombing Syria and Iraq a bit more focused wars, consisting of shock- warlords. use an immortal phrase from been linked to Bouhlel in an assault case described and imposing additional repressive and-awe bombing abroad and wide Naturally adapted to the horizon- the Bush administration, as they radical Islam “one his wife-beating, French-Tuni- measures at home. restrictions on civil liberties at tal networks of globalization, Islamic identify, even against contrary sian client as “a classic delinquent.” Certainly, this cynical interpre- home, have been counter-produc- State can attract recruits to tradi- evidence, a suitably malign exter- way or another.” But Intelligence officials say that if tation is not as disquieting as the tive: They’ve caused, among other tional battlefields in Iraq and Syria. nal enemy they can combat in a should such tenuous Bouhlel was radicalized by Islamist possibility that the leaders of a major damage, the stigmatizing of 1.6 bil- It can also incite at least some of grand war. connections propaganda, the process took place NATO country believe their own bel- lion Muslims. the many disenfranchised and angry The real “enemy” today is only very recently and very rapidly. ligerent rhetoric. Moreover, the obsession with a individuals in Europe and America within, in Baton Rouge as well as determine some Nevertheless, the leader of the Events over the last decade have 7th century specter has missed the into acts of vengeful violence. in Nice — and most menacingly in thing as grave and far-right National Front, Marine Le conclusively disproved the notion genuinely revolutionary forces trans- The ranks of the militantly one’s own obsolete assumptions Pen, quickly called for a war against that “if we fight them abroad we forming the modern world. It’s not disaffected extend, in this age of con- about an utterly altered world. unpredictable as Islamic fundamentalism. Former won’t have to fight them at home.” Islam, for instance, but the migratory, tinuous crisis and acute alienation, war? French President Nicolas Sarkozy Al-Qaida sprang up in places where technological and economic flows of far beyond the Middle East. Islamic The writer is a Bloomberg View asserted that “nothing can be as it it had never existed and morphed into globalization that have dissolved the State tries hard to be always there, in columnist, author and commentator.

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Navjot Sidhu Polluted road Cop suicide: quits as RS MP Karnataka minister resigns BENGALURU: Karna- to join AAP taka minister KJ George resigned yesterday hours after a court in Kodagu district ordered police to file an FIR against him in connection with the The resignation came alleged suicide of DSP MK as a big surprise to Ganapathi on July 7. “I have submitted my the BJP which shares resignation letter to the power with the chief minister (Siddar- amaiah),” George told Shiromani Akali Dal reporters here. in Punjab. The state The complaint is based on Ganapathi’s interview is to go to the polls to a local news channel early next year. hours before he com- Commuters travel on a polluted road near a bus terminus in the Anand Vihar District of New Delhi, mitted suicide in a lodge yesterday. room in the town and in resignation has been accepted. which he named the trio IANS Earlier in the day, Gurdeep for harassing him and Singh Sappal, Officer on Special held them responsible Duty (OSD) to Vice President Hamid should anything happen Ansari tweeted, “Navjot Singh Sidhu, to him in the future. NEW DELHI: In a major jolt to the nominated member, resigns from BJP ahead of the Punjab assembly Rajya Sabha.” Deaths from toxic liquor reach 33 elections, cricketer-turned-politi- The resignation came as a big cian Navjot Singh Sidhu (pictured) surprise to the Bharatiya Janata 22 taken ill by yesterday tendered his resignation Party which shares power with the AFP Police have arrested a local ven- increase the alcoholic content. from the Rajya Sabha, sparking off Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab. The dor on charges of culpable homicide If ingested, it can cause blind- chlorine leak in speculation that he may walk across state is to go to the polls early next and authorities have suspended 11 ness and liver damage and can kill in to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). year when the five-year term of its NEW DELHI: Another 12 peo- officials, including some police. larger concentrations. In April eight Gujarat town Sidhu in a statement indicated assembly ends. ple have died after drinking toxic Ajay Yadav, the top civil official people including two soldiers died his discontent with the Bharatiya Though there is heightened homemade liquor in northern India, in Etah district, told AFP the death after drinking tainted liquor in the NADIAD: As many as 22 Janata Party, of which he was thrice speculation of Sidhu joining the officials said yesterday, taking the toll there had reached 29. western desert state of Rajasthan. persons were taken ill an elected member of the Lok Sabha Aam Aadmi Party, he has not yet overall toll to 33 with dozens more In neighbouring Farrukhabad More than 100 people died in yesterday in this central and currently a nominated mem- resigned from the BJP. fighting for their lives in hospitals. district, police said the death toll Mumbai last year after drinking ille- Gujarat town after a chlo- ber of the Rajya Sabha, saying “in “I am also watching television The victims, all from the same climbed to four, with over a dozen gal homemade moonshine in a slum. rine gas leak. the war of right or wrong, you can’t reports saying that after resigning district in Uttar Pradesh state, fell more in critical condition. Nearly three billion litres of legal People residing in over afford to be neutral”. from BJP, Sidhu is all set to join AAP. ill after drinking the alcohol on Fri- Bootleggers often add metha- liquor and an estimated two billion 250 houses in the head- Deputy Chairman of the But he has not yet resigned from the day night and were taken to hospital nol -- a highly toxic form of liquor, litres of hooch are consumed in India quarters town of Kheda Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien yesterday party,” BJP national office secretay suffering from severe stomachache, sometimes used as an anti-freeze or annually, according to the Interna- district were also evac- announced in the house that Sidhu’s Mahendra Pandey told IANS. vomiting and blurred vision. fuel -- to their home-brew liquor to tional Spirits and Wines Association. uated. Kheda District Collector Kuldeep Arya said the gas leak occurred in Pragatinagar locality, where a water supply tank Monsoon woes is also situated. IS suspects used None of the 22 per- sons admitted in the Civil Hospital here was critical, the officer said. How- ever, some elderly people chat apps to learn among those affected were given oxygen to sta- bilise them, he added.

bomb making Deregister diesel

IANS the chargesheet. “Rehman received vehicles older than a link on his Trillian ID regard- 10 years: NGT ing ‘bomb banana ka asan tariqa’ (easy steps to make bombs) from NEW DELHI: Dubbing die- NEW DELHI: Five Islamic State (IS) Yusuf-Al-Hindi of Indian origin, a sel as a “major cause of suspects who were chargesheeted IS handler based in Syria,” NIA said. pollution”, the National yesterday were learning bomb- “In compliance of the instruc- Green Tribunal (NGT) yes- making techniques from tions, they collected explosives terday ordered that all Syria-based IS operatives through (match stick heads),” it said. diesel vehicles that are social networking platforms, Azeemushan, Rehman, Meraj 10 years old or more be People wade through a flooded road after heavy rains on the outskirts of Agartala, yesterday. including Trillian, WhatsApp and and Osama were in constant touch banned from plying in Facebook, the NIA said. with one another through mobile the national capital with The National Investigation phones and certain apps on social immediate effect. Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet media platforms such as What- The tribunal ordered before a Delhi court against six IS sApp, Surespot, Trillian, Skype and the Delhi Regional Trans- suspects, accusing them of conspir- Facebook. port Officer (RTO) to ing to target the Ardh Kumbh Mela On the instructions of Yusuf- deregister all such old Probe on in school fight death at Haridwar besides some strategic Al-Hindi, Osama and Azeemushan diesel vehicles while locations in Delhi to trigger terror. carried out a recce of the area of the upholding its impugned Five of the six men - Mohd. Ardh Kumbh at Haridwar on Janu- 2015 order to ban these IANS succumbed on Saturday, sending Police continued to record state- Azeemushan, Mohd. Osama, ary 18 to plant improvised explosive vehicles in Delhi. shock waves among the student ments of teachers and staff at the Akhlakur Rehman alias Akhlaq, devices (IED). The NGT said that even community and parents. school to collect evidence. They Meraj alias Monu and Mohsin They had carried out a recce of the odd-even traffic regu- The incident occurred at Prom- could not gather CCTV footage as Ibrahim Sayyed -- are in judicial other probable places also where lation scheme was unable HYDERABAD: Police and education ising Scholars School at IAS Colony, there was no electricity supply when custody while the sixth, Yusuf-Al- they could plant the IEDs to send to improve the ambient authorities in Hyderabad yesterday Toli Chowki, on July 12. On a com- the incident occurred. Hindi alias Safi Armar, is on the run. out a message to the world that they air quality in Delhi. continued their investigation into plaint by Ibrahim’s father Abdul A police officer said the inves- He is believed to be working for the are representatives of the IS in India, The NGT also asked the shocking incident in which a six- Mujeeb, a case of culpable homicide tigation was still on. There was no IS in Syria. the NIA alleged. the RTO to provide the year-old boy died in a fight with his not amounting to murder was regis- clarity if the fight occurred in a Akhlakur Rehman was using The whole conspiracy was Delhi Police with a list of senior at an elementary school. tered against the class II student at classroom or outside or if the boy Trillian, an instant messaging app hatched at Landhaura near Harid- the de-registered diesel Mohammed Ibrahim, a class Banjara Hills police station. named by Ibrahim’s father in his that works on phones, tablets, and war in January 2016. vehicles and to act against one student, died on July 16 due to The victim’s family claimed that complaint was responsible for the desktops. He used the Trillian ID “The necessary expertise in these in case of violations. injuries he sustained when a seven- the class II boy had beaten him a few incident. “wafabhai 7861” for chatting with assembling the IEDs with the help The decision came fol- year-old boy kicked him four times times in the past. The senior was said As the accused is a minor, the Yusuf-Al-Hindi, who was available of literature was provided to one of lowing a petition filed by in his groin. Ibrahim, who under- to be bullying Ibrahim and calling case will be referred to the Juvenile on the same platform in the name them through internet by Yusuf-Al- Vardhaman Kaushik. went two surgeries at a hospital, him names. Justice Board. of “gummnambhai”, the NIA said in Hindi,” the NIA chargesheet said. Maharashtra’s ‘Nirbhaya case’ causes uproar in assembly

IANS case, and assured stringent action In his statement in the assembly, Senior Congress leader Narayan manner in which the schoolgirl was later said that Fadnavis can have against those responsible. Fadnavis announced that Special Rane and others demanded a debate gangraped and her body parts brutal- dinner with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav While the government rejected Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam in the legislative council, while senior ised makes us shudder and shameful. Thackeray but has no time to visit the an adjournment motion sought to would lead the trial and assured Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Leave aside politics and give justice victim’s family. MUMBAI: Amid uproarious scenes be moved by Leader of Opposition stringent action against the accused Pawar sought a debate in the assem- to her as if she was our daughter,” Moving an adjournment motion in the Maharashtra assembly, Chief Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, of the persons. bly. But the demands were rejected by Pawar told Fadnavis. in the Council, Leader of Opposition Minister Devendra Fadnavis yester- Congress, in the assembly, protests He also announced an aid of Rs5 the government, which said a discus- Top opposition leaders squatted Dhananjay Munde said there is out- day made a detailed statement on were held in several parts of Mahar- lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief sion could be held on today. on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan rage in the minds of the people over the abuse and murder of a schoolgirl ashtra condemning the incident Fund and another Rs 3 lakh under the “Compared to all such incidents, and shouted slogans against the the incident, but the government which evoked memories of the grue- which occurred on July 13 in Kop- Manodhairya Scheme, besides allo- this case is very different and akin government. does not appear serious enough to some December 2012 Delhi abuse ardi village of Ahmednagar district. cating the case to a fast track court. to the Nirbhaya case of Delhi. The Congress leader Nitesh Rane address it. INDIA TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 11 Rajnath asks Pakistan to ‘mind own business’

IANS He said the security forces have been advised to use “maximum Terming the situation restraint” and use force only if they China calls for proper settlement in Kashmir as have no other option. The minis- NEW DELHI: Slamming Pakistan ter categorically said that security Beijing: China yesterday called for supporting terrorism and sepa- “unfortunate”, the forces will continue to fight against for proper settlement of clashes ratism in India, Union Home Minister minister said all terrorists but efforts will be made to in Kashmir which have left more Rajnath Singh (pictured) yesterday possible efforts were bring back misguided youths into the than 40 people dead. said the neighbouring country was mainstream “as they are ours”. Foreign ministry spokesman responsible for what was happening being made to restore Singh said he will soon visit the Lu Kang (pictured) said China in Jammu and Kashmir. normalcy in the state. state and initiate dialogue with the was concerned about the casu- “Kehne ko naam Pakistan hai common people there. alties due to violence in Kashmir lakin harkatain napaak” (The name as “unfortunate”, the minister said all Giving details about the killed which began on July 9, a day after is Pakistan - Land of the Pure - but involved in many cases and as many possible efforts were being made to and the wounded in violent inci- a top militant was killed by secu- its actions are unholy),” the Home as 17 FIRs were registered against restore normalcy in the state. dents after Wani’s death, the minister rity forces, Xinhua news agency Minister said. He said Pakistan must him in India. Singh said Wani was “I am in constant touch with the said that 43 civilians were killed and reported. mind its own business as India is involved in enticing youths of Jammu Chief Minister there. We discuss the 1,948 injured, while one security per- Stressing that China’s position on the Kashmir issue has been con- capable of dealing with its issues. and Kashmir to pick up guns and situation at least twice a day. I am sonnel was killed and 1,671 personnel sistent, Lu said Beijing hoped that relevant parties could resolve the The minister told the house that work against the country’s interests. also in touch of the heads of the secu- got wounded in clashes that followed issue through peaceful means. Burhan Wani was a terrorist who was Terming the situation in Kashmir rity forces,” Singh said. the killing of the militant. Lawmaker injured as curfew continues in volatile Kashmir

IANS confusion” about the incident. blackout on local newspapers in the “We don’t know if it was really Kashmir Valley, battling one of the a mob attack. We have a report that deadliest of street violence that has his vehicle was chased by an unruly left more than 40 people dead and SRINAGAR: A ruling Peoples Dem- mob, causing the accident. But over 2,000 injured in the last 11 days. ocratic Party (PDP) lawmaker was another version says people gath- The unrest was triggered by the seriously injured yesterday when ered after his vehicle overturned,” July 8 killing of 22-year-old Bur- his vehicle met with an accident fol- said the police spokesperson. han Wani of Hizbul Mujahideen, the lowing an alleged mob attack in the Some pictures on social media social-media-savvy poster boy of new restive Kashmir Valley where curfew showed a white sedan, believed to age militancy in Kashmir. was imposed for the 11th consecu- be of the lawmaker, lying overturned. Authorities have imposed a blan- tive day, police said. Bandh was rushed to the Army’s ket ban on newspapers, asking their Mohammed Khalil Bandh was 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar where he editors and owners not to publish till travelling from his home district of underwent orthopaedic surgery on his July 19. Journalists fear that the ban Pulwama to Srinagar “in the dead back, the police spokesperson said. may be extended till there is some of the night” when the accident His condition was stated to be critical. “semblance” of normalcy on Kash- occurred, a police spokesperson said The confusion over the inci- mir streets. Cable television services Paramilitary troopers patrol on the tenth day of curfew in Srinagar, yesterday. here, adding that there was “some dent follows a complete information have, however, been resumed. SC notice to 6 states for discharge of cured mental patients

IANS those under treatment. The bench based on the information he has Jaipur hospital there are 41 persons tragedy is that there is no one to hear Hospital staffer of Chief Justice T.S. Thkaur and Jus- accessed through RTIs and by way (23 male and 18 women); in Megha- their grievances,” the petitioner said. tice A.M. Khanwilkar issued notice to of his personal visits to some of the laya six; in Purulia and Lumbi Park Seeking the discharge of these held for harassing West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, hospitals. Giving the break-up of the Hospital in West Bengal there are 29 cured people, Bansal said they were NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and patients whose mental health has and 78 persons, respectively; and in living in pathetic conditions with Iraqi woman yesterday issued notice to six states Meghalaya on a Public Interest Litiga- been restored and are fit to be dis- Kozhikode 86. mentally ill patients. on a PIL seeking discharge of more tion (PIL) by advocate Gaurav Kumar charged, Bansal told the court that at “It is crystal clear” that the The petitioner also sought the GURGAON: A case has than 300 patients who have been Bansal. The notices are returnable in the mental hospital in Varanasi there (mentally restored) poor people are framing of guidelines for the relief been filed against an uni- cured of their mental ailments but six weeks. are 29 persons who are absolutely residing in the mental hospitals along and rehabilitation of the patients who dentified staffer of Fortis are still lodged in hospitals with The petitioner said his plea is normal and fit to be discharged; in with the mentally ill persons and the have become normal. Memorial Research Insti- tute in Gurgaon for allegedly harassing an Iraqi woman during her treatment, police said Up in arms Government mulling law to yesterday. A case under section 354A of the Indian Penal punish those polluting Ganga Code was registered at Sushant Lok police station against the Fortis staffer. IANS She added: “Poor people go to The victim was admit- jail even for stealing beedi, but those ted to the hospital on polluting Ganga do not go to jail.” July 5 for treatment. The In response to another ques- woman was discharged NEW DELHI: The government will tion on whether releasing prayer from the hospital on July soon bring forth a legislation to pun- offerings like flowers in the river 15 after which she con- ish those who pollute the Ganga was also polluting it, the minister tacted the Iraqi embassy. river, Water Resources, River Devel- said: “Ganga is not polluted because Officials of the Iraqi opment and Ganga Rejuvenation of prayer offerings, it is because of embassy then contacted Minister Uma Bharti said yesterday. industrial effluents, sewage and Indian officials after which In response to a question on plastic which obstructs the flow.” the case was registered. whether the industries polluting “But yes, when the prayer offer- Ganga have been punished, the ings get stuck in the stagnant water minister informed the Rajya Sabha it causes some pollution,” she said. that: “There are 764 industries on The minister also said that the Flood alert for the banks of Ganga which are pol- river is pious, but not chemically luting it. We have taken action pure. Bihar districts against some, and our government “Ganga is always pious... Sadly, is committee to taking most strin- if we test the water in a lab, from the PATNA: Major rivers in gent action.” perspective of the chemical content, Bihar, especially the Kosi, Women activists participate in a protest demanding the passing of the Women’s Reservation Bill “We will propose an act on this it is not clean... but from the point of Gandak, Bagmati and the during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi, yesterday. after consulting state governments,” view of respect, it is pious,” the min- Ganga, are in spate fol- the minister said. ister added lowing heavy rains in their upstream areas, posing a threat of floods, officials said yesterday. The state water resources department has Lok Sabha to take up bills on NEET today issued a flood alert for north Bihar districts bor- dering Nepal. IANS (Amendment) Bill, 2016, and The in May promulgated the two ordi- for the current academic year after (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the The With heavy rainfall Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2016 -- nances to keep the state boards out bypassing the NEET. The apex court Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2016 were in the catchment areas seeking to amend the Indian Medical of the ambit of the pan-India medi- refused to stay the ordinance’s oper- slated to be introduced in the Lok in neighbouring Nepal, Council Act of 1956 and The Dentists cal and dental entrance examination ation since 50 per cent of the states Sabha on Monday by Health Minister water levels of these riv- NEW DELHI: Two important bills Act of 1948 -- to replace the two ordi- (NEET) for 2016. “Passing these two had already conducted their own Jagat Prakash Nadda but the Lower ers have been rising for that seek to replace ordinances nances will be taken up tomorrow bills will be our top priority,” Par- entrance examinations for admis- House proceedings were adjourned the last 24 hours. to keep state boards out of the (Tuesday),” Ahluwalia told report- liamentary Affairs Minister Ananth sions to their respective government for the day as a mark of respect to the The rivers have ambit of the National Eligibility- ers here. Kumar said. medical colleges. death of a sitting member. flooded more than 150 cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for this He said the business advisory On July 14, the Supreme Court However, a bench of Justice Anil Ahluwalia said the Lok Sabha will villages in Supaul, West academic year will be taken up in the committee of the House had fixed had expressed “doubt” over the R. Dave, Justice Shiva Kirti Singh also take up a “short-duration dis- Champaran and East Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for four to six hours for discussions on validity of the ordinance allowing and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said: cussion” on July 20 (Wednesday) on Champaran, forcing peo- Parliamentary Affairs SS Ahluwalia the bills. the states to hold their own entrance “Prima facie, we find that the valid- the Kashmir violence, general law ple to abandon their said yesterday. The Centre had, in the wake of examinations for admissions to ity of the ordinance is open to doubt.” and order in the country and on ter- homes. “The Indian Medical Council reported pressure from some states, undergraduate medical courses The Indian Medical Council ror attacks. 12 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 EUROPE

Nice attacker’s Leaders jeered as France mourns Nice dead uncle says IS member Poll shows public radicalised him confidence falling in Hollande’s government. AP

MSAKEN, TUNISIA: The uncle of the truck driver who killed 84 people on the French Riviera says Reuters his nephew was indoctrinated about two weeks ago by an Alge- rian member of the Islamic State group in Nice. PARIS/NICE: Crowds jeered France’s leaders French officials could not at a tribute yesterday to victims of last week’s confirm yesterday that attacker truck attack in Nice and an opinion poll showed Mohamed Lahouaiyej Bouhlel had a sharp drop in confidence in the ability of been approached by an Algerian President Francois Hollande’s government to recruiter. combat terrorism. IS claimed responsibility for Before and after a minute of silence held to last week’s attack, though Interior pay respects to the 84 dead, many of the thou- Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said sands gathered in the south-coast resort city of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (centre) along with other leaders arrive to attend a yesterday that investigators have Nice chanted “resign, resign” at Manuel Valls, minute’s silence yesterday in Nice to pay tributes to victims of the deadly attack on Bastille found no sign yet that Bouhlel had the Socialist prime minister. Others yelled “Hol- Day. RIGHT: French nationals living in Manila and other sympathisers light candles before links to a particular network. lande, resign”. a papier mache replica of the Eiffel Tower during a memorial and minute of silence in The driver’s uncle, Sadok The poll published in Le Figaro newspa- Makati city, Metro Manila, Philippines, yesterday. Bouhlel, told The Associated Press per showed 33 percent of respondents were that given Bouhlel’s family prob- confident in the current leaders’ ability to fight lems — he was estranged from terrorism, down sharply from confidence levels Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, who is com- 84. It has plunged France back into a state of among competing politicians while many of his wife and three children — the of at least 50 percent in the wake of two major peting in a November primary for the ticket grief, fear, and now political recrimination. those killed in Thursday’s attack on the sea- Algerian “found in Mohamed an attacks last year. to run as presidential candidate for France’s front Promenade des Anglais boulevard had easy prey for recruitment.” “The government promises us things but mainstream centre-right parties, said overnight POLITICS UNDER SCRUTINY yet to be identified or buried. Bouhlel’s rapid radicalisation nothing sticks,” Nice city resident Antony Fern- Hollande’s government had failed to do all it The government has struck back by “I’d have liked the politicians to have the has puzzled investigators. Friends andez told Reuters TV. “What have they done could. “I know there’s no zero risk, I know per- denouncing opponents for breaking ranks so decency when the bodies were still on the and family said he had not been up to now to make us feel safe? And yet what fectly well that we don’t pull each other apart fast. Promenade not to start saying to it’s so-and- an observant Muslim in the past. do we expect? Every six months we’re going to before the victims have even been buried,” he Speaking ahead of the nationwide minute- so’s fault,” said Stephane Bebert, who was at the Cazeneuve said yesterday on RTL mourn for more dead?” told TF1 TV. of-silence yesterday, Interior Minister Bernard ceremony. As tributes drew throngs of people radio that the driver may have The latest poll came at a moment when, “But I want to say, because it’s the truth, that Cazeneuve accused the government’s oppo- back to the scene of the carnage, police investi- been motivated by IS messages less than a year from a presidential election, everything that should have been done over the nents of breaking ranks in an unseemly way. gated, with some four of the six people arrested but not necessarily coordinating political opponents have fast abandoned the last 18 months ... wasn’t done.” “We’ve seen tirades emerge immediately after the attack transferred early yesterday for with a larger network. initial restraint that usually prevails on such In Thursday’s attack, delivery man and personally this is both shocking and sad ... questioning at the headquarters of France’s “Mohamed didn’t pray, didn’t occasions to sharply criticise Hollande and his Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel ploughed a it’s undignified in the current context,” he said. counter-terrorism department in the western go to the mosque and ate pork,” government. 19-tonne truck into crowds of revellers, killing Voters also denounced the lack of restraint edge of Paris. said Bouhlel, a retired teacher. EU provides Five dead as Islamist militants target Kazakhstan city €500m aid Reuters fears of a growing Islamist threat to prosperous than its post-Soviet the oil-producing nation of 18 mil- neighbours and has been ruled to struggling lion people. with a firm hand by Nazarbayev ALMATY: Suspected Islamist mili- Last month, men the authorities since 1989. milk farmers tants killed at least four policemen said were Islamic State sympathisers But the fall in global oil prices and one civilian in Kazakhstan’s attacked gun stores and a military has hit its economy hard and there AFP financial capital Almaty yesterday, facility, killing seven. have been rare outbreaks of violence security and hospital sources said, Nazarbayev said the security and public protests since April, ini- the second attack on the security services were working to iden- tially caused by discontent over BRUSSELS: The EU announced services in less than two months. tify yesterday’s attackers, but one proposed land reforms but swiftly yesterday a further ¤500m The attackers targeted a district security source said the authorities attracting others unhappy about ($553m) for farmers to help police station and an office of the believed they were Islamist militants. wider issues. Five witnesses told reverse the plunge in prices KNB state security service. Another Thousands of nationals from Reuters they heard gunshots in three shaking a dairy industry hit by shootout occurred on a busy cen- Central Asian nations are known to parts of Almaty, the mainly Muslim overproduction and a Russian tral street where police wounded be fighting alongside Islamic State nation’s largest city. embargo. and detained one of the attackers. militants in Syria and Iraq, and the “We saw a man with a rifle,” one The abolition of European President Nursultan Nazarbayev authorities have long warned they shop worker said by phone. Footage Union milk quotas in April 2015 called the attacks a terrorist act and could return and carry out attacks uploaded to the Internet showed a Police officers detain a man after an attack in the centre of Almaty, helped trigger a collapse in prices ordered tighter security in pub- on home soil. man pointing an assault rifle at a car that have not recovered despite an lic areas. The shootings will stoke Kazakhstan is far more he tried and failed to stop. Kazakhstan, yesterday. initial aid package for the same amount in September. Subsidies for farmers have historically accounted for one of the largest parts of the EU’s Boris attends first EU meeting in Brussels UK lawmakers budget under the controversial Common Agricultural Policy for the 28-nation bloc. AP “This package provides a fur- set to renew ther robust response, and means that the Commission has mobi- BRUSSELS: New British Foreign Secretary lised more than one billion euros Boris Johnson, who recently likened the key N-system in new money to support hard- European Union to Adolf Hitler’s vision for pressed farmers,” EU agriculture Europe, came to Brussels yesterday to meet commissioner Phil Hogan said. for the first time with his EU colleagues, and Reuters “Our ultimate goal is to see the said he hopes to cooperate closely. much needed recovery of prices Johnson led a winning campaign to per- paid to farmers, so that they may suade British voters to leave the European LONDON: Lawmakers were expected to vote yester- make a living from their work,” Union, but said the referendum’s outcome day to renew Britain’s ageing nuclear weapons system, the Irishman added. last month “in no sense means we are leav- a multi-billion pound project regarded as key to main- A combination of factors, ing Europe.” taining the country’s status as a world power following including changing dietary hab- “We are not going to be in any way its vote to leave the European Union. its, slowing Chinese demand and abandoning our leading role in Euro- Parliament, where the Conservatives have a a Russian embargo on Western pean cooperation and participation of all majority of 16, was likely to approve renewing the products in response to sanc- kinds,” Johnson said before the start of an Scottish-based nuclear-armed Trident submarines tions over the Ukraine conflict EU foreign ministers’ meeting. He said last despite opposition from some lawmakers from the has pushed down prices for beef, week’s attack in Nice, France, showed the main opposition Labour Party and the pro-independ- and milk. need for European countries to coordi- ence Scottish National Party. Germany will receive nearly nate their response to terrorism, and that Opponents say the vote is being used by the newly ¤58m, followed by France at just he would support an EU call for “restraint appointed Prime Minister Theresa May to unify her under ¤50m, and the Netherlands and moderation” in Turkey following the party after a bruising Brexit campaign and embar- Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson listens to Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose at nearly ¤23m, Poland with more failed military putsch there. rass Labour by highlighting its own deep divisions. Manuel Garcia-Margallo (left) during a European Union foreign ministers meeting than ¤22m, and Italy with nearly Despite Johnson’s anti-EU stance, Fed- In her first statement in parliament as prime min- ¤21m. erica Mogherini, the bloc’s foreign policy in Brussels, Belgium, yesterday. ister, May urged lawmakers to back Trident, not only Britain is one of the biggest chief, told reporters that “our common work to protect Britain from growing threats from Russia with just over ¤30m — despite the on foreign and security policy continues and and Brussels-based journalist, was to his colleagues for those remarks, Ayrault and North Korea, but also to protect jobs in Scotland country having voted to leave the today we will welcome him as a new mem- appointed foreign secretary by new Prime said, but he added that he didn’t feel person- and elsewhere. EU in a referendum last month. ber of the family.” Minister Theresa May on Wednesday. ally slighted. The Frenchman said he and “What this country needs to do is to recognise that The issue of subsidies for Johnson and Mogherini met privately “It is very good to be here for my first his colleagues are conscious that the EU it faces a variety of threats and to ensure we have the farmers in post-exit Britain in Brussels on Sunday evening and “had a overseas trip,” he told reporters yesterday grew out of attempts to build a more peace- capabilities that are necessary and appropriate to deal promises to be a touchy one for good exchange on the main issues on the morning as he arrived at EU headquarters, ful and prosperous Europe on the ruins of with each of those threats,” she said. new Prime Minister Theresa agenda today,” the EU official said. also referring to his colleagues from other World War II. Britain needed to retain a nuclear deterrent May’s government, although its French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc member states as “our friends.” Ayrault told a post-meeting news con- which had been an insurance policy for nearly 50 new agriculture minister Andrea Ayrault, who has said Johnson “lied a lot” In an interview with the Daily Telegraph ference that the frequently flamboyant years, May said. Parliament agreed in principle in Leadsom sent a deputy for yes- to turn British public opinion against the EU, in May, during the referendum campaign, Johnson behaved with “a certain modesty” 2007 to replace the deterrent system and yesterday’s terday’s talks. vowed to speak to him “with the greatest Johnson said the EU was trying to build a at the session. Britain’s new top diplomat vote was to rubber stamp the decision to go ahead The European Commission, sincerity and frankness.” Ayrault also called super-state, recreating the Roman Empire. didn’t hold a news conference of his own, with approving the building of four submarines to the executive of the 28-nation for a quick start to formal talks on Britain’s “Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried but emerged for about two minutes to speak ensure Britain can have nuclear weapons continu- EU, said the financial support was exit from the 28-nation bloc to end what he this out, and it ends tragically. The EU is an with journalists. Johnson said he’d had a ously on patrol at sea. mainly for the dairy industry, and called the current situation of uncertainty attempt to do this by different methods,” he “long, productive day.” US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said in Febru- it noted it comes at a time of tight as to the country’s intentions and relation- was quoted as saying. Asked what sort of reception he ary that Britain must renew the submarines, based at budgets, mainly due to the worst ship with its European partners. At yesterday’s foreign ministers’ meet- was given by the other EU ministers, he Faslane in Scotland, if it wanted to maintain its “out- migrant crisis since World War II. Johnson, 52, a former London mayor ing, Johnson “did not present his excuses” answered simply: “very good.” sized” role in world affairs. AMERICAS TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 13 Trump show rolls into Cleveland arena

The four-day confab Trump ‘cannot become will end on Thursday with a speech from president’: Clinton the 70-year-old billionaire real estate CINCINNATI: Presumptive Democratic presiden- mogul, whose rise to tial nominee Hillary Clinton (picture) called on venerable civil-rights group the NAACP yester- lead the Republican day to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in White House ticket has his bid for the White House. been one of the more Speaking at the annual NAACP conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Republican National Convention opened improbable journeys several hundred miles away, Clinton insisted that Trump was unfit in American politics. to be president and announced a nationwide drive to register mil- lions of new voters. Clinton painted her tycoon opponent as a threat to democracy, lacking a policy platform and whose company refused to rent to Afri- AFP can American tenants in the 1970s. “Donald Trump plays coy with white supremacists. Donald Trump insults Mexican immigrants... Don- ald Trump demeans women. Donald Trump wants to ban an entire religion from entering our country and Donald Trump loves to talk CLEVELAND: Thousands of dele- to the press,” she said. gates descended on a tightly secured Cleveland arena yesterday for the opening of the Republican National about her love of the country,” adding overall sense of instability. Convention, with Donald Trump’s that he will attend the opening ses- President Barack Obama has wife playing character witness as the sion and may even say a few words urged Americans to temper their tough-talking mogul locks up his par- -- a sign that the convention will be words and show stronger common ty’s presidential nomination. anything but political as usual. resolve, but Trump is instead high- Melania Trump, a Slovenian-born “I will be there. I want to watch. lighting divisions. former model, will headline the open- It’s going to be very exciting,” Trump “We are TRYING to fight ISIS, and ing night of the 2016 convention in said. The theme of Monday’s proceed- now our own people are killing our Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer during a pro-Trump rally near the Cleveland, Ohio, which takes place ings, which will also feature former police,” Trump tweeted shortly after Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, US, yesterday. against a backdrop of fear over racial New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, is the Baton Rouge shooting, referring violence and unrest abroad. “Make America Safe Again” -- a play to the Islamic State group. The four-day confab will end on Trump’s slogan “Make America “Our country is divided and out of nominee Hillary Clinton should be Senator Joni Ernst as convention team will send his son and daughters Thursday with a speech from the Great Again.”A spate of race-tinged control. The world is watching.” jailed for using a private email server speakers to back up his point. to the convention stage in the com- 70-year-old billionaire real estate police-involved shootings -- and cop Trump has portrayed himself as to handle sensitive government doc- Of more immediate concern for ing days in an attempt to humanize mogul, whose rise to lead the Repub- killings, including the fatal shooting a sheriff who can fix things.“We have uments while serving as secretary Trump however is a split among The Donald. lican White House ticket has been one of three officers in Louisiana on Sun- to bring law and order back to this of state, something the FBI said was Republicans.The reality TV star’s Polls show that Trump strug- of the more improbable journeys in day -- has put the country on edge. country, whether we like it or not,” he careless but not criminal. unorthodox style and hard-right gles badly with moderate voters, and American politics. Deadly attacks overseas, most told Fox, as he bemoaned the deteri- On Monday, Trump will also message have left the party more his campaign will want to project a Trump told Fox News early Mon- recently in Nice, and an attempted orating race relations in America.He call on retired Lieutenant General divided than it has been in a gener- more positive image to the general day that his wife would be “speaking coup in Turkey, have only stoked an believes that presumptive Democratic Michael Flynn and tough-talking ation.After his wife, the candidate’s electorate. Baltimore cop acquitted Four scribes named for in Freddie Gray case Press Freedom

Reuters community to continue to respect the judicial process during “a very Awards difficult time for our city.” The scene outside the court- AP BALTIMORE: A Baltimore police house in Baltimore on Monday was lieutenant was acquitted of man- calm, with only a handful of pro- slaughter and two other charges testers. Rice was the fourth of six NEW YORK: Four international in the April 2015 death of black officers to stand trial in the case. journalists who faced imprison- detainee Freddie Gray, dealing Williams previously acquitted ment, arrest and threats for their prosecutors another setback in Officers Edward Nero and Caesar reporting have been named win- their efforts to secure a conviction Goodson Jr., both of whom were in ners of the International Press in the highly charged case. court on Monday. Freedom Awards. The Committee Baltimore City Circuit Court Rawlings-Blake said Rice would to Protect Journalists announced Judge Barry Williams found Lieu- still face a departmental review. the 2016 recipients yesterday. tenant Brian Rice not guilty in a Rice, who is white, ordered two The awards will be presented bench trial. Rice, 42, was the high- officers on bicycle to chase Gray, to Egypt’s Mahmoud Abou Zeid, est-ranking officer charged after 25, when he fled unprovoked in a India’s Malini Subramaniam, Gray’s death from a broken neck high-crime area. Prosecutors said Turkey’s Can Dundar and El Sal- suffered in a police transport van. Rice acted negligently by failing to vador’s Oscar Martinez on Nov. 22 His death triggered protests and place Gray in a seat belt. at a ceremony in New York. Venezuelans carrying groceries cross the Simon Bolivar bridge from Cucuta in Colombia back to San rioting in the mainly black city and But defense lawyers said Rice The organisation said CNN Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela, yesterday. stoked a national debate about how was allowed leeway on how to correspondent and anchor Chris- police treat minorities. secure a prisoner. The officer made tiane Amanpour will receive its The controversy flared anew the correct split-second decision Burton Benjamin Memorial Award this month with the deaths of Afri- while Gray was being combative for lifetime achievement in the 123,000 Venezuelans cross can-American men at the hands of and a hostile crowd looked on, they cause of press freedom. police in Minnesota and Louisiana. said. Williams, who heard the case “These four brave journalists Tensions were heightened further without a jury at Rice’s request, said have risked their freedom, and after police officers were killed in prosecutors failed to show the lieu- their lives, to report to their soci- border to shop for food Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. tenant was aware of a departmental eties and the global community Baltimore Mayor Steph- policy requiring seat belts for pris- about critical news events,” CPJ anie Rawlings-Blake asked the oners during transport. Executive Director Joel Simon said.

AP and the world oil price slump that know we’re going to find what we caused a collapse in the oil revenues want in Colombia, so it’s a nice that fund government spending. difference.” VENEZUELA: More than 100,000 Although the border was heav- Colombian officials dressed in Guinness dance Venezuelans, some of whom drove ily patrolled by Venezuelan troops, white shirts individually welcomed through the night in caravans, the crowds were mostly orderly amid those arriving while police handed crossed into Colombia over the an atmosphere of tense excitement. out cake and blasted out festive val- weekend to hunt for food and medi- A few activists handed out anti- lenato tunes, the traditional music cine that are in short supply at home. government pamphlets, looking to beloved on both sides of the border. It was the second weekend in a galvanize the frustration that has Roadside kiosks set up by entrepre- row that Venezuela’s socialist gov- characterized food riots and long neurs took payment in Venezuela’s ernment opened the long-closed lines outside supermarkets in recent currency for goods at a steep dis- border with Colombia, and by 6am weeks. count from what they cost on the Sunday, a line of would-be shoppers Some of those waiting to cross black market back home. snaked through the entire town of made anti-government chants and “It’s sad to be doing this, but San Antonio del Tachira. Some had sang the national anthem, but there we also know over there we’ll find traveled in chartered buses from cit- was no appetite for confrontation. something,” said Rosa Cardenas, a ies 10 hours away. They were focused on the pros- 70-year-old retired school teacher Venezuela’s government closed pect of getting at fully stocked accompanied by a 5-month-old all crossings a year ago to crack supermarket shelves and the oppor- granddaughter. down on smuggling along the 1,378- tunity to buy even non-essential Colombian officials estimated mile (2,219km) border. It complained indulgences like nail polish and 35,000 Venezuelans crossed the bor- that speculators were causing short- beer before the re-closing of bor- der Saturday, the first day of what ages by buying up subsidized food der crossings Sunday night. Colombia’s government called a and gasoline in Venezuela and tak- “It’s kind of crazy day,” said humanitarian corridor. ing them to Colombia, where they Alejandro Chacon, who owns a An additional 88,000 entered could be sold for far higher prices. hardware store in the nearby town Sunday, authorities said as the mad But shortages have continued to of San Cristobal and was crossing rush on products like sugar and flour Dancers of Pre-Hispanic traditional dances get ready to set a Guinness Record of “The biggest mount in Venezuela amid triple-digit the border for the first time since led to extra supplies of staple goods inflation, currency controls that have the closure. being sent from other Colombian Ceremonial Dance of the world”, near the Teotihuacan archaeological site, Mexico, yesterday. restricted imports and investment “It’s strange to see this, but we cities. 14 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 AMERICAS Ex-Marine ‘ambushed’ Baton Rouge cops: Police

a black veteran of the Afghanistan abuses. The dying moments of both war opened fire, seeking revenge for men were captured in video footage Louisiana the fatal police shootings of black that went viral online. investigators were men. At a July 7 protest over those two But the weekend bloodshed in shootings in Dallas, a black gunman now trying to Baton Rouge kept the city -- and the killed five police and wounded sev- determine why the country -- on edge. Racial tensions eral others before he was slain. were already high in Louisiana’s state That shooter, identified as Micah shooter -- identified capital after the July 5 death of Alton Xavier Johnson, told negotiators that by US media as Gavin Sterling, a black man shot at point- he wanted to kill white cops, before blank range by white police. he was killed by a police robot bomb. Long, 29 -- opened “He ambushed these police He added: “The violence, the fire on the officers on officers,” Louisiana State Police hatred, just has to stop,” Louisiana Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmon- Governor John Bel Edwards said. Sunday. son told CNN. “His prey was those The Baton Rouge shooting took police officers or any police officers place along a highway near the police Johnny and Kathy Bergeron place flowers at a makeshift memorial for three police officers who were shot in the area.” When asked whether he headquarters on Sunday at around and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, yesterday. AFP believed Long had drawn the cops 8:40 am (1340 GMT), after officers to the scene, he replied: “No doubt responded to a call about a man car- in my mind.” rying a rifle. The suspect was dressed Another Louisiana state police all in black and, some reports said, Clinton condemns Baton Rouge shooting BATON ROUGE: The black former spokesman, J.B. Slaton, told The wore a mask. A witness told local Marine and Iraq war veteran who New York Times: “We are still try- media the gunman carried what shot dead three police officers in the ing to find out what his motive was, appeared to be an AR-15 assault- southern US city of Baton Rouge at and that’s going to be part of our style rifle. AP “They represent the rule of law and Minnesota and police officers in the weekend specifically targeted the investigation. But we believe he was The shooter, based in Kansas City itself if you take aim at that and at Dallas. She said anyone who kills a cops, officials said yesterday. targeting those officers.” -- more than 700 miles (1,100 kilom- them you take aim at all of us,” Clin- police officer or acts as an accom- Louisiana investigators were now A recent series of shootings eters) north of Baton Rouge -- was a ton told civil rights activists at the plice must be held accountable. trying to determine why the shooter involving police have exposed deep former Marine whose served a 2008- CINCINNATI: Hillary Clinton yes- annual convention of the NAACP. Recent violence has cost the lives -- identified by US media as Gavin fault lines through US society sur- 2009 tour of duty in Iraq. terday called for an end to the “There can be no justification, no of eight officers, including those in Long, 29 -- opened fire on the officers rounding racial prejudice and gun In 2015, Long legally changed “madness” after the death of three looking the other way.” Baton Rouge, and two civilians, and on Sunday. He also wounded three violence. The early July shooting his name to Cosmo Ausar Sete- law enforcement officers in Baton The Democratic presidential can- it has sparked a national debate over cops before he was killed in a fire- of Sterling by Baton Rouge police penra, claiming to be a member of the Rouge, Louisiana, saying that if she is didate condemned the killing of three race and policing. fight. It was not yet clear if his act had and another by Minnesota police Washitaw Nation, a group of African- elected president she will use all her Louisiana law enforcement officers, She has also pushed for cutting a similar motivation as the slaying of of a black motorist led to a nation- Americans claiming to be a Native powers to hold those who kill police the latest in a recent string of shoot- mandatory minimum sentences, par- five Dallas officers 10 days ago, when wide wave of marches against police American nation in the United States. officers legally accountable. ings involving black men in Louisiana ticularly for drug offences.

Art of fishing Mexican anti-graft Zika virus passed from chief resigns Utah patient

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AFP MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s chief anti- corruption official, who last year exonerated President Enrique Pena MIAMI: A elderly man who died of Nieto of conflict-of-interest allega- Zika virus in Utah appears to have tions, resigned yesterday, just hours transmitted the infection to a fam- before new graft-fighting legislation ily contact who was a caregiver, comes into effect. US health officials said yesterday. Virgilio Andrade (pictured), The second person has since head of the Public Administration recovered from the infection, Ministry (SFP), the government’s which is primarily spread by main anti-corruption auditor, was mosquitoes but is also known to appointed by Pena Nieto in 2015. be spread through sexual contact. He was immediately asked However the newest case A man fishes on Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. to investigate the president, first will create a special anti-graft raises the prospect of a new and lady Angelica Rivera and Finance prosecutor. previously unknown path of Minster Luis Videgaray over reve- Corruption looks set to be a transmission for a virus that is lations they had bought or made use key theme in the 2018 presidential capable of causing birth defects of homes belonging to a major gov- elections. The PRI suffered a major and has spread quickly though ernment contractor. setback in regional elections in June, Latin America. The opposition accused Andrade when voters castigated the party for “We are learning something US urges Turkey to respect law of a whitewash when the months- its failure to root out graft and gang new about Zika virus every day,” long probe exonerated all three violence. said Erin Staples, a medical epi- of wrongdoing, just as the presi- The PRI, which ruled Mexico demiologist with the US Centers Reuters that is Washington’s most powerful Earnest said. Washington has offered dent was pledging to get tough on from 1929 until 2000, and even- for Disease Control and Preven- Muslim ally. to help Turkey in any investigation entrenched political corruption in tually became synonymous with tion, during a press conference. “What US officials will make into the failed coup, Earnest said. Latin America’s No. 2 economy. political corruption, lost sev- “This situation appears to be clear to their Turkish counterparts Turkey is calling on the United Under the new anti-corruption eral bastions to the center-right unique,” she said. WASHINGTON: The United States is that it’s critical for them to exercise States to hand over a cleric Ankara measures, which the opposition has National Action Party, which has The elderly patient had an yesterday urged Nato ally Turkey restraint, to respect and observe due blames for the putsch, Fethullah accused Pena Nieto’s ruling Insti- made graft-fighting one of its key “unusually high level of virus in to exercise restraint and respect process and to protect the freedoms Gulen, who has been living in self- tutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) electoral issues. the blood,” though it is still not the rule of law in the aftermath of that are enshrined in the Turkish imposed exile in the United States of seeking to water down, the new The PRI party chairman known exactly how the infec- a failed military coup. constitution,” White House spokes- for years. The United States has not head of the SFP must now be ratified resigned in the wake of the elec- tion spread to the second person, Turkey purged its police after man Josh Earnest said at a news received an extradition request from by the Senate before taking office. tion results, and was last week described as a “family contact,” rounding up thousands of soldiers briefing. Earnest said he was not pre- Turkey and would evaluate any such Andrade said in a televised replaced with Enrique Ochoa, the Staples added. in the wake of the weekend coup pared to “pass judgment” on specific request according to its 30-year-old address he was standing down to former head of the Federal Electric- Other suspected modes of attempt and there have been calls actions of Turkish President Tayyip extradition treaty with Turkey. make way for the implementation ity Commission, who some see as transmission have been ruled to reinstate the death penalty for Erdogan since the coup attempt. “The suggestion that somehow of the new anti-corruption system, a potential presidential candidate out -- including having traveled plotters. The broad crackdown drew “The United States strongly the United States is harboring Mr. set to be promulgated by the presi- in 2018. to a Zika-affected area or having concern from Western allies who supports Turkey’s democratically Gulen is factually incorrect. The dent later on Monday. On assuming the mantle, Ochoa had sex with an infected person, said Ankara must uphold the rule of elected civilian government and that truth is there’s been no extradition The reform aims to step up immediately singled out corruption Staples said.A statement issued by law in the country, a Nato member country’s democratic institutions,” request put forward,” Earnest said. oversight of public officials and as a major obstacle for the PRI. the CDC said the man, who died, had “uniquely high amounts of virus -- more than 100,000 times higher than seen in other samples of infected people -- in his blood.” Asthma risk four times higher near fracking sites: Study The elderly victim, who had an underlying health condition, passed away in late June, after traveling to a country where the AFP The researchers found more than attacks during the same year. related to the drilling of unconven- can be made worse by outdoor air mosquito-transmitted virus is 35,000 asthma patients aged from “Those who lived closer to a large tional natural gas wells,” said lead pollution, stress and sleep disruption active, the Salt Lake County health five to 90. number or bigger active natural gas researcher Sara Rasmussen of the -- all of which have been linked to department said. Most asthma attacks they suf- wells were significantly more likely Bloomberg School’s Department of unconventional natural gas devel- As of mid-July, US health offi- MIAMI: Living near sites that extract fered -- nearly 21,000 in all -- were -- 1.5 to four times more likely -- to Environmental Health Sciences at opment in previous studies. cials have reported 1,306 cases natural gas by hydraulic fracturing, mild, requiring a corticosteroid suffer asthma attacks,” the study Johns Hopkins University. “We are concerned with the of Zika in the continental United also known as fracking, may increase prescription. said. “Going forward, we need to focus growing number of studies that have States and Hawaii. None of these the risk of asthma up to four times, a Another 4,782 severe attacks The findings held up even when on the exact reasons why these things observed health effects associated cases have been the result of local US study said yesterday. required hospitalization and 1,870 the researchers accounted for other are happening because if we know with this industry,” said senior author spread by mosquitoes. Fourteen The findings, published in the moderate ones prompted emergency factors that can exacerbate asthma, why, we can help make the industry Brian Schwartz, a professor in the have involved sexual transmis- Journal of the American Medi- room visits. such as living near main roads, hav- safer.” The growth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Health sion and one was the result of a cal Association (JAMA) Internal The researchers mapped where ing a family history of asthma, and fracking operations -- with more Sciences at the Bloomberg School. laboratory exposure. Zika virus Medicine, are based on research the patients lived, together with the smoking, they said. than 6,000 wells developed in the “We believe it is time to take a more can cause a variety of symp- examining health records collected location, size and number of natural “Ours is the first to look at asthma past decade -- has raised concerns cautious approach to well develop- toms including rash and joint and from 2005 to 2012 in the northeast- gas operations, and compared them but we now have several studies sug- about effects on air and water quality. ment with an eye on environmental muscle pain, but often carries no ern state of Pennsylvania. to asthma patients who suffered no gesting adverse health outcomes Asthma is a chronic disease that and public health impacts.” symptoms at all. BREAK TIME TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 1517

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IANS MOST READ NEW YORK: Birds that live in suburban Part of West Industrial Street in Doha Industrial areas exhibit significantly higher levels 1 Area to be closed for six months of territorial aggression than those in the countryside, says a study that shed Eid Charity sponsors 45,000 orphans light on the effects of human population 2 expansion on wildlife. “A possible reason for this is that these Qatar Airways increases frequency birds have less space but better resources 3 to Muscat to defend,” said Scott Davies, a post- doctoral associate at the Virginia Tech University in the US. The suburban birds were also found TWEET OF THE DAY to be more territorial, showing that their increased aggression persists through- out a breeding season. “Living near humans provides better food and shelter, but it also means more competition for these limited resources,” Davies added in the work published in the journal Biology Letters. For the study, the team measured territorial aggression in 35 urban and 38 A car being filled up at Woqod petrol station in West Bay. The company has started using longer fuel rural male song sparrows at three rural and three urban sites in the New River nozzle at its stations across Qatar to avoid long queues. Pic: Baher A / The Peninsula Valley during the spring of 2015. The researchers played a recording of a male song sparrow and observed how the territory-holding birds responded to a simulated intrusion from a neighbour. These birds showed a higher level Ghostbusters can’t vanquish ‘Pets’ of aggression -- they approached and remained near the speaker, flapped their wings furiously, engaged in loud INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY singing and then began to produce ‘soft AFP animated comedy chronicles the Legend of Tarzan,” starring Alexan- song’ -- a term that researchers use to journey of two pet dogs let loose der Skarsgard and Margot Robbie, describe the quiet, garbled noise that in New York, featuring the voices slipped down to the number three a bird makes, which is predictive of an LOS ANGELES: The “Ghostbusters” of comedian Louis CK and actor spot, making $11.1m. impending attack. crew may have rooted out New Eric Stonestreet. The controversial The Pixar animated comedy Boat carry- Though rural birds still responded to York’s supernatural but failed to “Ghostbusters” reboot summoned “Finding Dory” drifted down to ing passengers a song intrusion but not as vigorously as overpower the city’s furry critters, $46m, a solid debut considering fourth place, hauling in $11m. from Banana they usually do. The world population is who topped the box office once the social media backlash the film The popular fish tale, which Island passing projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050 and again. weathered prior to its release. floated on top of the charts for by the Museum increasing by more than two billion peo- “The Secret Life of Pets” grossed The resurrection of the 1984 weeks, did become the highest- of Islamic Art. ple, according to the United Nations. an impressive $50.6m in its second original boasted female leads includ- grossing animated film ever, making (Photo: Baher Though many animals avoid habitats weekend, according to industry ing Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, $445.5m thus far. The debaucher- Amin) that are impacted by humans, some spe- tracker Exhibitor Relations, bring- Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, ous brothers of “Max and Dave Need cies can adjust and live in suburban and ing its total US profits to $203.2m. a casting decision that fueled sig- Wedding Dates” pulled off fifth even urban habitats. The Illumination-produced nificant Internet misogyny. “The place, bringing in $7.5m.

People with disabilities trained for jobs Going Green

The Peninsula The three-month course The training programme The ministry had signed was held to develop the capa- was prepared by the min- agreements with Shafallah bility and skills of the people istry in collaboration with Center and Volunteer Com- with disabilities. Qatar Society for Rehabil- mittee for the employment of DOHA: The Ministry of Econ- The move aimed to pro- itation of Special Needs, people with disabilities. omy and Commerce has vide jobs to the weaker the Volunteer Committee As per the agreements, honoured a group of people segment of community so they for the Recruitment of Peo- the committee would provide with disabilities for participat- could contribute to the devel- ple with Disabilities, and Al training to people with disa- ing in a job-oriented training opment of the country to meet Nur Al Shafallah Center for bility and support them to find course. Qatar National Vision 2030 Disabilities. suitable jobs, said a statement. SpaceX rocket lifts

off on cargo run The Public Parks Department of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment has planted 250 saplings on the rooftop of the ministry building on Corniche after its rehabilitation and maintenance, the ministry said on its Facebook account. Source: Ministry Facebook Reuters

CAPE CANAVERAL: An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida early yesterday to send a cargo ship to the Pokemon Go and its health benefits International Space Station, then turned around and landed itself back at the launch site. The 23-story-tall Falcon 9 rocket, built and flown by IANS items are collected. Poke eggs are among the Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, things that can be collected at these locations. lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:45am Getting to Pokestops, catching different EDT (0445 GMT). Pokemon and hatching the Poke eggs requires Perched on top of the rocket was a Dragon capsule filled NEW YORK: As the GPS-based Pokemon Go a lot of walking. “What began as just playing with nearly 5,000 pounds (2,268kg) of food, supplies and mobile game takes the world by storm, an the game has now become a hobby for me that equipment, including a miniature DNA sequencer, the first expert in the US has found that there are health provides certain health benefits,” Hoffman to fly in space. benefits from playing the augmented Reality said in a university statement. Also aboard the capsule was a metal docking ring of (AR) smartphone game. “I’ve spent an hour or two at a time ventur- diameter 7.8 feet (2.4 m), that will be attached to the sta- According to Matt Hoffman, clinical assist- ing around the community to find Pokestops. tion, letting commercial spaceships under development ant professor at the Texas A&M College of And, to hatch one egg, a trainer must walk by SpaceX and Boeing Co. ferry astronauts to the station, Nursing, this quest to “catch ‘em all” is great anywhere from one-six miles. There’s no doubt a $100-billion laboratory that flies about 250 miles (400 as it pokes people to travel across the land, about it, I am exercising more as a result of km) above Earth. The manned craft are scheduled to begin searching far and wide for a pokemon result- playing the game, and I am enjoying it,” added test flights next year. ing in regular exercising. Hoffman who has been affectionately dubbed Since NASA retired its fleet of space shuttles five years To progress in the game, players known as the “Pokémon Professor” by co-workers. ago, the United States has depended on Russia to ferry “trainers” must walk around to find and catch Hoffman said the game also brings train- The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at astronauts to and from the station, at a cost of more than Pokemon and access specific locations called ers at a certain place in search of Pokemon Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a Dragon CRS9 spacecraft, yesterday. $70 million per person. Pokestops -- where Pokéballs and other useful at Pokestops. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,585.08 +166.25 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,531.99 +15.44 PTS SoftBank to buy EU wants deal Britain’s chip designer FTSE100 6,695.42 +26.18 PTS with IMF on ARM in $32bn deal BRENT $45.15 -$0.80 Greek by Dec

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UDC posts QR353m H1 net profit QIB profit hits

Al Mutahidah QR1.05bn in H1 residential towers construction to By Mohammad Shoeb with a coverage ratio for non- commence in Q4. The Peninsula performing financing portfolio at 93 percent as of June. In April 2016, Fitch Ratings has affirmed QIB’s Long Term DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A+’ By Satish Kanady the leading provider of Shariah- with a Stable Outlook reflecting The Peninsula compliant banking services in the bank’s established franchise the country, has posted a net in Qatar, its sound asset quality, profit attributable to the share- solid funding and liquidity pro- holders at QR1.05bn for the first file with a franchise that is more DOHA: United Development Com- six months of this year ended diversified than that of many pany (UDC), one of the leading Qatari June 30, 2016, up 18 percent peers and taking into account the shareholding companies and mas- compared to the corresponding bank’s adequate profitability, and ter developer of The Pearl-Qatar, has period last year. satisfactory capital and leverage delivered a net profit of QR353m for Total assets have increased ratios. Standard & Poor’s Rating the first half of 2016 (H1, 16). The net by 15 percent compared to June Services has also retained QIB’s profit attributed to the equity hold- 2015 and now stand at QR135bn Counterparty Credit Rating at ‘A-’ ers of the company stood at QR332m. driven by continued growth in and Capital Intelligence has reaf- Earnings per share reached QR0.94 the financing activities. firmed QIB’s financial strength for the period. Financing assets of QIB have rating of ‘A’ with stable outlook. UDC’s shares jumped 2.17 percent now reached QR97bn having In light of the bank’s positive on Qatar Exchange yesterday. added QR20bn, representing results, QIB has been recognised Announcing the results, UDC 25 percent increase compared by highly reputable interna- Chairman Turki Al Khater, stated: UDC Chairman Turki Al Khater, (left) and President & Chief Executive Officer Ibrahim Al Othman. to June 2015. Customer depos- tional financial publications “Despite challenging market con- its touched QR95bn and total and reports as one of the leading ditions, the company’s resilient shareholders’ equity has reached regional banks. Among a number business model has enabled us to results achieved in the first half of in the first half of the year 2016 Al Medina in Medina Centrale will QR13bn. Total income for the first of important awards, for the sec- deliver sustainable results for the 2016 is higher than the budgeted increased by 4 percent compared soon be ready to welcome retailers half (H1) has reached QR2.6bn ond year in a row, The Banker first half of the year 2016. This is results and reflect the soundness to the same period in the year 2015, and customers, which will add value against QR2.07bn reported in - Financial Times Group, named the outcome of prudent risk man- of our strategy. During the first six as well as the volume of retail areas to The Pearl-Qatar’s retail and com- H1, 2015. Income from financing QIB the “Islamic Bank of the Year agement and effective execution of months of the year, we have focused leased in the first half of the year mercial business performance. and investing activities reached in the Middle East”, while 2016 the Company’s strategic plans aimed on reaching out to strategic devel- 2016 which increased by 39 percent Established in 1999, UDC was QR2.28bn compared to QR1.80bn also marks the fourth consecu- at focusing on our core business opers who have shown interest in compared to the same period last listed on the Qatar Exchange in for the six month period ended tive time that QIB was selected as functions.” investing in The Pearl Island. Evi- year. It is also worth mentioning that June 2003. Companies under its June 30, 2015. Net fee and com- Qatar’s ‘Islamic Bank of the Year’. “We remain determined to dently, our outreach strategy turned residential units’ sale volume in the umbrella include United Fashion mission income reached QR268m QIB was named for the first time achieving recurring revenue and successful with the sale of a tower first half of the year 2016 increased Company, Hospitality Develop- compared to QR210m. “Qatar’s Best Bank” by Eurom- strive to continue providing stake- plot in Viva Bahriya precinct, sale by 112 percent compared to the same ment Company, Ronautica Middle QIB was able to maintain the oney Awards for Excellence 2016 holders with attractive investment of various plots in Giardino Villas period in the year 2015.” East, Madinainova, United Tech- ratio of non-performing financ- as well as “Best Islamic Retail products and services that cater as well as the signing of a memoran- He said the company is com- nology Solutions and The Pearl ing portfolio to gross financing Bank in the world” for 2016 by to identified market needs. At the dum of understanding for the sale of mitted to introducing quality real Owners Corporation among many portfolio to less than 1 percent, Global Finance. One of QIB’s same time, we will keep an eye out one of Abraj Quartier’s commercial estate products to the market. The others. UDC’s target areas of interest one of the lowest in the indus- latest commendations goes to for strategic growth opportunities, towers (tower building number 2),of construction of Al Mutahidah resi- include infrastructure and utilities, try, reflecting the quality of its Group CEO, Bassel Gamal, and will remain equipped to respond which its execution will enhance the dential towers and Giardino Villas’ real estate, hydrocarbon and energy, the bank’s financing assets who was ranked the first of 100 effectively to external challenges,” Company’s future profitability.” compound will commence during urban development, environmen- portfolio and its effective risk best-performing CEOs of listed Al Khater said. Al Othman added: “Meanwhile, the last quarter of this year. Fur- tal-related businesses, hospitality management framework. The companies in the GCC states Commenting on the results, we continued focusing on maintain- ther, the vibrant Abraj Quartier and leisure, fashion, information bank continued to pursue the from TRENDS & INSEAD Busi- Ibrahim Al Othman, UDC President ing our recurring revenue, of which commercial tower (tower building technology, business and facility conservative impairment policy ness School. & Chief Executive Officer, said: “The volume of residential units leased 1) and indoor shopping arcade Souq management services. Qatar’s banking system is stable despite funding pressures: Moody’s

By Satish Kanady that will drive economic expansion by slower credit growth combined deposit inflows from the government The Peninsula and support the FIFA World Cup in with higher profit retention. “Even and related entities due to lower oil 2022. “We expect continued spending under our low probability ‘stress prices. Aggregate deposit levels from by the Qatari government to support scenario,’ modelling a significant these entities had recently fallen to credit growth, thereby providing a slowdown in economic activity, 32 percent of the system total as of DOHA: Despite the economic slow- relatively robust lending environ- Qatari banks’ capital ratios remain March 2016, down from 42 percent down, driven by low oil prices, ment for the country’s banks,” said resilient,” added Bhojnagarwala. since 2013 creating a funding gap. Qatar’s banking system is stable, Nitish Bhojnagarwala, as Assistant Similarly, despite some slight Consequently, we expect a higher unchanged since 2010. This resilience Vice President at Moody’s. weakening, profitability is expected reliance on market funding head- is underpinned by the govern- While GDP growth has slowed to remain solid overall in 2016, ing into 2017, raising refinancing ment’s continued deployment of its over the last few years from according to Moody’s. The rating risks and hence leaving the banks ample resources to maintain capital extremely high rates — around 13.4 agency expects return-on-assets more vulnerable to shifts in market expenditure which will help maintain percent in 2006-2014 – Qatar’s to decline to around 1.7 percent for sentiment. solid economic growth and create economic growth still remains the 2016 from 1.9 percent in 2015. This The rating agency notes, how- a supportive environment for the strongest in the GCC. is a result of Moody’s expectations ever, that banks’ liquid assets should country’s banks, Moody’s Investors Loan quality, however, is of rising funding costs over the next remain at around a healthy 25 per- Service’s ‘outlook for Qatar’s bank- expected to face modest pressure few quarters, competitive pressure cent of total assets – down from ing system’ noted yesterday. over the outlook horizon. Moody’s among banks on asset yields, as around 28 percent as of Decem- The report that expresses the forecasts problem loans to increase well as an increase in provisioning ber 2014 – as banks’ continue to ratings agency’s expectation of how to around 2 percent of total loans expenses as delinquencies rise. raise additional liquidity in capi- bank creditworthiness will evolve by December 2016, compared to 1.5 However, despite the overall tal markets. Moody’s expects Qatari in Qatar over the next 12-18 months, percent the year before. Neverthe- resiliency of the operating environ- authorities’ willingness and capac- projected a 4.1 percent GDP growth less, the rating agency notes that the ment, banks in Qatar are still likely ity to support banks to remain very for 2016 despite continued low prices. nonperforming loan ratio is likely to Underlying capital buffers should (TCE) to remain around 16.5 percent to face funding shortfalls — the result high in case of need. This is despite This is due to strong government remain the lowest in the GCC head- also remain strong. The rating agency of risk-weighted assets (December of the continued credit growth, com- the government’s ongoing fiscal pres- spending on infrastructure projects ing into 2017. expects Tangible Common Equity 2015: 16.6 percent) into 2017, driven pounded by a sizable reduction in sures associated with low oil prices. 18 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 BUSINESS Apicorp, Bahri launch $1.5bn shipping fund

in the presence of Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Min- The Fund’s target is eral Resources for the Kingdom of to acquire 15 Very Saudi Arabia and Chairman of Saudi Aramco. Large Crude Carriers The ceremony was attended by (VLCCs) over three Dr. Aabed bin Abdulla Al Saadoun, phases with total Chairman of Apicorp, Abdulrahman Mohammed Al Mofadhi, Chairman investments of up to of Bahri, Dr. Raed Al Rayes, Deputy $1.5bn composed of CEO & General Manager of Apicorp, Ibrahim Al Omar, CEO of Bahri and debt and equity. Naser Al Abdulkareem, President of Officials at the fund launch event in Riyadh. Bahri Oil Transportation. Other sen- ior officials and advisers from both organisations were also present. will be a closed-end fund with a 10 “Bahri is committed to upholding its unrivalled ability to provide inno- position as a leading regional logistics Apicorp is a multilateral develop- years life period, and will deliver leadership position in the Kingdom of vative financing solutions that meet hub, thereby creating more employ- By Satish Kanady ment bank established to foster the returns derived from the commer- Saudi Arabia and the establishment the demands of the energy sector. ment opportunities for Saudis while The Peninsula development of the Arab world’s oil cial employment of the VLCCs. of this fund in partnership with an A mechanism such as this not only continuing to play our part in the and gas industries. Dr. Aabed Bin Abdulla Al Saa- extremely well-entrenched financial helps the energy industry to meet economic development of Saudi Ara- The Fund’s target is to acquire doun, Chairman of Apicorp said: “We institution such as Apicorp, is another the logistical challenges presented bia. With a current fleet of 36 VLCC’s approximately 15 Very Large Crude are delighted to be launching this step in that direction.” by the current dynamics, but also and 10 new build orders scheduled DOHA: The Arab Petroleum Invest- Carriers (VLCCs) over three phases fund in partnership withan esteemed Apicorp and Bahri have devel- has the potential to deliver attrac- for delivery in 2017-18, the 15 crude ments Corporation (Apicorp) and The with total investments of up to $1.5bn organization like Bahri,a leader in oped a unique structure that assists tive returns.” carriers proposed for acquisition National Shipping Company of Saudi composed of debt and equity. Api- the shipping industry. APICORP con- Bahri in increasing its VLCC fleet. Ibrahim Al Omar, CEO of Bahri under this fund will propel Bahri Arabia (Bahri) announced the launch corp will be the main investor and tinues to support the transformation This will make Bahri the biggest said:“At Bahri we remain stead- into becoming the largest operator of a landmark shipping fund. fund manager, whilst Bahri will be of the energy industry and seek to VLCCs operator in the international fast in our efforts to contribute to of VLCC’s in the world.” An agreement to establish the the exclusive commercial and tech- raise the profile, both locally and VLCC market segment. our national vision and goals, and This fund is Apicorp’s second ship- APICORPBahri Oil Shipping Fund nical manager. internationally, of the sector through Dr. Raed Al Rayes, Deputy CEO are committed to playing an inte- ping fund. The first shipping fund, (ABOSF) between Apicorp and Apicorp will invest 85 percent such investments.” & General Manager of Apicorp com- gral role in further developing and APICORP Petroleum Shipping Fund Bahri was formally signed at a cer- in the Fund with Bahri investing Abdulrahman Mohammed Al mented: “The launch of this fund transforming the maritime indus- (APSF), was launched as a five year emony held yesterday in Riyadh, the remaining 15 percent. The Fund Mofadhi, Chairman of Bahri said, is a further example of Apicorp’s try in the Kingdom to strengthen its closed-end fund in February 2013.

SoftBank to buy Britain’s chip Industries Masraf Al Rayan Q2 designer ARM in $32bn cash deal Qatar lifts Qatari stocks net profit up 5.3%

Reuters The Peninsula QR1.331 for the same period of 2015. The Peninsula Book value per share reached QR15.68, compared to QR14.71 on 30 June 2015.Capital adequacy ratio TOKYO/LONDON: Japan’s SoftBank DOHA: Masraf Al Rayan has reached 18.01 percent using Basel-III will buy Britain’s most valuable tech- DOHA: Qatar’s stock mar- recorded a net profit of QR1.05bn standards compared to 18.35 per- nology company ARM for $32bn in ket surged 1.6 percent for the first half of 2016, up 5.3 per- cent on 30 June 2015. Operational cash, an audacious attempt to lead to 10,585 points with all cent from a year ago. The total assets efficiency ratio cost — income ratio the next wave of digital innovation sectors ending in green, stood at QR88.4bn for the first half, is at 20.08 percent. Non-perform- with a chip designer that powers the yesterday. Industrial and an increase of 8.3 percent com- ing loans (NPL) ratio of 0.08 percent global mobile phone industry. insurance stocks were pared to QR81.6bn recorded during reflects a very strong and prudent Led by the charismatic Japanese the major support. Heav- the same period in 2015. credit risk management policies and investor, Masayoshi Son, SoftBank yweight Industries Qatar Dr. Hussain Al Abdulla, the procedures of the bank. swooped on the Apple supplier ARM jumped 3.88 percent. Chairman and Managing Director of The bank said it is committed in the three weeks since Britain Among sector indexes, Masraf Al Rayan, said the bank had to improve its products, and the voted to leave the European Union, a Insurance rose the most maintained its growth, despite all development of services provided result which stunned financial mar- by 4.24 percent. the difficult conditions experienced to customers and to benefit from kets and has sent sterling down 11 Qatar Insurance rose by the financial markets, including the rapid development of technol- percent against both the dollar and 4.3 percent, Commercial the lower oil prices. ogies that provides the greatest yen. While the drop has made Brit- SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (left) and ARM Holdings Chairman Stuart bank gained 2.6 percent Adel Mustafawi, Group CEO said flexibility and ease of transactions, ish assets much cheaper for foreign Chambers coming out of 11 Downing Street in London yesterday, after and QNB was 0.7 percent financial results for the first half taking care to provide those serv- investors, the chief of the telecoms a meeting with British Finance Minister Philip Hammond. higher. Ezdan real estate were in line with the bank’s expecta- ices the high quality equivalent to and internet group played down any was up 1.8 percent. tions. The bank bucked all negative international standards. Masraf Al suggestion that this was an oppor- Qatar stock market market trends, including the difficult Rayan, in coordination with Qatar tunistic deal. central role in the tech industry’s reporters. “IoT is going to be the big- surged to break major tech- conditions led by tightened liquidity. Exchange and Qatar Financial Son said he had been follow- shift to the ‘internet of things’ (IoT) gest paradigm shift in human history nical resistance. The Qatari The bank’s return on assets con- Market Authority will introduce an ing ARM for the last 10 years and — a network of devices, vehicles (and) we have always invested at the index gained an advance on tinued to be one of the highest in the investment fund, “Tradable Invest- decided now was the right time to and building sensors that collect beginning of every paradigm shift.” its December and March market at 2.38 percent. Return on ment Fund ETF”. The fund will be invest in a firm that provides the and exchange data - a stated focus The ARM deal is one of Japan’s peaks at 10,490-10,502 shareholders’ equity of the bank dealing in equities listed on QE technology in nearly all smartphones for SoftBank founder and CEO Son. biggest overseas ventures and the points. Trading volume reached 17.87 percent compared to that are compatible with the provi- including Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone “ARM will be the center of the latest in a parade of Japanese com- nearly quadrupled from 18.09 percent for the same period sions of Shariah-based on AlRayan and Samsung’s (005930.KS) Galaxy. Internet of Things, in which eve- panies seeking growth abroad as the Sunday’s level. of 2015. Earnings per share for the Islamic index in QE. The fund will be ARM is also poised to play a rything will be connected,” he told domestic economy stagnates. period reached QR1.401 compared to introduced before the end of 2016. Rolls-Royce Wraith ‘inspired by music’ arrives in Qatar

The Peninsula materials used in the Bespoke Audio The door panniers and floor system, are brought very much to the mats have been crafted from finely- fore, creating ‘the most exclusive woven leather to add an additional music venue’ that delivers an unri- depth of tactility to the car’s interior DOHA: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars valled aural experience. cabin. Copper-coloured door inserts, Doha, the sole authorised dealer of “Wraith ‘Inspired by Music’ which start at the front of the cabin Rolls-Royce cars in Qatar, yester- appeals to those looking to Rolls- before tapering at the rear, have been day announced the arrival of the Royce for unique and creative motor included in the design to empha- Wraith ‘Inspired by Music’ in Qatar. cars. Its effortlessly cool appearance sise Wraith’s characteristic internal The manufacturer of one of the most complements the superior Bespoke curves. luxuries motor cars has contributed Audio system; the contemporary use A book matched copper finish to the myth and legend of the con- of copper creates an atmospheric set- features for the first time on Wraith’s temporary music scene since the ting for the most encompassing music fascia, boldly extending the car’s birth of Rock & Roll. system on the market,” commented theme. The same copper tone extends Since the launch of Wraith in Torsten Müller Otvos, CEO, Rolls- to Wraith’s signature seat bullets. 2013, customers have been able Royce Motor Cars. The fastidious detail that went to commission their Rolls-Royce A Lyrical Copper exterior paint into the development of the car’s Wraith with Bespoke Audio; the most finish, presented with a blend of sound-system is employed in every exhaustively designed sound system brushed and polished textures ele- facet of the construction of the car. in automotive history. Like every ele- gantly hints at the use of copper in For example, the chaplets on the ment of a Rolls-Royce motor car, its only the very best audio systems. clock have been designed and metic- construction blends the finest com- On opening the car’s coach-doors ulously crafted with a combination of ponents with the skill of the most attention is drawn to re-imagined warming copper and silver, whilst the eminent experts in their field. Now, speaker grilles, here presented in radial lines of the outer bezel play- with Wraith ‘Inspired by Music’, these copper theme, and engraved with fully emulate the look and feel of Musicians play instruments as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha launches Wraith in Doha. characteristics, and the precious the words ‘Bespoke Audio’. vinyl records. BUSINESS TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,585.08 1.60 % QE Total Return Index 17,125.96 1.60 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,059.25 1.77 % QE All Share Index 2,928.38 1.53 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,840.08 1.07 % QE All Share Industrials 3,219.28 2.17 % QE All Share Transportation 2,553.71 0.77 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,684.15 1.46 % QE All Share Insurance 4,446 4.24 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,157.38 0.49 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,617.33 1.17 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 18-07-2016 Today 17-07-2016 Previous day Index 10,585.08 10,418.83 Change 166.25 9.84 % 1.60 0.09 YTD% 1.49 0.1 Volume 12,016,502 3,806,084 Value (QAR) 1,731,724,008.74 150,276,942.45 Trades 5,875 2,515 Up 33 | Down 09| Unchanged 02

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5538.903 28.804 0.52 5531.2 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4360.69 -11.82 -0.27 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 0 0 0 18557.4 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 21803.18 143.93 0.66 21794.84 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 5806.78 15.84 0.27 6791.68 5286.65 Karachi 100 In/D 39253.25 64.78 0.17 39415.25 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16497.85 111.96 0.68 18951.12 14864.01 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2169.05 1810.1

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Eimco Elecon-T/D 480 20.05 1647 Kabra Extr-B/D 119.15 1.25 7454 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 689.85 6.05 124639 United Util Gr/D 1028 10 346551 “The markets are going to be driven by earnings Electrosteel-B/D 20.05 -0.4 135044 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1226.8 -15.8 2755 Saur.Cem-B/D 68.5 1.05 22722 Vodafone Group/D 226.2 -1.7 12050463 reports, while geopolitical problems take a backseat Emco-B/D 30.55 0.3 294355 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 412.7 -4.7 18518 Sterling Tool-/D 535.05 27.1 1988 Whitbread/D 3695 0 257064 for now,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at First Standard Financial in New York. Bank of America, the No.2 US bank by assets, and fellow S&P 500 component Hasbro posted better than expected profit for the second quarter, mirroring the results of the few companies, including big banks, that reported last week. EU wants deal with IMF on Greek by Dec The Dow Jones industrial average was up 24.72 points, or 0.13 percent, at 18,541.27, the S&P 500 was 4.77 points, or 0.22 percent, higher at 2,166.51 and the Moscovici said yesterday. Nasdaq Composite was up 27.68 points, or 0.55 per- “It is essential to acceler- cent, at 5,057.27. EU says it is in ate the return of confidence and Japan’s SoftBank Group’s $32bn deal to buy Brit- the interest of all to boost recovery which is our ish chip designer ARM Holdings briefly lifted European parties for IMF to common goal,” the EU Economic equities to a three-week high. Affairs Commissioner told report- The FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.1 percent stay fully on board ers after a meeting with Greek at 1,334.15. The MSCI world equity index, which tracks Greece’s bailout. Finance Minister Euclid Tsaka- shares in 45 nations, rose 0.23 points or 0.06 percent, lotos. “And secondly to create to 411.45. Turkish stock prices, however, were down an environment of constructive 7.4 percent. dialogue in discussions that we In the oil market, Brent crude was last down $1.00, Reuters need to open in the autumn on the or down 2.1 percent, at $46.61 a barrel. US crude was issue of debt sustainability and last down $0.93, or down 2.02 percent, at $45.02 per the involvement of the Interna- barrel. tional Monetary Fund,” he said. In the currency market, the yen was down 0.7 per- ATHENS: Greece and its euro Moscovici said that it is in the cent against the dollar and 1 percent versus the euro zone partners funding its bailout interest of all parties for the IMF as safe-haven trades tied to the coup in Turkey were need to reach an agreement with to stay fully on board Greece’s largely reversed. the International Monetary Fund third bailout programme and that European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici (centre) speaks next The dollar index was little changed at 96.574. Spot on further debt relief for the over- there should be no backtrack- gold prices fell $4.44 or 0.33 percent, to $1,333.01 an borrowed country by the end of ing or complacency on agreed to Greece’s Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos (left) and Head of the EC Representation in Greece ounce. this year, EU Commissioner Pierre reforms. Panayotis Carvounis at the EU representation office in Athens yesterday. 20 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Japan loan adds to Pokemon GO success calls Qatar banks’ foreign borrowing spree for change at Nintendo

By Andrew Torchia and The banks are also becom- Tom Arnold ing more dependent on Reuters deposits by foreigners. Resident deposits fell 3.5 percent to QR542.3bn in the past 12 months as the govern- $166m international ment, its finances pressured loan to Commercial by lower natural gas reve- Bank of Qatar is part nues, placed less money with of a rapid increase in the banks; but non-resident Aforeign debt at Qatari banks as deposits more than doubled they raise money to operate in to QR140.2bn. an era of cheap oil. Factoring in assets outside After a decade in which Qatar, the net foreign liabilities they comfortably financed of Qatari commercial banks, themselves from domestic excluding investments abroad, sources, banks and other firms jumped to about 13.1 percent of around the Gulf are coming to total assets in May — one of the rely more on overseas funding highest levels in the past dec- as petrodollar flows into their ade — from 3.6 percent a year home economies shrink. earlier. The trend is furthest That level does not nec- advanced in Qatar, partly essarily pose any systemic because local banks need risk and is still far lower than money to expand their lend- ratios hit by European coun- ing more rapidly than banks tries during the financial crises elsewhere in the Gulf, as the of recent years. government spends heavily While the International Gamers use the Pokemon Go application on their mobiles in Beirut yesterday. on projects before it hosts the Monetary Fund calculates 2022 World Cup. Qatar is running an annual “Lower oil and gas reve- current account deficit of about By Makiko Yamazaki and Fischer said. “And as a result, I hope this in Niantic. nues have caused public sector $9bn, the assets of its sovereign Jeremy Wagstaff means there is a whole change in strategy.” Nintendo has not commented on next deposits in the domestic bank- wealth fund are estimated at Reuters “My next focus with Nintendo is for them steps, which many speculate could now ing system to shrink, tightening over $250bn, giving it ample to focus on monetising the rest of their 4,000 involve other favorite characters. liquidity and driving banks to means to sustain its balance of patents for mobile gaming, multi-player The hardware-focused group had raise funds abroad,” the Min- payments position. gaming, et cetera. I think they could be planned to introduce a device called istry of Development Planning Qatar Central Bank Gover- he phenomenal success of Poke- making 30bn to 60bn yen ($290m to $570m) Pokemon GO Plus, which could allow it and Statistics said in a report nor Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud mon GO and the surge in Nintendo annually from licensing.” to piggyback on the success of the mobile on the economy last month. Al Thani said in March that Co’s market value by $17bn in just Fischer has described Oasis as an advi- game. The device vibrates when a Pokemon Commercial Bank said Qatari banks were strong, with over a week has been seized upon sor to entities that own Nintendo shares character is nearby, enabling players to catch that its three-year loan, which high capital adequacy ratios by one of its most vocal investors to and a shareholder. The fund’s direct hold- them without constant monitoring. had been increased from an and low levels of bad loans. Tpress for a change of strategy at the company. ing is not listed among the company’s largest Pokemon GO is on track to be the first original target of $100m, was Nevertheless, there are Until Pokemon GO, a mobile game, was investors. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata mobile game to break the $4bn-per-year the first loan to a bank based signs that authorities may act launched just over a week ago, Nintendo had last year cautioned against hoping for too wall, beating out Candy Crush Saga and in the six-nation Gulf Coop- to reduce funding pressures on taken every opportunity to say its main focus much change at the company. The expansion Supercell’s Clash of Clans, according to eration Council that was banks and limit the need for was still gaming consoles, and games for into smartphone games was “not because Macquarie Research. But the impact to provided primarily by Japa- them to borrow abroad. smartphones were just a means to lure more we have lost our enthusiasm or prospects Nintendo’s bottom line could be minimal nese institutions. In early 2014, the central people to them. But the success of Pokemon for the console business”, he said at the time. because of shared ownership, as little as The seven lenders in the bank introduced a requirement GO — unforseen even by its creators — has A Nintendo spokesman, asked about its 3 percent of net profit in the year to next deal included Mizuho Bank as for banks to limit their lending shown the potential for augmented real- mobile strategy, said last week there were March. Niantic declined to comment on sole co-ordinator and book- to 100 percent of deposits by ity and for Nintendo to three main objectives: “To maximise expo- the future of its relationship with Nintendo, runner, as well as Gunma Bank, the end of 2017. capitalise on a line-up sure of Nintendo’s intellectual properties although it credited Pokemon’s unique Shizuoka Bank and Fuyo Gen- The deposit side of the of popular characters to consumers, to make profits on mobile appeal for the game’s success. eral Lease. Agricultural Bank ratio includes only customer ranging from Zelda to devices, and to create synergies with the “It’s been wonderful to be able to com- of China, State Bank of India deposits and not long-term Super Mario. console business.” He did not comment fur- bine our philosophy for these kinds of games and Bank of Taiwan also wholesale funds, a top source Seth Fischer, ther on Pokemon GO. Serkan Toto, founder with the powerful affinity that people have participated. of funding for banks. founder and chief of Tokyo-based game industry consultancy for Pokemon,” Niantic CEO John Hanke said. Other Qatari banks have The banks are now negoti- investment officer at Kantan Games, said Nintendo still saw itself But analysts say the craze signals the vast also been opening channels ating with regulators to change The success of Oasis Management, as a console maker. “When you sell $400 money-making opportunities available for to borrow from Asia. the formula to include long- is one of Asia’s best dedicated devices and you sell the gamer Kyoto-based Nintendo — when it eventu- In April, Qatar National term wholesale funds, and the Pokemon GO — known hedge fund boxed software for $60 a piece — for them ally brings out more serious hits. Bank raised $1.1bn by selling deadline for compliance may unforseen even by managers and has long this is the gold standard,” he said. “For them, “Over the last decade they never com- Formosa bonds — instruments be postponed until the end of been a small but loud mobile is the junk food: enjoy while you wait promised on the software side. That’s why issued in Taiwan but denomi- 2018 because of funding pres- its creators — has shareholder. Encour- for the bus. It’s not something that Nintendo they’ll blow everybody out of the water nated in currencies other than sures, the ministry said in last shown the potential aged by the success sees for itself.” once they start take iOS and Android the Taiwan dollar. month’s report. of mobile games like Pokemon GO, however, has been a runa- more seriously than they do now,” Toto Qatar Central Bank data It also said that the cen- for augmented reality “Candy Crush”, he has way success, marrying a classic 20-year old said. “The successes of Pokemon Go will released last week showed tral bank could if necessary and for Nintendo to campaigned for years franchise with augmented reality. Players open the eyes of executives in Kyoto. This Qatari commercial banks use unconventional meas- capitalise on a line-up for the Japanese con- walk around their neighbourhoods in real is unprecedented.” owed QR196.3bn ($53.9bn) to ures to assist banks, such as sole maker to develop life, search out and capture Pokemon car- There are no signs, however, that will banks abroad in May, up 53 direct purchases of commer- of popular characters and sell games for plat- toon characters on their smartphones. happen soon. Of the four mobile games that percent from May 2015, when cial bonds and special loans ranging from Zelda to forms run by Apple and The game was created by Nintendo, Nintendo has promised to launch this finan- the figure started to rise. to or equity injections in them. Google. “I hope they will Google-spinoff Niantic, and Pokemon Com- cial year through March, two are set to be Super Mario. now understand the pany. Nintendo owns a third of Pokemon Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem — no sign power of smartphones,” Company and both have undisclosed stakes of Mario nor Donkey Kong, at least not yet. Exxon’s $2.5bn bid for PNG’s InterOil tops oil search

By Dan Murtaugh price of $45 per share, and values the com- project, Papua LNG. Oil Search is a share- fields are also nearer to the LNG facilities and Bloomberg pany at $2.5bn, including $188bn in net debt. holder in both ventures and has encouraged a the conditions in that area are a lot kinder, As part of Oil Search’s $2.2bn bid with Total in tie-up to lower development costs. “ExxonMo- which lowers midstream and upstream costs.” May, it offered 8.05 shares for each of Inter- bil has submitted an offer to acquire InterOil Oil Search is already a partner in both Oil’s, valuing InterOil’s share at $40.25. Corporation, which we believe represents a Exxon’s PNG LNG venture as well as Papua xxon Mobil is doubling down on Papua The bid from Exxon also includes a higher superior proposal,” Exxon said in a statement. LNG. The Oil Search deal may save the coun- New Guinea, topping a rival offer for initial so-called contingent-value right, offer- Oil Search rose as much as 4.2 percent try’s two projects as much as $3bn and speed EInterOil Corp, a gas explorer focused ing $7.07 per share for each trillion cubic feet to A$7.27 in Sydney before trading at A$7.22 up development if they cooperate, accord- on the Southeast Asian nation. of likely gas reserves above 6.2 trillion found at 3:43pm local time. Papua New Guinea has ing to Managing Director Peter Botten. After The energy giant’s offer values InterOil at in InterOil’s Elk-Antelope fields, capped at 10 lower costs than rival LNG sources, making it buying InterOil, Oil Search planned to sell 60 $2.5bn, including debt, beating an earlier bid trillion cubic feet. Oil Search offered an addi- a more-attractive place to invest in an over- percent of the assets to Total. from Oil Search and Total. Exxon already runs tional $6.05 per share for each trillion cubic supplied market for the seaborne fuel. A deal InterOil’s appraisal of the fields found 10.2 Papua New Guinea’s only liquefied natural feet more than 6.2 trillion, with no cap. for InterOil could speed up a boom in fuel sales trillion cubic feet of likely reserves at the end gas terminal and buying InterOil, which has Oil Search said in a statement it’s talking from the nation, which began exporting LNG of 2015. Oil Search released results Friday of gas fields and a stake in a second gas export with Total about its options and that it’s enti- in 2014. InterOil’s gas fields are closer to the a separate analysis of those fields that esti- project in the country, would give it a new tled to a $60m break-up fee, with 20 percent coastal site of its proposed LNG plant and the mated likely reserves at 6.4 trillion cubic feet. The energy giant’s offer source of the fuel for its exports. Oil Search going to Total, if the deal doesn’t go through pipeline that would feed it cuts through a less Oil Search said it would do a different analy- values InterOil at $2.5bn, and Total have three days to decide whether after InterOil changed its recommendation. densely populated region than Exxon’s, which sis if it were to purchase InterOil that would to counter Exxon’s offer. “InterOil has advised that it intends to pipes its supply down from the country’s high- include gas condensate volumes and another including debt, beating an “This was widely expected by the market make a change in its recommendation and lands, according to a presentation published appraisal well that could unlock an additional earlier bid from Oil Search and looks at first glance to be in line with our enter into an Arrangement Agreement with on InterOil’s website. 1 trillion to 2 trillion cubic feet of gas. Exxon estimates that Exxon’s bid would be 10 per- ExxonMobil,” Oil Search said in a statement. “PNG’s lower costs are largely driven by has pursued InterOil’s assets in the past. In and Total. Oil Search and cent higher than the original Oil Search bid,” Exxon is targeting gas fields that hold the downstream. The cost of constructing the May 2013, the energy explorer entered into Total have three days said Neil Beveridge, an analyst at Sanford C. enough reserves to supply the U.K. for three LNG facility is lower because labor is cheaper exclusive talks to acquire a stake in InterOil’s Bernstein in Hong Kong. “The key question years. The company already operates the and site preparation is easier,” Matt Howell, Papua New Guinea discoveries, estimated at to decide whether to now is whether we see a counter-bid from existing $19bn PNG LNG gas-liquefaction plant a Perth, Australia-based research analyst for the time to hold the equivalent of 9 trillion counter Exxon’s offer. Total and Oil Search.” in Papua New Guinea. InterOil and its part- energy consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd., said cubic feet of recoverable gas. The talks col- InterOil said Exxon is offering it a fixed ners have planned the nation’s second export by e-mail. “In the case of Elk-Antelope, the lapsed later that year for undisclosed reasons. 22 TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 SPORT Life begins at 40 for Open champion Stenson British Open Swede wants British Open glory to spark champion sustained success back into top five AFP

AFP TROON, United Kingdom: At the age of 40, Henrik Stenson is hoping his long-awaited first major victory PARIS: Henrik Stenson moved at the British Open on Sunday proves back into the top five of the world to be just the beginning. golf rankings yesterday, after Stenson had long been consid- sealing his first major title with a ered one of the best players on tour thrilling victory over Phil Mickel- never to have won a major but he son in the British Open. put that right in the most spectacular The 40-year-old Swede held fashion at Royal Troon on Scotland’s off the challenge of the American west coast. to win in a record Open score of His major championship record- 20 under par, and he jumps above equalling low round of 63, featuring Bubba Watson to world number 10 birdies, on Sunday saw him beat five. American Phil Mickelson by three Despite remaining without strokes with an overall score of 20 a win since his Open triumph in under par, the lowest ever total at 2013, Mickelson leaps to 13th, his The Open. highest ranking since Septem- “We’re only just getting started, ber 2014. Sweden’s Henrik Stenson poses for pictures in front of the clubhouse aren’t we? You never know once you open the floodgates what might hap- with the Claret Jug, the trophy for the Champion golfer of the year after winning the 2016 British Open Golf Championship at Royal World top 20: pen,” Stenson said later as he spoke 1. Jason Day (AUS) 13.24 pts to the media alongside the famous Troon in Scotland on Sunday. 2. Dustin Johnson (USA) 11.29 Claret Jug. The Swede said he had a feel- really challenged in Troon, even if Jesper Parnevik was the last top 3. Jordan Spieth (USA) 10.86 Lydia Ko of New Zealand holds up the championship trophy after ing this would be his turn to win a the latter ended up in a tie for fifth. player to come out of the Scandina- 4. Rory McIlroy (NIR) 9.39 winning the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I major after seven previous top-four Asked what he put that down to, vian country prior to Stenson but his 5. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 8.88 (+1) after four play-off holes with a final score of -14 at Highland Meadows finishes, including as the runner-up Stenson replied: “I think the experi- bogey at the last at Turnberry on the 6. Bubba Watson (USA) 7.10 (-1) to Mickelson in the British Open at ence and the way links golf plays.” final day in 1994 cost him glory and Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio on Sunday. 7. Rickie Fowler (USA) 6.56 Muirfield in 2013. He also recalled Tom Watson’s he blew the lead on the Sunday at Forty “is the new 30”, he told Sky, near miss at the age of 59 down the Troon three years later. 8. Adam Scott (AUS) 6.40 and there was certainly something Ayrshire coast at Turnberry in 2009. “Very impressive and congrats @ 9. Danny Willett (ENG) 6.23 about the week for the older guard, “So even a few guys that are a henrikstenson, Sweden doesn’t have 10. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 5.58 (+2) with Mickelson, at 46, coming so little bit older than I am have had to wait no more!!,” Parnevik tweeted Ko claims Marathon win 11. Justin Rose (ENG) 5.37 close to being the oldest Open win- success at the majors and at The on Sunday. 12. Branden Grace (RSA) 5.33 (-2) ner in nearly 150 years. Open Championship. “I feel very privileged to be the Meanwhile, the 49-year-old “But experience definitely plays a one to hold this trophy,” Stenson 13. Phil Mickelson (USA) 5.16 (+6) American Steve Stricker finished in big part of it. Yeah, it was quite an old added. 14. Patrick Reed (USA) 5.00 (-1) on fourth extra hole fourth. leaderboard for a change, I guess.” “There’s been many great players 15. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 4.55 (-1) In contrast, the so-called ‘Big It wasn’t just Stenson’s long over- from my country who have tried in 16. J.B. Holmes (USA) 4.47 (+8) Four’ of Dustin Johnson, 32, and due first major victory, it was a first past years and decades and there’s AFP round of the week. She started 17. Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.30 (-2) twenty-somethings Jason Day, Jor- ever for a Swedish men’s player after been a couple of really close calls. the final round at eight-under par, dan Spieth and Rory McIlroy never some painful failures in past years. Jesper in particular twice. 18. Brooks Koepka (USA) 4.13 (-2) seven-strokes off the lead. 19. Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 4.13 (-2) Ariya trailed by four-strokes 20. Zach Johnson (USA) 4.08 (-2) LOS ANGELES: New Zealand heading into Sunday. teenager Lydia Ko earned her 14th It marked the second time in career title at the LPGA Tour’s two years that it has taken extra PGA Tour’s Barbasol Marathon Classic, defeating Ariya holes to determine a Marathon win- Baddeley tops in Alabama Championship Scores Jutanugarn and Lee Mi-Rim on the ner. In 2015, Chella Choi needed just 266 x-Aaron Baddeley (AUS) fourth extra hole on Sunday. one playoff hole to beat rookie Jang 70-66-64-66, Kim Si-Woo The 19-year-old world number Ha-Na and earn her first US Tour (KOR) 70-68-65-63 one won the event for the second victory. AFP 267 Michael Johnson time in three years as she shot a 67-65-70-65 final round two-under 69 at the LPGA Marathon 269 Richard H. Lee 68-68-68- Highland Meadows Golf Club course 65, Michael Thompson Classic Scores in Sylvania, Ohio. 72-64-68-65, Andres 270 x-Lydia Ko (NZL) 68-66- WASHINGTON: Australia’s Aaron Gonzales 68-65-69-67, Ko got to 14-under par 270 in 67-69, Lee Mi-Rim Baddeley rolled in a 28-foot birdie Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) regulation as she rallied to catch (KOR) 66-70-69-65, putt at the fourth play-off hole on 65-60-72-72 the leaders Sunday and get into the Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) Sunday to edge South Korea’s Kim 270 Graham DeLaet (CAN) playoff with Lee, who shot 65 and 67-69-66-68 71-69-67-63, Brian Harman Si-Woo for the PGA Tour’s Barbasol 68-67-68-67, Sam Saunders Ariya, who had a 68. 271 Kim Hyo-Joo (KOR) Championship in Auburn, Alabama. 68-69-65-68 Ko birdied the fourth extra 66-68-64-73 Baddeley, who notched his 271 Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) hole while Ariya had a par and Lee 273 Stacy Lewis 69-68-65-71 fourth PGA Tour victory and his 68-68-69-66, Boo Weekley made bogey. The trio all recorded 274 Beatriz Recari (ESP) first since Los Angeles in 2011, 70-67-68-66, Morgan pars through the first three playoff 73-68-65-68, Alison Lee was 11 strokes off the pace after Hoffmann 70-67-66-68, holes as they continued to play No. 69-66-66-73 Robert Garrigus 68-69- 36 holes, but was just three shots 72-62, Chesson Hadley 18 until someone came out on top. 275 Jang Ha-Na (KOR) adrift after the rain-disrupted third 67-66-69-69, Roberto South Korean Kim Hyo-Joo 68-67-71-69 round. Castro 67-66-69-69, Stuart shot a 73 to finish alone in fourth at 276 Azahara Munoz (ESP) With a five-under par 66 in Appleby 67-69-66-69, 13-under 271. American Stacy Lewis 69-68-72-67, Kelly Shon the final round he joined Kim on Michael Kim 66-68-68-69, closed with a 71 to place fifth while 67-70-70-69 Aaron Baddeley of Australia poses with the trophy after winning David Toms 67-66-67-71 18-under 266. Recari Beatriz and Alison Lee tied 277 Maude-Aimee Leblanc during the final round of the Barbasol Championship at the Robert 277 Maude-Aimee Leblanc Kim had made the biggest move (CAN) 68-71-71-67, Moriya for sixth at 274, four strokes adrift. (CAN) 68-71-71-67, Moriya of the day, firing an eight-under 63 Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National in Auburn, Alabama, yesterday. Jutanugarn (THA) 69-70- Ko started the final round at Jutanugarn (THA) 69-70- that included seven birdies and an 70-68, Ayako Uehara (JPN) 12-under par, three shots back 70-68, Ayako Uehara (JPN) eagle with his one bogey coming at University and capped his profes- with back-to-back rounds of one- 71-68-69-69, Alena Sharp of leader Kim Hyo-Joo in a tie for 71-68-69-69, Alena Sharp (CAN) 70-69-69-69, Kim (CAN) 70-69-69-69, Kim the 18th on the Robert Trent Jones sional debut with a final-round 65. over 72 to finish tied for fourth on Kaufman 70-69-68-70, second with Alison Lee. Besides her Kaufman 70-69-68-70, Trail Grand National course. Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, who 269 alongside Americans Richard Celine Herbin (FRA) 67-72- four birdies she had two bogeys and Celine Herbin (FRA) 67-72- The two finished 72 holes one had opened a six-stroke lead at the H. Lee and Michael Thompson, who 68-70, Park Hee-Young 12 pars. 68-70, Park Hee-Young stroke in front of Michael John- halfway stage on the strength of both shot 65, and Andres Gonzalez, (KOR) 69-71-66-71, Jenny Lee Mi-Rim fired a final round (KOR) 69-71-66-71, Jenny son, who played for nearby Auburn a stellar second-round 60, closed who carded a 67. Shin (KOR) 71-67-67-72 six-under par 65 to post her low Shin (KOR) 71-67-67-72 Real Madrid duo Ronaldo, Bale on UEFA best player shortlist

Agencies in their first appearance at a major The players were selected by The 28-year-old centre-forward the stops in a bid to secure Higuain. Gazzetta dello Sport warned Napoli finals since 1958. journalists from each of UEFA’s 55 hit a stunning 36 goals last season to La Gazzetta dello Sport said fans it was “Higuain Day” and that Ronaldo is favourite to the win members associations who will break Gunnar Nordahl’s 66-year-old Juventus are willing to offer striker Juventus would be “launching an the award for a second time, after vote for a second time on August 5 record of 35 goals for AC Milan in a Simone Zaza and defender Daniele assault” in a bid to close the deal. PARIS: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo scooping the honours in 2013-14, to determine the three finalists. 20-team season, which he achieved Rugani as part of the deal. At Juventus, Higuain would join and Real Madrid team-mate Gareth which would see him draw level with The winner of the award will be in 1950. If Higuain were to join Juventus, up with fellow Argentina interna- Bale headlined a 10-man shortlist Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. announced in Monaco on August 25 Now the Argentina star is set to Napoli would then focus on replacing tional striker Paulo Dybala, forming announced yesterday for the UEFA Atletico striker Antoine Griez- when the draw for the Champions break Napoli hearts by joining their him with either Mauro Icardi (Inter a formidable duo that would likely Best Player in Europe Award. mann was also nominated after his League group stage is made. bitter, northern rivals in a deal that Milan), Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) strike fear into the hearts of Serie A Ronaldo struck the winning six goals at Euro 2016 earned him Meanwhile, Italian champi- could see Juventus offer several or Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina), said defences before a ball is kicked in spot-kick as Real claimed an 11th the player of the tournament and ons Juventus are set to pay a hefty players and pay the massive release the report. anger. Champions League title, beating city the Golden Boot, only for France to 94.7m euros ($105m) release clause clause to Napoli to secure Higuain’s Napoli have maintained in recent While Higuain hit 36 league goals rivals Atletico Madrid on penalties fall short against Portugal in the final. in Gonzalo Higuain’s contract with services. weeks that Higuain is not for sale, in 2015-2016, Dybala finished Serie in May, before leading his country to Messi was one of two Barcelona Napoli to lure the Argentina star to According to widespread reports the club’s vice-president Edoardo A’s second-highest scorer on 19. Euro 2016 glory. players to make the list along with Turin, reports claimed yesterday. in the Italian media, Higuain has per- De Laurentiis -- the son of club Dybala also followed Higuain on Fellow Portugal and Real team- Luis Suarez, while Bayern Munich Higuain joined Napoli for 40 mil- sonally agreed to the move. owner Aurelio -- even telling wor- the social media platform Instagram mate Pepe also features on the duo Manuel Neuer and Thomas lion euros from Real Madrid in 2013 Talks between both clubs were ried fans on Sunday to “sleep tight” last weekend, fuelling speculation the shortlist along with Wales star Bale, Mueller, Juventus goalkeeper Gian- and has since gone on to become one expected to begin on Monday and when asked about Higuain’s possi- Napoli striker is set to quit the south- who steered his country to the semi- luigi Buffon and Real midfielder Toni of the most exciting, and bankable although they may continue for some ble departure. ern club two years before his current finals of the European Championship Kroos were also included. stars in Italy’s top flight. time, Juventus are set to pull out all But a front page headline in contract expires. SPORT TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 23 Pacer Amir makes impact at Lord’s Anderson and Stokes called up for 2nd Test Reuters international stage as a teenager, making his Test debut at 17. But his world fell apart when he admitted to AFP in for some harsh treatment by deliberately bowling no-balls against Pakistan’s batsmen at Lord’s. LONDON: Mohammad Amir England and was convicted along Anderson and Stokes helped returned to the hallowed ground of with Salman Butt and Mohammad prove their fitness by taking part Lord’s he defiled six years ago to earn Asif who received seven and 10 year LONDON: England added premier in the ongoing County Champion- Pakistan one of their most memora- bans respectively. pace bowler James Anderson, all- ship match between Lancashire ble Test triumphs over England on The conspiracy rocked world rounder Ben Stokes and leg-spinner and Durham at Southport, near Sunday. cricket and reputation of Pakistan Adil Rashid to an expanded 14-man Liverpool. The fast bowler, who served a cricket was tarnished, but Misbah squad announced yesterday for Fri- five-year ban and jail time after said the victory at Lord’s on Sunday day’s second Test against Pakistan admitting spot-fixing at the home completed a long journey back from at Old Trafford. ENGLAND SQUAD of cricket in 2010, took the final Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir the depths for a nation mad about The trio took no part in Eng- Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), wicket of the first Test to give Paki- during the first Test against the sport. “It’s been a remarkable land’s 75-run defeat by Pakistan in Joe Root (Yorkshire), James stan a well-deserved 75-run victory. England at Lord’s. turnaround after the 2010 incident,” the first of a four-match series at While Amir’s return to the game Misbah said. Lord’s on Sunday. Vince (Hampshire), Gary divides opinion, it felt like partial “The team took real responsibil- But Anderson, England’s all- Ballance (Yorkshire), Jonny redemption for the 24-year-old who ity and these players showed a lot of time leading Test wicket-taker, and Bairstow (Yorkshire, wkt), Ben was cleared to return to the sport last respect for the game, fought through- Stokes have both been passed fit fol- Stokes (Durham), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Chris Woakes September and who was making his destroyed Jake Ball’s stumps to spark again,” Pakistan captain Misbah-ul- out the six years and brought plenty lowing their respective shoulder and (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad first test appearance since his ban joyous scenes from the Pakistan fans. Haq said. “He’s a good kid now, he’s of wins. Their on and off-the-field knee injuries. (Nottinghamshire), James ended. Amir removed the key wicket “He’s part of the team that has a mature cricketer and he can prove disciplines are really good. Meanwhile Rashid, yet to play a Anderson (Lancashire), Adil Rashid of captain Alastair Cook in the first won the Test match, it will be one of to everyone that he’s a good bowler.” “Winning against a top side, who home Test, could feature as a back- (Yorkshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), innings, and then finished off Eng- the memorable days of his life and Amir was touted as a poten- are really good in their home condi- up or even an alternative to Moeen Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire land’s resistance on Sunday as he from here he can start his career tial great when he burst onto the tions, speaks volumes for this team.” Ali after the off-break bowler came

Magical Shah tops rankings Shah hails Pakistan mentors after heroics Reuters after Lord’s Test triumph DUBAI: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the first Paki- stani bowler in 20 years to Ahmed and tour manager Intikhab side in the world,” he added after top the International Cricket I am fortunate that Alam, both former Pakistan leg-spin- South African Mickey Arthur’s first Council (ICC) Test rankings ners, he had plenty of experience to Test as Pakistan head coach ended after his heroics in the Lord’s Mushy is here and call upon. in a resounding victory. test victory against England. Intikhab Alam is our As well as playing Tests in Eng- No England batsman made a cen- The 30-year-old, who manager. They share land, the pair also enjoyed county tury in the match and their second picked up 10 wickets at careers, with the 74-year-old Alam innings on Sunday was without an Lord’s to guide the visitors to their experiences and representing Surrey for several sea- individual fifty. a 75-run win in the first test we execute that on sons, while Ahmed enjoyed spells at England captain Alastair Cook, on Sunday, is followed by Somerset, Sussex and Surrey. who top-scored for the hosts with Indian off-spinner Ravichan- the ground, says the On Sunday, Shah was dismissed 81 in the first innings, refused to dran Ashwin and the England leg spinner for his overnight Test-best 30, but blame the defeat on the absence of pace duo James Anderson and then quickly set about building on his star bowler James Anderson and all- Stuart Broad. six for 72 from England’s first innings. rounder Ben Stokes, both deemed Mushtaq Ahmed was the “My effort was to do well with unfit by the selectors. last bowler from Pakistan bat, but I could not, so I tried to do it “I think we were 100 runs light in to top the rankings since in AFP with the ball later on,” he said. the first innings,” Cook said. December 1996. “The thing is the spinner is relied Pakistan now lead the four-Test Shah’s first innings figures upon on the fourth and fifth day. series 1-0 but England, who are due of 6-72 were the best recorded “I am fortunate that Mushy is here to name their squad on Monday, by a visiting spinner against LONDON: Yasir Shah said he was and Intikhab Alam is our manager. could have both Anderson and Stokes England at Lord’s since Sid grateful for the wealth of leg-spin They share their experiences and we available for Friday’s second Test at Pegler’s 7-65 for South Africa knowledge in the Pakistan camp execute that on the ground.” Old Trafford. in 1912. after his maiden 10-wicket Test haul Meanwhile victorious captain “It’s disappointing but the beauty Anderson, who missed set up victory over England at Lord’s. Misbah-ul-Haq, who helped forge of a four-Test series is that you’ve the first test with a shoulder Shah’s return of 10 for 141, includ- Pakistan’s strong position in the got chances to come back and that’s injury, dropped down to third, ing Sunday’s second-innings figures match with a first-innings century exactly what we’ll aim to do,” said according to an ICC statement of four for 69, was pivotal to Paki- in his maiden Test at Lord’s, praised Cook. yesterday. stan’s 75-run win over England in the his team’s resilience. “We played some naive shots.” Australia’s Steve Smith first of a four-Test series at Lord’s on “I am really proud of the team, One consolation for England was Pakistan’s Yasir Shah maintains his top spot in Sunday. the way that they fought and just the form of all-rounder Chris Woakes the Test batsman rankings Significantly, the 30-year-old come out and show really good skills celebrates afer taking a who had excellent match figures of 11 ahead of New Zealand’s Kane leg-spinner bowled Jonny Bairstow and mentally everyone was strong. It wicket during Lord’s Test for 102. “Before Sri Lanka I said we Williamson. for 48 as he ended the England was a really good win for us,” he said. against England this week. hadn’t seen the best of Chris Woakes, Australia and India cur- anchorman’s more than three hours This was Pakistan’s first Test at and if he can keep that level it will be rently take the top two places of resistance. Lord’s since the infamous 2010 spot- pretty good,” said Cook of the War- in the test team rankings, Bairstow’s exit proved the telling fixing scandal. wickshire pace bowler.0 while Pakistan and Eng- blow, with England losing their last That fixture saw Pakistan left- The build-up to this match had land are third and fourth four wickets for 12 runs as they were arm quick Mohammad Amir, together been dominated by Amir’s return, respectively. dismissed for 207 in pursuit of a vic- with fellow paceman Mohammad with Cook saying that if he had his The second Test of the tory target of 283. Asif and then captain Salman Butt, “It has been a remarkable turn- became the oldest player to compile way all fixers would be banned for four-match series between Remarkably, this was Shah’s first given five-year bans and jail sen- around after the 2010 incident and a Test century in 82 years. life. Pakistan and England will Test outside of Asia and the United tences for conspiring to deliberately the team took responsibility,” said the “The players showed respect for But despite England’s defeat, start in Manchester on July 22. Arab Emirates. bowl no-balls as part of a newspa- 42-year-old Misbah, who in making the game over the last three years Cook added: “I’m glad, we’re talk- But in bowling coach Mushtaq per sting operation. 114 out of Pakistan’s first innings 339 and we are the number three (Test) ing about four days of good cricket.” Sagan claims third Tour stage win

AGENCIES section split the peloton and Sagan was TOUR DE FRANCE: STAGE 16 again the strongest in the final sprint. Sagan said he was lucky to pip Kristoff in a photo finish. BERN: World champion Peter Sagan “I was not waiting for the results, I claimed his third 2016 Tour de France stage Fans, officials and riders observed a thought I was second until they came and victory when he pipped Alexander Krist- minute’s silence at 1200 local time, shortly told me I had won. It’s unbelievable after so off on the line at the end of the 16th stage, before the start of the race, in memory of many times finishing second,” said Sagan. a 209-km ride from Moirans-en-Montagne the victims of the Bastille Day attack in Nice. “You can see from the final picture – yesterday. Three-times time trial world champion I’ve lost a lot of times like this, by a very Norway’s Kristoff (Katusha) celebrated Tony Martin and his Etixx-Quick Step team small piece of tyre,” said Sagan, 26. after crossing the line, but it was Slovak mate Julian Alaphilippe, who was denied a “Today I was lucky. Alexander just made Sagan (Tinkoff) who actually finished first possible stage win on Sunday because of a his jump on the line very late, I jumped after throwing his bike in timely fashion, mechanical problem in the final descent, before. When you jump you have to pull strengthening his grip on the green jersey broke away early on. the bike on the front -- at that moment he for the points classification. The duo built a six-minute gap but was pulling on the back, not on the front.” Another Norwegian, Sondre Holst Enger Frenchman Alaphilippe ran out of steam For race leader Froome, who finished (IAM Cycling), took third place. 30km from the finish and German Mar- safely in a much-reduced peloton along- Sagan now has 405 points to Briton tin was caught by the bunch 22.5km from side his main overall rivals, there’s nothing Mark Cavendish’s 291 and looks set to win the line. lucky about what Sagan does. a fifth green jersey in Paris. Former world champion Rui Costa then “He’s a phenomenal rider -- most peo- Briton Chris Froome (Team Sky) jumped away from the pack but the Por- ple in the peloton are scared of him,” said Slovakia’s Peter Sagan (left), wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey crosses the finish retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey tuguese was reined in with 5km left in the the 31-year-old Briton. line ahead of Norway’s Alexander Kristoff at the end of the 209km Stage 16 of the 103rd after finishing in the leading pack in a twist- streets of Bern. Today is a rest day ahead of four stages edition of the Tour de France yesterday between Moirans-en-Montagne and Bern. ing course finale in the Swiss capital. Numerous turns and an uphill cobbled in the Alps. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 ZhukovZ attacks Shah hails Pakistan Olympic ban mentors after Lord’s demands Test triumph

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ZURICH: Qatar have jumped Games delegation heads to Rio five spots in world rankings, FIFA has announced. According the rankings contingent comprises 38 ath- Secretary Dr Thani bin Abdul- time Qatar has participated in list released by FIFA, Qatar letes representing 10 sports rahman Al Kuwari and the the Games, with Qatar’s first are ranked 79. Last month QOC President federations being the Ath- Presidents of the participat- appearance in the Games com- Qatar were ranked 84. Qatar, Sheikh Joaan letics, Handball, Shooting, ing sports federations. The ing in 1984 in Los Angeles - only coached by Daniel Carreno, Equestrian, Boxing, Beach administrative delegation of five short years since the estab- have a tally of 425 points. heads country’s Volleyball, Swimming, Table the Qatari Olympic mission, lishment of the QOC in 1979. ‘Al Anabi’ are a notch biggest mission Tennis, Judo and Wightlifting headed by Mohammed Issa Al Since then, Team Qatar has behind Jordan who have 438 since debut federations. Fadala, left Doha yesterday. grown stronger in number and points. South America’s first-ever Commenting on build- in performances, and made his- In Asia, Qatar are ranked appearance at Los Olympic Games will see over ing on Team Qatar’s sporting tory at the London 2012 Olympic 9th. Angeles 1984 10,000 athletes from 206 momentum, Al Fadala said: Games by sending their first Iran are the top side in countries compete in Rio de “By participating in the Rio female athletes ever who com- Asian continent. Iran are Janeiro. 2016 Olympic Games, the QOC peted in swimming, table tennis, ranked 39 in the world. South A global TV audience of hopes to show the true face of athletics and shooting. Korea are second in Asia, The Peninsula 4.8 billion will unite through its talented athletes and the London 2012 also saw ranked 48th in the world. a shared celebration of Olym- hard-working federations. Team Qatar’s sporting heroes Uzbekistan are third in pism as they witness the very After winning two bronze Mutaz Barshim and Nasser Al Asia. Uzbekistan are ranked best of athleticism, drama and medals thanks to Mutaz and Attiyah win bronze medals in 56 in the world. Japan (57) DOHA: President of Qatar endeavor. Nasser at London 2012, the high jump and skeet shooting are ranked fourth in Asia fol- Olympic Committee (QOC) H Amongs them will be the ambition now is to improve on respectively. lowed by Socceroos (58) and E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al biggest team Qatar has ever all fronts; both in terms of an Since then, Barshim and Saudi Arabia (65). Thani will head Qatar’s Mission sent to an Olympic Games since increase in the number of par- Al Attiyah have continued to The UAE are ranked 7th to the 2016 Olympic games in their debut in Los Angeles 1984. ticipating athletes and Team dominate the international in Asia followed by Jordan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the QOC The official delegation Qatar’s performance.” sporting scene while inspir- President of Qatar Olympic Committee H E Sheikh at 8th. announced yesterday. accompanying QOC Presi- The Rio 2016 Olympic ing local Qatari athletes to join Qatar will play four The Qatari Olympic dent also includes QOC General Games will mark the eighth them on their Olympic journey. Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani. friendlies in August before their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Iran on September 1 in Tehran. Qatar Football Asso- Adel Hussein ready to tackle ciation (QFA) last month confirmed the national team’s final training camp in August ahead of the next phase of the Baja Spain in his Nissan Patrol 2018 FIFA World Cup quali- fying matches. The training camp will be The Peninsula than me here, but we plan to carry out a big held in Zurich from August 10 test before the start to get everything ready. to 20. We could not do this at Baja Italy because the Simon Fareed Mahboob, the shakedown stage they gave us was very rough national team manager, said: celebrates TERUEL, Spain: Qatar’s Adel Hussein Abdulla and would have damaged the car. I want to “The dates of the next train- on podium heads to the punishing heat and dust of the thank Nissan Middle East, the QMMF and Tok ing camp have been finalised. Aragon region of Spain to take part in this Sport for making this possible and also the All arrangements are in place. weekend’s Baja Spain which is the fifth round media for the support they are giving us.” We are now approaching a of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Ral- Adel Hussein suffered a set back to his title very important phase of our Simon, QMMF lies. The event starts on Friday evening and challenge with the Japanese manufacturer preparations.” then runs over barren rural tracks on Satur- at the last round in northern Italy when he Mahboob said the day and Sunday. slipped back to fifth position on the last stage, national team will play four Running a Nissan Patrol with support from but the Qatari is in determined mood this week friendlies in August. Qatar Racing celebrate Nissan Middle East and the Qatar Motor and and will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of have listed a friendly against Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), the Qatari the Italian driver Elvis Borsoi, who won the T2 Iraq on August 8 followed by currently holds second position in the com- category on the Teruel-based event in 2015. the training camp in Zurich. fantastic petitive FIA T2 World Championship for Series Adel Hussein has a solid hold on second Qatar will also play a Production Cross-Country vehicles and trails place in the T2 series after round five and leads friendly during their train- Julian Simon the Saudi Arabian series leader Yasir Saeidan Poland’s Jaroslaw Kazberuk by 27 points and ing camp in Switzerland. The podium finish reaches the by 27 points. fellow countryman Mohammed Al-Harqan game will be played against finish line. “Spain is the next round and we have made by 28 points. Real Betis. Al Anabi will play good preparations and will push to the max- Competitive action gets underway from another friendly against imum to try and win T2,” said Adel Hussein, 18.51hrs on Friday evening with a revised Jordan followed by a match who will be co-driven by Frenchman Jean- opening special stage of 17km, near Teruel, against Thailand. The Peninsula Michel Polato. “I need to bridge the 27-point and that precedes two days of action and a QMMF RACING TEAM WIN THIRD The aforementioned PLACE AT GERMAN GRAND PRIX gap in the championship. This is not a big gap, route of over 800km through the Jiloca and games will be played before because there are five more rounds in this Comarca de Teruel regions. Qatar flies out to Tehran for year’s FIA World Cup. That means there are There will be two selective sections of their 2018 FIFA World Cup SACHSENRING: Julian Simon and the QMMF as the race went on, I started to find a bet- still a lot of points at stake. 194km and 188km from 08.31hrs and 13.34hrs qualifying game against Iran Racing Team ended a rainy day at the German ter rhythm and to recover positions,” he said. “This is the first time for me in Baja Aragon. on Saturday and a fourth and final special of on September 1. Grand Prix celebrating a fantastic podium fin- “Of course it helped in the end that many Several of my rivals have more experience 188km from 09.39hrs next morning. Qatar have Iran, South ish of the Spanish hero at the German Grand riders crashed, like Morbidelli, Rins and my Korea, China, Uzbekistan and Prix at Sachsenring on Sunday. own team-mate Xavier Simeon. The con- Syria in their Group. In treacherous conditions on the Sachsen- ditions were very tricky and it was easy to ring, Simon started cautiously and held 16th make a mistake. When I finally crossed the TOP ASIAN place on the opening four laps, but then moved line, it was a very sweet moment and a great COUNTRIES IN FIFA up through the field, reaching twelfth place on feeling for me. I wouldn’t compare it to the RANKINGS: lap six, sixth on lap twelve and fifth on lap 15. day I won the 125 title in 2009, but it was When Italian Franco Morbidelli and Spaniard still very special to be rewarded for all the Rank Country Points Alex Rins crashed in the dramatic final part work we put in.” 39 Iran 674 of the race, Simon was awarded with third “In the moment of glory, I also thought 48 South Korea 592 place, his first podium finish in more than of my friends Luis Salom, Marco Simoncelli 56 Uzbekistan 569 three years. and Shoya Tomizawa that are not with us any 57 Japan 564 Team-mate Xavier Simeon was in similar more. As you get older, you think a lot about Adel Hussein 59 Australia 555 good shape and held places in front of Simon at such things and I want to dedicate my suc- Abdulla 65 Saudi Arabia 540 the beginning of the race, but suffered a crash cess to them. I am very happy with what we 74 UAE 484 on lap 12, right after conquering sixth place. achieved today, for QMMF, for my crew and 78 Jordan 438 Determined to finish the race, he continued to for myself. With this podium finish, I want to 79 Qatar 425 chase the field with a broken seat, but another thank QMMF for giving me the opportunity to 81 China PR 422 crash put an early end to his efforts. race on this level and I also want to thank my 99 Iraq 354 Simon said it was difficult in the beginning. technicians for their fantastic work this week- 104 Syria 341 “In the beginning, it was difficult because I end,” Simon said. was surrounded by many riders and visibil- The other QMMF rider Xavier Simeon did ity was very poor due to the water spray. But not finish the race.